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...Russian-language broadcast by the Finnish radio last week underscored Helsinki's dilemma: "Finland wants peace and is willing, to make peace with Russia. . . . What concerns Finland is that . . . unconditional surrender should contain certain conditions satisfactory to Finland. . . . Finland certainly cannot plunge blindly into peace negotiations...
Signs of panic multiplied in Helsinki...
...Helsinki there was talk that the barrier to peace was Baron Mannerheim and the General Staff, who insisted on keeping Soviet Karelia as a "practical guarantee." Others said that Ryti & Co. might have to step down before peace negotiations could begin. Said Tanner sadly...
...when they flickered in 1933. Others saw the lights blow out again. Europe's darkness this time spread to Africa, Asia, Australia, America; in the universal war, even neutrals had to accept the night. Among the world's blacked-out cities: London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Bern, Budapest, Helsinki, Honolulu. Dimmed-out cities: Moscow, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Bombay...
First-string correspondents shook their heads last winter and spring every time a peace rumor emerged from Helsinki. Wait, they counseled, until the name Paasikivi appears; that will be time enough to expect results. Paasikivi knows the Russians, knows how to deal with Stalin. When the Finns really want to quit, they will call on Paasikivi to go to Moscow...