FINLAND AND RUSSIA
SIR,—Referring to your comments on my letter in your issue of March loth I note that you did not deny the facts given by me regarding the original reaction in England to the peace conditions of 5940, which this country, with sound instinct, recognised as spelling the extermination of Finland— then as now. But I beg leave to state that your assertion about " the transit of German troops to Finland " which " precipitated the Soviet air-raids " is quite groundless, even though supported by a message from The Times correspondent in Stockholm. The diplomatic correspondence between Finland and Russia in 1941 is available in London in a library familiar to all students of international affairs.
Prince Obolensky, in your issue of March 17th, appears in the role, somewhat unaccustomed in this country, of quoting Hitler as a truthful witness. I prefer to rely on the British Foreign Secretary, who on June 24th, 1941, told the House of Commons that the respected Finnish Minister in England, Mr. Gripenberg, had on June 23rd given him a message from the Finnish Government, affirming his wish that Finland be not drawn into the war between Germany and Russia. Meanwhile, the Russian attack on Finland materialised.—Yours, &c.,
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