"Vyacheslav, did you gain anything from this trip to Paris?" Manturov, sitting on a sofa in the living room, spoke to the owner of the villa, Soviet Foreign Minister and Politburo member Vyacheslav Molotov.

Molotov's emotions began to become agitated at the thought of the faces of the British and French foreign ministers, "The greatest gain of this trip to Paris is that I have seen the true colors of the imperialist countries (here the United States, Britain and France).

They ostensibly want to provide economic assistance to us and other European countries to boost our economy, but in fact they want to increase their influence in Europe and increase their control over the European economy.

They use economic aid as a bait to force the recipient countries to carry out reforms that suit their bourgeois tastes, in an attempt to undermine the foundations of our planned economy and to lead us down a path that suits their bourgeois interests.

Such conditions are simply not acceptable to us. On the surface, they regard us as important allies in the anti-fascist war and say that they want to provide us with assistance, but in reality they do not want to make our proletarian regime any benefit at all. ”

Manturov took a sip of black tea and analyzed: "For capitalist countries, there is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests. The Americans are willing to spend so much money to aid many European countries, in fact, not only to maintain friendship with European countries, but also to obtain greater benefits.

As you said earlier, one of the purposes of the Americans is to increase their control over the European economy and increase their influence on European countries.

In addition to this, one of the important aims of this aid program was to consolidate the ruling position of the bourgeois governments in Western Europe and at the same time to reduce the influence of communist forces in Western European countries. ”

"Vorodya, you have a point. I have been foreign minister for so many years, and all the imperialist countries I have come into contact with have pursued a foreign policy of putting interests first, and they will never do anything without interests, and they rarely make investments that do not return on their investment.

There is no doubt that the aid plan proposed by the Americans will strengthen its own influence on European countries to a certain extent, make some European countries dependent on the aid provided by the Americans, and after their economic recovery, they may also be grateful to the United States for their help and strengthen their relations with the United States.

But what I don't understand is why you think that the purpose of this aid is to reduce the communist forces. If Europe's industrial economy had developed as a result of this aid program, the working class would have grown with it, because further industrialization would require not only capital, machinery and technology, but also a large number of workers.

As Europe becomes more industrialized, the number of workers increases, the power of the working class should increase, and the mass base of the working class party should become bigger and stronger, but why do you think that the aid package will weaken the power of the working class party and consolidate the ruling position of the bourgeois government? ”

Molotov's view is still too idealistic, after all, he is not a time-traveler, he does not know the subsequent development of history, and he does not see the conspiracy behind the Marshall Plan (that is, the US aid plan this time).

Manturov, on the other hand, is from the 21st century, where he naturally understands the development of history. When he thought about the 21st century, when the Communist Party of Europe had been reduced to a minority party, and even had no connection with Parliament, he also felt a little lost as a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Now, he has not only traveled to the Soviet Union in the Stalinist era, but also mixed up in a position that could change the history of the Soviet Union and even the world, and he has a good time talking and laughing with an important historical figure.

He was given the opportunity to change history, he was given the opportunity to change the pattern of the world. Since there is this opportunity to change history, why not take advantage of it and try to make history develop in a better direction?

"Vyacheslav, why is it that when you grow the working class, the party of the working class grows with it? The lessons of history have taught us that there is no necessary relationship between the two.

More than a decade ago, German industry was also booming, with more and more workers and a growing working class. But did these workers finally side with the German Communist Party? Not really!

Far from siding with the German Communist Party, which represented the working class, they became supporters of the bourgeois Nazi Party. Why is that?

First, the full name of the Nazi Party, the 'National Socialist German Workers' Party', had the word 'Workers' Party' in its name, which led to the impression that they were the party of the working class, and thus gained some support from the working class.

This is also the case in England and France, where the French Socialist Party and the British Labour Party, which represent the bourgeoisie, are also parties that serve the bourgeoisie under the banner of the working class.

Why, then, did the workers of Germany choose the Nazi Party instead of the Social Democrats and the Communist Party of Germany, which truly represented the working class? Why did a large number of workers in England and France choose bourgeois parties? Then we'll have to look at other reasons.

Let's take Hitler's Germany as an example, how did Hitler consolidate his ruling position after he took power? In addition to using terror to suppress dissent, he tried his best to improve the economic conditions in Germany, so that the living standards of the German people improved, and even put forward the idea of having a car for every family in Germany.

When people's lives improve, they will naturally give credit to the ruling party that gave them a better life. No matter how their lives are improved, whether they rely on foreign aggression like Nazi Germany, exploit colonies like Britain and France, or rely on self-development like us, as long as the economic level rises and the quality of life improves, the support of the ruling party will naturally increase, no matter which class the ruling party represents.

On the contrary, when the quality of life of the people has fallen to an intolerable level, people will want to overthrow the government and bring to power a regime that will give them a better life, as in Russia in 1917......

Now the Americans want to provide large sums of economic support to the capitalist countries of Western Europe, and this economic support will enable the economy of Western Europe to recover and extricate itself from the financial constraints and material shortages faced by the bourgeois governments of Western Europe.

When the government's finances are no longer tight, the supply of materials is no longer tight, and the people's material needs are basically improved, people's dissatisfaction with the government will be reduced, and the political situation will be stabilized.

The countries of Western Europe, which have received large sums of economic support, can also spend some money on the expansion of their armies and armaments, and on strengthening the armed forces of the bourgeoisie, so as to prevent the proletariat from seizing power by means of armed insurrection. ”

Manturov explained to Molotov the relationship between the quality of life and the support of the party, but when the quality of life improves, will the government's support also improve? In fact, this is not necessarily the case, and it still needs to rely on the efforts of propaganda agencies.