14 June the Estonian government surrendered without offering any military resistance; The occupation authorities began... by disarming the Estonian Army and removing the higher military comman from power Ertl, Alan (). Toward an Understanding of Europe. Universal-Publishers. p. 394. ISBN1-59942-983-7. Accesat în .
Parlamentul European (). „Resolution on the situation in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania” [Rezoluție privind situația Estoniei, Letoniei, Lituaniei]. Buletinul Oficial al Comunităților Europene. C 42/78. "whereas the Soviet annexias of the three Baltic States still has not been formally recognised by most European States and the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Vatican still adhere to the concept of the Baltic States".