Word: scandinavia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Scandinavia. In Moscow the official news agency Tass released a ten-day-old exchange of notes between Russia, Sweden and Norway. It brought out clearly how close Scandinavia had been, and still was, to war. Russia demanded that Sweden stop sending volunteers and war materials to Finland. It added that the Swedish press "carried on an impermissible campaign" against the Soviet Union which could be explained only "if Sweden were in a state of war with the U.S.S.R. or was preparing for war." To Norway, Russia was even more threatening, declaring that "actions of the Norwegian authorities . . . may lead...
Stories about the Russo-Finnish war reached a new high for naïvete. The wildest tales, as usual, came from Copenhagen, where almost any rumor floating around Scandinavia is rushed into print, but other capitals put out their share...
...maintenance of Finland is important because it will keep Russia from spreading. Scandinavia may come next, and loaning money to the Finns now may save us from having to give drastic aid to them later...
...sends Finland some old cannon from the Tower of London, or gives the Finns the same assistance she gave the Poles. But"-his voice hardened-"active assistance is another matter." Then Germany apparently began to realize how active, and how worldwide, outside assistance not only to Finland, but to Scandinavia in general, had become. Here was a new Spain. Help reported last week...
...Europe's neutral States as the German press again went to work on them. This time they were warned that they "must now say whether they are willing to oppose English power politics." Most of the talk of neutral battlefields-both German and British-was aimed at Scandinavia, but The Netherlands was also under pressure. In a shaky New Year's broadcast shaky old Premier Dirk Jan de Geer exclaimed...