on 11 january, the military council of the baltic military district was held. it decided to arm soviet officers and cadets with machine guns. open movement of soviet troops and armored vehicles were seen in the streets of riga. several meetings by both pro-independence and pro-soviet movements were held on 10 january. interfront held a meeting calling on the government of latvia to resign. some 50,000 people participated and tried to break into the cabinet of ministers building after being asked to do so by military personnel.