Korean War #8: Sino-Soviet Talks Part 4

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Episode 8: Sino-Soviet Talks Part 4 is the final episode examining the scene in Moscow, where the defining alliance between the Chinese Communists and the Soviet Union was signed. It took a great deal of compromise...or wait, no it didn't. It required a lot of trust...no wait, that's not right either. Em, it was mutually beneficial to both sides thanks to a whole load of scheming and power plays? Yes that's a bit more accurate. The Sino-Soviet alliance wasn't your typical alliance - it was forged by two paranoid entities at a time when each party seriously mistrusted the other.

Within this episode, we are confronted by Stalin's changing policy towards Korea, as his own policy aims seemed in jeopardy if the Chinese managed to forge a deal with the West. At the core of Stalin's concerns was that his own influence would be diluted even if the Chinese managed to forge an alliance with Moscow, as American aid or agreements could replace those of the Soviet variety. To intercept this challenge to his supremacy, Stalin began to set in motion plans which would lead directly to the outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula six months later. This episode is thus a critically important one if we are to understand Stalin's mindset and his overall policy aims. Here we discover exactly how responsible Stalin was for the conflict that followed, so I hope you enjoy it!

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2:01.3	Last time, we examined the high-level meeting between Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin,
2:06.5	which took place after Mao arrived in Moscow on the 16th of December, 1949.
2:12.1	The learning curve, in Mao's case, was steep, as we saw how Stalin manipulated every agreement he could find
2:18.5	in order to fool Mao into adhering to the old Treaty of 1945, which had granted large
2:24.5	tracts of land and rights to the Soviet Union, and which Mao had been determined to overturn.
2:30.8	Overturning the 1945 Treaty was one thing, but when Mao let it be known how dependent he was upon the Soviets for aid in invading Taiwan and taking out the Republican regime once and for all, Stalin knew he had his communist ally right where he wanted him.
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