FOREIGN HELP
FORMATION OF BRITISH LEGION SOME SWEDES FIGHTING FOR FINLAND. THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS OFFERING.' HELSINKI. December 11. The British vice-consul in Helsinki, Mr Nigel Allan, has resigned in order to organise a British Foreign Legion to assist Finland. It is stated in Washington that stocks of American trucks, medical supplies of oil are held at strategic European points and can be moved to Finland rapidly. It is revealed in London that some Swedes are already fighting in the Finnish army, for which thousands have volunteered. More than 600 Danish nurses have volunteered to join a Danish Red Cross unit in Finland. A Stockholm message states that the Polish Ambassador in Helsinki and the whole of the Embassy staff have volunteered to serve with the Finnish forces, a radio message reports.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1939, Page 7
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131FOREIGN HELP Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1939, Page 7
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