[6] The German Government and the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, Being desirous of doing all in their power to promote the maintenance of general peace, Being convinced that the interests of the German people and the peoples of the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics demand constant and trustful co- operation, Having agreed to strengthen the friendly relations existing between them by means of a special Treaty have agreed upon the following provisions:
Article 1 The relations between Germany and the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics shall continue to be based on the Treaty of Rapallo.
The two Contracting Parties shall confer in good time before the expiration of this period with regard to the future development of their political relations.
Georgy Chicherin, visited Berlin at December 1926 and remarked on the improvement of the present German-Soviet relations compared to 1925.
[citation needed] From then on, however, there was a slow decline in relations, with a complete breakdown reached a few months after Hitler's 1933 rise to power.