THE
WORKERS' STATE
FOREIGN DELEGATION'S
INTERVIEW WITH STALIN
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 1927
There were eighty delegates present from Germany, France, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, South America, Mexico, China, Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Esthonia. The interview lasted six hours.
Stalin: Comrades, a list of questions was handed over to me yesterday in the German language without any signature. This morning I received two other lists, one from the French Delegation and another from the Danish Delegation. Let us begin with the first series of questions, although I do not know from which delegation it emanates, and then we will be able to take up the other two lists. If you do not mind, we shall begin. (The delegates consented.)
Question 1.—Why does the USSR not participate in the League of Nations?
Answer.—Much has already been said on the reasons of our non-participation in the League of Nations. I can point out some of these reasons.
The Soviet Union is not a member of the League of Nations and does not take part in it because first of all it does not want to take the responsibility for the imperialist policy of the League of Nations, for the "mandates" which are handed out by the League of Nations for the exploitation and oppression of colonial countries. The Soviet Union does not par-
