Viano Tanner, of the Finnish delegation to Moscow, stated it was not known when the negotiations would be resumed. He added that a memmorandum of the Finnish point of view and one of the Soviet were exchanged yesterday. Observers in Helsinki are incline to believe the talks have reached a critical stage:
Replying to the statement issued by the official Soviet "Tass" news agency in Moscow today, in which the Finnish Government's attitude was described as "uncompromising," the Finnish Foreign Office stated that the Soviet Government had proposed talks and had then submitted proposals which Finland considered in part as threatening her independence and neutrality. Finland had made extensive concessions on questions affecting Soviet. security, - particularly that of Leningrad, the statement added, but because of the nature of the Soviet demands, she was obliged to take precautionary measures—Reuter.
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