NEW HOPES FOR PEACE
Russia And Finland (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, March 31. Although officially unconfirmed, it seems established that M. Paasikivi, the Finnish Government representative, has gone to Moscow, says The Times Stockholm correspondent. If this is true it can only mean that the Finnish Government has finally agreed to accept the basis of negotiations that Russia proposed on February 19, probably after convincing itself that the news of modifications transmitted to Helsinki by the Swedish Government originated from official Russian sources.
Posters appeared in Helsinki yesterday recalling all Finnish soldiers on leave in Helsinki says the correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper Morgen Tidningens. In the Finnish capital the censor prevented the correspondent from commenting on the news, which Stockholm thmks may herald dramatic developments. The fear of a sudden Russian offensive may have been responsible for the recall, but it is pointed out that there is also anxiety in Helsinki over the possibility of a German coup. On the contrary, if a Russian-Finnish peace was suddenly announced Field Marshal Mannerheim would want a maximum number of men under arms to carry out the isolation Of the .German troops.
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Southland Times, Issue 25328, 1 April 1944, Page 5
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