Congressman HYDE. for sponsoring House Joint Resolution 386 which designates June 14 as "Baltic Freedom Day." The United States has never recognized the Soviet incorporation of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. June 14 is a very important date in Baltic history. for it was on that day in 1940 that thousands of people from the three Baltic States were forcibly deported to the Soviet Union. and Soviet citizens were relocated into the Baltic States in order to "Russify" those States. House Joint Resolution 386 states that: The Congress recognizes the continuing desire and the right of the people of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia for freedom and independence from the domination of the U.S.S.R.
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