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L!y dear Mr. President:

DEPARTM E NT OF STATE WAS H INGTON

December l , 1939

I am sending you herewith a translation of a

cable which the Presi dent of Colombia yesterday

s ent to the President of Finland. I t seems to me

to be a very accurate reflection of public opi ni on

i n Colombia and, I have no doubt, in pr actically

every other r epublic of t hi s continent. I beli eve

you will be interested in i t .

Believe me

The President,

The White Hous e.

.. · (Translation)

Bogota, November 30, 1939.

His Exo e 11 enay

fbe President of Finland,

Heleingfore.

The d1atance between our countries which, while united by t heir fai t h in democratic ideals, have scarcely begun to develop t he ir relations, does no t prevent us, Excellency, from eXpressing t o you, in the trying times through which your country is passing, t he assurance of the profound sympathy of Colombia. I would be false to the feelings ot my people and those ot t he Government of the Republic it I were silent before the cruel outr~ge ot which,- without the slightest Justification,- a tree Nation that has reached so high a degree or law-abiding civilization end authentic culture is now the victim. The small nations ot the world, which, eager tor peace, seek t he well-being of t heir sons within the reality ot inalienable libertiee and, holding strictly t o the rules ot right, wish to maintain irrevocably t heir full inde­pendence, whatever sacrifice such maintenance may in­volve, cannot, without endanger ing their own exist ence , r emain indifferent to a total disregard or t hose rules,

to

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There is ciue M<' pD/labl<> frO'\ thl' :Jov• rn•,nnt of i'inlann

on Decenber 15, 19J9, on account of its indebtedness to the

llniW States, the sua of •2J4,~J. •he Press reoorts • at

t11e Finnish Lecation has inclicatPd that its C,ov<rMent intends

to o'ltlke pa:ro~nt on the due date t.nd that fund' a,.. in this

country tor tl.a t purpose.

I havo instruc to·d ~he Sccl\. tll.ry of the 7reasury to a.ccept

this pay:-.ent •.hen tendered a11<1 to hol-1 the llt'lOunt t -erot in

r~spens<> ., not to cover it i."'to •"-' Tr<asw-~ until Con;·reas

hns had o.n opportunit~· to act on 11\Y recommendatio:'l , to be

includPd in the amual r:essnge a1 thr sta~r of the l'nion , til:. t

in vie'lf of tt.e heroic effor ts ""ich f'1nl,a,..O h lll&k1:tg to d•f'end

its liberty, the anowtt of th i s JW.Y1Mnt be turned ovf' r to the

Finnish 'ed t:ross to be used in the relief or suft<rin ••

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT

l,:Y \lea r fo;r , Prca1dent :

WASHINGTON

Dec~sber 4 , 1939

Referrit~~t to our eonveroat1on et lunch

today, the~ l a at~aebed a a toteme~t vh1~h I

believe you eao moke a t one of your oreeo eonfor­

e,cee njlia~ng t"• ~'innlah debt peJ'ltent .

Ve baYe not received o!flc~al r.otlee troa

the l'lnnith Ninitter t hat i'inlend lntende to lllD.kc

th1t !)l')'lUnt, but be b2.s mde a statem<rt to the

prett t~Mlt !undc are lc thl) countrj and thAt the

Pl'YJIIOnt vlll be Jnade on Deco01brr 15 in !lew Yo rlc ln

the uoual """-"'er . '!'he otatellll!nt lo !ruoecl so tl:at

you can ~.l<e ~.e announeeo:en t at any tl"'o , but H

may be that you vlll want to val l until you receive

official confit~tlon tnnt ?inland will ~ke the

payment on the due date . If you prefer to welt, the

ot~ttuent should be reviud.

.:c.! t h.tully yourc.,

'Iha Pretldent,

The White Houoe .

~ncloe\lre

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' DEPARTMENT OF STATE

WASHINGTON

Dece~ber 5, 1939

l.ly <ea r General Y.atson:

I aM tr~!~it~ing here ith a let~er a ·r sed

to the Prc•ident by the nonorable ~m~r Pr ocop6 ,

.~n1•ter of Finl~d , e~?r8S31ng the latter ' s ~ersonnl

a prec1at1on and arat1tudo for the su~port given to

Hnl~nd by the Pr·•s i<'ent .

~e no re_>ly need bo m&.at: h)" th£r ?rcs_\itmt r

r.hVe &c;;nor.ledged the Jir 1Ster 1 S note end infor~td him

that I ~ve been leased to trwns~t the letter to the

\bite Rouse .

Sincerely yours ,

£nclosure ; ~otter addressed to the President .

Br1rad1er Cenerel Edr.1.D ~.Q tson , ~ . S . A . ,

Secretary to th• President ,

The V.bi t e l!ouse .

I

LEGATION OF FINLAND

WASHINGTON. 0 . C .

His Excellency

!' • ::.n/.lir. D. Ro:.sevcl t

Pre:- idont of tl:c ~ni ted :;to. ';c:; o~ /r.eri a ,

·:.·· ::h~n::;to:J , !) .C.

LEGATiON Or r tNLANO

WASHINGTON, D C

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Letter to the Pr eaideat from Secretary ~orpnth&a

Subjects P1nn1eh Gold

Deo.aber s. 19! 9.

IDqulJ')' -d• by ainhter or s-dea w1 th reapeot to the diapoaal or the eold. Attaohed ia photoatat OOP7 011:'4 b)' the Preai~t • I t outline• oertain prOYiaioaa oouaeoted with the de l i very of the Ool4 • the United Stetea.

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DMZ' Mr. Presidenta

'fre&aUJ7 Department Wuhin~n

Deoeaber 5, 1939.

I have pleaaUI'e in tn.ulaj.tti~ herewi'th a memorandum submitted to me, which retera to our discuaaion ot yesterday in rer;ard t o the inquiry made by the Miniater ot Sweden with reapeot to the diapoaal of Pinniah Gold. I ahall not tail to keep you intor.ed of ani further d..elop­menta in the premiaea.

81Dcerely your a,

SigMCI-J. Morgenthau Jr

Secretary of the Treasury

t'he Preaidaat

t'he 1rh1 te Houa e.

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I DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON

1 L1~9

In c ~cordence 1 i th the ?r~s!c ent ' s 'liC lul'cnduCJ

o1 Clc~-bcr 11 to the w~Cr l ry, ~~crt r :r. n .c~ith

on Lecccbtr 7 fr·~ ~~e Yr ~1C€nt of rin!ond .

Sincerely yours 1

Inclosur e : Ori, in(ll telegram f r om

tbo Presicent of Finl~nd .

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TELEGRAM Wqe ~qite %ruse

Spoab 64 CABLE 8 :55 p . m. ~a~ HP.l s i ngfors , Dec . ? , 1939

TH!: Pi'E ~I DEHT :

Accept, Excellency, my heartfelt t nanks for felic1tations o n anniversary of Finland ' s i ndependence and for token of sympathy toward Finland , who ha.s been obliged with weapons to defenl'l her independence , l i berty and r i ghts . Your mes sage rece i Yed. wi th feeling of r elief a nd you may rest asqured that wnole Fi~nish natton is deeply thRnk~ul to you and Amer1can people .

Kyoesti Kallio .

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASH INGTON

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• thou ht ~'O" ~ oult! bo int. ru~·· c: in

thio sw~•ury on l·'lnl.utd r ivun mo lly ' J•oco, o .

Cony

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

r'arc h 7 J 1 ~40

TFF. SECRET/~Y rF TRE TRFASrRY

Will you sneak to me

about this~

F . D. R.

Translation of rr.essa15e from "1.:annerheim" Helsinki , 3/1/40 as follows : "General Lundkvist pr onosed February 22 to the P. S. A. }.laval Attaohe Co-nmander Pihl ora) l y J that u.s . f . . WOI• l d "'r sist Finlanct in sendinr- 150 our suit - lanes anrl 36 fast bomber s with two motor s , all v:ith voluntary crews wd eqnipments . The matter very ur &ent . In emer~enoy to be hcu~ht .

Asl:ing urr;ent repl,Y" • Attached js handwr itten statement dated 3/3/40 rer,ardin~ Finland . Pr esident ' s notation on messar;e "H. r~ .. Tr - .hlso the ">D.yrnont rlr~>ct!y rnde" .

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"e~o to the : reGi•lont f r otl Cor1oll Hull

Ro : rPtt~~ r- le~ter o· SoerAtar or-onthau rolatlve to reeorstructlon s•r7e~ of Finland .

Seo : 'orl'enthllu- Drav:er 1- 1£>40

-THE $ECRnARY OF STATE

WAIHINQTON

~1nrch 25, 1940.

:E!.:ORAJ:DU:.! FO~ Tr.E PRESIDBNT

I her11wi th r eturn lPtt~r of Secretary Uor~rt~nt/lnu r elati ve to r econstruction survey of Finland. It Just s o h;mnen o that the D@<nP t' tment had sent out thP enoloned telegre1, t o our Legvtion n t Helninki a few hourn befor e I r ece i ved your memor andwn enclosing the Morgto nthnu lett~r on the ePme subject.

I nm not cer tnin in my cind as to just how tnr we s:>ould go at t ~s stage .. i th n nro!<l"oo lncludlnl!' loens end a i d in otner nosslb~e ways i n tn< r econstructio. ot PtnlMd, 8S'OftCililly in view ot the demands in 80 lllllny other wpr-wrecked countrii!B and locnli <:ies . The fur thel' ques tion 1\S to whether our pr esent undertRltlnc; gr!lduAlly t o develon n broad rmd C01111)reliens1ve nr or:rA.lll t>n<l pol t oy of econonlc reconstruction , beginning a t t ne end ot' the war , should be nursued for tho nr e sent rather thnn >;o undertAke i t b y o iece mepl AS in the case of Finlnnd naturally presents i t self . I n an y event , I comni1ment Secrnt~~.r;· l.lor genthnu on hi s in1 t1Pt1ve 11nd vision .

Xou con return co~y of disontch t o Helsinki .

THE SECRETARY OJ" THE TREASURY

WAai11HOTON

lnro!. :'0 , l!l40

51ncc Finl•., ll nnd l'.U~l)ln r.'lV" ~'l'" "'C"Cl' , : h.'"'O bc!ln ·i 'lit c nnl "rr~blP :·-.ou ·ht t' · '"•t ~t'c future of Finlnn< "!ny bf • It RE'n t.o <O ~ht\t tho United Str•t<'~ hnr. ' ·rc t o:>'lortun1t> to ue~onntr'"'. te J ,~ t 1,1n t1r'•" , ".'!1/tt "'1(' ·'"'l'P. will-in to do !or n co·.m~r;.t 11',. F~~.l:>nd .

r:.cre ls " ,., ol reeL. •tr:·cticn Jc t t,. ~ore t'-''!' Flr.lP.n-· . ~·aP. t .. u ·:~~ t· . .. I · H~ ln ' inu 1!! ~ ·";; yc•J 1r·:~ :e F1nlrn' "o £r. c 1 alon to:. .1s countr;, 1.~ ont"P, ~., P.:"':'!"'•r .. o '"' ~h.'l• t: o1r r.t>E'ds :l.."'C, ~" c.'t'd by so,..eor.e 11' e ::r. ":'• nr.P-.. ~ t':'l.o , bffcre Prttflrirt,. .. :_cl!" Go•.'er"ln('~':, "0.9 ~)\(' r.E""d of t}·,plr C0'10U' p;• CCOperl>t\•tc ltOVe ­loi80t. ; tLnt r·e , in t'Jl'n , bP "ren'l!'ed to hrl~ tliem do not only 11 nh:;sicf'l rooonrtruction Job, but help tl.en recret'te 11 otron · f1Mnoinl sl't-'l" .

Ey helplr F1nlnnd co n con!"lete rf'conotruc­tion j ob, '!I'C c:m nctunlly d" on~tr•te •· t' •" rest or the "Orld -:.-.: rt' t1re rroo •·e • to do J.!' nnd r.:;"=' ~ence . l.ll · co e 1n E:ttrore or As~" .

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Y.erch 16, 1944.

It h11o Blwaye seemed odd to me and :o :he people

or the United Stotea to find Fln!and a partner o r

Nar.1 Ger:11any , rlghtlng aide by oide v i th the a worn

enemies or our c1v111tat1on.

The F1nn1eh people no\/ h11ve 11 cho.nce to withdraw

from this haterul pertnrrehi p. The longer they atey at

Oenoany 1 e s1de the more sorrow and aurrer1ng ia 'bound

to come to them. I think I can ap,.ak for all A·aer1cans

when I say that we sincerely hope Finl and w1ll now take

t he OpportunitY to dleae•ociste herself frol:' '}er:nany,

•

/ DEPARTMENT 0,. STATE

WA SH INGTON

Mnrch 16, 1944.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

SubJect: Statement on Fi nland

The preea reports thnt t he Finnish Diet haa rejected

the Russian terms by a vote or 160 t o 40. However there

ie etill time to change thei r ~inde a• the Ruee1ane have

given them unt11 the 18th. I t hink 1t 1e a pity that

they are missing the boat and hope trAt you will eee

your way clear to iat>Je the attached atateClent ae a

co~ent on the reports rrom Finl and and Sweden 1n the

morning papere. It ml&ht do eome good and we will have

done ever·yth1ng poe e i ble .

AttachClent:

Propoeed statement on Finland.

.. ..

DnlEDIA TE RELEASE 1.:1\RCII 16, 1944

It has always seeced odd t o ce end to the people of the

Unit.ocl St.at.es to find Finland a )'Brtner of :lazi Ge r r.any, fighting

side ~ side with the sworn enemies of our civilization .

Tho Finnish peo1>le now huve a chance to withdraw from

this hateful partnership. The longer they stay at Oer~y • s side

the more sorrow and suffer~ is bound to co::.e to theM. I think

I can speak for all Ar:ericans when I say that 11-c sincorely hope

Finland will now take the opportunity to disassociate herself from

Germany .

. . 0,1:.PARTMI:.NT

OF STAT E I IN COMING

TE LE GRAM

~ • ~ ft..« .(.I,. ,-t<' vY I - v .,1

~~ OIVI~ION OF

COMMUNICATfOf\; J

ANO RECORDS

A:rl' -76 Helsinki This tclcgrnrn nust be clo9cly paraphrased be­f ore beins com:nunicotcd to anyon e . ( - )

Dated June 22 , 1944

Rtc 1 d 6 : 57 o ,m, , 23rd ,

Secretory of State ,

l'foshincton .

U. s . URGE!IT

l:L~Cl' 491 , June 22, B p . r.t .

q~ T FOR s:CR~TARY

One . Finland hos decided to end its co-oelli~ercncy

nith Ger!~any and has olrt'ldy i nitinted mcosurco to

do so . I con ,-,arrant thnt thi s infor mation is

authentic , aboolutely re1iabl c nnd can be acted upon

but I hav e been placed unclcr obli::;ntion for present

not to cite tlY source . As Dq>artmcnt is m·,nrc ther e

is c!c.n::;tr to Finland fror• Gtrrnon anci cxtrer.ti~t croups

in Pl't::ooturt revclotion of decision . Furt:1Cr.,orc ,

in ~l.':::rt ers uh ere ! ltcl•n c~ this , sonc a;>prthtnsion

is felt lest ;-tussions r.tiGht object to our hovint; the

i nformation at this tint an~ sor.tt unc ertainty about

our codcJ,

T"o. This decision wns to;.r cn today nnd will

prcsunw.bly be the policy cr P"'otrnctcd new Govcrn~1Ent .

o&eussrmm Sta .. ~Joe?<. t.. ...... 1'F'Es 7 1972

8J J_ ScMoblo o. .. _

Thrc E.

- 2- #491 , June 22 , B p, m,, from !lcleini<L

Three . Soundincs to cs tcbli~h contact with Ruosians hav e alr eady be en made in Stockholm.

Four . I am also asked the attitude of our GovErnment toward Finland in ViEw of this chanGE of policy .

Plttls c s c c my i mmtdiat ely following t clcgram f or relevant information ,

EJl! liiUI

GULLION

I ~ DEPAR TMENT

' OF

I

INCOMING \ r sr /-,, ~ -· .

DIVISION OF COMMUN ICATIO NS

AND RECORDS

'

STATE TELEGRAM

GEM- 80 This telegr am must be c losely paraphrased be­fore being communicated to anyone. )

Seeretary of State,

Washington.

u .. s. URGENT

Helsinki

Dated June 23, 1944

Reo 1 d 7 : 19 a . m,

492, June 22, 10 p. m., (SECTION ONE)

One . Although projected governmen t headed by

Ramsay was supposed to have taken over by Tuesday

Juno 20 at least , with agreement of hoadqunrt ers and

Party groups, no government has yet been formed and

official line , though by no means the true one, is

that present government wi ll remain in power. Many

things have delayed decision end it i s difficult to

assess accur ately t heir r elat ive inf luence, Ther e

ha s been some difficulty in agr eeing on personali t ies,

t empor al difficulty in arranging Party mee t ings and

it appears that ma t ter coul d not go forward without

author ity of Mannerhei m' s hea dquarters which pr e sumably

did not wan t to capitulate prematurely. Fur thermore ,

soundings of Sovie t in Stockholm had to be comple t ed.

In any cns e a decision in policy has been t aken (see

lliiCLAssimo ~ 0.,.0.. lAtter, 1·11·11'

my secret

s, J . ...._ .... o.."' fEB 7 1972

- 2- #492, Juno 22, 10 a . m. (SECTION ONE) from Helsinki

my soorot telegram 491) .

Two. Projected Ramsey government is still the

one upon which projects e r e being formed. Sub j ect,

of course, to revision it would include von Born as

Ministor of Jllstice, Hiltonen r oploces Tanner os Minis­ter of Finance and Poasikivi or Hynninen ••ill hove

Foreign Hinistry elthough, if Paasik1vi does not enter government , which i s probeblo, he would still be regarded as the ~n to conduct negotiations. Hynninen although

Finnish Minister in Moscow at bog1nn1hg of current wor is c onsidered here to be persona grato to Rus31ons .

Gripenbcrg said to have been unwilling enter cabinet. Servic<>s of good men required in Stocltholm. Repeated to Stockholm no my 143.

Three. It will readi l y bo seen thnt this government i s not o radical r econstruc tion and yot I am convinced that it is pledged to begin ponce negotiations (my telo­

grrun in reference ). /1 ropr esontoti vo of Socinl Democrat opposition wing was delegated to inform mo that Social

Democrntic opposition could not endorse the now government although it would not oppose it. Opposition wonts to

moko clear tbnt it hcs found it impossible to form a more rndi co~ly chcngod government lenvina out old

loaders at

- 3- #492, J\lne 22, 10 a . m. (SECTION ONE) from Helsinki.

leaders a t this time, It considers th nt proposed govem-

ment would do mere l y as interim government to begin

peace nego ti~tions. Thi s source a l so informed me t hat

i f peace they f ormed wcs considered t oo harsh fo r Finland

then it is probably botter for Finland and United Notions

that present opposition e l ements would not benr on us.

Keikonen, dissident Agrarion, would hnve boon preferable

but unabl e gain enough Pnrty support. St r angely enough,

Tanner i s said to be t he most vigor ous nnd effe c t ive

l eader in effor t to form .

REP CSB

GULLION

r s, OEPARTMENT

OF STAT E

tniC- 79

I INCOMING TELEGRAM \

Hclsin':l

fiiVI'>ION OF COMMUNICATIONS

AND RECORDS

This telecr•m .~st be closely pnrap~~ased be­fore bein co:-,unicatecl to anyone . ca·ss·s )

Dated JLne 22, 1~{4

Rcc ' ~ 7:11 n . n ., 23r~ .

Secr Etary of State,

1'/ashin:;ton.

US URC<:l!T

0:.92 , June 22, 10 p . r . , (SECTIO!l TriO)

a peace 3ovcrnmcnt . S<l t interes t is no c:Oubt prEsrnt

in t'1is case but et s~me ~inc ~c is prob:1bly

essentially honest but rrrons henccd a11' ..,ost r f rctbe

i.:;ur E in Porty . n c hir • elf •·tould not f1 1 re in

:;:ov rrnment . For this reason oppositl on c'oe s 11ot reel

that Dritish American r r<"ios should non contl:l'IE

ntt:1ck on Tanner and q• r es r.hether our radio

propacancia would contin;: postulatinc con:>letc onission

of old f i t,:urea from t:;ov .l'nllcnt as p!"on1e comlition

if it had knowltd(;t of' fMts just stat Ed ,

Four . If' I may venture o•'fl o; .nion o:tit;lcut

knoultdgr of' <iECisicn on h ... Sh levels vtould S'l,' \7 e

fulfilled only two main conditions . (A) plcd;cG to

b c31n peace nc~otiations int cdintcl;,- and (..,) 11ns

QCCEptab1e OI'JCWjSJY!!D

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- 2 - {/49':?. , June 22, 10 •' " ·' · • (SEC':'IOl" :·;;o) from Hclsl.r 1<1

accevtnblt to Ru3sians . There is ~ocd r•ason to

thin!: former 1s coat 1dt'1 projtctc<: ila.:'3::y :;)v crnr.•cr,t

and latt cr Department t'IIY kno". fron Russirtn3 .

In this connection tt 1s noted that Conrmnls t rl'pe1•

IIYDAG in Stockholm in one edit ion 3aid all Russians

r equired in Finn Gov crn:ncnt was d es· rt to tt~l: c !'tOe c

nhil £ in another it n ttcc!:cd Ramsay, Lin komi c~ , Rj·t i.

Rucorcdly t; . Dohtnan , Strtdish Por ci:;n Of fie c, says

Racsay .:;ovcrnrncnt acctr>t;ablc to R\lssians . A norc

radical reconstruction of Gov Ernctnt \Tot.ld ~~rely be

more dcsi r cbl e but continued cf.fort to rorr.1 it 1'/0uld

only postpon e settlement o,: Clll1pnign, probably lead

to civil stri.f£ or dlla<llock in which no overture would

b e made to Soviet until Fi tlan<l were actually laid lo11 .

FivE . Prime foe tor in th c situation io th t actur 1

impor tanfc of Gcr r.o.n r rinforc ctotnts . ?.cport of thtc c

I have nou rt>~son to th.in1: hav e been c~a.:;:;crotcd pnrtly

by Germans themselves . 3ource citt(. ~o ME total of

a division and "our bctt'llions no:- ~·ishcs to r•vio c

h s stattrncnt and snys t'•trc ar c ab• Jt ;;so oirplMca ,

pot more than 4 , 000 MEn nn• 60 tnn l:s . Ilia taLirllltcs hrv r:

usually b een entirely ri,.ht i n past , Since 1 have

found r umor s of strtn3tha of G:rmans at porto have

scncrnlly proved to be Gr oundl ess and s incc civil inn

t3timat ts of

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cstimntcs of militlli'y L. r cnr; l h arc notoriously unrclinble

I nm inclined to agree to 1is esti~tc . Thus

possibilitlts of n Gcrr.,n coup SC£t' one dq;ro:c l tsa

probable . At same time certain clr.ncnts arc d~f.l.nitely

in c:ollnboration 11ith Ger.,~ns and ·;.ould furt:~ cr a

coup or would try to hand ov er Alands to German troops .

My b est sourc e in these mattcra tells r,,c Germa ns

have brou;;ht in consi" trablc naval strcn-::th and that

Prinz Euc en is at Hoc; lend Island. !bn y Gtrl:'~'>n

specialists and civilinn have arrived includinG

one Vollncr who accordin5 to MY report ls a ~pccial>~t

in takin(l ov cr American Lc•·r t 1 ons . Finnish rrJ.li t'lry

believes Lhcy can a tabilizc situat i on unt il new

~overnccnt takes over in t~rcc or four J'ly s . Cert tnly

ex t raordinary mobilizn• ·.on of boys and men i n th ei r ~i.rtys ,

requisition of all means of lransportation , ct ceter a

indicates continu.d resistance .

( .:::10 OF ! !~SSAGE)

GULL::: ON

REP CSB

!JlPARTMENT OF

STATE I IN COMING TE LE GRAM \ DIVISION OF

COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS

FBM- 168 Thi~ i" lEg r nm must bE clos . ~-'I' P••!'aph:-laEd bE­forr ;·::: ir.~ co; nnice ~Ed to anyonE . ( • 7

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SEcrEtary of St ntt ,

Washington .

495 , JunE 23 , noon .

HEls inki

Dated J unE 23 , l 944

Rt c 'd 1 : 37 p . m.

Would bE apprEciatEd if Army and Navy would in

thEir discrEtion rEpEat to mE for my guidancE any

information about GErman military and naval rEinforcemEnts

othe r than that containEd in my tElEgrams . (My 495

t o DepartmEnt rEpEats this messagE. )

1'/SB JT

GULLION

DroLASsmJID State 0.· '*'~ ! "''"<:"· l· lt·12

By J . ""· · · ··· Do !A! F E B 7 1972

Of r IRTt;fNT OF

STATE I INCOMIN G TELEGRAM \ I"IVJ<;ION 0 1"

COMMUNICATION ~

Ar~D REconos Dt.!H-195 This tclcgroo must be closely poraphrcstd be ­fore being co~municated to anyone . ( 3 II SO I

Score tory of Stott

\lashing ton

US URGEIII'

498, June 23 , 6 p . m.

llelsinki - < Doted June 23 , 1944

Rcc'd 4 :05 p . m.

Source ocntioned 1n my 492 , June 22 , reiterates

view or limited number of Oermon rtinforcemcnts . He

did soy thot these arc going to Eas t Front , nevertheless

he considers German coup likely. I saw todcy in

6andv1ken hol'hor a tonk col'ry1ng v:;;atl which hod cop­

sized .

Repeated to Stockholm OD my 146.

"'Y source says this had on lt '-"tlve (12) Tiger

tanka . Tht sE arc to bt subtracted from totol reported

i n oy 492 . Strenuous efforto ore being ~~de to recover

the tanks .

•iTD JRL

Finnish garr1oon at Helsinki reduced to ftw companiES .

GULLION

0 llCI.ASS!FTP.I) St.•fe 0.. :-t. Le.u.er. 1·11·11

By J. &boubt. o... FE 8 7 1972

3670 Carbon or t his IDIItlo:-endua returned to ilr. Stettlnlua, 11/ll/M ••

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8J J, SchiOIJ ble O.t.e FEB

THE U NDER SECRETARY Of" STATE

WASHINGTON

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My'dear ~. Hamilton :

I am happy to designate you as Representative or the United States of America in Finland, with the personal rank of Minister.

Pending the resumption of aiplomatie relations with Finland , you should act a s Representative of the Unit ed St ates in that countr y in all matters concerning the protection of American nationals and American interests and shoulo report fully to the Uepartment of State all developments in Finland affecting those interests. I wish you tull success in the accomplishment of your mission.

Sincerely yours ,

fRANKLI N 0 . ROOSKVELT

Y~xwell ~. Hamilton , Esquire ,

Care ot De partment of State,

1/ashington, D. C.

DI CLASSTTID By Deput 1 ,., .. ,.ht·'h ' ,. , ,he U. S.

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DEPARTMENT 0~ STATE

WAS HI NGTON

Subject:

rcccmbcr n . 1944

!m.!ORANDUM FOR THE . Pll'IDENT

Le' t.er of aooointment. for !Jaxwell M. Hamilton, Es~uire

Attached for your signature, if you approve , is a letter appointing ~:aX'Ifell !.! . Ha:nilton as Represen­tative of the United States of America in Finland , wit h the personal rank of Minister . 1. r..£n.crandum suggesting that ~. Hrunilton be sent to Finland (copy attached) was approvf:d by you on Novecber 11.

Enclosures :

1. Letter to namilton. 2. Copy of memorandum.

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effect financing r epar ations transf ers. (4) If the United Stat es wishes to assist r epar a­t ions r ecipients , it would be preferable for it to do so directly r ather t han indirectly by financing repara­tions trRnsfers .

The Legation has been instructed to assume a dis­cour aging attitude if t he subject of financial assistance to Finland in meeting r eparations obligat i ons is broached, but not to attempt a definitive answer . Ther e has been some indication that not only t he Government of Finland but the Governments of Sweden and the Soviet Union as well ar e inter ested in what t he United States pol icy wi ll be on the matter under r eference.

DI'JCJ..ASSIYriO fkatA ,..,.. .. ,, ,, 1·l1 T2

"' J . Scb• •b .. o. ... ~ 7 1972