1937
1937
Internal report from the Soviet military attaché in France N. Semenov to Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence K. Voroshilov about a conversation with Deputy Chief of Staff of the French army Schweizgut regarding Franco-Soviet military cooperation and the actions of France and the USSR in the event of a war with Germany. Original.
10 January 1937
Russian State Military Archives
Draft instructions from the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Defence to the Soviet military attaché in France N. Semenov regarding his reply to the question of possible scenarios of Soviet military assistance to France in the case of a German attack. Copy.
[After 10 January 1937]
Russian State Military Archives
Information from the 7th Department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs about British attempts to convince the French of the need for closer cooperation between Western European countries and the revision of the Franco-Soviet mutual assistance agreement. Copy.
After 12 January 1937
Archives of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation
Resolutions of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee on international maritime control in Spanish waters and the discussion of the issue of Spanish gold at a meeting of the London Committee for Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War. Original. [Autograph of M. Litvinov].
14 January 1937
Russian State Archives of Social and Political History
Information from the 7th Department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs on French attempts to launch commercial and political talks with Germany, the events in Spain, German assistance to Spanish insurgents and the foreign organisation of the NSDAP. Original.
Before 20 January 1937
Russian State Military Archives
Information from the 7th Department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs about Anglo-French talks on the conditions of French military assistance to the USSR in the event of a European war and German-Italian talks on possible German action against Czechoslovakia. Certified copy.
After 20 January 1937
Archives of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation
Secret agent information summary of the 7th Department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs regarding the remarks of French Foreign Minister Y. Delbos about the French air force, British military assistance to France, and Germany’s capacity to fight a major war in Europe. Certified translation from English, contemporary to the original.
After 22 January 1937
Russian State Military Archives
Internal memorandum from the Head of the Red Army Intelligence Directorate S. Uritsky to Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence K. Voroshilov with attached secret agent information summaries on German-Polish talks on Danzig. Internal memorandum – original, information summaries – certified translation from German, contemporary to the original.
23 January 1937
Russian State Military Archives
Secret agent information summary of the 7th Department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs on German preparations for war. Certified translation from English, contemporary to the original.
Before 25 January 1937
Russian State Military Archives