Mr. Frederick (like Adolf Hitler) wants to buy wood from Napoleon. To push Mr. Frederick to increase his salary, Napoleon threatens to sell the wood to Mr. Pilkington (representing France and Great Britain). After the transaction, it is revealed that Frederick used counterfeit money to purchase lumber. Orwell illustrates this situation by referring to the non-aggression pact of 1939. Stalin and Hitler are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Hitler is far right, which leaves Stalin on the far left of the Political Compass Team. Because of this difference in positioning on the political compass, Hitler and Stalin "stunned the world by announcing that they had concluded a non-aggression pact, pledging not to aid each other's enemies or engage in to hostile acts against each other. (Evans). Stalin signs this pact after betraying an anti-German alliance with France and Great Britain. Representing Mr. Frederick's counterfeit currency, Hitler breaks this pact and sends millions of soldiers to attack Soviet territory.