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. |