Struggle in Soviet Russia

(one more today)

Wearing a thin brown pajamas, with a cigarette between the fingers of his right hand, Victor stood in front of the window expressionlessly, looking at the city street outside the building through the open window.

Since arriving in Vyborg the day before yesterday, the weather in this city is like a woman whose face has changed. From the original clear sky, it has become densely clouded, and the humid low pressure has enveloped the entire city for nearly a whole day. The long-awaited moderate rain finally arrived this morning.

Yes, this is indeed a long-awaited rain, because the rainfall in Karelia has been poor since the beginning of spring this year. In the words of meteorologists, this year seems to be a dry year, And this is definitely not good news that can make people feel gratified for the agricultural production in the Karelia region that has not been launched very much.

Therefore, only from the perspective of agricultural restoration, whether it is Leningrad or Karelia, or the neighboring Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, are all looking forward to the arrival of this rain, fortunately Yes, the rain has finally come, and it is not too late.

Outside the open window, the fine rain washed the streets of the whole city. In the fresh air, everything within sight seems to have changed a new look. Take a deep breath, there will be a feeling of refreshing.

Holding the cigarette in his hand and taking the last breath, Victor turned around and went back to his desk. At this time, there were several plates on his desk, something like roasted reindeer meat, smoked salmon, cinnamon rolls, and the like were placed on the table. In addition, a half cup was placed in front of him. wine.

For anyone, these foods are undoubtedly delicious, but Victor doesn't like them very much. In fact, he has very little appetite for personal appetite, and these delicious foods placed on the table are not what he asked for, but It was sent to him by someone else.

The person who brought these delicacies was named Susan Wanhanen, a Finnish woman. The identity of this person is not simple. She is a member of the so-called "Finsu Association" in Finland. Representative of Karelia affairs.

The "Finnish-Soviet Association" is a mass organization officially promoted by the Finnish government. Its purpose is to promote the friendship between Finland and Finland in the whole country and the whole society, and thus lay a broad mass foundation for the friendship between Finland and the Soviet Union. The main person in charge of this organization basically comes from the Communist Party of Finland, and the Prime Minister of Finland Baskivi is the honorary president of the organization.

This organization was formed at the beginning of this year. So far, it has more than 100,000 members. Of course, most of them are members of the Communist Party of Finland, and there are also some Social Democrats.

As far as Victor is concerned, he has nothing to do with this "Fen-Su Association", but he definitely doesn't mind having some dealings with each other, because the existence of this organization is very important for the trade between Su-Fin, especially for Kare. Leah's foreign trade has certain advantages.

In the past period of time, specifically, since the Soviet Union reached an understanding and signed an armistice agreement, the "Finnish-Soviet Association" has launched activities in Karelia, Murmansk, and Leningrad. Their activities are public and recognized by Moscow, after all, on the surface, the organization is affiliated with the Communist Party of Finland and is run by the Communist Party of Finland.

Recently, the "Finso Association" is promoting the work to strengthen trade between Finland and Karelia, Leningrad and Murmansk. On Victor's desk, there is a copy of the association submitted by the association. proposal.

In the proposal, it involves several cooperation projects such as agriculture, fishery, wood processing and heavy industry. Victor has not had time to look at this proposal that looks solid enough, but he is really interested in learning about Finland's plan. .

In fact, the situation in Karelia is slightly different from Leningrad and Murmansk, because the full name of Karelia is "Karelia-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic", according to the Union Constitution According to the above statement, the republic is in charge of the Karelia-Finnish Communist Party, and they have a certain degree of autonomy. In the so-called "Karelian-Finnish Communist Party", there are not only members of the Bolshevik party of the alliance, but also a certain number of members of the Communist Party of Finland. After all, even Kuxinin himself is a member of the Communist Party of Finland.

And no matter how "internationalist" the members of the Finnish Communist Party, including Kuxinin, they still have some inclinations in their treatment of Finns. The Relia region is a bit more active.

Victor knew that Comrade Kuxinin gave explicit support to the activities of the "Finnish-Soviet Association", and this old comrade even publicly stood for the association on many occasions.

Of course, Viktor also knew that there was no problem with Comrade Kusinen's political position. The ultimate goal he pursued should be to unite the "Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic" with Finland, thus establishing a "Finnish Soviet society" As for whether Finland will be incorporated into the Soviet Union in the form of a republic after that, that is something that can only be discussed at that time.

In fact, from Victor's point of view, it should be said that Comrade Kusinen's ideal is the long-term solution that best serves the interests of the Finns. It can be imagined that, according to the historical process of Victor's previous life, if today's Finland and Karelia are - The Republic of Finland is merged into one, then in less than half a century, with the disintegration of the Red Empire, Finland should be able to gain independence, and at that time, a "Greater Finland" with a vast territory will be It appeared naturally. From this perspective, Comrade Kusinen should undoubtedly be regarded as a hero of Finland.

Bending down and sitting on the chair beside the desk, Victor looked at the plates on the table and frowned involuntarily. He reached out and took a pair of chopsticks by his side, picked up a piece of salmon and threw it into his mouth, While chewing, he reached for the phone, shook the handle, and made a call.

After a while, almost less than two minutes after Victor hung up the phone, there was a knock on the door. After Victor spoke, the door was pushed open from the outside, and Sophia walked in with two young people.

Victor didn't speak, he threw the chopsticks on the table and waved his hand casually. Sophia nodded and motioned for the two young men who followed to take away the plates on the table.

When the two young men left the office with a pile of dinner plates, Victor breathed a sigh of relief, reached for the proposal document submitted by Comrade Susan Vanhanen on the table, and opened it in front of him.

"What would you like to drink?" Sophia didn't leave, she leaned to Victor's desk and asked softly.

"No need," Victor said, looking up at her, pointing to the leftover red wine with the pen he just took, "I still have this."

"Is it the document sent by the 'Finsu Association'?" Sophia looked at the document in his hand, and asked without leaving, leaning against the edge of the desk.

"Yeah," Victor said, nodding, "have you seen it?"

Sophia is currently serving as Victor's secretary for the time being, and according to Victor's plan, her position will also be the head of the special office of the Central Committee in the future. The specific task is actually his assistant to the first secretary. Therefore, from When he came to Karelia to assume office, Sofia had been fully exposed to all the work he handled, including the documents he had to deal with.

"I've seen it," Sofia nodded and said, "The Finns mean that they want to have a series of cooperation with us in agriculture and paper industry."

After a pause, she leaned forward, pointed at the document in front of Victor, and said, "I have summarized a few specific points, which have been listed in the remarks, you can take a look. "

Victor nodded lightly, and followed her finger.

As Sophia said, the remarks at the back of the document have marked the main points of the content of the document. However, Victor did not directly read the marked points, but read the entire document from beginning to end.

The content of the proposal is consistent with what Sofia has said before. People from the Finsu Association hope to launch a series of cooperation with the Karelia region in agriculture and paper industry.

Despite similar climatic conditions, Finland's achievements in agricultural production are absolutely unparalleled in the Karelia region. Before coming to Karelia to take up his post, Viktor studied agriculture in Finland. He knows that in today's Finland, the southern and central regions are dominated by crop farming, while the northern and eastern regions are dominated by animal husbandry. , The combination of the two means that Finland's total agricultural output can not only meet domestic demand, but also has enough production capacity to export.

Comparatively speaking, the dimensions of the Karelia region are not much different from those of southern and central Finland, and the climatic conditions are very similar. In addition, there is also a lot of land that can be used for agricultural cultivation, but the agriculture in the Karelia region is fundamentally It is not worth mentioning, the total agricultural output here is not enough to feed the alliance, so Karelia was the alliance's food aid area before the war.

According to the recommendations in this document, the Finns hope to provide Karelia with a certain amount of grain and livestock products in exchange for Karelia's relatively richer wood resources, which the Finns plan to use. Wood resources are put into the paper industry. In this document, the Finns listed the amount of food and livestock products they could provide, and at the same time, the expected supply of wood.