Mr. President. June 14. 1991. marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of mass deportations of Baltic citizens from Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania. On June 14. 1941. the Soviet Union began mass deportations of Estonian. Latvian. and Lithuanian. men. women. and children to Siberia. On this night alone 60.000 citizens were taken from their homes. torn away from their families. and transported in cattle cars to Siberian prison camps. Fifty years has passed since the Soviet Union began its massive deportation of Baltic citizens. the atrocities continue. In 1990. the Baltic Republics once again declared their independence from the Soviet Union. Yet. we have all had to watch in horror as the brutal Soviet Army rolled its tanks into Latvia and Lithuania killing and injuring hundreds of unarmed civilians. and seizing buildings and property.
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