Mr. President. yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of a tragic period in the history of the Baltic peoples. On the night of March 24 through the morning of the 25th. 1949. tens of thousands of men. women. and children were taken from their homes and deported to Siberia under the barbaric rule of Stalinist Russia. Over 600.000 people lost their lives in this horrendous act of cruelty. This attempt to break the spirit of the Baltic people and bring about their subservience to the Soviet occupation did not succeed. The spirit of the Baltic people would not die. Their desire for freedom was not quenched until their independence was finally restored after the August coup in the former Soviet Union.
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