Note Crisis
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The Note Crisis was a political crisis in Finland relations in 1961. The Soviet Union sent a diplomatic note on October 30, 1960, citing an article of the FCMA treaty referring to the threat of war.
The most common view is that the Soviet Union was motivated by a desire to ensure Urho Kekkonen
's re-election. After Olavi Honka dropped his candidacy, Kekkonen was re-elected by an overwhelming vote of 199 out of 300 electoral college votes in the 1962 Presidential election.
The most common view is that the Soviet Union was motivated by a desire to ensure Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen...
's re-election. After Olavi Honka dropped his candidacy, Kekkonen was re-elected by an overwhelming vote of 199 out of 300 electoral college votes in the 1962 Presidential election.