Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 646

Comrade Stalin ignored Comrade Abakumov’s embarrassment. He looked at Victor, and when he sat on the sofa opposite him, he pointed to the document on the table and said, “I have a basic understanding of the situation. Right? If you don’t understand, you can take a look at this intelligence material. Vyacheslav and several comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also come over later. At that time, we need to discuss the response to this incident in detail.”

Victor nodded, didn’t say anything, just reached out and took the documents on the table.

Unsurprisingly, the content designed in this document is exactly what happened about the King David Hotel bombing, as well as the intelligence information currently held by the intelligence department. In his previous life, although Victor knew enough about this terrorist attack, he didn’t know much about the details of what happened, and this document solved this problem for him.

According to the description in the document, before the explosion, the hotel did receive a warning of an imminent explosion, and received three times, but the hotel only thought that someone was playing a prank, so it did not pay enough attention. Of course, even if the hotel side pays more attention, it will not save the lives of those British people, because although their office is in the same building as the hotel, they belong to two departments of the building, and the most severely damaged by the explosion, It is also the part that the British are focused on.

In addition, the document also describes the British response after the bombing.

According to the document, when the news of the bombings came back to the British mainland, the whole British Isles were in a frenzy. Whether it was civil public opinion or various opposition parties including the Conservative Party, they all launched violent attacks on the Labour Party’s cabinet. They slammed the bombing as a result of Labour’s continued compromise with Jews in the past, whose weakness contributed to the disaster. Various newspapers and media with a stance biased towards the Conservative Party even compared Attlee to the former Chamberlain, believing that the weak compromise of Attlee’s cabinet to the Zionist organization is similar to the weak compromise of Chamberlain to Hitler’s Nazis.

Although this incident has not happened for a long time, and the general public reaction in the UK has not really shown, but you don’t have to think about it, Prime Minister Attlee’s life is definitely not easy. Respond quickly to demonstrate their position. In other words, if nothing else, the British will definitely make a tough stance in the Palestinian area in the near future, and the situation there will become more complicated.

In addition, the document also mentioned the reaction of the “moderate” Zionist group headed by Ben Gurion. As always, after the bombing, Ben Gurion’s young assistant, Simon Perez stood up immediately, and he issued a stern statement on behalf of Ben Gurion, condemning the inhumane terrorist act of the Irgun group, and at the same time, he also called on the London government to recognize the reality of the Palestinian issue , to advance the agenda of Jewish statehood as soon as possible.

In the past, after every terrorist attack by Irgun or the Stern Gang, Ben Gurion’s people would come forward and issue a similar statement, condemning the terrorist activities, and making an appeal along the way. The whole process Although it is suspicious, in the absence of evidence, everything can only be considered reasonable, because the Jews have the support of the Americans, so the British have nothing to do.

But this time the situation is obviously different. Victor is very clear that even if it is just because the Attlee government does not want to be ousted by the British, London has to take a tough stance on this matter. In other words, this time the Jews are playing A little over the top.

After reading the entire document from beginning to end, Victor closed it again, holding it in both hands and placing it on the table in front of him.

“How, what do you think?” Comrade Stalin asked, looking at him.

“My view is that this attack is obviously an opportunity for us,” Victor thought for a while, then said, “A man who temporarily drew the British over and caused some trouble for the Americans in the Middle East. Chance.”

“Oh, talk about it in detail,” Comrade Stalin said with interest.

Victor pursed his lips and was about to speak when he heard Comrade Boskrebyshev, who was standing at the door of the office, say, “Comrade Vyacheslav and the others are here.”

Comrade Stalin glanced at the door, didn’t say anything, just raised his hand and gestured.

After a while, Comrade Molotov in a top hat walked into the office first, and behind him were Novikov and Gromyko.

When the three walked into the door, Victor deliberately looked at Comrade Novikov’s face. The old comrade’s face was very ugly. It is said that his recent physical condition was not very good, and he did not know what was going on. . On the contrary, Comrade Gromyko’s complexion was ruddy and shiny, and he seemed to be in high spirits. Perhaps this was the reason why he was in a good mood after his promotion.

“Sit down,” Comrade Stalin said absentmindedly after a few people came over, then looked at Victor and said, “Victor, go on and talk about your thoughts.”

Now is not the time to hide, Victor licked his lips, nodded to Comrade Molotov first, and then said: “I think, under the current situation, the alliance should immediately express its attitude towards this terrorist attack. , give severe criticism. At the same time, the foreign ministry should immediately express public condolences to London, to the victims of this attack, and we must take a position to question Zionism on the grounds of this attack. justice, and at the same time, show understanding and sympathy for the British position.”

After a pause, he looked at Comrade Molotov, who frowned, and continued: “Besides, we should comrade Comrade Vyshinsky and ask him to propose the “Prevention and Punishment” in the next meeting of the United Nations. The Terrorism Convention is included in the scope of the UN Charter. In addition, a detailed and constructive convention on combating terrorism should be proposed, and we should include the provisions on eliminating terrorism and prohibiting the financing of terrorist organizations into the scope of the convention.”

“Among the international conventions, there is already a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism,” Nowitzki said hesitantly, “but such a convention is not very binding, and signing such a convention , there doesn’t seem to be any particular benefit to us.”

“The most important thing is that discussions like this do not lead to anything in the short term,” said Gromyko, who has worked at the United Nations for a while and knows how nonsense the discussions and negotiations there are.

“What we need is not a final result,” Victor said with a smile, “what we need to show is our attitude on this series of issues, in other words, when we make relevant recommendations to the United Nations, Our purpose has been achieved. Later, the British will naturally know what to do.”

As Nowitzki said, there is already a convention against terrorism in the world, that is, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism, which was signed in Geneva in 1937. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were not among the signatories to this convention, but the colonial countries of continental Europe, Britain and France were basically all signatories.

According to the provisions of this Convention, individuals or groups that commit terrorist acts against a certain State Party will be attacked by all States Parties, including extradition, punishment, pursuit, etc., and each State Party is responsible for fulfilling their obligations.

If the Soviet Union proposes in the United Nations that this convention should be incorporated into the various conventions of the United Nations, then once it is adopted, the Americans will also become contracting parties, and the responsibilities and obligations that the United States should undertake as contracting parties, whether it is the U.S. government or the U.S. Even civil consortiums can no longer communicate with terrorist organizations like Irgun. Not only that, they should also launch a crackdown on Irgun. In addition, once the Zionist Executive Committee led by Ben Gurion and its military organization Hagana are determined to be associated with the Irgun Organization, the entire Zionist Executive Committee and the Hagana Organization will be become a key target of the United Nations.

Therefore, as long as the Soviet Union makes such a proposal in the United Nations, the result will inevitably be resistance from the Americans. Those Jewish lobbying organizations will try their best to have Washington on their side, and the Americans will oppose it. This will cause the dissatisfaction of the British to the greatest extent, thereby further increasing the rift between the United Kingdom and the United States due to the Middle East issue.

In addition, considering the losses suffered by the British this time and the pressure on the Attlee government in the United Kingdom, even if the Soviet Union’s proposal at the United Nations is rejected by the Americans, London will definitely take a big deal in the Palestinian area. Acting on a large scale, because they know very well that the coalition is on their side this time, so it will be much safer for them to act aggressively in the Middle East.

If nothing else, in the future, with the Palestinian area as the core, there will be riots within a certain range in the entire Middle East, and chaos means that you can fish in troubled waters, and it means that there are opportunities. Victor even thinks that when the British people When large-scale operations are being carried out in the Palestinian area, the intelligence services of the alliance can also take the opportunity to make some moves in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps it is a good choice to find an opportunity to kill Aziz.

Without a strongman like Aziz, the situation in Saudi Arabia will inevitably fall into chaos, and the Americans will at least have a headache for a while.