Further Finn-Soviet negotiations
Monday, October 23, 1939 www.onwar.com
In Moscow... Soviet and Finnish representatives meet to discuss border revisions. The Finnish delegation is led by Paasikivi and accompanied by Tanner, the Minister of Finance. There is little change in the terms offered by either side.
In the Soviet Union... North of Murmansk, a German prize crew steers the US ship City of Flint into Kola Bay. The steamer was seized as contraband by a German cruiser.
On the Western Front... Patrolling units engage in combat in the region west of the Saar.
In Paris... Sir Eric Phipps, the retiring British Ambassador, leaves.
In the North Sea... The British Home Fleet escorts an iron ore convoy from Narvik, Norway (arriving on October 31st).
Read this story and others in tomorrow's edition of The New York Times.
In the Soviet Union... North of Murmansk, a German prize crew steers the US ship City of Flint into Kola Bay. The steamer was seized as contraband by a German cruiser.
This story finally makes the front page as breaking news tomorrow. The treatment of this episode is really fishy. The time line appears to get twisted.