Safety In Finland

The heat was also on in Finland. A Moscow propaganda barrage last week accused Finland of breaking her peace treaty with the Soviet Union. Leningrad-skaya Pravda ominously reminded the Finns that they had received their national independence from the Soviet Union in 1917, and that "further consolidation of their state sovereignty ... is possible only by carrying out a policy of sincere friendship with the Soviet Union." Added Leningradskaya Pravda: "The anti-popular activity of Finnish reactionaries is inspired by overseas reaction. Finland is within the orbit of the keen attention of Anglo-American imperialists who are hoping to draw [her] into a contemplated anti-Soviet military bloc . . ."

Finnish Communists were busily echoing the Moscow propaganda. Busiest of all was Comrade Hertta Kuusinen, who last fall left her Communist husband, former Interior Minister Yrjoe Leino, for his alleged Titoist leanings. Hertta is rapidly emerging as the leader of Finnish Communism. Washington guessed that Russia's propaganda offensive was designed chiefly to help Hertta and her comrades, tossed out of Finland's government last summer, to get back into power again.

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