I'm using V.1, so you are almost certainly correct. This is not our USSR. It is very likely that this Soviet leadership would be far less likely to concede Poland.
Not sure how China would end. Perhaps limited nuclear strikes, both tactical and strategic, to bring about a collapse of China's ability and will to fight. The Chinese response would see Vladivostok and a few other Siberian cities destroyed. Is that worth it for the Soviets?
In the West it could lead to a sad fate for Poland wherein that nation becomes newly divided along a rough Vistula River line with a divided Warsaw.
Benjamin
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