Ribbentrop played a key role in the conclusion of a Soviet-German non-aggression pact, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, in 1939 and in the diplomatic action surrounding the attack on Poland. In public, Ribbentrop expressed great fury at the Polish refusal to allow for Danzig's return to the Reich or to grant Polish permission for the "extra-territorial" highways, but since the matters were intended after March 1939 to be only a pretext for German aggression, Ribbentrop always refused privately to allow for any talks between German and Polish diplomats about those matters.Weinberg 1980, pp. 561–562, 583–584. Ribbentrop feared that if German–Polish talks took place, there was the danger that the Poles might back down and agree to the German demands, as the Czechoslovaks had done in 1938 under Anglo-French pressure, depriving the Germans of their excuse for aggression. To block German–Polish diplomatic talks further, Ribbentrop had the German Ambassador to Poland, Count Hans-Adolf von Moltke, recalled, and he refused to see the Polish ambassador, Józef Lipski. On 25 May 1939, Ribbentrop sent a secret message to Moscow to tell the Soviet Foreign Commissar, Vyacheslav Molotov, that if Germany attacked Poland "Russia's special interests would be taken into consideration".Weitz, p. 208.
ribbentrop played a key role in the conclusion of a soviet-german non-aggression pact the molotov–ribbentrop pact in 1939 and in the diplomatic action surrounding the attack on poland in public ribbentrop expressed great fury at the polish refusal to allow for danzig's return to the reich or to grant polish permission for the "extra-territorial" highways but since the matters were intended after march 1939 to be only a pretext for german aggression ribbentrop always refused privately to allow for any talks between german and polish diplomats about those mattersweinberg 1980 pp 561–562 583–584 ribbentrop feared that if german–polish talks took place there was the danger that the poles might back down and agree to the german demands as the czechoslovaks had done in 1938 under anglo-french pressure depriving the germans of their excuse for aggression to block german–polish diplomatic talks further ribbentrop had the german ambassador to poland count hans-adolf von moltke recalled and he refused to see the polish ambassador józef lipski on 25 may 1939 ribbentrop sent a secret message to moscow to tell the soviet foreign commissar vyacheslav molotov that if germany attacked poland "russia's special interests would be taken into consideration"weitz p 208