Struggle in Soviet Russia

Hearing Sophia say this, Victor couldn't help frowning. He looked down at the document in his hand. The black document envelope did indeed have the special seal of the People's Commissariat of National Security. The time of the People's Commissariat was different. I guess it was Comrade Ogoltsov who made some adjustments in this regard after he took office.

Seeing his frowning brows, Sophia smiled and said, "This was specially arranged by Comrade Ogoltsov, and it has nothing to do with me."

In the past period of time, although he has been transferred from the National Security People's Commissariat, Victor and Sophia have always maintained close contact with the Committee, but Victor has never supported Sophia's excessive attention to the Committee's affairs. I don't even want her to have anything to do with Comrade Ogoltsov.

After listening to Sophia's explanation, Victor's frowned frowned, he nodded, and went straight into the room.

Compared with the residence in Moscow, Viktor's residence in Petrozavodsk is undoubtedly much more primitive, which can be seen from the furnishings in the room. Of course, as far as Victor himself is concerned, he does not value these.

For today's Victor, his career is on the rise, and he won't be working in Karelia for too long. The simple pursuit of quality of life and enjoyment is no longer something that cadres like him will consider.

This wooden building is not very spacious. On the first floor, there is only a living room, a kitchen, and a very narrow stairwell, while the upstairs room has only three bedrooms, one of which has been converted into Victor's exclusive use. study.

Taking the documents into the living room, with Sophia's help, he took off his coat. Victor took out the contents of the document bag and walked into the living room.

Inside the bag were two documents, one was a letter and the other was a roster.

Victor simply flipped through the roster and found that the names registered on the roster belonged to 147 Germans. He only looked at the names of a few people and knew what happened to the people on the roster. .

During the Soviet army's advance towards Berlin and the subsequent occupation of Germany, the People's Commissariat of State Security, the special committees of the People's Commissariat, and the military management units arrested a large number of experts in various fields in Germany and its servant countries. scientific research workers, and transported them to the alliance, allowing them to serve the construction of the alliance. The list listed on this list is a part of the German experts.

Looking at the list, Victor walked over to the sofa in the living room and sat down. After leaning his entire back into the back of the sofa, he put the list aside and took the letter over to read it.

The letter was written to him by Comrade Ogolitsov himself, and it began with "Dear Comrade Viktor Viktorovich".

Viktor also didn't know why Ogoltsov wrote him this letter. He read the letter with a hint of doubt, and only then did he understand the purpose of Ogoltsov writing this letter to him.

In this letter written by Comrade Ogolicsov, one thing is mentioned, that is, the Secretariat of the Central Committee has launched a comprehensive rectification and investigation of the People's Commissariat of State Security since last week. This work is carried out by Comrade Kuznetsov personally took charge.

After Victor was transferred from the post of Chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security, Comrade Stalin obviously lacked confidence in the newly appointed Comrade Ogolitsov. Therefore, the Central Secretariat, which was specially responsible for national security work, was vacant for more than four years. Finally, someone took the post of secretary, that is, Comrade Kuznetsov.

When Viktor was in charge of the People's Commissariat of State Security, his chairman was directly responsible to Comrade Stalin, and Comrade Stalin only passively listened to his reports, but never directly intervened in the specific work of the People's Commissariat of State Security. The main reason is that Comrade Stalin had enough confidence in Victor. After Comrade Ogoltsov took over this position, Comrade Stalin did not have enough confidence in him. Therefore, someone needed to supervise the specific work of the People's Commissariat of State Security. Therefore, Comrade Kuznetsov's Central Secretary The office of secretary was finally fulfilled.

Comrade Kuznetsov at the beginning of taking office, of course, had to burn three fires, and the first fire was directly burned on the head of the People's Commissariat of State Security. As far as Victor knew, this Comrade Secretary of the Secretariat , The People's Commissariat of State Security on the Boulevard has been working for some time recently, and Comrade Ogolicsov, the chairman of the Committee, seems to have been emptied by him.

Of course, this state of affairs is only temporary, and Comrade Kuznetsov cannot be staring at the People's Commissariat of State Security all the time, but even so, Comrade Ogolitsov's life is not easy.

In the letter, Comrade Ogolitsov mentioned one thing. Comrade Kuznetsov inquired about the work of several technical departments of the People's Commissariat of State Security and put forward some of his opinions.

When Viktor was in charge of the National Security People's Commissariat, in addition to the fixed ministries and bureaus, a series of technical research and development departments were established. These departments were established in cooperation with the Soviet Academy of Sciences and other institutions, including participating The technical departments of rocket technology, nuclear projects, electronic technology, computer technology, drug research and development, etc., and the experts who were sent from Germany at the beginning were also dispersed into these departments.

Previously, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these German experts, the People's Commissariat of National Security had signed relevant agreements with them. Take the German experts in the nuclear weapons research and development project as an example. According to the agreement signed at the beginning, once the nuclear weapons of the alliance are successfully developed, These Germans will be released, they will be restored to their personal freedom, and then they can choose to stay in the Union or return to Germany.

However, although the coalition's nuclear weapons test has been successful, those German experts who participated in the project are still being detained, and the People's Commissariat for National Security has no intention of returning them to Germany. The reason for this is that Because the league also needs to keep certain aspects of the trial private.

However, Comrade Kuznetsov obviously has completely different opinions on this issue. He not only strongly advocated that the People's Commissariat of State Security should keep its promise to release those German experts involved in nuclear weapons research and development projects, but even advocated that more German experts be released. German experts, he even suggested that some German prisoners of war held in prison camps should be released back.

At first glance, Comrade Kuznetsov's suggestion may be difficult to understand, but in fact, from his standpoint, it is not surprising that he made such a statement.

Comrade Kuznetsov is, after all, one of the core members of the Leningrad faction, and the Leningrad faction is more outward-looking and tolerant in terms of political stance. inconsistent views.

As mentioned before, after the end of the Great Patriotic War, there were two very different views on the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States: one believed that the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States would continue to be friendly, and the other believed that the Soviet Union and the United States would continue to maintain friendly relations. The United States will enter a state of confrontation. On this issue, the Leningrad faction basically agrees with the first point of view, which is also the fundamental starting point of Comrade Zhdanov and Comrade Voznesensky for giving priority to the development of agriculture and light industry—the relaxation of the international situation It is not as tense as it was before the war, so it is no longer appropriate to continue to give priority to heavy industry development.

Yes, if the current mainstream of the alliance is to actively confront the West, then the international relations position of the Leningrad faction is to actively develop friendly relations with Western countries such as Britain and the United States, thereby creating a good external environment for the development of the alliance. .

Some time ago, newspapers in Western countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have been criticizing the alliance for kidnapping German scientists, although the Americans themselves are secretly doing the same thing, and the reason why Comrade Kuznetsov advocated the release of more German experts , the fundamental reason is that it hopes to make a positive gesture to ease the relationship with the United Kingdom and the United States.

Viktor knew very well what Comrade Kuznetsov's starting point was. To a certain extent, he could also understand the other party's point of view, but understanding came to understanding, and whether he could accept it or not is another question.

Sitting on the sofa, Victor read Comrade Ogolitsov's letter carefully, and then he picked up the roster again and read it carefully.

Conrad Zuse, this is the name Victor saw on the fifth column of the roster. He knew this person. At the beginning, he also personally arranged a special operations team to go to Switzerland to bring this person back to the league. of. The reason why so much effort was spent on this person is because this person was a computer expert in Viktor's previous life. He not only invented his own computer, but also designed a computer called "Plankalkul". Programming languages, the consortium's research work in the field of computing, requires such genius.

now what? This person's name is on the roster, and all the people on the roster are Germans whom Comrade Kuznetsov suggested to be released. Victor was a little annoyed. He wondered if Comrade Kuznetsov was responsible. The secretary of the Central Secretariat for national security work, or the secretary of the Secretariat responsible for charity or the work of the Red Cross.

Comrade Ogolitsov said in the letter that Comrade Kuznetsov asked him to release these Germans as soon as possible, and to arrange a train for them to return to Germany and pay them a certain salary, as a member of the People's Commissariat of State Security. Chairman, he raised objections, but not enough to convince Comrade Kuznetsov.