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Anglo-Soviet Agreement

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Britain and the USSR have signed an agreement for joint action in the war against Germany. They have pledged to assist one another against Hitler and agreed that neither will make peace with Germany separately. The agreement was signed with immediate effect on 12 July 1941 by diplomats Sir Stafford Cripps and Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov. The newsreader is Alvar Lidell.

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