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...grey-red House of Representatives, Finland's Eduskunta (parliament) met five times in one day. In its fifth fevered session it jolted stubborn, Russophobic President Risto Ryti out of office, gave his job to Finland's one indubitably strong man, stubborn, Russophobic Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim...
Through three daylight summer nights Ribbentrop played on President Risto Ryti's fear of Red Russians while spineless Henrik Ramsay, Finland's Foreign Minister, and indecisive Premier Edwin Linkomies sat by bemused. Then Ryti took the offer to the full Cabinet. He encountered unexpected opposition from Russian-hating Finance Minister Väinö Tanner, strong man of Finnish politics and long the leader of Finland's fight-to-the-finish school. The battle in the Cabinet was so close that Ryti decided against submitting the proposal to the Finnish Diet. Instead he used his wartime power...
...Soviet Russia, like most countries, would like to have friendly neighbors. Finland, run by Ryti, Mannerheim, Tanner, and Linkomies, is irrevocably hostile to Soviet Russia. A relationship between Soviet Russia and Finland as ruled today, along the lines outlined by the Soviet-Czech pact, is out of the question. What can Moscow do about...
...Party paper, Sosialidemokraati, burst the rigid bonds of censorship to publish a bold call for peace. Banker-President Risto Ryti's gloomy cabinet met four times in four days...
...Demobilization of the Finnish Army, reorganization of the Finnish Government to eliminate Russophobes Ryti, Tanner and friends...