Moscow, June 26, The radio this morning, referring to the first Finnish war, stated it was not against Finland that Russia had take precautions but it was realized that Germany would have used Finnish territory for an attack on the Soviet Union, "The real cause of the first Russo Finnish war was the presence in Europe of an aggressor, It_was: this that compelled the Soviet Union to seek security in reverting to the old policy of acquiring strategic positions.
"If the Finnish people are again involved in war today it is quite ac~ curate to say that they are merely innocent victims of the German grosser. Because it is Germany that Russia fought in Finland in 1940, and 48 Germany she is fighting there Finland ought to know that she is being bombed only on account of the presence of German troops on her territory. The aggressor in Finland really Germany."—Reuter,
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