740.00119 European War 1939/1426
The Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ramsay) to the American Chargé in Finland (McClintock)36
Dear Mr. McClintock: I am very grateful for the benevolent communication of H. E. the Secretary of State which you conveyed to me on March 20th.
I highly appreciate this token of good will of the American Government and the American people, which have long been manifest to the Finnish people and in which they believe.
For the consideration of the proposal contained in the communication of the Secretary of State it would be of the utmost importance to me to receive any available information in the possession of the American Government as to the basis on which the suggested conversations would be initiated.
Yours very sincerely,
- Copy transmitted to the Department by the Chargé in Finland in his despatch No. 2569, March 24; received April 21. The text of this letter was cabled to the Department by the Chargé in his telegram No. 470, March 24, 4 p.m., with the comment that he had told the Finnish Foreign Minister that he thought the language of the Secretary of State’s communication was quite clear in its reference to the possibility of American good offices for the purpose of establishing contact between the Finnish and Soviet Governments (740.00119 European War 1939/1356).↩