The Archive · 1940

Union Support Finns London, Jen. 29

The Executive Council.of the

International Transport Workers Federation, at a meeting in London yesterday, passed a resolution expessing abhorrence of "the treacherous attack upon Finland by the Soviet, consequent upon the unholy alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia."

The meeting called on Russian workers to resist a regime "which, hoped workers in all countries would tura with disgust from the Soviet regime. The meeting also urged all states which are members of the League of Nations and the United States to give all effective assistance to Finland in men, munitions and supplies.

It says it is the task of workers in all countries, without committing themselves to the policies of their governments, to bring about the Fol and downfall of Nazi dictator-The council extended sympathy to German workers, declaring the belief that the majority of them favour democracy. It called upon workers in Germany and countries under the German yoke to continue the struggle against. the oppressors.—Reuter. the direction of Barnaoul to, reach the trans-Siberian Railway at Taichet in the Irkutsk region. The line so far is 806 kilometres long—Havas.

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