PROBABLE REPLY
REFUSAL OF DEMANDS
FINLAND'S ATTITUDE
PROBLEM OF ISLAND BASE
(By Telegraph—Frcss Association—Copyright) {Received November 2, 12.20 p.m.)
LONDON, November 1.
The Helsinki correspondent of the British United Press says that, while it is understood that the delegation to Moscow will refuse the Soviet demand, the Finnish Government issued the statement that Finland will never allow a third Power to use her territory as inimical to Russia.
The Moscow demand for a naval base on the Finnish mainland, pre-] sumably Hanko, is expected to be the thorniest problem, because it would permit the severance of Finland's trade arteries at will. Compensation by cession of Karelia would merely worsen the defence position by extending the frontier to include a population alien in race and religion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 13
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