Paris Peace Conf. 184.01502/22½: Telegram
The Chargé in Denmark (Grant-Smith) to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received May 5—9:50 a.m.]
354. Following from Libau: “Greene 19, May 3. Have carefully reviewed situation in Finland with Gade who has prepared very able and exhaustive report on present conditions Finland. We urge [Page 184] prompt recognition of Finland as an independent country and financial aid from Allies and America. Finland deserves recognition for her part in stopping westward destructive flow of bolshevism and she has demonstrated her capacity for self-government under difficult circumstances. Recognition and a loan now essential to maintain her position. Her future should be determined quite apart from problem of Baltic provinces. Greene.”30
- The United States Government had already decided to recognize Finland; see telegram No. 1992, May 5, 1919, 8 p.m., from the Commission to the Acting Secretary of State, Foreign Relations, 1919, vol. ii, p. 214.↩