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Baltic Envoys Keep Flags Flying In US Despite Annexation
A handful of Baltic diplomats including Latvia Lithuania and Estonia maintain missions in the United States after Soviet annexation in 1940. They receive State Department oversight, perform non diplomatic tasks, and engage with Baltic communities through translations, real estate matters, publications, and public events. Dr. Arnolds Spekke heads Latvia, Joseph Kajeckas leads Lithuania, and Ernst Jaakson serves Estonia in New York.
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Lewis Gulick
Preas Wester Washington
Sill
United States
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Soviet Union
U.S
Executive Branch
Congress
Ernst Jaakson
Chicago
New York
State Department
Spekke
Legation
Kajeckas