Chapter 49: Contrast (2)
Stalin pondered the advice he had heard from Lee Sung Joon Under the assumption that a Nazi invasion was inevitable, Lee Sung Joon's advice was logically valid.
Stalin summoned Ivan Sedin1, the People's Minister for the Soviet Oil Industry, Ivan Fedorovich2, the People's Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy, and Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan3, the People's Minister for Foreign Trade, to inquire about how much they were losing in trade with Germany.
Their answers were shocking.
"The Germans are deliberately slacking off or engaging in sabotage. They have rarely delivered the promised quantities on time."
Stalin was furious at this report.
Stalin knew that Germany was slacking off, but he didn't realize it was this serious.
"Why are you reporting this only now!"
Well, who would want to report the truth and get caught?
No one wanted to touch the nerves of a dictator who hoped for the 'non-aggression' to be maintained.