Moscow, Mar. 2.
Russian troops were holding the approaches to the Finnish town of Viborg from three sides yesterday, presumably aiming to encircle the city completely today, a communique issued by the official Red news agency Tass announced here last night.
Forecasting the imminent fall of Viborg, foreign military experts here yesterday, said that after its fall the Soviet forces would split, one half turning the Mannerheim Line northwards and the other continuing the thrust through Viborg to Helsinki United Press.
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