Finland not Finlandized

Stalin returned Bialystok and Przemysl to Poland. True, that situation was different: on the one hand, the Brits were kind of backing the Polish case, on the other, it was not yet certain that Poland would go red. But the point is, he wasn't so hung up on territorial gains that he would never agree to return even a portion of them. And even if he wouldn't, his successor(s) might. We're talking a transfer of territory to a satellite state - it improves Soviet standing without damaging Soviet security.
 
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