As chits are drawn each turn, this gets updated with what is known by each side. Ultimately it tells you when Germany is able to DoW the USSR (or vice versa). At the start of the Global War scenario, Germany and USSR have a neutrality pact in place. The rule number is 9.5.
Conflict with the unexpected: two qualities are indispensable; first, an intellect which, even in the midst of this obscurity, is not without some traces of inner light which lead to the truth; second, the courage to follow this faint light. KvC