Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Comrade Savatsky believes that Warsaw is not only a city for Poland, but also a symbol," Comrade Molotov did not speak, and Viktor could only continue on his own. "He believes that in the past six For more than 100 years, Warsaw has witnessed the changes of the entire Pod Plain. This point cannot be ignored by any Poles. Therefore, if the Workers Party abandons Warsaw and continues to stay in Lublin, then they will inevitably lose popular support and in the long run. In other words, this is very unfavorable for the political situation in Poland."

Comrade Molotov still nodded silently, still not intending to speak, as if he was very interested in this topic and hoped to hear Victor continue to talk.

"I have been aware of the position of the post-war planning committee on this issue before," Viktor continued. "The committee clearly disagreed on the issue of the reconstruction of Warsaw in Poland, and, given the current reality, although we also It can meet the needs of the Poles for assistance, but it is worth worrying that once the needs of the Poles are met, will it trigger a series of chain reactions, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, etc., they all reach out Come out, what should we do?"

Victor mentioned a "post-war planning committee" in these remarks. This committee is not dealing with the internal affairs of the alliance. Its existence is even classified as top-secret information, and the outside world has no knowledge of it.

This committee was directly led by Comrade Molotov, and its establishment came from a report submitted by Lozovsky, the Deputy People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, which was submitted to the then The People's Commissariat of National Defense, and was unanimously approved by the main members of the People's Commissariat of National Defense, including Comrade Stalin.

According to the recommendations of this report, the Union should quickly set up two secret departments: one is the Finance-Economic Committee, which is specially responsible for calculating the losses caused by Germany and its servant states to the Union, and formulating what Germany and its servant states should do to the Union after the war. What kind of compensation will be given? The other is the Political Committee, which is responsible for determining the borders of the Soviet Union after the war, and at the same time, studying the state system of the defeated Germany and its servant countries.

Of course, these two departments eventually merged into one, that is, the "Post-War Planning Committee" mentioned by Victor here, and its full name should be "The National Post-War Institutional Planning Committee for Europe, Asia and the Rest of the World", and After the victory of the Great Patriotic War, whether it is the partition of the East Prussia region by the Union, or the border between Romania and the Soviet Union, etc., are determined by the committee.

In the past few years, the post-war planning committee has also made several large-scale adjustments, but its basic structure and terms of reference have not changed much. So far, dealing with Central and Eastern European countries has also Basically, this committee is in charge.

Comrade Molotov could no longer remain silent now that Viktor had asked the question, he made an air of thinking, and after a moment said: "On this question you asked, Dekanotsov and Sulitz The two comrades have already put forward corresponding opinions."

Saying so, he stood up from the sofa, walked straight to the desk not far away, and rummaged through a pile of thick documents for a long time, then found a document and walked back to the sofa. .

"You just took over the work of the International Department, and you probably haven't seen this report," Comrade Molotov said as he sat down in front of the sofa just now, handing the document to Victor.

Victor took the document and read it from beginning to end.

As Comrade Molotov said, this report was indeed submitted jointly by Comrades Derkanotsov and Sulitz, both of whom were important members of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, the former before the outbreak of the war. , as the Union ambassador to Germany, the first intelligence about the German army's preparation to raid the Soviet Union was personally submitted to Comrade Stalin by him. Today, Comrade Djekanozov holds the post of the Deputy People's Commissar of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. Of course, as the main person in charge of the intelligence agency of the Union, Viktor also knows a secret, that is, Derkanotsov also has a People's Commissar of Internal Affairs. In addition, he is a close associate of Comrade Beria.

Interestingly, the secret identity of Comrade Djekanozov is hidden very deeply. Even within the whole alliance, very few people know this. Therefore, this person is also Molotov in the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs. confidant of a comrade. Hey, Comrade Molotov has three big cronies in the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, and he is also the troika by his side, and these three people are Dekanozov, Manuelsky, and Lozovsky.

As for Comrade Sulitz, he is the former ambassador of the Union to France, and he is also a true French passer. Although this document has the co-signature of Sulitz and Djekanozov, but... don't Misunderstanding, these two are not the same.

Although Comrade Molotov has a solid position in the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and is committed to his words, not everyone in the entire committee listens to him. The other force of this man and Comrade Molotov was not because of a simple struggle for power, but mainly because of their different diplomatic positions.

In general, Comrade Molotov's attitude is relatively tough on foreign affairs. He advocates a tougher policy on the relationship between the alliance and the United Kingdom and the United States. The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs occupies the mainstream position. Three people, such as Dekanotsov, Manuilsky and Lozovsky, are all deputy people's commissars of the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs. With the support of these people, Comrade Molotov was in control of the main voice of the committee.

As for Comrade Litvinov, he once served as the ambassador of the Union to the United States. Before the outbreak of the war, he was also a people's commissar of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. In other words, he was Comrade Molotov's predecessor, as a veteran diplomat. , he occupies a special position in the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs.

Comrade Litvinov cannot be said to be weak when it comes to the relationship between the alliance and Britain and the United States. It can only be said that he supports a more pragmatic foreign policy and maintains a moderate and engaging relationship with Britain and the United States as much as possible. And those who support Comrade Litvinov's position are basically ambassadors to various countries, such as Sulitz, then for example, the ambassador to the UK, Maisky, the ambassador to Japan, Malik, the ambassador to Italy, and the ambassador to Italy. U.S. Ambassador Gromyko et al.

The struggle between Comrade Molotov and Comrade Litvinov in the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs has been going on for many years. Before the outbreak of the war, Comrade Litvinov was very passive and almost had to be kicked out of the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs. With the outbreak of the war, the relationship between the alliance and the United States became more important. Therefore, Comrade Litvinov, who had served as the alliance ambassador to the United States for a long time, suddenly became more stable.

Of course, in Victor's view, these struggles within the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs are actually big dramas that have little value to watch. He is not very interested in them. At least the same problem does not exist in the Central International Department—— During the war, the main leading cadres in the entire International Department were basically former members of the Comintern. In other words, only a few of them were real Soviets, and the majority were from Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. members of other countries.

And with the end of the war, these people have left their jobs and returned to China, and even the first deputy minister has left, and the entire department will be vacant.

Comrade Molotov didn't know what Victor was thinking at this time. Seeing that the young man didn't speak for a long time, he said: "We have also considered the concern you raised, but we have not considered the current situation. He said that although our post-war reconstruction work still faces many difficulties, a certain amount of aid still needs to be offered proactively to those countries with which we maintain friendly relations.”

At this point, Victor had turned his attention to the document in his hand.

In this document, Viktor quickly distills the main proposals of comrades Djakanozov and Sulitz, in which they advocate that Moscow accepts requests for assistance from Romania and Bulgaria, but at the same time , must require Bucharest and Sofia to maintain absolute alignment with Moscow on the issue of Turkey.

At present, the Soviet Union is still holding on to the question of Turkey's position in World War II, and insists that the United Nations, which has been formed, take measures against Turkey.

Initially, according to the requirements of the alliance, the two territories in northern Turkey were to be ceded, but because the dispute was too long, mainly because the British and American attitudes were very firm, therefore, the alliance has made concessions, that is, to weaken Turkey Control of the exits to the Black Sea, namely the Bosporus and Dardanelles, which must be jointly administered by the Union and Turkey.

Of course, even this request would not be accepted by the UK and the US, especially the British. Once the alliance gains the right of passage to and from the Black Sea Strait at will, the alliance's influence on the UK in the Mediterranean region will inevitably pose a major threat, not to mention Now that the Palestine area is full of problems, and the British control is rapidly weakening, once the coalition gets involved at this time, the consequences are absolutely unacceptable to London.

But nowadays, there are many problems that the British can no longer decide, because there are a total of four countries around the Mediterranean Sea, and now Romania and Bulgaria have stood together with the alliance. In a three-to-one comparison, the Turks are naturally more and more passive. .