The Archive · 1939

Pact with Finland

(Continued. from page 7) night that an "ynconciliatory" note fud Been actived from Mostow de-houncing the, Soviet Pinnish non. aggression pact. No official common! was forthcoming pending consultation among high Finnish officials.

Earlier, however, a Finnish Government spokesman defied Soviet demonstrations Finland and for incidents. "We know in Finland that we are right," the spokesman said, "There is no doubt about it and we cannot be shaken by demonstrations, no matter What kind of demonstrations."

Meanwhile, it was understood that Soviet agents in the past few days bought two of the largest local banks at a price reported between 45,000,000 and 60,000,000 Finnish marks. Considerable mystery Surrounds the purpose of the Soviet agents, particularly because there fe Government restrictions airist lo shipment of funds abroad.

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