2. 1 ambassadors and journalists
194 1 year 1 1 23rd, Thursday, at five o'clock in the morning, the German ambassador to Tokyo, Major General Eugene Ott, sent a top-secret telegram to Berlin to inform the Foreign Affairs Bureau that Richard Sorge, a correspondent of Frankfurt Daily in Tokyo, and another German, Max klausen, had been arrested. The two men have been detained by the Japanese police for six days for "treason and collaboration with the enemy".
The cable said: "After repeated questioning, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied that sorge and klausen were suspected of colluding with third parties through Japanese intermediaries. Although I have offered to know the results of the current trial so as to inform Germany, I can't know at the moment because the investigation is still in progress.
"Upon inquiry, this news has been confirmed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They only said that people have been arrested, but this matter should be kept confidential."
When the news reached the German Embassy, there was an uproar and people were uneasy.
Dr Richard Sorge is a prestigious and influential German in Tokyo. He used to work for several German newspapers in Shanghai, and was famous as a China hand. 1933 He arrived in Tokyo in September, holding letters of introduction written by senior German diplomats to the Tokyo Embassy and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively.
Living in an Asian country, Europeans always feel isolated and depressed, and they soon have a good impression on this newcomer. Sorge is familiar with China affairs.
Very popular with embassy staff. During the First World War, he served in an infantry regiment and was awarded the Iron Cross II. Therefore, ambassadors and military attaché s treated him differently. He is a reporter of Frankfurt Daily. His qualifications and experience are well deserved. Coupled with his conscientious work style, he is deeply respected by his colleagues.
He became famous and enviable for his mastery of Japanese politics, and all German officials and journalists who had the same letters of introduction as when he came to Japan came to visit him.
Sorge is a figure in the world of Tokyo. Although he is as showy, arrogant and paranoid as a Bohemian, especially after drinking, which makes some German compatriots feel a little disgusted, on the whole, people think that he is a serious and talented person with a natural charm, which makes people like him, especially women.
The German expatriates in Tokyo live on the other side of the world and are not disturbed by the events in Germany. Therefore, the German diaspora is still the epitome of German society before Hitler came to power 1933 1 month, and anti-Nazi views can be cautiously revealed. There is no aggressive Nazi fanaticism in this society, and the ambassador himself is famous for his moderate attitude.
Sorge, on the other hand, often poses as an outsider's extremist gesture, which is regarded as the performance of the standard German veterans who participated in the First World War.
1934, sorge joined the overseas branch of the Nazi Party shortly after he arrived in Japan, and became a member of the Nazi Press Association three years later.
Once the news of the arrest of such an outstanding journalist spread, people from all walks of life in Germany in Tokyo were dumbfounded and couldn't believe it. His German journalists immediately wrote a letter to the ambassador, unanimously expressing their support for sorge and doubting the charges against him. They sent him something to the prison and asked to visit him.
General Otto, like other Germans in Tokyo, can't accept the Japanese official's blunt statement in any case, thinking that sorge will never be suspected of treason. Otto knew sorge from 1934 when he was the military attache in Tokyo. Sorge is a frequent visitor to the embassy and one of Otto's cronies. They often meet each other, have breakfast in the embassy yard and travel to the Japanese countryside together.
Sorge's insights and sources of information satisfied Ambassador Ott, and he held regular discussions with his advisers. The ambassador regards him as a personal friend and the most reliable compatriot.
Since the outbreak of the European War, sorge has been employed by the Embassy to compile news briefings. So he set up an office in the embassy, where he read the official telegram from Berlin.
For this job, he was officially paid in the embassy. As an accomplished journalist and a veteran who has made great contributions, sorge and Lu Haijun's military attache are close friends, and they often exchange information and opinions on technical issues together.
It seems impossible for such a prestigious person with a wide range of friends to be the principal accused at present. As for the Max klausen, the ambassador is unheard of.
When General Ott heard that the two men were arrested, he immediately thought that they were victims of the anti-German conspiracy of Japanese elites.
Ott said in the message: "The embassy staff and local Germans generally believe that the Japanese police suspect the wrong person. As far as I know, sorge keeps in touch with an intelligence officer close to the Duke of Guards Group. " At that time, the Guards Group had just collapsed. And 194 1 year 10 was the moment when the Japan-US negotiations that decided whether the Far East was a peace or a war entered a critical stage. Therefore, Austria Shi went on to say in the telegram: "The progress of the negotiations is said to be a state secret, which has fallen into the hands of sorge, so sorge may become a victim of some kind of political revenge or political conspiracy. We cannot rule out the possibility that there are anti-German forces behind the case against sorge. At present, tojo hideki is the interior minister and in charge of the police. I have asked Prime Minister Tojo to settle this matter as soon as possible. "
The German Foreign Affairs Bureau was cautious. After receiving the telegram from Tokyo, it first went to test the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, General Kojima. He is a confidant of Prime Minister Tojo, and once promoted the friendly military alliance between Germany and Japan on behalf of Japan.
"This is purely a matter for the judiciary and the police," Kojima replied in a businesslike manner. "According to Japanese practice, they are not influenced by any political forces. Naturally, from the foreign policy point of view, sorge's arrest is not a great thing. On the contrary, the police will never decide to arrest him if there is no definite reason to suspect him. "
This answer is unsatisfactory and very disturbing. After repeated inquiries, Kojima revealed vaguely that it was very likely that sorge was accused of supporting the international * * * industrialist movement.
"It's impossible. Ambassador Ott and the staff of the embassy are all suspicious of the accusations against sorge, "said an official who once worked in Tokyo and knew sorge well." There is no * * * productive tendency in him at all. "
Germans are very concerned about this matter and believe that at this delicate moment, this incident must not be allowed to endanger the all-round military, political and economic cooperation between Germany and Japan.
A few days later, the Japanese prosecutor's office submitted a brief note to the German embassy based on the preliminary investigation results of the case, and its content was telegraphed to Berlin by General Ott. The note said: "After our investigation and verification, sorge himself has confessed that he has been working for * * * International for a long time. Further investigation of the case is underway. "
Hearing this shocking news, the Germans were startled and the whole of Germany was shocked.
2.2 Before entering the Tao
1895 10, Richard Sorge was born in a small town near an oil field in the Caucasus. His father is an engineer and works for an oil company invested by Swedish Nobel interest. His mother is Russian, much younger than his father.
When Richard was 3 years old, his family moved to Germany and settled in a big house in Lichtenfeld, a suburb of Berlin. Richard is the youngest of the nine children and the fourth among the boys. He is very close to his mother, and he will be the same for life. Whenever his mother's birthday, he will send gifts or send telegrams to congratulate her.
Sorge was a sensitive and timid child when he was a child. He liked to light the lamp in his bedroom all night. He is easy-going, and his brothers and sisters like him. His family is very harmonious, and his childhood was almost spent peacefully in a typical well-off family in Berlin. His father later became a banker. After his father died, each child inherited an inheritance.
Sorge spent his high school days in Lichtenfeld. At that time, he was in good health. A well-proportioned young man is often proud of his sports quality. His special interests are history and writing.
When he was in high school, he volunteered to join the army and was assigned to the student brigade of the Third Field Artillery Corps, first fighting the French army on the western front and then the Russians on the eastern front.
In a battle, his right leg was injured by shrapnel and was taken to Berlin Army Hospital.
Sorge concentrated on his studies during his stay in hospital, and returned to his alma mater to take the high school graduation exam. The result was among the best. After recovering, he returned to his original army.
Three weeks later, he was injured again, but this time it was heavy. Both legs were broken by shrapnel, leaving him with a lifelong disability. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to sergeant and awarded the second-class Iron Cross.
Sorge was injured and sent to the University Hospital of Konigsberg. There, young sorge experienced a revolutionary change in thought and character.
Like many of his contemporaries, sorge was baptized by war and fought in the trenches twice, but he didn't know what they were doing. Sorge said: "Although we fought hard on the battlefield, my soldiers and friends and I didn't understand the real purpose of the war, let alone its far-reaching significance."
His mind was plunged into extreme confusion. He thought hard, kept looking back on the past, traced back to every detail of his life experience, and explored his career blankly, but he often fell into a contradictory situation.
In the vast darkness, he finally found a glimmer of light, that is, * * * productism.
He began to be hungry, but he read the classic works of Germany and Russia about socialism and * * * productism without plan. "As a ladder to climb Marxism", he also dabbled extensively in the works of Greek philosophers and Hegel. His thoughts were suddenly enlightened, and he felt that his road was getting wider and wider. From then on, he gradually became a conscious fighter of * * * production.
19 16 10 In October, sorge studied in the Economics Department of Berlin University, and his plan was to "participate in organized revolutionary movements in addition to studying". 19 18 January, sorge officially retired and studied at Kiel university, studying for a doctorate in national law and society.
His thirst for knowledge is stimulated here. The greatest influence on his life was the professor Colt Gracci he met here. Gracci is a doctor of economics who studied in Britain in his early years. He is full of enthusiasm for politics. He himself has a strong left-wing ideology, which has a great influence on young people. His tireless and tireless attitude of teaching people also makes young people love him. Sorge's study group often meets in his home. In the atmosphere that the German Empire was bound to be defeated, they enthusiastically discussed the theory of socialism and * * * productism. Sorge's revolutionary belief has been strengthened.
Soon after, sorge joined the newly established German * * * production party, and at the same time, he moved from Kiel to Hamburg to continue to finish the last part of his doctoral thesis. At the same time, he actively participated in the establishment of Marxist study groups for young people and the training of local party cadres. Prepare for the party's underground branch and other work. His public positions are university teaching assistants, coal miners, newspaper editors and journalists. He also attended the Seventh Congress of the German Productive Party as a regional representative. It was during this period that he married Cristiani, who was also studying for a doctorate.
1923 In the second half of the year, the president of Moscow Marxist Institute came to Germany, and sorge met him twice in Berlin and Frankfurt, from which he began to contact the Soviet * * * production party. In April of the following year, the Ninth Congress of Germany was held in Frankfurt. The Soviet Union sent a delegation of six people, including members of the Soviet Military Intelligence Bureau, the Fourth Bureau of the Red Army. Sorge once again contacted the former Soviet * * * production party, and this meeting was an important turning point in sorge's life journey. The agents of the Fourth Bureau had already noticed sorge's performance and his experience, and thought that sorge was an ideal agent. After several conversations, the agents of the Fourth Bureau said, "If you are interested in joining the Fourth Bureau, come to Moscow." Sorge readily agreed.
1924 10, after careful arrangement by the German production party, sorge took a legal German student travel passport and went to Moscow with his wife via Berlin.
2.3 Moscow-China trip
Sorge was treated with excellent courtesy as soon as he arrived in Moscow. They were arranged to stay at the Looks Hotel, and General Berzin, Director of the Fourth Bureau, personally visited them. When they first met, Berzin was attracted by this shrewd and energetic German. They also discussed the sources of international intelligence and the relationship between military intelligence and political intelligence. Sorge's keen political mind, profound international knowledge and incisive opinions and analysis on international affairs left a deep impression on the general. In sorge's view, the Soviet * * * production party is full of vitality, and it is the backbone of progressive organizations all over the world. It is his dream to contribute to such an organization.
Soon, he joined the Soviet * * * production party, and was assigned to work in the * * * production international intelligence office of the Fourth Bureau of the Red Army, responsible for collecting information about workers' movements, political and economic issues in various countries, and handling and contacting the party affairs of the * * * production parties in various countries. Sorge is interested in this job, and his experience, knowledge and wisdom are commensurate with this kind of job.
In the next few years, sorge shuttled frequently between Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Scandinavia, London and Moscow. He did an excellent job. He became close friends with Berzin.
After the failure of the armed uprising of the German Communist Party, Soviet leaders began to turn their attention from Europe to the Far East. They did so because they saw the tremendous strength of China's booming national revolutionary struggle, the hope of building socialism in underdeveloped countries and regions and the prospect of changing the balance of world power. Moscow decided to put the information. The focus of intelligence and propaganda agencies has shifted from Europe to Asia.
To this end, Moscow has sent many spy teams to China in the name of * * * production international.
The members of the team are both Russians and Germans. In addition to party contact with China * * * Production Party, the main task of these groups is to collect information about China's politics, military affairs and diplomacy.
However, after the failure of the China Revolution in 1927, China's * * * producers were brutally murdered, especially the atrocities of the Kuomintang in Shanghai, and the spy team sent by the Soviet Union to China was also destroyed. Then, the Japanese ambition to annex China became more and more obvious, and Asia was shrouded in the horror of the coming war. Moscow is in urgent need of information about China, and the destroyed spy organization must be re-established.
1929, sorge was called to Moscow. After several conversations with Berzin, Berzin decided to send sorge to China. Berzin believes that sorge not only has the status of a journalist who can be used as a good amulet abroad, but also is a well-trained political analyst. His solid and rich historical knowledge and military experience may one day be put to use. sorge almost greeted his trip to China with a feeling of excitement.
He has long admired China's long history and rich culture. He thinks this trip to China is extremely important to him personally. Moreover, he has realized the importance of working in the Far East in person, and only a few "political observers" realized this at that time.
Sorge returned to Berlin immediately after accepting the task. After some disguise, he was ready to leave. He went to apply for a legal travel passport issued by the German government with his real name on it as planned, and then signed two contracts in Berlin, thus publicly confirming his status as a freelance journalist. One of these two contracts was signed with a sociological magazine publishing house; One was signed with an agricultural newspaper. Sorge told the manager of Agricultural News that he planned to study the agricultural situation in China and contribute to the newspaper as the basic material for his future books.
He believes that the fundamental problem in China is the problem of farmers, and it is of great significance to study the agricultural situation in China to understand the whole China. Sorge really has an eye for pearls. The newspaper manager praised his opinions and expressed active support. He also got a letter of introduction for sorge from the Propaganda Department of the German Foreign Ministry to the Consul General of the German Consulate General in Shanghai through a friend.
1929 1 1 month, sorge left Berlin, went to Marseille via Paris, boarded a Japanese ship there, passed through Suez, Colombo and Hong Kong, and arrived in Shanghai in January 1930. He arrived with one of his personal operators. Soon after, Max klausen, a radio technical expert sent by the Fourth Bureau to assist in the work, arrived one after another.
In 1930s, Shanghai was divided into three parts: one was the urban area of Shanghai, and the other was the concession under the jurisdiction of the United States, Britain, France and Japan. One is a separate French concession.
It is not only the industrial center of China, the main port of the Yangtze River basin, but also the crisscross and overlapping place of various spheres of influence.
A large number of foreign goods come through this port, and Chinese and foreign investments are concentrated here.
As the center of China's urban revolution, the headquarters of the underground Central Committee of the China Producer Party is also located here. In the late 1920s, due to the disillusionment of the western revolution, Shanghai became a smash hit magnetic field, attracting countless European and American progressives who yearned for the victory of the Asian revolution. Therefore, journalists, freelance writers, importers and exporters, arms dealers, adventurers, professional agents, expatriates, workers, refugees and conspirators; All sentient beings and filthy people gathered at one time.
Sorge didn't expect the place he yearned for to be like this. Although it was unexpected, he still liked this land.
In the first few months of sorge's arrival in Shanghai, although he appeared to be expressionless on the surface, he immediately set out to set up an intelligence organization network based in Shanghai in secret. He first visited the German Consul General in Shanghai with a letter of introduction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Through the consulate, he got to know the editor of the German agricultural newspaper and many German businessmen and diplomats in Shanghai.
While making friends and looking for the source of information, sorge devoted himself to studying China's affairs. With the deepening of understanding, he fell in love with this land.
Sorge went to Guangzhou, Hankou, Nanjing and other places to collect China's information in the name of interview and travel, and got to know the basic situation of China from urban to rural, from economically developed areas to remote and backward areas.
By chance, sorge met Agnes Smollett, a reporter of Frankfurt Daily in the Far East and a famous American leftist. Through her, sorge found many "assistants" in China, and it was through her that sorge got to know Osaki Yasuji, a journalist of Asahi Shimbun in Japan and a Japanese expert who is proficient in China affairs. Osaki was a member of the Marxist study group of Imperial University in Tokyo, and he was sympathetic to the China * * * production party. He shared sorge's views on world affairs. Later, he became sorge's main partner and the most suitable collaborator.
1January, 93218th, the Japanese navy opened fire with the 19th Route Army of China. Sorge was impassioned, and with a feeling of being attached to the trenches, he personally distributed grenades to the troops. At the same time, he also interviewed the battles in various theaters in Shanghai, personally felt the strength of China's army, and got further tactical information about China and Japan from German instructors in China.
After the Shanghai Incident, Japan's intention to conquer China was exposed after it captured Manchuria, and the attitude of British and American governments towards Chiang Kai-shek's government changed dramatically. Sorge's task has become heavier. He has to try to understand Japan's real intentions, study Japan's fighting methods in detail, understand China's political and military situation, and provide effective information to help the international producers formulate China policies.
Sorge not only relied on intelligence agents from China and Japan, but also used Europeans to provide him with information. These are mainly German businessmen, consular officials, Nanjing's military advisory group and European journalists. As a journalist, he often moves around in the social circle of the Consulate General and the journalists' association.
He learned from the German military advisers in Nanjing about the stationing of Nanjing troops, weapons and equipment, the establishment of assault divisions, and the relationship between commanders and Chiang Kai-shek. Relying on German instructors and the help of China's "assistant", he collected information about the military industry and got the blueprint of the Nanjing arms warehouse.
Most of the information he collected passed through Harbin via Vladivostok, or through Guangzhou via Hong Kong and then transferred to Moscow.
1in the second half of 932, sorge was recalled to Moscow, ending his trip to China ahead of schedule. Berzin has more important tasks for him to do. According to sorge, "If it weren't for my lofty cause, I would have stayed in China all the time. I have been deeply infatuated with this country."
Anyway, China's three-year trip is a great opportunity for sorge himself to get some exercise. By the time he left Shanghai, sorge was already an expert in China affairs, and he knew China through and through. Having gone through the special environment of being an open journalist in Shanghai and the risk of spying in China, sorge's experience in espionage has been enriched, and his courage has stood the test. The most significant thing, however, is that he got to know two partners, Osaki Baoji and Max klausen, who became his right-hand man to complete his excellent spy work in Japan in the future.
2.4 Undercover Tokyo
As soon as sorge returned to Moscow, he went to the headquarters of the Fourth Bureau to visit Berzin. Berzin extended a warm welcome to his arrival.
Top Ten Super Spy Series: Doctor Spy sorge (Part II) No matter in China or Japan, sorge always has a good relationship with German officers. He can talk about war with old experience, without endangering others or damaging his secret mission. In the communication with Otto, sorge's ability was brought into full play. Sorge often provides Otto with useful information about Japanese military affairs, or insightful opinions about the situation in Japan, which enriches Otto's report to Berlin and increases his weight. Thanks to his help, Otto was promoted to the position of military attache, from assistant military attache to military attache, and transferred from Nagoya to Tokyo. After Mr Shi settled in Tokyo, sorge became a frequent visitor to his home. Sorge's special relationship with ambassadors and embassy attaché s made his contacts with embassy staff and relations with the embassy further. At the beginning of 1936, sorge found that the Japanese political situation was facing a serious crisis. The group of young officers in the Japanese military department is becoming more and more powerful. They demand the right to supervise production, control fiscal revenue and expenditure and interfere in political affairs, and demand that Japan's manpower and resources be used for war. Their slogan is "let those incompetent politicians get out of office." In a word, the young military officers' group is an extremely vicious fascist organization. In order to achieve their goals, they are willing to put all their eggs in one basket, meet each other with swords, and even resort to terrorist means. Sorge has been keeping a close eye on the actions of this group. Based on the analysis of the information collected by Otaki and Miyagi, he concluded that the Young Officers Group is preparing to launch an armed coup, and everything depends on the result of the parliamentary election on February 20th. However, the German Embassy knew nothing about this imminent rebellion. On the eve of the uprising of young officers, sorge wrote an analysis report. Before the report was sent to Moscow, he decided to inform the German ambassador, military attache and assistant military attache about it. But the three of them didn't trust anyone and paid no attention to the information provided by sorge. In the early morning of February 26th, 1400 soldiers rushed out of the barracks under the command of young officers and quickly occupied several buildings where the Tokyo government was located, including the Army Shengcheng City Police Station and the National Assembly. At the same time, they also attacked the prime minister's residence and several dignitaries' residences. The current prime minister narrowly escaped death, while two former prime ministers were killed. Armed rebellion really broke out! German embassy in a panic, at that time I don't know how to deal with, and well-informed sorge's prestige is higher. Since then, ambassadors and military attaché s have been more obedient to sorge. 2.5 According to sorge's plan, it will take several years to get Japanese information in a heavily guarded environment like Tokyo. Now that everything is ready, he can start to act. His first task was to investigate the development of German-Japanese relations and Japan's secret intentions towards the Soviet Union. He learned from Otto and the ambassador that so far, the secret negotiations between Germany and Japan have not achieved any results. However, is it possible for the negotiations to be held in secret at a higher level? One day, as drunk as a fiddler, Otto accidentally let out a sentence: the negotiations between Germany and Japan have started again. Sorge vigilantly waiting for him to go on, but the new military attache no longer mention it. On the same night, Osaki informed sorge that the news of the resumption of negotiations between Germany and Japan was also circulating in the British and French embassies, and he was nervous about it. Miyagi also learned the same information from the Japanese side. Sorge asked Osaki and his friends to find out the true meaning of these rumors, and he himself started from the German embassy. Before sending a report to Moscow, he began to closely observe the development of the situation. The annual cherry blossoms are in full bloom again, and tourists are still flying in Ueno Park with pleasant scenery. The Japanese don't seem to realize that the dark clouds of war have already covered the sky. In this beautiful season of flowers and birds, sorge was worried because he could not get the exact news and content of the German-Japanese negotiations. April, May and June flew by, during which he only received the report from Otsuka: 1936. In April, the Japanese ambassador to Germany held many negotiations with the German Foreign Ministry on the signing of an alliance treaty. Because Japan was unwilling to sign a military alliance with Germany immediately, the negotiations were full of difficulties. Since then, neither Otto nor the ambassador has captured any news about the negotiations, and it is likely that the negotiations will be kept secret from them. Sorge is really worried. One day, Otto called sorge to his office and told him that the ambassador and himself learned from the General Staff of the Japanese Army that the German-Japanese negotiations were going on in Berlin, and the German Foreign Affairs Bureau did not participate in the negotiations at all. The head of the negotiations was Kojima, the military attache of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, and Admiral Canaris, the director of the German Intelligence Agency. Otto asked him to help draw up a coded telegram to the German headquarters in Berlin, asking for information about the negotiations. He also made sorge swear that he would never tell anyone about it. Sorge agreed. Soon, a telegram written in military code was sent to Berlin. There was no reply from Berlin at the moment, and Otto felt very annoyed. He asked sorge to send another telegram to Berlin. At last, the German headquarters was wired back. Sorge learned a lot of details from there, but on the whole, the negotiations are still going on, and the result is still unknown. An accident helped sorge. Berlin sent a special messenger Huck to Tokyo. He came to Tokyo secretly on behalf of the German Foreign Ministry and Canaris. He brought a secret instruction to the ambassador and created an atmosphere in Japan to facilitate the German-Japanese alliance. Sorge meets Huck in Otto's office. At the sight of sorge, Huck was radiant and excited, and ran to sorge with open arms. "Hello, sorge, remember? I flew to Japan with you in the same plane! " Huck held his hand tightly and said affectionately. Sorge was overjoyed. Then, together with Otto, the three of them went to a famous hotel in Tokyo, asked for a single room to drink and catch up with the past, got a dinner for Huck's arrival and congratulated them on their reunion. After a few drinks, they talk more and more. Huck told sorge that he was deeply trusted by Canaris and had participated in the German-Japanese negotiations, and told sorge the mission of this trip to Tokyo. When talking about the progress of the negotiations, Huck repeatedly reminded sorge: "What I said can't be spread abroad, let alone in the newspapers!" He said that the obstacles to negotiations came from Japan, because they didn't want to fight the Soviets too early. In order to sign a military alliance treaty and make the Soviet Union between Scylla and Charybdis, Hitler even agreed not to mention the ownership of some islands in the Pacific Ocean that originally belonged to Germany and are now occupied by the Japanese. In order to reach this agreement, Hitler had to put on the cloak of "anti-agreement" for the proposed military alliance. The so-called "struggle against world capitalism" is just a cover-up, but it is actually aimed at the Soviet Union. Huck also said that Germany believes that the judgment will not be abandoned halfway, and they will attach some secret provisions to the agreement. In this way, before the whole world knew that Germany and Japan had signed the "Anti-* * * Agreement", the Soviet government had already mastered the inside story. 1937 Jin Weijue became the Japanese Prime Minister, which was extremely beneficial to sorge and them. Osaki became a close friend and counselor of Jin Weijue. An expert on China with keen observation and analytical ability like Osaki is just what the new Prime Minister needs. Sure enough, after taking office, the Guards organized a "Science Association" as his think tank: Osaki was invited to participate, and he was asked to be the leader of the China Department. In this way, Osaki can directly participate in national political affairs and exert direct influence on the Prime Minister. From then on, sorge can get more important confidential materials. Soon, sorge got a lot of important information from Osaki, such as the unification of government and military policy, the production plan of military supplies and the action plan for China. Based on the analysis of the information obtained, sorge came to the conclusion that Japan will not fight against the Soviet Union in the near future, but it is preparing to attack China in an all-round way. He reported this conclusion to Moscow. On July 7, the Lugouqiao incident broke out. On July 10, Japanese Prime Minister David Lu Xiangshan and Foreign Minister held a press conference together, and sorge, as a foreign journalist, also attended the reception. At the meeting, the guards announced Japan's full-scale war against China and asked the press to support Japan's actions. This is a fateful day for Japan. From then on, until1August 945 15, neither China nor Japan had a day of peace. Most observers, whether in Japan or Europe, believe that the conflict between China and Japan in North China, like other conflicts, will undoubtedly be settled at the expense of China's interests, and cease-fire talks will be held soon. However, in the summer of 1937, the China government turned down the Japanese request for local mediation and began to reinforce troops. The Nanking government and the China * * * production party have joined forces to fight against Japan. On the one hand, Japan sent more troops to North China. On the one hand, he declared that he did not want to expand the war. But there are indications that Japan will encounter a fierce battle. Sorge wanted to know Germany's attitude towards this war, so he asked the ambassador, "Should we German journalists support the guards?" The ambassador showed him the telegram just sent from Berlin. As mentioned in the cable, because Japan's war against China contained most of Japan's forces, it was inevitably unfavorable to attack the Soviet Union. Regarding the negotiation of the German-Japanese alliance treaty, the German Foreign Ministry declared that they did not intend to give away the gifts without reward, because the two countries had different opinions and could not form an alliance. the next day