RUMORS ABOUT SOVIET TROOPS NEAR FINNISH BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400100010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 16, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTMLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT N
CLASSIFICATION ;_;_;c
Approved For Release
COUNTRY Finland/U-0-SR
SUBJECT Rumors about Soviet Troops near
Finnish Border
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DATE DISTR. 16 February 1949
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. According; to rumors prevalent in 7-inland, there has been a substantial
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increase in Soviet troops near the Finnish border in the Karelian area
north of LvIce Ladoga, and two new Soviet divisions have appeared an
Soviet territory near the ~ALnnish border in the Sails area, on the
Arctic Circles
20 These rumors are believed by the source to be false and to have been
initiated by the Russians for political reasonsv Cormentm
Such rumors have been recurring periodically in Finland for te apst
three years, and they may have been given added impetus by recent
political developments in Scandinavian
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