760d.61/438: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 13—1:08 p.m.]
889. For the President and Secretary and Under Secretary. The Finnish delegation has decided to return to Helsinki tonight at 9:50 following a decision to that effect by the Finnish Cabinet this morning.
I have been informed in strict confidence that since the last meeting of November 4th (see telegram No. 868, November 5, 1 p.m.) there has been an exchange of communications between Molotov and Paasikivi which however revealed no basis for further negotiations and was apparently largely motivated on the Soviet side by a desire to induce the Finnish delegation to remain in Moscow.