The Archive · 1940

Trade Parleys to Begin

Helsinki, Mar, 16, M. Julio Paasikivi, who negotiated the treaty for Finland, will leave on March 18 for Moscow at the head of a delegation which is to clear up a number of pending questions with the Soviet Government, such as the exact delimitation of the Russo-Finnish frontiers, The delegation will also start the economic parleys and arrange for the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

In a statement made to a Havas correspondent today, M, Paasikivi declared that the new frontier would be approximately the same as the one which followed the Nystadt peace treaty of 1721 when Tsar Peter the Great of Russia paid 2,000,000 Thalers to Sweden for the territories he obtained. M. Paasikivi stated that the Foreign Commissar, M, Viacheslav Molotoff, mentioned the name of this Tsar on a number of occasions during the peace negotiations in Moscow.

"Eight meetings were held in M, Mojotoff's office and,' contrary to what happened last' Autumn, M. Stalin was not present at any of them," he added,

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