Tass reported this news. which was published in the London Times one day before the elections were over. For the past 35 years. the Russiandominated government in Moscow has attempted to snuff out all nationalistic and resistance movements within the Baltic States. One such method has been the mass deportation of the Baltic people to Siberia. According to the third interim report of the Select Committee on Communist Aggression. in the House of Representatives. 83d Congress. 2d session: It has been calculated that altogether 124.467 persons had been either executed. deported or forced to leave for Russia from the Baltic countries during one year of Soviet occupation in 19401941. Of these losses. 59.732 fell on Estonia. 34.250 on Latvia and 30.485 on Lithuania. The cumulative effect of these deportations on the Baltic States has been devastating. Journalist Murray Seeger reported the following statistics in the Los Angeles Times on March 17. 1974. which show the effect of the Russian deportation and colonization effort: Ethnic growth Ethnic Russian (1959- Population (percent) (percent) 70) (in millions) (per- 1959 1970 1959 1970 cent) 1959 1970 Estonia ....-- 74.6 68.0 20.0 24.0 0.2 1.2 1.35 Latvia ---....- 62.0 56.8 26.1 29.8 .2 2.1 2.36 Lithuania --- 79.3 84.1 8.8 8.6 1.2 2.7 3.1 In the same article. Mr. Seeger writes: The Soviets apparently thought the passage of time would make the new life under Moscow rule more attractive to the younger generation than it was to their parents.
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