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name me one independent nation from 1930s that Stalin considered his friend. Not saying there aren't any: just that they are difficult to find.
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I think when you're talking about dictators such as Adolf Hitler or Ioseph Stalin and their "friends", that the word "friend" has an entirely different meaning.
Though you had the league of International Communists (Comintern) countries, Stalin did not consider countries like Mongolia or Mao's Communist Chinese Party to be "friends" rather he was fiercely distrustful of everyone including friends and family...
I think when talking about people such as these there are no friends and allies, just assets and liabilities. Sure the Brits and the US did Stalin a favour by the Lend-Lease Act, but did Stalin consider them friends and that he had a dept to repay them (that the Soviet Union bore the brunt of the Axis onslaught I believe is irrevelant in this context)? No, he considered them an asset at the time and when it became obvious he would win the war they became liabilities and threats to his power.
Cheers!
Krauter