Mr. Speaker. 41 years ago on June 14. the ideals of freedom and selfdetermination for inhabitants of the Baltic States were all but obliterated by the Soviet Union. For. on this day. hundreds of thousands of persons in Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia were forcibly removed from their homes and either deported from their motherland or sent to slave labor camps in Siberia. Thousands of others were inexcusably and mercilessly executed by ruthless Soviet forces. The Baltic States have been oppressed for centuries because of their vulnerable geographic position. From the Russians on the east to the Teutonic Knights on the west. the safety and sanctity of these states have continually been in jeopardy.
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