The Archive · 1940

Said Exaggerated

"Friends of the Soviet"

Stage Demonstration London, Aug. 3.

Soviet reports about "termorism" in Finland appear to be exaggerated, according to Finnish reports reaching London from Helsinki.

The reports state that on June 30 the "Friends of the Soviet" stated a demonstration, marched through the main streets of Helsinki shouting, "Down with the government," "Finland will be bombed again, and other threats.

'A few arrests were made. On Thursday night a similar demonstration took place in Helsinki. Police intervened and some of the crowd threw stones which injured three policemen. A demonstration on a smaller scale took place in Tampere but there were no other disturbances anywhere in Finland—Reuter.

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