The Nazi-Soviet Pact: who should Stalin make an agreement with?

Reasons not to form an alliance with Britain and France

• Alliance with Britain and France  might not prevent war with Germany; if it didn't Russia might bear the brunt of the fighting
• Stalin suspected that Britain favoured a war between Russia and Germany
• Britain and France had repeatedly appeased Hitler and shown little enthusiasm for collective security against fascism
• They excluded Russia from the Munich Conference
• Britain and France were not prepared to accept Russia taking territory or having an influence…