Struggle in Soviet Russia

Some thin nights covered the whole of Moscow. The lights in the urban area were beginning to shine, but the Frunze district in the fringe of urban and rural areas seemed to be sinking into darker darkness.

Speaking of the Longzhi District, I cannot fail to mention the comrade Ekaterina Alekseyevna Foltseva, who just took office last year. Although this beautiful woman from a textile worker background, she is still a member of the district committee. One of the secretaries, but her vigorous and vigorous style has attracted the attention of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee and even the State Party Committee.

Of course, what she is more famous is not because of her work, but because of the lace news between her and Boguslavsky, the first secretary of the Frunze District, and the tragic experience of her being abandoned by the heroic pilot Bitkov.

However, Victor is not an idler who likes to inquire about all kinds of gossip, and he doesn't like the kind of woman with too clear personality and too sharp edges. He is a scumbag and only likes the kind of obedient woman.

The black Volga car drove through the street lacking street lights and went to the direction outside the city. During this trip, Victor was attending a dinner hosted by Comrade Malinkov, and took the opportunity to meet Comrade Beria, have a good talk, and resolve the problem. There may be some contradictions between people.

At this time, Victor had no burden in his heart. The contradiction between him and Beria was actually a political contradiction, not a personal grievance. In fact, the contradiction between him and Serov was the same. As for political contradictions, no one will be reluctant to the other side, and have to make a life-and-death result. After all, it is not the best choice for both parties to the contradiction.

The car drove into the night, and when the car finally stopped in front of the rustic country house, the last touch of whiteness in the western sky disappeared completely.

When Victor got out of the car, he saw two people sitting in the courtyard in front of the villa, a light bulb that was not so bright, hung on an iron tree not far from the two, and illuminated a nearby area. Group light and shadow.

Seeing Victor getting off the car, the two people who had been sitting in the chairs stood up and greeted them with a smile on their faces.

"The environment in this place is really good," Victor walked to the entrance of the yard, looked at the surrounding woodland, and said with a smile, "It's just that the place is not easy to find, it's a bit off."

"This is still a country house left over from the imperial Russian era," Comrade Malinkov said with a smile. Moved here smoothly. Hehe, I also like the quietness here. It’s not easy to find it means that no one will bother you."

Victor nodded, walked into the yard, and shook hands with Comrade Malinkov, then turned to Comrade Beria, stretched out his hand, and smiled: "Congratulations, Comrade committee member for being a member of the Politburo. Now, I am back to you again. Lead it."

"Hehe, I can't talk about leadership," Comrade Beria said with a smile, "Comrade Stalin also talked to me today, and clearly pointed out that the work of your National Security People’s Committee is very important. Let me, a layman, go less. Point your finger at your work."

The tone paused, and he chuckled: "I think Comrade Stalin's views are very realistic. Over the past year or so, the performance of the National Security People's Committee has been obvious to all, especially the Foreign Intelligence Agency..."

"Okay, okay," Comrade Malinkov interrupted him with a smile, "Now that the procedures for adding members of the Politburo have not been implemented, you have already begun to point fingers at Comrade Victor's work. The work of the Foreign Intelligence Service has been They all started under Victor's leadership. Does he still know what the results are?"

After saying this, he patted Victor's arm and said, "Let's go, let's sit down and say something."

Although he was interrupted by Comrade Malinkov, Comrade Beria was not angry. He chuckled, turned and walked towards the chair.

From this detail, it can be seen that in the small political group formed by Malinkov and Beria, the former still dominates. In fact, this is nothing unimaginable. Although the two were added to the Politburo at the same time, Beria is mainly responsible for national security work. As for the status of the deputy people’s committee, the status of the deputy people’s committee is more symbolic, and the actual meaning is not great. .

But Comrade Malinkov is different. He is not only responsible for the main work of the Aviation Committee, but also serves as a secretary of the Secretariat and an organization committee within the party. In addition, he also controls the actual work of the cadre office.

For a person, the status of the party is always determined by the position he holds in the party. Considering the specific positions held by Comrade Malinkov, in fact, his right to speak is definitely not Beria’s right to speak. Comparable.

In addition, the personal relationship between Malinkov and Beria is obviously very good. If this is not the case, Malinkov would not be able to be so casual. His randomness is not because his position or power is higher than Beria, but Because the two are close.

This is of course understandable. After all, Malinkov and Beria have been colleagues since the early 1930s.

Following the two of them to the edge of the chair, Victor accepted Malinkov’s invitation and sat down in the chair opposite him. He heard Beria say: “Actually, I know Victor better than you. many……"

What he said was obviously addressed to Malinkov, and he should have followed the topic just now.

"When I was in the NKVD, I already realized how strong Victor's work ability is," Beria said with a smile, "However, at that time, he was still a little immature in some aspects. , The main energy is also put on work, so the direct communication between us is less."

Victor heard what he meant. The so-called "At that time some aspects were still a little immature", he said that the contradiction between the two was not worthy of attention, because at that time Victor was still on political issues. Immature, in other words, because he was paralyzed by Serov's wooing, he had less contact with Beria.

Victor certainly wouldn't be silly to investigate whether Beria's words were sincere, otherwise, he would appear to be too immature, even now he has not matured.

As the saying goes, "Listen to what he says, watch what he does." Does Beria still care about the contradictions at the beginning? You can’t look at what he says, but also look at future contacts. This can only depend on Victor’s own ability, if he If he can realize it by himself, then he is considered to be politically mature. If he is stupid and can't understand anything, then he deserves to be liquidated in the future.

The human heart is always separated by the belly, no specific matters are involved, and no one knows what other people's attitudes are.

Regarding Serov’s question, Victor believed that the other party’s trust in him at the beginning was sincere, and his wooing was sincere. As for the contradiction between the two later, it cannot be said that Serov had been concealing the evil. It was really because of him. The promotion was too fast, and Serov's own interests had been touched.

It's like two people cooperating in a business. At the beginning, no one might think about calculating each other, but only because they saw the real benefits later, will all kinds of contradictions arise from this.

To be honest, Viktor prefers to work with Serov compared to Beria, because Serov does not have so many guts, and his work style is more in line with Victor's own work style.

But reality is always impossible to be satisfactory. Fish and bear's paw can never have both. When you want to get one thing, you have to abandon the other. This is the sadness of being a person.

"This is also my negligence," Victor said right after Beria's words stopped. "In fact, when the NKVD, I should discuss and communicate with you more, especially those practical problems at work. After all, you have rich experience. If I had more exchanges and discussions with you at that time, I believe I could also learn more. This will also be of greater help to my current work."

Beria said that the contradiction between the two was because Victor was young at the time, so Victor would naturally recognize this. He could never say: It’s not the case, our contradiction is because of your people. The committee has occupied a dominant position, and if I do not start anew, there will be no future.

In that case, there is no need to continue the exchange tonight, he just talked about the sky to death.

“During my time as the first vice chairman of the People’s Committee for National Security,” Victor continued, “I have also become more and more aware of my shortcomings. As far as the entire committee is concerned, I am really familiar with, or can say, It's okay, there is only the part of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau."

Speaking of this, he looked at Malenkov who was sitting on the side with a smile, and said with a wry smile: "Therefore, Comrade Malenkov talked to me before and said that he was going to recommend me as the chairman of the committee. I would have so much hesitation in my heart. Peaceful, after all, I have never had the experience of presiding over the general manager, so I am worried that I will not be able to do the job."

Speaking of this, Victor believes that he has performed well, so he will continue to talk about this topic. Naturally, I will discuss the work of the committee in more depth. Then, who else Beria needs to recommend? When you come to the presidium of the People's Committee of National Security, you can speak directly.

But the reality is that whether it is Malinkov or Beria, it is obvious that they have no intention of picking up his words.

"No one is born with a certain aspect of work experience," Malinkov laughed. "That's why Comrade Stalin advocated giving young comrades more opportunities to exercise."