Show estonia fires her army russia takes charge fl FINLAND IN an UT 17 Z EST tn D cie LATVIA LITHUANIA GER ci 0 X MANY tiny estonia packed away her vest pocket army when her foreign minister karl seller was forced to sign a treaty making the nation a virtual protectorate of soviet russia this photograph shows soldiers of the tiny defense force watching one of Es tanks being taken to storage the map to the right shows Es position the two islands oft off her baltic sea coast are being made into soviet air and naval bases shortly after the busses russ buss Es tonia pact was signed the soviet demanded and won mutual assistance treaties with latvia and lithuania directly south of estonia which places them in substantially the same position as estonia military observers believed russia was strengthening her position against any possible action by germany her new ally |