Because of Soviet policies there has been a considerable change in the composition of the population of Lithuania. When the Soviets came back to power in 1944. some 80.000 Lithuanians fled to Western Germany. Another 60.000 were found in Eastern Germany and deported to Siberia. During 1945 and 1946 an additional 145.000 Lithuanians were deported. Again. In 1949 another 60.000 were deported. Some softening in the Soviet actions toward the dispersal of the Baltic peoples had occurred since Stalins death. About a third of those deported have been permitted to return home. Most of the others though are believed to have perished. The United States recognized the independent Lithuanian Government on July 27. 1922. and has never. since then. recognized that Nations incorporation by the Soviet Union.
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