AALANDS DEFENCE
LEAGUE NOTIFIED REQUEST RECALLED RUSSIAN OBJECTION (Reed. Dec. 5,2 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 4. ! The Helsinki correspondent of the British United Press states that Finland has notified the League of Nations that she is fortifying the Aaland Islands. | Sweden, and Finland asked the League’s approval of this step last iMay. Russia objected and the League 'did nothing. i The Finnish spokesman points out 'that the Aalands are one of Finland’s most vulnerable points and any Power seizing them could close the Gulf of Bothnia, enabling Finnish cities to be bombed and isolating the country from the world.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 6
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