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 ACCEPT, SOME OF THE RUSSIAN POINTS OF VIEW; BUT FINLAND HAD REFUSED
TO MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS.  THE FIELD MARSHALL CONTINUED THAT
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN THE SITUATION HAD BEING DONE.  AND THAT THERE
WERE HOPES THAT THE DESTROYED CITY OF VIBORG MIGHT PROVIDE THE
NUCLEUS FOR A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM ON A REALISTIC BASIS, HE ADDED,
FURTHER, THAT THIS CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL RUSSIAN
DEMANDS.  AND WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE FINNISH LINES OF DEFENSE, WILL HAVE
TO BE ALMOST COMPLETELY REBUILT.  IT WAS HOPED THAT FINLAND WOULD
AGREE TO LEAVE THE PRESENT SITE TO THE RUSSIANS, AND REBUILD IT AT A
NEARBY SITE WITHIN THEIR NATURAL LINES OF DEFENSE. IN SUMMARIZING
THE FINNISH SITUATION.  THE FIELD MARSHALL WANTED ME TO GIVE
ASSURANCES TO THE PRESIDENT THAT GERMANY WAS MOST INTERESTED IN AN
EARLY AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION OF THE WHOLE PROBLEM.  HE CONCLUDED
BY SAYING THAT IN THE FINNISH SITUATION EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAD BEEN
DONE.  AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE WOULD BE
DONE TO THIS END.
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