740.60D112A/3: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Finland (Gullion)
111. Department has followed first alternative suggested in your 416, May 28.54 Department will issue a press release on Saturday afternoon, June 3, for publication in the Sunday morning newspapers. The release will state without comment or explanation that the Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals has been extended to include certain cases in Finland. The names of 84 persons and firms in Finland will be included in the release.55
In the past the Department has never informed the Foreign Office of the extension of the Proclaimed List to the country. There seems no reason for making an exception in the case of Finland, and you should not advise the Foreign Office of the action. If inquiry is received from the Foreign Office, you may give it the names which have been included in the Proclaimed List. Any inquiries for further information should be referred to the Department.
[Page 173]This issue of the Proclaimed List will contain the following names for Finland:
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With regard to your comment on names mentioned in paragraphs 36, 38, and 39 of Stockholm’s 1908,56 Department believes determination of whether persons shall be listed on basis of pro-Nazi sympathies should be made in accordance with objectives which we are seeking to accomplish through listing. If the persons occupy a prominent position in Finland or their businesses are important to Finnish economy, listing would be desirable. Department was of the opinion that names reported by Stockholm qualified for the List and they were included.
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Sent to Helsinki, repeated to Stockholm.57