Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 458 Molotov (3)

In the early 1930s, the Soviet Union and the United States began trade without establishing diplomatic relations. The Soviet Union registered a foreign trade company called "Amu" in the United States, which was a national enterprise of the Soviet Union. Americans believe that they can do business with the Soviet Union for economic reasons, but when doing business with hostile countries, they must avoid providing military technology. For the Soviet Union, the purpose of doing business with the United States was not only to develop the economy, but more importantly, to obtain American military technology.

Therefore, when the United States was deliberately on guard against it, the Soviet Union wanted to find a reliable American to be its agent in doing business with the United States. So after selection, Culp, an American immigrant with Russian ancestry, was finally found. Arrange for him to help the Soviet Union purchase advanced equipment in the United States.

Culp was selected not only because he has been doing business in the United States for many years and knows the American market, but also because Culp is the biological brother of Molotov’s wife Zhemchuzhenna. So the Soviet Union felt that this identity was qualified for the job.

The Soviet Union's desire to acquire American military equipment was classified as confidential, but Culp acted in a high-profile manner in the United States. Not only did he not avoid his relationship with Molotov, he also bribed the President of the United States to achieve the purpose of purchasing American warships. Unfortunately, when things came to light, the United States established a special investigation agency for "anti-American ideological trends", and Culp was the key target of the investigation.

Zhemchuzhina had more than one or two troubles.

During World War II, the Soviet Union established a Soviet Information Bureau, which specialized in promoting the deeds of the Red Army and exposing the ugliness of the Fascists in mainstream newspapers at home and in Europe.

Because the Jews had great influence in the West, the Soviet Information Bureau accepted many Jewish people. Among them, Lozovsky, a Jew, has served as deputy director and director in this agency. Later, Lozovsky also established a Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, of which Molotov's wife Zhemchuzhina was also a member.

Of course, during the war, all this was allowed, but by the end of the war, the committee began to dissatisfy Stalin.

In the late 1940s, Zhemchuzhina was believed to have had a close relationship with Solomon Mihoels, the famous Jewish actor and leader of the Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee; in addition, it was said that she had appeared in front of the newly appointed Israeli Embassy in Moscow Mrs. Meir, the minister, called herself "the daughter of the Jewish people" in Yiddish and said with tears: "I hope you are healthy. If everything is well with you, the Jews everywhere will be well."

After the liberation of Ukraine, someone from the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee proposed the establishment of a Jewish autonomous state in Crimea. These words reached Stalin's ears and made him very angry. He believed that this was instigated by the United States. Zionism” with the aim of splitting the Soviet Union. Then a purge campaign began against the people of Judah.

Stalin was a ruthless man who rarely showed any tenderness towards others. He devoted his entire life to politics. However, he had deeply loved three people in his life, one was his mother, one was his daughter, and the other was his wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva, but she reached the peak of her political career under Stalin. He shot himself in his own home.

Alliluyeva left him a suicide note before she died. It was a terrible letter, full of accusations and condemnations. It was not only a personal letter, but to a certain extent it was a political letter. For him, this last letter from someone he considered his "closest and most loyal friend" was a devastating betrayal, and she punished him in the most severe way, death!

Stalin was so distraught that during the farewell ceremony, he stood close to the coffin for a while, then suddenly pushed the coffin away with both hands, turned around and left. He did not even attend the funeral. He believed that she had left him as an enemy, so he refused to visit his wife's grave in the New Virgin Cemetery. He moved to another apartment of the Kremlin officer because he could no longer bear to live in the Zubalovo dacha where he had lived with his wife. He built a new house in Kontsevo and he never went to Zubalovo again.

Alliluyeva's death was a bleeding wound deep in Stalin's heart that would never heal. As he grew older, he became increasingly resentful of those factors that he believed had contributed to Alliluyeva's death. He often cursed Nadya's good friend Zhemchuzhina, accusing her of having a "bad influence" on Alliluyeva. Perhaps this was an indirect way of saying that she was guilty in the Nodezhda suicide case.

Some people began to openly criticize Remuqiu Zhenna, even attack her with vicious words, and fabricate lies about Remu Qiuzhenna committing adultery with others.

In October 1948, Remuqiu Zhenna lost her job and was transferred to the reserve staff of the Ministry of Light Industry. When the Ministry of State Security opened a new case against her, which would soon mean arrest, Stalin told Molotov: "You must divorce your wife."

She was arrested in January 1949, and her case file contains many despicable details, made up by investigators in an obvious attempt to embarrass Molotov. These materials all emphasized that Zhemqiu Zhenna was unfaithful to her husband, and even mentioned fictitious names of her lovers.

Soon after, Remuqiu Zhenna was sent to a concentration camp. Although as the main leader of the Politburo, Molotov had no control over his own destiny, so how could he go against Stalin's will and rescue his wife?

Maybe Molotov looked at Kalinin, Kaganovich, and Voroshilov, and he felt a little comforted. Who can hang out with Stalin and not have a few "counterrevolutionaries" in his family? Woolen cloth? The only thing Molotov could do was to do his best to make his wife suffer less in the concentration camp.

"It is an honor to die for the country, but to die unjustly will leave an eternal infamy for being a traitor and collaborator with the enemy. I wonder if Mr. Molotov is willing to sacrifice his life for justice?"

Seeing the dense sweat on his forehead, Yannick sneered. "Did you think you could die under Stalin's rule? When your colleagues were liquidated, didn't you worry that one day it would be your turn? Aren't you afraid that one day you would be accused of unwarranted charges and become an enemy of the people?"

This is not alarmist. After Zhemchuzhina was sent to the concentration camp, although Stalin and Molotov were still "loving" on the surface, in their hearts, Stalin had doubts about him. Therefore, Stalin planned to find a reason to accuse Molotov.

Once, on an informal occasion, Stalin suggested to Kaganovich, Khrushchev, Mikoyan and others that Molotov might be an American spy. Although Kaganovich and Molotov have always been at odds, this statement is difficult for him to accept and is a bit ridiculous.

Then Stalin gave his reasons. When Molotov once attended a United Nations meeting, he took a train to Washington. Stalin, without any evidence, suspected that Molotov took a special carriage, because in the Soviet Union, Stalin and other leaders were like this. Since Molotov has a special compartment in the US imperialist fleet, this is enough to prove his identity as a spy. But the key question is, who can prove that Molotov has a special carriage in the United States?

Stalin contacted the Soviet ambassador in the United States, and after investigation, they told Stalin that Molotov did not have a special carriage in the United States. Stalin still refused to give up and continued to speculate on the possibility of this incident all day long, and ordered the Soviet ambassador in the United States to continue to investigate.

However, Stalin had no more time. His death also allowed Molotov to avoid the fate of being purged, and Molotov was finally reunited.

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