DELEGATION DEPARTS
FINNS - SING NATIONAL ANTHEM (Rec. 10.30) HELSINKI, March 21. _ Several thousand Finns sang their national anthem, “We Love Oiir Country,” outside the railway station as the official delegation left for Moscow to discuss the proposed treaty of military assistance and friendship with' the Soviet Uniotfi. A small group of Communists at one end of the Station broke into Finnish Communist Party and Avorkers’ songs competition Avith the national anthem. The delegation’s departure coincided Avith the disclosure that Russia had claimed 140,000,000 more marks from Finland as compensation for her share of dividends and interest accuing from former Gorman-owned enterprises in Finland, Avhich have been ceded to Russia.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 137, 22 March 1948, Page 3
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