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Parliament, jumped ahead of the Center (formerly Agrarian) Party and the Communists to become Finland's largest party. That raised the question: What would the Russians say about their old enemies? Just about everybody in Helsinki is convinced that what the Russians told Finnish President Urho K. Kekkonen was that the Social Democrats could form a Cabinet, but only if they included Finland's Red comrades...
...Paasio, 63, who became Premier, gave three ministries-social welfare, price administration, and communications-to the Reds while keeping six for his party. The Center Party got five ministries and the Radical Socialists one. Many Finns were openly nervous at having the Reds in the Cabinet again, but President Kekkonen was blandly confident about the future. "Finnish democracy," he said, "will continue during the life of this government and thereafter...
...sense, the vote was a rebuke to President Urho K. Kekkonen, 65' two-time chief executive and five-time Premier, whose open courting of Soviet good will rankles many Finns, who remember two bitter wars against the Russians. But more important, the vote was an indication of the country's changing voting pattern: as more people leave farm and forest for jobs in Finland's burgeoning factories, they are switching to the urban-oriented Social Democrats, who rank as a middle-of-the-road party and promise to do something about inflation (up 4% last year...
...Soviet Union's leaders showed no signs of particular unhappiness about the outcome; many of the bitter anti-Communists the Russians objected to have stepped down from party leadership, and the new leader, Rafael Paasio, 63, emphasizes that his party wants good relations with Russia. President Kekkonen was clearly trying to keep everyone happy by calling on the Social Democrats to explore the possibility of forming a coalition government from Finland's seven parties, including the Communists...
...shadow of Soviet guns, Finns must be discreet. Even so, many outspokenly deplore President Kekkonen's servile attitude to Moscow. Kekkonen's attempt to sell Scandinavia Moscow's plan for an atom-free zone in northern Europe was roundly snubbed by the other Nordic countries...