10 Oct 1939, Moscow, USSR — Josef Stalin, (L), Russian dictator and Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, shake hands after signing the Soviet German Treaty of Friendship and agreeing on how Poland should be partitioned. Behind them can be seen the Russian Chief of Staff, Stapostnikov, and the Secretary of the German Embassy, Perlow. This picture passed British Censor and was rushed to New York via the Trans Atlantic Clipper. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
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