 That happened while the Soviets were still negotiating with the British and the French missions in Moscow.With the Western nations unwilling to accede to Soviet demands, Stalin instead entered a secret Nazi–Soviet pact.On 23 August, a ten-year non-aggression pact was signed with provisions that included consultation, arbitration if either party disagreed, neutrality if either went to war against a third power and no membership of a group "which is directly or indirectly aimed at the other".