▁the ▁Act ▁of ▁Independ ence ▁of ▁Lith u ania , ▁the ▁J oint ▁Staff ▁of ▁the ▁Union ▁of ▁Lith uan ian ▁Fre edom ▁F igh ters ▁signed ▁a ▁declaration ▁on ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁Lith u ania . ▁The ▁declaration ▁stated ▁that ▁re inst ated ▁Lith u ania ▁should ▁be ▁a ▁dem ocr atic ▁state , ▁that ▁would ▁grant ▁equal ▁rights ▁for ▁every ▁citiz en , ▁based ▁on ▁freedom ▁and ▁dem ocr atic ▁values . ▁It ▁did ▁declare ▁that ▁Commun ist ▁party ▁is ▁a ▁criminal ▁organization . ▁The ▁document ▁of ▁the ▁declaration ▁has ▁surv ived ▁and ▁was ▁preserved ▁by ▁the ▁K GB . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁Se imas ▁( par liament ) ▁formally ▁recognized ▁this ▁declaration ▁as ▁Dec laration ▁of ▁Independ ence . ▁ ▁Ju oz as ▁L uk š a ▁was ▁among ▁those ▁who ▁managed ▁to ▁escape ▁to ▁Western ▁countries ; ▁he ▁wrote ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁there ▁ ▁and ▁was ▁killed ▁after ▁having ▁returned ▁to ▁occupied ▁Lith u ania ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁forces ▁had ▁er adic ated ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁national ist ▁resistance . ▁Int elligence ▁gathered ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁sp ies ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁and ▁K GB ▁in fil tr ators ▁within ▁the ▁resistance ▁movement , ▁in ▁combination ▁with ▁large - scale ▁Soviet ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁managed ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁campaign s ▁against ▁them . ▁ ▁Adolf as ▁Ram an