EPLYING to the Swedish Mu London, Dec. 5. mister, when he communicated the desire of the Finnish Government to enter into fresh negotiations, M. Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, said the Soviet Union cid not recognize this "so-called" government and there could be no discussions with it, according to a report broadcast by the Moscow radio last night.
M. Molotov added the Soviet Union recognized only the People's Government of Finland"—the regime established in Soviet-occupied Finland under the Premiership of M. Otto Kuussinen.
The Soviet Union cannot take part in the meetings of the League of Nations' Council and Assembly, M. Molotov has informed M. Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General of the League, according to a Moscow broadcast.
M. Molotov is stated to have added that the Soviets were not in a state of war with Finland and did not threaten the Finnish people.
Consequently the invocation of League action, he asserted, was not justified.
Russia is determined to defeat the Helsinki Government and establish that of M. Kuussinen, which has been set up in Soviet-occupied Finnish territory, according to a news dis: patch from Moscow published in Ber. lin, Words to this effect, the report adds, were presumably used when the Swedish Minister saw M. Molotov in Moscow yesterday to convey the desire of the Finnish Cabinet to reach an amicable settlement with Russia.
The British Government has not-ifed the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, of its intention to be represented at the forthcoming meetings of the Council arid the Assembly of the League.—Reuter.
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