Mr. Speaker. I rise today to join my colleagues and the Lithuanians throughout the world in the solemn observance of the forced. illegal incorporation of the Republic of Lithuania into the Soviet Union and the subsequent mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Lithuanians to Siberian concentration camps. June 15. 1940 and June 1418. 1941. are called the terrible June days by Lithuanians throughout the world. June 15. 1940. marks the day the Soviet Union invaded and occupied the Baltic States of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania. June 1418. 1941. were those tragic days when the Soviets commenced their attempt to eliminate the Lithuanian nation. During these 4 days. 34.260 men. women. and children were rounded up by the Communist authorities and deported in stifling cattle cars to the deepest recesses of Siberia. From 1941 to 1951. the Soviets were responsible for the deportation or liquidation of 700.000 Lithuanians. Mr. Speaker. recent history has shown the Soviets are still intent on eliminating the Lithuanian peoples fiercly independent spirit.
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