Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Now, the situation in the war against Germany is very good," Putting the diplomatic letter back on the table, Victor thought for a while and said, "But it may be too early to say that we will win, and the British are now facing Under the pressure of opening up a second battlefield in Western Europe, the Americans also hope to open up a new battlefield against Japan in Southeast Asia. Therefore, the British certainly don't want to make extravagances at this time and engage us with a Polish government in exile."

Lowering his right hand and pressing a finger on the diplomatic letter, Victor pondered for a moment, and then said: "It is not so much that the British want an investigation result, it is better to say that they need an excuse that can appease the Poles. My view is, Regardless of whether this subtext is reasonable or whether there are errors or omissions, the British should force the Polish government in exile to accept it, because too much entanglement on this historical issue is not in the interests of the Allies or the British."

Viktor’s remarks were made in response to the Katyn Forest incident. Judging from the headlines of The Times, the Polish government-in-exile clearly insisted on this matter. They hoped to investigate the so-called truth. Compared to the Polish government in exile, the British have a different attitude.

As Victor said, British talents do not care about the truth of the Katyn Forest incident. What they really care about is always the issue of fighting against Germany. Even if the relations between the Poles and them are allies, this will not change in any way.

In 1940, in order to instigate the Germans to launch an offensive against the Soviet Union, the British could sit back and watch the demise of Poland. Now, in order for the Soviets to continue to fight the Germans, I believe the British would not care about betraying the Poles one more time.

The reason why Victor emphasized this is only to advise Comrade Stalin, not to pay too much attention to the issue of Katyn Forest, regardless of whether Moscow allows the Polish investigative team to go to Smolensk, it can even be said that regardless of Moscow Can you come up with a final investigation result? The United Kingdom and the United States will not allow Poles to continue to entangle this issue. In the end, it will become a controversial historical issue that will be permanently shelved until the entire international situation. Until drastic changes occur.

"It seems that you and Lavrenji have the same views," Hearing Victor's statement, Comrade Stalin nodded and said with a serious face, "Of course, I also agree with your views, but one thing that must be noted is that it can be done. The work must be done in place, after all, we need to pay attention to an issue of international image."

Victor did not directly communicate, but turned to look at Comrade Beria on the side.

"Don't worry, we will make some necessary arrangements," said Comrade Beria, nodding.

"I need a detailed work plan, not a superficial promise," Comrade Stalin said in a serious tone, and then he turned his head and looked at Victor, and said, "I want national security in this matter. The People’s Committee can afford to..."

He said so, then reached out and picked up the photocopy of the newspaper, shook it towards Victor, and said: "I am going to accept the request of those Poles. Next month, allow their investigation team to go to Smolen. During this time, I hope you can do all the relevant work well. After the Polish investigation team arrives in Smolensk, I don’t want any accidents."

For this work, Victor really did not want to take over. In his opinion, this was the work done by the NKVD at the beginning. If you want to wipe your **** now, you should naturally let the NKVD solve it by itself, but Comrade Stalin is now But he gave this job to him, and even if he didn't want to, he didn't have the ability to refuse.

Comrade Stalin was obviously very satisfied with the attitude he showed, turning his head slightly, Comrade Stalin stood up from the sofa with his hands on the armrests of the sofa, and then, walking toward the desk, he said, "Except for the troubles of the Poles. The National Security People’s Committee should also make more efforts in the work of liquidating traitors and survivors."

As he spoke, he had walked to the side of the desk. Taking advantage of the effort of reaching for the pipe, he pointed to the coffee table without looking back, and said, "There is a report submitted by the shipyard of the member of the 61 commune, you have a look……"

Saying so, he drew the pipe into his mouth.

Victor reached out and picked up the document labeled "61 Commune Member Shipyard" on the table, opened it and looked at it.

This is a report submitted to the People’s Committee of the Shipbuilding Industry by the current director of the shipyard Urich Ivanovich Stepanenko. In this report, Stepanenko mentioned the traitor of the shipyard. problem.

At the end of the summer of the previous year, when the 61 commune member shipyard moved to Baku, due to the rush of time, it was difficult to transfer the steel and accessories stockpiled by some shipyards along with the equipment. At that time, in order to prevent these steel and accessories from falling into German hands, the factory organized a burial operation. As many as 40 tons of materials were buried on the outskirts of Nikolaev, near the mouth of the Ingur River. In the woodland.

However, during the German occupation of Nikolaev, two shipyard workers who had participated in the burial work leaked the incident to the Germans, which eventually caused the buried materials to be captured by the Germans and brought them to the shipyard. A huge loss.

Now, the Soviet army has recaptured Nikolaev, and the two shipyard workers who had leaked the news to the German army were also captured by the Soviet army, but the reality is that the shipyard’s losses are irreparable.

Obviously, as the director of the "61 Commune Shipyard", Stepanenko's purpose of writing this report is not to pursue the crimes of the two workers, but to seek help from the People's Committee of the Shipbuilding Industry. At the same time, It is also to clarify the cause of the material loss.

However, this report is obviously a reminder to some people, or it has been extended in the eyes of Comrade Stalin, that it has suffered losses from the shipyard and extended it to the issue of the investigation of traitors.

"The problem of Shipyard No. 200 is very representative," Comrade Stalin said in a deep voice as he walked back to the sofa and sat down. Comrade Cove’s opinion must be severely punished for those traitors and speculators who were not firm during the war and betrayed the alliance, the motherland, and the people."

Victor sat and listened. The "Shipyard No. 200" mentioned by Comrade Stalin actually referred to the "Shipyard 61 Commune Membership", while Ivan Nosenko was the current post of the People’s Committee of the Shipbuilding Industry. The People’s Commissar, as for Zosima Shashkov, is the current People’s Commissar of the People’s Committee of River Transport.

If nothing else, the issue of handling and investigating traitors should have been raised by Nosenko and Shashkov. They reflected their opinions to Comrade Stalin, and they were recognized by Comrade Stalin.

"Lavrendi," said Comrade Stalin, turning his gaze to Comrade Beria, "I hope you will be responsible for this work and be carried out jointly by the NKVD and the NKVD. Our principle is, No traitor should be spared, nor should any speculator escape. Everyone’s merits during the war should not be ignored. Similarly, no one’s crimes committed during the war should be ignored. Be covered up."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin," Comrade Beria stood up, his indifferent gaze came out from behind the round lens, making it difficult to see his mind.

When I came out of Comrade Stalin's office, it was completely dark.

Victor and Beria walked out of the small building side by side, and when they stepped down the steps, the latter sighed insignificantly. Even though the sound was small, Victor was still very sensitive to it.

He turned his head and glanced at the big spy chief who had been criticized by the world, but he just met the other person's gaze towards him.

"Come in my car," said Comrade Beria with a smile to meet Victor's gaze, "I think we need to talk about the new job arranged by Comrade Stalin."

Victor would naturally not refuse such an invitation. He nodded, followed Comrade Beria and stepped down the last two steps.

Comrade Beria’s car is a "Moscow" car produced by the "Communist Youth League Automobile Factory" for nearly seven years. At the beginning, the NKVD ordered more than 400 cars of the same model from this car factory. , Most of them are used as police cars.

This is the first time Victor has been in Comrade Beria’s car. In his opinion, the condition of this car is really a bit bad. The various decorations in the car are very shabby. Not to mention the shock absorption of the car. The problem, when driving, it was very bumpy.

But Comrade Beria was obviously used to it, and he didn't mind the bumps of the car at all.

"Huh," when the car started moving, the big spy chief who looked fierce in the eyes of others showed a tired expression, he leaned into the back of the seat and let out a sigh, said, "Victor Ah, we have taken over another hot job."

Victor smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Tonight, he is equivalent to taking over two new jobs, one is for the Katyn Forest, and the other is to clean up the traitors.

In Victor's view, the first job is nothing. As long as the work is done more meticulously, the investigation team made up of Poles must not be able to find out anything.

What really caused Victor's headache was the second task assigned by Comrade Stalin. Although that task was assigned to Comrade Beria, how could he, the chairman of the People's Committee of National Security, escape?