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Criticizes President George Bush's passive response to Lithuania's efforts toward independence. Three suggested reasons for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's refusal to grant independence to the Baltics at the present time; Why the West appears to have accepted his policy; Call upon Bush and other top Western leaders to exert pressure on Gorbachev to change his policy.

This article presents a Lithuanian refugee's argument in favor of his country's independence. Brief history of Lithuania; Why the author left; Criticism of the United States' lack of support for Lithuanian independence.