Word: pacts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...C.I.O. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which got together only six weeks ago on a labor-management pact, got together again last week. This time, before a House committee, they both plumped for extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements...
...What is the real story of the Russo-German non-aggression pact of 1939? Of Hitler's fatal decision to attack Russia? Did the German General Staff oppose the Russian...
...Germany reoccupied the Rhineland and signed the anti-Comintern pact with Japan...
Britain threatened war. On Aug. 23 Germany and Russia agreed to sign a non-aggression pact. A week after it was initialled, the Wehrmacht overran Poland. World War II had begun...
...British and Americans were astounded, hurt. The Russians realized that they had gone too far. Partly in order to appease the U.S. and Great Britain, they abrogated the neutrality pact with Japan several days ahead of the expected time. Then, immediately after President Roosevelt's death. U.S. Ambassador Harriman showed gumption, convinced Stalin that he had made a serious mistake, and paved the way for President Truman's firm "invitation" to Molotov. The effects on the Polish negotiations were instantly apparent...