On August 22 the secret political negotiations[102] were revealed when German newspapers announced that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were about to conclude a non-aggression pact, and that the Soviet Union's prolonged negotiations regarding a Triple Alliance with France and Britain had been suspended. The Soviets blamed on the Western powers their reluctance to take the Soviet Union's military assistance seriously and to acknowledge the Soviet right to cross Poland and Romania, if necessary against their will,[103] and furthermore their failure to send representatives with more importance and clearly defined powers and to resolve the disagreement over the notion of indirect aggression.[3]