Struggle in Soviet Russia

Undoubtedly, according to Comrade Stalin’s opinion, this work of cleaning up traitors is not just for a "61 Commune Shipyard", but for the entire alliance. Therefore, this work is not only a lot of work, but also involves The surface must also be very extensive.

What kind of person is a traitor? What kind of people are considered speculators?

Those who cooperated with the Germans in the German-occupied area are undoubtedly traitors; those who spread the theory of defeat during the Soviet Union’s defeat are obviously also traitors; those Soviet soldiers who surrendered to the Germans after being captured are undoubtedly traitors. They are also traitors; those nationalists who oppose the Soviet Red Army are obviously speculators.

In the past two years or more of the war, there have been too many such people. Not to mention anything else, there are already millions of captured Soviet soldiers. Screening is obviously an amazing job with a large amount of engineering.

Of course, the headache of this work is not just the heavy workload. It is the nature of the work itself that really makes Victor feel the headache.

There is no doubt that this kind of work to clean up traitors is the most prone to unjust, false and wrong cases. For example, a captured Soviet soldier, how did he behave in the German prisoner of war camp, what did he do, whether he betrayed the alliance, whether he had cooperated with the Germans, etc., etc. It’s often not easy to accurately verify the information. More often, the forensic work is determined by the confession of others.

Evidence such as confession is sometimes inaccurate. Witnesses' frame-ups, bites, and ambiguities may affect the fairness of the investigation results. Under the pressure of such a huge workload, they are responsible for the verification work. The personnel cannot be so careful, therefore, the emergence of unjust, false and wrong cases is almost inevitable.

In addition, the current punishment of traitors by the Alliance is quite cruel, because during the war, the punishment of traitors does not need to be reviewed and pronounced by military courts and procuratorial organs. Front-line combat troops, guerrillas behind enemy lines, and reconstruction in various places. All committees have the right to take measures against traitors based on their actual conditions.

The executions of front-line combat troops and the hangings of guerrillas behind enemy lines are very cruel. The reconstruction committees in various places also have the power to execute traitors. Take the Kiev reconstruction committee led by Comrade Khrushchev, they are liberating. After Kiev, nearly forty Kiev citizens who cooperated with the German army were executed at one time.

These traitors were all executed by hanging, and their bodies were hung in the ruins from the October Revolution Square to Helixia Street for nearly a week.

Of course, what Victor didn’t know was that in his previous life, the Soviet Union even disclosed the execution of Vlasov and 11 senior generals of the “Russian Liberation Army” to the entire Union through a live broadcast. That was the real cruel punishment. .

"Do you have any thoughts on this work?" Comrade Beria turned sideways and said to Victor when the car drove out of the Kremlin in the bumps, "I want to hear your opinion first."

Victor knew that he was asking the question of cleaning up traitors, so he frowned and said: "My idea is that this work can be carried out by the Internal Intelligence Service and the Counter-Spyware Bureau. Of course, it should be carried out in cooperation with the NKVD. Our department is responsible for the implementation of reconnaissance and evidence search, while the NKVD is responsible for the implementation of related actions."

Comrade Beria did not speak. It was obvious that he did not approve of Victor's idea very much.

Although Comrade Beria no longer serves as the people’s commissar of the NKVD, Serov, as the NKVD, is just a nameless puppet. The real power of the NKVD is still in Beria’s hands.

According to Victor's proposal, the NKVD was obviously only responsible for the simpler part of the entire work, and the inevitably **** part of the work was thrown to the NKVD.

Although Viktor should now be regarded as a member of the Malinkov and Beria camp, Comrade Beria obviously can't lose his own interests and devote himself to defending his newcomer.

Viktor saw the attitude of Comrade Beria, and he went on to say: "In the previous stage, we were advancing very quickly on the southern route. In less than six months, we recovered the blockbuster from Kursk to Kiev. The region is almost half of Ukraine. Then, according to Comrade Stalin’s opinion, the work of clearing the traitors must be carried out in all newly regained areas. Then the reality before us is the shortage of staff in the National Security People’s Committee."

He raised his right hand and counted his fingers, while continuing to say: "At present, the primary task of the National Security People’s Committee is to restore the grassroots organizational structure in the newly restored area. Taking into account the special nature of the committee, this work It is not easy to do, and it is even difficult to achieve results in the short term."

In fact, Victor is not wrong in saying that. After all, the NKVD is different from the NKVD. The NKVD’s subordinate structure can carry out its work grandiosely. For example, police, traffic police, and firefighting departments must have been destroyed during the war. However, once the city is recovered and the reconstruction committee officially starts its work, these departments can resume operation in a short period of time.

But the National Security People’s Committee will not work. For secret agencies such as the Internal Intelligence Agency and the Counter-Spyware Agency, it is impossible for them to put up a sign and resume work immediately. In other words, their normal operation requires a certain amount of advancement. Work.

Now that the Red Army has liberated the entire East Uzbek region, the first task for the National Security People’s Committee is to restore its own grass-roots organizations in various cities in the region. This work itself requires a lot of manpower and financial resources. In addition, because the organization in the East Uzbek region is imperfect, the NKVD cannot do any effective work in cleaning up the traitors.

Of course, this statement itself is true, but if you consider it from another angle, it is a kind of excuse.

Affected by the war, the National Security People’s Committee is indeed a grassroots organization that lacks effective operations in the East Uzbek region, but its influence in the region is not weak at all. The Counterintelligence Bureau does not have a sense of presence in the East Uzbek region, but what about the Foreign Intelligence Bureau?

Not to mention the espionage organizations that were originally active in East Uzbekistan, they are just the intelligence personnel of the Foreign Intelligence Service who mixed in the guerrillas, which is a huge number. These intelligence organizations and groups lurking in various parts of East Uzbekistan during the war, Only one adjustment is needed and it can be quickly transformed into a grassroots organization of the People’s Committee of National Security in the East Uzbek region.

"My thought is," Victor continued as the topic changed. "This work is only in charge of the NKVD and the NKVD. It is not appropriate. At least, we still need the support of the General Political Department."

Hearing his mention of the General Political Department, Comrade Beria frowned slightly, but soon unfolded.

When he put forward this idea, Victor shut his mouth knowingly. In the later words, he believed that even if he didn't say it, Comrade Beria would be able to figure it out.

The current General Political Department, under the leadership of Comrade Sherbakov, is actively promoting the implementation of the grassroots party committee system in the army. The reason why Comrade Stalin did not include the General Political Department in this work is estimated to have this aspect. consider.

But the problem is that the task of cleaning up traitors is definitely unavoidable to deal with the army, and the task of cleaning up traitors among prisoners of war is still the highlight of this task.

Since the outbreak of the war, the People’s Committee for National Security and the People’s Committee for Internal Affairs have had very limited penetration of the army, and its influence in the army has become even more limited. Therefore, in the work related to the army, it is still It is most appropriate for the General Political Department to come forward.

From a political standpoint, Serbakov is a die-hard "Leningrad faction", and the special relationship between him and Zhdanov has long been doomed to this point. The relationship between Zhdanov, Malinkov and Beria is becoming more and more complicated.

For the past two years, Leningrad has always been under the siege of the German army. In that closed encirclement, not only the citizens of Leningrad but also the main political forces of the "Leningrad faction" were besieged.

With the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, it is of course the time for the "Leningrad faction" to harvest. It is foreseeable that once Leningrad is out of trap, including Zhdanov, Kuznetsov, and Woz Everyone, including Nessensky, will receive a great honor.

Most importantly, during the two years of Leningrad’s siege, those of the "Leningradists" established a very close relationship with the military, such as Meletskov, Khotyn, and the navy. People like Admiral Tribis are all closely related to Zhdanov. To a certain extent, there is already a group of military generals with a strong influence around the Leningrad faction.

In this case, Serbakov promoted the establishment of a basic-level party committee system in the General Political Department. In the process, its influence in the army was also gradually expanding. Victor did not believe in Malinkov and Pele. Ya can sit back and watch this situation continue, they will always do something.

However, everyone, including Victor, did not know that Comrade Sherbakov, who was expanding his influence in the army step by step, had actually not survived for a few days. He, like his brother-in-law, did not live a long life. people.