Chapter 326
In the office, the internal security officer who came to deliver the documents had already left. Yuri looked at the seal of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs on the document box and knew that this must have been done by Chuyanov using his connections in the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs .
One thing that must be understood is that for any case handled by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, the archival materials are not something that ordinary people can get, because this department has very special independent law enforcement powers. Unless there is an order from the Presidium of the Central Committee, no one outside the system has the right to access their archival materials.
Take Yuri for example. With his current status, it is impossible for him to retrieve Igor's case files from the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, let alone the originals, not photocopies.
But, Chuyanov was able to produce it. He is still in Minsk. He definitely did not come here in person. It was probably done with a phone call. What does this show?
There is no doubt that this shows that Chuyanov has absolutely loyal followers in the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. They took out the original archived documents and were not afraid of being investigated later. This is equivalent to doing things under the nose of Comrade Beria.
This simple thing proved two things: First, Chuyanov was not a simple person. Of course, he was definitely not a simple person. A simple person would not have joined forces with Beria to kill a ruthless person like Yezhov.
Second, Comrade Beria, who seemed to have unlimited ability, actually did not have as tight control over the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs as outsiders imagined. It was unknown how much sand had been added to this huge machine of violence.
When Comrade Beria was monitoring others, I guess those capable people were also trying every possible means to monitor him, right?
Looking at the thick file box in front of him , Yuri knew that he really owed someone a big favor this time.
Without looking directly at the document, Yuri took the phone and asked the operator to transfer him to Joyanov's office.
The call was quickly connected, and the person who answered was Joyanov. Yuri thanked the other party on the phone, but Joyanov didn't seem to take it to heart. The two chatted for a while, and until the end of the call, Joyanov said that he would come back to Moscow next month, and if it was convenient, they could get together then, and he also said that Comrade Chuikov could be invited as well.
Yuri certainly had no objection to such a proposal, and immediately agreed to it, and even asked for the exact time so that he could make preparations in advance. Chuyanov told him a time, and the two talked for a few more words before hanging up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Yuri took out his notebook, wrote down the date Chuyanov mentioned, and then called Kryuchkov on the internal line, telling him the date and asking him to remind him two days in advance.
Perhaps because of a sense of crisis, Yuri consciously or unconsciously began to build his own network of relationships, and Joyanov was obviously his first target.
Since traveling to this world, Yuri has actually been very conservative in building interpersonal relationships. Apart from Khrushchev, he usually has close contacts with a few military generals including Rokossovsky, and of course, some of his former subordinates.
In Yuri's subconscious, when Comrade Stalin was still alive, it was not a good thing to have too complicated interpersonal relationships. Didn't you see that those who were killed were often labeled as "groups" or "gangs"? It is certain that Comrade Stalin hated this kind of gang-building behavior the most. Therefore, except for Zhdanov and his group who had a special relationship with him, no one dared to make small moves in this regard. Even if there were, they were mainly concentrated in local areas or secretly.
Therefore, in the Presidium of the Central Committee, none of the members were very close to each other. There was no factional distinction here. As long as there was a Comrade Stalin faction, all those who did not belong to this faction would be overthrown.
Even now, Yuri has no intention of forming a small group outside the core power of Moscow. Of course, he has no goal of forming a small group because he is also a relatively independent person. Nowadays, Yuri does not have a more systematic idea, and many things are done subconsciously due to a sense of crisis.
After hanging up the phone with Kryuchkov, Yuri's attention shifted to the documents in front of him. He hesitated for a while before reaching out and tearing off the seal on the file box.
There were three thick files in the box. The top one was a case summary, which mainly introduced the investigation process of the "Buyarsky Case". It listed all the people involved in the case, including the so-called criminals and informants, and of course, the counterintelligence personnel of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs who participated in the investigation of the case.
The second is the interrogation record, which includes the confession of the informant, the confession of the criminal, and the questions asked by the interrogator during the interrogation. This is very cumbersome, because the recorders arranged by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs record according to strict recording standards. They not only need to record the conversations, but also the expressions, tones, and even some inadvertent movements of the criminals when they say these words.
Yuri read it very carefully. He even spent nearly three hours on this record. By the time he finished reading it, it was dark. During this time, Kryuchkov came to ask him if he wanted to go home. He just sent him to pick up Angela first, send her home, and then come back to pick him up.
In the entire interrogation record, there are not many places involving Igor. Yuri read it very carefully and took notes. In addition to the four interrogations of Igor himself, four other people mentioned him during the interrogation. In total, his name appeared 27 times.
When Yuri finished reading the documents, Kryuchkov knocked on his office door for the second time. This time Yuri didn't say anything. He just put all the documents in a briefcase and went home.
In the villa, Angelica asked the chef to prepare a sumptuous dinner. When Yuri arrived home, she was still waiting. It could be seen that the woman was forcing a smile, but the worry that could not be concealed in her eyes betrayed her. It was estimated that she had a difficult afternoon.
Yuri didn't try to comfort her anymore. He knew that there was no point in saying anything to comfort her now. Before the matter was settled, her worry was inevitable.
The couple had a dull dinner. After the meal, Yuri returned to his study and began to look through the third document.
The third document records some key evidence involved in the case, and the appendix records the sentencing recommendations of the case organizers. Among them, Igor's sentence was exile to Nameh for seven years.
Not to mention, Yuri actually knew the place called Nameh, because it is now under his jurisdiction. This place is located in Siberia, on the banks of the Omoloi River, north of Yekaterinburg... yes, it is really "north", but "north" is a bit far, about 600 to 700 kilometers in a straight line. If you drive there, sorry, you can't get there, there is no road to that place.
Yuri carefully looked through the physical evidence related to Igor in the file. There were seven letters, which were correspondence between Igor and Buyarsky. According to the archive records, the only accusation against Igor in the letters was that these letters discussed issues such as "bourgeois genetics". As for his connections with Americans or British, they were not mentioned at all.
After reading all three records, Yuri breathed a sigh of relief. He put the documents aside, picked up a box of cigarettes on the table, walked straight to the window, lit a cigarette for himself, and then looked out the window with a slightly frown.
It was a gloomy night outside the window, but the street lights in the villa area were on. Not far away, I could see a faint silver light in the swimming pool. On the green grass under the light, there were some flying insects flying back and forth.
Yuri had smoked half of a cigarette when he heard light footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Angelica, who was wearing pajamas, walk in and put a cup of tea on his desk.
"What is this?" When Angelica put down the teacup, she saw the documents spread out on the table and asked in surprise.
On the open page of the document was a photo of Igor. Of course, it was a photo taken after he was arrested. It was in black and white, but one could still see that he looked a little disheveled.
Yuri didn't say anything and continued smoking his cigarette by the window.
"Can I take a look?" Angelica turned the document over and looked at the cover. She was shocked to see the unique logo of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs on it, but she couldn't resist her curiosity after all.
"Look," Yuri nodded and said, "I've been studying this all afternoon."
"Is it serious?" Angelica actually didn't know much about Igor's affairs. After hearing what her husband said, she took the documents and asked.
"Don't worry, the problem is not serious. I have already thought of how to deal with it," Yuri smiled, walked back to the desk, put out the cigarette in his hand in the ashtray, and said.
"Really?" Angelia looked into his eyes and asked, then said with some concern, "I still think you shouldn't ask about this kind of thing."
"No, you're wrong. I'm not only going to ask about this matter, but I'm going to ask about it thoroughly," Yuri walked to his chair and sat down. He took out a piece of letter paper from the drawer and said, "I've thought about it. If I don't respond this time, I'm afraid there will be bigger troubles in the future."
Seeing her husband put the letter in front of him and took out a pen, Angelia asked curiously, "What are you writing?"
"Check, we need to put on a show." Yuri said with a smile.
