File No. 861.00/397
The Minister in Sweden ( Morris ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Stockholm
,
June 23,
1917
.
[Received June 24, 1 a.m.]
[Received June 24, 1 a.m.]
480. Swedish telegram bureau publishes telegram from Helsingfors via Petrograd to-day that congress Finnish Social Democratic Party has adopted resolution demanding Finland be made independent republic and Russia be forbidden have troops there after war. Economic relations with Russia to be same as with other nations, establishment independent Finland to be decided by international agreement, otherwise insufficient guarantees for liberty.
Morris