If this steely leader who has led the Soviet Union for thirty years just lets go.
Who will the future of the Soviet Union lie with? Almost everyone thinks that person should be themselves.
But almost everyone was thinking of another person present, Beria, who looked gentle and elegant with glasses.
The Minister of the Interior, who has been in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for fourteen years, is undoubtedly the person with the greatest threat among everyone present. Everyone understands how terrifying Beria is under his gentle appearance.
Not to mention, the current commander of the Moscow Military District, General Pavel Artemyevich Artemyev.
It was Beria who carried it. General Artemyev graduated from the Border Guards School, a school established by Cheka founder Dzerzhinsky to train commanders of the internal security forces.
After the White Army's Civil War, General Artemyev engaged in political work in the Internal Guard and Border Guards. He later served as the chief of security in the border areas, the head of the Internal Guards and the principal of the NKVD troop school.
During World War II, he served as head of the Combat Forces Command of the NKVD. In the same year, he was appointed commander of the Moscow Military District, where he remains today.
But who is the boss of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Of course it is the only marshal in the Soviet Union who was a security cadre, Beria.
He controls the notorious Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the commander of the Moscow Military District is a commander who came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs system. This kind of threat has to make everyone feel worried.
The rescue operations in the villa are still going on. No one knows what the final result will be, but everyone knows that if this kind father of all ethnic groups suddenly leaves, then a battle will begin soon.
For a whole day, no news came. For the people here, everyone has already made a basic judgment in their hearts, and some preparations should also start. The struggle for power after Stalin's death has begun now.
Everyone was anxious. When the doctors on the medical team examined Stalin's body, they found that his condition was already quite bad.
The most anxious ones were Stalin's colleagues. They just wanted to know whether Stalin could recover, because no one had the guts to act rashly when Stalin might suddenly wake up.
Even Beria, who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is assisted by the commander of the Moscow Military District, has no intention of seizing power.
Stalin led the Soviet Union for thirty years. Except for some political opponents in the early years, he was like a ballast stone for a long time. All the big shots present had already bowed to this authority.
On March 3, a team of doctors told these leaders that it was unlikely that Stalin would awaken.
After this conclusion was reached, the people who had been patient for two days finally seemed to be relieved of their imprisonment and started gearing up.
Beria also started his own actions. Beria directly approached Malenkov and expressed his willingness to support Malenkov. Of course, Malenkov was very happy. Everyone knew that Beria's real power was astonishing.
The exchange of views was that Beria supported Malenkov to become chairman of the Council of Ministers, and Beria became deputy chairman and minister of the interior, which meant that Malenkov got the government department and Beria got the ministry of internal affairs.
At the same time, Malenkov wanted to agree that Beria would re-merge the split Ministry of Internal Affairs and restore it to a comprehensive department during the war. After discussion, the two had reached a consensus.
In the Kremlin, there are now at least four people with different opinions coveting the leadership, namely Beria himself, Malenkov, Molotov and Khrushchev. Beria and Malenkov are fighting
After communicating, they will have an overwhelming advantage over the other two people.
The threat here mainly comes from Beria, not Malenkov. At this point, the overall situation has been decided.
An emergency meeting was subsequently held in the Kremlin, chaired by Malenkov. He told everyone that Stalin was critically ill. At the meeting, Beria supported Malenkov, and Beria proposed that Malenkov should succeed Stalin. The future Soviet Union will
Led by the collective.
Beria's proposal was accepted by everyone. One day later, news came from the Koncevo Villa that Stalin had died of illness. After discussion, everyone decided to announce the news to the outside world early the next morning.
On March 6, the news that shocked the whole world was learned by the whole world through the report of Pravda.
Pravda reported very briefly, "Stalin, the leader of the international communist movement and the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, suddenly suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and died in his villa in Kuntsevo outside Moscow at the age of seventy-four."
The news was announced by the Soviet radio station and the main newspaper "Pravda". After that, the Soviet Union announced eight days of silence across the country, stopped work, and scheduled the burial of Stalin on March 9. Stalin's body was first placed in the Kremlin, and then
The body was laid to rest in the Column Hall of the Trade Union Building for people to pay their respects. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union also decided to bury Stalin's body next to Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square after the viewing. Soviet leaders formed a funeral committee to mourn and bury Stalin.
This news, at this time, had almost the same effect as the explosion of a Tsarist nuclear bomb. It spread throughout London, Paris and Washington. The assessment of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death and who the future leader of the Soviet Union would be has become the most concerning thing at the moment.
The problem.
Alan Wilson arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building with a heavy heart. Logically speaking, he should not be shocked by the death of any historical figure, but after the news came, he was still stunned.
Arriving at the Foreign Office, Sir Ismay first explained that the Labor cabinet was discussing whether to attend Stalin's funeral and send a delegation. As for Whitehall's current responsibility, it is to make a response to the Soviet Union in the post-Stalin era.
Professional assessment.
"Is the government going to visit the Soviet Union at this time?" Alan Wilson shouldn't be surprised, but he was still surprised. He shouldn't be surprised because Stalin should have such influence.
What’s surprising is that the British Empire is still a world empire. Even if the Labor Party is indeed not as hostile to the Soviet Union as the Conservative Party, can it just go to the Soviet Union to attend Stalin’s funeral?
This is still debatable, but this is a matter for the government, and Alan Wilson can only give suggestions.
"We only have suggestions for the government's actions, and it ultimately depends on the Prime Minister's decision. Now we are discussing the Soviet Union in the post-Stalin era, and we have to give an explanation to the cabinet." Sir Ismay quickly issued the required documents and opened the
This meeting.
Alan Wilson is not targeting anyone on this point, just call him in. No matter how unreliable his suggestion is, it is still more reliable than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' blind groping here. His opinion is that no matter who the new leadership of the Soviet Union is,
, will adopt a short-term relaxation strategy.
The fundamental reason is that based on the analysis of existing intelligence, Stalin has not arranged for a successor. There are still many candidates for the current top leadership of the Soviet Union. Because there are so many candidates, the new leader must not have Stalin's authority.
When the new leader has no authority, it can be judged that everything needs to be discussed, and his external performance will definitely not be as tough as Stalin's.
"The Minister of the Interior of the Soviet Union and Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Beria, was an agent. If he were to lead the Soviet Union, would it be more difficult to deal with than during the Stalin period?" Sir Ismay asked rhetorically.
"It's hard for me to imagine that a person can be more difficult to deal with than Stalin!" Alan Wilson opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. "If a leader like Stalin comes out so easily? The Soviet Union should be leading the world now!"
When these words were spoken, objections arose in the conference room. Even Sir Ismay frowned slightly, "Alan, do you think your evaluation of Stalin is too high?"
"Now it is a country of the Slavs. From the beginning of Kievan Rus to the present, there is no one that has the highest status in the world. Peter the Great did not do it, and Catherine the Great did not do it. Stalin did it.
"Alan Wilson shrugged and said, "My evaluation is completely based on my heart, without any personal bias. But fortunately, what we are discussing now is what happened after he died of illness."
After expressing my clear hands and clear conscience, the evaluation meeting on how the new Soviet leader would handle international relations continued. Alan Wilson still insisted that the Soviet Union would definitely ease up in the short term, and maybe the ongoing Berlin crisis would end.
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In fact, there is no need. The urban area of West Berlin is now like an empty city. It is no longer a window for the two camps to show their superiority, but has simply become a military stronghold for the British, American and French armies.
Even Eisenhower, who said before the campaign that he would take a tough stance on the Soviet Union, did not mention this matter after he came to power.
The first thing that several big figures in the current Soviet Union do after coming to power is to stabilize their positions. It is foreseeable that it will take a period of time to establish their authority.
As for Beria, whose colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have doubts, Alan Wilson said that he would not escape this law.
In fact, Alan Wilson knew in his heart that too much compromise with the free world was the crime for which Beria was purged. Regarding the issue of Germany, Beria's opinion was that the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union should withdraw from Germany and allow Germany to unify into a neutral country.
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Not to mention that other high-level officials of the Soviet Union disagreed with this proposal. The Soviets agreed, and neither Britain, France, nor the United States would agree to it.
After two hours of discussion, Alan Wilson insisted that the Soviet Union needed time to stabilize its political environment and would not take a tough stance against the free world. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs produced an assessment report and handed it to the Cabinet Office for delivery to the Cabinet.
At this time, the cabinet, prime minister and ministers were indeed discussing whether to take this opportunity to visit Moscow. At the same time, they were also trying to test the attitude of the new leadership of the Soviet Union.