In foply to a question, M. Paasikivi stated that he met only two foreign diplomats in Moscow, but he refused to give their names. "We had to be extremely careful for we wanted to prevent the Russian from thinking that some plot was being hatched," he added with a smile, The negotiations took place without any untoward incidents, with both sides giving way on certain points which, however, were minor ones, he continued. One point lengthily discussed was the delay in which the withdrawal of Finnish troops from their positions was to take place.
He revealed that M. Molotoff made only a passing reference to Otto Kuusinen, head of the "democratic government" set up by the Russians on Finnish territory shortly after the outbreak of the war.
In conclusion, he stressed that the plan for the conclusion of a defense ive agreement between Finland, Norway and Sweden, is not opposed by Moscow so long as such an alliance is not directed againt Soviet Russia—Havas.
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