books.google.com - Diplomats representing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania continued to perform their functions even after annexation of their countries by the Soviet Union in 1940 and the subsequent elimination of their respective governments. Throughout the Cold War, certain Western nations, including the United States,...http://books.google.com/books/about/Diplomats_Without_a_Country.html?id=wRbdAwtxVIAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDiplomats Without a Country