Struggle in Soviet Russia

What does Victor's proposal mean?

Of course, according to his statement, this is not his proposal, but the proposal of the experienced Comrade Badanov. As the chairman of the National Security People’s Committee, he is merely relaying the proposal of his subordinates.

But in reality, this is Victor’s own opinion. He excused that it was Badanov’s opinion. He just left a retreat. In case Comrade Stalin disagrees with this opinion, and what is wrong with this proposal. With a good idea, Victor can still take this step back. The only thing he has to pay is the future of a subordinate.

Viktor’s proposal, to put it plainly, is to establish a brand-new department, namely the intelligence and information security department, among the various agencies and ministries under the Central Committee and the People’s Committee. This department does nothing but communicates with the Anti-spyware Bureau of the People's Committee of National Security. Well, it can be regarded as a dispatched agency of the Anti-Spyware Bureau of the People's Committee of National Security.

This department does not need to be very high-level. It can be regarded as one of the departments under a certain department. To put it in perspective, it is similar to the combination of the confidential confidential room and the security department of various administrative institutions in the past. Although it belongs to various departments, it is directly connected with the Anti-Spyware Bureau of the People's Committee of National Security, and its main responsibility is to be responsible for the information confidentiality of the department and unit. At the same time, any department or unit that wants to access the classified files and documents stipulated by the People's Committee of National Security must be supervised and managed by this department.

In fact, before the establishment of the NKVD, when the NKVD was in charge of national security work, it had arranged special supervisors in various state departments, especially in various enterprises. These supervisors did not operate enterprises or It is the power to interfere in the operation of the enterprise, but it has the authority to examine personnel and supervise safety production. It can be said that it is equal to the managerial personnel such as the factory director and secretary, and has great power.

However, after the NKVD and the NKVD, because the separation happened during the war period, various enterprises were in the process of mass production or relocation. The NKVD did not consider this After the authority is taken over, as for the personnel stationed in the administrative agency, there is no more.

This time, Victor followed the so-called Badanov's proposal and took out this proposal, the main purpose of which is to look at the position of Comrade Stalin.

Don't underestimate such a proposal. Once the proposal is passed, the authority of the People's Committee for National Security will be expanded again on a large scale, and its tentacles will be extended to all departments of the party and government.

Such an intelligence and information security department, from one perspective, is subordinate to its various departments, but from another perspective, it can easily be transformed into the National Security People’s Committee, the Counter-Spionage Bureau in various party and government agencies. The police station in China is just like a police station.

In the initial period of time, this department may have cooperated with the People’s Committee of National Security to communicate with its organs, but after a period of time, when Victor has a firm foothold in Moscow’s power core, will he be able to communicate again? Transform this department into a special agency that supervises the agency where it belongs?

From this perspective, this proposal is naturally very dangerous, because if it continues like this, if the expansion of the National Security People’s Committee is not controlled, it can easily be transformed into a situation that goes beyond the supervision of the party, government, and military. Of course, the KGB in the previous life was actually such an institution.

But if you look at it from another angle, from the perspective of information security management, this proposal is feasible, because once this method is implemented, the security of intelligence information can indeed be guaranteed to the greatest extent. After all, it is in anti-disclosure On the other hand, is there any department more experienced than the National Security People’s Committee?

Therefore, whether this proposal can be approved by Comrade Stalin depends entirely on whether this leader comrade has doubts about the expansion of the National Security People's Committee. If he has become vigilant about the development of the National Security People's Committee, and no longer trusts Victor so much, then there is no doubt that he will definitely object to this proposal.

Of course, on the contrary, he will not necessarily support it, but he will always give a reason for disapproval-don’t imagine Comrade Stalin as the kind of person who can take care of others’ ideas, if he has already developed against Victor. Doubts, then he will show it, instead of choosing to hide it.

For Victor, if he felt doubts from Comrade Stalin, he would immediately withdraw without asking, and work with his foreign intelligence bureau with peace of mind, and no longer think about what he has or not. This is determined by his current character, and has nothing to do with his courage.

Conversely, if Comrade Stalin does not show his distrust of him, then Victor will continue to implement his next plan.

Comrade Stalin spent a long time thinking about it. He stepped back and forth on the steps in front of the building. He walked back and forth four times before stopping, reaching into the pocket of his coat and taking out his delicate pipe.

Victor leaned in sharply and took out a pack of matches from his pocket.

He seldom uses matches now, basically he uses a lighter, but every time he comes to the Kremlin to see Comrade Stalin, he always carries a pack of matches, because Comrade Stalin smokes a pipe, and he uses a lighter to light a pipe. inconvenient.

Sure enough, Comrade Stalin took out the pipe, took out his black tobacco leaf bag, frowned and put the pipe in his mouth.

Victor lighted a match and carefully lit the tobacco for him.

"Your opinion is that in the existing party committees and administrative systems at all levels, departments dedicated to information security have been established," said Comrade Stalin, frowning after smoking a pipe. "But in this case, wouldn't it cause redundancy Problem?"

"This problem should be avoidable," Victor dropped the used matches and said casually. "After all, this department does not need to be very large and does not require too many personnel. If necessary, it can even be combined with the supervision department. Office. In addition, my opinion is that the purpose of the establishment of this department is that apart from being responsible for the security of intelligence and information, one of the most important aspects is to conduct intelligence and information security training for the staff of relevant departments. We only have the largest scope. Only by cultivating the people’s national security awareness internally can we fundamentally eliminate loopholes in intelligence and information security."

Victor’s statement raised the eyebrows of Comrade Stalin. At this moment, Victor’s statement was not too common in his previous life. In all administrative institutions, there would be activities such as confidential training every three to five. It is inevitable to be in places like schools.

But in today's Soviet Union, and even in today's world, the so-called intelligence and information security training is still something that has never appeared before, let alone the popularization of this kind of training.

But to be honest, this kind of training is very necessary, because many leaks happen inadvertently or without realizing it. Some people collect intelligence for the enemy’s agents without intention. They themselves even I don’t even know that I am engaging in illegal acts.

In this time and space, Victor can be said to be the first person to raise the awareness of intelligence and information security. In that time and space in his previous life, this concept had to wait a few years to come up, basically after the start of the Cold War. .

It is because of its novelty that it attracts people and can arouse the interest of Comrade Stalin. However, even so, it is not so easy to obtain the support of Comrade Stalin directly. After all, there are too many problems involved in this proposal.

"You can sort out these ideas and form a systematic report," said Comrade Stalin, nodding while taking a sip from his pipe. The opinions of comrades Ji and Vyacheslav."

Lavrendi refers to Beria, and Vyacheslav refers to Molotov. Prior to this, Molotov was the first vice chairman of the People’s Committee and concurrently a People’s Commissar of the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs. And just a few days ago, Beria was appointed as the first vice-chairman of the People’s Committee, but the work handover between the two has not yet been completed.

As for the chairman of the People’s Committee, that is of course Comrade Stalin himself. He is not only the chairman of the People’s Committee, but also the chairman of the National Defense Committee, he is also the chairman of the National Defense People’s Committee, and he is also the first secretary of the Central Secretariat and so on.

Although he is the chairman of the People's Committee, since the outbreak of the war, Comrade Stalin has rarely directly involved in the affairs of the People's Committee. After all, he has too many things, and it is impossible to get all of them busy. Therefore, regarding the affairs of the People's Committee, he still hopes to listen to others' opinions.

When Comrade Stalin mentioned Molotov, Victor instinctively glanced at Vyshinsky not far away from the corner of his eye. If nothing else, the conversation between him and Comrade Stalin would soon reach Molotov. Go to Lotov's ears.

However, Victor was not worried about this. It happened that he could also look at Comrade Molotov’s position. According to his guess, Comrade Molotov should not stand in the same trench as Comrade Zhdanov. After all, The competition between them is also fierce.