âïžð¬ð§ð«ð· Forgotten History The Moscow Negotiations of 1939 Part 1 â Was there a chance to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War? Yes, and not just one. The last such chance was the trilateral negotiations between the Soviet Union, France, and Britain. They were initiated in April 1939 by the government of the USSR. The Moscow negotiations, or rather their failure, marked a definitive end to the last possibility of preserving peace in Europe. ðžA brief summary before w...