760M.61/137: Telegram
The Minister in Lithuania (Norem) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 12—4 p.m.]
150. I have the honor to inform the Department that the new Sejm to be elected on July 14 will most likely ask for immediate inclusion of Lithuania into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Mr. Seja told me confidentially that the Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs had been so informed on his recent visit to Moscow.62 The one list of candidates to be presented to the people includes laborers, farmers, soldiers, dancers, writers, and singers who have expressed radical views. The Minister of Finance resigned a few days ago and the Minister for Foreign Affairs is reported to have tendered his resignation for the second time.
- Vincas Kreve-Mickevičius, Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs since June 17, 1940, had visited Moscow July 1–2.↩