U.S. Policy Toward Finland


179. Despatch From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.60E/5–1258. Secret.


180. Operations Coordinating Board Report

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Finland. Secret. A Financial Annex is not printed. The report was approved by the OCB on July 9 on the condition that it be revised to reflect the results of the Finnish elections. (Preliminary Notes of OCB Meeting, July 9; ibid.) It was forwarded to the National Security Council under cover of a memorandum from Melbourne to Lay, August 11; noted by the NSC at its 376th meeting on August 14; and approved by President Eisenhower on August 18 in NSC Action No. 1968. (Ibid., S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council) In his August 11 memorandum, Lay noted that no Finnish Government had as yet been formed, there being “persistent difficulty in forming a coalition without communist participation.,, He also noted that the Finnish request for a $30 million loan was under active consideration by both the Department of State and ICA. A copy of the previous Progress Report, January 2, is Ibid., OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Finland.


181. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 760E.00/7–1058. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Moscow, and Reyjavik.


183. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 760E.13/8–3058. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Stockholm, Moscow, Copenhagen, and Oslo.


184. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860E.10/9–258. Confidential; Priority.


185. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860E.10/9—458. Confidential. Drafted by Harvey F. Nelson, Jr.


186. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Elbrick) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860E.10/9–1258. Confidential. Drafted by Nelson.


187. Letter From the Ambassador to Finland (Hickerson) to the Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State (O’Connor)

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Finland. Secret; Official–Informal. Copies were sent to Willoughby and Mayer.


188. Memorandum From Acting Director of Central Intelligence Cabell to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860E.10/9–1558. Secret.


189. Letter From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to Acting Director of Central Intelligence Cabell

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860.10/9–1558. Secret. Drafted by Nelson.


190. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 660E.61/10–1358. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow.


191. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Elbrick) to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Finland. Secret. Drafted by Nelson.


192. Minutes of a Meeting of the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Preliminary Notes, III. Secret. Drafted by Jeremiah J. O’Connor.


193. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith) to Acting Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Finland. Confidential.


194. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460E.6141/11–658. Secret; Priority.


195. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 760E.5–MSP/11–1858. Secret.


196. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Finland

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460E.6141/11–658. Secret. Drafted by Mayer and Nelson and approved by Assistant Secretary of State Merchant, who signed for Dulles.


197. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460E.6141/11–2658. Secret; Niact.


198. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 860E.10/12–358. Secret.


200. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 760E.00/12–958. Secret


202. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 660E.61/12–1158. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Moscow.


203. Telegram From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 660E.61/12–1158. Secret; Priority.


205. Despatch From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.60E61/3–359. Confidential. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]


206. Despatch From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.60E/6–459. Secret.


207. Operations Coordinating Board Report

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Finland. Secret. Approved on July 1 by the OCB, which agreed that the review of NSC 5403 should address itself to the problems of Finnish economic dependence on the Soviet Union, Soviet interference in Finnish affairs, and the issue of Western political and economic support for Finland. (Ibid.: Lot 62 D 430, Preliminary Notes, IV) On July 23, the report was noted by the National Security Council, which also noted that the NSC Planning Board would undertake the review of NSC 5403. The report was approved by President Eisenhower on July 27 in NSC Action No. 2113. (Ibid., S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council)


208. Despatch From the Embassy in Finland to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.60E/7–1759. Secret.