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Internal report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to J. Stalin on Japanese attempts to involve new states in the anti-Communist pact and on the need to make these states aware of the implications of the Japanese proposals (M. Litvinov’s recommendations were approved by the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee on 24 October 1937). Original. Resolution – autograph of J. Stalin. Vote count – autographs of members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich, V. Molotov, and K. Voroshilov.
22 October 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Internal report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to J. Stalin on the Four-Power or Five-Power Pact and the stance of the USSR in the London Committee on the issue of evacuating volunteers from Spain. Original. Signature – autograph of M. Litvinov, corrections in blue pencil – autograph of J. Stalin.
28 October 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Resolution of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee “Issues Relating to the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs” on the approval of the corrected fourth version of M. Litvinov’s recommendations [on the stance of the USSR in the London Committee on Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War and the Brussels Conference]. Original. Resolution – autograph of J. Stalin.
28 October 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Arrival of Spanish children in Leningrad. Photograph.
October 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Internal report from Soviet Deputy People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs B. Stomonyakov to J. Stalin with a draft resolution on the closure of 5 German consulates in the USSR (approved by the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee on 4 November 1937). Original. Signature – autograph of B. Stomonyakov, vote count – autographs of members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee J. Stalin and V. Molotov.
4 November 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Italy B. Shteyn to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs on the signature of a pact between Japan, Germany and Italy, scheduled for 6 November 1937, with a request for instructions on issuing an official protest. Resolution by J. Stalin: “An answer is needed. Stalin”. Original. Resolution – autograph of J. Stalin.
4 November 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Resolution of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee “On Italy” with a decision to make a declaration to the Italian government that its signature of a pact with Japan contradicts the treaty of friendship between the USSR and Italy. Original.
5 November 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Note from Soviet Deputy People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs B. Stomonyakov to J. Stalin on the publication in Poland of A. Bochenski’s book Between Germany and Russia, with an attached summary of its main arguments. Original. Signature – autograph of B. Stomonyakov, marks – autograph of J. Stalin.
5 November 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History