Finland’s war-time Prime Minister, Mr Vaino Tanner (above), and the war-time Finance Minister, Mr Edvin Linkomies, who were imprisoned in 1945 for having led the country into war, have been pardoned by the President (Mr J. K. Paasikivi). The President has also pardoned Mr Eero Kivimaeki, former Minister in Berlin. Mr Tanner and Mr Linkomies were already on parole.—Helsinki, May 23.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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61Finland’s war-time Prime Minister, Mr Vaino Tanner (above), and the war-time Finance Minister, Mr Edvin Linkomies, who were imprisoned in 1945 for having led the country into war, have been pardoned by the President (Mr J. K. Paasikivi). The President has also pardoned Mr Eero Kivimaeki, former Minister in Berlin. Mr Tanner and Mr Linkomies were already on parole.—Helsinki, May 23. Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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