ABSTRACT
In order to prepare a suitable and affordable naval bill the Finns invited a British military mission to examine the nation’s defense needs. In 1924, the idea of a British military mission to Finland was not a new one. It had originated with the Finns in 1919 when Commodore von Schoultz had discussed the idea with Mannerheim. Schoultz then brought the idea before the government, but with no result. At the time, the Finnish government chose a French military mission and then supplemented it with a naval mission from France for a short time after the First World War.1
