Independence Move Voted by Latvians
The Parliament of Soviet Latvia voted Thursday to work for Latvian independence in the latest separatist challenge to the Kremlin from the restive Baltic republics.
After heated debate, the Latvian Supreme Soviet adopted by 177 votes to 48 a declaration that said: “It is necessary to do all to restore the state independence of Latvia and transform it into a free, independent Latvian state.”
The declaration denounced a 1940 parliamentary resolution that brought the republic into the Soviet Union, saying it could not serve as a basis for the future.
The declaration said the Latvian state would “stay on the path of humanitarian and democratic socialism.”
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