MOSCOW TALKS
FINLAND’S STATUS DEMANDS BY SOVIET MODERATION SOUGHT HELSINSKI PREPARES RUSSIANS ON BORDER (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 12, 3.10 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 11. The Washington correspondent of the United Press of America says it is learned that Sweden, Norway and Finland have suggested to 1 the United States joint overtures to Russia against immoderate dealings with Finland. Denmark is expected to join the movement, which is not intended as a demand on Russia, but only to suggest moderation in its current discussion with Finland. The Former Polish Ambassador to Moscow on arriving in Helsinki today, declared that a division of Soviet troops and a large number of tanks and heavy artillery were massed on the Russo-Finnish frontier. They were reported to extend eastward to a point 30 miles from Petsamo. It is expected that 124,000 people, including 64,000 children, will be evacuated from the capital by to-morrow. Machine-guns and anti-aircraft guns are being mounted in all large squares and on rooftops. The population is calm. A Rome radio reports that Finland is ready to make concessions, provided she is given equal concessions to the Karelian Republic.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20067, 13 October 1939, Page 11
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