Section 37 Intelligence Work Meeting
Are Guo Yi and others considered businessmen or spies? Their identities and affiliations are never made clear. [No pop-up novel website] But obviously they are more businessmen. Whether it is Guangzhou Station or Leizhou Station, their main tasks are to sell goods and import materials and manpower for the Crossing Group. Getting information is just a casual thing.
As for Leizhou Station, it not only involves sales and imports, but also involves sugar and wine making in the light industry sector, improved sugarcane planting in the agricultural sector, and the agricultural combination jointly promoted by Tiandihui and Delong.
"...In these two stations, other departments are much more involved than us. If we want to directly command them, I'm afraid it's impossible."
That's right, Jiang Shan thought, the Guangzhou Leizhou system has become accustomed to their unique status as a political and economic intelligence complex. It is completely delusional to bring these two stations under the Intelligence Bureau's system - neither the Executive Committee nor the Senate will agree. . If we directly ask for these things to be ours and those things for us, the newly minted SIA will only be in trouble.
The name of the Foreign Intelligence Service sounds very prominent, but in fact it is an out-and-out leather bag company. No one will buy it until it has sufficient strength. .
"We must rely on the organization, relationships and work of the overseas stations." Jiang Shan said, "Of course, we can start over again and re-send less eye-catching intelligence personnel to the mainland. But -"
"But the Executive Committee will not approve it, right?" Wang Ding said, "You know the meaning of the Executive Committee as well as I do. They don't like waste. Every elder is a treasure trove of knowledge and skills, which is the so-called The same goes for the good-for-nothing otaku. As for sending out indigenous intelligence agents, I don’t know how many people can be sent.”
Jiang Shan thought, he had no idea how deep the intelligence system was, and he could only wait until all the handed-over materials were in place and reviewed.
The two people spent a whole day and night reading all the materials handed over. The materials handed over from various departments were all kinds of. Fortunately, the number was not too much. The most valuable ones were of course the former enemy materials handed over from the General Administration of Political Security. Ministry of Industry materials. In the past, the small amount of intelligence work was mostly operated by the Enemy Industry Department of the General Administration of Political Security.
"Lin Baiguang has established a stronghold in Qiongzhou - this is probably a pure intelligence station." Jiang Shan said.
Lin Baiguang's site in Qiongzhou, Wanfeng Rice Line, not only had five indigenous intelligence agents, but also developed a local intelligence network headed by Ma Benyuan. At the same time, he did a lot of work in assisting Jiazi Coal Mine's production and transportation, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement. .
Even the operating conditions of Mihang were good. According to the financial statements he submitted, the profit of Wanfeng Grain Bank was enough to maintain the operation of the intelligence station itself, and there was even a small surplus.
"If Lin Baiguang is willing to come back and serve, it will be more than enough to be the director of the third division." Jiang Shan commented.
Wang Ding, if he is willing to come back and understand, will it be your turn to be the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service? But he didn't say this. He said: "There is also the Monk Zou Temple in Leizhou, which is also a professional intelligence station." Chen Tianxiong specifically requested that this temple be renovated and used as an intelligence station. His current activities in Leizhou are basically based on this place.
"I think we should call everyone back and hold a working meeting." Jiang Shan said thoughtfully, "Including representatives from Guangzhou and Leizhou. First of all, we respect their expressions. Secondly, we will have to coordinate with these places in many places in the future. We should not conduct interviews in person. I’m afraid there will be problems.”
"Well, actually you can reserve certain positions for dispatched personnel - they don't have to come back to serve - Guo Yi can be the director of the first division. As for Lin Baiguang, he can be the director of the third division. There is no need. It cannot be selected among the elders of Lingao..."
"You're making a wish by appointing an official." Jiang Shan said jokingly, "When you become the director, they can't take it seriously, right?"
"Yes, it's better for the county magistrate to be more careful about his duties. Besides, many people who work on the front line know better. What's the use of suddenly appointing a few people who read spy novels as department directors? Use it? Can the frontline staff be convinced?"
"That's true, but they are all on the front line. I'm afraid they won't be able to do what the director should do - being a leader requires you to do a lot of routine work." Jiang Shan said, "Let Guo Yi be the first He is probably happy to be the director, and the Executive Committee may not have any objections. But in the future, the Intelligence Bureau will arrange personnel to enter the Ming Dynasty to carry out work. How to discuss and communicate with him? The process is too complicated. "
Ding thought that he had neglected this point, and he regretfully rejected his idea, "It seems that this won't work."
"The most ideal situation would be to bring back front-line personnel to serve as division chiefs and send out new intelligence personnel." Jiang Shan said, "In this way, experienced leaders and newcomers can go to the front line for training. .”
"I'm afraid that's not possible at the moment."
Jiang Shan also knew that this was probably impossible. Business relationships and personal connections in ancient society were very close. The transfer of Guo Yi and others means that many business and social connections in Guangzhou will be interrupted. This is not the same as casually replacing executives of modern large companies.
"We'd better hold an intelligence work meeting first. Let's talk to everyone." Jiang Shan made up his mind, "I also want to go to various departments first to understand the specific situation."
"Okay. Then what should I do?" Wang Ding asked.
"You, just go visit the people on this list first and have a casual chat with them," Jiang Shan said. "They are all veterans who have volunteered to join intelligence work. You have worked in the powerful department in the past, so you can recognize people by looking at them. It’s better to see if they really want to do this kind of invisible profession or if they are quite bright. I’ll be there in a minute.” Wang Ding asked, “I don’t want the latter, right?”
"No, you can also have the latter - at least you have enough enthusiasm." Jiang Shan said, "The premise is that I can know how much manpower and financial budget I can get."
The first intelligence work conference held by the Foreign Intelligence Service was held in Bopu. Participating organizations included: the Ministry of Commerce, the Office of Religion and the heads of the “two religions”, the Li and Miao Affairs Office, the General Administration of Political Security and personnel from two overseas stations: the representative of Guangzhou was Zhang Xin, and the representative of Leizhou was Chen Tianxiong. Lin Baiguang from Qiongzhou also came back to attend the meeting.
This meeting was held in Bopu - in the private villa that Wu De built himself. After the second general meeting, in order to avoid being questioned by the elders on this issue, he transferred the property rights of the villa to the general office. Because this place is quiet and secluded, and not as eye-catching as in Bairen City, it has become a good place to hold small-scale secret meetings.
Regarding intelligence work issues, the Executive Committee has long believed that a large-scale integration and cleanup is needed. The first is to eliminate the interference of the political and security departments in the intelligence system, and the second is to integrate the existing systems to avoid the situation of multiple branches of government.
Modern people are very sensitive to intelligence. Almost every department wants to set up its own intelligence organization or simply act as an intelligence organization. Even departments like the Agricultural Committee are reporting that they want to establish the Honghuahui within the Tiandihui system - an organization that will act as a small businessman and hawker to roam the countryside while also conducting intelligence collection and propaganda and agitation. The General Staff is also considering setting up a General Staff Intelligence Bureau...
This national enthusiasm for intelligence must be corrected. The Office of Foreign Intelligence is just a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of various departments by the Executive Committee.
At this intelligence conference, it was clarified that the Foreign Intelligence Service is responsible for collecting external intelligence, and all foreign intelligence activities must be planned and recorded by the Foreign Intelligence Service. Departments are not allowed to carry out external intelligence activities without reporting it. At the same time, it is reiterated that no department is allowed to set up its own intelligence organization or prepare special personnel without authorization.
Under the premise of unified command of intelligence work, it is stipulated that the Foreign Intelligence Service is responsible for the summary and analysis of all intelligence. The intelligence collected in various places must first be submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Service, which will conduct summary and analysis of the intelligence and then divide it.
Intelligence analysis is the highlight of intelligence work, and it can even be said to be a critical task. In the past, most of the intelligence collected by various departments, except for the General Administration of Political Security, was copied directly without analysis. The recipients of CCs are generally the Executive Committee and “departments that may be useful.” The latter is a vague concept. For example, the Guangzhou Station collects telegrams on the retail prices of commodities in the Guangzhou daily market - the recipients are all the Executive Committee. After the Executive Committee receives the information, the copy recipients of this information are rather vague: the Ministry of Commerce, foreign trade companies, cooperatives, and even the Agriculture Committee and the Civil Affairs Committee may need it.
For the sake of responsibility, the General Office sent a copy to all departments that may need it. Not only is it a waste, but it also involves the energy of the receiving department - this information has not been refined, analyzed and summarized, and is provided to each department in a complete prototype of the original data - the intelligence judgment and interpretation has become each department's own business. Executives have to spend a lot of time deciding whether this thing is useful to them. Some people just file it away without bothering to ask.
According to Wang Ding's plan, all intelligence will now be classified and compiled according to the timeliness and content of the intelligence after preliminary summary analysis by the Analysis Department. Each department submits the categories of intelligence it needs to the Foreign Intelligence Service, and the Foreign Intelligence Service sorts it out to each department based on the confidentiality level. As for urgent and major information, it is sent directly to the executive committee and corresponding departments in charge of the matter to ensure that a response can be made as soon as possible.
The second step is to establish a shared general intelligence database. All collected intelligence materials are compiled into a booklet by category and date and are specially stored in the database. When each department needs it, it can be directly transferred according to the secret level of the department. Instead of filing them separately in the past and turning them into a pile of dead materials, only those who are interested can check them.
In terms of business division: the intelligence on Lemiao and Miao affairs is classified as "internal affairs", and the Bureau of Foreign Intelligence is no longer involved in the collection and compilation of intelligence in this area. This intelligence work is led by the Lemiao and Miao Affairs Office, assisted by the General Administration of Political Security and the Office of Religion.
A key link in foreign intelligence work: the affiliation of the foreign stations was clarified at the meeting - the foreign stations are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Colonial and Trade Ministers - in the past, the identity of the foreign stations has been unclear, and some of them are included in the intelligence Some of them are counted in the business department, and some are counted in the planning committee. In the final analysis, the things they handle are numerous and complex, and they are of irreplaceable importance. Now that the affiliation has been clarified, it will be easier for all parties to coordinate.
At the meeting, it was decided that foreign stations have the obligation to support the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Service. In order to facilitate the Foreign Intelligence Service to effectively command the foreign stations, all station directors stationed abroad must concurrently serve as the station directors of the Foreign Intelligence Service and form a de facto subordinate relationship with the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
In this way, Guo Yi from the Guangzhou Station and Wen Tong from the Leizhou Station became the intelligence station chiefs of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Every foreign station established in the future will have the obligation to collect local intelligence and support the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Service. Of course, in actual work, they can leave specific intelligence matters to other veterans in the station.
In addition to overseas stations, the Religious Affairs Office has also been designated as a "key assistance unit" of the Foreign Intelligence Service, especially Zhang Yuchen's "New Taoism", which is considered by all parties to have great intelligence penetration value, especially Chen Tianxiong, who Mentioning the site of Monk Zou Temple in Xuwen, it is very suitable for "New Taoism" to use as a stronghold. It can be used as a missionary base and an intelligence station.
Zhang Yuchen, who had just returned from the Sanya Development Zone and was very tanned, was very enthusiastic about this proposal. He proposed that the "New Taoism" prepare to cooperate closely with the Foreign Intelligence Service. He was willing to contribute the graduates of the "Taoist Training Class" of the "New Taoism" that was being prepared for dual training in missionary and intelligence. In this way, once the students graduate, they will become the dual vanguards of ideology and intelligence work when they expand to the mainland.
"You don't have a single person in your Taoist training class. How many people have you contributed to?" He Yingyi, the director of the religious organization, said, "One moment, it will be donated to Li and Miao affairs, and another moment, it will be donated to the General Administration of Political Security for internal security. Now, It’s time to contribute to the Foreign Intelligence Service again.”
"I just pointed out how big a role 'New Taoism' might play in our cause," Zhang Yuchen said without changing his expression. "As for the origin of Taoism, I have reported it many times." The implication was that there was no real impact. The main function is not to give others manpower.
Wu Shimang saw that no one was paying attention to his Lingao Church, so he quickly came out and said that although the Lingao Church was subject to certain restrictions in preaching to mainland China, the "Catholic" faith could enable them to carry out activities against Europeans. play a greater role. And in comparison, the Lingao Church already has a group of devout believers that it can use. Compared with the "New Taoism" that can only talk about its potential role, the Lingao Church can "enter the battle" immediately.
"Our believers are very devout, yes, very devout," Wu Shimang said. "They sincerely welcome martyrdom, so they do not need to consider the consequences when they perform any tasks."
"What kind of mission should you ask your nun to perform?" Zhang Yingchen looked thoughtful.
A burst of laughter immediately erupted from the conference table. Wu Shimang was not embarrassed and argued with reason: "What happened to the nun? Such an old man will not attract attention wherever he goes - he is a very good intelligence officer."
"I think forget it, don't bother the old people in the monastery." He Ying said, "I have served your Lingao Church enough, so let them spend their old age peacefully."
"There are also many young and devout believers." Wu Shimang was eager to express his work in this area. "I believe that it is very suitable for indigenous people with firm beliefs to be sent out to do intelligence collection work - at least he will not Betrayal.”
Jiang Shan felt that it was a good idea to use religion to collect intelligence, and now expressed his "sincere gratitude" to the Religious Affairs Office for its support.
After the Bopu intelligence work meeting, Chen Tianxiong and Lin Baiguang were invited to the Foreign Intelligence Bureau for a small meeting with Jiang Shan and others.
These two people can be regarded as the basic intelligence personnel of the Foreign Intelligence Service outside. Jiangshan attaches great importance to them and is very polite in their words. First, Lin Baiguang was invited to come back as the director of the third division or office director.
"No, it's better for me to be a special agent stationed abroad." Lin Baiguang shook his head unceremoniously, "I don't like agency work. I want to do something practical outside."
"Okay." Jiang Shan knew that it was difficult to persuade such people easily, so no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he would still have his identity. "I want to hear your views and suggestions on the work of this agency."
Lin Baiguang smiled: "Actually, I don't have any opinion. The first thing is people. We need to add a lot of people."
"I also think there are too few manpower," Jiang Shan nodded, "but now elders are a rare resource..."
"I'm not talking about elders," Lin Baiguang shook his head. "As you said, elders are scarce resources. How can they be casually sent to the mainland to serve in grassroots intelligence work? The death of any one of them is a huge loss. What I'm saying is Aboriginal Intelligence Agents.”
Lin Baiguang reminded Jiang Shan that several training courses for intelligence personnel had been held in the past, but the number of people was very small and there was simply not enough. We must pay close attention to personnel training.
"Indigenous intelligence personnel have no experience. We need to give them more opportunities to practice. I suggest increasing investment in manpower in Qiongshan County. All newly trained intelligence personnel can be sent to me." Lin Baiguang said.
"Oh?" Jiang Shan wondered what this meant? Although Qiongshan County is Fuguo County of Qiongzhou Prefecture, after all, it is just a county on Hainan Island. In the eyes of the Executive Committee, it is just an apple that will not be picked for the time being. If it weren't for the existence of Jiazi Coal Mine, there would be no need to invest too much intelligence power here.
"Before I explain, let me first talk about our activities in Qiongshan County."
He first reported on his work in Qiongshan County.
The activities of Wanfeng Grain Company, the work of Haijia, Ma Benyuan’s local intelligence network...
"...We have made great progress in Qiongshan County now." Lin Baiguang said, "The entire bureaucracy of Qiongzhou Prefecture is almost like a sieve." x! ~!
