Soviet Diplomacy in 1938-1939-From the Munich Agreement to the Soviet-German Pact

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  • 《ソ連》一九三八-三九年のソ連外交-ミュンヘン協定から独ソ不可侵条約へ-
  • ソレン イチクサンハチ サンクネン ノ ソレン ガイコウ ミュンヘン キョウテ
  • The Eve of the Second World War : International Relations in Summer, 1939
  • 第二次大戦前夜-1939年夏の国際関係-

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On Soviet diplomacy during the .period from the Munich agreement (September 1938) to the Soviet-German non-aggression pact (August 1939), many scholars have been debating two themes: when the Soviet Union changed its policy in regard to Nazi Germany and how the “Nomonhan Affair” (“Khalkin-Gol Incident”) influenced the decision-making of Soviet foreign policy.<br>On the former we recognize Stalin's address at the XVIII Party Congress (March 1939) as the turning point of Soviet diplomacy and give special attention to the Munich agreement which brought about this very important change in Soviet policy regarding Nazi Germany. On the latter we presume from the documents which were sent by Richard Zorge, Soviet militaly intelligence agent from Tokyo to Moscow, that Soviet-Japanese relations, especially the “Nomonhan Affair”, definitely influenced the decision-making of Soviet foreign policy.<br>In conclussion the Soviet-German pact is evaluated as a very skillful and clever maneuver from the point of view of “Power Politics”, but removed morality from Soviet socialist diplomacy.

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  • International Relations

    International Relations 1982 (72), 55-70,L8, 1982-10-23

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