File No. 860d.00/14
The Minister in Norway (Schmedeman) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Christiania, February 19, 1918, 6 p.m.
[Received 9.32 p.m.]
[Received 9.32 p.m.]
536. Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me to-day that Norwegian Government intended soon to accredit a minister or chargé d’affaires at Helsingfors and that Norway has adhered to Swedish démarche at Petrograd requesting withdrawal from Finland of Bolshevik troops. He added that Norway would send no military help to Finland but that Red Cross equipment and personnel would be sent as well as Norwegian fish and fish products for which a credit would be extended Finland.
Schmedeman