However, this was not fully satisfied with Stalin. He had greater ambitions. He did not want, that Hitler would propose – he wanted, that he begging. And then he would conquer the price of Soviet services to the maximum. For this purpose, he increased blackmailer. In August 1939 The year was resumed negotiations with English and French governments. Naive delegates of two countries came to Moscow for this purpose. In exchange for the alliance, the Soviet side demanded permission to the occupation of the eastern lands of Poland. Guests asking the Polish government for permission and – of course – without receiving it, they did not agree to the terms (It was a very intelligent move from the Soviet side, For it guaranteed many benefits in the event of a failure in the case of an alliance with Germany).
Hitler concerned about the course of events, fearing, that the USSR will come against him, In the alliance with England and France, decided to transfer the demands of two countries and the day 10 August, the German government clearly suggested, that it is possible to divide Poland into two parts. Astachow, which he received this proposal, To conquer the rate as much as possible, he was specially maintained, As for the consent (which Stalin most likely ordered him).
However, this was not a begging on your knees, Only a regular proposal. Stalin, therefore not achieving the goal, he did not stop his blackmailer's policy. The next day, a French-British mission came to Moscow again to examine the possibility of concluding an alliance.
These actions brought the expected effect. 14 August von der Schulenburg received a letter from Ribbentrop, in which the German minister ordered to tell Molotov, that Hitler is able to accept all conditions, what the Soviet Union will come to him regarding the influence zones between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. Stalin was pleased – you can finally see, that the Germans are really in a hurry to sign the treaty (This was probably caused by Hitler's desire to attack Poland this year, what had to take place before the arrival of autumn, pores of mud and bad weather, during which German tanks, bogging, could lose in battle with Polish cavalry; Without securing an alliance with the USSR, Hitler could not achieve this purpose because of the threat of concluding an arrangement between the relationship with England and France, which could lead to catastrophic effects after aggression on Poland).
Stalin decided, that Hitler made sufficient concessions, to make the covenant officially. 19 Finally, the commercial agreement mentioned much earlier was signed, And on the same day, Schulenburg gave the Soviet government a project of a non -aggression pact. The Soviet website replied, that he will only agree on the condition, When a special protocol will be attached to the pact, which is an integral part of it, and regarding matters, in which “High forming pages in the field of foreign policy are interested”.
Right now, When the signing of the pact was only a matter of a few days, Stalin had to stop negotiating with the British and the French. However, it was important that they would not notice anything suspicious, which could lead to their discovery of the real intentions of the Soviet government. Successively subsequent negotiations were postponed, despite this, that in the meantime the French Deladier Prime Minister authorized the French delegation, that without the consent of the Polish government, it would assure the Soviet authorities about the possibility of occupying the eastern areas of Poland by them (Here is the French loyalty)… Stalin definitely preferred an alliance with Germany.
21 August at 17.00, Foreign Commissioner of the USSR, Molotov declared to Schulenburg, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Reich Ribbentrop is invited to Moscow on the day 23 August.