 The Soviet offer divided the Finnish government , but it was eventually rejected . On 31 October , in the assembly of the Supreme Soviet , Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov announced Soviet demands in public . The Finns made two counteroffers whereby Finland would cede the Terijoki area to the Soviet Union , which would double the distance between Leningrad and the Finnish border , far less than the Soviets had demanded , as well as the islands in the Gulf of Finland . From the Soviet point of view the negotiations were finished . 
