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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
The Minister of Finland came in without any particular business. In the course of some general remarks back and forth he indicated that his country was more or less fearful of further Russian aggression. I replied that I did not have sufficient substantial information up to date on which to predicate a positive statement on the subject; that, of course, I had heard some utterances in both Russia and Finland on the subject. He expressed a desire that this Government might quietly say a word on appropriate occasions to Russia that would be helpful. I replied generally that, of course, this Government was always interested and disposed to say so on appropriate occasions.