One of the aims of the deportations carried out simultaneously in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, was to complete the collectivisation process that was started in 1947, in which the economic measures had failed. The other aim was to weaken the armed resistance movement that was supported by the farms which provided the food.
Eestis, Lätis ja Leedus ühel ajal korraldatud küüditamise eesmärgid olid lõpule viia 1947. aastal alanud kollektiviseermine, mis ei olnud majanduslike surveabinõudega õnnestunud, ning nõrgestada relvastatud vastupanuliikumist, mis oli saanud toiduainete näol toetust talumajapidamistest.