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<H3 ALIGN="center">Telegram<BR>
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VERY URGENT<BR>
BERLIN, September 27, 1939.</H3>
<P>No. 435</P>
<P>For Reich Foreign Minister in person!</P>
<P>Telegram from Tallinn No. 163 of the 26th for Army High Command, Attaché Section: </P>
<P>The Estonian Chief of Staff informed me of the Russian demand for an alliance. He stated that a naval base at Baltischport and an air base on the Estonian islands were demanded by Russia. The General Staff recommended acceptance of the demands as German aid was most unlikely, hence the situation could only become worse. On September 25 and 26, Russian aircraft carried out extensive flights over Estonian territory. The General Staff gave orders not to fire on aircraft in order not to prejudice the situation. Rössing. <A NAME="b1" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/ns083.asp#1" HREF="#1">(1)</A> Frohwein. <A NAME="b2" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/ns083.asp#2" HREF="#2">(2)</A> </P>
<P>BRÃœCKLMEIER</P>
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