Word: tass
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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...
Sweden's and Norway's replies, said Tass last week, were "unsatisfactory." Norway replied that Russia's complaints were based on inaccurate information. Sweden was tougher: "The Swedish people cherish ardent sympathy for Finland. . . . In the opinion of the Swedish Government neither its position as regards the press nor its actions in any other demand provides the Soviet Union with a pretext for accusations against Sweden...