Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 625

In the office of the chairman of the Central International Department, Victor walked to the door of the office accompanied by Sophia. The moment he opened the door, he turned around, took his briefcase from Sophia’s hand, and said at the same time, “Go and give it to me. Get two cups of coffee, and, by the way, inform Comrade Mikhail Andreevich that I’m here and ask him to come to my office in five minutes.”

Because there is a lot of work to be done by the International Department of the Central Committee today, and Comrade Stalin stayed up late last night and has to rest during the day, Victor did not go to the Kremlin, but came directly to the International Department of the Central Committee. As for him Comrade Mikhail Andreevich was referring to Suslov of course. Since the other party called him more than half an hour ago, the first thing after arriving at the office today. The matter is to meet with the other party and discuss the matter mentioned by Comrade Heifetz.

Sophia nodded, turned and walked towards the next room, while Victor went into his office with a briefcase.

The torrential rain that started last night did not stop because the sky brightened, but the dull rolling thunder was gone, but the rain seemed to be heavier. This is also the first time it has rained in Moscow since the spring of this year. The heavy rain, the rolling thunder and the torrential rain also gave the city a bit of a summer feeling.

Victor’s office in the International Department of the Central Committee is usually empty. He rarely comes to work here. Usually, he stays in the office of the Kremlin or the office of the Central Secretariat. Stay, as for this office, it would be nice to come here once or twice a week. However, he has come here quite a lot during this period, which has a lot to do with the shift in his work focus.

Entering the office, Victor hung his coat on the hanger at the door, then walked to the desk, put down the briefcase in his hand, and heard a knock on the door behind him.

“Come in,” he replied without looking back, and after hearing the sound of the door opening, he still said without looking back, “Sit down, Comrade Mikhail Andreevich, I Sophia has been sent to prepare coffee…”

Saying so, he went behind the desk, opened the drawer, took out a pack of cigarettes that had not been opened, and then looked up at the person who came.

Unsurprisingly, it was Comrade Suslov, a young comrade in his early forties who had just been transferred back to Moscow from Lithuania two months ago. He did an excellent job in Vilnius, not only getting It was appreciated by Comrade Zhdanov and recognized by Comrade Stalin. Unknown to Victor, in his previous life, Suslov, who had just been transferred back to Moscow from Lithuania, was brought into the Secretariat of the Central Committee by Comrade Stalin. In just half a year, he became the sixth secretary of the Central Secretariat after Comrade Stalin, Comrade Zhdanov, Comrade Malenkov and Comrade Kuznetsov.

In this time and space, Comrade Zhdanov recommended Comrade Suslov to be the chairman of the International Department of the Central Committee, which was rejected by Comrade Stalin. At the same time, he also failed to enter the Secretariat of the Central Committee. In this sense, , a lot of the history of the league that has appeared, seems to have deflected.

At the entrance of the office, Comrade Suslov was wearing the black suit that he often wore, with the badge of Comrade Stalin and the emblem of the Bolshevik Party on his chest as usual. Feel.

Viktor took the cigarette and walked around from behind the desk again. He pointed to the sofa on the side of the office and said, “Sit down, Comrade Mikhail Andreevich.”

When addressing Comrade Suslov, Viktor has always addressed him by his first name and paternal name, because although his position is not as high as his, he is older than him, and his seniority in the party is also older than him. .

Although Comrade Suslov is only in his early 40s this year, he is an old Bolshevik who participated in the revolution at the age of 15. Moreover, he has been engaged in theoretical research and teaching in the party for a long time. Among the students he taught, some The few people are now working in the Union’s republics, states and other institutions at all levels. For example, Khrushchev’s wife and even Comrade Stalin’s wife have studied with him and are his students.

But from the heart, Viktor did not agree with some of Comrade Suslov’s work ideas. However, this would not hinder the specific cooperation between the two in the work of the Central International Department.

Comrade Suslov seemed a little taciturn. His thin face lacked specific expressions. If it wasn’t for his eyes that looked very divine, he might be considered by others as a health problem.

Facing Viktor’s invitation, Comrade Suslov nodded slightly, then took two steps back, walked to the sofa, bent down and sat down, while taking advantage of the situation, he put the briefcase in his hand on his lap, and took out the documents from the inside. , while saying: “That’s it, Comrade Viktor Viktorovich, after I just ended the call, I thought about it carefully again…”

The document taken out from the briefcase was simply two pages of paper, which were stapled together with a staple. Comrade Suslov took it out of the bag. nothing.

“I think there has been a problem with the political position of the Jewish Council,” he continued, handing the document to Viktor, “and they have put the national position over the coalition’s position in their work, especially in the external world. The interests of the Jews were considered first, but the interests of the country were ignored.”

After a pause, he continued: “Comrade Viktor Viktorovich, I read your report on the nationalization of cadres before, and while I was working in Lithuania, I had a deep understanding of your concerns. I believe that the Union must pay enough attention to this issue, and the position of the Jewish Committee on the issue of the Ukrainian Association this time has undoubtedly reaffirmed the seriousness of this issue. Therefore, my The opinion is that the Central International Department, no, it should be said that the Central Committee must give sufficient attention to this issue.”

Listening to Comrade Suslos talking eloquently, Victor did not directly express his opinion. He took the document first and put it directly on his lap. Then he opened the pack of cigarettes in his hand, took out one and handed it to Comrade Suslov, and ordered another for himself before picking up the document again. , look carefully.

As for the content of this document, Viktor already knew something about the content of the document when he had a phone call with Comrade Suslov. However, during the phone call, Comrade Suslov explained the content of the document in a concise manner, so Victor only needed to Go through the file again.

The document was indeed submitted by Comrade Heifetz, the Acting Responsible Secretary of the Jewish Committee. It is an application report, and the content of the application is actually the request made by the Ukrainian Association of the United States to the Alliance. The Ukrainian Association provided the alliance. A sum of money and equipment, in exchange for the approval of the Union, allows some Ukrainian Jews to travel to Palestine to participate in Jewish state-building in Palestine.

As the acting responsible secretary of the Jewish Committee, Comrade Heifetz is naturally Jewish. He has done a lot of work for the Union to request assistance from the United States during the Great Patriotic War in the past few years. At the same time, he is participating in the international Jewish The campaign, seeking to establish an autonomous Jewish republic in Crimea, also took a more radical stance.

The report submitted by the Jewish Committee this time, as always, implements the Committee’s position on the issue of Jewish statehood. Since they submitted this request of the Ukrainian Association of Hometowns in the form of an application report, it is natural to show that their position on the issue.

After reading the document from beginning to end, Victor still did not make a direct statement. He frowned and smoked, but he was thinking about a series of issues involved in this report.

From a diplomatic perspective, the alliance currently has a clear position on the issue of the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Moscow supports the demands of the Jewish state, and the starting point of the policy is to combat the influence of the British in the Middle East.

One thing that must be made clear here is that the coalition supports the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, not in other areas, especially in the Crimea region to establish a Jewish autonomous republic, and its position on the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. On the contrary, Moscow is firmly opposed to the demands of the Jews to establish an autonomous republic in Crimea. In the past period of time, Moscow has even begun to enforce a ban on Jews, strictly prohibiting them from continuing to use Crimea. migration.

In addition, the Union also holds an attitude of opposition and restrictions on the issue of Jewish emigration. Moscow’s position is also very clear.

What is Jewish emigration? To put it bluntly, the Jews in the Union tried to break away from the Union and migrated to the Middle East, the United States and other places. Since the end of the Great Patriotic War, the phenomenon of Jewish emigration has appeared, and with the increasingly clear stance of Jews in the Middle East on the issue of statehood, the scale of Jewish emigration within the Union is also expanding.

Of course, the World Jewish Federation has played a very important role in this. Their propaganda offensive is so powerful that now facing this problem, not only the Union, but also some other countries have also appeared. situation.