This meant that any intelligence networks foreign countries had originally established in Russia had been rendered useless. After all, when a party like the Russian Labor Party came to power, not only would it refuse to reuse the old bureaucrats as in a traditional dynastic transition, it would instead crack down indiscriminately on all beneficiaries of the former Tsarist system—namely nobles, officials, and capitalists.
Thus, the establishment of a Labor Party regime differed from a bourgeois overthrow of a feudal regime or an ordinary succession between feudal regimes. During the establishment of a Labor Party regime, the entire old order and old classes would be smashed, and under such circumstances, ordinary people would have greater opportunities.
As a contrasting example, during the transition between feudal dynasties, ordinary people also had chances to rise through the ranks, but the great clans and local elites had far greater chances.
Therefore, Morin, East Africa's intelligence chief, said, "In Russia, all the old personal connections and relationship networks have been scrapped. They do not accept nobles and officials who served under the former Tsarist Russian government or bourgeois governments back into office either."
"The military may be the sole exception. However, the Red Army has also undergone small-scale purges, and that does not mean the Russian Labor Party fully trusts the military. The military's special circumstances may simply be a compromise in the face of Russia's present difficulties."
The so-called difficult circumstances naturally referred to the imperialists' all-encompassing military threat against Russia. Under such conditions, the military certainly could not be rashly tampered with.
Morin continued, "However, the military has always been the most closed-off state violence organization. It naturally possesses traits that make it difficult to infiltrate. Even during the Tsarist era, bribing Russian officers was no easy task."
This was perfectly normal.