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- ↑ Miljan, Toivo. Historical Dictionary of Estonia . European historical dictionaries, 43. Lanham, Md. [u.a.]: Scarecrow Press, 2004. p. 343
- ↑ McHugh, James T., and James S. Pacy. Diplomats Without a Country: Baltic Diplomacy, International Law, and the Cold War . Westport, Conn [u.a.]: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 179
- ↑ Kasekamp, Andres. The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia . Basingstoke: Macmillan Press in association with School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, 2000. p. 62
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