German diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Third Reich, captured in June of 1945 and the first of the Nazis to be hanged as a war criminal. TLS in German, signed “Ribbentrop,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.75, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs letterhead, November 21, 1940. Letter to Minister Rosenberg concerning a study about the structure of the Soviet Union. In part, “The Fuhrer already sent me a study and asked me to determine whether its diffusion would pose any foreign affairs policy problems…Even if the study were distributed prudently the possibility couldn’t be ruled out of its falling into false hands and thus lead to a straining of German-Russian relations, which precisely at this time would be undesirable.” In fine condition, with punch holes to left edge and several small notations. R&R COA.
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