| ID | 159293 |
| Title Proper | Soviet Union and Great Britain |
| Other Title Information | Allies on the Afghan Track in 1942 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bulatov, Yu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | ON MAY 26, 1942, in London, Vyacheslav Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, signed the Anglo-Soviet Treaty of Alliance in the War Against Hitlerite Germany and Its Associates in Europe and of Collaboration and Mutual Assistance thereafter for 20 years. This treaty was "designed to confirm the stipulations of the agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for joint action in the war against Germany signed at Moscow, July 12, 1941." It was said in the new treaty that "the high contracting parties mutually undertake to afford one another military and other assistance and support of all kinds in war against Germany and all those States which are associated with her in acts of aggression in Europe... and undertake not to enter into any negotiations with the Hitlerite Government or any other government in Germany that does not clearly renounce all aggression intentions, and not to negotiate or conclude, except by mutual consent, any armistice or peace treaty with Germany." The Treaty signed by the foreign ministers of both countries expanded the temporal limits of allied relations and created a potential legal basis of further cooperation: "The high contracting parties, having regard to the interests of security of each of them, agree to work together in close and friendly collaboration after re-establishment of peace... take into account the interests of the United Nations ... and act in accordance with the two principles of not seeking territorial aggrandizement for themselves and of non-interference in the internal affairs of other States." |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 64, No.2; 2018: p. 308-330 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 64 No 2 |
| Key Words | Afghanistan ; USSR and Great Britain ; Special Services of the USSR and Great Britain ; Cooperation of Intelligences Services. |