Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-12-13
BY George E. SokOlsky

reprint from the: Detroit Times)
AT the Nuremberg trials, Baron
Ernest Won Weizacker, formerly the
secretary of the German foreign
office, began to testify concerning
the Molotov-Ribbentrop secret pro-
tocol attached to the Stain Hitler
alliance. He was stopped. The
protocol was not made public.
In the House of Commons on
Oct. Is, the foreign minister was
asked about this protocol and the
reply was that "it had been dis
covered that there was such a pro-
tocol but the undersecretary declin-
ed to say whether publication of
it's terms can be considered".
This is one of the most secret
documents of the war and it has
been kept as secret by Great Bri-
tain and the United States as by
Soviet Russia and Germany. Yet
its existence was acknowledged al
Nuremberg and in the British House
of Commons. This document was
attached to the Staiin-Hit!er alliance
which made it possible for Hitler to
attack Poland anG to start the war
1t established the reasons for Sta
Inns becoming an accessory to the
NaZi war crimes as established at
Nuremberg at which the accessory
sat in judgment.
Until the state department issues
this protocol officially, the follow
ing version of, the document car
be accepted as authentic. | received
it from d sound source and while
this is a translation from the Ger
man, it is said to check against the
original. Denial of it's authenticity
is worthless without publication of
the well-estabIished original. Here
is the document:
con the occasion of the signing
of the on-aggression pact between
the German Reich and the U. S. S.
r., the plenipotentiaries concerned
of both countries dealt, in a strict
ly confidential exchange of opinions
with the SUBJECT of the delineation
of their respective spheres of inter-
est. This exchange of opinions led
/ To the following results:
"1--In the event of territorial
and political Transformation of the
areas belonging to the Baltic states
! (Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lith-
uania), the northern frontier of Lith.
uania will automatically be establish
ed as the boundary of the spheres
of interest of Germany and the U
S.S.P., and at the same time both
parties will recognize Lithuania' S
claim to the Wilma territory.
ON the event of a territorial
and political transformation of the
areas belonging to the Polish state,
the respective spheres of interest Of
Germany and the U.S.S.R., will be
divided approximately by the line
of the rivers Narev Vistula San.
The question of whether it will be
in the interest of both parties to
maintain an independent Polish state
will be decided definitely according
to the further development of pollti-
cal events. In any case, both gov
crnments will solve this problem by
friendly agreement.
"3-As far as southeastern Europe
is concerned, Russia for her part
emphasizes her interest in Bessa-
rabia. Germany for her part an
nounces complete disinteresse-
ment in this territory.
"4-This protocol will be consid-
cred by both sides as strictly sec
ret.
Signed: For the government of
the Reich. }. Ribbentrop; as pleni-
potentary of the government of
the USSR., w. w. Molotov.
Moscow, August 23rd, 1882"
BY this agreement, Russia came
into possession of about 35,OOO,000
people; Germany of some 5O,00O,OOO.
Russia, in signing this violated 36
treaties; Germany, 16 treaties.
Russia got Finland, Bessarabia,
East Poland; Germany got Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia. Greece, Romania.
She already had possession of the
Czech, Austria and Hungary terri
tories.
1t was the division Of Europe east