8 July 1942 - Vlassov has concluded an armistice with the Imperial Government of Japan. Following the United States' defeat at Midway, there was a fear in many circles that Japan might turn its attention back to Russia and finish what it had started. Since October of last year, the Russo-Japanese front has largely been quiet. Immediately after news of America's loss became known, Vlassov contacted the Germans to serve as intermediaries for a truce. Ribbentrop accepted for the Reich on the condition of Russia's recognition of independence of the Central Asian republics.
Vlassov is expected to accept Japan's terms for ceding of all of Siberia east of Lake Baikal in exchange for a ten year non-aggression pact and the repatriation of all White Russians to Vlassov's ever shrinking country.
SOURCE: Münchener Beobachter
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