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...Take the initiative in establishing peace with Finland...
...covered fighting in Finland all the way from 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle to the great battles on the ice at Lake Ladoga 600 miles to the south. He was bombed by the Nazis in Norway until his teeth chattered-sizzled with the Aussies in the sands of Libya-flew with British bombers from Greek fields when they raided the Italians at Brindisi. After that he covered the Greek campaign from the fighting in the Albanian mountains to the tragic evacuation of the Australians and the British from the Greek ports. Hell-bent for more...
...Russians claimed that a Finnish motorized battalion was helping the Germans at Stalingrad and that "old men and cripples" were being conscripted to help the Germans storm Leningrad. In Washington Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope denied the charges, added that Finland "wants to cease fighting as soon as the threat to her existence has been averted" and her security guaranteed...
...diplomatic double talk that has followed Finland's alliance with Germany, Minister Procope's statement was most suspiciously confusing. The Finnish Information Bureau branded as "false and foundationless" any intimation that Finland was ready for a separate peace. The British, who declared war on Finland in December, said Procope's statement was an evident attempt to keep U.S. public opinion at least lukewarmly sympathetic. There was another report that Russia had asked the U.S. (via Wendell Willkie) to declare war on the Finns...
...Finland has one of World War II's most difficult diplomatic positions to maintain. Internally her fighting strength is being bled white by two wars in three years. Her economy is disrupted by blockade, her people dissatisfied. Letters from1 soldiers complain of German pressure at home, bad food and living conditions. Some are bitter over wives and sweethearts consorting with German soldiers...