Japan

АВП РФ. Ф. 059. Оп. 1. П. 300. Д. 2078. Л. 176–180.
Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about his conversation with British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs R. Butler on the re-establishment of peace in Europe, Polish borders after the war, British policy in the Far East, and Anglo-Soviet relations
17 October 1939
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 300, fold. 2078, ff. 176–180.

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АВП РФ. Ф. 017а. Оп. 1. П. 2. Д. 7. Л. 294–296об.
Excerpt from the diary of Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky about the situation on the Western Front, the war at sea, and the reasons for the passivity of conflicting parties
24 October 1939
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 017а, ser. 1, box 2, fold. 7, ff. 294–296v.

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РГВА. Ф. 33987. Оп. 3а. Д. 1236. Л. 326–331.
Report of Soviet military attaché in Latvia K. Vasilyev to Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence K. Voroshilov about the position of the Red Army corps in Latvia
23 November 1939
Russian State Military Archive
Coll. 33987, ser. 3а, fold. 1236, ff. 326–331.

Original

РГАСПИ. Ф. 558. Оп. 11. Д. 298. Л. 1–8.
Transcript of a conversation between J. Stalin, Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov, Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Trade A. Mikoyan, and German Economic Ambassador K. Ritter on equal economic cooperation
31 December 1939
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 298, ff. 1–8.

Original

РГАСПИ. Ф. 558. Оп. 11. Д. 1124. Л. 8–43.
J. Stalin’s speech at a meeting of senior Red Army commanders discussing the results the ‘Winter War’
17 April 1940
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 1124, ff. 8–43.
Deciphered shorthand transcript
РГВА. Ф. 37977. Оп. 1. Д. 693. Л. 38–39.
Special report of the 5th Red Army Directorate ‘Stance of the USA on the war in Europe and on the USSR’
22 June 1940
Russian State Military Archive
Coll. 37977, ser. 1, fold. 693, ff. 38–39
Original
РГВА. Ф. 37977. Оп. 5. Д. 535. Л. 288–289.
Special report of the 5th Red Army Directorate about the attitude of the USA towards Soviet activities in Bessarabia and the striving of the US establishment to improve relations with Japan and the Soviet Union
3 July 1940
Russian State Military Archive
Coll. 37977, ser. 5, fold. 535, ff. 288–289.
Original
ЦА МО РФ. Ф. 16а. Оп. 2951. Д. 239. Л. 1–37, 197–244; Д. 241. Л. 1–55 об.
Report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence S. Timoshenko and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army B. Shaposhnikov to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party about the basic principles of the strategic deployment of the Soviet Armed Forces in the West and East in 1940 and 1941
[July 1940]
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16а, ser. 2951, fold. 239, ff. 1–37.

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РГАСПИ. Ф. 558. Оп. 11. Д. 216. Л. 12.
Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Japan K. Smetanin to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about reports in the Japanese press regarding a possible pact between Japan, Germany, Italy and the USSR
4 September 1940
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 216, f. 12.

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АВП РФ. Ф. 06. Оп. 2. П. 15. Д. 157. Л. 29–34.
Transcript of a conversation between People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov and German Chargé d’Affaires in the USSR W. von Tippelskirch with an attached message of German Foreign Minister J. von Ribbentrop about the signature of a military pact between Germany, Italy and Japan
26 September 1940
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 06, ser. 2, box 15, fold. 157, ff. 29–34.

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