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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume II

Chapter VI. Finland


Contents

    • Indefinite relations with the Russian Provisional Government—Autonomy law passed by the Diet, July 18, 1917—Dissolution of the Diet; elections of October 2, 1917—Labor disturbances in protest against bourgeois control (Documents 855-862)
      • Proclamation of independence, December 4–6, 1917: attitude of the American and other governments—Recognition by Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and France, January 4–10, 1918—Seizure of power by the Red Guards; civil war with the White Guards under Mannerheim—Swedish occupation of the Åland Islands—Request for American recognition by commissioners of the White government: counter-representations by the delegate of the Red government—Appeals for food (Documents 863-913)
        • Treaties between Finland and the Soviet government, March 1, 1918, and between Finland and the German Government, March 7, 1918 (Documents 914-919)
          • German military intervention against the Red Guards; victory of the White Guards—Advances into Karelia and toward the Murman Railway—New negotiations with the Soviet government—British, French, and American attitude toward the White government and representatives of the former Red government—Resignation of Mannerheim—Monarchist movement: election of Frederick Carl of Hesse, October 9, 1918 (Documents 920-977)
            • Withdrawal of German troops—Formation of a new government under Mannerheim—Decision of the American Government to ship food (Documents 978-982)

            Russia

            • List of Principal Persons
            • List of Papers
            • Russia
              Disintegration and Foreign Intervention
              (Documents 1-1029)
              • Chapter VI. Finland (Documents 855-982)
              • Index

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