After a 46-hour train journey, Manturov is back to familiar Novosibirsk. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he left the train station, Manturov was intercepted by a man wearing the uniform of a major general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The man's tall, pale, expressionless face emitted bursts of chill that made people feel creepy.

"Comrade Manturov, I have something to look for you." The man said coldly, expressionlessly.

Manturov lifted his glasses, which were about to fall, and only then did he see the man's face, which was Major General Ozinov, the head of the Novosibirsk Oblast Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Comrade Osinov, is there anything you want to find me?"

"That's right, now we have received a lot of whistleblowing letters, involving a large number of important cadres in Tomsk. Including the secretary of the municipal party committee, as well as the leaders of the local anti-anti-counterterrorism department. ”

At that time, reporting public officials seemed to have become the norm. Before January 9, 1938, the three-member group in charge of the state in charge of the anti-rebellion would from time to time receive letters of complaint that a person had participated in counter-revolutionary activities and demanded a purge and purge.

Most of the charges reported in these letters are unfounded, but there are countless examples of successful reports, and many people have been wronged as a result.

Later, Stalin also realized that there was such a problem, and on January 9, 1938, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union issued a "Decision on the Fact of the Erroneous Dismissal of the Families of Persons Arrested for Counter-Revolutionary Crimes", and then the plenum unanimously called for "not to accuse people without good reason, but to distinguish between wrongdoers and saboteurs".

Since then, there have been fewer and fewer reported letters, and the success rate of reports has also begun to decline. Since January 9, Manturov has received very few letters of whistleblowing and has not encountered large-scale incidents.

But this time, the scale of the report was very large, involving the secretary of the Tomsk City Party Committee, as well as the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and various district committees.

"Did you send someone to investigate?" Manturov asked in surprise.

"There is no investigation."

"Why don't you investigate?"

"I don't dare to act rashly without your authorization. After all, there are too many people involved this time, and the positions are too high, and many leaders of the Tomsk party organization are also involved. If an investigation were to be launched, all of them would be suspended, and the functioning of the Tomsk party organization could be greatly affected.

Moreover, this time the leadership of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs will also be involved, and if an investigation is launched, these people will also be suspended, and the operation of the city bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tomsk will also be affected, and we may have to transfer a large number of people from Novosibirsk and Kemerovo to investigate. ”

Manturov put his left hand on his cheek and held a heavy suitcase in his right hand, and said: "In this case, you first investigate the identity of the informant, and first ask the informant to go to the state bureau to record a confession, so that they can provide more evidence." Then, you synthesize the evidence and write me a preliminary investigation report, which I read before making a decision. ”

"So be it."

"Also, if you need more people, come to me. In addition, Comrade Andropov of the Komsomol is a very suitable person to participate in the suppression of the rebellion, and if necessary, you can ask him to come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help. ”

Osinov also felt that Andropov could be used, "Comrade Andropov? I've seen this person, and he is indeed quite suitable to participate in the anti-rebellion work. If I could, I would like to ...... tomorrow."

"Don't worry, no problem. Just go find him yourself. Manturov glanced at Katya and continued to say to Osinov: "The affairs of the Komsomol can be handled by Katya, and there is no shortage of manpower. ”

"Okay, thank you, I'll go back first."

For some reason, as soon as Osinov left, Katya had a big smile on her face.

"Katyusha, what are you laughing at? Why are you so happy? I've almost never seen you laugh like that. ”

"Secret."

"Secret? Is it because of Yuri (Andropov)? ”

"What do you say?"

"Since you say so, it should be."

Katya kissed Manturov on the cheek and said, "Honey, you're doing too well. I don't want to face Yuri every day. I really don't want to work with him. ”

"Why? Don't you admire him very much? Before the crossing, you said that he was the greatest leader of the USSR, and now? ”

"Yes, he is worthy of admiration. But he always had some special fetishes. ”

"What fetishes?" Manturov asked.

"He is a person with a strong sense of time, every time I am late, which document is delayed by a second, I have to be taught a lesson by him."

But Manturov, a man with a strong sense of time, fits exactly these characteristics of Katya, and he feels that the other person is reflecting himself, not Andropov. "Honey, are you talking about me? That's how I treat my subordinates. I don't think it's right to be late or late to submit documents, it doesn't make a difference if you're a day late, or half a second late. ”

"I'm not done yet. I understand that both late arrivals and late submission of documents are wrong. But every time I discussed official business with him, I said that I couldn't do it for a second longer. ”

Andropov is like this, his sense of time is too strong. When he has someone to ask for an interview, as soon as the appointed time comes, the secretary will immediately invite this person into his office to start a conversation.

At this point, whoever is talking to him in the office, whether or not the conversation is finished, and how important the topic is, will chase away the person who is talking to him and receive the appointment in turn.

"Oh, that's a bit mean. But it's not a big problem. ”

"It's not big, but there's ......"

"Okay, now that he's been transferred, you're satisfied."

"Satisfied, he himself is the material for being the chairman of the KGB. It is better to get him to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and let a serious person like him do the work of purging the rebellion. And I, a young, beautiful and lovely rose, should stay in the Communist Youth League and cultivate young and lovely new party members. ”

Seeing Katya's cute appearance when she smiled, Manturov couldn't help but kiss her and said, "Okay, I know you're beautiful." But please remember that I recommended Yuri to Osinov not for you, but so that he could do the work that suits him, so that Comrade Osinov could get a rebel talent. ”

"Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense. You have a clear distinction between public and private, and you have a good way of doing things, and the whole of Novosibirsk knows this. ”

"But if you spread rumors, the whole of Novosibirsk will say that I don't distinguish between public and private, and I will transfer Andropov for the sake of a hairy girl."

In this way, Manturov introduced Andropov, a rebel talent, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and led him to the path that he should and most suitable to take.