2. 1 ambassadors and journalists
1941165438+1At five o'clock on Thursday, October 23rd, Major General Eugene Ott, German ambassador to Tokyo, sent a top secret telegram to Berlin, informing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Richard Sorge, a special 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".
"After repeated inquiries, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied that sorge and klausen were suspected of colluding with third parties through Japanese intermediaries," the cable said. Although I have offered to know the result of the current trial in order to inform Germany, I can't know at present 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 secret. "
When the news reached the German embassy, there was an uproar and panic.
Dr Richard Sorge is a famous and influential German in Tokyo. He used to work for several German newspapers in Shanghai, and he is a famous China hand. He arrived in Tokyo on September 1933 with letters of introduction from 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 soon have a good impression on this newcomer. George is familiar with China affairs.
Very popular with embassy staff. During World War I, he served in an infantry regiment and was awarded the Iron Cross II. So the ambassador and the military attache treated him differently. He is a reporter for Frankfurt Daily. His qualifications and experience are well deserved. Coupled with his conscientious work style, he is deeply respected by his colleagues.
He is famous and enviable for his mastery of Japanese politics, and all German officials and journalists visit him as long as they have the same letters of introduction as when he came to Japan.
Sorge is a figure in the Tokyo world. Although he is flamboyant, arrogant and paranoid like 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.
German expatriates in Tokyo live on the other side of the world and will not be affected by events in Germany. Therefore, German expatriates are still the epitome of German society before Hitler came to power in June 1933, 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 gentle attitude.
Sorge, on the other hand, often assumed the extreme posture of an outsider and was regarded as the performance of a standard German veteran who had participated in World War I..
1934, sorge joined the overseas branch of the Nazi Party shortly after his arrival in Japan, and became a member of the Nazi Journalists Association three years later.
Once the news that such an outstanding journalist was arrested came out, 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 expressing doubts about the charges against him. They sent him something to the prison and asked to visit him.
General Otto, like other Germans in Tokyo, couldn't accept the Japanese official's outspoken attitude in any case, thinking that sorge would never be suspected of treason. Otto met sorge from 1934 when he was a military attache in Tokyo. Sorge is a frequent visitor to the embassy and one of Otto's cronies. They often meet, have breakfast in the embassy yard and travel to the Japanese countryside together.
George's insights and sources of information satisfied Ambassador Ott, and he held regular discussions with consultants. 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 write news bulletins. So he set up an office in the embassy, where he read official telegrams from Berlin.
For this job, he was officially paid at the embassy. As an accomplished journalist and veteran who has made great contributions, the military attaché s of sorge and Lu Haijun are close friends, and they often exchange information and opinions on technical issues together.
At present, it seems impossible for such a person with high reputation and wide friends to become the principal offender. As for Max klausen, the ambassador is unheard of.
As soon as General Ott heard that the two men were arrested, he immediately thought that they were victims of the Japanese elite's anti-German conspiracy.
Ott said in the message: "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 Guard Group. " At that time, the Guard Corps had just disintegrated. And 194 1 year 10 was the moment when the Japan-US negotiations, which decided whether the Far East was peace or war, entered a critical stage. Therefore, Ausch 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 can't rule out the possibility that there are anti-German forces behind the case against sorge. At present, tojo hideki is the Minister of the Interior, in charge of the police. I have asked Prime Minister Tojo Tojo to solve this matter as soon as possible. "
The German Foreign Ministry is very cautious. After receiving the telegram from Tokyo, it first went to test the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, General Kojima. He is a close confidant of Prime Minister Tojo, and once promoted the friendly military alliance between Germany and Japan on behalf of Japan.
"This is purely a judicial and police matter," Kojima Kang Yu replied in a business-like way. "According to Japanese practice, they are not influenced by any political forces. Naturally, from the perspective of foreign policy, sorge's arrest is not a big deal. 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 vaguely revealed that it was very likely that sorge was accused of supporting the international industrialist movement.
"This is impossible. Ambassador Ott and the staff of the embassy expressed doubts about the charges against sorge, "said an official who once worked in Tokyo and knew sorge very well. "He has no inclination to produce 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 reads: "After our investigation and verification, sorge himself has confessed to working for * * * for a long time. Further investigation of the case is underway. "
Hearing this shocking news, the Germans were shocked and the whole of Germany was shocked.
2.2 Before entering the Tao
Richard Sorge was born in a small town near an oil field in the Caucasus. His father is an engineer and works in an oil company invested by Swedish Nobel interest group. 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 nine children and the fourth among boys. He and his mother are very close, and they will be the same all their lives. Whenever his mother's birthday, he will send a gift or send a telegram to congratulate her.
Sorge was a sensitive and timid child when he was a child. He likes to light the lamp in his bedroom all night. He is easy-going, and all 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 litchfield. At that time, he was healthy. Well-proportioned young people are often proud of their sports quality. His special interests are history and writing.
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 fighting the Russian army on the eastern front.
In a battle, his right leg was injured by shrapnel and was taken to Berlin Army Hospital.
During his stay in hospital, sorge concentrated on his studies and returned to his alma mater to take the high school graduation exam. The results are among the best. After his illness, he returned to the original army.
Three weeks later, he was injured again, but this time he was badly hurt. His 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 Iron Cross II.
Sorge was injured and taken to the University Hospital of Konigsberg. There, young sorge experienced revolutionary changes in his thoughts and personality.
Like many of his contemporaries, sorge was baptized by the war and fought in the trenches twice, but he didn't know what they were doing. Sorge said: "Although we fought bloody battles on the battlefield, my soldiers and friends and I don't understand the real purpose of this war, let alone its far-reaching significance."
His mind was in great confusion. He thought hard, kept looking back at the past, traced back to every detail of his life experience, and explored his career at a loss, 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 on 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. Since then, he has gradually become a conscious fighter of * * *.
19161kloc-0/0 In October, sorge studied in the Economics Department of Berlin University. His plan was to "participate in organized revolutionary movements in addition to studying". 19 18/month, sorge was officially discharged from the army and studied at Kiel university for a doctorate in national law and society.
Here aroused his thirst for knowledge. The most influential person in his life was Professor Colt Gracci whom he met here. Gracci, a doctor of economics, studied in Britain in his early years. He is passionate about politics. He himself has a strong left-wing ideology and has a great influence on young people. His tireless and tireless attitude towards teaching also makes young people like him. Sorge's study group often holds meetings in his home. In the atmosphere that the German Empire is bound to be defeated, they enthusiastically discussed the theories 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 young Marxist study groups and the training of local party cadres. Prepare the underground branch of the party. His public office is a university assistant, a coal miner, a newspaper editor and a reporter. He also attended the Seventh Congress of the German Production Party as a regional representative. It was during this period that he married Christiani, 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 six-member delegation, including members of the Soviet Military Intelligence Bureau and 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. Agents of the Fourth Bureau have already noticed sorge's performance and experience, and think that sorge is an ideal agent. After several conversations, the agent 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 producer, sorge went to Moscow with his wife via Berlin with a valid German student travel passport.
2.3 Moscow-China Tour
Sorge received 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, visited them personally. When they first met, Berzins 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. George'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 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 Information Room of the Fourth Bureau of the Red Army. He was responsible for collecting information on workers' movements, political and economic issues in various countries, and handling and contacting the party affairs of the * * * Production Party in various countries. Sorge is interested in this job, and his experience, knowledge and wisdom are commensurate with this job.
In the next few years, sorge frequently shuttled between Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Scandinavia, London and Moscow. He did an excellent job. He and Belzin became close friends.
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 this information. The focus of intelligence and propaganda agencies has shifted from Europe to Asia.
To this end, Moscow sent many spy teams to China in the name of * * * Production International.
The team members are both Russians and Germans. In addition to inner-party contacts with the China Production Party, the main task of these groups is to collect information about China's politics, military affairs and diplomacy.
But 1927 After the failure of the China Revolution, the producers of China were killed, especially the atrocities committed by the Kuomintang in Shanghai, and the Soviet secret service team sent 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 urgently needs information about China, and the destroyed spy organization must be re-established.
1929, sorge was called to Moscow. After several conversations with Berzins, Berzins decided to send sorge to China. Berzins believes that sorge is not only a journalist who can be used as a good amulet abroad, but also a trained political analyst. His solid and rich historical knowledge and military experience may come in handy one day. George almost greeted his trip to China with excitement.
He has always admired China's long history and rich culture. He thinks this trip to China is extremely important to him personally. Moreover, he has personally realized the importance of working in the Far East, which was realized by only a few "political observers" at that time.
Sorge returned to Berlin immediately after accepting the task. After some disguise, he was ready to leave. As planned, he applied for a legal travel passport issued by the German government with his real name on it, 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. George has a good eye for pearls. The newspaper manager praised his opinion and expressed his active support. He also got a letter of introduction from the Propaganda Department of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Consul General of the German Consulate General in Shanghai to sorge through a friend.
1 929165438+1October, sorge left Berlin and went to Marseille via Paris, where he boarded a Japanese ship, passing through Suez, Colombo and Hong Kong, and arrived in Shanghai in 19301month. He came 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 place where various spheres of influence overlap.
A large number of foreign goods pass 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 China Producers' Party is also located here. In the late 1920s, due to the disillusionment of the western revolution, Shanghai became a magnetic field with great popularity, 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, filthy people, gathered at one time.
Sorge didn't expect the place he yearned for to be like this. Although unexpected, he still likes this land.
During his first few months in Shanghai, sorge, though seemingly expressionless, immediately set about secretly establishing an intelligence organization network based in Shanghai. 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 information sources, sorge devoted himself to the study of China affairs. With the deepening of understanding, he fell in love with this land.
In the name of interviews and travel, sorge went to Guangzhou, Hankou, Nanjing and other places to collect information about China, so as to understand the basic situation of China from urban to rural areas, from economically developed areas to remote and backward areas.
By chance, sorge met Agnes Mollet, 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 Yasuji Ozaki, a reporter of Asahi Shimbun and an expert on Japanese issues who was proficient in China affairs. Osaki was a member of the Marxist study group of Imperial University in Tokyo, and he sympathized with the China * * * Production Party. He agrees with George's views on world affairs. Later, he became sorge's main partner and the most suitable collaborator.
1 month 1932, the Japanese navy opened fire on the 19th Route Army in China. Sorge was impassioned, and with a feeling of becoming attached to the trench, 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 and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, its intention to conquer China was exposed, and the attitude of the British and American governments towards Chiang Kai-shek's government changed greatly. Sorge's task has become heavier. He must try to understand Japan's real intentions, study Japan's combat methods in detail, understand China's political and military situation, and provide effective information to help international producers formulate China policies.
Sorge not only relied on China and Japanese intelligence personnel, but also used Europeans to provide him with information. These people are mainly German businessmen, consular officials, Nanjing military advisory group and European journalists. As a reporter, he often walks in the social circles of the Consulate General and the Journalists Association.
He learned from German military advisers in Nanjing about the stationing of Nanjing troops, weapons and equipment, the formation of assault divisions and the relationship between commanders and Chiang Kai-shek. With the help of German instructors and China's "assistants", 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, Vladivostok, or Guangzhou, Hong Kong and then to Moscow.
1932 in the second half of the year, sorge was recalled to Moscow and ended his trip to China ahead of schedule. Bojin has more important tasks for him. According to sorge, "If it weren't for my noble cause, I would have stayed in China. I have been deeply infatuated with this country. "
Anyway, the three-year trip to China is a good opportunity for sorge himself to exercise. When he left Shanghai, sorge was already an expert on China affairs, and he knew China like the back of his hand. Having experienced the special environment of being a public reporter in Shanghai and the risk of spying in China, sorge's espionage experience has been enriched and his courage has stood the test. The most significant thing, however, is that he got to know two partners, Okuzaki and Max klausen, who became his right-hand men to complete 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 Berzins. Belzin extended a warm welcome to him.
Top Ten Super Spy Series: Doctor Spy sorge (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 provided useful information about Japanese military affairs to Otto, or his insight into the situation in Japan enriched Otto's report to Berlin and increased his weight. Thanks to his help, Otto was promoted to 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 further strengthened his contact with embassy staff and relations with the embassy. 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 getting stronger and stronger. They demanded the right to supervise production, control fiscal revenue and expenditure and interfere in political affairs, and demanded that Japan's manpower and material resources be used for war. Their slogan is "Let those incompetent politicians step down." In a word, the Young Officers Corps is an extremely vicious fascist organization. In order to achieve their goal, 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 paying close attention to the actions of this group. Based on the analysis of the information collected by Otaki and Miyagi, he came to the conclusion that the young officers' group is preparing to launch an armed coup, and everything depends on the results 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. But none of them believed and ignored 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 Holy City Police Station and the National Assembly. At the same time, they also attacked the prime minister's residence and the residences of several dignitaries. The current prime minister narrowly escaped death, while two former prime ministers were killed. Armed rebellion really broke out! The German Embassy was in a panic and didn't know how to deal with it at the moment, while sorge, who was well-informed, had a higher prestige. 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 information about the Japanese in a heavily guarded environment like Tokyo. Now that everything is ready, he can start to act. His first task is 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 inadvertently let out a sentence: German-Japanese negotiations have started again. Sorge vigilantly waiting for him to go on, but the new military attache is no longer polite. On the same night, Ozaki informed sorge that the news of the resumption of negotiations between Germany and Japan was also circulated in the British and French embassies, and he was nervous about it. Miyagi prefecture also learned the same information from Japan. Sorge asked Osaki and his friends to find out the true meaning of these rumors, while he set out from the German Embassy. Before sending the 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 around 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 is worried because he can't get the exact news and content of the German-Japanese negotiations. April, May and June passed quickly, during which he only received Otsuka's report: 1936. In April, the Japanese ambassador to Germany held many negotiations with the German Foreign Ministry on the signing of the alliance treaty. Because Japan is unwilling to sign a military alliance with Germany immediately, the negotiations are full of difficulties. Since then, neither Otto nor the ambassador has caught any news about the negotiations, and the negotiations are likely to be kept secret from them. George is really worried. One day, Otto called sorge to his office and told him that the ambassador and himself learned from the Japanese General Staff that German-Japanese negotiations were going on in Berlin, and the German Foreign Affairs Bureau did not participate in the negotiations at all. The leaders of the negotiations are Kojima, military attache of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, and General Kanas, director of the German Intelligence Agency. Otto asked him to help draft an encrypted telegram to castle wolfenstein in Berlin, asking for information about the negotiation. 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 response from Berlin at the moment, and Otto felt very annoyed. He asked sorge to send another telegram to Berlin. Finally, a telegram came from the German headquarters. 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 George. 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 conducive to the German-Japanese alliance in Japan. George met 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 will fly to Japan with you! " Huck held his hand tightly and said affectionately. Sorge was overjoyed. Then with Otto, the three of them went to a famous hotel in Tokyo, asked for a single room to drink and catch up, and made a dinner for Huck's arrival to congratulate them on their reunion. After a few drinks, they talked 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 newspapers!" He said that the obstacle to the negotiations came from Japan because they didn't want to go to war with the Soviet Union 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, but it is actually aimed at the Soviet Union. Huck also said that Germany believes that the judgment will not give up halfway, and they will attach some secret clauses to the agreement. In this way, before the whole world knew that Germany and Japan had signed the "anti-* * * agreement", the Soviet government had mastered the inside story. 1937, Wei Jue became the Japanese Prime Minister, which was extremely beneficial to sorge and them. Osaki became a close friend and counselor of Wei Jue. An expert on China with keen observation and analytical ability like Osaki is exactly what the new Prime Minister needs. Sure enough, after taking office, the Guards organized a "Science Association" as his think tank: invited Osaki to participate and asked him 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 policies, the production plan of munitions, and the action plan for China. Based on the analysis of the information obtained, sorge came to the conclusion that Japan will not go to war with the Soviet Union in the near future, but 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 6th, Japanese Prime Minister Lu Sanjin and Foreign Minister held a press conference, and sorge, as a foreign journalist, also attended the reception. At the meeting, the guards announced that Japan was waging an all-out war against China and asked the press to support Japan's actions. This is a decisive day for Japan. From then on, until August 1945, 15, China and Japan were not at peace. Most observers, whether Japan or Europe, believe that the Sino-Japanese conflict in North China, like other conflicts, will undoubtedly be resolved at the expense of China's interests, and cease-fire talks will be held soon. However, in the summer of 1937, the China government refused the Japanese request for local mediation and began to reinforce troops. The Nanjing government and the Chinese production party joined forces to resist 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. It was mentioned in the telegram that because Japan's war against China contained most of Japan's troops, attacking the Soviet Union was bound to be unfavorable. Regarding the negotiation of the German-Japanese alliance treaty, the German Foreign Ministry declared that they did not intend to give gifts for free, because the two countries disagreed and could not form an alliance. the next day