Chapter 10: The Unsheathed Sword

This struggle was unfair from the beginning, and everyone here was equal in rank. Serov is even more shallow in terms of qualifications, there are many old people who have served in the Soviet security organs for more than 20 years, and the history can even be traced back to the Beria period, "Yuri, talk about your opinion!" Sherepin reminded softly that as the chairman of the KGB, Sherepin took the side of the people in an instant.

"This is the authority of the First General Bureau, and I, as the director of the Third General Bureau, should not point fingers at foreign intelligence work, this is interfering in the work of the First General Bureau, and I cannot make this kind of mistake!" Serov retracted vigorously, making the director of the First General Bureau next to him almost laugh, you interfered less?

"Don't be modest, we can see the results of your work in Italy!" Sherepin reminded his subordinates to get to the point, "Comrade Sakhatowsky is right, there is no comrade here who knows Italy better than you......

During Serov's short tenure as ambassador to the outside world, the achievements were enough for him, a diplomat who was a secret agent, to leave a mark on the diplomatic system, and the Italian Communist Party overthrew the Catholic Democratic Party head-on, setting a precedent for the Communist Party of Western Europe to control the whole country through parliamentary elections for the first time.

"Then I'll talk about it briefly!" Thinking about it carefully, there is still more than a year before the Olympic Games, even if Serov is really asked to carry the explosives bag, it is a matter of the future, and now it is not impossible to fight with a mouthpiece, thinking of this, Serov will not restrain the side of the strong king, "Judging from the current situation, since the foreign comrades came to power, Italy has been transformed into a mixed economic system, with the market provided by the Soviet Union and the financial support provided by the United States, and now Italy has gotten rid of the embarrassing situation of the previous years!" We have made a good start, Italy is our breakthrough in Europe, so it is better to cut our wrists and bleed than Italy to set a positive example, so that Europeans can understand that socialism is not terrible, from hostile to accustomed to us! ”

"Go on!" The ashtray on the table in front of Sherepin was already full of cigarette butts, and at this time, he drank a glass of water and listened to the analysis of the direct person in charge of Italy.

"Italy must not give up!" Serov said categorically, "We have no problem sacrificing part of the market to supply Italian exports, even if we have a tug-of-war with the United States, it will be beneficial to us in the end, because in the process of this tug-of-war, it can be used as a pilot for Italians to observe the advantages and disadvantages of the two economies at close range, as evidenced by the increasing strengthening of the mixed economic system of the Italian economy in recent years!" ”

One thing Lieutenant General Sakhatowski said was right, as the direct planner of the Italian change, Serov did know that place better than others, and after Serov had finished all his ideas, Sherepin took the lead in applauding, and a round of warm applause rang out in the conference room......

"In that case, we will contact the engineering corps to form a construction team to provide assistance to Italy for the stadium!" Xie Lepin looked around and said, "The First General Bureau dispatched agents of the Fifth Division to pick up the engineering team in the Italian branch, and at the same time sent a group of comrades from other divisions to mix in the crowd of the aid engineering team, and used the opportunity of this aid to find out the situation in the whole of Italy!" ”

"In fact, the most important thing is that someone who knows Italy is in command!" Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky added, "A good leader can turn plans into practice!" Now we need such a person! ”

As soon as the words fell, all eyes were focused on Serov again, and Serov cleared his throat and was about to open his mouth to refuse, when he heard Sherepin say loudly, "Comrade Serov is in charge of this matter, and Serov has leadership over Italy's aid work and activities during the Olympic Games, and we can move on to the next question......

This is simply a thunderous decision, Xie Lepin announced the decision without pausing at all, and only after he finished speaking did he take a deep breath, reducing his pain of some lack of oxygen.

"Does Comrade Serov have any opinions?" Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky asked instead of Sherepin in the lack of oxygen.

"I'm ......, no problem!" Serov glanced at the general situation around him, and decisively didn't show the style of looking at you, isn't he just taking care of the Italian part of things, and he hasn't done it before!

The plenary session of the National Security Council was held in the Great Hall, and Chairman Shelepin was in the middle of the rostrum, and on the left and right were the fifteen deputy chairmen of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the National Security Council, including two first deputy chairmen! In the first row facing the rostrum below were Serov, the directors of more than 20 major bureaus, and behind them were nearly 200 cadres of the departments and bureaus. There were also representatives of the Red Army Intelligence Bureau and the GRU, as well as leaders of KGB offices in large and medium-sized cities, directors of the General Directorate of Internal Affairs in some important areas, as well as commanders of many internal affairs units and border defense bureaus, including representatives of the KGB stationed in the four major clusters and 16 military districts in the country, and the number of attendees was nearly 1,000.

From the rostrum, Xie Leping looked at the many responsible persons in the audience, and the rare excitement was surging! This was the full power of the secret front of the Soviet Union, not just the KGB's own meetings, the last time this kind of scene appeared, it was when Beria was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a few years ago it was with the support of these people of the same status that gave Beria the ability to argue with anyone.

The auditorium was large but silent, and Sherepin summed up the achievements of the National Security Council over the past year into the microphone, and only when there was a pause could he hear applause as if it had been rehearsed.

"There can be no slackening in the country's security work, and as an ironclad line of defense for the defense of the Soviets, I, like my comrades, follow the example of Comrade Dzerzhinsky and devote myself to the work in the field of security with great enthusiasm!" As Sherepin's report drew to a close, he suddenly stood up and shouted, "As a sword to defend the Soviets, we can only sniff out and eradicate the traitors......"

All the members of the "Ula ......" dressed in various military uniforms rose up and shouted neatly and rhythmically, "As the sword of the Soviet unsheathed, the only way to sniff out and eradicate the traitor ......"

"As a sharp sword unsheathed by the Soviets, the only way to sniff out and eradicate traitors ......" Serov looked expressionlessly at the sickle-hammer flag above the rostrum, cheering along with thousands of Soviet delegates.