Finnish delegation led by M Paasikivi and accompanied by M
Tanner, Finnish Minister of Finance, arrived at Moscow to
resume negotiations with Russia.
Paris reported that after a quiet night on the Western front.
There had been marked activity on the part of advance units,
particularly in the region west of Saar.
Two British ships, HMS Sea Venture and HMS Whitemantle were
reported sunk. The first was torpedoed off the north coast
of Scotland, the second lost, after an explosion due either
to a mine or a U-boat.
The United States steamer City of Flint, which had been seized
as contraband by the German pocket battleship
Deutschland
(later renamed
Lützow)
was brought by a prize crew into Kola Bay, north of Murmansk,
flying the swastika.
Sir Eric Phillips, retiring British ambassador left Paris.
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