Chapter 18: KGB Secrets
Svanov smiled and said: "To be honest, I was also very interested in the archives of the KGB back then, and it was rare to meet a confidant who told you nothing, anyway, it was not a secret. But you'll be amazed when you hear it! ”
Leng Yun said anxiously: "Okay, okay, don't sell it, tell me quickly, who else is in the KGB who is more famous than Putin?" ”
Svanov said mysteriously: "Do you know who the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" is? ”
Leng Yun said: "You know, isn't it Hemingway." Wait a minute!!?? No way!!!! Really fake!! ”
Svanov smiled and nodded and said: "That's right, Hemingway is actually a member of the KGB!" ”
"How is that possible!" Leng Yun had an expression of disbelief, "Hemingway is an American, even if he is a spy, he should be a spy of the CIA, how can he be a spy of the KGB?" ”
Svanov said: "In fact, Hemingway is a double agent, but ah, he didn't contribute much to both intelligence agencies." ”
Leng Yun said hurriedly: "Come and listen!" ”
"Around 1996, our former KGB officer Alexander Vasilyev found out that the great American writer and Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway had been recruited as a KGB spy in 1941 when he was searching the archives! ”
Although Leng Yun is an otaku, he is very interested in reading and knows more about the lives of some writers, he said: "1941? I remember that year Hemingway came to our country, right? ”
Svanov said in surprise: "Leng Yun is really knowledgeable, that's exactly what happened. At that time, the KGB was still called the Cheka, and before 1941 it absorbed Hemingway, and gave him the code name 'Argo', which was to let Hemingway spy during his visit to your country! ”
Leng Yun was taken aback and said: "I remember that after Hemingway came to my country, he did interview various places on the front line, and he also had talks with many relevant people in my country at that time. Was it all about spying for the Soviet intelligence services? ”
Svanov shook his head and said: "Although it should be so, but later the Cheka found out that Hemingway himself was actually more opposed to the Soviet Union. And he also told the then US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau about the Soviet Union's recruitment of him as a spy, so it can be seen that Hemingway should have been a double agent. ”
Leng Yun nodded and said: "In other words, Hemingway not only transmitted some information about my country to the United States, but also told the Americans about the Soviet Union's espionage activities against China at that time, right?" ”
Svanov nodded and said: "However, according to the historical materials I have seen, the materials transmitted by Hemingway are basically some information with no gold content, which is of little use to the Soviet Union or the United States." ”
Leng Yun smiled and said, "In other words, Hemingway was a successful writer and journalist, but he was an unsuccessful spy, right?" ”
Svanov also smiled and said, "That's right, even he himself admits that he has no 'spy talent'." However, Hemingway was indeed very patriotic, and liked to secretly plan some things and command some special armed operations. Like what. After Pearl Harbor in 1941, he volunteered to join the U.S. counterintelligence organization to eliminate Nazi spies among Spanish refugees. ”
Leng Yunchang took a long breath and said: "Isn't the old man and the sea written by Hemingway in Cuba in 1951, that is to say, 10 years later, Hemingway wrote the patriotic enthusiasm of that year into this novel?" ”
Svanov shook his head and said, "Then I don't know, but Hemingway is definitely the strongest spy Chinese master." ”
Leng Yun felt very funny when he heard this, and he then asked, "Is there anything else?" Also Is any celebrity the KGB? ”
"There's one more person, but there's no official adult news right now, and I don't dare to say it." ”
"Who is it?" Leng Yun asked.
Svanov still looked a little mysterious and said: "Then let me ask you a question first, who is your country's first Olympic gold medalist?" ”
Leng Yun said: "Alas, I have learned it in this textbook, in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, our country's shooting athlete Feng Haixu! ”
Svanov then asked: "Do you know who gave him the gold medal?" ”
Leng Yun was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't know, who is it?" ”
Svanov said: "Samaranch! ”
Leng Yun's eyes widened and he asked, "You mean Samaranch is also a member of the KGB?" ”
"I said it, no one officially acknowledged it," Svanov said. However, Samaranch is said to have been vice president of the International Olympic Committee when he officially became a member of the KGB. In order to better manipulate the IOC, the KGB controlled the election results, ensuring that Samaranch was elected president of the IOC in Moscow in July 1980, and their informant at the IOC was Vitaly. Smirnov, a member of the IOC since 1971. ”
Saying that Samaranch was a member of the KGB, Leng Yun was emotionally a little difficult to accept, because this old man was very loved and popular in Leng Yun's country, and everyone called him "Saon". And whether the country of Leng Yun returns to the Olympic family or obtains the right to host the Olympic Games, this old man is busy.
Seeing Leng Yun's face change slightly, Svanov said: "Of course, this is just a rumor, after all, it happened 30 years ago. The KGB has long since been disbanded, and Samaranch died in 2001, so it may be difficult to find out what the truth is. ”
Leng Yun nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes, what is the truth, it is really difficult to trace. Just like the Grim Reaper, for the people of this world, it is even a non-existent organization. But the truth is that he controls most of the world's life and death. ”
Svanov nodded and said, "Yes, but fortunately, your country and mine have long been out of the control of the Reaper Society and have become truly independent countries. And Leng Yun, you also liberated Brazil and Japan from the Grim Reaper's hands, and if this continues, defeating the Reaper Society should be just around the corner! ”
Leng Yun said: "I hope to be able to complete this business in my lifetime, but I have other things to worry about besides the Death Society." ”
Svanov asked, "What worries you so much?" ”
Leng Yun said, "I'm very worried that after we defeat the Reaper Society, there will be another organization that controls the world like the Reaper Society. ”
"......" Svanov was silent for a few seconds, and then said firmly: "At that time, I believe that there will be another cold cloud to overthrow this organization!" ”