Transfer of the Porkkala-Udd Territory to Finland

Porkkala Udd Peninsula. Members of the Finnish government commission visiting the territory of the former USSR naval base. Urho Kekkonen talks with the USSR Ambassador to Finland V. Z. Lebedev. The commander of the Soviet naval base Kabanov acquaints the members of the commission with the location of the facilities: an underground warehouse, a railway line. High school building. Hospital town. The Soviet government delegation consisting of M. G. Pervukhin, A. M. Vasilevsky, A. P. Volkov, A. A. Gromyko examines the objects transferred to the Finnish government. City of Helsinki. Session of the Diet. Yu. K. Paasikivi speaking. Members of the Soviet delegation are present. The building of the Soviet embassy. The protocol on the transfer of the territory of Porkkala-Udd to Finland is signed by: V. Z. Lebedev, U. Kekkonen, I. Virolainen, J. K. Paasikivi. MG Pervukhin is speaking. Banquet at the USSR Embassy after the signing of the Protocol. Among those present: M. G. Pervukhin, A. P. Volkov, A. A. Gromyko, U. Kekkonen, J. K. Paasikivi, A. M. Vasilevsky. Piers off the coast of the Porkkala-Udd peninsula. Finnish trains pass through the peninsula. Bakery serving the Soviet garrison. Wire fences at the border, border posts. Removing the border post. Departure of the Soviet military unit from Kirkkopummi station. Winter landscapes. Residents of Helsinki say goodbye to Soviet servicemen who are leaving for their homeland after the liquidation of the naval base on the Porkkala-Udd Peninsula.

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1956