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Old 03-16-16, 03:03 AM   #7
Dowly
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June 1940

02/06

USSR demands back both military and civilian material that was evacuated from the Hanko Peninsula before it was turned over.

03/06

USSR returns 254 civilians who were captured in the Juntusranta area (Suomussalmi) during the war.

14/06

Finnish passenger plane "Kaleva" (Junkers Ju-52-3/mge) with 9 people onboard and carrying 227 kilos of diplomatic mail is shot down by two Russian DB3-T bombers near the lighthouse of Keri in Gulf of Finland. Passengers and crew were killed.

The mail left over after the crash is picked up by a Russian submarine (Shch-301).

Russian Lieutenant-General Hohlov later in his memoirs changes the date to June 23 and writes that "Kaleva" had flown without markings towards occupied Estonia and had been shot down as a spy plane.

15/06

USSR invades Lithuania.

16/06

USSR invades Estonia and Latvia.

23/06

USSR shows interest towards the Petsamo nickel mine. J.K. Paasikivi offers a 50/50 split of the nickel output between Germany and USSR.

USSR refuses the offer and proposes they get the mine in full.

28/06

Trade treaty between Finland and USSR is signed.
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