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He reaffirmed Taylor's words and asked the translator to take a moment to scan the documents Taylor handed over.

"So I don't know what's going on, an American lawyer came to Moscow talking to himself to represent a, uh, no, a bunch of Soviet citizens?" Marialov's words were sarcastic.

"And how did you get the materials? It kind of surprised me," he continued

Taylor felt a little ashamed, but knew that since the other party asked, it was a good thing after all.

"The material was collated by our volunteers after interviewing a large number of immigrants in Israel and the United States."

Marialov: "Then how do you prove that their material is reliable?" ”

Taylor understands that things are turning around.

"We have done our best to check it with the utmost care. Of course, there may be problems here, so I would still like to have the opportunity to read the original records of the case and the trial if they are allowed to be accessed...... Actually, you know that in the United States, almost all records are allowed, except for extremely special cases"

"You have your way of doing things, and we have ours" Marialov shook his head, cutting off Taylor's words.

"I assure you, our aim is to deal with these things in a purely professional and professional way," Taylor began to persuade the other party, "I, Talford Taylor, I think you should know the consistent political position - my political position is to speak all about the law and not about politics. So I've always been persona non grata in the federal government......"

"If, I mean, the Soviet authorities were willing to take the legal documents that we had submitted and study them, wouldn't it be better for both of us to avoid the media hype and not be publicly criticized? This has been reported for a long time in the United States and in the West as a whole. ”

Taylor continued: "Journalists, Western journalists"

He smiled wryly: "Although I am a beneficiary of journalism, frankly, I don't like them, and of course there are people among journalists who deserve respect." But now there are more people who will do anything for the sake of sales and eyeballs......"

"You have your way of doing things, and we have ours," Marialov said again, "and this kind of problem does not exist in our country. ”

"But, after all, the Soviet Union is a permanent member of the United Nations," Taylor said, "and let me continue with the question of journalists." I hate them, but if I had the power I wouldn't suppress them, and I think if I did the right thing, then I would release as many facts as I could to the public, and I trust the public's ability to judge. As President Lincoln said, I believe his famous quote is also widely spread in the Russian land: 'You can deceive the majority for a while, you can deceive the minority, but you can't deceive the majority for a lifetime.'"

"As long as we act according to the law and conscience, even if we come out publicly, even if we may be reprimanded, in the long run, history will prove who is right and who is wrong."

"Returning to the question of the Jews in the Soviet Union, I am ashamed to admit that a lot of what our country's journalists have written is complete slander and nonsense...... I really don't believe it, because I am friends and colleagues with Mr. Rudenko and Mr. Smirnov, and in Nuremberg we had different beliefs and positions, but we worked very well together, and from them I saw the greatness and sincerity of Russia. ”

"They are also my window into this great country, and they made a very good impression on me, and this impression allowed me to make a judgment - many American journalists only ask about their positions on this matter and do not ask about the facts, in fact our population is also spoiled by these journalists, they only want to see what they want to see - as long as it is slanderous against the Soviet Union, someone will pay for it, someone will pay for it, someone will spend money......"

"As a citizen of the United States, I am sad and ashamed," Taylor said sincerely.

"But you only feel sad and ashamed," Marialov sneered, "and you didn't do anything about it?" ”

"I wanted to do it, but ......," Taylor continued, "I don't have the conditions. ”

"Because these journalists even dared to write at the beginning of the article, 'Because of the Iron Curtain policy of the Russians, we can't get more and more accurate information.'" TASS reporters have casual access to the federal trial files, and we have no access to any credible information, so the following reports can only be speculated on the few available sources.'"

"It's their disclaimer" Taylor spreads hands "I want to refute, but ......"

"So I came to Moscow...... I hope we can do something together. ”

"To declare to the whole world that the Soviet judicial system is evil and grotesque?"

"No, no, no, absolutely not," Taylor shook his head repeatedly...... "You are also a professional lawyer, although I am not familiar with you, but I know through words that you must be good at justice and humane." What I want to say is that there may have been problems in the trial of this group of Jews, and of course this is my personal inference, and you can certainly refute me...... No problem with this."

Marialov's lips moved, but in the end he endured.

Taylor said: "Actually, it is useless to state this issue to me, we can make it public to the world with a complete and detailed record." Of course, maybe there may have been a small mistake in the interrogation."

"But the judiciary is not a machine, it is controlled by people, and there will inevitably be omissions, and in fact, there will be judges in the United States who will make mistakes, so that doesn't mean anything. I came here to do what I could. ”

Taylor paused, and ventured out to speak, "I don't want to say that, because it might be a bit unseemly. But I have to say that in fact, deep down I believe in the Supreme Soviet, after all, the departure or stay of these Jews will not pose any danger to the Soviet Union, and even more so to the top leadership...... Letting them leave happily will help improve your country's image in the international community. Isn't it? ”

"My concern is that in the bureaucracy, the subordinates may misunderstand the intentions of the superiors. This is not surprising, you must know that this kind of thing often happens in the United States...... This is a common problem that cannot be avoided in human society. ”

"This ......" Marialov hesitated a little.

As a senior official within the system, and a high-level technical official, he was clearly familiar with the situation in the country.

There is some truth in Taylor's words, and his position is not extreme, and even has the flavor of considering the Russians.

"Trust me," Taylor said, "everything I've done over the decades can be put in the sun." I believe that justice is the common conscience of mankind. ”

Eventually, Marialov looked at the documents Taylor had brought with him - it was a small part of the proxy form.

He then apologized for a moment and asked Taylor to wait for him, and left the office.

Ten minutes later, he returned.

"Professor Taylor, I have decided to allow you to submit your petition as a prisoner's representative, and we will carefully study all the documents you have submitted, and the top leadership of the prosecutor's office will consider how to deal with them. That's all I can do now. But what I want to say is that you have your way of doing things, and we have ours, so whether it's the file format or the process after that, it has to follow the Moscow one. Can you do that? ”

Professor Taylor was stunned by the unexpected surprise.

He sat on the couch for a long time before he came to his senses, and then said goodbye to Marialov with joy, asking him to convey his thoughts about Rudenko and Smirnov and wish him a speedy recovery.

In this way, Taylor, Fletcher, and Edward became the first Americans ever to be allowed to participate in the judicial process of the Soviet Union......

It sounds a bit fanciful, but it's true!

As for Marialov's final request, this is certainly not a problem.

Everyone has come to Moscow, what else? You can't ask the Russians to switch to the law of the sea, right?

The other side can intervene with itself, this is the manifestation of Comrade Lenin!

Regardless of which side his old man is on, in short, this is a great achievement!

Taylor and Fletcher flew back to New York first.

The next day was the day of the showdown between Beth and Pietro.

The competition was held in the auditorium of the Leningrad Grand Hotel.

In order to avoid playing three draws in a row, the system stipulates that if the score is 1.5:1.5 after three games (0.5 points for each side of the draw), then continue to go until the winner is decided.

In the first two days, the two sides won one game, 1:1.

Today is the day of victory.

The night before, Edward had swallowed three pills and tossed you from eight to twelve before Beth fell asleep.

It's not that someone is addicted, it's that Beth thinks it's the best way to relax and decompress.

Edward swallowed the pill with tears in his eyes as he wailed in his heart, what about the swallow? Where's this fucking swallow!? False advertising kills people!!

I'm almost done with this pill, not to mention swallows, even Yan Bahu has never seen one!

Does this red empire still have a conscience?!

It's hard to come up with a serious foreign force that interferes in internal affairs, how can the KGB be so derelict in its duties?

With tears of sadness in his eyes, he played with Beth......

The next day Beth woke up early and opened the velvet curtains of the floor-to-ceiling window, which was silvery white and dazzling.

She walked to the bedside: "Ed, you don't seem to look good......"

"Help me up, I can still ......," he said, shuddering as he reached for the small drawer on the bedside table, where the blue and white porcelain vase was inside.

"Rest well, watch me kill that bastard today!" After Beth finished speaking, she went into the bathroom, listening to the sound of the water, Edward wanted to cry without tears, the body is the capital of the revolution......

In the afternoon's game, Beth won the game cleanly.

Suddenly, all Western journalists in Moscow were in a sensation!

This is an authentic Western journalist, running faster than a rabbit one by one, desperately calling his headquarters to dictate press releases......

After returning from the USSR.

Edward returned to Stanford, but he rented a large office in the town of Alparodo.

Since Marialov agreed to accept the documents provided by the Americans, the best materials should be delivered with great ethics.

Taylor brought only part of the complaint, and a large amount of testimony and related materials were in the United States.

Edward was about to burst into tears when he suddenly discovered an omission.

When he took over the task from Professor Taylor, he fully estimated the huge amount of the task, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could still do it with more effort and overtime.

After all, it's an honor to be named by the big guy, isn't it?

If the task handed over by the big guy really has no technical content at all, doesn't it mean that the big guy has no confidence in himself?

But now he realized that he had undercounted a large chunk of work that was completely unavoidable:

These documents are going to be handed over to Moscow!

The Soviets will certainly not look at English materials!

Testimonies more than ten feet thick must all be translated into Russian!

At the moment, there are no computers and no translation software, and everything can only rely on the crowd of tactics.

As for the quantity of work......

Let's put it this way, Edward led the men to loot all the Cyrillic typewriters in the town of Alparodo, and had them delivered here from San Francisco.

Joel was also pulled out of Franklin's case: "Anyway, Franklin can't run, and Principal Lehmann can't run either, don't worry, but the Russians of the FXXK may run away at any time!" ”

Edward, regardless of whether the other party agreed or not, grabbed him and stuffed him into the car.

Joel was not convinced at first, but when he saw Professor Talford Taylor, he immediately behaved like a sheep.

After all, the first law bigwigs on the West Coast have participated in the projects, what qualifications does he have to refuse?

Edward jumped up and down in Stanford Law School, agitating like a reed, and recruited about twenty helpers.

There were translators, clerks, typists, professors and graduate students related to Soviet law.

Fortunately, he has a lot of money, so he will give money according to the maximum limit......

He paid all this money himself, and he didn't bother to find reimbursement from the organization, so it's true that he is now working as soon as possible.

Finally, the other party relented, and he must not drop the chain on his side.

A total of 19 cases are on hand.

Each case requires an egg's representation and sworn testimony, which must be written in both Russian and English.

It was also necessary to prepare a detailed complaint, and in short, the temporary office looked like a small printing house.

These legal documents had to be drafted from scratch and conform to the format of the Soviet legal instrument.

So a group of people began to improvise the study of Soviet criminal law and criminal procedure.

God forbid!

Fortunately, the relevant laws of the Soviet Union relied entirely on judges and administrative regulations, unlike the common law, which was based on a sea of jurisprudence.

Of course, there are quite a few of these laws and regulations, but on the whole they are still within an acceptable range, and with Professor Fletcher as an expert guide, everyone will not be blinded.

Rather, it was studied step by step, and Soviet law was not difficult to master in general, and fortunately, Stanford Law School actually had an English version of these Soviet laws!

That's a big help.

Time was of the essence, because Taylor knew the way the Soviets were doing things, so he had to strike on a hot iron, and he booked a ticket to go to Moscow again early on.

As a result, Edward had to work all night.

In fact, it wasn't until a few minutes before Taylor boarded the car to the airport that Edward handed him all the materials.

This time, Taylor met with Rudenko as he wished, and the two sides discussed in detail for several hours, and Rudenko accepted all the information.

At this point, the first phase of work is complete!

All that's left is a long wait.