Germany's MINISTRY for Chechnya and Moravia, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1023, sig. 110-10/27 (damaged)

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S 8 The Finnish question also sheds light on the relationship between the enemy allies and each other. In contrast to the US, which is completely disinterested in Finland, after eliminating the influence of public opinion,which is always in favour of Finland for various reasons, England is most interested in Finland. For strategic reasons, but above all for economic reasons. It should not be forgotten that, until the outbreak of the war, a large part of the English wood and paper supply from Finland was covered, while, on the other hand, the English processing industry in Pinnland had good sales opportunities. The trade statistics of the years before the war clearly show this. Churchill's cautious suggestion in his last speech in the House of Commons last week gives eloquent information about this. The remark that the Finnish-Russian ceasefire treaty is a typical Russian treaty indicates the English displeasure. It is worth considering to the author whether the overall situation here should not also be reflected in the German propaganda. One could look more with sympathy and regret at the desperate situation of the Finnish people, to whom the government's petty faith has been inexcusable, and draw Sweden's attention to its commitments. There is no doubt that such a method would enable people in Finland and Sweden to react with a certain amount of reverberation, and that this propaganda could be reinforced by some gestures. In the author's view, it would be very effective if the Finnish population were to be placed under the coat of the Red Cross or indirectly via a German private company known in Finland, in order to alleviate the greatest hardship, some cargoes of coal or car c cdrdr. It is not to be overlooked in the public opinion in Sweden that the violence of the Soviets and the spread of their power, to the extent that a change has occurred in recent months, has occurred, when one again instead of an extermination of Deatschland, on a German-English language