ECONOMIC SITUATION IN FINLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500800070-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. The governmental reorganization in connection with the crisis in Nov and
the favorable position of Sakari Tuomloja create expectations of political and
economic changes in the course of the next six months which will make
Finland a kind of satellite of the Soviet: Union.
2. Finland1s economy in fact has been tied to the Soviet Union up to now by the
burden of reparations, but could thank the reparations work for a high state of
employment. From now on a decrease in production must be reckoned with, and
the resulting unemployment will add to the symptoms of crisis.
i. Offers are made to the Finns from the Soviet side, on one hand to commence
reducing the fixed contingents of goods, and on the other hand offering
boundary rectifications in Finlandts favor.
4. To replace the reduced influx into Finland of dollars and pounds that will
result from a comprehensive trade agreement with the Soviet Union, !;osc;o:r
offers payment in gold. In this way the Finns will keep a certain
maneuverability with respect to the West, while at the same time they
be tied closely to the Soviet economic system.
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