As my colleagues know. in 1940 this noble democratic experiment came to an end. crushed by the invading army of the Soviet Union. Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. were annexed by force and subjected to the systematic repression of national values and identity we have come to know as typical of the Soviets. Tens of thousands of Lithuanians were deported to labor camps in Siberia. Lithuanian prisoners of conscience continue to suffer in Soviet prisons today for their courageous efforts to maintain the spirit of Lithuanian independence. Quite properly. the United States has never formally acquiesced by recognizing the forced Soviet annexation of the Baltic States.
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Systematic repression of national values and identity is typical of the Soviets.