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Last week the continued story of Sumner Welles's mission to Europe was no match for dramatic, high-pressure, Russian-Finnish peace moves in the Baltic (see p. 19). Only the U. S. State Department knew how deeply the U. S. was involved in those moves; officially the U. S. had neither asked nor been asked to mediate. Said White House Spokesman Steve Early, defining the attitude of President Roosevelt: "He didn't close any door, but he didn't open any door either...
...peace on the Baltic, with no Allied intervention, meant uninterrupted shipments of ore from Sweden to Germany...
...wanted was to lease Hanko. Said Foreign Minister Vaino Alfred Tanner, who made quite a name for himself as a phrasemaker as the week wore on: "There is no reason for the Finnish Government to occupy itself with mere talk. Let those talk who like to talk." Across the Baltic in Stockholm, Dr. Juho Paasikivi was reported to be in Sweden, "in personal contact" with a Russian diplomat. This was big news, if true...
Admiral Pratt expressed doubt whether England could have done much in the way of giving Finland naval aid "unless Britain entered the Baltic and controlled it. If it were not for German and Russian air power, this could have been done. But as air strength stands today, the move would have been hazardous...
...Russia extends her hegemony around the Baltic and reaches back toward maritime power, Zhdanov gains in prestige. For Leningrad is Russia's No. 1 seaport-in area, the world's second largest-and headquarters of the Red Fleet. And if Russia's power spreads through Scandinavia to the Atlantic, Zhdanov will be the man who wields...