760D.61/1288: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt)
Washington, March 11,
1940—midnight.
160. Reference Berlin’s 621, March 11, 6 p.m. In the absence of any known authoritative sources for the impressions of Svinhufvud as given through the Finnish Legation in Berlin and in the lack of any indication from the Finnish Government as to the character of his mission, it is believed that it would be inadvisable to convey to the Finnish delegation the substance of his conversations in Berlin.
Hull