Struggle in Soviet Russia

Today, Comrade Stalin's mood is obviously very good, and on the issue of the Palestinian area, his opinions are basically consistent with the decisions of the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs, including Comrade Molotov. Most importantly, Victor's views And suggestions are also consistent with them, which makes Victor want to express some more personal opinions and views on this issue.

Fortunately, he finally held back. Indeed, the memory of past lives gave Victor a lot of forward-looking views and perspectives on the Palestinian issue, so he knew very well how difficult the Palestinian issue was, and the war between Jews and Arabs was still alive at the time of his rebirth. It continued, and the smoke showed no sign of dissipating.

In addition, he understands that the main reason why Comrade Stalin is so happy today. If nothing else, the happiness of the leaders should come from Washington's win over Moscow. The most important thing is that the purpose of Washington's win over Moscow this time is to restrict British.

As a result, the core power circle in Moscow, including Comrade Stalin, may have an illusion that the contradiction between the United Kingdom and the United States will intensify in the future, thus creating a certain degree of relaxation for the US-Soviet relationship. Conditions - Moscow has always held such a mentality that as long as it can maintain stable diplomatic relations with the Americans, it will do everything possible to strive for it, but the reality is that this possibility does not exist at all, and the reality that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers will Tell everyone that the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union can only gradually move towards confrontation, unless one side is completely suppressed.

Throughout the modern history of mankind, the emergence of every global hegemony means the decline of another former global hegemon. The former Spain, Portugal, and even the Netherlands, and the soon-to-be-appeared United Kingdom, are all like this. The most important thing is Yes, from a probabilistic point of view, every time the world's hegemony is updated, it is often mixed with wars. The previous World War I and the just past World War II all came from this.

Of course, the situation between the U.S. and the U.K. is a bit special. The biggest peculiarity is that no one expected that the British would admit their counsel so quickly, and they would be so thorough, but in just a few years, London gave up After regaining its former world hegemony, he willingly bent down and became a hawk dog for Washington. Of course, according to the British, he established a special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.

Of course, there are multiple reasons for the rapid retreat of the British. Among them, there are naturally the reasons for the rapid decline of their own strength due to the influence of the war, the reasons for the rise of national independence movements around the world, and the pressure from the Soviet Union. , the reason why it had to choose the Americans as its backers, and the factors influenced by the Soviet Union accounted for a high proportion of them.

The reality is that Britain's comprehensive national strength has been greatly weakened during the First World War. Therefore, its diplomatic strategy after the First World War is actually to maintain its colonial and traditional spheres of influence while maintaining its The main hegemony in continental Europe, for which the British at the time chose to ally with France and excluded the Americans from the League of Nations. As for the main opponents of the British in Europe, they were still Soviet Russia and Germany. They had been trying to instigate the Germans to attack Soviet Russia, and they had to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. As a result, this conspiracy finally collapsed, and they played their own game. half dead.

Today, with the end of World War II, the overall strategy of the British is actually no different from that before the war. What they want is to continue to exclude the Americans from the European continent while maintaining the original colonies and traditional spheres of influence, and to suppress Soviet Russia, to ensure its hegemony in Europe.

London has not yet realized that the actual situation after World War II is completely different from the situation after World War I. Their small arms and calves can not only hold the status of world hegemons, but also the status of European hegemons. In the position of world hegemony, the British are not only facing the challenge of the Americans, but also the threat of the Soviet Union, and in the position of European hegemony, Moscow will never be used to them. Therefore, recently, with the As Moscow's stance on Greece, Austria and Yugoslavia has grown tougher, it has become more and more apparent that London is feeling its powerlessness.

Victor believes that as Moscow becomes more and more assertive in its stance towards the British, London's perception of its own strength and status will quickly merge with reality, and they will recognize a reality that this world, this Europe, has It's not up to the British to decide. If they don't want to face the steel torrent of millions of the alliance and the hugely destructive atomic bomb, they must find a backer that can pose a threat to the Soviet Union, and this backer can only be the United States. .

In other words, compared to the previous life, the United Kingdom and the United States moved closer together more rapidly. In fact, it was mainly determined by the external position of the Soviet Union. It must be recognized that, compared with the same historical period in Victor's previous life, the Soviet Union is now facing many external issues. In the eyes of Washington and London, Comrade Stalin and the Red Empire under his leadership are undoubtedly more violent and more threatening, and all these changes actually come from a The change, that is, the Soviet Union's own nuclear weapons appeared four years earlier. The direct consequence of this is that although Moscow is reluctant to have a direct conflict with the Americans, it is not too worried about the emergence of a conflict, because the Soviet Red Army already has super weapons to restrict the Americans.

The alliance's tough attitude on Austria, Yugoslavia and Greece, its aggressive attitude in the Far East, and its irritability and harshness in dealing with the Turkish issue actually all came from this confidence. It can be seen why the first generation of Chinese leaders Even if you tighten your belt, you have to get your own nuclear weapons, because this thing is indeed a symbol of national status and strength, and it can really scare people.

Therefore, the current historical process is actually different from the history that Victor was familiar with in his previous life, and the views or positions he expounded based on the memory of his previous life are not necessarily accurate. It is also because of this that he did not continue to say more on the issue of the Palestinian area.

In addition, Comrade Stalin mentioned the work of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. After all, Viktor is no longer the chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security. It is not good for him to continue to talk about this sensitive department, lest he will be like Comrade Beria in the future. Comrade Stalin suspicion.

"Any ideas about the work of the Secretariat?" After waiting for a while, seeing that Victor didn't intend to continue talking about the Palestinian issue, Comrade Stalin nodded, changed the subject, and asked.

"I just received the notice, and I wasn't prepared," Victor said, spreading his hands with a wry smile on his face, "You know, before I hurried to Moscow, I was still inspecting the snowstorm in the Valaam archipelago. For me, this appointment is too sudden, and I have no experience in the work of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat..."

"No one is born with experience in a certain job. Did you have experience in foreign intelligence work when you were transferred from the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs to the People's Commissariat of State Security?" Comrade Stalin waved his hand and interrupted. said his words.

Well, it's a fact, Victor has nothing to say.

"So, rich experience is also cultivated in specific work," Comrade Stalin continued. "The key point is, what is your attitude towards work, whether you are more serious or more careless."

Leaning over to the coffee table, Comrade Stalin reached out and took the unpacked pack of cigarettes on the table and threw it directly in front of Victor, saying, "As for the work in Karelia, you can let go moderately. Give more things to your assistant, to Comrade Verolainen."

After a pause, he added: "At the previous Central Committee meeting, a final resolution was passed on the Karelia-Finland issue, and the vast majority of comrades agreed that the card should be revoked. The setting of the Reliant-Finnish Soviet Republic, the reconstruction of the Karelian Soviet Republic, after all, the existence of Karelia-Finland is a very unfriendly hint to Helsinki, which is not good for the development of Soviet-Finnish relations. "

Victor was a little dumbfounded. He really didn't get any news about this matter before, and Malenkov and Beria didn't let him through at all.

What is this called? Giving him the position of director of the secretariat of the Central Secretariat, and then turning his head and slapping him as the first secretary of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic, did he choose sesame seeds and lose watermelons? Also, how long has he been in Karelia? It has been less than half a year, and now not only has the official lost, but even the entire republic has been lost.

However, just as this feeling of loss rose up in Victor's mind, it was quickly suppressed by him, because he understood one thing, that is, Comrade Stalin's trust in him has not weakened, so he did not directly His main job does not give him a reason to arrange a new job.

In addition, even if Comrade Stalin really wants to slap him, it is impossible to abolish a republic specifically for this purpose, then he looks down on himself too much. Frankly speaking, if Comrade Stalin wanted to remove him from his post, would he still use such a big circle? As long as this comrade leader reveals a little bit of rumors, it is estimated that piles of people will rush forward and tear this young man to pieces.