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Why might the western democracies have distrusted the Soviet Union because of the actions of Soviet leaders between 1939 and 1941?

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They were worried that large areas of eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control. The western powers action caused hostility in Russia because Stalin feared that they were setting up a strong Germany which might again threaten the USSR. Resentment about history made the USA and the USSR suspicious of each other

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