That's going to all depend on the unnamed, unknowable, leadership of the USSR in 1997. I doubt it would work.
Short term, a unified & hostile Germany holding half of Poland is not something the Soviets would want to see again, but if they feel it necessary to a western cease-fire in order to sort out the Chinese, then that might be do-able.
However, I think it's much more likely that the Soviets would give up space for an armistice in Siberia than in the West. It's not like the Chinese have the logistical capability to be knocking on Moscow's door in a few years. A powerful Germany, and an apparent defeat at the hands of the capitalists are both FAR more dangerous to Russia, the Soviet Union, and its Communist Party than Chinese Communists on the far side of the world. If the Chinese get more territory in the Far East, well, then, any American-Chinese alliance is less likely, as those two powers now have to sort out who's in charge in the Far East. (Not unlike what we're seeing in the past decade in real life?)
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