Struggle in Soviet Russia

That’s right, in Victor’s previous life, in the 1960s and 1970s, Gromyko could also be regarded as a bigwig in the political arena of the Union. He served as the foreign minister of the Soviet Union for 28 years, during which time he experienced After several political turmoil but never fail, this experience itself is already glorious enough.

In Victor’s previous life, he seemed to have read relevant records, saying that Gromyko was appreciated by Comrade Stalin in the early thirties, and soon entered the political core of the Soviet Union, but from Victor’s point of view, this is obviously It is wrong, because even now, Gromyko is not a member of the political core of the Soviet Union. He is even farther away from Comrade Stalin than the chairman of the People’s Committee for National Security. There are so many.

In addition, Comrade Gromyko, the Soviet ambassador to the United States, is not official until now, but is an extraordinarily plenipotentiary. Last month, he also served as the Soviet ambassador to Cuba. It seems that he is going to be Reused.

The two met here and greeted each other briefly. After seeing the cigarette held in Gromyko's hand, Victor raised the lighter in his hand, smiled, and said, "You too..."

This was not finished, but his gesture of shaking the lighter was obviously enough to explain the problem.

Gromyko chuckled, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, first held the cigarette in his hand, and then took another one, handed it to Victor, and said: "Come one of mine, special Brought back from the United States, you can always see advertisements for this kind of cigarettes over there."

Victor looked at the cigarette pack in his hand. The circle was surrounded by letters: the "LUCKYSTRIKE" trademark, which made him instantly recognize the brand of cigarettes, the American "Good Luck" cigarettes. In his previous life, he often Will be seen in the blockbuster WWII filmed in the United States.

Without being polite with the ambassador, Victor reached out and took the cigarette, then lit the lighter and sent it to the other side.

"Thank you." Unexpectedly, Victor would light a cigarette. Gromyko seemed a little surprised. However, he just hesitated for a while, and he came over to light the cigarette, took a sip, and said, "You have no mission to attend the ceremony today. ?"

Lighting the cigarette in his hand, Victor spit out the shredded tobacco that he accidentally got into his mouth, and said casually: "Hey, today's ceremony, your People's Committee on Foreign Affairs is the protagonist. Comrade Stalin said before. We His job is to maintain good order and avoid any disturbances."

Gromyko was very impressed by Victor’s statement. As the ambassador to the United States, he understood the arrangements for the ceremony today. He will be invited to attend the ceremony later. There are not many alliance officials. Most of them come from various countries. Diplomatic envoys, representatives, celebrities and media reporters.

Seeing Gromyko just nodded and didn't speak, Victor turned away from the subject and asked again: "That's right, Comrade Andrei Andreevich..."

"Just call me Andre," Gromyko interjected with a smile.

"Aha, then, Andre," Victor smiled and changed his words, "When will you return to Moscow from America?"

"Four days ago," Gromyko said, "what's the matter?"

"I heard that Mr. Roosevelt's physical condition is not very good?" Victor asked, "It has even affected the Democratic election?"

After entering June, the countdown to the new presidential election in the United States began. Democratic and Republican candidates also began various confrontations. In the process, there was news about Roosevelt. There is even news that his condition has deteriorated to the point where it is almost unsustainable.

"We are not very clear about the situation in this regard," Gromyko said cautiously. "But before I came back, Roosevelt himself attended a campaign rally in Missouri. It didn't seem to be a serious problem that he was in his state at the time. Look like."

Gromyko had to be more cautious. After all, standing in front of him was the head of the Soviet intelligence service, and Roosevelt’s health problem was a big issue. After all, who the new president of the United States is, for the entire world at the moment. All of them are critical.

Of course, as a traverser, Victor knows who will win this US general election. He not only knows who will win, but also knows that Mr. Roosevelt, who won again, will end up living in the fourth term for seventy days at most. , His vice president, Mr. Truman, will become the next president of the United States.

"I also hope that the information returned by the intelligence agency is false, and it is a catch-up," Victor took a breath and said with a smile, "We have worked with the Americans for three years, and one thing we must admit is that in these three years During the many cooperation periods, Mr. Roosevelt and his team of staff played a vital role. At least, Comrade Stalin was satisfied with them. Now, although the war has come to an end, it has not yet ended. So, if the Americans are Changing a president at this time is probably not a good thing."

"Yes," Gromyko nodded and said with deep approval, "According to the most reasonable option, the U.S. election should be temporarily postponed during the war, but the federal Senate and House of Representatives could not reach a consensus, so..."

With all his hands on the table, Gromyko expressed his helplessness to the American presidential elections during the war.

"Right, how are your arrangements for the new round of the Allied Summit?" Victor seemed to have thought of something, he asked curiously, "Those Americans in Washington are ready to accept what Comrade Molotov has proposed. Any suggestions?"

The question that Victor asked was an issue currently being run by the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs. To put it bluntly, it was another round of meeting between the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain.

Victor learned of the news from Comrade Stalin two days ago, and Comrade Stalin told him the news because the security work of this meeting still had to be done by him, the chairman of the People’s Committee for National Security. Come personally take charge.

When he just received this task from Comrade Stalin, Victor raised an objection, because in the new appointment regulations of the National Security People’s Committee, which he was in charge of getting up early, a stipulation was clearly made, that is, the national security in office. All members of the Presidium of the People’s Committee are not allowed to leave the borders of the Soviet Union. In other words, he, the chairman of the People’s Committee for National Security, cannot go abroad.

However, Comrade Stalin directly dispelled his worries, because this three-nation summit will be held on the territory of the Soviet Union, so he can accomplish this task without going abroad.

It was from Comrade Stalin that Victor learned about the further content of this meeting. According to Comrade Stalin, this meeting was first proposed by the British because they sensed that the Allied forces are progressing smoothly in Western Europe. Therefore, I wanted to change the original decision in the Tehran Conference. In the issue of occupying Berlin, we no longer adhere to the established policy of Soviet priority, but instead adopt a first-come, first-served approach.

For this matter, the People's Committee for Diplomacy led by Comrade Molotov has quarreled with the British several times, and it is said that the Americans do not support the British ambitions on this issue.

Washington does not support London’s ambition to preempt the Berlin issue, but it also supports the convening of this three-nation summit. The fundamental reason is that Washington hopes that after the war in Europe, the Soviet Union can quickly advance eastward, intervene in the war in the Far East, and formally deal with Japan. Declare war.

Since the Battle of Midway, the Americans have had an absolute advantage on the Pacific battlefield. But the problem is that in the subsequent series of battles to seize the island, although the U.S. forces frequently won, the Japanese’s reckless stubbornness also brought the U.S. military. Caused huge casualties. A series of painful costs made the Americans feel cold, especially after seeing that there is still a distance from the Japanese mainland, and the Japanese made a gesture of preparing to fight to the death, Washington's thinking began to change more and more. Reality.

Yes, Americans are realistic compared to the British guys. In other words, their vision is not so long and they don’t think about things that are too long. Therefore, they care more about the present than what the future will be. How about it.

On the battlefield in Asia, the British do not want the Soviets to intervene. They want to fight against Japan independently with the Americans, and after victory, exclude the influence of the Soviets from the Far East.

But the problem is that the British wanted beauty but were too incompetent. They tried to launch an offensive from India to the Indo-China Peninsula to open up the second battlefield in Asia. They suffered a devastating defeat. The cruel reality told the British that they were in Europe cannot defeat the Germans, nor can they defeat the Japanese in Asia. Therefore, when the Americans asked the Soviet Union to carry out wars against Japan, even the super-anti-Communist Churchill could not raise any objections.

The Americans apparently realized that apart from the role of the British being able to play the role of a shit-cutter, it was not a good comrade on the battlefield to rely on. Therefore, in order to be able to obtain the Soviet Union’s commitment to send troops to the Far East, Washington was unwilling to occupy Berlin first. Too much entanglement on the issue.

What is certain is that this three-nation summit will definitely be held. The only thing that has not been negotiated is where the meeting will be held. The People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs has been in frequent communication with Washington on this matter recently.

"The problem shouldn't be big," Gromyko said in response to the question raised by Victor. "Maybe the White House will have some opinions on this issue before, but as you said, the recent election issues have been clamoring. Mr. Roosevelt’s health problems, and this may be a turning point."