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...their weakness the Scandinavian States began to grope for the strength of unity. In Helsinki Foreign Minister Väinö A. Tanner announced that even while peace negotiations had been going on, Finland had broached to Sweden and Norway the subject of a mutual defense pact. Denmark had been left out because the country was obviously indefensible...
...Finland now lies in Russia's sphere, Sweden is geographically Germany's pawn, Norway's bare face is Britain's to slap. A mutual defense pact might therefore anger all three of the major powers. But since combined German-Russian wrath is much the greatest Scandinavian fear, the alliance would probably have to favor those two nations. Germans, taking this as a matter of course, tolerated talk of the pact...
...Right from the beginning it was evident the struggle would be an unequal one. . . . We have continued to send out appeals for help to overcome this deficiency. Our neighbors, the Scandinavian States, for whom it would have been easiest for geographical reasons to send troops to our aid, have not regarded themselves as being in a position...
...only possible route lies across the Scandinavian countries, through Norway and Sweden. The Governments of these two countries have been approached by the Finnish Government on several occasions with a request for permission for Allied auxiliary forces to pass through their territory. A similar request has been made by the Governments of the Allies. This permission, however, has been categorically refused on behalf of both countries concerned...
Richard H. (Bar-fly) Andrews '42 of Pleasantville, New York and Adams House was the only man in a class of about ten to appear for the scheduled lecture in Scandinavian 1 at 9 o'clock yesterday morning by Associate Professor Cawley...