For more than 30 years, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have stood as pillars of freedom and democracy. In the decades preceding Baltic independence, The 1940 Welles Declaration and the 1932 Stimson Doctrine enshrined in US policy the non-recognition of Soviet annexation of the Baltic states. as well as any international territorial changes executed by force. This policy, in conjunction with the Budapest Memorandum, resonates today as Russia prosecutes an illegal war of aggression in Ukraine. (00:13–00:32)
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Asserts that US policy historically did not recognize Soviet annexation of the Baltic states.
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