860P.00/279: Telegram
The Minister in Latvia (Wiley) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 24—10:05 a.m.]
151. Minister of Interior53 addressed the nation last night by radio. He fulsomely lauded the Soviet Union and attacked the previous Ulmanis Government as reactionary and guilty of duplicity toward Russia. He promised a revision of existing laws and a purging with relentless persecution of the public services of their reactionary and evil elements particularly those who obstructed the carrying out of the mutual aid pact. The Minister also promised individual freedom and the protection of private property rights.
The implication is that of purges and public trials in the Moscow manner.
- Vilis Lacis.↩