DEMAND ON FINLAND
M. Molotov announced that Russia was demanding a pact from Finland similar to those which had been made with the Baltic States and protectorates. Russia was interested in the Gulf of Finland, but did not want the Aaland Islands. She was not making demands from Sweden or from Norway. Finland had rejected Russia’s terms as violating her neutrality. M Molotov reproached President Roosevelt for interfering in Russo-Finnish relations. He denied that Finnish independence was threatened.
“Russia.” he said, “offered Finland an exchange of territory in order to protect Leningrad, but this was rejected,”
“America’s revision of her Neutrality Act. M Molotov stated, would only , prolong the war and enable munitions
makers to make profits. Russia’s policy had been to break up the Versailles stiuation created by Britain and France, with the help of the United States, ensuring the defence of Russia and the Baltic States, and not interfering with other countries. M Molotov spoke for 90 minutes. The council adopted his report unanimously, without discussion, after giving him an ovation. The council also voted on the agenda reports of the White Russian and Ukrainian delegates and adjourned until 6 p.m. ,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19391101.2.35.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1939, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
193DEMAND ON FINLAND Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1939, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in