1. Stalin
... increasingly to traditional forms of foreign policy, seeking diplomatic alliances with the European powers. Thus in January 1932 the Soviet leader signed a non-aggression Pact with Finland, the constant opponent of the U.S.S.R in the west. In 1933 the United States diplomatically recognized the U.S.S.R. and the next ... own, non aggression, pact with Hitler in August 1939 (see Appendix II) . Stalin's policies toward the nazi Germany were controversial. Stalin saw an allie on Hitler. He believed, despite Hitler's known beliefs about the Slavs and the communists, that he could co-operate ...
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