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Soviet-German Treaty of Friendship
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In Moscow, Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov put their signatures to the Soviet-German Treaty of Friendship. This ratifies the German-Soviet demarcation line in Poland. The treaty allows the repatriation of ethnic Germans to the Third Reich, and Ukrainians and Belorussians to the Soviet Union, and promises to suppress 'Polish agitation' in both the German and Soviet areas of occupied Poland. The Soviet Union also agrees to deliver to German 300,000 tons of crude oil annually. In addition, Lithuania and Slovakia each receive small areas of Polish territory. A joint Soviet-German declaration states that Germany and the USSR have 'definitely settled the problems arising from the collapse of the Polish state and have thereby created a sure foundation for a lasting peace in Eastern Europe'.
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