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Single Sheet. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Typed letter on letterhead of the Legislative assembly of British Columbia. From E. V. Fiinland a Conservative Member of the Legislature. Dated May 18, 1938. Signed by Finland at the foot. Also included is a flimsy copy of the letter sent to him eliciting the above reply. Clean. Original folds Size: 8.5" by 11". Book.

green cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. tiny pull tear spine top (1/8"). edges clean. vintage finland postage stamp on front flyleaf (1951) otherwise contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (Pu1950 & NAP). glossy b&w frontis. portrait. 246p. 32 glossy b&w photos & illustrations, including map of Finland. index. autobiography. memoirs. history of finland. world war i. bolshevik revolution. world war ii. winter war. russian invasion of finland. ~ When in 1941 Russia again attacked Finland on the ground that Finland, like Sweden, had agreed to the passage of German troops to Norway, neither country being in a position to refuse this demand, the Finns unwisely accepted German help in resisting Russia. This led in the end to further heavy impositions by the Soviet. And yet it has been evident to the whole world that the treatment accorded to Finland by her over bearing neighbour has been very different from that meted out to the other border countries that had the misfortune to be "liberated" by the Red Army. Though Finland would appear to be in fact at the mercy of Russia, yet there has not only been no attempt by Stalin to restore the puppet Soviet administration that suffered such ignominious eclipse in 1940, but there has been less interference in the internal affairs of Finland than of any other border country. Stalin learnt his lesson in 1940. His expansion since the war has taken the direction of countries with less mettle, less staunch heroism, easier and more pliant prey.