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Richard Johnson, representative of Canadian Government, returns from Lithuania and is being warmly welcomed at the Toronto Airport on January 13, 1991. Lots of people have gathered to the airport, holding Lithuanian national flags, flowers and posters with texts in English. Posters say that aggression should be ended in Lithuania, Gorbachev should be stopped, and Canadian politician Bob Rae is being thanked. Richard Johnson arrives and gets immediately surrounded by journalists after he has hugged his wife. In his interview, Johnson talks about the political situation in Lithuania, events in front of the House of Parliament, Vilnius etc. The audience ...

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