English Translation

The head of the Finnish economic delegation in Sehweden, Virkunen, confirmed that despite the greatest effort, the Swedish government has not yet given its consent to the conclusion of deliveries. The Swedes want to lend only on the condition that Finland remains as an independent state and thus also has the possibility to cover the loans to be granted by Sweden through their own external trade, but precisely on this point, as already mentioned above, the Soviets do not announce their plans. It is therefore also felt in the broadest circles of Finland that the Soviets are deliberately trying to benefit an economic and supply-related disaster in Pinnland, and to make the country mature for Bolshevization from the inside. In addition, the area of Porkkala does not have a good port, so one must expect in future that the Russians will lead their army and other traneports over the port of Helsinki, while it is certain that there will have to be clashes that will give the Soviets further opportunities for blackmailing Finland. The ultimate goal of the Soviets with regard to Finland cannot be doubtful. For more than 700 years now, both tsarist Russia and the Soviets have been trying to liquidate the Finnish question, once they have removed the uneasy and always obstinately resisting population at Russia's borders, and then they have also been able to maintain the strategic ports they wanted in the north and in the south. According to the author, these efforts are countered by the plans of the German Reich, which do not allow for the Bolshevisation of Finland and perhaps other parts of Scandinavia, nor a position of power of the Soviets in the Baltic Sea. However, the interests of Sehweden are also identical in these points with the view of the Reich. Nor can we ignore the fact that the recent development in Sweden has caused great concern, especially since one is aware of one's own responsibilities.