German documents (transl.) | Deutsche Dokumente | Swedish (transl.) | Svenska | British diplomatic documents and cabinet papers | U.S. foreign relation documents | Soviet foreign policy 1939-1940
| The nonaggression pact and the secret additional protocol (English translation) | Aug. 23, 1939 |
| Nichtangriffsvertrag zwischen Deutschland und der Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken | 23. August 1939 |
| Das geheime Zusatzprotokoll | 23. August 1939 |
| Договор о
ненападении между
Германией и Советским Союзом
|
23 августа 1939 г. |
| Секретный дополнительный протокол | 23 августа 1939 г. |
| Finland seeking to find out German view on Finnish-Soviet territorial negotiations | Oct. 9, 1939 |
| German reply to Finland | Oct. 9, 1939 |
| German reply to Sweden | Oct. 9, 1939 |
| A report of the German minister in Finland to his superiors | Oct. 10, 1939 |
| Personal instructions of the State Secretary to the German Minister in Finland | Oct. 11, 1939 |
| Molotov makes Soviet territorial demands public in the Supreme Soviet | Oct. 31, 1939 |
| Molotov accuses Finland of shelling Soviet territory and annuls unilaterally the Finnish-Soviet non-aggression pact | Nov. 29, 1939 |
| Instructions of the German Foreign Office to her legations after the Winter War broke out | Dec. 2, 1939 |
| German diplomats should support the Russian points of view in the Winter War | Dec. 6, 1939 |
| Personal letter of the German Minister in Finland to the German Foreign Ministry regretting Germany's decision of leaving Finland on his own | Dec. 7, 1939 |
| Moscow asks German support for Soviet submarines in the Gulf of Bothnia (between Sweden and Finland) | Dec. 9, 1939 |
| The Soviets protest on arms trade | Dec. 11, 1939 |
| Quisling offering a coup in Norway, no arms deliveries to Finland or Sweden | Dec. 12, 1939 |
| German Minister in Oslo reports to the German Foreign Ministry about the opinion of all Norwegian political parties that Finland is fighting for all of Scandinavia | Dec. 15, 1939 |
| The Soviets: Expelling the Soviet Union from the League of Nations was an Anglo-French plot | Dec. 16, 1939 |
| German Minister in Helsinki expresses to the German State Secretary his personal dissatisfaction with the German unconcern relating to the Soviet attack on Finland | Dec. 18, 1939 |
| Hitler, von Ribbentrop and Kuusinen congratulate Joseph Stalin on his 60th birthday | Dec. 21, 1939 |
| Germany makes it clear that it will not permit transit of arms to Finland | Jan. 4, 1940 |
| German Ambassador discusses with Molotov in Moscow about the Russo-Finnish conflict | Jan. 8, 1940 |
| German Minister in Tallinn reports of Estonian General Laidoner's discussions with Stalin | Jan. 19, 1940 |
| German envoy in Finland does not exclude the recent peace treaty as a seed to later conflicts. But escalating of the war is now prevented | March 13, 1940 |
| Völkischer Beobachter: The Finnish policy of the Western Powers frustrated by the Moscow Treaty | March 14, 1940 |
| Molotov reporting in the Supreme Soviet about the good relations between the Soviet Union and Germany, and about the Winter War | March 29, 1940 |
| Soviet relief after German victory in Norway | April 11, 1940 |
| Germans sense stiffening in Russia when speaking about Finland | Aug. 14, 1940 |
| Confirmation of rules adopted by German and Finnish army staffs for transit of German troops through Finland (in German) | Sept. 12, 1940 |
| Germany plans to inform the Soviets on transit of troops and arms in Finland | Sept. 16, 1940 |
| The Finns are told about reporting to Moscow | Sept. 16, 1940 |
| Soviet Union tells of not being informed about passage of German troops through Finland | Sept. 27, 1940 |
| Germany allows Finland to purchase German arms. The April arms delivery through Norway to Finland, stopped and used by the Wehrmacht is also compensated | Oct. 1, 1940 |
| Germany assures that transit of troops is of purely technical nature | Oct. 2, 1940 |
| Molotov requests more detailed information about transit traffic | Oct. 4, 1940 |
| Petsamo nickel concession under German and Soviet pressure | Oct. 8, 1940 |
| Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop's letter to Stalin | Oct. 13, 1940 |
| The Soviets mention arms deliveries to Finland | Nov. 2, 1940 |
| Hitler-Molotov discussion in Berlin | Nov. 12, 1940 |
| Second Hitler-Molotov
discussion in Berlin |
Nov. 13, 1940 |
| The Soviets yield conditionally to German propositions | Nov. 25, 1940 |
| Hitler's directive on Operation Barbarossa | Dec. 18, 1940 |
| Finns express relief for not being left alone any more in a future conflict with Russia | Dec. 31, 1940 |
| Weizsäcker über seine Unterredung mit dem Finnischen Gesandten in Berlin | den 9. Oktober 1939 |
| Drahtanweisung an den Deutschen Gesandten in Finnland | den 9. Oktober 1939 |
| Weizsäcker über seine Unterredung mit dem Schwedischen Gesandten in Berlin | den 9. Oktober 1939 |
| Drahtbericht des Deutschen Gesandten in Finnland | den 10. Oktober 1939 |
| Weizsäcker über die russische Forderungen an die Gesandtschaft in Helsinki | den 11. Oktober 1939 |
| Drahterlaß des Staatssekretärs des Auswärtigen Amts an die deutschen Missionen: keine antirussische Nuance | den 2. Dezember 1939 |
| Ergänzung des Drahterlaßes an die deutschen Missionen | den 6. Dezember 1939 |
| Persönlicher Brief der deutschen Gesandten in Finnland (Blücher) an Staatssekretär Weizsäcker | den 7. Dezember 1939 |
| Die Russen schlagen Nachschub für ihre U-boote vor | den 9. Dezember 1939 |
| Der Reichsaußenminister: Der Waffengeschäft mit Finnland | den 11. Dezember 1939 |
| Bericht des Oberbefehlshabers der Kriegsmarine, Großadmiral Raeder, an den Führer über Quislings Rolle und Unterstützung Finnlands | den 12. Dezember 1939 |
| Gesandter Blücher über Gegensatz deutscher u. italienischer Haltung in Finnland | den 14. Dezember 1939 |
| Persönlicher Brief Blüchers an Staatssekretär von Weizsäcker | den 18. Dezember 1939 |
| Die Durchfuhr für Finnland bestimmten Kriegsgeräts nicht möglich | den 4. Januar 1940 |
| Molotow: Die Sowjetregierung hat Schweden und Norwegen verwarnt | den 8. Januar 1940 |
| Estnischer General Laidoner: Der Krieg ist jetzt ein Prestigefall | den 19. Januar 1940 |
| Blücher: Blitzfriede wird weitgehende Folgen für Nordeuropa haben | den 13. März 1940 |
| Völkischer Beobachter: Finnland-Politik der Westmächte durch Moskauer Vertrag vereitelt | den 14. März 1940 |
| Erleichterung der Sowjet-Regierung nach der deutschen Besatzung von Norwegen | den 11. April 1940 |
| Gibt es eine Versteifung in den russisch-finnischen Beziehungen | den 14. August 1940 |
| Das Auswärtige Amt wird über die russische Landtransporte nach Hanko informiert | den 11. September 1940 |
| Truppen- und Materialtransporte der deutschen Luftwaffe durch Finnland | den 12. September 1940 |
| Reichsaußenminister: Wie mann die Russen über Truppen- und Materialtransporte durch Finnland informiert | den 16. September 1940 |
| Molotow: Die Sowjetunion hatte keine Vorhandsinformationen über die Truppen- und Materialtransporte | den 27. September 1940 |
| Waffenlieferungen an der finnischen Regierung vereinbart | den 1. Oktober 1940 |
| Ribbentrop an Molotow: Der Durchtransport der deutschen Truppen ist nur eine verkehrstechnische Anordnung | den 2. Oktober 1940 |
| Die Sowjetregierung fordert genauere Informationen über Truppentransport in Finnland | den 4. Oktober 1940 |
| Nickelkonzession Petsamo unter wachsenden Druck von Russen | den 8. Oktober 1940 |
| Der Brief des Reichsaußenministers von Ribbentrop an Stalin | den 13. Oktober 1940 |
| Mikojan: Deutsche Waffenlieferungen an Finnland aber nicht an die Sowjetunion | den 2. November 1940 |
| Unterredung zwischen Hitler und Molotow in Berlin | den 12. November 1940 |
| Zweite Unterredung zwischen Hitler und Molotow in Berlin | den 13. November 1940 |
| Sowjetische Bedingungen an die politische Zusammenarbeit | den 25. November 1940 |
| Weisung des Führers: Fall Barbarossa | den 18. Dezember 1940 |
| Die Finnen seien jetzt beruhigt wenn mann in einem künftigen Konflikt mit Rußland nicht allein stehen werde | den 31. Dezember 1940 |
| Communiqué expressing neutrality issued by the conference of Nordic prime and foreign ministers in Copenhagen | Sept. 18-19, 1939 |
| Démarche of Nordic ambassadors in Moscow | Oct. 12, 1939 |
| Communiqué issued by the meeting of Nordic heads of state and foreign ministers. Telegrams of Roosevelt and King Gustav | Oct. 18-19, 1939 |
| Statement of the Swedish government to the Swedish parliament after the Soviet Union had started invasion against Finland | Dec. 13, 1939 |
| Common declaration of Sweden, Norway and Denmark at the assembly of the League of Nations discussing the condemnation of the Soviet invasion against Finland | Dec. 14, 1939 |
| Political evaluation: Norway in the Russo-Finnish War (by German minister in Norway) | Dec. 15, 1939 |
| The Soviet Foreign Commissariat's statement on Soviet relations with Sweden and Norway | Jan. 15, 1940 |
| Speech of Foreign Minister Günther at the full dress opening of the Swedish parliament | Jan. 17, 1940 |
| King Gustaf V's statement for the Cabinet minutes concerning rejection of demands for Swedish intervention in the Winter War | Feb. 19, 1940 |
| Speech of Foreign Minister Günther in the Swedish parliament after Soviet-Finnish conclusion of peace | March 13, 1940 |
| Presentation by the foreign minister Günther at the Press Club for reasons of Swedish rejection to resort to military intervention in Finland and that of the request of the western allies to use Swedish territory for transport of troops to Finland | March 16, 1940 |
| Reminder from the German government requesting Sweden to maintain strict neutrality in the German occupation of Denmark and Norway | April 9, 1940 |
| Agreement on transit of Wehrmacht troops and material through Sweden | June 29, 1940 (July 8, 1940) |
| Announcement of the Swedish Foreign ministry concerning transit traffic for German army goods and soldiers on leave | July 5, 1940 |
| Speech by Prime Minister Hansson about Norway and the transit traffic on in Ludvika, Sweden | July 7, 1940 |
| Communiqué of the Swedish government concerning passing a German division in transit from Norway to Finland. | July 25, 1941 |
| Neutralitetskommuniké utfärdat i de nordiska stats- och utrikesministrarnas möte i Köpenhamn | 18-19 september 1939 |
| Nordisk démarche i Moskva | 12 oktober 1939 |
| Kommuniké utfärdat i de nordiska statschefernas och utrikesministrarnas möte i Stockholm | 18-19 oktober 1939 |
| Statsminister Hanssons regeringsförklaring för Sveriges riksdag efter Sovjet börjat sitt anfall mot Finland | 13 december 1939 |
| Den gemensamma deklarationen av Sverige, Norge och Danmark i Nationernas Förbunds församling om fördömande av Sovjetunionens anfall mot Finland | 14 december 1939 |
| Utrikesminister Günthers tal i riksdagens remissdebatt | 17 januari 1940 |
| Kung Gustaf V:s yttrande till stadsrådsprotokollet ang. tillbakavisandet av Sveriges militära intervention i vinterkriget | 19 februari 1940 |
| Utrikesminister Günthers anförande i riksdagen efter finskt-ryskt fredsslutet | 13 mars 1940 |
| Utrikesminister Günthers föredrag inför Publicistklubb om orsaker till Sveriges vägran att militärt deltaga i finska vinterkriget och tillbakavisandet av de allierades krav att använda svenskt territorium för genommarsch till Finland | 16 mars 1940 |
| Tyska regeringens påminnelse krävande Sveriges stränga neutralitet ang. tysk ockupation av Danmark och Norge (på tyska) | 9 april 1940 |
| Avtal om transitering av tyska försvarsmaktens försändelser och trupper genom Sverige | 29 juni 1940 (8 juli 1940) |
| Utrikesdepartementet meddelade angående tysk permittent- och transitotrafik från och till Norge | 5 juli 1940 |
| Statsminister Hanssons tal i Ludvika om transitotrafik | 7 juli 1940 |
| Regeringens kommuniké om transitering av en tysk division från Norge till Finland | 25 juli 1941 |
| Finnish refusal to act the Baltic way in accepting Soviet terms was a surprise to Stalin and Molotov. Resorting to attack the only way to save face | 7 Dec. 1939. |
| The assurances of Potemkin and Voroshilov that the war will be over in four days were proven to be empty. No military laurels to be laid at the feet of Stalin on his 60th birthday | 20 Dec. 1939. |
| Swedish Government maintain neutrality but are willing to give any assistance without appearing to take part in an international action | 4 Jan. 1940. |
| British War Cabinet meeting: evaluation of war situation in Finland. Brigadier Ling's report about discussions with Field-Marshal Mannerheim. Mannerheim considers cutting of Russian oil supplies in Baku as the best way to make them to stop war against Finland. | 13 Jan. 1940. |
| British ambassadors in Portugal, Italy and U.S.A. are requesting urgent assistance to Finland | 17 Jan. 1940. |
| British War Cabinet meeting: despatch of up to 50 bomber aircraft to Finland authorised. A definitive answer concerning sending Allied land forces to Finland expected from the Finns | 7 March, 1940. |
| Daladier in the French parliament: France is ready to send men to Finland | 12 March, 1940. |
| Molotov's speech at the Supreme Council was for home consumptíon. Abuse of France and Britain on familiar lines. The man in the streets was haunted by the spectre of a famine. In Moscow, the spoilt child of the Union, the situation in control but in many country districts it is extremely serious. Stalin is now diverting national interest and energies to other channels, and to campaigning the weaknesses revealed both in the army and organisation of deomestic supply and distribution. | 31 March, 1940. |
| The British Government takes a serious view in the Finnish decision to allow German troops to cross Finnish territory. The Soviet transit to Hanko is no parallel to this. The same applies to Sweden. In the latter case only replacement of troops is allowed, no garrison increases. | 25 Sept. 1940. |
| Swedish Foreign minister sees the transit of troops in Finland also as a German political gesture towards the Soviet Union. In Sweden it is only a technical matter. | 27 Sept. 1940. |
| The British ambassor in Helsinki: There are extenuating circumstances for recent actions of the Finns. The British leaving Northern Norway on her own devices gives the impression that assistance in seeking means to be alive and free must be found elsewhere than in Britain. As well as the British nickel policy in Petsamo driving Finland into the arms of Germany. People are against the German presence but government circles feel that now one must clutch even at straws. | 9 Oct. 1940. |
| Molotov is very annoyed at the anti-Russian feeling in Finland. He thinks that Finnish Minister Paasikivi in Moscow as well as Prime Minister Ryti genuinely desire friendly relations with Russia but there are others with a different outlook. Molotov thinks that there is no likelihood of any Russian action for the present, but if Germany were to make an offensive in the Balkans it might be that Russia would take action to prevent Finland from being penetrated by Germany | 19 Oct. 1940. |
| Germany completely disinterested in supporting Finland | 8 Oct. 1939. |
| The British Minister in Helsinki: Finnish policy may not be sufficiently flexible | 9 Oct. 1939. |
| The Crown Prince of Sweden appeals to President Roosevelt | 11 Oct. 1939. |
| President Roosevelt's appeal to the President of the USSR Kalinin | 11 Oct. 1939. |
| The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland deeply affected by the friendly attitude of the United States, Great Britain, France and Scandinavia | 11 Oct. 1939. |
| Molotov: Negotiations friendly with Latvia and Lithuania with the Soviet Union respecting their independence | 12 Oct. 1939. |
| Molotov: The United States should clean her own nest before giving advice to others | 1 Nov. 1939. |
| The US deplores that Pravda has resorted to fabrications | 3 Nov. 1939. |
| Quick liquidation of the Finnish question may be motivated by desire to win tactical advantages soon elsewhere | 1 Dec. 1939. |
| Molotov: The US, situated 8000 km away, cannot see how the Soviet air force holds the best interests of the Finnish people in high esteem | 2 Dec. 1939. |
| The Soviet ambassador in the U.S. espresses his dissatisfaction about the reactions of the U.S. Government and the general public | 2 Dec. 1939. |
| Finding the guardian of the Finnish interests in Moscow causes embarrassment | 2 Dec. 1939. |
| Sweden is willing to assume the role the guardian but expects to become rebuffed by the Soviet government | 2 Dec. 1939. |
| Finland seeking financial assistance from the US | 3 Dec. 1939. |
| President Roosevelt sends a telegram on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of Finland's independence. President Kallio's reply | 6-7 Dec. 1939. |
| The war in Finland is growing into a question of prestige | 18 Dec. 1939. |
| The US is refusing a loan to Finland but is seeking other ways to financial assistance | 2 Jan. 1940. |
| Lord Halifax is ruminating the British approach to the war in Finland | 4 Jan. 1940. |
| The Export-Import Bank will give the loan but not for arms | 30 Jan. 1940. |
| Hull: The US Government can't sell the arms but try private markets | 8 Feb. 1940. |
| Molotov: Russia and the US might have common interests in the future | 28 Feb. 1940. |
| The US démarche at Moscow greeted in Finland. Kuusinen no obstacle for peace | 8 March 1940. |
| Discussions about Imatra. Setting up a republic in Karelia is the way out for Kuusinen government | 12 March 1940. |
| The Soviet Union will be at war with Germany within a year | 13 June 1940. |
| The directors of the Petsamo Nickel Company don't object selling nickel ore from their mines to the Germans and the Russians | 29 July 1940. |
| Finland in no position to refuse Russian transit traffic to Hanko | 1 Aug. 1940. |
| A notable change for the better from the Finnish point of view in the official attitude of Germany | 11 Sept. 1940. |
| Occasional bursts against Finland in the Soviet press | 25 Sept. 1940. |
| The Finnish Minister Witting expresses the hope that the US-Finnish relations would not be unfavorably affected | 26 Sept. 1940. |
| German Ambassador at Moscow is concerned of the somewhat defiant attitude of the Finnish Government towards the Soviet Union | 9 Nov. 1940. |
| The confusing situation in Petsamo continues | 9 Dec. 1940. |
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