The Archive · 1939

Norway Told of Blockade Oslo, Dee. 8

The Soviet Commissariat for Foreign Affairs informed the Norwegian Admiralty today that part of the Finnish coast in the Gulf of Finland and the Finnish coast in the Gulf of Bothnia will be submitted to a state of blockade—Havas.

Red Sub Attacks Nazi Ship Helsinki, Dec. 8.

The German freighter Oliva was attacked by a Soviet submarine when leaving the port of Uto, a small Finnish island at the entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia, on the evening of December 5. The Soviet submarine fired three salvoes hitting the Oliva's pow. Soviet officers subsequently boarded the steamer to examine the ship's documents. No further details are available so far—Havas.

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