Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 647

Victor spent more than half an hour explaining his suggestions and views, because these issues have been deeply considered before, so his suggestions and views are closely logical and mature, but it can be said that it can win the The approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Molotov, is too optimistic. After all, his views and positions are inconsistent with the previous views and positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“This means that we have completely changed our position on the issue of Jewish statehood,” Comrade Molotov said after Viktor’s presentation was the first to raise his objection. The sudden 180-degree turn is very rare at the diplomatic level. Although we are not sure what impact it will bring in the future, it is foreseeable that its impact will definitely not be limited to Palestine. problem, but there will be a comprehensive impact.”

It must be admitted that the question raised by Comrade Molotov is very correct. For a country, especially for a big country like the Soviet Union, the diplomatic position is not something that can be swayed at will, at least for a certain period of time. Inside, its position should be stable.

A big country should always be responsible for its own words and deeds. It can’t be like those pinpoint-sized “rice grain countries”, who are good with this one today, and that one tomorrow, and sell their own money for hundreds of millions of dollars. Chastity, in terms of diplomatic position and national policy, has no stability at all. What he does is only to attract attention in the world, and his words and deeds are as ridiculous as a clown.

Therefore, as Molotov said, the 180-degree turn of the diplomatic stance is very blunt and does not conform to the diplomatic image of the alliance.

For quite a long time in the past, the coalition’s position on the Palestine issue has been consistent, that is, it supports the Jewish demands for statehood and opposes the blockade imposed by the United Kingdom on the entry of Jewish refugees into Palestine. For this reason, the International Jewish Organization frequently interacts with Moscow, and even the Jewish Committee within the Union is quite active. These are all determined by the Union’s established position on the Jewish issue.

Now, if the alliance turns sharply on the Palestinian issue according to Victor’s suggestion, whether it will be able to bring closer relations with the British and reach a consensus with London on the Middle East issue is unclear at the moment, but what is clear is that the alliance The relationship with the International Jewish Organization will quickly drop to a freezing point, which will also directly affect the relationship between the alliance and the United States and other countries.

In the final analysis, it is this sudden change in foreign policy that can easily bring uncertainty to the external environment of the alliance, and uncertainty is something that all diplomats do not like.

Faced with the views put forward by Comrade Molotov, both Nowitzki and Gromyko expressed their unequivocal agreement.

“We may be able to moderate our position on the Palestine issue a little bit. First, criticize and oppose the terrorist acts of **** violence. After a period of time, we will clearly oppose the Jewish state-building plan,” Victor said after hesitating for a while. “But I think the position has to be clear because it’s not only about our confrontational relationship with Washington, but also about our interests in the Middle East and our position within the coalition on the Jewish issue.”

In Victor’s remarks, it goes without saying that the confrontational relationship between the alliance and Washington is the most important content of the alliance’s foreign affairs since the recent stage, and it is related to almost all aspects of the alliance’s foreign affairs. To a certain extent, the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, even without Churchill’s speech, would have come as expected.

Before World War II, the U.S. policy was relatively conservative. It pursued an isolationist policy at home and was not active in expanding its influence abroad. As for the alliance, because it concentrated on developing the domestic economy and promoted the construction of three five-year plans in a row, the alliance’s policy is relatively conservative, and it is also not very active in terms of external expansion of influence.

With the end of World War II, the old colonial empires such as Britain and France have been hit hard in terms of strength. Even if they want to maintain their global interests, they will inevitably be unable to do so. Therefore, both the Soviet Union and the United States hope to seize the With this opportunity, we can expand our influence outward and establish a self-led international order. Under such circumstances, collisions and frictions between the two countries are inevitable.

As for Victor’s second point, which is the alliance’s interests in the Middle East, this is also evident.

In the past, to be precise, in the early days after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the alliance had hopes and illusions about the continued development of Soviet-American relations. At the same time, it was also to leverage the stable British rule in the Middle East. Therefore, in When formulating relevant policies, the Alliance considered more, or united the Americans against the British, and supported the Jewish cause of building a nation, based on this consideration.

But as the situation developed, the situation slowly changed. In terms of Soviet-U.S. relations, the conflict between Moscow and Washington began to extend from the Far East and gradually spread to the Middle East. This geopolitical-based conflict became more and more acute, resulting in an increasingly intense confrontation between the two sides. To some extent, the contradiction between the Soviet Union and the United States has surpassed the contradiction between the Soviet Union and Britain, and has become the most important contradiction in the alliance’s foreign relations.

At the same time, in the postwar period, the British were exhausted in defending their own geopolitical interests. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, they have been unable to maintain their colonial rule; in Greece, their military intervention has been defeated by the Greek People’s Liberation Army; in the Middle East and North Africa, the Jews have rubbed the face of their old colonial empire on the ground. .

All in all, the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets is almost exhausted, and the weakness of the British has been exposed to the eyes of the whole world. For such a trapped beast that is not even a paper tiger, there is obviously no need for the alliance to continue. Chasing and fighting, it can only help the Americans, but it does not benefit themselves in the slightest.

Now that the contradiction between the Soviet Union and Britain is no longer so prominent, it is obvious that Moscow’s policy in the Middle East needs to make some changes. At the beginning, the coalition supported the establishment of the Jewish state in order to attack the British and create trouble for London’s Middle East policy. Therefore, the coalition naturally ignored the position of the Arab world. Now, if the alliance changes its position from supporting the establishment of the Jewish state to opposing the Palestinian issue proposed by the Jews, then the relevant policies will not only cause some trouble for the Americans, but also gain the approval of the Arab world to a certain extent. This is beneficial for the alliance to expand its influence in the Middle East.

Last but not least, in the past period of time, the Union Jewish group headed by the Jewish Committee has become more and more clear in its position on the Union’s external issues, and at the same time, its interests have gradually drifted away from the Union. The reason for this situation is of course due to the leadership of the Jewish Council, but it is undeniable that it is also related to the foreign policy of the Union. This illusion made them think that the alliance was no different from the United States. Since they were able to use the economic influence of Jewish groups to urge the US government to support their position, they could naturally also urge the Soviet government to listen to their voices.

Don’t think that this misunderstanding is a trivial matter, you know, the Jewish Council today is not just pointing fingers on the Crimea issue, they are starting to judge the Union’s immigration policy issue, which is absolutely impossible for Moscow. Allowed.

In the past, the reason why Moscow did not take measures against Jewish organizations with the Jewish Council at the core and gathered together in various forms and purposes was because Moscow’s position on the issue of Jewish statehood was consistent with the Jewish demands. The measures taken by the committee can easily give the outside world the illusion that the alliance’s position has changed.

If the alliance accepts Victor’s proposal and changes its position on the issue of Jewish statehood, then the Jewish issue within the alliance can also be solved once and for all.

In the face of these three points raised by Victor, Comrade Molotov can’t raise any more objections. After all, his wife is a Jew, and she is a Jew who firmly supports Zionism. He has been criticized for this incident, so naturally it is not good to jump out against Victor’s opinion at this time.

Victor knew very well that once the coalition changed its position on the Zionist issue, the next step would be a series of Zionist support organizations and individuals within the coalition with the Jewish Council as the core, I am afraid they would all be unlucky. In the process, some people may lose their lives, but then again, even if he knows this, he will put forward relevant suggestions. As I said before, his current position on the issue is no longer going to Considering the joys, sorrows and sorrows of some individuals, not to mention that he has no good feelings for Jews.

Of course, the proposal made by Victor could not be immediately accepted by Comrade Stalin, not to mention that even if Comrade Stalin accepted it, it could not be transformed into the policy of the alliance. The things that Victor expounded today also need to form a systematic report and submit it to the Central Committee. Then, the Central Committee needs to convene a team of expert staff to study this report and come up with a feasible analysis report. , and then send it to the meeting for discussion. This is a relatively standard process.