| ID | 100597 |
| Title Proper | Did Stalin want to joint NATO |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Oganesyan, Armen |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | ON 25 AUGUST 1952, Stalin received French Ambassador Louis Joxe for a working meeting at which the ambassador in reply to Stalin's question about the nature of NATO from Charles de Gaulle's perspective hinted that the bloc was an absolutely peaceful structure strictly within the UN Charter. "Stalin laughed and asked Vyshinsky, who was present during the conversation, whether the U.S.S.R. should join it then." Nikolai Kochkin who had spent some time in the Russian Foreign Ministry's archives pointed out: "From every indication, it was simply irony, but it cannot be ruled out that Stalin had some latent intentions" (Mezhdunarodnaia zhizn, No. 1-2, 2009, www.interaffiars.ru). In 1951, Andrei Gromyko repeatedly stated: "If this pact was aimed against the restoration of German aggression, the U.S.S.R. would join NATO." |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 56, No. 2; 2010: p67-70 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 56, No. 2; 2010: p67-70 |
| Key Words | Stalin ; NATO ; Germany |