Section 37: Intelligence Work Meeting

Are Guo Yi and others businessmen or spies? Their identities and affiliations were never clarified. But apparently they have a larger merchant component. Whether it is Guangzhou Station or Leizhou Station, their main tasks are to sell goods, import materials and manpower for the crossing group. Engaging in intelligence is just a incidental thing.

As for the Leizhou station, it not only involves sales and imports, but also involves sugar and wine production in the light industry sector, sugarcane improvement and planting in the agricultural sector, and the agricultural combination jointly promoted by Tiandihui and Delong.

“…… In these two stations, other departments are much more involved than us, and we have to directly command them, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it. ”

That's right, Jiang Shan thought, the Leizhou system in Guangzhou has become accustomed to the status of their unique political and economic intelligence complex, and it is completely delusional to bring these two stations under the system of the intelligence bureau -- neither the executive committee nor the senate will agree to it. If we go directly and ask for these to belong to us and those to us, the newly released yamen of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau will only be touched.

The Foreign Intelligence Service sounds like a prominent name, but it is actually an out-and-out leather bag company, and no one will buy it until it has enough strength......

"We have to rely on the organization, the relationships and the work of the station." "Of course, we can start anew and resend less high-profile intelligence agents to the mainland," Jiang said. But—"

"But the Executive Committee won't approve it, will it?" Wang Ding said, "You know the meaning of the Executive Committee as well as I do, and they don't like waste. Every patriarch is a treasure trove of knowledge and skills, and so are the so-called waste wood otaku. As for sending indigenous informants, I don't know how many people there are. ”

Jiang Shan thought that he had no idea how much the intelligence system had, so he could only wait for all the materials handed over to be in place and read it.

On that day, the two of them spent a day and a night of hard work, and read all the materials handed over, and the materials handed over from various departments were varied, but fortunately, the number was not too much, and the most valuable was of course the materials transferred from the State Administration of Political Security to the original enemy Ministry of Works. In the past, most of the small amount of intelligence work was carried out by the Enemy Engineering Department of the General Administration of Political Security.

"Lin Baiguang has a stronghold in Qiongzhou - this is probably a pure intelligence station." Jiang Shan said.

Lin Baiguang's station in Qiongzhou, Wanfeng Rice Bank, not only has five indigenous intelligence officers, but he has also developed a local intelligence network headed by Ma Benyuan, and at the same time has done a lot of work in assisting the production and export of Jiazi Coal Mine, which can be regarded as a remarkable achievement.

Even the business of the rice bank is not bad, according to the financial report he handed over, the profit of Wanfeng Grain Bank is enough to maintain the operation of the intelligence station itself, and even a small surplus.

"If Lin Baiguang is willing to come back to work, it will be more than enough to be the director of the third department." Jiang Shan commented.

Wang Ding: If he wants to come back and recognize, will it be your turn to be the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau? But he didn't say it. He said: "There is also the Zou Monk Temple in Leizhou, which is also a professional intelligence station. Chen Tianxiong specifically requested that this temple be rebuilt and used as an intelligence station. His current activities in Leizhou are basically based on this place.

"I think we should call everyone back and have a working meeting." Jiang Shan said in a deep voice, "Including the representatives of Guangzhou and Leizhou, this is first of all to respect their expressions, and secondly, there are many places where we have to coordinate with these places in the future, and if we don't have a clear interview, I'm afraid there will be problems." ”

"Well, in fact, there are some positions that you can reserve for the dispatched personnel - they don't have to come back to take up their posts - Guo Yi can be the director of the first department, and as for Lin Baiguang, he can be the director of the third department, and there is no need to be selected among the elders of Lingao......"

"You are making a wish." Jiang Shan jokingly said, "When they become the director, they can't be serious if they don't want to, right?" ”

"Yes, the county magistrate should always be careful about the affairs of his own position. Besides, many people who work on the front line know better, what's the use of suddenly mentioning a few people who read spy novels to be the director? Can the front-line staff be convinced? ”

"There is nothing wrong with that, but they are all on the front line, and I am afraid that they will not be able to do what the director should do - as a leader has to do a lot of transactional work." Jiang Shan said, "He is probably willing to let Guo Yi be the director of the first department, and the executive committee does not necessarily have any opinions." But in the future, the Intelligence Bureau will arrange for people to enter Daming to carry out work, how to discuss and communicate with him? It's too complicated in terms of process. ”

"Hmm." Wang Ding thought that he had neglected this, and he regretfully denied his idea, "It seems that this will not work." ”

"The ideal state should be to transfer the front-line personnel back to the division chief and send out new intelligence officers." Jiang Shan said, "In this way, those who are experienced as leaders can also go to the front line to exercise." ”

"I'm afraid it won't be possible right now."

Jiang Shan also knew that this was probably something that could not be done. The business relationship and the personal connection in ancient societies were very close. The transfer of Guo Yi and others would mean the disruption of many business and social ties in Guangzhou, which is not the same as the casual exchange of executives of modern large companies.

"Let's start with an intelligence work meeting. Ventilation with everyone. Jiang Shan made up his mind, "I have to go to various departments first to understand the specific situation." ”

"Okay. So what am I going to do? Wang Ding asked.

"Well, let's go visit the people on this list and talk to them casually," Jiang Shan said, "They are all veterans who have volunteered to devote themselves to intelligence work." You have worked in the powerful department in the past, and you always have the ability to see and recognize people, and see if they really want to do this kind of profession that does not see the light or is quite Ming007. ”

"Good. I'll go in a moment. Wang Ding asked, "The latter doesn't want it, right?" ”

"No, the latter can also be - at least with enough enthusiasm." "The premise is that I can know how much manpower and budget I can get." ”

The first intelligence work conference convened by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau was held in Bopu. The participating institutions included the heads of the Ministry of Commerce, the Religious Affairs Office, and the "Two Religions", the Li and Miao Affairs Office, the State Administration of Political Security, and the personnel of the two foreign stations: Zhang Xin was represented by Guangzhou, and Chen Tianxiong was represented by Leizhou. Lin Baiguang from Qiongzhou also returned to attend the meeting.

The meeting was held in Bopu, in the private villa that Wu De himself had built. After the Second Plenary Assembly, in order to avoid being questioned by the senators on this issue, he surrendered the title to the Cabinet of Directors. Because this place is quiet and hidden, and it is not as conspicuous as in Bairen City, it is a good place to hold small secret meetings.

In terms of intelligence work, the Executive Committee has long believed that a large-scale consolidation and clean-up is needed. The first is to eliminate the interference of the political and security departments in the intelligence system, and the second is to integrate the existing systems to avoid a situation in which there are multiple government departments.

Modern people are very sensitive to intelligence, and almost every department wants to set up its own intelligence organization or simply act as an intelligence organization itself. Even departments such as the Committee of Agriculture are making reports on the establishment of the Saffron Society within the Tiandihui system, an organization that acts as a small trader and peddler in the countryside while conducting intelligence-gathering and propaganda agitation. The General Staff is also working on the idea of setting up an Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff......

This frenzy of national intelligence must be corrected. The Foreign Intelligence Bureau is just a basin of cold water poured by the Executive Committee on the heads of various departments.

At this intelligence meeting, it was made clear that the Foreign Intelligence Bureau (FIA) is responsible for collecting intelligence from abroad, and that all foreign intelligence activities must be planned and filed by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. At the same time, it is reiterated that no department may set up its own intelligence organization or personnel without authorization.

Under the premise of unified command of intelligence work, it is stipulated that the Foreign Intelligence Bureau is responsible for the aggregation and analysis of all intelligence, and that the information collected by various departments must first be submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, which will summarize and analyze the intelligence and then distribute it.

Intelligence analysis is the most important part of intelligence work, and it can even be said to be a critical task. In the past, most of the information collected by various departments on their own, except for the State Administration of Political Security, was directly copied without analysis. CCs are generally directed to the Executive Committee and "departments that may be useful". The latter is a vague concept. For example, the telegram on the retail price of goods in the Guangzhou daily market collected by the Guangzhou station - the recipients are all the executive committee. Once the Executive Committee received it, the information was copied to a rather vague audience: the Ministry of Commerce, foreign trade companies, cooperatives, and even the Agricultural Committee and the Civil Affairs Committee might theoretically need it.

For the sake of responsibility, the Office sent a copy to all departments that may be in need. Not only is it wasted, but it also involves the energy of the receiving departments -- the information is not refined, analyzed, and summarized, and is provided to the departments in the form of raw materials -- and the work of judging and interpreting the information becomes the business of the departments themselves. Supervisors have to spend a lot of time reading and judging whether this thing is useful to them. Some people don't bother to ask and just file it.

According to Wang Ding's plan, all the information is now classified and compiled according to the timeliness and content of the information after the analysis department conducts a preliminary summary and analysis. Each department submits its own information categories to the Foreign Intelligence Service, which distributes them to each department according to the level of secrecy. As for urgent and critical information, it is sent directly to the executive committee and the corresponding department in charge of the matter to ensure that a response can be made within the fastest possible time.

The second is the establishment of a shared general intelligence database. All information collected is organized into a booklet by category and date and stored in a database. When necessary, each department can directly transfer it according to the secret level of the department. Instead of filing separately in the past, it has become a pile of dead materials, and only those who have a heart will consult it.

In terms of the division of affairs: the division of information on Li and Miao affairs belongs to the category of "internal affairs", and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau no longer interferes in the collection and collation of information in this area, and this intelligence affairs is led by the Li and Miao Affairs Office, with the assistance of the General Administration of Political Security and the Office of Religious Affairs.

A key link in foreign intelligence work: The subordinate relationship of the stations stationed in the foreign countries was clarified at the meeting -- the stations were under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Colonies and Trade -- in the past, the identities of the stations stationed in the foreign stations were not clear, and some of them were counted in the intelligence department, some in the commercial department, and some in the Planning Commission. In the final analysis, the things they handle are many and complex, and they are irreplaceable and important. Now that the affiliation is clear, it is easier for all parties to coordinate.

At the meeting, a decision was taken on the obligation of the outpost to support the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Service. In order to facilitate the effective command of the foreign intelligence bureau stationed in foreign stations, all station directors stationed in foreign stations must concurrently hold the post of director of the foreign intelligence bureau's intelligence station, and form a de facto subordinate relationship with the director of the foreign intelligence bureau.

In this way, Guo Yi of Guangzhou Station and Wen Tong of Leizhou Station became the head of the intelligence station of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Every outpost established in the future has the obligation to collect local intelligence and support the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Of course, in practice, they can hand over specific intelligence matters to the other veterans in the station.

In addition to stationing in foreign stations, the Religious Affairs Office has also been designated as a "key assistance unit" of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, especially Zhang Yuchen's "New Taoism", which is considered by all parties to have great intelligence penetration value, especially Chen Tianxiong, who mentioned that Xu Wen's Zou Monk Temple is very suitable for the "New Taoism" to be used as a base, which can be used as a missionary base and an intelligence station.

Zhang Yuchen, who had just returned from the Sanya Development Zone and was tanned, was very enthusiastic about the proposal. He proposed that the "New Daoism" prepare to cooperate closely with the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and he was willing to contribute the graduates of the "Taoist Training Course" of the "New Daoism" that was being prepared to do both missionary and intelligence training. In this way, once the Taoist students complete their studies and expand to the mainland, they will become the vanguard of both ideological and intelligence work.

"You don't have a single person in your Taoist training class, how many people have you already contributed to?" He Yingyi, the head of the Religious Affairs Office, said, "One will contribute to Li Miao's affairs, one will contribute to the General Administration of Political Security for internal security, and now it will be contributed to the Foreign Intelligence Bureau." ”

"I'm just pointing out how much of a role 'New Taoism' may play in our cause," Zhang Yuchen's face did not change, "As for the source of Taoism, I have already reported it many times. The implication is that it didn't play a role, and the main thing was not to give it to others.

Wu Shimang saw that his Lingao Church was unattended, and quickly came out to say that although the Lingao Church was limited in its missionary work to Chinese mainland, the "Catholic" faith could make them play a greater role in their activities against Europeans. Moreover, in contrast, the Lingao Church has already mastered a group of devout enough believers to use, and compared to the "New Taoism" that can only talk about the potential role, the Lingao Church can be "put into battle" immediately.

"Our congregationists are very religious, yes, very religious," Mr. Wu said, "and they welcome martyrdom from the bottom of their hearts, so they don't have to think about the consequences for them to carry out any tasks." ”

"What mission should you let your nun-in-law carry out?" Zhang Yingchen made a contemplative look.

Laughter erupted immediately at the conference table. Wu Shimang was not embarrassed, and argued: "What's wrong with the nun's mother-in-law?" Such an old man will not be noticeable anywhere - this is a very haode intelligence officer."

"I think forget it, don't toss the old people in the seminary." He Ying said, "People have served you enough to go to the high church, so let the family spend their old age in peace." ”

"There are also many young and devout believers." Wu Shimang was anxious to express his work in this area, "I believe that it is very appropriate for an indigenous person with strong beliefs to be sent out to do intelligence gathering work - at least he will not betray." ”

Jiang Shan felt that it was a good idea to use religion to gather intelligence, and expressed his "heartfelt gratitude" for the support of the Religious Affairs Office.

After the Bopu intelligence work conference ended, Chen Tianxiong and Lin Baiguang were invited to the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to hold a small meeting with Jiang Shan and others.

These two people can be regarded as the basic intelligence officers of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau outside, and Jiang Shan attaches great importance to them, and they are also very polite in their speech. The first is to invite Lin Baiguang to come back to take up the position of director of the third division or office director.

"No, it's better for me to be a special agent stationed abroad." Lin Baiguang shook his head unceremoniously, "I don't like agency work. I want to do something practical outside. ”

"Okay." Jiang Shan knows that this kind of person is difficult to persuade easily, and no matter how much he persuades himself, he will have a good share, "I want to hear your views and suggestions on the work of this organ." ”

Lin Baiguang smiled: "Actually, I don't have any opinions, the first thing is people, and we need to add a lot of people." ”

"I also think there are too few people," Jiang Shan nodded, "but now the elders are a rare resource......

"I'm not talking about the patriarchs," Lin Baiguang shook his head, "As you said, the patriarchs are scarce resources, how can you casually put them on the mainland to serve as grassroots intelligence work?" Death at random is a major loss. I'm talking about indigenous intelligence officers. ”

Lin Baiguang reminded Jiang Shan that several training courses for intelligence personnel had been held in the past, but the number of people was very small and simply not enough. It is necessary to pay close attention to personnel training.

"Indigenous intelligence personnel have no experience, so we should give them more opportunities to practice, and I suggest that more manpower should be invested in Qiongshan County. Newly trained intelligence officers can be sent to me. Lin Baiguang said.

"Oh?" What does this mean? Although Qiongshan County is an attached county of Qiongzhou Prefecture, after all, it is only a county seat on Hainan Island, and in the eyes of the Executive Committee, it is just an apple that will not be picked for the time being. If it weren't for the existence of the Jiazi Coal Mine, there would be no need to invest too much intelligence here.

"Before I explain, let me talk about our activities in Qiongshan County."

He first reported on his work in Qiongshan County.

Wanfeng Grain's activities, the work of the Hai family, Ma Benyuan's local intelligence network......

“…… This is a place in Qiongshan County, and now we have made a lot of progress. Lin Baiguang said, "The bureaucracy of the entire Qiongzhou government is almost like a sieve. ”