Struggle in Soviet Russia

After all, the People's Commissariat of National Security is a national security department, not a public security department, and of course, not an anti-corruption department, but since the Internal Intelligence Bureau has learned such a piece of information, Victor can't turn a blind eye to it.

Sitting behind the desk, Viktor smoked a cigarette and felt a little swollen in his head, so he called again and asked Varenka to bring him a basin of hot water.

After sucking on his face, taking off his shoes and socks, and soaking his feet in the hot water, Victor returned to focus on the documents in front of him, feeling the comfort of his whole body.

Despite his busy work lately, Viktor is still thinking about where his future is headed.

From the current point of view, whether it is the attitude of the People's Commissariat for National Defense or Comrade Stalin's personal inclination, he, the chairman of the People's Commissariat for National Security, may not be able to serve for too long. Going to change positions.

The alliance implements the rotation system of leading cadres. At least in Comrade Stalin's view, no one should work in a specific post for too long. Of course, the "specific post" mentioned here refers to those Pragmatic position. For example, positions such as the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Agriculture are not the people's commissar of a committee or the secretary of the secretariat.

If anyone is special, there is only one Molotov. He has been in charge of the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs for too long, but his position is also very special.

As he spent more time with Comrade Stalin, Victor also began to speculate on the leader's thoughts. In his opinion, Comrade Stalin attached great importance to the work of the People's Commissariat of State Security. To a certain extent, He values ​​this department more than the NKVD.

It is precisely because of this that Comrade Stalin will never allow a single person to lead the specific work of the committee for a long time. The cadre rotation system must be implemented in this department, otherwise, problems will inevitably arise in the future.

If you consider this issue from another angle, Comrade Stalin's plan to transfer Victor from the People's Commissariat of State Security is actually a kind of love for him. Otherwise, he can always keep Victor in this sensitive position and wait until the future. The national leader of the alliance has changed, and naturally someone will take care of him. By that time, it might not be easy for Victor to get out of his body.

As for now, the conditions are just right. It can be said responsibly that Victor's choice to withdraw from the National Security People's Commissariat at this time is the most suitable and safest for him.

During the war in the past few years, the work of the People's Commissariat of National Security has grown from nothing under the auspices of Victor, from weak to strong. From the beginning, it has to rely on the personnel support of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs to form its own department. , up to now, an extensive intelligence network has been established in dozens of countries and regions around the world. The entire committee has nearly 20 subordinate departments, controlling more than 200,000 informants in all aspects... Wait, wait, no matter how harsh you look at it, you must admit that Victor submitted a very dazzling transcript.

Especially in the foreign intelligence work in the past few years, countless intelligence information has been aggregated to Moscow. The Foreign Intelligence Bureau has not only provided the General Staff with a large amount of accurate information about the actions of the German army, but also provided a large number of research institutions including the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Countless key technical intelligence information, and the value of these intelligence information is immeasurable.

Of course, compared with the huge scale of the People's Commissariat of National Security, the extensive and in-depth intelligence network, and even the various valuable information provided by the intelligence agencies, the operation mode of the Committee itself is the most valuable. That part is also the part where Victor contributed the most.

It can be said responsibly that under the leadership of Victor, the operation mode and work philosophy of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the People’s Commissariat of National Security of the Union are definitely the most advanced in the world today. The layout made will create enough advantages for the alliance in many aspects for a long time to come.

In the construction of the National Security People's Commissariat, Victor has done a lot. The most powerful department of the Committee, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, from top to bottom, including the heads of many foreign intelligence stations, are all under his promotion. Growing up, to a certain extent, the Foreign Intelligence Service is his basic plate, which will not change at least in the next few years.

It would not have been easy for Viktor to come up with this kind of achievement in peacetime, because in the process of building the People's Commissariat for National Security, he would encounter all kinds of intrigue, thus hindering his various kind of effort.

Therefore, Victor's ability to achieve such achievements is equivalent to the light of the war. Without this war, he probably wouldn't be able to do so much.

Now that the war is over, people's attention has begun to shift from external to internal issues. Victor's choice to leave the People's Commissariat for National Security at this time can be seen as a rapid retreat and a choice that is very aware of current affairs.

Judging from Comrade Stalin's work arrangement for him, Victor had a hunch that after he was transferred from the post of Chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security, the next step would probably be to go somewhere to govern the party, and the so-called here The "somewhere" of the country will probably not be a certain state in Russia, but it is likely to be a member republic.

Viktor had such a hunch mainly because Comrade Stalin arranged for him to do the work of Sovietizing East Prussia, which is a clear sign. Considering Victor's current position, it is obviously inappropriate to assign him to the post of secretary of a state party committee. Therefore, it should be reasonable for each of the republics.

After further thinking, Victor was even able to lock the direction in a more specific way. He believed that, if nothing else, Comrade Stalin would probably arrange him to a specific country in the three Baltic countries.

The reason for making such a judgment is that the separation tendency of the three Baltic countries is the most serious. Therefore, after the war, one of the first problems to be solved in these three countries is the further transformation of Sovietization.

Of course, prediction is only a guess after all, and it is still uncertain. Perhaps Comrade Stalin has not come up with a final and decisive opinion. Therefore, at this relatively delicate time, Victor thought that he could not wait, and It is to show his ability in governance as much as possible, so as to enhance Comrade Stalin's confidence in himself.

If you think about it from this aspect, then the information submitted by the Internal Intelligence Bureau in front of you should not be taken lightly. Victor believes that it is necessary for him to draft a report based on this information and put forward his own ideas. and views, and even solutions.

As the head of the alliance's intelligence agency, Viktor's reports in the past have basically followed the principle that intelligence workers should follow, that is, only stating facts and not providing comments with a speculative nature.

Because of sticking to this principle, what Victor has shown in the past is basically his ability in intelligence work. Therefore, others lack sufficient understanding of his other abilities. Since the recent period, Victor has Having made the necessary changes, he began to include more personal views and positions in his report to Comrade Stalin.

It must be admitted that in the past few years, Victor has risen too fast. In terms of personal ability, he is more like an engineer-like professional, who is good at presiding over intelligence work, and in including government affairs. In other respects, his ability is lacking, which is also a shortcoming of young cadres who are rapidly promoted.

The promotion of cadres always needs to go through a certain process. Young people should start from doing things in a down-to-earth manner, first learn how to do things according to the arrangement of the leaders, and learn how to do things well in the process.

Now, at best, Victor can do things well, but his starting point is relatively high. As for the next step, what he should learn is how to arrange work, how to deal with some specific and practical problems, and how to stand in the perspective of the whole league. But consider the substance of a work and so on.

Being an official is not an easy thing, especially when one wants to be a good official. The same thing, different people will have different views and different solutions; using different solutions will lead to different consequences and have different impacts; and different impacts will lead to a series of endless The same follow-up event. Therefore, in order to solve this matter well, the way of thinking about the problem must be meticulous and comprehensive.

Just like dealing with Yuchenko and Zapeta, according to the thinking of ordinary people, of course, the more severe the means, the better, and the more severe the means, the better. But as a ruler, Viktor can't think so simply, he has to consider the impact of the whole thing.

No one can win without relying on hard work. Even if he has the halo of the reborn, Viktor must do his best for his future, especially now that he has chosen a camp and stands on the side of Malenkov and Beria. On the one hand, even if it is only for his own future, he is standing in the most important position in the shortest possible time.

An official career is not a place where you can only advance and retreat, but a place where you can only advance and cannot retreat.