SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY
Many conflicting interpretations of Russia ; s foreign policy have been and are being offered, but there seems no reason to go beyond the definition given by Stalin, the Soviet All-High-est. Speaking at a meeting of the Polit-bureau on August 19, 1939, Stalin said: " It is to our advantage that Germany should drag out the war as long as possible, since England and France will, in this case, be so exhausted thai they will not be able to destroy Germany completely. Germany, too, will be exhausted, and would hardly dare to venture into military conflict with us,-for 10 years at least. I suggest we accept Germany's proposals, and try to make the war last as long as possible, without taking part in it."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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125SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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