to take Finnish refugees into Alaska if the Soviet Union would have conquered Finland.
The plan was opposed by Alaskans in the Congress, mainly because of the issue of having a large group of people speaking a language that was not understood in the region.
[1][2][3][4] In the United States during the Winter War, a genocide of the Finns was feared, so it was proposed[by whom?]
Alaska was chosen because it was thought to be suitable for Finnish people and because it had a very low population of only 72,000.
During the Continuation War (Jatkosota) there was also a plan to take Finnish refugees, however on a larger scale, because America was ready to evacuate the whole Finnish population and a populated Alaska would have been better secured in the upcoming Cold War against Soviet offensives.