862.24/695: Telegram
The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 10—11:25 p.m.]
482. Reference my 121 [122] February 14. According to communiqué in morning papers Finnish-German trade negotiations carried out in Berlin from May 29 to June 9 with purpose of complementing agreements concluded at Helsinki February last have “led to agreements intended to maintain and strengthen production capacity of Finnish war economy and to promote within fixed framework mutual goods exchange”. Berlin correspondent Uusi Suomi reports considerable [Page 67] significance attached there to conclusion of new Finnish-German agreement details of which kept secret involving strengthening of Finland’s military power and war economy.