Opium-addicted Commissar

In April 1951, Vasili Yasevich was approached by a Commissar addicted to opium. He said that Comrade Wang's Wife had told him that Yasevich could get him whatever he wanted and he wanted opium. Yasevich denied having any since the penalty for possession was death. The Commissar raged at him then slapped him and stormed off. Yasevich did have a glass jar of opium which he took from his dwellings and hid in an abandoned blacksmith's shop a few blocks away. A few weeks later, he spotted a jeep parked in front of his shack and was forced to flee Harbin.