Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War 1939/19690: Telegram

The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State

Helsinki, February 24, 1942—2 p.m.
[Received 4:46 p.m.]

144. There has been no reference in Finnish press thus far to Stalin’s declaration yesterday59 on anniversary of Red Army including his statement that recovery of Baltic States and Karelia is Soviet war aim.

Schoenfeld
  1. The Department received a report of Stalin’s speech in telegram No. 163 of February 24, from the Chargé in the Soviet Union, vol. iii, p. 416.↩