English Translation

9h - 12 - IV. The Red Army. The Soviet-Russian army has so far failed militarily in the Finnish campaign. This judgment is not so much based on the fact that the Russians have not succeeded in achieving decisive successes in the war in Finland that has lasted for more than two months. Undoubtedly, a comparison with the Polish campaign is not possible for many reasons, but it may also be left out whether or not a flash war was planned in Moscow. However, the Finns have not only claimed their positions, but have also taught the Russians sensitive defeats in the counterattack at Aegläjärvi and in the two Suomassalmi battles. However, it seems to be clear that Russian troops were originally much worse in quality than they were recently found on the front. The information available to me so far from the Finnish front was so contradictory and partly invented that I must at the moment fail to give details of the battle value and mode of combat of the Red Army. This is all the more so because I expect to receive authentic and reliable material about this question in about a few days in Stockholm from a military-trained neutral guarantor, who is currently on a multi-week front trip. Here are just a few details. Thus the use of poison gas and fumes shot by the Soviet Russians is a free invention of the Finnish propaganda. The same is true of the alleged countless defectors. I do not remember any case of a Soviet Russian having defected to the Finns. This is already unlikely because the Russian soldiers are consistently of the opinion that they are immediately shot by the Finns. Also the leaflets dropped by the Finnishs, in - 13 -