Word: paasikivi
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...iron rule of the Party's present boss, Finance Minister Vaino Tanner, admirer of Hitler and strong man of Finnish politics. Elder Statesman Voionmaa demanded peace with Russia on the best terms Russia would give, the resignation of the Government, the appointment of patient old (73) Juho Kusti Paasikivi as Premier. Paasikivi is one Finn who knows how to talk business with Stalin. Voionmaa was present when Paasikivi as Foreign Minister went to Moscow (via Stockholm) to negotiate the peace at the end of the Russian invasion...
...week's tense end, Paasikivi turned up again in Stockholm. So did Eljas Erkko, another onetime Foreign Minister, and Leo Ehrnrooth, Minister of Interior. There were persistent reports that the Russian Ambassador, Mme. Alexandra Kollantai, had given them the terms...
...Rumors that Finland was about to ask for peace with Russia suddenly recurred in Stockholm. The Swedish press reported that Dr. Juho Kusti Paasikivi, elderly banker and diplomat who took part in the Russo-Finnish peace negotiations of 1940, had been asked to prepare for another trip to Moscow...
...Finn who has known all along that Finland would have to meet Russia's terms, not set her own, is 73-year-old ex-Foreign Minister Kuho Justi Paasikivi ,(TIME, Aug. 30). Last week he still sat at home, waiting a call to visit Stalin and get down to business...
...Russians the terms are clear: resumption of the frontier established in 1940 after the first Russo-Finnish War. If the Finns could have Viipuri back and the Saimaa Canal which floats lumber to the Gulf of Finland, many believed they would accept these terms. Paasikivi was the only Finn with a chance of talking Stalin out of Viipuri...