Claim: Justas Paleckis, the most popular and most respected president in the history of Lithuania, was appointed as Prime Minister under the orders from the Soviet embassy in Kaunas.
Evidence: Justas Paleckis (22 January O.S. 10 January] 1899 – 26 January 1980) was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was nominal acting president of Lithuania after the Soviet invasion while Lithuania was still ostensibly independent, in office from 17 June to 3 August 1940. He then remained as the nominal head of state of the Lithuanian SSR until 1967. As such, Lithuanian government records do not recognize Paleckis as a legitimate president. By this time, Lithuania had been occupied by Soviet troops.