Struggle in Soviet Russia

"...You can tell the American envoy to clarify our attitude," Comrade Stalin obviously did not see Victor for the first time. "We resolve our opposition to Turkey's proposal to join the United Nations, on which Moscow will not make any concessions, this position must be expressed, and it is firmly expressed," the man said.

Standing at the top of the stairs, Viktor quickly saw the two people following Comrade Stalin, Comrade Molotov on the left, and the much younger one on the right, Gromyko, the ambassador to the United States.

"President Truman talked to me about this before returning to Moscow this time," said Gromyko, who was obviously also addressed to what Comrade Stalin said just now. "Washington's attitude is that they are in the There can be concessions on Turkey, but we also have to make adjustments in favor of the US on Brazil and Venezuela, otherwise they would prefer to agree with the British.”

"We have already made concessions on the issue of the Philippines," Comrade Stalin said in a dissatisfied tone.

"But Washington's attitude is that we made concessions not only on the Philippines, but also on India," Gromyko said, spreading his hands. "At the same time, they also made concessions in Ukraine. and made greater concessions on the issue with Belarus."

Hearing them say this, Victor understood what they were talking about.

Obviously, what Comrade Stalin and Gromyko are talking about at the moment should be about the formation of the United Nations, because just two months ago at the United Nations Constitutional Convention, the inclusion of India and the Philippines as members of the United Nations Organization had just been clarified. decision.

In fact, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom have been quarreling endlessly about the membership of the United Nations, and there have even been a series of jokes during this period.

During the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt suddenly made a request, that is, he believed that a series of countries in Latin America also participated in World War II, and they all declared war on the German-Italian-Japanese-Fascist Axis Alliance. Therefore, they should all To be eligible to be a founding member of the United Nations, in other words, in the United Nations, Latin American countries should also be granted certain voting rights.

At that time, the countries listed by Roosevelt included Brazil, Venezuela and other six countries. In other words, in the United Nations, which only had more than 20 countries at that time, Americans had to get six more votes.

Of course, if the United States only proposed one Brazil, then Comrade Stalin and Churchill might not have objected. After all, in this war, the Brazilians did participate in the war, and it was the only country in Latin America that participated in the war.

Except for Brazil, among all the remaining Latin American countries, although many countries declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan, none of them really participated. For most Latin American countries, this war should be To be solved by "blond-haired people and yellow people", it has nothing to do with Latin American countries.

Under this circumstance, the United States also wanted to give itself six more votes at once, which obviously exceeded the acceptable limit of the United Kingdom and the United States. Therefore, the American proposal was jointly opposed by Stalin and Churchill.

Interestingly, the two heads of state did not directly object. Instead, they agreed to Roosevelt's proposal together, arguing that since Latin America supported the United States during the war, they should get a vote. Then, Comrade Stalin took the opportunity to propose: the Soviet Union is a Union of Soviet Socialist States, therefore, each republic of the Union has the right to develop diplomatic relations with the outside world. Therefore, considering that the Soviet Union has 15 republics, then the Union is in the United Nations. Should have fifteen votes.

This request shocked President Roosevelt at the time, and what made him even more incredible was that Churchill's subsequent request went even further. The British Prime Minister pointed out that the United Kingdom, as an empire on which the sun never sets, has many overseas colonies, and these overseas colonies also contributed to the anti-fascist war. At the same time, they also have a certain right of self-determination. Therefore, these overseas colonies also should have a vote in the United Nations. Considering that the British Empire had more than fifty colonies, the United Kingdom should therefore have more than fifty votes in the voting seat at the United Nations.

In this way, after some bargaining, the Soviet Union won three votes, which belonged to Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. The British sent India to the United Nations, and the Americans sent the Philippines to the United Nations. As for the reality, India and the Philippines were not yet independent at that time.

An interesting point is that at the time before Victor was reborn, the Indians thought they were qualified to be one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, and even claimed that China's seat in the five permanent members of the United Nations was given by them. But the sad reality is that India, even a seat in the United Nations, was begged in the process of bargaining among all parties, and its contribution to the victory of World War II was negligible.

Today, the Soviet Union still has not made concessions on the Turkish issue, but the British attitude is also very firm. They are determined to bring Turkey into the anti-fascist camp and give it the status of a warring state.

Under the circumstance that the Anglo-Soviet dispute could not end, Washington's attitude naturally became crucial. In fact, this has always been the case. Either the United Kingdom and the United States will unite to suppress the Soviet Union, or the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union will unite against the United States, or It was the Soviet Union and the United States that united to suppress the United Kingdom. In the competition and cooperation between the three major countries, they perfectly deduced what is called the situation of great powers contending for hegemony.

The United States does not actually have a firm position on the Turkey issue. After all, Washington does not have any rights and interests in Turkey. Therefore, at this time, Truman is more willing to use the attitude of the White House to make a deal, forcing the United Kingdom or the Soviet Union to do so. , make concessions to it.

Although not doing diplomatic work, Victor was able to deduce some Americans' true intentions on this issue.

Considering the fact that the British are dominant in the Middle East, perhaps on the issue of Turkey, the Americans are more willing to stand on the side of Moscow. As the so-called "fishing in troubled waters", as long as the situation in the Middle East is muddled, Washington will have a chance to go there. Side stretched out their hands, so their current strategy should be to first break the situation where the British are only covering the sky in the Middle East, and the trouble Turkey is facing now is obviously an excellent opportunity.

If this kind of thing is decided by Victor, then he will not hesitate to accept Washington's request, support Brazil and Venezuela to join the United Nations, give them a founding country status, and give the Americans two more votes.

The reason for this decision is that Brazil actually participated in World War II after all, and it is not moral to keep it out of the United Nations. As for Venezuela, Victor thinks that if he remembers correctly, the pro-American Medina Angarita will not be on stage for too long, and his regime will soon be coup d'etat by the DAP. toppled, and in the years that followed, Venezuela would be plagued by various coups, with no chance at all to support the Americans at the United Nations.

At this time, Comrade Stalin also reached the last step. He saw Victor, but did not speak, just nodded at him, and then continued to say to Gromyko, "Truman is very cunning."

After making such a comment, he added: "In short, my attitude is clear, I cannot accept Turkey as a victorious country, and other than that, on the Venezuelan issue and the Brazil issue, we can all be appropriate. make some concessions.”

Here, Comrade Stalin did not say "the problem of Brazil and Venezuela", but "the problem of Venezuela and Brazil", so his attitude has actually been very clear, that is, he still has to bargain with the Americans, The conditions they put forward cannot be directly accepted. If feasible, one of Brazil or Venezuela can be brought in, so that the Americans can get one more vote.

Moreover, the order of the two countries is also very important. Venezuela is placed first, which shows that Comrade Stalin hopes that the Americans can accept the option of Venezuela and give up Brazil. In this way, Brazil, which really paid the price in the war, will definitely feel disappointed. Perhaps, this disappointment will have little impact in the short term, after all, the Brazilians have taken a lot of money from the Americans in the past few years. But from a long-term perspective, this decision will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction in Brazil one day in the future, which is also equivalent to planting a time bomb on the issue of US-Brazil relations.

When it comes to exchanges between countries, especially those involving geopolitical interests, there has never been such a thing as morality and goodness. Goodness, morality, is to lose faith in one's own people.

"Okay, I know what to do." With his status as Gromyko, he is still not in the top position. His position as ambassador to the United States was actually made by Comrade Stalin and President Roosevelt. He was not so confident in the presence of Comrade Stalin.

"Let's talk about the Chinese," Comrade Stalin happened to pass by Victor at this time. He slowed down, made a follow-up gesture to Victor, and then turned his head and said to Comrade Molotov.

In the past two days, the delegation of the Chinese government has arrived in Moscow and is preparing to start a negotiation with the alliance. Comrade Stalin should ask about this matter again.