740.0011 European War 1939/19741: Telegram
The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:03 p.m.]
149. My telegram no. 147, today.60 It is now quite obvious that the Finnish Government is following a deliberate policy of suppressing or at least distorting all statements by President Roosevelt bearing on the war situation. This contrasts even with policy toward Great Britain as Churchill’s pronouncements are reported in the Finnish press in some detail. I am somewhat at a loss to know what we can do about this in view of manifest control over Finnish press exercised by Germans and should welcome the opinion of the Department as to any action that might be taken.
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