Struggle in Soviet Russia

A fortress is always the easiest to break from the inside, this is a well-known saying.

With the alliance's influence on the United States, it would be foolish to use normal diplomatic means to remove a hardliner like MacArthur from the Far East. On the contrary, the more the alliance questioned MacArthur's status in the Far East, this pretended The more stable the position of persecutors is, which is determined by the current anti-Soviet atmosphere in the United States. Therefore, if the alliance wants to achieve its goals, it must adopt a roundabout strategy.

Framing and framing, creating something out of nothing. It is indeed disgraceful for a country to deal with a specific person in such a way, and it can even be said to be despicable. Purpose is the key. At the national level, the only distinction between positive and negative words is success and failure.

This framing operation against MacArthur himself was planned and executed by Comrade Riasnoy himself. To be honest, his performance this time surprised Victor. From the perspective of future generations, intelligence agencies planning such an operation is obviously not amazing, it can only be said to be a routine operation. After all, in the era before Victor's rebirth, the intelligence agencies of the world's major countries have no bottom line. It can be said.

However, in the current year, it is rare in the work of foreign intelligence agencies to consider the use of public opinion to achieve certain political goals. Since Comrade Riasnoy can think of taking advantage of this, At least two points can be explained: first, he has a full understanding of the importance of public opinion in countries such as the United States, and second, he has a certain understanding of how to manipulate public opinion. These two points are very important for a foreign intelligence worker. Victor thinks it is necessary for him to speak well for Comrade Riasnoy in front of Comrade Stalin and give him more opportunities to express himself.

Open the second document, which is the latest intelligence obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service from Tokyo, which involves the secret trip of the US Deputy Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Tokyo to meet with MacArthur.

At present, the foreign intelligence bureau has not penetrated deeply into the Allied General Command in Japan. In addition, the meeting between Addison and MacArthur was carried out with only two people alone. Therefore, they talked in detail. What, the Foreign Intelligence Service did not get any further information. However, considering that Addison's trip to Japan was on the "Sacred Cow", it is very likely that he went there as the presidential envoy, directly representing Truman's will.

The so-called "Holy Cow" is actually the name given by the American media. It is a Douglas C-54 four-engine screw. The previous owner of this plane was the deceased President Roosevelt, and the current owner It's Truman, to put it bluntly, it's an Air Force One.

Addison's identity is the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States, which is equivalent to the Vice Premier of the State Council. According to American habits, when the President himself is not convenient to travel, and the senior officer in charge of state affairs needs to travel on his behalf as the President's special envoy, generally Under the circumstances, the Deputy Secretary of State can also do it for you, but the White House should not arrange for the President's special plane to pick up. The one who can really enjoy this kind of treatment should be the Secretary of State, and the current US Secretary of State is James Burns who just returned to Washington from Moscow not long ago.

Before that, James Burns came to Moscow to attend the meeting. As President, Truman did not arrange his own special plane to travel, but this time when Addison went to Japan, Truman made such an arrangement. According to this, the Foreign Intelligence Service Intelligence analysts believe that there must be some kind of major conflict between US President Truman and James Burns, who is Secretary of State. , because the possibility that Americans may replace the secretary of state cannot be ruled out in the near future.

As the current Secretary of State of the United States, James Burns is an old acquaintance of the Soviet people. Victor alone has met him many times, whether during the Yalta Conference or the Potsdam Conference, this person is one of the United States. Important representative, and Qi, in the past few years, the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs has also been dealing with this person frequently, because they are very familiar with each other and understand each other's temperament, so although Burns' attitude on many issues is inconsistent He is tough and speaks very directly, but the Deputy People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs of the People's Committee of Foreign Affairs are still very happy to deal with this old acquaintance.

But if Burns loses his position as secretary of state, or is even forced to resign from Truman's administration, then his role will be replaced by someone else, and at that time, the foreign affairs department of the alliance will have to deal with the new secretary of state again. , that is not very beneficial for diplomatic work. The most important thing is that the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union is relatively tense, and the construction of the post-war world pattern is also in a sensitive period. The Americans choose to replace the Secretary of State at this time. Extremely important government role, really not very wise.

To put it bluntly, after the end of the war, the main theme of the world pattern in the recent period is the struggle between the three countries of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. All three countries want to fight for their own rights as much as possible, and all want to suppress the influence of each other. , to this end, even at the risk of threatening each other with another outbreak of war. But this kind of threat only stays in diplomatic rhetoric or verbal hints after all. While the three parties are fighting each other, they are also maintaining restraint as much as possible to maintain a situation where the fight is not broken. After all, the war that has just ended The Three Kingdoms have all paid a heavy price, and a brand new war is by no means a consequence that the Three Kingdoms can easily accept.

If Burns's role as Secretary of State does not change, for British and Soviet diplomats, they are more at ease when dealing with each other, because everyone is too familiar with each other and knows how the other party behaves. In bluffing, under what circumstances there is no way out. And once there is a new person, and everyone is not familiar with each other, it is not so easy and accurate to figure out each other again.

And this is the most fundamental reason why intelligence officers have made recommendations to prejudge candidates for the US secretary of state.

After a rough look at the document, Victor thought about it carefully. Judging from the information provided by this information, the best candidate for the new US Secretary of State would undoubtedly be Acheson, and this is not just because of this person. Trusted by Truman, at the same time, because of his long-term dealings with the Alliance and the United Kingdom - for the current alliance, the focus of diplomacy is undoubtedly the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States, the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, and vice versa. Said that the focus of foreign relations is also Soviet-American relations and British-American relations. In this case, the candidate for Secretary of State, of course, must choose someone who is familiar with both countries.

Take a look at Acheson's resume. Since 1941, he has entered the US State Department as Assistant Secretary of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs. During this period, he participated in the formulation of the aid bill and had close contacts with representatives of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. , Molotov, Litvinov, Vyshinsky, and Gromyko in the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Union now have good personal friendships with Acheson. And these are the advantages of Acheson as the new US Secretary of State.

Coupled with the treatment he received when he went to Japan this time, and the pick-up and drop-off by the president's special plane, this is obviously a symptom.

But as a rebirth, Victor is very clear that the current US Secretary of State should have nothing to do with Mr. Acheson. The one who really succeeded Burns as the new US Secretary of State has been serving in the military. The five-star general George Marshall.

Of course, Mr. Marshall is also an "old friend" of the alliance. He is still in China at the moment, mediating the conflicts between the Chinese Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but Victor knew that Truman was very patient, and he would wait until Marshall returned to China. Throw the Secretary of State job on him.

For the Alliance, Marshall's appointment as US Secretary of State may not be good news, because although this person has never shown strong anti-communist sentiment, his identity as an anti-communist cannot be concealed from anyone. of.

Victor considered that when he returned to the Kremlin to report to Comrade Stalin later, the other party would definitely ask questions about the new US Secretary of State. Then, should he keep silent and agree with the prediction of the intelligence agencies, or drop the name Marshall? What about going out?

Perhaps, I can throw out the option of Marshall, but I don’t need to answer too affirmatively, just list it as an alternative. For example, I can say that Acheson is the most likely to become the Secretary of State of the United States. There is also a certain possibility for these people in the South.

With this in mind, Victor put down the document in his hand and picked up the next one.

At this time, the car had already entered the Red Square, perhaps because of the shock absorption of the car, the body was slightly bumpy.

Varenka, who was in charge of driving, looked at the rear-view mirror and saw that Victor had just put down a document and the newly picked up document had not been opened, so he took the opportunity to say: "Chairman, did you go to the equipment department later? Make a phone call and apply for a new car? The shock absorber of this car is faulty. I sent it to the department for repairs before, but they said that it may take a month to complete the procedure, so it is better to go to the equipment apply for a new one."

Victor stopped flipping through the documents, looked up at Varenka, and asked curiously, "It takes a month to apply for repairs? Why?"