After each of the concentrated White Russian family members was given a certificate indicating a certain amount of flour, sugar, oil, and other materials that could be received each month, and the Soviet Union had issued a certificate of supply of wartime materials for military dependents in the country during the period of wartime economic control, all of them were left in the centralized barracks and not a single one was taken with them.

These old people, women, and children were all thrown to the anti-Japanese people who were in charge of the handover at that time, and the Soviets were stunned. Looking at the actions of the Soviets who came to receive this batch of White Russians, no matter how many negotiations were made by the personnel of the Anti-Japanese Union, the Soviets only replied to Moscow's orders, as long as they were suitable for military service and those on the special list.

And those Soviet expatriates who are of little use to them now, and who have to be specially detained when they go back, are now in a brutal war, and the Soviet side is really unable to accept them all, and they ask the Chinese comrades to help take care of them for a while. After the end of the war, the Soviet side will choose an appropriate time to receive these compatriots back home.

As for the supply vouchers issued by the Soviets to the remaining old and weak women and children after the young men were taken away, it was just to appease the morale of those who were taken away. As for the one that was stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Far Eastern Military District of the USSR, which was sufficient for three years' ration, it turned out that the materials on the material supply voucher could only be used in the Soviet Union.

In the foreign land of Harbin, the Soviets did not have to worry about where to receive the necessary daily necessities. This material supply certificate, within the base area of the Anti-Japanese Federation, is not recognized at all. The base areas of the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Federation were defeated by the Anti-Japanese Federation itself, and they are not puppet states of the Soviets, so they have no obligation or duty to bear these burdens under their own difficult circumstances.

The number of tens of thousands of White Russians is not too large. But after a long time, the materials needed to feed these people are also a lot of money for the Anti-Japanese Federation. The Soviets' idea was obvious, and with the family members fighting at home, these people couldn't run if they wanted to.

And at a time when the Soviet Union itself was also in extremely difficult circumstances, these people still let the Anti-Japanese Union live first to reduce the burden on the Soviets. Therefore, the Soviets only took away those who were suitable for military service this time, and even ignored the general international nationality conventions, and the Chinese-Soviet mixed-race children had to forcibly ask for them. But those old and weak women and children were left to the Anti-Japanese Federation. Anyway, the Chinese comrades, they will not starve to death.

After several negotiations with the Soviets, but the Soviets ignored them at all, the Northeast Bureau could only send these people back to their homes in Harbin first. How else could it be? Leave those old and weak women and children in that barracks, and leave them to fend for themselves?

The supply cards provided by the Soviets were naturally unacceptable to the Anti-Japanese Federation. However, when the Soviet side agreed to offset part of the debt owed to the Soviet side, it was also a tacit acquiescence. However, these matters of the return of Belarus to the country were not completely resolved until after the war.

However, although the two sides reached an agreement on the exchange of personnel, they were generally able to abide by each other, but in addition to this incident, there were also disputes over other matters during the exchange. On several occasions, when it came to key issues, because the two sides did not make concessions to each other, it was to the point where the Anti-Japanese Federation wanted to disarm the regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Army that had entered Harbin to receive it.

In fact, the biggest difference between the two sides in this matter is not the placement of the old and weak women and children, but the Orthodox clergy scattered throughout Harbin. Yang Zhen was worried that the Soviets would use these clergy as wedges to break into the base areas of the Anti-Japanese Union after the withdrawal of White Russia, so he insisted that all of them be repatriated or exert influence in the base areas.

It is not without precedent to use the issue of religion to attack other countries, and the Soviets have not done it before. When the Soviets intervened in Xinjiang, they used some religious excuses. Although they are in Central Asia, they have adopted a high-handed policy towards the religions of the Central Asian peoples.

However, this does not prevent them from meddling in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of religion. In order to completely cut off the Soviets' interference in the Anti-Japanese Federation under the pretext of preventing future troubles, Yang Zhen resolutely demanded that all Orthodox clergy in the North Manchurian base area be handed over to the Anti-Japanese Federation.

Although Yang Zhen pays attention to freedom of religious belief, he does not interfere with religious belief. However, they are quite wary and sensitive to other countries using religion as an excuse to meddle in their own internal affairs. In particular, the Orthodox Church in the North Manchurian base area has not completely severed ties with the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union.

Ostensibly independent of the Soviet Church, in reality the connection was quite close. In fact, without the support of the Soviets, these Orthodox churches would not have survived. Even during the Japanese period, the Japanese imposed strict restrictions on the Harbin Orthodox Church from developing believers among the Chinese because of the shadow of the Soviet Union behind these Orthodox churches.

Therefore, Yang Zhen demanded that all the Russian clergy of the Orthodox Church in North Manchuria be repatriated, except for the three remaining White Russians in Harbin to continue to serve in the base area. And the three people who remained in Harbin were not to be replaced by the Soviet side until the end of the war.

The Soviet side was not allowed to continue to provide financial assistance to the remaining clergy and churches. The Northeast People's Government allocates a part of the funds from the treasury every year for its activities and maintenance of the church. In exchange, the Anti-Union does not interfere with the beliefs of Chinese Middle Eastern Orthodox Christians. This is Yang Zhen's resolute attitude, and it is also an unchangeable attitude.

But for the Soviets, they have long been ordered to do nothing except for the old, weak, women and children, and those Russian Orthodox clergy. It is clear that the Soviet side, which is now waging war with all its might, is also worried that these people will cause trouble for them when they return. Although many Orthodox churches in the Northeast have the shadow of the Soviets behind them.

But it's one thing to put them in China, it's another thing to bring them back home. Even though the Soviets have appropriately relaxed their control and repression of the Orthodox Church in the country in order to boost morale because they are currently at war, they obviously do not want these clergy to return to China.

Now that the Soviet Union is unable to take care of what to do with these people, it is more comfortable to keep them in China, at least without worrying about causing trouble when they return home. As for whether there are other thoughts about keeping these clergy in China, that is, Yang Zhen does not know yet.

In the end, Yang Zhen became angry and warned the Soviets who came to accept not to take these people away, and not to take away any of the White Russians they needed, so the Soviets agreed to accept all the clergy repatriated by the Anti-Japanese Union. No one knows what happened to these staunch anti-Soviet elements after returning home, and for Yang Zhen, he didn't want to know.

It was not just the transfer of the clergy, there was opposition and conflict between the two sides. Even the Soviets forcibly demanded that all the mixed-race children who had been exiled to China by Belarus and married Chinese and had reached the age of military service should be handed over to the Soviet side.

This is in line with the original formulation of the Anti-Japanese Union, for the offspring of these transnational marriages to come and go freely, consider themselves Soviet, and be willing to return to the Soviet Union. Consider themselves Chinese and do not want to return to the USSR. The Anti-Japanese Federation granted Chinese nationality and resettled them locally, and except for certain restrictions on employment, the rest of the conflicts were adopted in accordance with the policy of equal treatment of Chinese.

And when handing over the Poles, who were determined not to go to the Soviet Union, to the United States or to stay in the Northeast, there were also a lot of troubles. It took several secret negotiations, mutual threats and numerous private exchanges that the question of the whereabouts of these people was gradually resolved.

The Soviet side did not demand that these Poles resolutely go to the Soviet Union, but could allow them to transfer to Europe and the United States through Chinese mainland. However, the Anti-Japanese Federation must ensure that these Poles will be sent away in the shortest possible time, and there will be absolutely no anti-Soviet things or anti-Soviet remarks in China.

As for the more than 1,000 Jews who remained in Harbin in relation to the Polish diaspora, the Soviets did not ask too much about it. The Anti-Union side refused to hand it over, and they did not insist on it. It only demanded that the Anti-Japanese Federation should restrict their speech and not prohibit them from participating in or initiating anti-Soviet activities. The others did not make as many demands as they did with the Poles.

Although the Soviets abandoned their claims to the Poles, they insisted that all the nationals of the three Baltic countries be transferred to the Soviets. Although there were only more than 100 expatriates from the former Baltic countries in the base areas of the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance, and most of them had moved with the White Russians, the Soviets did not spare these people.

When the Soviets demanded Belarus, they handed over a detailed list of even newborn babies to the Anti-Japanese Federation, and demanded that all of them return to China. The attitude of the Soviets towards the diaspora of the three Baltic countries was unprecedentedly tough, even far more than it was towards the Poles.

After secret negotiations and intrigues, the Soviets finally gave up their demands on the Jews. The Anti-Japanese Union also agreed to treat the nationals of the three Baltic countries as if they were Soviet nationals and to repatriate them all. Perhaps knowing what might happen to them when they returned to the Soviet Union, the diasporas of the three Baltic countries boarded the train with tears in their eyes.

Yang Zhen was helpless about the tough attitude of the Soviet Union. The only way to protect this group of middle-aged women and all children in this group of expatriates, under the nose of the Soviet consulate, which closely monitored these people, under the pretext that these people had already married Chinese.

After receiving the request of the Soviets, the civil affairs system of the Anti-Japanese Union in various places handled the divorce procedures for those people with unprecedented speed at the secret request of their superiors. In the shortest possible time, we have applied for Chinese nationality for these people who are now stateless, and found a new husband for them to build a new family in the shortest possible time.

Those expatriates from the three countries, who knew the outcome of going to the Soviet Union, silently accepted the practice of the Anti-Japanese Federation in order to ensure the lives of their families under the work of the leaders of their respective associations who had been secretly notified in advance by the Anti-Japanese Federation. Except for a small number of women who were resolute and willing to go to the Soviet Union with their husbands to live and die together, most of the women in this group of expatriates were protected in disguise.

In the face of Yang Zhen's resolute attitude, he may have achieved his goal, or he may think that the women and children left behind cannot pose a threat. The Soviets, who have always paid attention to cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots in their national policy, made a rare concession this time.

Regarding this practice of the Anti-Japanese Federation, after receiving Yang Zhen's assurance, these people will not be sent to a third country, but can only stay in China for life. At the same time, they and their descendants will not engage in any anti-Soviet activities in China, and the Soviets will not be held accountable.

Except for these women and children who were deliberately protected by Yang Zhen, the rest of the people, especially the leaders of the expatriates named by the Soviet Union, were eventually repatriated to the Soviet Union together with the Czech expatriates who voluntarily went to the Soviet Union in Harbin to form the Czech Legion to serve the liberation of the motherland.