Chapter 285: Value
"As an intelligence officer, proper concealment of identity is necessary!" Serov wasn't afraid of being targeted by the CIA. Usually faced with a group of Luthers, he naturally likes to play crushing like the usual Soviets. But the CIA is no ordinary opponent, and if you think your opponent is a fool, you will eventually become a fool yourself.
Without dwelling on this issue, looking at this celebrity of the international revolution, Serov did not think about asking for an autograph first, after all, although this buddy's personality is problematic, after his death has become a symbol of a rebellious spirit. It turns out that this gentleman is more useful when he is dead than alive, and although Che Guevara messed up a lot of things while he was alive, there is no doubt that the fate of Che Guevara in history was favorable to the Soviet Union, of course, referring to long-term effects.
As for the partisans of several countries that this benevolent brother screwed, in Serov's opinion, this was completely remedy. There are no perfect people, and it doesn't hurt to mess up such a trivial thing as a couple of partisans, and it's not the Soviets who died anyway. On the contrary, Che Guevara's death had a huge effect on the Soviet Union, and this kind of rebellious symbolic figure could open up the Western European intellectual class, which was most important to the Soviet Union, and some other minor regions were not important, anyway, the successful establishment of a socialist state in South America was an unavoidable thing in itself, and those partisans died when they died.
Now because the Soviet Union has not taken over Hungary with heavy troops, although the signboard of democracy has not shone brightly, it has not yet been snatched away by the Americans, and the biggest advantage is that it has not dealt a devastating blow to the communist forces in Europe. In other words, the Soviet Belt and Road Party in Europe is still quite rampant, and theoretically there is still hope for dyeing Europe red. So for the Soviet strategy, Europe was always the priority.
Serov didn't know Spanish, but with the help of an interpreter he could still talk and laugh, and no one cared about whether the two sides really understood each other's meaning. From Che Guevara's mouth. Serov has confirmed one thing, that is, the anti-American forces in Latin America cannot be said to be weak, and even relatively strong in terms of momentum. This is also in line with his judgment and common sense, such as the existence of large countries naturally has a sense of oppression over small countries. It is easy to become the target of civilian attacks, and the governments of these small countries are also happy to see this kind of thing happen, so that they can cover up their own incompetence and show that our poor development is the cause of American oppression.
Such examples abound. For example, South Korea next to Japan, Poland next to the Soviet Union, and so on. It's just that, unlike the situation of the Eurasian continent, where there are many powerful countries, except for the sparsely populated Canada, there is not a single country with the potential to be a strong country in the whole of America, so these dissatisfactions can only become dissatisfaction, and there is no possibility of realizing it.
Thinking of this, Serov was also very dissatisfied in his heart, why was the Soviet Union next to a water of imperialist countries and China with incalculable potential, but the United States was next to a water of mud, so that the Soviet Union could not support a country and add to the blockage of the United States. The KGB had always been interested in the plan to support the South American guerrillas, but never expected to actually build an ally with the guerrillas. It is too far from the Soviet Union to wait for left-wing activists to emerge in the intellectual class.
I believe that because of the emergence of Cuba, the Americans will also learn a lesson, and in the future, when a pro-Soviet government emerges in Latin America, the Americans will certainly wait and see. What can be settled with money will never be solved by force again. It was precisely because of the unavoidable appearance of Cuba that the Soviet Union should cherish its friendship with Cuba.
Therefore, once Khrushchev had the idea of taking an adventure in Cuba, no one could persuade him to stop the Soviet Union from taking action. Even in the Presidium of the Central Committee there will be no opposition at all, and perhaps the leaders will strongly support Khrushchev and the Americans to fight. Anyway, the decision-making power was in Khrushchev's hands.
This is a dead end, the Cuban missile crisis is inevitable, but it will happen sooner or later, and all Serov can do is to do his best, after all, the gap in strength is too large. Of course, it is not impossible to fine-tune it now, such as making missile silos first. By the time Khrushchev was ready to take the plunge, he would have been pleasantly surprised to find that someone had already completed all the preparations for this matter.
"All the leaders and people of the Party and state of the Soviet Union understand very well that all the events from the Cuban Revolution to the present have shown the extreme ferocity of US imperialism in the face of the Cuban comrades. The USSR will stand with the industrious Cuban people! "At this time, Serov didn't mind saying some crown articles, pouring some chicken soup for the soul on Che Guevara, anyway, just moving his mouth, and not asking for money.
"Thank you Soviet comrades for your help, your help is so important for the newborn Cuba!" Che Guevara shook Serov's hand vigorously, I really don't know what he would think if he knew that Serov wanted him to die abroad sooner.
"The proletariat does not distinguish between the motherland, everyone is a comrade!" Few people in the Soviet Union, which has been established for more than 40 years, believe this rhetoric, but Cuba, which has been established for two years, is quite appealing. Not every country can meet such a big guy as the Soviet Union, and for ordinary Cubans, when have they ever seen Americans send experts to guide the work, only to see American GIs rampage through the streets of Cuba and make girls' bellies bigger.
The sun is shining in Havana, and this weather naturally makes the military coat in Serov's suitcase have no chance to serve, and even the summer dress of the USSR is a little unaccustomed here, at least there is no seriousness of the Warsaw Pact countries here, and the bronzed-skinned Cuban women on the streets do not mind showing their beautiful figure at all, which should be due to the weather, well, absolutely......
"This is a good place to take a vacation, maybe we will have another holy place for vacation in addition to Indonesia in the future!" Serov walked through the streets of Cuba with his arms around Isemotny's small waist, his eyes were not idle and he was still observing the figure of the young Cuban woman, "Bikinis should have a good business here, but it is estimated that ordinary Cubans do not have the money to buy ......"
"General, don't keep your eyes on the girl's ass, we're Soviets!" Isenmotny reminded me lightly, Serov wearing sunglasses and a floral shirt is really strange, obviously he has already put on sunglasses, how does Isemotny know that the eyes behind her sunglasses are staring at the girl's ass?
"I wonder what is the value of Cuba to our USSR? Tourism is only one aspect! Serov, who was wearing a straw hat, got a little hot and decided to find a small shop to sit in for a while, because the nationalization movement in Cuba had just begun, and it was not difficult to find a private shop on the streets of Havana, and in a few years there would not be such good luck.
Considering the geographical location of Cuba, there is no doubt that the military significance is very important, but in addition to the military significance, Serov wants to start from other aspects, and there is one thing that Serov has to admit, that is, the opponent of the Soviet Union, the Americans, is indeed far superior to the Soviet Union in terms of making money, and many things that the United States can make money do not exist in the Soviet Union at all.
"What is the value of Cuba?" Cherov, munching on a tropical fruit, thought as he ate, "The medical system? Tourist destination? Isn't there anything else? ”
The KGB has not been active in Cuba for a long time, and there are no accurate results in the investigation of natural resources, and it is only known that Cuba is very rich in copper mines, similar to those of Latin American countries, and these countries are not weak in terms of resources. But the power does not rely on copper and silver mines, but on the most basic iron ore, coal and oil. Moreover, these countries are lazy, and it will not make a big difference if they do not have a revolution like Cuba.
"It's very important for Cuba to start promoting tourism as soon as you return home. Cuba is surrounded by abundant fisheries, and our distant-water fishing fleet could consider setting up a repair yard in Cuba. Serov is planning the current situation, as for other oil and copper mines, it can give Cuba some assistance in oil refining and mining equipment, so that Cuba can have a certain degree of self-care ability and a higher ability to resist risks.
In Serov's view, tourism is a very important thing, and the purpose of allowing Soviets to travel abroad is not only to let them see the world, but also to make people spend the rubles in their pockets. One of the big problems in the Soviet Union was that their salaries, while not comparable to those of the United States, had much less to spend. This created a relatively normal situation in the Soviet Union, where there was money and nowhere to spend. The Soviet Union adopted a fixed exchange rate, and the ruble was theoretically valuable, but without so many commodities for the ruble to circulate, it would cause more and more rubles to be in the hands of the people. And the goods supplied did not grow so quickly, and even so fast it was useless to catch up with more rubles in the hands of the people.
When the time comes, Serov can push the problem onto Cuba, not only to vigorously open up the scale of tourism so that the Soviet people have channels to spend money, but also to transfer the extra money from the Soviet Union to other allies, so that the allies can be more closely connected.
"Why didn't I bring an economic expert out, what a miscalculation, even if it was a planned economy expert?" This kind of thing can only be done but not said, in case it is known that Serov used this method to exploit the ruble in the hands of the Soviet people, believing that the name of the enemy of the people will immediately beckon to him, and the last enemy of the people seems to be Trotsky...... (To be continued.) )