Hirvepark meeting

Initially, the demonstration was supposed to take place at the Town Hall Square (Estonian: Raekoja plats), but the city government issued a last-minute revocation of their permission given for the meeting.

[6] At the militia's request, the attendees moved on to Harjumäe, chanting slogans such as "publicise the Molotov–Ribbentrop conditions", "[the right of] self-determination for Baltic countries", "abolish the Molotov–Ribbentrop agreement", "Bring Stalinist executioners to justice", and "free Enn Tarto and Mart Niklus".

In the demonstration's opening speech, the principal organiser, Tiit Madisson, spoke about the non-aggression pact signed between Germany and the Soviet Union almost 50 years ago, and its secretive additional protocols, which divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

There were also poetry readings from Merle Jääger and Raivo Raave, as well as one Platon Afanasjev, who claimed to be a functionary of Communist International; however, audience members deemed him to be too young to be part of the organisation, and he was consequently heckled off-stage.

[3] The crowd of now-several thousand participants sang "Our currents are free" (Estonian: 'Meil merevood on vabad', also known as "Jää vabaks, Eesti meri"), and over a hundred people followed Lagle Parek's plea to enroll in an organisation dedicated to remembering victims of Stalinism.

The demonstration was referred to as foreign interference in the USSR's internal affairs, and the forging of fascists - in newspapers, tabloid-esque articles appeared, in which Madisson, Parek and Mikku were depicted as simple 'thieves', 'crooks', and provocateurs that were distorting history.

„Selle aktsiooniga püüdsid provokaatorid moonutada Eesti töötajate revolutsioonilist minevikku, heita sellele varju, mustata Nõukoguse rahvaste vennalikku ühtsust, diskrediteerida Nõukogude võimu.“ "With this action, the provocateurs attempted to distort the revolutionary past of Estonian workers and cast a shadow over it, to tarnish the fraternal unity of Soviet nations, and to discredit the power of the USSR.

"[8] „See spektaakel, mis mängiti nende poolt maha Nõukogude-vastase stsenaariumi järgi, tõi kahjuks kokku mõnisada uudishimulikku.“ "This spectacle, which played out on [the participants'] side as according to an anti-Soviet script, unfortunately brought together a few hundred curious witnesses.