Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

760D.6111/5–1048

The Finnish Minister (Jutila) to the Secretary of State ¹

No. 2898

Washington, May 10, 1948.

Excellency: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that, according to information received from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, there are rumours in regard to secret clauses or a secret protocol which would have been made in connection with the Agreement of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Moscow on the sixth day of April 1948.

Referring to the above, I have been instructed by my Government to assure Your Excellency that these rumours are entirely unfounded.

Accept [etc.]

K. T. Jutila

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Extract From Radio Speech of the President of the Republic of Finland, April 9, 1948

The President of the Republic of Finland, Juho Paasikivi, in a radio speech on April 9, 1948, with reference to the Agreement of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, remarked i.a.

“In view of the doubts expressed abroad, it may be added that no secret articles are annexed to the Agreement”.

1. Delivered by the Finnish Minister to the Acting Chief of the Division of Northern European Affairs, Benjamin M. Hulley.