. "State continuity of the Baltic states" . "legal continuity of the interwar state" . "legal continuity" . "Baltic states' independence" . "does not recognize" . "until 1977" . . "regaining independence" . "Baltic states continued to exist" . "assert state continuity" . "restitution principle" . . "countries that did not recognize the Soviet occupation" . "did not ''de jure'' recognise" . "Baltic-American agenda" . "State_continuity_of_the_Baltic_states#European_Court_of_Human_Rights" . "revivals of the three independent countries" . "continuation" . "majority of Western nations refused to recognize" . "did not recognise" . "legal state continuity of Lithuania" . "they claimed continuity" . "three Baltic countries" . "not recognized by most of the international community" . "state continuity of the Baltic states" . "recognize the Soviet occupation of the Baltic countries" . "did not recognize the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union" . "independence" . "de jure recognised" . "Unrecognized" . "recognized" . "de facto" . "legal continuity of the state" . . . "State continuity of the Baltic states" . . "state continuity for the Baltics" . . . "Legal continuity" . "continuity from the original states" . . "legal continuity of the Lithuanian state" . "Semi-official diplomatic relations continue" . "state continuity of Lithuania" . "state continuity" .