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Robert C. Byrd: “Suddenly, it is not convenient for us to continue to support the cause of freedom for the captive nations. Have we…”

On the recordApril 5, 1990
Suddenly, it is not convenient for us to continue to support the cause of freedom for the captive nations. Have we decided that the freely elected governments of Lithuania and the other Baltic nations must meet some higher test before they can count on our support?
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Apr 5, 1990

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Speaking on U.S. support for Lithuanian and Baltic independence.

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