This is indeed a good idea, because the defense strength of the German scientific research base in Peenamünde is not weak, but the special forces that the British army can send are very limited. If the special forces attack by force, it will obviously not be a good choice.
However, if the Polish guerrillas were allowed to launch an attack and at the same time the British special forces launched an attack from another direction, that is, on the sea... this direction was unexpected by the Germans, and at the same time the defense was the weakest, so it was really possible to succeed.
The problem is just that this actually tells Shulka the time for the British to attack.
But of course Shulka would not agree so readily. He frowned in a pretense of embarrassment: "Comrade John, this is not a trivial matter. They are the Polish guerrillas, the source of a considerable part of our intelligence and the destruction of the Germans."
The main force of logistics, their loss means the improvement of the Germans' logistics situation!"
John is a sensible person, and he immediately understood the meaning of Shulka's words.
"This is not a problem, Comrade Shulka!" John said: "Of course we will give you a considerable degree of compensation! In addition..."
As he spoke, John kicked the small suitcase he brought with him in the direction of Shulka. Shulka immediately understood that this was a personal bribe for him.
Sulka's thoughts at that moment were very complicated. He had never faced such a situation, that is, bribery by intelligence personnel... Although he knew that this was something that British intelligence personnel often did, in fact, intelligence personnel from all over the world did this.
The Germans even used boxes of counterfeit British pounds and US dollars to be sent to intelligence agents for them to distribute everywhere. This method could be said to kill two birds with one stone, save money and obtain intelligence, and at the same time disrupt the markets of hostile countries with counterfeit banknotes.
So Shulka is now in a dilemma: accept it, and there will be a handle in John's hands in the future; don't accept it, it seems that it is difficult to refuse such kindness, and this suitcase looks quite heavy, to be honest
It is also very tempting to Shulka.
Although Shulka also knows that he actually doesn’t have many opportunities to use these bribes, but who doesn’t love money?
After thinking about it, Shulka made an unnatural "hmm" and then said: "Okay! Comrade John, I will report the situation you mentioned to my superiors and seek approval, but of course, this
It depends on whether your compensation is enough for us to use Polish guerrillas!"
"Of course!" John replied with a pun: "Don't worry, Comrade Shulka! We will not let you down!"
Then John stood up and shook hands with Shulka with satisfaction, and said: "I wish us a happy cooperation, Comrade Shulka!"
"Happy cooperation!" Shulka replied.
After John left, Shulka made an excuse and dropped the coat that was originally hanging on the chair on the floor. When he bent down to pick it up, he wrapped the small suitcase under the table in the coat, and then followed A
Kadievich made an excuse and went upstairs to the second room at the corner... that was the dormitory arranged by Beria for Shulka.
After locking the door, Shulka opened the suitcase and took a look. As expected, there was a whole box of large-denomination banknotes, some of which were rubles and the others were British pounds.
John seemed to have thought carefully about this. The rubles were for Shulka to spend in the Soviet Union, while the British pound was an international currency and could be spent no matter where he went.
In other words, if Shulka's bribe-taking is revealed in the future and he needs to defect, it will be time for the British Pound to come into play.
Shulka didn't think much, he threw the suitcase on the bed, covered it with a quilt, and then went downstairs.
It wasn't until the next day, when Beria came back from the meeting to talk to Shulka, that Shulka mentioned the matter to Beria.
"I received a box of money, Comrade Beria!" Shulka said, "I think it was a bribe for me!"
"Oh?" Beria raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Does anyone else know?"
"No, I don't know!" Shulka replied.
As soon as Shulka heard Beria asking this, he knew that Beria had the same idea as him.
"You did a great job!" Beria nodded appreciatively.
Although they didn't say much, both of them knew what was going on.
In fact, Shulka never thought about taking the bribe for himself from the beginning. He is not a fool. Of course, he knows that it is not a good thing for the British to get the bribe. If he accepts this money today, he will be in the future.
The British can knead the dough in their hands however they want, otherwise the British only need to report it to Akadiyevich or someone casually, and Shulka will not be able to escape the crime of treason.
Therefore, the correct approach was to reject John's bribe by slamming the table.
However, the right approach may not necessarily be the best approach.
If the British thought that Shulka had been bribed, they would feel free to extract information from Shulka, and Shulka could selectively and deliberately give out some information that was beneficial to the Soviet Union, such as continuing
Provoking conflicts between Britain and Germany allowed Britain to continue in the direction of opening up a second battlefield.
The reason why "others cannot know" is because no one can guarantee whether anyone else in the Soviet National Security Agency was bribed by John... It is very common for intelligence officers to bribe each other, especially between allies.
The reason is that it is relatively safe for allies to provide intelligence to each other.
For example, between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union at this time, the betrayal of intelligence between them sometimes cannot be called treason but a kind of intelligence sharing... If the intelligence is betrayed to Germany, it will be immediately reflected on the battlefield and discovered, and the betrayal
This is not the case for allies, it may develop in a good direction so it is difficult to detect.
That's why Shulka had to avoid everyone.
Otherwise, if Shulka opened the box in the office and announced his innocence on the spot, the British would probably know about it immediately and then understand that Shulka was not really bribed.
"It is placed in my dormitory!" Shulka said: "I will bring it here at this time..."
"No, Comrade Shulka!" Beria said, "It's yours!"
"Mine? That's a lot of money!" Shulka said.
"I know!" Beria replied with a smile: "That's what you deserve. You haven't done anything to harm the interests of the Soviet Union. On the contrary, you have obtained many benefits for the Soviet Union, and the British are willing to give these...that is
You earned it, do you understand?"
"Yes, Comrade Beria!" Shulka was a little excited, because he suddenly changed from a pauper to a rich man, but he soon became embarrassed: "But, I don't even know where to put it.
where!"
This is true, Shulka spends most of his time on the battlefield, there is no place to hide money there, and there is no need.
Beria laughed: "Why don't you find a place to live in Moscow?" (To be continued)