760D.6115/48: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, April 13,
1940—3 p.m.
[Received April 13—2:45 p.m.]
[Received April 13—2:45 p.m.]
379. The Moscow newspapers publish the text of an act signed at Petsamo on April 9 by representatives of the Red Army and of the Finnish Army, acting in accordance with articles VI and VII of the Protocol appended to the peace treaty between the Soviet Union and Finland, signed March 12, effecting the transfer to Finnish authorities of Petsamo and the port of Liinahamari with all buildings and equipment appertaining to municipal economy and local industry.
Steinhardt