Английский перевод документа, озаглавленного «Официальные правительственные директивы Москвы дипломатическим миссиям СССР на Балканах», был сделан автором статьи с архивных копий, существующих на французском и немецком языках. Немецкая версия считается переводом с румынского оригинала. Перехваченные «Директивы» после перевода на французский язык были переданы дипломатическим представителям Великобритании и Франции премьер-министром Румынии Армандом Калинеску (Armand Calinescu) в начале сентября 1939 г. Немецкий посол сообщал в сопроводительном письме своему министру иностранных дел, что он тоже получил копию на французском языке (которая послужила одним из источников для нижеследующего перевода на английский язык) из другого источника в Румынии и что изначально он пришел из г. Варны в Болгарии.
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS SENT FROM MOSCOW
TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF THE USSR ESTABLISHED
IN THE BALKANS
«The Comintern sent the following official communique to all Communist parties in the Balkans.
1. Russia [sic] has realized that it is time to abandon the tactics adopted by the seventh congress of the Comintern held in 1933. It must be acknowledged that, owing to these tactics, our Communist Party was able to conclude alliances with bourgeois and democratic states in order to stop the fascist wave, which was spreading rapidly. Owing to these tactics, we were also able to impede the triumph and the establishment of fascism in France in 1933.
2. The desire of France and England to draw the USSR into the peace front is based on a calculation clear to anyone. The two countries in tended to destroy the Rome-Berlin Axis, largely employing the forces of our country for this purpose.
This combination was very disadvantageous for us. We would have helped to rescue Anglo-French imperialism, which would have represented an absolute violation of our principles. [Yet] these principles by no means rule out a temporary agreement with our common enemy, fascism. But, whatever its nature, an agreement with the bourgeoisie would serve to strengthen the bourgeoisie and capitalism, which is absolutely contrary to our principles.
3. Considering the above, the USSR has taken up
4. We inform you that our agreement with the Axis should be viewed as a diplomatic victory won by us. At the same time it offers a diminution of the prestige of Germany.
After the conclusion of our Pact with Germany, that country abandoned all agitation against Communism. The official communique that we received completely convinces us that, in fact, all anti-Communist propaganda has truly been prohibited. From a legally published report published by the Communist Party of England we judge that the working class of that country is quite well informed of the purpose of the Pact states with respect to Russia was one of the causes that brought about the failure of an Anglo-French-Soviet pact and precipitated the conclusion of the Russian-German pact. These states rejected the military help of the Soviet Union and, in the event of a war, agreed only to accept aid in equipment».
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Окончательное решение начать войну Сталин принял 19 августа 1939 года.
19 августа 1939 года Сталин принял решения, которые повернули мировую историю.