Struggle in Soviet Russia

Coming out of Comrade Stalin's office and walking in a somewhat dimly lit corridor, Victor followed the crowd with expressionless expression, and went downstairs unhurriedly.

It is said that a calm person should be "not happy with things but not sad for oneself", and should be "not surprised by humiliation". If that is the case, then Victor is obviously not a calm person.

But let’s be honest, how many people can really do "not to be humiliated" in this world?

At the Leningrad railway station, Viktor was angry not because Zhdanov disrespected him and lost his face, but because the other party looked down on him. Think about it, if Zhdanov didn't look down on him, how could it be possible? As soon as he returned to Moscow, he set the target of the attack on him?

To think about it further, I am afraid that it is not just Zhdanov who looks down on him, but the entire Leningrad faction, and even the entire political arena of the Union. The reason for this is nothing else, just because His presence in the coalition politics is too bad.

Victor was born in the NKVD and currently serves in the NKVD. From his resume, he has not left these two departments in recent years. Unfortunately, these two departments are relatively closed. Even considering the confidentiality factor, most people in the entire league probably don’t know what he does.

Lack of presence, so the foundation is very weak. Just a foreign intelligence agency cannot support Victor’s ambitions. If he wants to go further, there are only two options: he wants to leave the National Security People’s Committee, or just stay there. On the existing basis, let the National Security People’s Committee continue to expand.

Of course, Victor would not choose to leave the People's Committee of National Security, which is not realistic for him, at least Comrade Stalin would not easily transfer him-this is where Victor's confidence lies.

Therefore, today's Victor obviously has only one choice, and that is to continue to expand the National Security People's Committee, and let this department evolve into the KGB that has made the world heard in the past.

In order to achieve this, Victor has a problem that must be solved first, and that is to turn the entire National Security People’s Committee into his turf. In other words, he must change his attitude and connect the committee with him All the guys with different positions were cleared out.

People always grow up step by step in a tumultuous struggle, and Victor is also the same, perhaps he didn't realize that his thoughts and desires were changing little by little.

When Victor formed the presidium of the People’s Committee for National Security, he adopted an inclusive attitude. He never thought of making a statement, but tried to maintain a balanced situation within the presidium to ensure the implementation of the collective leadership system.

But now, his attitude has changed subtly, and the collective leadership under a balanced situation no longer meets his requirements. He wants to integrate the entire department and make his voice the only voice of the entire committee.

Although he is the chairman of the committee, it is not easy for Victor to achieve this goal. Fortunately, Comrade Stalin still trusts him so far. At the same time, he has two backings: Malinkov and Beria. .

With the trust of Comrade Stalin and the support of two members of the Politburo, together with a large-scale intelligence department in his hands, Victor suddenly discovered that his strength does not seem to be very weak, but why others always look at it. How about him?

Don't say anything, it turned out that people are good at being deceived, and Ma Shan is being ridden by others. Other than that, there is no other reason.

Coming out of the office building of Comrade Stalin, Victor stood with a faint smile on his face, standing under the steps in front of the building, and drove all the committee members into the car.

However, just when Beria was about to leave, he stopped him. When Beria looked at him suspiciously, he smiled and said, "Comrade Lavrenji, I’m going to the General Political Department. , Don't mind taking me a ride?"

Beria's probing gaze came through from behind the small round glasses and fell on Victor’s smiling face. He nodded a moment later and said, “Of course I don’t mind, but I’m going to the municipal party committee. Department, I’m afraid we won’t go along the way."

Just at this moment, Beria's broken car slowly drove over and stopped in front of the two of them.

Victor didn't continue talking nonsense with him, and he pulled the door open for him, and walked around to the other side, walked through the door on the left and got into the car.

At the moment he got in the car, Victor also took a special look at the front passenger's seat. After confirming that the driver and the secretary in the passenger's seat were acquaintances, he said to Beria, who had just got into the car: "I I am going to drive away Eitingo and leave the work of the Internal Intelligence Bureau to my own people. Comrade Lavrenji, do you have any good candidates to recommend to me?"

Beria was leaning on his side and pulling his clothes. The hem of his coat was sitting under his buttocks. It is estimated that he was not very comfortable to pull. Therefore, he leaned against his body and lifted his butt, trying to pull the hem of his coat out from under his body. .

Unsuspectingly, after hearing what Victor Chilenzi said, he was surprised, and sat down, placing his entire right hand under his ass.

Victor pretended not to see anything, and kindly reached out and pulled out the coat underneath for him, and then said: "If Eitingo is transferred away, then Fitin will definitely not be able to stay. In other words, this The personnel adjustments of the People’s Committee of the National Security Council will be relatively large. After all, two members of the presidium have to be replaced. For the other four departments, including the Foreign Intelligence Agency and the Counter-Spyware Agency, at least the directors have to be replaced."

"What happened?" Beria patted the back of the driver's seat, urging him to get the car up immediately, and asked, "It's not because of Andrei's rudeness? Oh, that's related to national security. The personnel adjustments of the People's Committee should not be directly related."

It can be heard that Beria has no good feelings for Zhdanov, otherwise, he would not directly call each other's name, after all, he and Zhdanov are not good enough to call his name directly.

"It can be said to be related or it can be said to be irrelevant," Victor said with a sloppy look, and then urged, "The question now is, if Eitingo and Feijing are transferred at the same time, I..."

"Antip Grigoryevich Iparitov," Beria had already said a person's name before Viktor could finish. "Currently he is the dean of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Academy. He was promoted to colonel in November last year."

The name sounds familiar. Victu thought for a while. Don’t say, he really knew this person. When he accepted Serov’s order and started to build a special radio communications camp, he used to go to the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Academy to have someone at that time. I've seen this person.

At that time, this Iparitov had a very good impression on Victor. He was active and serious and had a very good attitude. I remembered that he was still thinking about recommending this person to Serov, but he later forgot about it.

In Victor’s memory, this Iparitov seemed to have something wrong with him. At the beginning of the war, he was a communications cadre at the headquarters of the Western Special Military Region. This person was degraded and transferred to the rear, which was considered a stain on his resume.

"I know this man," Victor said after leaning back and finding a comfortable position to sit down. "His experience under Grigoriev is a stain anyway, so , This candidate is not suitable."

If he was only transferred to the People’s Committee for National Security to take up a post, Iparitov’s taint would not be a big deal, but if he was transferred to serve as a member of the presidium in the past and was responsible for the work of the Internal Intelligence Agency, it would be obviously inappropriate. NS.

In addition, Iparitov was just promoted to colonel last year, and he is still in the military position. If he is going to serve as the vice chairman of the National Security People’s Committee, at least he must be a major general or a major general of national security. This is equivalent to an increase of several levels. The difficulty is too great.

"If you think this person is okay, then he is okay," Beria said lightly. "As for the stain on the resume, it's nothing."

"Oh?" Victor raised his eyebrows and asked subconsciously, "How come he is so optimistic about him? Is he from the NKVD?"

"Joined in 32 years," Sure enough, Beria nodded and said, "I've always been a member of the Internal Intelligence Service, but when the National Security People's Committee was separated, he didn't follow."

Victor nodded clearly. When the NKVD was separated from the NKVD, it suffered the most to the Internal Intelligence Bureau, because the NKVD held personnel files, some of which belonged to the Internal Intelligence Bureau. The lurking personnel did not come over at all.

"If his resume file is complete, then I have no opinion here," Victor agreed with Beria's recommendation. He said, "I need to talk to him later. I don't mind his position, but in Within the People’s Committee of National Security, I hope his pace will be consistent with mine.”

"I'll arrange it," Beria was very happy, and he reached out and patted Victor's knee and smiled.

To kick people who are not one with him from the National Security People’s Committee, Victor naturally needs to arrange for others to come in. The problem he faces now is that there are too few people available to him. Therefore, a transitional stage is needed. . That's how I think about the people recommended by Beria.

To turn the National Security People's Committee into its own chassis is by no means an overnight task. Fortunately, Victor has patience.