Struggle in Soviet Russia

Victor spread his hands and smiled: "We have no influence on the British newspapers and cannot decide what they will publish or not. However, if it is aimed at those Ukrainian rebels, after careful research last night , Our committee department has some clues."

"If you have a clue, it means we have a clue," Merkulov said with a smile on the side. "For our NKVD, the biggest difficulty now is that we can't determine where the Ukrainian bandits are hiding. As long as your National Security People’s Committee can solve this problem, then these bandits will not be a problem."

Comrade Boskrebeshev apparently knew Merkulov. Hearing what Merkulov said, he turned his head and glanced at the other person and said: "This kind of answer is not what Comrade Stalin wanted to hear. You must give him a more realistic answer, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Poskrebeshev did not say, he just shook his head, and then walked towards the direction of the stairs.

Victor spread his hands towards Merkulov, and followed in the footsteps of Poskrebeshev.

The three of them went upstairs, heading straight to Comrade Stalin's office.

There were no outsiders in Comrade Stalin’s office. It seemed that they were waiting for Victor and the others. When the three of Victor walked in, Comrade Stalin was standing in front of the window and looking out the building. His brows were frowning and he looked emotional. Obviously not so good.

When the three of them entered the door, Comrade Stalin turned around, glanced at them, did not speak, but pointed to the sofa in the middle of the room.

Victor and Merkulov paid him a military salute, and then walked over with anxiety, each standing in front of a sofa.

"Look at the document on the table," Comrade Stalin walked over from the window, reached out and pointed at the coffee table in front of the sofa, and said, "The people from the British Embassy brought it here. Now, maybe even earlier. These things have been published in British newspapers, and it is estimated that they are known to the world."

Victor bent down and picked up the document on the table.

The document is photocopied, the original should be in English, and the Russian translation is added to the photocopy.

The document is exactly related to the report of the Lavalskaya tragedy. The article should be written by two British journalists who survived on the train, and some photos were also provided. To use the text in the article, the Soviet rule in West Ukraine has been out of control. The vendetta between the Poles and the Ukrainians was a sequelae caused by the Soviets forcibly seizing the West Ukraine. The tragedy also proved the Moscow nation. The policy failed.

After reading the document from beginning to end, Victor's brows couldn't help but frowned. He handed the document to Merkulov, and glanced at Comrade Stalin who was walking by. He wanted to say something, but Endured it again.

Judging from the content of this report alone, Victor can realize how annoyed Comrade Stalin was.

Regarding the question of the ownership of the West Ukraine region, there has been international controversy until now. Although the heads of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom had reached a certain degree of tacit agreement on this issue in the previous Tehran meeting, it was regarded as the acquiescence that West Ukraine belonged to the Soviet Union. As a result, tacit agreement is always only tacit agreement, and tacit approval is always only tacit approval. It cannot be publicly promoted. Therefore, this issue can only be regarded as unresolved up to now.

The most troublesome aspect of the question of the ownership of the West Ukraine region is that the Polish government, oh, the Polish government in exile has never recognized it. From a legal point of view, there is only one basis for the alliance’s control of the region, that is, the conflict with fascist Germany. A series of agreements signed between the two countries, and Germany is still at war with the alliance, Hitler is the enemy of the whole world, so the rational basis of this law is also unreliable.

Now, an extremely **** tragedy has occurred in the Lavalskaya area, involving conflicts between Poles and Ukrainians. International media have begun to promote the problems of Western Ukraine, which is very unfavorable for the alliance.

As far as Comrade Stalin was concerned, he could not tolerate the interference of the international community in the question of the belonging of Western Ukraine, and even more could not bear the international media's promotion of Moscow's inadequate control over the region of Western Ukraine.

"Have you seen everything clearly?" After Merkulov put down the document, Comrade Stalin said, "Now, this report has been disseminated all over the world. Two, one is the people of the Warsaw Uprising who formally surrendered to the Germans, and the other is what happened in Lavalokaya."

He walked to the sofa, bent down, sat down, reached out and tapped on the coffee table, and said in a bad tone: "What are the foreign newspapers saying now? They are preaching that the situation in Western Ukraine is out of control, and thus questioned the alliance against the situation. The legitimacy of regional occupation."

He picked up the pipe from the coffee table and held it in his mouth. Comrade Stalin took out a match, lit the tobacco, and after taking a sip, he continued: "Last night, the NKVD held a short meeting to focus on Western Ukraine. Regional issues, especially the issue of the Ukrainian Resistance Army. Most of the comrades agreed with the opinion that a part of the troops should be transferred from the Ukrainian 3rd and 4th Front Army and invested in the suppression of bandits in West Ukraine. "

The match that was thrown in the ashtray went out, and a wisp of green smoke came out.

"The opinion of the NKVD is to use two to three months, that is, before the arrival of winter, to completely wipe out the Ukrainian resistance forces active in the West Ukraine region," Comrade Stalin glanced at Viktor and then again. Looking at Merkulov, said, "In this process, the NKVD still needs to take on the main task of suppressing bandits, and the NKVD must do everything possible to provide intelligence and information for bandit suppression operations."

Speaking of this, Comrade Stalin stopped. He lowered his eyelids and said casually, "Last night, you all got a report on the Lavalosskaya incident. Let’s talk about it now. What do you think of the follow-up investigation? Things, any thoughts."

Victor didn't speak, he took off his cap, and at the same time, turned his head to look at Merkulov.

"Because of the rush of the incident, we have also been very effective in understanding the situation on Lavaloskaya. Therefore, after receiving the briefing last night, the special committee has made emergency arrangements and deployed rich experience to Lavaloskaya. "The criminal investigation team," Merkulov did not give in. He first said, "In addition, I am going to leave this afternoon and rush to Lavalokaya..."

"Will you definitely get something if you go?" Comrade Stalin was obviously not satisfied with his general statement, so he interrupted him and asked.

Victor could see that Merkulov obviously lacked the experience of dealing with Comrade Stalin in person. Otherwise, he would not give such a big and empty reply, because this is Comrade Stalin's most objectionable way of reporting.

Comrade Stalin is a pragmatic person. The way he likes to report or report is the kind of tangible things. In summary, it is necessary to have clear regulations: what should be done first, why should it be done, how feasible is it, and what should be done? What kind of purpose is to be achieved, what is the second thing to be done, and why is it done...

This is the way Comrade Stalin likes and can accept.

It is true that Merkulov lacked the opportunity to deal directly with Comrade Stalin. Therefore, facing Comrade Stalin's rhetorical question, he was completely blindfolded and sat there with a flushed face, and forgot to say what to say in the subsequent words. Up.

Indeed, in many people's reports or plans, they like to emphasize how and how they are personally, and it feels like a leader who personally grasps any work or focuses on something, and he will be able to achieve success and breakthroughs. But in fact, this is very unrealistic, and it is also a manifestation of bureaucracy.

Fortunately, Comrade Stalin obviously did not intend to go further. He probably understood that Merkulov did not understand his work style, or that he did not have much expectation of Merkulov’s work ability. Therefore, after asking the other party in one sentence, the leader did not directly lose his temper. Instead, he turned his attention to Victor and asked: "What plans does your National Security Committee have?"

Victor let out a light cough, soothing the atmosphere on the scene. Then he reached out and took out the small record book he carried with him, flipped to the part that was sorted out last night, and said: "That's it, Comrade Stalin. I received a notification last night. After that, the committee held an emergency meeting, yes..."

Comrade Stalin waved his hand to interrupt him, and said, "Just tell the result."

"Okay, Comrade Stalin," Victor nodded and said, "We have counted the intelligence information held by the internal intelligence bureau for a period of time, and finally we have come up with a few clear clues, and based on these clues, we have made a corresponding plan."

"Oh, tell me about the clues you got," said Comrade Stalin with a curious expression on his face, his eyes condensed on Victor's face.

"The first is an intelligence message about Ivan Dicchuk," Victor said, taking a photo from the record book and passing it to Comrade Stalin.

It was a black-and-white photo, and the edges of the photo were a little yellowish. It can be seen that it was some years old.

"This person, nicknamed'Kalpaqian', is the security adviser to the head of the Ukrainian rebels, Stepan Pendra, and one of the main heads of the rebels," Victor said.