File No. 860d.00/165
The Consul at Moscow ( Poole ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1, 9.25 a.m.]
570. My No. 565. Chicherin says cession to Finland of western part Murman Peninsula is based on an agreement in this sense made by Soviet government with defunct Red government of Finland, inasmuch as Germans have insisted that present government of Finland cannot be expected to accept less than was promised to predecessor and Russian government has perceived no means of resisting demand. Territory to be ceded includes narrow strip along Norwegian frontier reaching east to include Rybachi Peninsula but not the port of Murmansk. Exact line to be drawn during negotiations proposed to take place at Moscow.