Struggle in Soviet Russia

What do the British have in Eastern Europe today? How many troops are they deployed in this area? From Italy to the Balkans, to be honest, the British had a very limited military presence, and they couldn't even match the strength of the Americans.

And what about the alliance? After pushing the German army out of the border, the current Soviet Red Army has swept across Romania, Bulgaria, and entered Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and has advanced to the Greek border on the southern front.

Faced with such a situation, why should the Union negotiate with the British on the issue of post-war Eastern Europe? And to give up one place's interests in exchange for another's, and to be honest, Victor really thinks that the Moscow-London negotiation on Eastern Europe is superfluous.

The British want to keep their interests in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, no problem, let them grab it by themselves, as long as they have the ability.

However, Viktor certainly couldn't say this in front of Comrade Stalin, as it would definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the other party.

"But, Comrade Stalin," after a moment of hesitation, Victor said from a different angle, "I am afraid that the Americans do not approve of the agreement we have reached with the British. If the contents of the relevant agreement are leaked, Washington will certainly object to it. of."

After taking a puff of cigarettes, he added: "Considering historical factors, Americans should be more wary of the British than they are of us. I think President Roosevelt definitely does not want to see The agreement was finally reached."

Victor's remarks are not nonsense. After all, before the outbreak of World War II, Britain was the real superpower. To grab a piece of meat from the British.

In addition, after the end of the First World War, the Americans pushed the formation of the League of Nations, why did it not join itself, because it was excluded by Britain and France, and it did not have the right to speak.

Today, the madness of the Germans has completely pushed the former world power France into the mud, and the British have also been fundamentally weakened. If Americans want to seize this opportunity to dominate the world, the first thing they must guard against is not the loss in war. With a population of tens of millions, the Soviet Union has been beaten to pieces, and it should be the United Kingdom, which has suffered a certain amount of losses but still has a large number of colonies overseas.

In the memory of Victor’s previous life, the British lost large tracts of colonies one after another after World War II, whether in the Middle East, Asia, or Africa. In addition to the reasons why it is difficult to maintain, there are also American reasons behind it.

Therefore, Victor's remarks are to clarify that the alliance is not the number one opponent in the eyes of the Americans. Therefore, on the issue of European power division, the alliance should cooperate with the Americans and limit the influence of the British. This is not only in line with the Moscow's interests, presumably, are also in Washington's interests.

Otherwise, if Washington and London could really reach an agreement on European issues, how could Churchill carry pressure from Washington and travel thousands of miles to Moscow to have a secret meeting with Comrade Stalin? There is no reason for this. This guy knows that he has no real support from the Americans, and he signed a secret agreement with Moscow behind Washington's back.

Hearing Viktor's words, Comrade Stalin glanced at him and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door of his office, and then Comrade Boskrebyshev pushed the door in and said, "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Molotov has arrived."

"Please come in," said Comrade Stalin, nodding his head.

Comrade Boskrebyshev turned slightly and looked out the door. Immediately, Molotov in a black suit walked in from the door.

Seeing that Viktor was also in Comrade Stalin's office, Molotov's face did not have any unexpected expressions. Obviously, Boskrebyshev should have told him before.

"Come and sit down, Vyacheslav," said Comrade Stalin, with a smile on his face, beckoning to Molotov with his pipe-holding hand, "tell us what happened in Athens."

Molotov first nodded at Boskelebyshev, then walked quickly to the sofa beside Viktor.

He first handed a document in his hand to Comrade Stalin, then smiled at Victor, saying hello, saying: "As I said, the British shot in the streets of Athens, Syntagma Square. Dozens of people were injured."

He introduced such a little content, and Comrade Stalin, who had already obtained the document, began to look down at the content of the document.

Compared with Viktor, Molotov was more casual with Comrade Stalin. Seeing that Comrade Stalin was looking at the document, he stood up again, walked to the wine cabinet in the corner of the office, and poured three glasses of wine. , bring it back on a tray.

Victor couldn't look at it. When he saw Molotov walking back with the tray, he got up to meet him and took the tray.

"What's the attitude of the Americans?" Comrade Stalin looked at the document and asked casually when Victor divided the three glasses of wine in front of the three of them.

"The Americans don't have a clear attitude," said Molotov, who had just raised his glass, and after hearing the question, put it down again, "but Harriman expressed his dissatisfaction with the brutality of the British, and he believed that the British People see Greece as their new colony."

Comrade Stalin nodded and said nothing. Harriman was Roosevelt's special envoy, representing Washington and the White House, and his remarks were obviously not personal.

As Comrade Stalin fell into silence, the office fell silent for a moment. Molotov took the wine glass, took a sip, and then turned his eyes to Viktor. He was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "I heard that The Yugoslavs already have direct links to the National Liberation Front in Greece?"

This is obviously asking Victor.

"Yes," said Viktor, nodding his head, "according to the information we have received, Peko Dapcevic had gone to Kozani a month ago, and was there with several members of the Greek National Liberation Front. The leaders have met, but we don't know exactly what they talked about."

Peko Dapcevic is a general in the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army. According to the historical process, he will be appointed as the commander of the First Army of the Yugoslav People's Army after a period of time. Kozani is a city in northern Greece and is currently under the control of the Greek National Liberation Front. In fact, in current Greece, almost all cities are under the control of the Greek National Liberation Front and the Greek People's Liberation Army. The provisional government The order out of Athens is a piece of waste paper.

"The Yugoslavs' ambitions for Macedonia are very obvious," Molotov said. "I think they may be the biggest trouble in the Balkans in the near future."

Viktor understood what Molotov was talking about.

In history, Greece and Yugoslavia also had territorial disputes, which is the so-called Slavic area of ​​Macedonia, where the Slavs lived in large numbers. As a military strongman, Tito coveted that area.

Of course, as Molotov said, the ambitions of the Yugoslavs are indeed great. Tito's ambition is to unite all the areas where the Yugoslavs settled into one country. Therefore, he not only covets Macedonia in Greece In the region, Carinthia in southern Austria and Trieste in Italy are still coveted.

At present, the Yugoslav army has occupied the Trieste area, and it is very unhappy with the Allied forces that have captured Italy, which is also one of Moscow's dissatisfaction.

"The history of the Balkans is very complicated." At this time, Comrade Stalin apparently also read the documents at hand. He handed the documents to Victor and said, "Since the Yugoslavs are going to make waves there, they will do it. "

Victor eagerly took over the document. He didn't even pay attention to what Comrade Stalin said next, so he couldn't wait to read the contents of the document.

The document does belong to the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and was sent back by Athens, and the main content of it is the **** incident that took place in Athens yesterday.

As I said before, in the current Greece, the Greek provisional government headed by George II has no prestige at all. In the past, before the Germans retreated, there was still a Greek National Democratic League that stood by the British On the one hand, it supports the government in exile far away in Egypt. However, just as the Greek National Liberation Front repelled the Germans, this so-called Democratic Alliance was also wiped out by the Liberation Front. To put it bluntly, it was too weak.

The provisional government they supported could not grasp the situation in Greece, and the British seemed a little anxious. Therefore, they proposed a negotiation content to the National Liberation Front not long ago, demanding that the issue of military leadership be resolved, and that all Greek military commanding power should be It belongs to the interim government, not the National Liberation Front.

However, this proposal of the British was rejected by the National Liberation Front, so they instead issued an order in the name of the provisional government, requiring the Greek People's Liberation Army to lay down its arms and return to the fields.

This order naturally triggered a backlash from the National Liberation Front. At the same time, it was also opposed by the Greeks. Therefore, just yesterday, a demonstration of hundreds of thousands of people broke out in Athens.