What Stalin for it?
In the years 1936-37, After the reconstruction of the country's economy and the Soviet village, Stalin could finally deal with the army and expand his influence zone. Pursuant to this, he made a typically imperialist decision to direct his expansion east of the USSR, which soon became his main purpose. To achieve it, he began intensive reinforcements and army training, waiting for the moment, When his forces are enough, to be able to seize the lands lying outside the eastern border of his country – the lands of the Republic of Poland.
However, that Stalin's imperialist thoughts could be implemented, He had to find the right ally before. Ally, which would discourage the opponents of the country of advice, threatening them with their strength, arousing fear and thus discouraging them to conflict with the USSR. He should also support Stalin, By providing the relationship with the necessary military and political assistance. Ally, which Stalin was looking for should be a strong and powerful state.
Three candidates qualified after this elimination, who would be suitable for the role of Stalin's ally: Third Reich, France, Anglia. The last two dropped out for known reasons. Adolf Hitler remained.
Stalin, After finding a state, which can serve him as an ally, to be able to achieve the intended goal, which was the expansion west of the USSR, He chose the tactics of gradually encouraging Hitler to aggress together on Poland.
At first, the prognosis went slowly. For ok. 3 years, almost nothing was done regarding the approach of the Third Reich and the USSR. Stalin blaming for it (and not only for that) the then Foreign Commissioner of Lithuanian Maxim, whose name was associated with the conflict between the two countries (Lithuanian supported the West and was a Jew), in May 1939 year he removed him from his position, which was then taken by Wiaczesław Molotov. Since then, the events have clearly taken at a pace. However, task, which he received the newly appointed, It wasn't easy at all. Firstly, The Germans did not want to share the loot, What were the Polish lands, wanting to attack Rzeczpospolita alone and keep them entirely for themselves. Secondly, finally, The former Foreign Commissioner did not make any progress on the way of improving relations between the Reich and the USSR, which remained in a state of cooling all the time. In such a situation, it was not possible to negotiate with the direct proposition. However, you had to hurry, because Hitler's attack on Poland was only a matter of a few months and if the Soviet Union would not have concluded with the Third Reich alliance, tasty morsel, which were the Polish lands could be found forever swallowed by Hitler.
Molotov using the fact, that the Germans needed raw materials, whose huge resource had the Soviet Union, at the beginning he made efforts to sign by two countries of the Trade Treaty. However, this did not prompt the Reich to any reasonable actions. Despite the conversation of the Commissioner with the German ambassador, Friedrichem Wernerem from the Schulenburgiem, taking place 20 house 1939 year, during which he regretted, that the German government does not take any action to sign a trade agreement, which can later be used as a help in creating a new basis for relations between two countries, Hitler did not show his intention to sign such a document.
In connection with the above course of events, Stalin decided to force the longed -for alliance as the leader of the Third Reich by blackmailing the USSR signing the agreement not with Germany, but with England and France (which in fact was not Stalin's aspiration, but only his double game).
On this purpose 15 June 1939 Bulgarian MP Draganow was sent to Berlin, introducing himself as an intermediary of the Soviet charge d’Affaires, Georgia Astachow. He met with the Undersecretary of State at the Berlin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ernest Wermann and he told him, that “Soviet Union (…) he hesitated in choosing between three possibilities, namely: concluding a pact with England and France, further dragging the negotiations on the pacts and rapprochement with Germany. Last possibility (…) is closest to the wishes of the Soviet Union. (…) If Germany declared, that they will not attack the Soviet Union, or that they would include a non -aggression pact with him, The Soviet Union would probably refrain from concluding a system with England”.
This gave the expected effect. 28 June 1939 year Schulenburg took the first steps to approach the two countries and declared to Molotov, that signed 24 April 1926 year Treaty of Fr. “friendship and neutrality” Despite the subsequent complications between the two countries, the appropriate one has not expired and may be the basis for signing the aforementioned Pact of Non -Aggression.