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From: cvl!cvl!kayuucee@uunet.UU.NET (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Russian allies
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Date: 26 Sep 89 08:19:44 GMT
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From: cvl!cvl!kayuucee@uunet.UU.NET (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.)

> >be allies now" and the like.
>     ^^^^^^
> Let's remember that, as allies, we were only a second choice.  The Soviets
> were Hitler's ally first.

	I'm sure that others will point this out, but here goes. The Soviets
wanted an alliance with France and Great Britain. Hitler was known to be an
anti-Communist. It was only after the Allies failed to make any serious
offer to the Soviets, that they turned to a non-aggression pact with
Germany. Stalin, I believe, wanted to use this to give the Soviet Union
time to prepare itself for an expected "Western" attack. He also got part
of Poland and the the Baltic States out of it. The Allies were reluctant
to deal with the Soviets, whom they distrusted as Communists, so they did
not try very hard for a treaty with the Soviets.

					Ken Crist