Show MYSTERY HIDES FATE OF RUSS PUPPET CHIEFTAIN IN FINLAND By HAROLD PETERS COPENHAGEN Denmark April 4 UP What UP-What What happened to Otto Kuusinen A telegraphic search of Europe's usually prolific information I centers failed Thursday to turn turn up even a rumor as to the fate of the Finnish communist who last December became head of the Finnish peoples people's government set setup setup setup up under protection of the red army In the border town of Teri- Teri Jokl joki Since peace returned to Finland the Kuusinen government has been officially dissolved Kuusinen whose name had been appearing frequently in M Moscow scow newspapers has vanished from the headlines Reverted to Post lost At Moscow It was was' said that Inthe in inthe inthe the absence of any official statement statement state state- tate ment to the contrary Kuusinen presumably reverted to his post as as' secretary of the communist Inter inter- national The strangest episode of his life came when the Kremlin ordered a defensive Invasion of bf Finland and looked around for somebody some to head a peoples government Kuusinen at that time was virtually virtually vir vir- vir unknown outside the Soviet i I cata-I Union but overnight he was catapulted catapulted cata cata- into the middle of lof one of the worlds world's most dramatic con con- filets Russia announced that It no longer recognized the constituted government of Finland and that relations had been established Instead in instead Instead In- In stead with the peoples people's government government government govern govern- ment of the democratic republic lic of Finland The government was headed by Kuusinen Its seat was ostensibly at T ijo I. I Indicates Intentions The sovIet soviet indicated that any peace settlement would be be- made bythe by bythe bythe the Kuusinen government which called on the soviet army to liberate liberate liberate lib erate Finland The last public statement to be made maae by Kuusinen appeared March 8 S in Moscow the newspaper Kom- Kom Pravda It urged an end to bloodshed d In Finland nd So Sotar far tar as Is known Kuusinen had no part in the Russo-Finnish Russo negotiations negotiations negotiations which ended the the conflict |