"Moscow, May 23 The Soviet Government instructed its chief delegate to the present League Council session at Geneva to request a postponement of discussions of the Aaland Islands remilitarisation problem, it was officially announced today.
The instructions were sent M. Ivan Maisky. Soviet Ambassador to Britain and delegate to the League, following Finland's refusal. to communicate Getails of the proposed programme of remilitarisation, it was stated.
The official communique emphasized that the Aaland Islands situated- as; they are. in the straits to the Gulf of Bothnia, near the Gulf of. Finland, are of vital. importance io Soviet Russia for they might be used in wartime to close the Gulf
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