860d.51/370: Telegram
The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 3—10 a.m.]
400. In response to my inquiry today regarding financial situation of Finnish Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs told me that he had authorized Finnish Minister at Washington yesterday to solicit from our Government assistance in raising 60 million dollars in the United States. He said he had been advised indirectly by Ambassador Steinhardt that there was every disposition in the United States to facilitate procurement of funds for Finnish Government. As I reported last September, Tanner evidently hopes the financial assistance from the United States Government may be received from our Government directly.