Delight tinged with a bit of skepticism was the reaction heretoday among Lithuanian, Latvian and Russian emigres hearing reportsof the crumbling coup in the Soviet Union.
"It's for real," said Al Domanskis, president of the LithuanianWorld Center in Lemont. "These were the most important crucial days,and the choice was freedom or totalitarianism.
"If you have democracy, freedom and independence in that part ofthe world, it's incredible," he said.
Democracy seemed doomed Monday when coup leaders announced theouster of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, tanks and troopsstreamed into Soviet cities and media outlets were seized.
It got gloomier for …
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