该协定是在德国“水晶之夜”屠杀后制定的，所以该协议的苏联起草者非常清楚，根据1939年8月23日纳粹德国外交部长Ribbentrop和苏联外务委员会委员莫洛托夫Molotov签订的第一个秘密协议，他们把波兰和立陶宛的犹太人的命运交付给了希特勒。
The Pact came after the pogroms of “Kristallnacht” in Germany, so its Soviet initiators knew pretty well to what destiny they were consigning the Jews of Poland and Lithuania, which, in accord with the first secret Protocol signed by Ribbentrop and Molotov on August 23, 1939, were to go to Hitler.