Chapter 48: Contrast
The summit with Stalin was indeed tiring and difficult, as expected. I had to carefully consider my words, trying to calculate what the Man of Steel was thinking, so I couldn't speak comfortably even a single word.
Of course, it was evident that he was also agonizing deeply over his words.
I wondered if we really had to go this far when it was just a meeting to confirm the validity of the non-aggression pact.
However, meeting Stalin twice was not without its rewards.
Once the discussion on the official agenda was over, a more comfortable atmosphere was created.
At the banquet with Stalin, I offered some advice.
"Comrade General Secretary. Now only the two ideologies of fascism and communism remain in Europe. Hitler, who has been running his country's plundering economy through endless expansion, will inevitably target the Soviet Union."
The General Secretary agreed.
"As you said, Prime Minister, Hitler is a character who would do that and more."