Finnish Aid For Portugal asked the Portuguese journalist and economist Helder Fernandes does he feels the current financial aid as sufficient pay-back of Portuguese humanitarian aid. Thi letter is sent to his webpage at
http://www.lettertofinland.com/.
Dear Helder Fernandes,
thank your for your interest on Finland and Finnish history.
Your appealing writing was published over one month ago in Helsingin Sanomat. In you article you mostly wrote about the Portugal's glorious history and in among the other things the Humanitarian Aid shipped to Finland just shortly after the Winter War 1939.
Although, I am consicious about the main points of Portugal's history I got suprised how high you and some other Portuguese are positioning this humanitarian aid compared with all heroes, kings, and luxurious time of colonialism. Thus, I like many other Finns missed your point of remembering the glorious colonialism and imperialistic history of Portugal. Tactically wisely you didn't even mentioned about Portugal's gold reserver which is multiple times bigger than Finland
Side track: Moreover, there was one Portuguese volunteer willing to fight at winter war at our side. Multiple thanks to him and his relatives. Unfortunately, we don't know about his adventures and if he ever got at front line. Do you have more information about him? Where we could send volunteer now?.
Let's have focus on Portuguese humanitarian aid for Finland at 1939.
First of all, my deepest thanks for that. Sardine conserves among the other aid was nice from Portugal and it helped for some sense.
Finnish papers has calculated the net present value of that aid to be about 100.000 -200.000€. The value of this help is naturally bigger than its present value in euros. Not a miljards though. I wouldn't calculate financial value for helping hearts. You did. If Portugal get attacted by Spanish, I'm sure the Finns will help you with humanitarian aid. Also if there occur some big natural catastrophe. Humanitarian is not dead. Not even here north.
Well, fine so far but you made surprising shortcut equalizing the human aid for suffering people under wartime with financial support for the international banks (British, French and German banks) for Portugal's government who has totally failed to keep budget basing on incomes and realistic predictions of growth of GNP.
Then you presented the opinion that because you got once human aid you have to pay our debts. Yes, the bailout is coming and loans will eventuall be given without deposits.
Now, the Finnish parliament has decided to participate the financial aid packace of Euro-group, EC and IMF. I didn' bother to go trough this longer, because the
only valid point at this time is:
Dear Helder Fernande, do you agree that Finns now have paid back that humanitarian aid at 1939?
If you agree, please let us know so we could inform Finns about that. Moreover, I peg you write thanking article on Helsingin Sanomat. Othewise, we cannot avoid the feeling that Finns are nowadays remembered only when their money are needed, and forgot in their artic periferic colony when silver ship is shipped to Portugal.
In case you don't agree please tell us what more you need?
Thanks in advance for your prompt answer,
Finnish Aid For Portugal
Association for paying the Portuguese humanitarian aid back to suffering Portuguese.
