Dealing with Josef Stalin

This book is one of a series of official documents republished in order to describe a moment in history. The series is edited by Tim Coates 'Dealing with Josef Stalin' describes the diplomatic negotiations between The Soviet Union, Great Britain and France between March and September 1939 ""Papers Regarding the Anglo-Soviet Negotiations 1939, Russia No.... (1939)" is a document prepared for publication by The British Government in 1940, but withdrawn on the instructions of the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, for reasons that are explained in the introduction to this book. The collection, known as a 'Blue Book' was intended to describe the progress of negotiations between the Governments of The Soviet Union, Great Britain and France from March to September 1939, following the German invasion of Czecho-Slovakia Prior to this edition this selection of papers has not been previously published and only a few copies of the original proof of the Blue Book are to be found. The Government proof edition is reproduced here, in full with an explanatory introduction by Professor Sidney Aster of The University of Toronto.