During the three-party talks that began in April 1939 between Britain, France and the Soviet Union, it was agreed that the Baltic countries should also be given certain guarantees for independence; but what kind of guarantees they would be, and how and when they would be given was, in Stalin’s view, only for Moscow to decide.
Aprillis 1939 alanud Suurbritannia – Prantsusmaa – Nõukogude Liidu kolmepoolsetel läbirääkimistel lepiti kokku, et iseseisvusgarantiid tuleks anda ka Balti riikidele, aga millised, kuidas ja kunas, pidi Stalini arvates jääma ainult Moskva otsustada.