September 22, 1944
Today, I and Sve carried out operation Stella Polaris. We have talked about this since beginning of this year, and now was the right time. I and Sve met at the sea, where I handed him all the info I have gathered during the war, there's stuff about America, Germany, Russia, England and almost all the others, and he also got a German machine called Enigma. According to Germany, secret messages sent with it are impossible to read by outsiders.
My radio intelligence and their families will also go with Sve, only I will go back, of course. They will decide what they will do it with all that material, maybe they will sell it to America or somebody else. I don't want it to end up to Russia if... something goes horribly wrong. And hey, nobody forbid me to give stuff to a neutral country, so I'm not breaking any treaties either.
Oh, and Sve looked fine. His warship was very impressive.
September 23, 1944
First members of the Allied control commission arrived yesterday, and today here came even more of them. Well, they were all Russia's members, England's will arrive later. They are here to make sure I'll obey the treaty I signed.
145 of them will be Russia's and about 15 England's. This also means that Russia and England have the right to snoop my house upside down, and come here when ever they like. Those human members will live in hotel Torni (I guess England would call it as hotel Tower). It's the tallest building in my capital (14 floors, huuge!), you can almost see Estonia's place from there if you use your imagination. Speaking about Estonia, you can sometimes see small boats full of his people. They are trying to row to Sweden. Sometimes they are asking me to come with them. It's too dangerous to stay. I hope nobody else sees them.
Oh, and there was already a small argument with the control comission... you see, some of the interned Germans will stay at the hotel's top floor, and the comission will live at the hotel's ground floor. The comission doesn't want to be in the same building with them, but I can't do much about the situation. I promised to place more guards there.
And I got bad news, Russia doesn't want money as war reparations, he wants all kind of stuff, ships, machines etc. I don't understand how I can provide those to him. And that 300 million is measured in the prizes of -38, not today's, so it's more like 600 million now. This wasn't mentioned when I signed the papers.
October 1, 1944
Today, I attacked seriously against the German troops. Russia realised the deception, so I kinda had to. Now there is a hostage situation going on. I guess I need to... take some hostages too... I will use his own methods against him...
October 21, 1944
It almost feels that Russia doesn't like me to talk with England when he is here. Yesterday, Russia told me that England will arrive, and I went to meet him at the airport. He never showed up. Well, apparently he arrived today instead, and no one received him at the airport. Russia smiled and said he made a mistake.
It's not like England talks to me much, or is here often anyway. He doesn't want break his relations with Russia. The war against Germany is still going on, they are both busy. And so am I. Those people from the control commission want constantly this and that.
October 29, 1944
Russia blames that I don't fight like I should fight against the German forces. Says that I bombed him without guilt, but I don't want to do so to Germany. It's not like that, but I don't understand why should I fight so much when they are retreating anyway. Russia also said that he wants fighting, loot, and prisoners, and if I don't take this seriously he will come to help me.
I'm more afraid of that help than this war... Some of his troops are already on my side of the border, but they aren't really doing anything. Just watching. I let them be, but I need to make sure they don't come too far.
Oh, and today Russia promised as much sugar and tea as I need. And... chocolate sweets "those that the Finnish children like so much". That's... nice. So nice it's creepy. And I thought he had a shortage of food, too?
November 19, 1944
Russia says, that everything that used to belong to Germany is now his. Even weapons. I tried to explain, that almost all the weapons I have now are from Germany, and if I give them to him, I don't have weapons at all, and I can't fight against Germany. It's already hard enough to demobilize at the same time you still needs to fight against somebody.
Of course I have those weapons I have stolen from Russia, but he didn't say anything about them.
This means, that all the money I owed to Germany, I owe now to Russia.
January 12, 1945
Sve promised to deliver some food to me because I don't get it from Germany anymore. It's not enough, but better than nothing. He is free to do so now, because there is no blockade anymore... (I will never understand why I had a blockade, but Germany didn't have) and... Russia promised to deliver food, too. All I need to do is ask. And that demand for the prizes of -38... well it was changed a bit. Today, Russia was angry because his friendliness wasn't mentioned in the newspapers, but Sve's was.
January 16, 1945
Uh, Russia and England found out, that my people have hidden weapons here and there, just in case. At first Russia was quite calm, he said he would have done so also (I don't like to think the same way as he), but when he hear there are weapons enough for over 35 000 people, he went crazy. They say those people need to be punished.
And England thinks I'm mad. Absolutely crazy. Said that my people drink too much nowadays, I'm always late, and that I have all the symptoms of a nervous breakdown. He thought that I act like this because I'm not allowed to meet Sweden right now. Not really.
Good think that they don't know that those people from that underground organization are also listening their phone calls and reading their telegrams.
January 27, 1945
My relations with Russia are awful again (well, they were not good in the first place). He says I'm constantly spitting the Soviet Union in the face. It's because some of his demands are ridiculous! It may be fun for school children to rip pages and blacken sentences from their books, but does he really think I will forget certain things if I can't read about them? And then I yelled something to him in German, but that was just an accident, because I got so used to use that language. He just looked really amused.
And I think England will soon go crazy with us. He says he is so tired of all of this and that he will leave. And he will never come back. But he stayed anyway.
February 22, 1945
Russia told me, that the Allies agree during the Yalta Conference that they have all the rights to intervene in the affairs of liberated nations and those nations who fought along with Germany. I wonder what was exactly agreed upon?
March 14, 1945
I heard, that the nations of Yugoslavia complained to Russia, that he's too lenient towards me. No purges (they and their purges!), my marshal is still my boss, I didn't need to give my war criminals to Russia, and moreover what bothers them the most; Russia sends here high quality artists, but they get only some crappy ones.
I don't know why Russia is so keen to send those artists here, England calls it as a weird smiling campaign. At first he thought it's some kind of propaganda to the other Allies, but Russia really doesn't want to talk about it. So it can't be that.
Orchestras, art exhibitions etc. Really creepy pictures of Germany in those art exhibitions, by the way. And about orchestras, well, my people are happy they can dance again; dancing was forbidden during the wars.
March 18, 1945
I had parliamentary elections today. For the first time my communists were candidates as well... my social democrats won the elections, communists came second! Russia hates my social democrats, for the reasons I don't understand, but he likes my communists. But I'm... not so fond of them... And social democrats and communists don't like each other either. They are more like rivals.
I guess I need to give them some positions in the government. My marshal-boss said I shouldn't, but one of them will probably become my minister of the Interior. So, he'll be in charge of the police forces... My boss said that this doesn't matter much as long as the army is in his hands.
April 25, 1945
Sve called me. He wanted to know am I alright, and told, that he managed to talk with Hungary, and she told to him that her life is horrible, but she needs to say to everybody that she's Ok. I tried to assure Sve, that I'm really alright, that I'm constantly threatened, but that's something I'm really used to.
April 27, 1945
The last Germans retreated from my territory. They used scorched earth tactics, so most of the northern areas were burned completely down. Ah, well... it's really a small thing if you compare what have happened elsewhere... I managed to evacuate my people out of the way in time.
And my new minister of the Interior deported some of my citizens to Russia. According to the Allies, I need to deport all the Soviet Union's citizens who are here back to them (some of them are currently escaping to Sweden, and police officers who are under the minister of the Interior are trying to catch them. Those who are here against their will actually want back), but he shouldn't have given them to him.
There is also another phenomenon - those foreigners, mainly Germans, who have lived here for years, but who have never obtained my citizenship, are now rushing to get one. Russia thinks they are suspicious, I think they are just scared.
May 9, 1945
Germany surrendered yesterday. But according to Russia, he surrendered today? I'm not sure what happened there? But the war is finally over. Well, they're still fighting in Asia.
August 8, 1945
Russia demands, that I finally punish the perpetrators of the war. Last year, he gave me a list of my war criminals and they're in jail. But who are the war perpetrators? My ex-leaders? Russia wants me to punish them, but he said that he doesn't want to hear anything about the so-called Winter War in the court. It's anti-Soviet to speak about it, and it never happened anyway.
He also said, that he will not blame my marshal about anything, even if he knows he was active in my politics before the war. Nobody is allowed to touch him. Why? Because he's now my boss? Well, I'm not going to argue against.
September 26, 1945
Åland wants to live with Sweden again. He can't stand these conditions anymore... he says, that if I don't agree with him, he will ask Russia's help. Russia will not help him to do that, ha! To him, we are a packet. He doesn't want Sweden to come too close. And Sve doesn't seem to be interested in his idea, either.
And anyway, I told Åland, that I will shoot everybody who goes near him without my permission. And that I don't care about the consequences. (Some of my people want to sell him to Sweden with one Swedish krona because they think he's a traitor. Or to Russia. Not going to happen.)
December xx, 1945
My communists are visiting hotel Torni almost every day now. I wonder why? And those English members of the control commission talk to me much more than they used to.
February xx, 1946
I'm in a big trouble again. Those war reparations will drive me into a bankruptcy in a no time, and it's hard to get loans from anybody.
So, I was desperate enough to beg some money from America. He said everybody knows that it's impossible for me to pay that kind of amount of money - that's why nobody gives me loans, I can never pay them back. He said that I'm a lost cause, and it seems I'm now going under for the third time.
Well, finally he said that he needs to refrain any and all public statements about my position, because the Soviet union might interpret them as a challenge to the policies he is pursuing for me (And what are those policies? I don't like this!). But of course he can help me secretly in economic terms. He promised to sell me his old war time stuff he doesn't need anymore. With a good discount, of course.
March 4, 1946
My boss resigned. He has been very sick lately, and he has been more with Switzerland than with me. My ex-prime minister is now my boss. He's one of those people who acted as my peace negotiators earlier. He yells to me all the time. He yells to everybody, not in public, though. The best word to describe him is a "machiavellian".
He even said all of my people are idiots. I wonder does he count himself and me as idiots too? Russia likes him a little bit. He doesn't know he has called also him as an idiot...
March 5, 1946
England's ex-prime minister gave a speech today. According to him, Europe has been divided into a two different camps now. The "Iron Curtain" separates these parts from each other, and the other half belongs to Russia ? ?
April 5, 1946
Russia finally retreated from the Danish island of Bornholm. It was first captured by Germany and then the Soviet's drove them away. But they never left from there (to tell the truth, they haven't actually left from several other locations either. Well, except from Norway's northern areas. Its location is too important for England and I guess he doesn't want to anger him too much right now...) The case of Bornholm caused serious arguments between the Allies, and even with Denmark, who usually is not worried about Russia.
April 18, 1946
Today happened something really weird. I went with Russia to meet England, because they will decide about my arms limitations. Well, Russia threatened me, that he will make sure my army will be miniature size. Then, to Russia's surprise, England's demands were even more harsh than his!
Then Russia started to defend my rights to carry weapons. Said that if my rights are limited so much, it will insult my honor. And he said that nobody in his right mind can't imagine, that I would ever attack against anyone, except maybe against him, but that shouldn't be England's problem.
I just watched them as they were arguing. Their relations are getting worse. It was not a good sign that England wants to limit my army so much, he's clearly afraid it will be used in Russia's favor. Well, anyway, unfortunately for me, England won this argument.
August 13, 1946
Today, in France's place, those countries who were on the lost side were allowed to say their views about what's happening right now and their wishes etc.
Italy was first. He complained about his new border arrangements, and said the demand for war reparations is too high for him.
Then were Hungary's, Romania's and Bulgaria's turn. They, well, thanked Russia, because he has been really generous towards them (?). Then they criticized the other Allies, and Bulgaria informed he is going to keep those areas he conquered with Germany from Greece.
To this Russia said, that it looks like Italy is still as bad as he used to be, but those three are clearly getting rid of imperialism and are going towards the true democracy. That's why he suggested, that they should let Bulgaria to keep the area. This made America spit his drink out of his mouth.
My speech was fine, at least I thought so, but Russia said I sounded similar with Italy. And his boss whispered to my ear, that I shouldn't complain so much, after all, nobody occupied me, and he have heard it's not anything fun to experience...
September 1, 1946
England and America called their citizens who are currently here to leave and return back home immediately. Really bad sign! I wonder what's happening behind the scenes again? It's also even harder to get loans from America... But those American ships that sell me army surplus items are still sailing. Russia knows about them, is eyeing them, but luckily they doesn't seem to bother him?
July 19, 1947
America is talking about the Marshall Plan. He will loan money to countries to help them to recover from the war. And I guess there's no limitations who can get it!
June 8, 1947
Russia told me, that he doesn't accept my participation in the Marshall Plan. It's America's evil imperialist scheme, and because we haven't ratified our peace treaty yet, I should really consider what I will do. It's also anti-Soviet, and according to our treaty, I'm not allowed to take part to anything that is anti-Soviet. And this was confidential, so I'm not allowed to tell this to anybody.
As if the others would not guess why I won't participate...
June 21, 1947
Finally some good news! I'll be the host of the Olympic games of 1952! Maybe this will succeed this time. And I hope it won't cost too much.
August 30, 1947
The peace treaty was finally ratified by Russia, England did it already earlier. And Russia has been in a good mood since... well, since I decided not to take part in the Marshall Plan.
September 22, 1947
Russia and his new... hm, friends... had a meeting in Poland's place. Russia gave a speech, where he described how the world is now divided into two groups; the other group is ruled by America, and the other, anti-imperialist and anti-fascist one, is ruled by the Soviet Union. This group includes those countries who have already cut their ties with imperialism, and also those who are going towards the true democracy; like Hungary, Romania, and... me.
There must be a third group. I can't join that first group, but I don't want that kind of "democracy" he's speaking about either. People's democracy... Huh.
September 23, 1947
The Allied control commission will leave today. I can't say I will miss them. I was afraid they will be here forever. We burned all the furnitures from the hotel, just in case.
But of course that military base is still here. It's already in use, it was quite empty for a while when the war was still going on... but now... I need to... watch it... My marshal even suggested that I should move my capital back to where it used to be, but I can't really do it without causing panic.
October 3, 1947
I would have liked to join to the United Nations, but Russia and Poland were against it. It was because the western countries refuse to take the Balkans in. So, if they can't join, I can't join either. I wonder what I have to do with the Balkans?
Maybe this was a good thing. There you need to interfere in the affairs of all kinds. And if it's anything like the League of the Nations, it's not worth it. And they are also criticizing my habit to use different drugs. They are used as medicines, I'm not hooked on them! I can't afford to buy that new medicine, penicillin or what was its name, so what they want me to do? They say I'm using them more than Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland - combined... I told them to mind their own business.
December xx, 1947
I'm not sure does Russia understand, that after the control commission left, he shouldn't come here without my permission anymore. At least he should knock first. Fortunately he usually leaves when I ask him to.
He's constantly talking about a military pact. He tries to make me to propose something like that to him, so it would sound like it was my idea. I'm trying to ignore him.
February 22, 1948
My boss got a letter from Russia's boss... it's his personal handwriting. He recalls, that I and Russia haven't signed a mutual defence treaty yet. Even Hungary and Romania have done so, but I haven't... He wants radical improvement to our relations. Why he always thinks us as a group? And what does a "radical improvement" mean?
I don't want it. Never wanted, not before the war not now... well, expect in -45 my marshal talked with Russia about it, but Russia wasn't interested.
Hungary's and Romania's treaty... they are obliged to go to war if somebody strikes against Russia, or the other countries mentioned in the treaty... and I guess they need to make pre-emptive strikes, too. That would mean that... I can't sign it!
There are also rumours about a coup d'etat. My hard line communist are planning something. My defence forces are also prepared, there are tanks on the street, just in case. My boss gave an envelope to my Commander of the Armed Forces. There are instructions what he should do if something happens to my boss. He gave envelopes also to two other generals, in case something happens to the commander. I don't like this at all.
February xx, 1948
There was a communists coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia! So Czechia and Slovakia are now communist, too.
Their situation was a bit too similar with me: also they had communists in their goverment, a minority, but also their minister of Interior was one of them. Because of that, their state police is full of communists, like mine is too.
But there are also differences... they are more positive about Russia, because he and France were the only ones who promised to protect them from Germany in -38... which never happened, but anyway... And he helped them to get rid of Germany later.
Some people think, that I will be the next one. They are already placing bets "Czechoslovakia last week, Finland this week".
March 12, 1948
There's been a lot of rumours, that soon Norway will get a proposal about a military pact from Russia. Norway is a bit worried, but he has discussed with England and America, and they think that his safety is one of the most important things at the moment, so maybe he doesn't need to worry (unless it's just a promise they can't keep).
According to rumours, Russia would love to have at least his Varangerfjord and he's interested in Svalbard. Norway is surely grateful because Germany is now gone, but probably not that grateful... Too bad there's no way to know is this true. But they seem to take it seriously.
March 23, 1948
I sent a message to America, and asked him did they agree about... any spheres of influences back then, when the Allies were still together. America answered, that he knows nothing about anything like that. But Russia said... Well, never mind. I'll ask him again later.
March 29, 1948
Today, I climbed to the train to Moscow. I'm going to negotiate about that military pact with Russia, maybe it will calm the situation in my place. I only hope he'll listen what I want to say too.
It's almost like nine years ago. People started to gather around me, singing. It was the same song... The only difference was, that this time my communists tried to sing the International, but the others managed to outsang them quite easily. It was a pretty impressive event.
April 6, 1948
The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (AFCM) was signed today. Russia agreed surprisingly easily on my terms, even if he first wanted a similar treaty as the other treaties are. Maybe this was better than nothing to him?
So, I only need to defend my area against Germany or his allies (why Germany, when he's not in any shape to fight, I don't know)... and if necessary... ask Russia's help to do so. Help isn't automatic, as it's in the other treaties and there's no obligation for pre-emptive strikes. So Sve and Norway are safe from me.
But by signing this treaty, the countries in the west think this is only the beginning of the end for me. Again. And that it doesn't really matter what the treaty says, Russia is a bigger player in this game. He can stage a threat in any time he wants. Make me ask for help. My situation is not dangerous - it's hopeless (They really know how to make me feel better...)
Well... true. But if somebody tries to organize a coup or claim that I asked for help, the only thing I can do is show to the world this was not really my decision. Back to the suicide plan again. Alone, this time.
June 7, 1948
Elections are held soon... today, Russia wanted to watch a film with me. Its name was "Song of Siberia", or something like that.
Is he trying to hint something, or does he just think it's a good movie and that I should see it too...? Oh, and I ousted that communist interior minister of mine. He made a serious mistake when he deported my citizens away, and this was the prize. And I don't want him to be in control of the police forces when the time of the elections comes.
June 24, 1948
Russia reduced my reparations debt this month. Now it's only 226,5 million! He said I should thank my communist ministers of that, but now, after the elections, it looks like my communists lost their positions in the government anyway. They didn't get enough votes, so they were kicked out.
And right now the former allies have a serious fight about Germany. Not good, when the AFCM-treaty is aimed against a threat from Germany. I hope I'll not get involved in this.
Uh, and Russia doesn't like one of my new minister's. He's a Swedish speaker, so he claims that he's in reality an agent of Sweden, and his job is to take Åland away from me. I... I don't know what to say...
January xx, 1949
We - Denmark, Norway, Sve, and I - have discussed about possibilities to form a Scandinavian defence union, even though I'm not Scandinavian, but who cares (I don't know why Iceland doesn't want to take part). Well, according to Sve, I need to ask permission from Russia to join, otherwise it's too risky. Which is kinda humiliating, but I did so anyway.
Russia told me to forget those Nordic dreams. He said he saw what that Scandinavian cooperation was during the war, and that they are bad influence to me. And that it's America's scheme to increase his influence in the area. If I really need some other friends besides him, I could hang with Hungary or Romania instead.
April 4, 1949
America and the others founded NATO. It's a defence union... I guess they are getting more and more nervous because of the Soviets. They are now much closer to those western countries than they used to be.
Norway was ready to join immediately, even if Denmark tried to make that defence union with Sweden and Norway to work. I guess Norway wants real security guarantees. And so Denmark and Iceland joined too. Sweden considers joining. I can't join.
August 1, 1949
I'm still keeping paying my old loans to America, only few millions to go! America suggested, that part of these payments could be set aside for a scholarship fund. Some of my students could come to his place next year and study in his universities. That sounds great! Maybe I should invest in education seriously?
January 16, 1950
Russia has been somewhat annoyed towards me since my communists lost their positions in my government. His newspapers are mocking me almost every day.
Today he sent me a note. He wants me to return his citizens who are still here. He specifically demanded the surrender of 65 of the fugitives for "treason. I don't know where they are, propably not here anymore and he knows that very well. He just wants me to change my government, there are right now too many social democrats and he still hates them. He said they are like turnips: outer part is red, but from inside they are white.
And he asked do I like America more because he has more money.
June 16, 1950
I signed a trade agreement with Russia yesterday. Today, he held a dinner party to celebrate this. His boss also participated, he was in a very humorous mood and stayed with us over the midnight.
His boss started to talk about steel with me. He asked where I get my steel. When I answered that from Sweden he said it's not a good thing. He thinks that I should produce my steel myself. Foreign steel is dull during the time of a crisis - what I'm going to do if war starts and I need to close my borders? He said Russia can help me if I don't know how to produce steel.
I didn't like how he said that, about closing borders and war, and when I hesitated, he said that I could also sell steel products to others, he happens to know that China may need a lot of steel. And I can make cannons from steel. Who would defend a country who doesn't even have cannons. Even Russia looked a bit worried when he said so.
September xx, 1950
I got a message from America and England. They inform me, that they have come to a consensus that they will not give any kind of assistance to me in the case of a possible Soviet attack. That was kinda obvious, but at least now it's official.
July 19, 1952
The 1952 Summer Olympics started today! The Soviets wanted to take part to the games for the first time, too. First Russia thought their teams could fly here and back every day, or stay in his military base, but then I promised to organize a separate accommodations for them. They don't want to be with everybody else.
There are serious problems with now-communist China and Formosa, but he managed to participate too. America agreed to participate only after he received a report about my political situation (and he brought me bubbling and brown lemonade, he said it tastes like him, uh). Germany will take part under the supervision of France, but Prussia (I guess he is East-Germany nowadays) can't join. Israel didn't have the Olympic committee yet, but in the end it didn't matter.
The games were almost canceled because the Korean war two years ago, but I guess we can make through this event peacefully.
July 25, 1952
That military base is like a knife aimed straight towards my heart. I usually pretend it doesn't even exist, even if it's quite noisy sometimes. I don't think I would otherwise stay sane.
Well, at least Olympic tourists have fun. A railway goes through the area where the military base is. I have a permission to use the railway, but when the train enters into the forbidden area, we need to put iron barriers in front of the windows, pay an entrance fee, and allow Russian soldiers to enter to the train. It's like a huge, dangerous tunnel to the tourists. They are so excited it's almost annoying... well, they don't need to live here.
18 September, 1952
Finally! Finally, I managed to pay the whole reparations debt to Russia. I'm going to have a party later!
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Author's Notes: This is not supposed to be a history book, so certain mistakes may occur. Dates with xx are uncertain, only the year might be right... or wrong. Sometimes there are different dates. Nothing special to say. That note from England that Finland has all the symptoms of a nervous breakdown, well, it's actually from the British documents from the same year. Somebody reported that "but on the whole the country shows the symptoms of a man suffering from nervous collapse."
- Years 1944-1949 are called in Finland as the Years of Danger.
- 600 million now - Today the sum would be 4,5 billion.
- 145 of them will be Russia's and about 15 England's - More precisely, 145 of them will be from from the Soviet Union and 15 from Britain. I guess some of them were Ukrainian, Belarusian, Scottish etc. but not Balts.
- War against Germany is still going on, they are both busy - I guess they would have been too busy to fly constantly to Finland's house. Maybe it would have make more sense to make Finland been held somewhere instead of being home.
- Operation Stella Polaris - The U.S. Office of Strategic Services bought material in secrecy, informing only the U.S. President, but not the U.S. State Department. Also Japan, Britain and France were interested to get this material. (Stella Polaris = North Star). Later America started to feel bad because they were buying information about their own allies. So, he returned some papers to the Soviet Union...
- Russia hates my social democrats - They called all social democrats as Social-faschists, and Finnish ones were "brother's-in-arms-socialists". It's not hard to guess where that came from, even if they were the ones mostly against the whole war. And Germans hated them also.
- And then I yelled something to him in German - "Generaloberst!", and then switched back to Russian. Or maybe in this case to the language all the nations are speaking.
- My social democrats won the elections, communists came second - Not going to write about Finland's political system, but Social Democrats got 25.08% of the votes, Communists 23.47%, and the Agrarian party 21.35% (or like the Soviets called them, the Kulak party). Then there were a lot of smaller parties. Biggest party forms the goverment.
- Well, except from Norway's northern areas. Its location is too important for England - It was agreed already in August 1944, by British and American members that they make sure Russians won't stay in Norway. It would threaten the North Atlantic trade routes and Iceland, which location is important for America.
- And my new minister of the Interior deported some of my citizens to Russia - They were Russians who had a Finnish citizenship. Finland got few of them back in 1955, at the same time when that military base was returned. One of them was found to be a Soviet spy later.
- I went with Russia to meet England because they will decide about my arms limitations - This was decided already in 1945 between Russia and England. Finland heard about this in 1946. So, in reality Finland didn't know who was the one who wanted to limit his arms, and who was the one who defended his, um, rights.
- And also those who are going towards the true democracy - To them, freedom of speech, independence and democracy was sheer hypcracy as bourgeois states couldn't be free, independent or democratic but only puppets of imperialist powers. Really free, independent and democratic were only states that were connected with Soviet Russia.
- My speech was fine, at least I thought so, but Russia said I sounded similar with Italy - The Soviet delegation was very angry because the Finnish representatives didn't praise Stalin about the noble peace like did the representatives of Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. And the next day the Finnish communists had a demonstration because the Finnish representatives behaved so badly and the Soviet newspapers mocked them too. And the Soviets warned against taking advantage of the argument the Allies currently had.
- The peace treaty was finally ratified - A peace treaty with the Soviet Union, Britain, Australia, South African Union, India, Canada, Czechoslovakia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, New Zealand and the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic was brought into force.
- There was a communists coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia - It was a bloodless revolution. Communism had much more positive meaning in Czechoslovakia than in Finland (at least right now). So, something like that would have caused a bigger fight in Finland .
- I sent a message to America and asked him did they agree about... any spheres of influences - Actually, they asked this two times.
- The only difference was, that this time my communists tried to sing the Soviet Union's anthem - Well, it was the Internationale, it's not quite the same so I fixed it. Others were singing that Jumala ompi linnamme-song (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). I listened its lyrics, btw. Made me smile, know I understand why they choose that song, even if its Finnish lyrics are a bit different. And of course people were quite religious back then.
- I need to ask permission from Russia to join, otherwise it's too risky for them - Because Finland already has that treaty with Russia.
- There are serious problems with now-communist China and Formosa - Formosa = Taiwan.
- Germany will take part under the supervision of France - In reality, it was Saarland, one of the sixteen states of Germany. But I don't really know how I should handle all these states... There are so many federations.
- That military base is like a knife aimed straight towards my heart - Those bases were only rented, by the way. But I'm not sure did they actually pay the rent.
