POLITICAL (EDITORIAL)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600240070-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: July 7, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATJON
CENTRAL INTER Y rtEPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Finland
SUBJECT Political (Editorial)
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LANGUAGE
Stockholm
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
COI IAIST PRM ON DBCLM IN Flll-M
The circulation of the Communist press in Ninlnnd is gradually dropping
off. Your years ago the 1elding Communist newspapers, -a as and bnsan
Sanomat, had a circulation of 4k,000 and 70,000 respective
lation has dropped to 18,000 and 20,000 respectively. The poeiticatofltrheiraa-
3ocial Desooratio prose is not so brlgit sitter, but it never_han been 'in#in-
land. The circulation of Suosen 8 sialide kraatti ..the main Finnish Social
Deaocratic organ, ie,in the neighborhood of 45,000.`~xn retrospect, however,
the Communist press has suffered the heavlest.losses.
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