A watan Disamba, tattaunawar ta kai wani matsayi mai zurfi yayin da jami'an Soviet suka ci gaba da matsa lamba don neman kayan aikin soja na Jamus da fasaha, ciki har da isar da kayan aikin soja na Jamus, da kuma. Jami'an Jamus sun lura cewa buƙatar Soviet ga wasu abubuwa a ƙarshen 1940 ba zai yiwu ba, kuma zai buƙaci shekaru uku zuwa hudu na samarwa. Molotov ya yarda da wahalar da aka samu saboda yakin Jamus da ke gudana kuma damar samun yarjejeniya ta inganta. Har ila yau, tashin hankali ya taso ne ta hanyar rashin nasarar Soviet
mamayewar Finland, duk da cewa zubar da jinin da ba a zata ba wanda ya biyo baya ya bar wani janar na Soviet ya bayyana a lokacin, "Mun ci nasara da isasshen yankin Finnish don ba mu damar binne matattunmu". A lokaci guda, a wannan lokacin hunturu, Jamus ta damu game da yanayin da makomar tattalin arzikin su.