 Later, in Britain, they were published by the "Manchester Guardian".The protocols gained wider media attention when they were included in an official State Department collection, "Nazi–Soviet Relations 1939–1941", edited by Raymond J. Sontag and James S. Beddie and published on 21 January 1948.The decision to publish the key documents on German–Soviet relations, including the treaty and protocol, had been taken already in spring 1947.