"Volodya, I didn't expect you to become the secretary of the Central Committee so soon! What's it like to work at Starea Square? As soon as Yakov walked into Manturov's office, he "greeted" his old friend who had just become secretary of the Central Committee in a friendly tone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Volodya? When Melkulov, who came in with him, heard Yakov shouting this name, his heart trembled, "Volodya" is a nickname and a nickname, can ordinary people call it casually? Could it be that the relationship between Yakov and Manturov was really so good? Good enough to call each other by their nicknames?

Manturov exhaled and said, "It's okay. If you can sit in a higher position, you will be able to contribute more strength to the country and bring greater influence to the people. But there will be more work at hand, there will be more pressure, and every decision made will have a significant impact on the country and the people, and I think Comrade Merkulov also feels this. ”

Melkulov shook Manturov's hand, and then responded: "Yes, although the People's Commissariat for State Security is a separate department from the NKVD, and its staffing and powers are the same as those of our predecessor, the General Directorate of State Security, the work pressure of my people's commissar for State security is much greater.

As People's Commissar for State Security, every decision I make will have a major impact on intelligence gathering and infiltration, and if I do it wrong, it will have a negative impact on the war of the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and cause the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to pay unnecessary casualties. ”

Not so long ago, the Supreme Soviet adopted a resolution splitting the General Directorate of State Security under the NKVD and establishing the People's Commissariat for State Security on the basis of the General Directorate of State Security, which became a state security department independent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Originally, this adjustment took place in 1943, but presumably because the Soviet army entered the counteroffensive phase ahead of schedule and had more requirements for intelligence gathering, it was brought forward to 1942.

The new People's Commissar for State Security (Minister of State Security) is still the former head of the Main Directorate of State Security, Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov, while the First Deputy People's Commissar (Deputy Minister of State Security) is the former Deputy Directorate of the Main Directorate of State Security, Yakovich Yakovich.

The former First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of State Security - Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov (who will be the first KGB chairman in history!) It's Serov's boss! ) was transferred to the post of Deputy NKVD (Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs).

The remaining two deputy heads of the Main Directorate of State Security, Gripov and Kobrov, were promoted to deputy People's Commissars for State Security.

Yakov is undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of this readjustment, and in one fell swoop he was promoted from a "cadre at the level of deputy director/director" to a "cadre at the level of deputy minister."

"I think you also know that the General Staff of the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has developed a plan for a counteroffensive against Belarus, Western Ukraine and Lithuania, but as far as I know, from the beginning of the German occupation of those regions, local nationalists have been working with the Germans in the hope that the Germans will help them achieve national independence," Manturov said straight to the point.

Although this was an unrealistic fantasy, many people in the occupied territories still had great hopes for their so-called national independence, and many people, demagogized by the rhetoric of the pro-German elements, joined the local anti-Soviet organizations and cooperated with the German invaders.

Some even fought side by side with the German fascist bandits, inflicting some casualties on our troops.

Now, we are preparing to enter the stage of counteroffensive, and the situation has changed a lot in areas where resistance is more intense, such as the three Baltic states and western Ukraine, but I don't know exactly what the changes are, so I would like to talk to you and hope to learn more from your People's Commissariat for National Security. ”

Manturov also put a lot of thought into the wording, after all, the Ministry of State Security has no subordinate relationship with him, and it is not very proper to call Merkulov and Yakov to his office, so he did not use any words related to or close to "reporting work" this time, but used the word "communication".

Manturov wants to call Yakov over, and people will not agree, let alone care about this, after all, Yakov is an acquaintance and a friend, and it is not a big deal to come and sit down, but if you call Melkulov over, you really have to find a better excuse.

Although the National Defense Council is the highest body of wartime power in the country, and Manturov, as the vice chairman of the National Defense Council, should be able to use the resources of all the different departments, but doing so will arouse Beria's suspicion that Manturov is competing with him for power.

The People's Commissariat for State Security was already a body independent of the NKVD, but Melkulov, as well as a number of important figures in the department, were Beria's men.

These people, including Melkulov and even Yakov, obeyed Beria, the former leader, and it can be said that Beria's influence has been deeply rooted in the state security department, and even if the state security department is separated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which he directly leads, it will not affect his actual control in the state security department.

Of course, this structural adjustment has also had a certain degree of impact on Beria.

The reason why Stalin wanted to separate the state security department from the internal affairs department was to weaken Beria's power to a certain extent, balance the distribution of political power at the top of the CPSU, and at the same time allow the state security department to gain greater autonomy and play a better role in its work.

From the present point of view, Stalin's goal has basically been achieved, Beria's position of power has indeed been affected to a certain extent, and the work efficiency of the state security services has also been improved to a certain extent, which proves that Stalin's adjustment is beneficial to the work, and Beria simply cannot find any excuse to stop all this.

Melkulov said in a debriefing tone: "At present, the situation in Western Ukraine, the three Baltic countries and Poland has indeed changed a lot.

After the long war in Germany, the supply of food and industrial raw materials in the country has begun to be scarce. In order to cope with the huge domestic demand, the Germans seized a large amount of resources from their occupied areas, and some granaries and mineral storage warehouses have been looted by the Germans, so that the people in the occupied areas do not have enough resources to use.

In addition, the German soldiers** local women and children still happened from time to time, causing disgust among the local residents.

The nationalists, who had been working with the Germans, had come to realize that the Germans' intention was to plunder resources from other countries, rather than to bring national independence.

Some of the local population has begun to pin their hopes on us that we will be able to drive out the German fascists and give them a better life.

But there are still a large number of nationalists who want to establish an independent state, who refuse to cooperate with us or the Germans, and some who have joined the German army (SS volunteers), and it is estimated that we will be resisted by these people in the event of a counter-offensive. ”