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       By: Long Knives 88 Date: January 19, 2016, 5:33 am
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       ENGLISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS DO NOT WANT AN EQUAL TREATY WITH
       THE USSR
       The Anglo-French-Soviet talks for the conclusion of an effective
       pact of mutual assistance against aggression, are in a
       stalemate. Despite the absolute clarity of the position of the
       Soviet government, despite all the efforts of the Soviet
       government to the rapid conclusion of the mutual assistance
       pact, we see no progress in more or less significant in the
       progress of the talks.
       This fact can not but have a serious meaning in the current
       international situation. It revived the hopes of the aggressors
       and the enemies of peace, to derail the agreement between
       democratic states against aggression, it pushes the attackers to
       a broader development of aggression.
       In this respect, a question arises: where lies the cause of the
       delay in the talks, including the favorable completion which is
       eagerly awaited and expected by all peace-loving peoples, by all
       the friends of peace?
       Allow me to express a personal opinion on this, although my
       friends did not agree with me. They continue to consider that
       starting talks for mutual assistance pact with the USSR, the
       British and French governments had the serious intention to
       develop a powerful barrier against aggression in Europe.
       I think and I will try to prove by facts, that the British and
       French governments do not want to be treated as equals with the
       USSR, that is to say the only kind of treaty that can accept a
       State respectable - and precisely this circumstance is the cause
       of stagnation of the state where the talks are.
       What are these facts? The Anglo-Soviet talks in the direct sense
       of the term, that is to say from the moment the first English
       proposals were submitted on 15 April were already going on for
       75 days, of which 16 days were spent by the Soviet government to
       prepare the response to the different English proposals and
       other 59 days were employed by the British and the French to
       slow down and drag it out. One wonders who carries, in this
       case, the responsibility, the fact that the talks are
       progressing so slowly, if not the English and the French?
       The practice of international agreements, similar to the
       Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement shows that England has signed a
       mutual assistance pact with Turkey and with Poland in a short
       time. It follows that when England desired the treaty with
       Turkey and Poland, she knew how to ensure desirable pace in
       conducting talks.
       These endless unacceptable procrastinations and delays in the
       talks with the USSR are making us doubt the sincerity of the
       true intentions of England and France, and force us to ask the
       question what is precisely the basis of such a policy: serious
       aspirations to ensure the front Peace or desire to use these
       talks and the delay of the talks for some other purposes that
       have nothing to do with the work of creating a peaceful powers
       front.
       Such questions arise, especially since during the talks the
       British and French governments piled artificial difficulties,
       created an appearance of serious disagreements between Britain
       and France on the one hand, and the USSR on the other, on issues
       that could be resolved without delays and without obstacles,
       provided a good will and sincere intentions of England and
       France.
       We know, for example, that such a "stumbling block",
       artificially conceived in the talks is the question of the
       guarantee by the three powers of immediate assistance to Latvia,
       Estonia and Finland, If their neutrality would be violated by
       the aggressors; allegations that the Baltic states mentioned
       they do not want this guarantee and that these so-called
       circumstances prevent England and France from accepting the
       Soviet proposals are obviously inconsistent and can not be
       dictated by none other than the sole intention of making talks
       fail.
       In any case, we know the facts testifying that when England
       considers itself interested in ensuring any country, it imakes
       any pact without waiting for the country to require guarantees
       for them.
       English newspaper The Sunday Times wrote in its issue of June 4
       that "Poland expressed its consent in case Britain would be
       driven to war in connection with the aggression against Holland,
       to help Britain, on the other hand, Britain has agreed to assist
       Poland in case it would be driven to war with an attack against
       Danzig or Lithuania. "
       Thus it follows that the UK can simultaneously guarantee Poland,
       Lithuania and Holland. I do not know if Lithuania and Holland
       were asked their opinion on this bilateral guarantee - in any
       case there was no article on this in the press - but Holland and
       Lithuania deny having requested this guarantee. However, the
       bilateral pact guaranteeing these countries is already concluded
       according to the Sunday Times.
       It was not long ago, when the Polish Foreign Minister, Beck,
       interviewed by a French journalist, said, among other things,
       unequivocally, that Poland demanded nothing, asked nothing about
       guarantees from the USSR and was fully satisfied by the fact
       that a recently concluded trade agreement existed between Poland
       and the USSR.
       So what in the position of Poland is different, in this case,
       from the position of the governments of the three Baltic States?
       Absolutely nothing. This does not prevent England and France to
       demand of the USSR guarantees not only for Poland, but for the
       other four states which we do not know if they want to have a
       guarantee from the USSR, and also a guarantee for Holland and
       Switzerland with which the USSR does not even have simple
       diplomatic relations.
       All these facts show that the English and the French do not want
       a treaty with the USSR based on the principle of equality and
       reciprocity; although they swear every day to "equality," they
       want a treaty where the USSR plays the compact loader role and
       bears alone all the weight of engagement.
       However, no self-respecting country would accept such a treaty
       if it does not want to be a toy in the hands of people who like
       to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for them by others. A
       fortiori, such a treaty can not be accepted by the USSR whose
       strength, power and dignity are known worldwide. It seems to me
       that the English and the French do not want a real treaty,
       acceptable to the USSR, but only conversations about a treaty,
       to speculate on the alleged intransigence of the USSR before
       public opinion in their country and make easier the path of
       compromise with the assailants. The next few days should show
       whether this is so or not.
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