A resolution designating the 50th Anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact of August 23, 1939 as Black Ribbon Day in observance of the illegal annexation of the Baltic States.

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Designates August 23, 1989, as Black Ribbon, Hitler-Stalin Pact Denunciation Day as a symbol of the solidarity between the people of the United States with the Baltic peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact of 1939. Supports the Baltic peoples in protesting the events of 1939-1940 which lead to their illegal annexation into the Soviet Union and supports their demands for self-determination. Urges the Soviet Union to renounce the Pact and its secret supplemental protocols as well as all claims to the Baltic States which are based on such protocols. Reaffirms U.S. policy of nonrecognition of the forcible incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union.

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