Over good, grey Cordell Hull’s press conference hovered the ghosts of 1939—the year tiny Finland (“the country that always pays its debts”) was invaded by Russia, the year U.S. public ...

Last Aug. 18, 54 days after Finland’s war declaration, Cordell Hull had informed Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope of Russia’s desire to talk peace on the basis of territorial compensation for ...

Hull's role in the movement of 400,000 Finns emigrating to the United States is ... Mr Huhtaniemi is to also open a new exhibition about the history between Finland and Hull. Seasonal migration.