The USSR and African countries in the 1930s and World War II

The USSR and African countries in the 1930s and World War II

Cipher telegram from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs regarding his conversations with French Foreign Minister L. Barthou and Czech Foreign Minister E. Benesh about the prospects of the Eastern Pact, the Franco-Italian agreement on Tunisia and guarantees of Austrian independence. Certified copy.

Cipher telegram from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs regarding his conversations with French Foreign Minister L. Barthou and Czech Foreign Minister E. Benesh about the prospects of the Eastern Pact, the Franco-Italian agreement on Tunisia and guarantees of Austrian independence. Certified copy.
20 September 1934
Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Note from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Head of the Special Sector of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee A. Poskrebyshev with a request to draft resolutions relating to the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, including the restoration of diplomatic relations with Abyssinia (Item 5) and the possibility of signing the Eastern Pact without the participation of Germany and Poland (Item 6) (adopted as the resolution of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee “Issues relating to the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs” of 2 November 1934) Original. Signature – autograph of M. Litvinov, resolution – autograph of J. Stalin.

Note from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Head of the Special Sector of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee A. Poskrebyshev with a request to draft resolutions relating to the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, including the restoration of diplomatic relations with Abyssinia (Item 5) and the possibility of signing the Eastern Pact without the participation of Germany and Poland (Item 6) (adopted as the resolution of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee “Issues relating to the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs”...
2 November 1934
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Letter from the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov from Geneva to J. Stalin about the Abyssinian problem. Original. Signature – autograph of M. Litvinov, mark “My archive. J. Stalin” – autograph of J. Stalin.

Letter from the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov from Geneva to J. Stalin about the Abyssinian problem. Original. Signature – autograph of M. Litvinov, mark “My archive. J. Stalin” – autograph of J. Stalin.
August 3, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Cipher telegram from J. Stalin to members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov about the Italo-Abyssinian conflict and exports to Italy. - Original on a blank cipher telegram, typescript. - Original, autograph of J. Stalin.

Cipher telegram from J. Stalin to members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov about the Italo-Abyssinian conflict and exports to Italy. - Original on a blank cipher telegram, typescript. - Original, autograph of J. Stalin.
September 2, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Cipher telegram from J. Stalin to members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov criticizing the behaviour of the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov and expressing dissatisfaction with his speech on the Abyssinian question. - Original on a blank cipher telegram, typescript. - Original, autograph of J. Stalin.

Cipher telegram from J. Stalin to members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov criticizing the behaviour of the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov and expressing dissatisfaction with his speech on the Abyssinian question. - Original on a blank cipher telegram, typescript. - Original, autograph of J. Stalin.
September 12, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Member of the Political Committee of the Political Secretariat of the Comintern Executive Committee Dimitrov gives the speech “The Advance of Fascism and the Goals of the Comintern in Assuring the Unity of the Working Class in the Fight against Fascism” at the VII Comintern Congress in Moscow. Photograph.

Member of the Political Committee of the Political Secretariat of the Comintern Executive Committee Dimitrov gives the speech “The Advance of Fascism and the Goals of the Comintern in Assuring the Unity of the Working Class in the Fight against Fascism” at the VII Comintern Congress in Moscow. Photograph.
September 22, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Cipher telegram from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the reaction of France and Great Britain to the inevitable aggression of Italy against Abyssinia. Certified copy.

Cipher telegram from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the reaction of France and Great Britain to the inevitable aggression of Italy against Abyssinia. Certified copy.
September 25, 1935
Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Cipher telegram from members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov to J. Stalin with the text of a cipher telegram from the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov from Geneva of 23 September 1935 regarding the discussion of the Italo-Abyssinian conflict and the recommendations of the Committee of Five to send international observers; with the text of a reply cipher telegram from J. Stalin. Original. Reply text – autograph of J. Stalin.

Cipher telegram from members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee L. Kaganovich and V. Molotov to J. Stalin with the text of a cipher telegram from the Soviet representative to the League of Nations M. Litvinov from Geneva of 23 September 1935 regarding the discussion of the Italo-Abyssinian conflict and the recommendations of the Committee of Five to send international observers; with the text of a reply cipher telegram from J. Stalin. Original. Reply text – autograph of J. Stalin.
September 26, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Cipher telegram from members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee V. Molotov, L. Kaganovich, and A. Andreyev to J. Stalin about instructions to the acting Soviet representative to the League of Nations V. Potemkin on the Soviet stance with regard to the beginning of armed conflict in Abyssinia. Original. Corrections in blue pencil – autograph of L. Kaganovich, corrections in red pencil – autograph of M. Litvinov, signatures – autographs of V. Molotov, L. Kaganovich, and A. Andreyev.

Cipher telegram from members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee V. Molotov, L. Kaganovich, and A. Andreyev to J. Stalin about instructions to the acting Soviet representative to the League of Nations V. Potemkin on the Soviet stance with regard to the beginning of armed conflict in Abyssinia. Original. Corrections in blue pencil – autograph of L. Kaganovich, corrections in red pencil – autograph of M. Litvinov, signatures – autographs of V. Molotov, L. Kaganovich, and A. Andreyev.
October 3, 1935
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History

Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in France V. Potemkin to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs regarding the session of the Committee of Thirteen of the League of Nations devoted to the Italo-Abyssinian conflict. Certified copy.

Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in France V. Potemkin to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs regarding the session of the Committee of Thirteen of the League of Nations devoted to the Italo-Abyssinian conflict. Certified copy.
October 3, 1935
Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

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