the soviet union joined the un on 8 august 1991.
the soviet union joined the un on 8 august 1991.
when did the soviet union join the un?
8 august 1991
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only nine hours after ribbentrop had attacked dirksen for allowing the wilson-wohlthat talks to occur and ordered him to sabotage the talks, weizsäcker sent dirksen a cable asking him if the british were prepared to sever their commitments to poland and how serious were the british about having the soviet union join the "peace front". dirksen in response sent weizsäcker a cable stating "leading personages" in london were willing to abandon poland if germany promised not to take danzig by force, and the entire strategy of the "peace front" would be disregarded if germany was willing to take up the offers made by wilson to wohlthat. as for the soviet union joining the "peace front", dirksen reported: "the continuation of negotiations for a pact with russia, in spite of – or rather, just because of – the dispatch of a military mission is regarded here with skepticism. this is borne out by the composition of the british military mission: the admiral, until now the commandant of portsmouth, is practically in retirement, and was never on the staff of the admiralty; the general is likewise purely a combat officer; the air general is an outstanding aviator and air instructor, but not a strategist. this indicates the value of the military mission is more to ascertain the fighting value of the soviet army rather than to make operational arrangements...the wehrmacht attachés are agreed in observing a surprising skepticism in british military circles about the forthcoming talks with the soviet armed forces." dirksen also noted the british military mission to the soviet union headed by admiral sir reginald aylmer ranfurly plunkett-ernle-erle-drax was taking a ship, the "city of exeter" not noted for its speed to take them to soviet russia, which he used to argue that british were not really serious about having the soviet union join the "peace front". dirksen believed this report would win hitler to a plan to "chemically dissolve the danzig problem" (i.e. not seek war), but instead ribbentrop used dirksen's report to argue to hitler that the british were cowards unwilling to go war for poland, as proven by dirksen's statement that the british were not really interested in having the soviet union join the "peace front".
herbert von dirksen