Word: bosten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the League met, up rose Sweden's delegate, Bosten Unden, to express a wish of his Government endorsed, he said, by Britain: even though good offices had so far collapsed like chunks of snow against Soviet steel, one more effort should be made to achieve peace by request. The League agreed. A special committee drafted a note inviting Russia to cease hostilities and let the League mediate. Richard Austen Butler, head of the British delegation, suggested that some limit must be set; accordingly a reply was requested within 24 hours...