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Latvijas Tautas fronte
To the Governments of all Nations

Latvijas Tautas fronte
To the Governments of all Nations

The governments of most democratic nations have never recognised the forced Incorporation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the USSR in 1940. Today we are all witnessing Lithuania’s heroic endeavours towards self-determination and independence. At the same time we see Moscow’s unwillingness to begin negotiations with the Lithuanian government, the incessant war of nerves conducted by Moscow’s central press, and the demonstration of force by the army and Moscow’s collaborationists in Lithuania. The determination of Latvia and Estonia to follow the Lithuanian path makes the situation even more explosive.

We appeal to you not to leave the Baltic States at the mercy of the totalitarian superpower, the USSR, which has never abandoned any territory which it has occupied. We urge you to exert economic and diplomatic pressure on Moscow, so that it starts immediate negotiations with the Government of Lithuania. We urge you to support Latvia and Estonia in the same way. In 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1945 the small nations of Europe were left to their fate. We believe and hope that support for Gorbachev by the governments of the democratic states does not mean the betrayal of the Baltic States in 1990. We believe that broad and unequivocal support for the Ba1tic States does not undermine the security of any other state.

We are not pleading for sympathy. We are asking for concrete and effective help.

Dainis Ivans
Chairman of the Popular Front of Latvia
Deputy of the Peoples Congress of the USSR

Ivars Godmanis
Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front of Latvia
Chairman of the PFL caucus in the Latvian Supreme Council

Riga, March 30, 1990

Source:
copies du texte directement du Front Populaire de Lettonie mars 1990