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In OTL Stalin believed (not without reason) that sections of WEstern opinion were hoping to stay clear of a Nazi Soviet War.
I believe that the fear and hatred of the USSR was based on its radical princioples at least as much as its murderous practice under Crazy Joe
Was there any sensible other option open to them other doing a deal with Hitler?