Chapter 71 Section ten
Try to compare this event with .Take the "Sorge incident" as an example, although strict speech control was implemented at that time, the testimony provided by the Japanese facilitators did have substantial content. Although the "Rastovorov incident" caused a sensation no less than that of the "Sorge incident", the so-called Japanese who "had assisted" could hardly mention anything about it.It’s a different matter if they are officials working in the more confidential central departments. From the status of these “surrendered” people, they may be able to understand the general secrets, but those are ordinary things; they are There is no way of knowing the kind of things that are valuable enough to be called "vital information."From here, it is also exposed that the content of Rastovorov's confession is poor, which cannot be compared with the "Sorge incident".
Here it is doubtful whether Rastovorov was such a big character after all.Judging from the above situation, in fact, he may not be as big a figure as the United States imagined.That is to say, although he is an intelligence lieutenant colonel, he is a small person who can hardly provide any information, which has frustrated the expectations of the United States.
So, did the United States know Rastovorov's identity from the very beginning and deceive him into treating him as a big man, or did they find out halfway through that he turned out to be an insignificant little man?As I said before, it is probably the latter.That is to say, the U.S. side took away Rastovorov as a big man, but after investigation, they found out that he was a little man, and they were very disappointed. This is probably the actual situation.
However, even though he is a small person, he also has his uses, and it happened to be used in the Japan-US Joint Statement on August 14th.Whether Rastovorov who appeared at the press conference was himself or a stand-in, this was a performance to achieve various expected effects.
What kind of person is Major Shih from the Japanese side who is said to have surrendered immediately at this time?
On this point, the "Daily News" at that time made a brief report as follows:
"Mr. Shii Shoji (35 years old) is a former army major who was repatriated from Siberia in the 24th year of the Showa era. After returning to China, he served in the Language Learning Department of the U.S. General Command and was repatriated in Maizuru. The Bureau conducts various investigations on persons repatriated from the Soviet Union." (August 15)
It can also be seen from this simple report that Major Zhiwei who was repatriated actually served at the US General Command.
Regarding this matter, the intelligence agency stationed in Japan of a major European country secretly pointed out the following:
"The real protagonist in this incident is not the CIA agency, but the intelligence department of the US Far East Air Force. What Rastovorov tried to steal, and has already begun to steal, is information on: air operations involving the US Far East Air Force Combat plans, U.S. Air Force bases stationed in Japan, and attack and defense plans including the use of atomic bombs.Major Shibit has had direct access to photos of Soviet bases and important institutions taken by the U.S. Air Force’s stratosphere flight, but actually introduced Shibit to Rastovorov, the person directly leading him is the former lieutenant colonel M, and M also introduced Zhiwei to the Ministry of Anti-Spies.
"Since Zhiwei and the former senior aviation staff of the Kwantung Army have admitted that they are double agents between the United States and the Soviet Union, then M is of course the head of the double agent. But M is considered to have nothing to do with this incident, which is also true. The complexity of the matter is evidenced. In our opinion, Rastovorov was not kidnapped, as some claim, but apparently died in order to claim asylum."
There are reliable indications that the arrest of a group of persons from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the result of Major Shiwei's so-called surrender.
The suspicions received by Shoji and Higurashi were that they had provided Rastovorov with information on the relevant aspects of the US military stationed in Japan and secret information on Japan-US relations. Get paid about one million won.In addition, Gao Maoli's situation is as follows: he is an expert on Soviet economic issues and works on ships. The authorities suspect that during his tenure, he provided Rastovorov with horizontal reports on the movement of ships from relevant parties in the US military.This man worked in a fishing company before the war, had traveled to the Soviet Union on business, and was very familiar with ships.
Takamori, Shoji, and Higurashi betrayed information to Rastovorov.Higurashi, Shoji and others once bought a house and repaired it extensively, spending a lot of money.The authorities suspected that the money had come from Rastovorov, and they were being investigated on such completely irrelevant grounds.
Therefore, Shoji immediately proposed that his arrest was illegal, and demanded a public trial to announce the reasons for his detention.The case is still ongoing.
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