Office of the Historian

660D.6231/143: Telegram

The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State

Helsinki, December 15, 1942.
[Received December 15—9:16 p.m.]

1234. Press today publishes following:

“Finland, Germany have decided prolong trade agreement between the two states till end 1943.95 Similarly agreement has been reached as in earlier years regarding organization of Finnish-German trade during first quarter on temporary basis. Final negotiations regarding trade exchange 1943 will take place in Helsinki during February next.”

Schoenfeld
  1. The treaty of commerce between Finland and Germany signed at Berlin on March 24, 1934 (League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. cxlix, p. 343, or Finland, Treaty Series, 1934, No. 13), was extended by a law issued at Helsinki on November 6, 1942, approving certain provisions of the protocol which had been signed at Berlin on December 31, 1941 (Finland, Treaty Series, 1942, No. 3), and by a decree, bringing into effect this protocol, issued at Helsinki on November 13, 1942. The protocol of extension became effective on November 27, 1942. For the text of the Finnish law and decree, see Finland, Treaty Series, 1942, Nos. 19–20.↩