American forces in northern France, and once he succeeds in that, I believe the tables will be turned.” Von Steengracht also lets slip that because the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the most important in Finland, has been negotiating for peace with Russia, Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop has flown to Helsinki to plead with the Finnish leaders. Accordingly, Finland will continue to fight the Soviet, and Germany is going to send armored units to help. A new Finnish cabinet will be formed “and the makeup … will probably be similar to that of the present one.”
