Helsinki, Jan. 16, 'The Finnish oficial radio states today that espionage by' Soviet lements is being severely repressed. Two Soviet military men spying the strength of Finnish forces, were ar~ rested on December 12 and after court-martial were executed December 16.
'A Finnish citizen, informing Soviet employers on the strength of u Finnish detachment with details on its position, was arrested when passing Information to the Soviels on the mining of a certain road, He was taken on January 7 and sentenced to death.
Newspapers here say Finnish soldi-cers destroyed a whole Soviet detachment by following the traces left in the snow in the Raalte battle. During the crushing defeat which the 163rd Soviet Division suffered along the Kintajaret Lake, in the direction of Suomosalmi, two or three. Finnish companies Kept the entire 44th Soviet Division at a distance on the highway between Raalte and Suomosalmi, Soviet prisoners made on this acc: sion, when questioned by Finnish officers, said their detachments had assassinated their oticers and the most literate among them was thea delegated to write a loiter Joseph Stalin, asking him to stop this war. The letter was never finished, however, because" of the Finnish Part of the enemy machines came from the Arctic, over Norwegian territory, a Helsinki communique al-JJeges.' The number of machines over Finland during January 14 is estimated at over 300. Three were shot down. The shooting dawn of another three waits: confirmation, the communique adds—Reuter,
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