Struggle in Soviet Russia

Years of war not only brought huge economic losses and casualties to the alliance, but also brought a series of problems for the alliance. These problems not only included economic issues, but also social aspects. The problem.

The so-called social issues include many aspects, such as the issue of war orphans, the issue of ethnic minority rebellions, the issue of the placement of disabled soldiers, etc. Among many social issues, they are related to the National Security People’s Committee. In addition to the issue of rebellion, there is another issue that cannot be ignored, and that is the issue of riots that arise under the instigation of people with ulterior motives.

In the office, Victor looked at a report that Sophia had brought him, and his frowned brows were almost twisted into circles.

The report involved a collective farm riot that broke out in Ryazan yesterday. The cause of this riot was that some people spread that Moscow was planning to cancel the collective farm’s self-cultivation land and its own economy, and this caused dissatisfaction among farmers.

Yes, in the previous meetings of the People’s Committee of the People’s Committee for National Defense in Moscow and related meetings of the People’s Committee, some people indeed suggested that the self-cultivation and self-owned economic components of collective farms should be abolished, even Comrade Kaganovich. Some Politburo members also support this kind of proposal.

However, one thing must be certain is that such a proposal did not finally win the approval of the majority, and the relevant resolutions were not finally issued. Even in Ukraine, in the process of rebuilding collective farms, self-cultivation land and self-owned economy were also preserved. Down, it has not been cancelled.

The riot that broke out in Ryazan involved six collective farms. More than 300 farm members participated in the riot. These people did not simply resort to sabotage and strike to express their dissatisfaction. They also took further measures to destroy the farms. More violent methods such as machinery and equipment and burning warehouses have caused huge losses to the collective properties of collective farms.

According to the report, the riot lasted only half a day from the outbreak to the end. The Civil Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs took decisive measures to quickly put out the riot. After all, Ryazan was too close to Moscow. It is impossible for the Ministry to make the situation there turbulent.

But although the riots subsided, the real problem has not been resolved.

Although he has only accepted the work of the Internal Intelligence Agency, the Counterintelligence Agency, and the Ideological Defense Agency, Victor still has a certain understanding of the new work situation.

As mentioned before, the war brought various problems to the alliance. As the battlefield progressed, many of the contradictions that were originally covered up in the alliance society were also exposed little by little. Those reactionary forces also began to sink. Arise.

Looking at the situation in the past three months in total, riots similar to those in Ryazan are not a special phenomenon within the alliance. On the contrary, in the most recent stage, similar things have happened frequently, and most of the causes are It was triggered by various types of rumors and quickly deteriorated under the manipulation of caring people.

Rumors come in various forms, but most of them are specious. The people who spread the rumors are very clever. Some of the rumors they spread are always true, which makes people feel credible when they hear it, but some are false. The part of the content that arouses people's dissatisfaction is always false.

Victor believes that behind these rumors, there are always some "wishful people" hidden. Of course, these people may be organized or unorganized, and some people don't even hold on when spreading the rumors. For political purposes, they are just venting, expressing their dissatisfaction, or simply out of vanity.

But no matter which type it is, in Victor's view, it should be the target of all ideological defense bureaus, because those who spread rumors and cause certain riots are posing a threat to the security situation of the alliance.

Taking into account the complexity of the current situation, Victor believes that it is necessary for the NKVD to cooperate with the NKVD to crack down on illegal activities that spread rumors and launch an all-union operation. The purpose of this is, on the one hand, to combat such unhealthy trends, on the other hand, it is also to remind the citizens of the alliance that it is also illegal to spread rumors.

In addition, in this joint operation, the Ideological Security Bureau should also do a detailed investigation to find out whether there are political attempts behind the rumors. If there is, it is a case of another nature. .

Although his contact with internal intelligence and counterintelligence did not last long, Victor still felt a different kind of pressure from when he was in charge of external intelligence.

When he was in charge of foreign intelligence work, to be honest, Victor did not feel that much pressure. This was mainly because when he accepted the work of the foreign intelligence bureau, the work of the foreign intelligence bureau was originally unsatisfactory. Work on a relatively low basis.

Although this kind of start is more difficult, relatively speaking, the pressure will be much less. After all, as long as he can achieve a certain result, he will be recognized from the upper level, which is like a dip in the stock market.

However, the work of the Internal Intelligence Bureau and the Counter-Intelligence Bureau is different. The work of the three departments has already established a certain foundation. In the past two years or so, Eitingo has achieved certain results. They are fighting In the work of the German Intelligence Network, it was very successful.

On this basis, after Victor has taken over the work in this area, he must achieve better results in order to satisfy the people above.

In addition, the foreign intelligence work is outside the alliance after all, even if it suffers a certain loss, it will not have much impact on the alliance. In other words, Victor still has room for salvation, or even concealment.

But the internal work is different. Just like the riots in Ryazan, the city is less than 200 kilometers away from Moscow. What happened there? In less than half an hour, Moscow will be able to understand. specific sitiuation.

There is one difference between the work of the NKVD and the NKVD, that is, the upper-level requirements for their ability to handle crises are different: for the NKVD, the upper-level requirements are that after a crisis occurs, it can be quickly quelled. This is the performance of due diligence. As for the requirements of the National Security People’s Committee, the crisis should be quelled before it occurs. Otherwise, what should it do with the Internal Intelligence Agency? Does the counterintelligence bureau have to wait for the local spies to spread the information before it can catch the other party? Does the ideological defense bureau have to wait until the regime is overturned to know where the problem is?

Therefore, if foreign intelligence work is a spear, then internal intelligence and counter-intelligence work is a shield. If the NKVD is to deal with crises, then the NKVD is to prevent crises, and the requirements are different. , Which leads to a difference in the nature of work, and at the same time, a difference in pressure.

So, how can we do a good job in internal intelligence, anti-intelligence, and ideological defense? Victor believes that similar to the methods of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, a network must also be formed, a network that can cover the entire alliance.

In the past two years or so, the External Intelligence Bureau under Victor has cast nets, similar to fishing nets, and internal intelligence is also a net, but it is a defensive net similar to a spider web.

Fortunately, during the period when Aitingo presided over the internal intelligence work, he did a lot of work in the development of informants. For now, it is only subordinate to the internal intelligence bureau. There are nearly 200,000 informants of all kinds.

However, due to the war, the flow of personnel within the alliance is relatively large, so the informant system of the internal intelligence bureau is also very unstable. There are nearly 200,000 informants, how many can still be effectively grasped now, Victor also not sure.

Another point is that when Eitingo presided over internal intelligence work, he only had close ties with Fijing. Therefore, the internal intelligence agency was closely related to the Anti-Intelligence Agency in its daily work, but it was closely related to the ideological defense agency. There is a lack of interaction.

Therefore, Victor believes that the focus of his next work is to re-run the informant system of the Internal Intelligence Bureau to determine which informants are still valid and which informants have lost contact or even lost.

In addition, the work of strengthening the links between the three departments and forming a joint meeting must also be put on the agenda this morning.

Victor hopes that in the process of dealing with these tasks, the existing personnel of the three departments, especially the cadres, can be clearly observed. For those who are available, regardless of their position or faction, Victor does not mind leaving them behind. Use, as for the incompetent—he never liked the incompetent.

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Entering August of 44, not only the Soviet Union, but the entire world pattern seems to be undergoing subtle changes. Some things are still operating on the track of Victor’s previous life, while some things are quietly changing. .

On the last Thursday of August, the Polish 1st Army, which was part of the Belarusian 1st Front Army, launched a tentative offensive on the west bank of the Vistula. Subsequently, Rokosov, the commander of the Belarusian 1st Front Comrade Ski submitted a report to the People’s Committee of National Defense, voluntarily requesting the removal of the Belarusian First Front.

After three days of discussion and consultation with Comrade Rokosovsky himself, Comrade Zhukov took over the command of the front army, and Comrade Rokosovsky and his field commander organization were Transferred to Romania.