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99 Mr S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner in London, to Prime Minister's Department

Cablegram 180 LONDON, 13 March 1940

MOST SECRET

[On 12 March 1940 Finland signed an armistice which surrendered
the Karelian Isthmus and other areas of economic and strategic
importance to the U.S.S.R.]

Finland

While no official confirmation of terms agreed on there appears
little doubt but that press reports accurate. Undoubtedly the fact
that Finland has to capitulate and accept such drastic terms will
seriously affect Allies' prestige. Daladier [1] attempted last
night in his not entirely unimaginative picture of what the Allies
prepared do to assist Finland to minimize the effect but doubt if
it or any other statement win do much to counteract unfortunate
repercussions of the fact itself.

1 French Prime Minister.


[FA: A3195, 1.1708]
Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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