1945 Sino-Soviet Treaty and Mongolia's independence Mongolian People's Republic

the february 1945 yalta conference provided soviet union s participation in pacific war. 1 of soviet conditions participation, put forward @ yalta, after war outer mongolia retain status-quo. precise meaning of status-quo became bone of contention @ sino-soviet talks in moscow in summer of 1945 between stalin , chiang kai-shek s envoy t. v. soong.

stalin insisted on republic of china s recognition of outer mongolia s independence – enjoyed de facto remained part of china de jure. chiang kai-shek resisted idea gave in. however, chiang extracted stalin promise refrain supporting chinese communist party, partly quid pro quo giving outer mongolia.

thus, sino-soviet treaty guaranteed outer mongolia s independence, ended khorloogiin choibalsan s hopes uniting outer mongolia inner mongolia, remained in china s hands. choibalsan hoped stalin support vision of great mongolia soviet leader sacrificed choibalsan s vision soviet gains, guaranteed sino-soviet treaty , legitimized yalta agreements. in sense, sino-soviet treaty marked mongolia s permanent division independent mongolian people s republic , neighboring inner mongolia of republic of china.