The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
SAY FINN
VICTORIES LIES
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of its authors. The 44th division in
all had no more than 10000 men on
tho front then how could it lose
IA, 000?"
On the present status of the war,
the statement said that in the Vlpurl
area in southern Finland Finnish
troops are about A miles from the
frontier: in the Arctic Petsamo Sec
ton about so miles from the from
tier and that in the Suomussalmi
sector in the ''waist" Of Finland, the
Firms were nearest Russian terri
tory, between six and ten miles from
the frontier.
Not At Any Point
It declared Finnish troops had
not reached the frontier at a single
point and that the Murmansk rail-
way, instead of being cut, had not
suspended service for "a single min
ute"
Moreover, the review contended
that Soviet troops had advanced
more than 80 miles into Finland
from the Petsamo Arctic district.
Lie res uldl lightly SOili1ilolllduC
of the Leningrad headquarters said:
'Ukhta and Repola directions, ac-
Invites of scouting parties. Petro-
zavodsk direction, clashes of infan-
try units continued. Karelian 18TH
mus, activities of scouts and in some
sectors, %infrequent artillery fire"
lass likewise distributed a review
l.x H. r ,x,,I ,oi1ito, MI WA bond
quarters of the second three-week
period of hostilities in Finland"
This said that during this period
mo substantial changes took place
at the front"
The review continued:
Ordinary Clashes
"While in the first three weeks
important operations took place
which ended in the creation of place
d'armes for Soviet troops on Finnish
territory, in the second three-week
period operations in most cases we're
limited to ordinary clashes, recon
noitering detachments and small in
fantry units. The heavy cold which
suddenly set in greatly facilitated the
position of the Finnish troops but
despite this, the latter proved in
capable of efficiently profiting by the
favorable situation.
However, the foreign press, es-
pecially the French and primarily
the French Havas news agency,
managed during this period to de.
velop extensive operations in the
field, fabrication and s%landerous in
ventions regarding Soviet troops.
This headquarters has no time
to refute every day all the SANDER
Gus fabrications by the representa-.
tives of foreign agencies. But it be-
lieves it is not devoid of use from
time to time to sum up the SANDER
Gus campaign of these gentlemen
and to expose their real face.
Firstly, foreign agencies refer
ring to mythical sources in Geneva,
Helsinki and Riga assert-not as
sert, but shout themselves hoarse-
that Finnish troops have broken
through the front in all directions,
crossed the Soviet frontier and wag-
ed operations on the territory of the
U. S. S. r.
"Laughable Lie"
This is al utter lie and a child
ish, witless, laughable lie at that.
In reality, Finnish troops Gid
not reach Soviet frontiers in any d.
rection. AS a matter of fact, they
hardly set themselves such a task.
In the Vyborg Wiipuri) direction
the Finnish troops are seventy XII
lometers from the Soviet frontier;
S%erdopola direction-eighty kilome.
tiers; Petsamo direction south of
Petsamo-130 Kilometres; Uleaborg
direction towards Rovaniemi-120
kilometers and in the direction OF
Suomussalmi-10 to Is kilometers.
Secondly, foreign agencies, es-
pecially Havas, referring to the same
sources allege that in battles in
the area of Suomussalmi the 44th
Soviet division lost Ia, 900 men,
This allegation is due to the
supernatural fantasy of it's authors.
The 44th division in all had no more
than 10000 men on the front. Then
how could it lose $4,000? In reality
the casualties of Soviet troops do
not exceed 900 men and they were
due to the sudden cold which set in
rather than to the actions of Fin
nish troops.
But the foreign gossipers care
fully pass in silence the facts that
Finnish troops lost there not less
than 1000 killed and wounded and
that members of the Finnish Schultz
corps brutally killed their wounded
in order not to leave tongues in the
hands of Soviet troops"
Thirdly, referring to the same
Sources foreign agencies allege that
Finnish troops cut communications
along the Murmansk railway and
that this line now was completely
paralyzed.' This is a lie, similar to
the previous allegation. This is evil
dence from the above mentioned
fact that Finnish troops have not
reached the Soviet frontier in a
single point, that Finnish troops are
dozens of kilometers distant from
Soviet frontiers and hundreds of
kilometers from the Murmansk rail-
way.