CONDITIONS AND ATTITUDES IN LITHUANIA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06819464
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2019
• Case Number: F-2019-01565
• Publication Date: April 5, 1961

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
or revelation of which in any manner to on unauthorized person is prohibited by low.
COUNTRY USSR (Lithuania)
SUBJECTerConditions and Attitudes in
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Kaunas was booming with
construction. Remy factories and homes have been built, and a number
of the homes are very desirable. Some even have central heating.
Communist Party members have first preference on these homes. Govern-
ment housing is inexpensive. and renting from a Private Individual is
quite expensive.
Houses apparently
had to be renuMbered to bring more order into the street nudbering
system.
The City Cemetery (Mlesto Kemal) has been obliterated, and in its
place a park has been opened.
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reason for this was that on 1 November each year the students march up
to the cemetery, raise the flag of independent Lithuania, and sing the
national anthem. (The first of Mbiumber is a holy day on vhich pray-
erg are said for the dead.) This practice is carried out each year,
and on this occasion the Kaunas mania is usuallyzvdnforcedby units
from. Vilnius. All people 'who had dead buried in the City Cemetery
were advised, by the government to remove them to other places because
the cemetery was to be made Into a park. There was resistance to the
idea, byt fbpAlle most putt, it took the form of smoldering resentment
fagifyitilitiet occupiers rather than active hostility.
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There is some resistance activity among high school students In
Kaunas. dome of_thanare-orsanissil anA thaviwin+ A imbelAft
Parents in Lithuania are responsible for their
children's actions. If a child misbehaves, the student cap of the
child is noted. (the number of the school is on each cep), and, the
child is reported and the parent notified. For each misdemeanor the
parent Is fined 100 rubles.
5. People still go to church in Lithuania. at Party members even
go, but not in their own mammities. Weddings, baptisms, communion,
and. funeral services are still performed in the churches. Christening
costs 15 rubles sodding's seat =Iva I
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Civil defense drills are held three or flour times per year in Kaunas.
When the siren sounds, people are required to clear the street and run
to bomb shelters. Anyone caught on the street is grabbed by ambulance
attendants, bandaged on the spot, and, taken to a hospital. These
simulated situations are regarded as mall situations &min drills
Bunkers were anattarai throughout Kaunas,
9. There Is much thievery in Lithuania.
.10. Lithuanian farmers do a great deal of drinking They steal rye and
brew "magma." They have no need to save moray, since they cannot
buy land, houses, etc., so they drink up *at money they have.
11. Lithuanians do return from Siberia, but nary of them go babk. They
are not allowed to register in Lithuanian cities, and their homes are
usually One, so they return to Siberia, where they win haveajob
and a roof over their heads. Another reason for returning is that in
Siberia they are not watched constant1y, as they would be if they re-
in lab:mule.
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Because of what was
broadeast over VOA concerning Lithuanian emigre activity, the people
had faith that Lift:19E18.'0�4d eventual-14r be free. The Soviets in
Siberia tell the Lithuanians to have faith, that they will be free one
day. They add, that the Lithuanians have beenenslaame only a few
years, whereas they PalerSoviets] have been enslaved fOr,mtny years.
� 13. Neither the Lithuanians.northe Soviets are satisfied with the present
regime. They all wait fOr the Americans to force the Soviets to make
Boma� thanes
14. People in Lithuania. felt very sorry for the U-2 pilot who was downed
in the USSR. They said, he should have nos:cover Lithuania: they
would have hidden him and taken care of him
15. The Lithuanians wait for the US to do something to liberate them.
They want to be independent, and they want free elections. They say
that countries smaller than Lithuania are independent, and they feel
they abyuld receive equal justice. They believe the US should. force
IChrtudichev, through negotiations, to relinquish his occupation of the
Baltic countries, but they do not wish this to be done ibrolnOt war, as
they fear war very much. There are many Lithuanians who would leave
their country if they could., and most of themiamAld choose to come to
the US.
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