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From: geb@cadre.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: The arms race -- and Finlandization
Message-ID: <191@cadre.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 18:41:36 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 20 18:41:36 1985
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Reply-To: geb@cadre.ARPA (Gordon E. Banks)
Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pgh.
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Summary: 

Perhaps what people are speaking of is that when Finland wishes
to make policies, especially foreign policies, more than a little
thought has to be to potential U.S.S.R. reaction.  

For example, a Russian emigre told me that when he was planning
his escape through Finland, he knew that he had to wait until
he reached Sweden before declaring himself, since Finland would
turn him over to the K.G.B. at the border.

Finland is allowed to be "western" in certain respects, but
they don't fool themselves with respect to the limits they are under.

I suspect Mexico would find it similarly hot for them if
they tried to go "communist".