George Bush actually said...

This in no way affects the long-standing U.S. policy of not recognizing the forcible incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the Soviet Union or our support for the right of the Baltic states to self-determination.

Context

Letter to Congressional Leaders on Trade With the Soviet Union

12/28/1990

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