SOVIET PRETEXT.
A DRAMATIC INTERVIEW. Telephone line broken. (United Press Association —Copyright., (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. With his sentences punctuated by the sourrdof: tombs and screaming sirens, the Helsinki correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain telephoned an interview with Mv Erkko (Foreign Minister), in which the Minister branded the invasion as f ‘the purest aggression imaginable.” He added: “We have, shown, a .willingness to find a peaceful "solution. To the last, Russia gives the pretext that we invaded Soviet territory. We have done nothing of the kind. The fact that our border troops were standing by for a possible Russian attack has been justified by to-day’s events. “Russia had no right to denounce the non-aggression pact. According to the treaty conciliation should —” Here the telephone was cut off.
STATE OF WAR DECLARED. PROCLAMATION IN FINLAND. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) HELSINKI, November 30. The President (M. Kallio) has issued the following proclamation: “With a view to maintaining the country’s defence and the Constitution, Finland has declared a state of war.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 44, 1 December 1939, Page 5
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