Soviet Union would be secured. is important to note, even twenty-four hours “It before the Soviet move, that well-informed Conservative circles in London were offering even money on the proposition that Sweden and the United States could be militarily and financially aligned against the Soviet Union’s proposals. And these proposals were of a particularly alarming nature, inasmuch as their success would profoundly change the world power position by removing the possibility of a direct threat by the World’ to one of ‘Capitalist the principal industrial regions of the ‘Communist World.’... was a moment of acute nervousness when “There Paasikivi, then the Finnish delegate to Moscow negotiations, was discovered to be willing to reach an agreement on Soviet terms.... The appointment of M. Tanner... was made with the object of the ‘stiffening’ Finnish delegation and reversing the position reached by Paasikivi. having been accomplished, it was thought a “That long period of diplomatic and financial pressure by the Russians would set in and last all winter, the Helsinki Government in the meantime receiving increasing support from the United States. suddenness of the Russian move, therefore, “The dislocated all plans—diplomatic and otherwise—based on this assumption. It also seems probable that it was responsible for the lack of coordination in Western propaganda on the matter. For instance, while some British and American newspapers were freely reporting the of civilians’ in Helsinki, ‘massacre neither the correspondent of the London Times, the correspondents of Swiss newspapers nor the official Finnish radio station in Lahti at that time said anything about the matter at all, though some of them got into line later.” The Anti-Soviet Drive Today Add the mad hysteria being whipped up against the Soviet Union all over the world. Add copious evidence from
Soviet Union would be secured. “It is important to note, even twenty-four hours before the Soviet move, that well-informed Conservative circles in London were offering even money on the proposition that Sweden and the United States could be militarily and financially aligned against the Soviet Union’s proposals. And these proposals were of a particularly alarming nature, inasmuch as their success would profoundly change the world power position by removing the possibility of a direct threat by the ‘Capitalist World’ to one of the principal industrial regions of the ‘Communist World.’... “There was a moment of acute nervousness when Paasikivi, then the Finnish delegate to Moscow negotiations, was discovered to be willing to reach an agreement on Soviet terms.... The appointment of M. Tanner... was made with the object of ‘stiffening’ the Finnish delegation and reversing the position reached by Paasikivi. “That having been accomplished, it was thought a long period of diplomatic and financial pressure by the Russians would set in and last all winter, the Helsinki Government in the meantime receiving increasing support from the United States. “The suddenness of the Russian move, therefore, dislocated all plans—diplomatic and otherwise—based on this assumption. It also seems probable that it was responsible for the lack of coordination in Western propaganda on the matter. For instance, while some British and American newspapers were freely reporting the ‘massacre of civilians’ in Helsinki, neither the correspondent of the London Times, the correspondents of Swiss newspapers nor the official Finnish radio station in Lahti at that time said anything about the matter at all, though some of them got into line later.” The Anti-Soviet Drive Today Add the mad hysteria being whipped up against the Soviet Union all over the world. Add copious evidence from
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