 Hitler himself had spoken of an inescapable battle for the acquisition of land for Nazi Germany in the east .The resulting manifestation of German anti-Bolshevism and an increase in Soviet foreign debts caused a dramatic decline in German–Soviet trade.Imports of Soviet goods to Germany fell to 223 million Reichsmarks in 1934 as the more isolationist Stalinist regime asserted power and the abandonment of postwar Treaty of Versailles military controls decreased Germany's reliance on Soviet imports.