Assertion: doctrine | /r/HasProperty | invoked by sumner welles
Facets:
value: in the welles declaration
type: LOCATION
value: on july
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The doctrine was also invoked by US Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles in the Welles Declaration on July 23, 1940, which announced non-recognition of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of the three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania This remained the official US position until the Baltic states regained independence in 1991.