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 PUBLIC LAW 100-343—JUNE 22, 1988

102 STAT. 641

U.S.S.R. or permit a return of personal, political and religious freedoms; and Whereas 1988 marks the forty-eighth anniversary of the United States continued policy of nonrecognition of the illegal forcible occupation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by the U.S.S.R.: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That— (1) the Congress recognizes the continuing desire and right of the people of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for freedom and independence from the domination of the U.S.S.R.; (2) the Congress deplores the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics and to yield to their rightful demands for independence from foreign domination and oppression; (3) the fourteenth day of June 1988, the anniversary of the mass deportation of Baltic peoples from their homelands in 1941, be designated "Baltic Freedom Day" as a symbol of the solidarity of the American people with the aspirations of the enslaved Baltic people; and (4) the President of the United States be authorized and requested to issue a proclamation for the observance of Baltic Freedom Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities and to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations so that the issue of Baltic self-determination will be brought to the attention of the United Nations General Assembly. Approved June 22, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 249: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): Feb. 26, considered and passed Senate. June 14, considered and passed House.

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