Struggle in Soviet Russia

After Ogolitsov, Comrade Stalin asked Comrade Molotov's opinion again, and then he turned his eyes to Victor, who was standing by the curtain, and said, "Victor, you should have a better understanding of the situation in the United States. Say what you think."

Victor nodded, but did not speak directly. He rested his chin with his right hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Before, when I was in charge of the main work of the People's Commissariat of National Security, I did make some comparisons with the situation in the United States. detailed understanding."

In the opening paragraph, first clarify the reasons for his position. The vague meaning in these words is that what he will express next is still based on past intelligence information, not the latest intelligence. Therefore, his The opinion may not be so correct.

"As far as I know," Victor continued, "as the current president of the United States, Truman is not quite the same as our old friend Roosevelt, and of course, the situation he faces is also very different from Roosevelt."

Having said that, he stopped again, walked over to the sofa in the middle of the office, put one hand on the back of the sofa where Comrade Molotov was sitting, and continued: "The one who was in charge of the work in the People's Commissariat of State Security At that time, I specifically listed a directory related to the U.S. military equipment industry in the intelligence data file of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but I don’t know if the content of this file directory has been enriched recently.”

"Of course, Comrade Viktor Viktorovich, the information in this intelligence catalog has been continuously improved," Comrade Ogolitsov said in a hurry.

At the beginning, in the meeting arranged by Comrade Beria, Victor specifically emphasized to Ogoltsov the key content of a series of intelligence work of the People's Commissariat of State Security, and the continuous enrichment of this intelligence catalogue was what Victor specifically mentioned at that time. a little.

"The American military equipment industry?" Comrade Stalin asked, frowning, "Is this directly related to the North Korean issue we are discussing?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, in fact, this issue is not only related to the attitude of the Americans on the Far East issue, it can even be said to be related to their attitude on a series of foreign issues." Victor said.

Comrade Stalin said nothing, he nodded and motioned Victor to continue.

"As we have known before," Victor said in his own way, "before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the main position of the United States on foreign affairs was isolationism. After all, the United States had the absolute upper hand. People paid a huge price in World War I, but in the end they got nothing. They even gave up their seats in the League of Nations. Therefore, before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, even Roosevelt made a series of efforts. It has also failed to change isolationist attitudes in the United States."

"Now, four years of war have passed, the Germans and the Japanese have surrendered one after another, and we have won the war," said Victor after a pause, "then, the Americans will take the measures on foreign affairs in the future. What kind of attitude? Is the isolationism of the past prevailing, or is it a more aggressive outward-looking policy? That must be an issue that we should focus on.”

"This is also an issue that the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs is currently focusing on," Comrade Molotov said, "but, according to the information from Comrade Andrei Andreevich from Washington, at present, the two houses of the United States are The opposition in China on this issue is very serious. If divided by party, most of the Republican members tend to be isolationist, while the Democratic members are completely the opposite. However, this law is not universal, according to Andre Andre Comrade Reyevich said that in order to determine the next foreign policy of the Americans, at least after the mid-term elections are over.”

The Andrei Andreevich he said was referring to Gromyko, the Soviet ambassador to the United States. Considering that the Americans had just concluded the election a few months ago, Truman had just turned from acting president to official President, therefore, the relevant policies after taking office will not be officially introduced for some time. Considering that the Democratic Party's advantage is not obvious in the two houses of the United States, Truman may have to do with the Republican Party on many issues. Compromise, therefore, the basic policy issues in its foreign policy may really be delayed until after the mid-term elections.

"I don't agree with Comrade Andrei Andreevich," Viktor said, taking over the subject, "I think that the Americans will definitely have the same basic phalanx of foreign policy as they did before the war. In a completely different situation, they will inevitably abandon the isolationist policies of the past and start pursuing a more active, even more belligerent foreign policy."

As his last words came out, the military generals in the office who didn't care much about this topic also turned their attention.

"The reason why I made a similar judgment is based on the rapid development of the domestic military equipment industry in the United States in the past few years," Victor said, facing everyone's attention, "According to the data obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Of course, I am referring to the data obtained during the war. Since the outbreak of the war, especially after the Americans officially declared their participation in the war, nearly two-thirds of their total annual national expenditures have been invested in the military-industrial field. By the beginning of this year, The same two-thirds of the U.S. gross domestic product is provided by the military-industrial sector.”

“Also, of the twenty-two government lobbying agencies that have emerged on K Street in Washington in the past few years, nineteen have close ties to conglomerates in the military equipment industry,” although several have left the People’s Commissariat for National Security. It’s been a month, but the data and information at the beginning are still in Victor’s mind, and he is explaining it now, as if the information is still in his hands, “In the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, whether it is the Democratic Party or the A large number of Republican members are related to these enterprise groups in the military equipment industry. For example, two members of the House of Representatives and two members of the Senate in Texas have accepted large sums of money from military enterprises during the campaign. Sponsorship."

"I think that with the end of the war, a large-scale military interest group has formed in the United States consisting of the military equipment industry, the US military, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. I will call this group the 'military-industrial complex', Their influence on U.S. national policy has reached a point that cannot be ignored, and of course, in the foreseeable future, their influence on Washington and on U.S. foreign policy will further deepen.”

"The interests of the military-industrial complex are inherently war-based," Victor concluded, "so, considering that their influence over U.S. policy will gradually deepen, the American foreign policy will inevitably change in the future. They have to become more and more belligerent and more aggressive, and if nothing else, their conflicts with the alliance will become more and more dangerous, and even more and more dangerous.”

To be honest, Victor has indeed been paying attention to the development of the domestic military industry in the United States. Of course, he also knows what a terrible behemoth the US military-industrial complex has become in history. To put it bluntly, this huge interest group It threatens not only the foreign peace of the United States, but also the peace of the whole world. This has been perfectly proved in the history of Victor's previous life.

But then again, to what extent the U.S. military-industrial complex has developed, and how much influence they have on U.S. national policy, Victor is not very clear, and the information obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service is not enough to make a perfect statistics on this issue. Come out, the reason why Victor mentioned this issue here is just because he was very clear in his heart that in the history of the previous life, the hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union was about to begin, and the Cold War between the two sides in the world has also appeared. signs.

But relatively speaking, in today's Moscow, in a series of policies towards the United States, neither Comrade Stalin himself nor the People's Committee of Foreign Affairs, which is in charge of the diplomatic issues of the alliance, has a consistent and fixed policy.

Before the successful test of the Soviet Union's own nuclear bomb, Moscow's policy towards the United States was to actively promote friendly development in defense. More often, Comrade Stalin still hoped to be friends with the Americans. Therefore, on many issues, Moscow Choose to back down. After the successful test of the Soviet Union's own nuclear bomb, Moscow's attitude towards the United States became a lot tougher. In some places, it even became aggressive. But in the final analysis, Moscow tried to develop a vision of friendly relations with the United States. , there has not been much change, but when some geopolitical interests are involved, Moscow no longer chooses to back down.

But in Viktor's view, there is no room for friendly relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, because with the end of the war, as long as the Americans do not choose to continue their isolationist policy, the world-wide hegemony between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union will become impossible. It will inevitably become the main theme of the international pattern in the next few decades. Under such circumstances, it is very unrealistic and unreasonable for Moscow to continue to hold the vision of being friendly to the Americans.

Well, Victor has to admit that he himself seems to be a bit radical in his thinking. He is thinking about Soviet-American relations with a zero-sum thinking, but to be honest, he does not think his thinking is wrong, because he The starting point for considering the problem is based on the historical cognition of the previous life.