Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Orphan" is the code name used by a senior spy lurking in London by the National Security People’s Committee. Of course, there are many other code names used by this person, such as "Weize", "Sterter", and "Stuart". "Gomel" and so on, but once he activated the code name "orphan", it meant that he had encountered a serious emergency that directly threatened his safety.

The spy, the entire National Security People’s Committee including Victor, and even Comrade Stalin, paid great attention to this spy. To put it like a joke, Moscow would rather sacrifice the entire London Intelligence Station than Willing to abandon the spy network where this spy is located.

That’s right, this spy is Donald McLean, one of the most famous “Cambridge Five Masters” in later generations. Even in Victor’s previous life, he was familiar with this person’s past. After all, the so-called “Cambridge Five Masters” is The best proof that the Soviets played the British in their hands on the intelligence front.

McLean’s value to the alliance is not comparable to that of Sorge, the so-called first spy of later generations. Therefore, no matter who sits as the chairman of the National Security People’s Committee, he will not be allowed to have any accidents. Anyone who has a problem with the senior spy's duties must be held responsible.

It is precisely because of this that Victor attaches such importance to this document.

The content of the file is very simple. After all, the simpler the content of such critical information transmission, the better.

However, although the content in the file is not much, it still uses the secret language method. Except for the code at the beginning, the remaining Russian letters are roughly: Frederick has bought a ticket to Istanbul, but I heard that there is The weather is not very good, and I am worried that the plane will not take off normally. Therefore, I hope my cousin Magert will pay more attention to the weather.

Going through the contents of the file, Victor frowned and sat back at his desk. He placed the file on the table. Then he took out a leaflet with a green cover from the drawer where the key was previously placed, and then looked at it. Turn the date on the document to one of the pages, and translate the hidden content in this document one by one.

In just six or seven minutes, Victor translated the content of the document. The meaning was that there was a man named Constantine in the Istanbul consulate preparing to defect. This man is in close contact with British intelligence personnel and may abscond at any time. Please take immediate measures in Moscow.

After reading the translated content, Victor ignored Laptev who was standing opposite. He directly took the red phone on the table, shook the handle, and prepared to contact Comrade Stalin directly.

Victor didn't know if there was such a person named Constantine in the Istanbul consulate, and if so, he didn't know if the person mentioned in the document was the person mentioned in the document.

Yes, there is a possibility that the guy who tried to defect has used aliases or even fake names in the process of contacting the British, sometimes even using the same name, in other words In other words, no one can say whether this information from the UK is 100% accurate.

The bigger one is now that there should indeed be someone trying to defect in the Istanbul consulate, and he is indeed in contact with British intelligence personnel, but it is not guaranteed if he is called Constantine.

For the sake of safety, the best way now is to strengthen the control of the entire Istanbul consulate. Before the defector is found, anyone is forbidden to leave the consulate. To do this, Victor needs authorization from his superiors. After all, that It is the chassis of the People's Committee of Foreign Affairs-from this point of view, we know how correct Petrov's proposal is. The intelligence department does need more authority.

Comrade Stalin’s special line was quickly connected, but the person who answered the call was not Comrade Stalin himself, but Comrade Poskrebeshev. If nothing else, it would be estimated that Comrade Stalin was still sleeping.

"Comrade Poskrebeshev, I must talk to Comrade Stalin," Victor said straightforwardly without too much politeness. "Some of our friends in London are facing risks. Some urgent decisions need to be made by Comrade Stalin himself. Decide."

"Are you sure? Comrade Victor." Boskrebeshev didn't say much, he just asked in a cautious tone.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure," Victor replied calmly.

"Well, wait a minute," Poskrebeshev confessed on the phone, and then the receiver fell silent.

About six or seven minutes later, there was a noise in the earpiece. Someone should have picked up the opposite earpiece. Then, Comrade Stalin’s voice came in vaguely: "I'm awake, Victor, tell me, What happened in London?"

"We have received urgent information from the'orphan'," Victor said. "There may be someone in the Istanbul consulate who is preparing to defect. This person has certain intelligence information in his hands. To the London intelligence station, especially to our friends. , The threat is great. Comrade Stalin, we must take measures."

"What are you going to do?" Comrade Stalin asked in silence for a while.

"I think Comrade Vinogradov should be notified immediately to conduct a secret investigation of the consulate in Istanbul, first to find out who is not in the consulate," Victor said without hesitation, "then try to find out the whereabouts of these people, and at the same time, Strictly monitor the personnel in the museum and strictly prohibit anyone from going out privately."

Vinogradov is the current Soviet ambassador to Turkey, but the embassy is in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul. Victor doesn't know who the consul is.

The reason why Victor did not propose to directly close the consulate in Istanbul was mainly because he was worried that the defector was not in the consulate now. At the same time, he was also worried that the matter would be too big and it might cause unnecessary trouble.

In fact, since June, the relationship between Moscow and Ankara is getting worse and worse. The main reason is that with the opening of the second European battlefield, Britain and the United States have given Turkey an ultimatum, forcing Turkey to formally sever diplomatic relations with Germany. The head joined the camp of the Allies.

In the view of the Soviet Union, such an approach is tantamount to a betrayal of the Soviet Union, because in the past three years of wars, Turkey has always troubled the Soviet Union. Now the Germans are about to lose the battle, and it is time to liquidate the losers. It's time, what happened, but Turkey chose to set things right at this time?

This is not okay. Moscow still wants to take advantage of the border issues between the two countries, especially the Black Sea issue. This is the best time to force Turkey to make concessions.

In this way, in August, Molotov presented Moscow’s opinion to Turkey’s ambassador to Moscow Sabo: Considering Turkey’s hostile attitude towards the Soviet Union during the past three years of war, the Soviet Union and Turkey signed the agreement in 1925. The Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality had to be re-signed. Turkey should allow the Soviet Union to establish military bases in the Bosphorus Strait. The strait, which serves as the entrance to the Black Sea, should be jointly managed by the Soviet Union and Turkey. In addition, Turkey should ceding Kars-Arda Khan to the Soviet Union.

As a result, the relationship between the two parties collapsed in an instant, which can be regarded as adding extraneous difficulties to this matter.

Therefore, Victor’s idea is to take covert actions first to control all the people in the embassy, ​​and then find the potential defector. In this process, it is best not to leak any news.

"Make arrangements according to your ideas," Comrade Stalin said after a silence for half a minute on the other end of the phone, "You must do your job well, without any omissions. In addition, when the matter is over, come to the Kremlin immediately. ."

"Then, the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs..." Victor asked tentatively.

"I'll call Vyacheslav," Comrade Stalin said, then asked, "Any other questions?"

"Nothing, Comrade Stalin," Victor said hastily.

Afterwards, without listening to the phone to say goodbye, Comrade Stalin hung up the phone, guessing that he would not be in a good mood.

In any country in this world, traitors will inevitably appear, either for greed of vanity, for a change of living environment, or for asylum. In short, such people are indispensable at all times. For a national security organization like the National Security People’s Committee, the traitor is the target they want to target. No matter what the other party has, killing him is the ultimate solution.

Because he didn’t know who the potential defector was, Victor could not directly use the people from the Consulate of the People’s Committee of National Security in Istanbul. After all, no one could say whether the person he could contact was exactly the defector. By.

Don't think that the members of the National Security People's Committee are all loyal, and that the defections of intelligence personnel are the most terrible.

Since people from the consulate can’t be used, they can only mobilize people from the Istanbul Intelligence Station. Fortunately, the Foreign Intelligence Service’s Istanbul Intelligence Station has developed relatively fast in the past two years and has sufficient manpower. Otherwise, it’s really not good today. Do it.

After assigning the corresponding tasks, Victor also got a list of the personnel of the Istanbul consulate, and in this list, he saw a name called Constantine at first sight: Konstantin Volkov, this person Not only the deputy consul of the Istanbul consulate, but also an intelligence officer under the National Security People’s Committee.

After figuring out the identity of this person, Victor almost scolded his mother, his most worried thing finally appeared.