FINNISH EDITORIAL REACTION TO SALT II

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00294A000300110006-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 16, 1972
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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FINNISH EDIT CR IAL REACT ION T O SALT II
FINNISH PAPERS HAVE REACTED GENERALLY WITH U~DERSTAPDING
TD-THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT ON NEW LOCATION FC~t SALT II.
INDEPENDENT HELSIN GIN SANOMAT :~ "REASONS FOR WHICH THE
SALT TALKS ARE SHIFT ED FR CM HELSINKI AND VIENNA T 0 GE NEV A AR E
CREDIBLE. WITH THE GOING OF SALT, FINLAND A(~ AUSTRIA WILL
LOSE THE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE RELATED TO SERVING AS HOSTS FOR
SUPER POWERS. THERE ARE NO IND ICAT IONS, THOUGH, THAT SUSPICION
CF THEIR NEUTRALITY WOILD LIE IN THE Bacxc~auw. FINLAND CAN
CNI.Y SAY ABOUT THE FIRST PHASE OF SALT TAL KS THAT IT WAS NICE
AS L. ON G A S IT LAST ED ? "
CON S ER V AT IV E U U S I S ll CM I: "DEPART lR E O F EXCITING SAL T
NE GUT IAT CRS SHOLL.D NUT BE SEEN AS A HUh IL IAT ION. WE CAN
ACKN CIWLED GE THEIR FACT UAL REASONS FOR A SHIFT OF NEGOT IAT I NG
SITE AND SAY A SL I G}?(fL Y NOST AL GIC GOODBYE."
.INDEPENDENT STELA SUCmEN SANOMAT : IT IS NAT LRALL Y
REGRETTA~.E Fit FINLAND T 0 L OSE T HE SALT TAL KS. YET WE SHOLI.D
REM EM BER THAI' THE FIR ST PHASE WAS C O N CL lD ED I N 0 lR CA P IT AL
CITY, IT IS ALSO UNDER STANPABLE THAT ONE NEST IS NECESSARY
FOR SALT . "
INDEPENDENT T URUN SAN OM AT : "ASSURANCES OF SAT ISFACT ION BY
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THE NE GOT IAT IN G PART IES MAY SERVE T 0 COMPENSATE D ISAPPOINTMENT
FELT BY CERTAIN QUARTERS FOR THE CHANGE OF CONFERENCE SITEo'?
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NO DIFFERENCE WHET HER THE SE NEGOT IAT IONS--IM PORTANT AS THEY
ARE--ARE HELD IN HELSINKI, HUh1PPILA CR GENEVA AS LONG AS AN
A(~EEMENT IS REACHED?'?
EKTEME LEFTIST PAIVAN SANOMAT : "THE MAIN T RING IS
NOT THE SITE BUT KEEPING THE NEGOTIATIONS GOING APD GETTING
RESULTS, ALTHOUGH SALT ?S DEPARTURE CAN BE REGARDED AS A LOSS
T 0 OUR COUNTRY. ?'
CYVE NUTAIl.E EXCEPT ION IS REACT ION OF FINLAND ?S SECOM
LAR GE ST NEWSPAPER , CON SERVAT IVE AAM LQ..EHT I : '? ANNOUNCEhJENT OF THE
TRANSFER OF SALT II T 0 GENEVA WAS SLR FR ISING, UNPLEASANT
AND EVEN OMINOUS AT FIR 5T SIGHT. IN SPITE OF THE ASSURANCES
OF OUR FOREIGN MINISTRY CIN NO CASE WILL THERE BE ANY HARD
FEELING), THE REASONS FCR GIVING UP HELSINKI DO NOT SEEM
SUFFICIENT. WHY THE TRANSFER ? AS FAR AS OFFICIAL FI^LAND IS
CONCERNED, THERE IS PR OBAH.. Y NOT MUCH R 0OM FCR IM FR OVEME NT ON
SALT. OUG FCREI CiV MINISTRY HAS WON PUBL IC RECOGNITION FCR IT S
ARRAN GEM ENT So NEITHER IS IT LIKELY THAT OLR B~.,DISH MOVES IN THE
GERMAN ISSUE ARE PART OF THE SETUP. THE WORST TENDENCY BEHIND
THE QUEST ION~MARK WOl1.D BE A SYM PT ON OF A FLAbJ IN THE
RECOC~I IZA BIL IT Y OF OUR POSIT ION OF NEUTRAL IT Y OR OF A
THREAT T O OLR CHANCES OF HOST ING T hE SECURITY CONFERENCE, SO
PAINSTAKINCi.Y CONSTRUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. IF
THIS BECOMES A FACT , CERTAIN MOT IVES NEED NOT BE SOUGHT VER Y
FAR. UNBRIDLED AND OUTRAGEOUS INTERFERENCE--WHICH CONTINUES
FR()'1 DAY T 0 DAY-- IN THE INTERAPJAL AFFAIRS OF ONE OF THE SALT
PART IES, ESPECIALL Y BY RADIO/TV , THE OFFICIAL GOVER M'lE I1T OR GA N,
I S ONE OF THE FA CT ()F,' S WHICH WILL NOT IM PR OV E THE IMAGE 0 F 0 LR
NEUTRALITY A~tOADo THIS HAS ALREADY ONCE RESLLTED IN A PUBLIC
DE FL CM AT I C REACTION ; GOOD F CR B ID THAT THE TIME HA 5 COME T 0
HARVEST WHAT HAS BEEN SOWN.?' ST IER
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