military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (12/11/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 11 December, 1939 The League of Nations urges the USSR to cease hostilities in Finland and accept mediation of the dispute within 24 hours. Little hope is held for Soviet compliance. Finland is negotiation with the United States for the purchase of gas masks for its civilian populace, and has ordered 1000 masks for horses. Helsinki admits that Soviet troops have penetrated 40 to 60 miles at some places, but claims numerous victories. In today's fighting, they claim 4 companies of Soviet infantry annihilated in counterattacks, and 7 tanks destroyed, bringing the total losses of Russian armor to over 100. The British Admiralty announces that four ships bound for Britain have disappeared off teh Cape of Good Hope, and expresses concern that they may have been lost to the raider Admiral Scheer. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Some American concerns have trucks, medical supplies, gasoline and oil stocked at strategic points in Europe and can move such supplies into Finland swiftly." - Julius Klein, president of the Finnish-American Trading Corporation