FINLAND'S REPLY
SOVIET DEMANDS
FEELING OF OPTIMISM
DISCUSSIONS TO BE RESUMED
(Daventry Broadcast.)
LONDON, Sunday Night.
The Finnish delegation is now expected to leave for Moscow on Tuesday. It will take with it Finland's reply to the latest Soviet demands. The Finnish Cabinet has been busy considering the demands, and today the party leaders were called to- j gether to hear the Russian proposals. Though the demands are still being] kept a secret, there is a feeling ■of optimism in Helsinki that an amicable settlement will be reached. A statement made by M. Stalin is regarded as hopeful. The Finnish preparations for defence continue. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.' (Received October 30, 1 p.m.) HELSINKI, October 29. M. Tanner; a member of the Finnish delegation to Russia, revealed, in an interview, the far-reaching nature of the Soviet's proposals when he said that a five-sixths majority of Parliament was necessary for their acceptance. Such a majority is required only for constitutional changes or when an i
emergency does not permit a referen- • dum. The Inner Cabinet studied the proposals overnight.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1939, Page 7
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