Today, Serov cannot think of things as a thug, and his solution to the problem cannot be divorced from the national interests of the Soviet Union, because the weakest point in the Soviet Union's breakthrough direction is in the Middle East, so when suppressing religious issues, the official documents of the KGB cannot even explicitly target a particular religion, even if he himself is not willing to do so.

Because the Soviet Union was going to attack, and now it is not after the 80s, and the Soviet Union has no hope of winning the Cold War. Since it was going south, the Soviet Union had to take into account the national feelings of the Arabs, and this aspect could only be done and not said, and the repression was carried out all the time, but absolutely not on paper.

The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of China Khrushchev put forward the concept of the unification of the Soviet nation, and the KGB's work began with the concept of unification, and since everyone was Soviet regardless of each other, local nationalism had to be attacked. Serov has always treated religion equally, instead of making specific distinctions, no matter what Orthodox Christianity, Peace Religion or Lamaism you are, they are all targets of attack, and they will not play double standards at all.

It is precisely because of this that these restless allies must also be resolved with an attitude of being able to talk. For the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, the power of the European Communist Parties will be of great use. In Eastern Europe, every time the Soviet Union sent troops to interfere in the internal affairs of these small partners, it was essentially an overdraft of the credit of the socialist movement, and when the credit of socialism was exhausted, the Soviet Union would not have any capital to compete with the United States, unless it sent troops to fight a nuclear war with the Americans.

On the question of the credibility of the Soviet Union, Serov knows from history that the international image of the Soviet Union was completely discredited by three interventions: the first was the Polish-Hungarian incident, the second was the Czechoslovak reform, the third was the war in Afghanistan, and the first caused the weakening of the communist parties in Europe. These European communist parties went from being a decisive force to a force for political participation. The second time was a fatal blow to the communist forces in Europe, when the Soviet Union was no longer able to find enough friends from the other side of the Iron Curtain, and the third war in Afghanistan directly caused the world to abandon the last trace of warmth for the Soviet Union. Even the military spirit in the USSR was impressed.

Especially in the third war in Afghanistan, no matter how much propaganda was given, Afghanistan was nominally a socialist country at that time, and the Soviet Union, as the boss of the socialist camp, made a big move against a socialist country. It will cause confusion in the minds of the people in the country, and for a country like the Soviet Union, once there is ideological confusion, it is a big thing. What's worse is that the first few times can be said to be interference, and the last time was a war.

The Kremlin, the center of power in the Soviet Union, was no stranger to Serov, who had been a frequent presence in the kitchen debates since the beginning of the debates, and this time he came to the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union to receive the honor. The person who awarded the medal is still an old face, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev. Yes, it is the investigation of the case of Colonel Benikovsky.

"Yura, are there any traitors you can't dig up?" The number of people who were awarded the medal this time was four: KGB Chairman Semychasny, First Deputy Chairmen Serov and Itvasov, Second Directorate Serdyako, and another Deputy First Deputy Director. As for the final outcome of the case of Colonel Benikovsky's treason case by the Presidium of the Central Committee, it has not yet been discussed, but judging from the rumors that have emerged, the handling of the case this time may be quite serious.

"This is the credit of all our KGB anti-anti- Serov replied in a low voice that the investigation had not only unearthed the treason case of Colonel Benikovsky, but also more than a dozen other people who had been in contact with foreign intelligence forces. They are now being held in the Lubyanka's internal prison, but others may have a chance to survive their crimes. The most serious one is the possibility of life imprisonment, but Colonel Benikovsky is definitely dead, the difference is only how he dies.

"From Pyotr Popov and Pinkovsky to the current Colonel Bennikovsky, the results of your work have been seen by our comrades in the Presidium of the Central Committee, and the first secretary has also praised the work of the KGB!" Brezhnev hung the Order of Lenin on the chests of several people in a row and said, "There are KGB anti-workers who work selflessly. The Central Committee will not have even the slightest concern for national security, and congratulations to the comrades for making persistent efforts in their future work and digging out the traitors lurking in our organization! ”

"As a rebel worker, for the sake of the motherland, sniff out and eradicate traitors!" Serov reassured loudly.

Serov, who was ready to leave the Kremlin a little later. Ran into the head of the Central Liaison Department Andropov, who took Serov's hand and whispered, "We will get together in the evening, and Comrade Ilyich will also come back to my house as a guest......"

"Good!" Although Serov was surprised in his heart, he glanced at Andropov suspiciously, but he still agreed quietly. Later in the evening, Serov arrived at Andropov's house in a public car, in fact, he had wanted Isemotny to drive him over, but in the end he decided to squeeze the bus because of the impact.

Andropov lives in an apartment, in fact, according to his level, he can live a little better, but he did not do this, there are several reasons for this, the first is related to the treatment of KGB personnel, the KGB in addition to the status of Khrushchev restrictions, in other aspects of the treatment are very good, housing and cars are much more relaxed than other departments, for example, after Sherepin left the KGB, he moved out of the KGB dacha, if it was Serov, he would definitely not do this, Will definitely find a way to stay in the villa area and not leave.

Andropov's home furnishings are also very simple, there should be everything, politely greeted Andropov's wife, Serov went to Andropov's study, from the experience of Sherepin's home Serov can know that the real Lord should be waiting for him in the study, maybe Brezhnev is also there.

"Yuri, come here so early?" Pushing open the door of the study, Brezhnev immediately said happily.

Is it early? It seemed that it was already dark, and Serov secretly said that he did not dwell on this kind of politeness. A squint of surprise to the Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal Malinovsky, he turned out to be here. I wanted to see Serov's surprise, Marshal Malinovsky laughed and said, "Yuri, don't be surprised, today we just came and sat casually ......"

Could it be that Marshal Malinovsky was already wearing the same pants with Brezhnev? If you think about it carefully, Serov feels that this matter is unlikely, he is a security cadre of the KGB, whether it is Brezhnev or Marshal Malinovsky, once their intimate contacts are known, it is very likely to reach Khrushchev's ears, both of them are big people who have gone through ups and downs, they should not be so stupid, so ...... It's just something.

The brainteaser Serov sat down silently and whispered, "Chairman Brezhnev, Marshal Malinovsky, you must be looking for something with me, because of Benikovsky's treason?" ”

Brezhnev and Marshal Malinovsky glanced at each other, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, but they didn't expect Serov to guess the purpose of the two of them so quickly, in fact, there is no need to guess, just probe the psychological activities of the two at such a close distance. That's how Benikovsky got it, not a lie detector.

"Yuri, it's like this, I have a good relationship with Marshal Valenzov, you should know that Marshal Valentsov has a good relationship with Bennikovsky, but you KGB should also find out, Colonel Bennikovsky's case has nothing to do with Marshal Valenzov!" Marshal Malinovsky said, "There is no doubt about this, and I believe that with the ability of your KGB, it will not be difficult to investigate it......"

"I have no doubts about Marshal Valenzov's personal integrity, but this matter is subject to the handling opinions of the Central Presidium, and we just report this case truthfully!" Serov had already understood what Marshal Malinovsky meant, and he hoped that this matter would not implicate Marshal Valenzov, but this could not be.

According to the situation under the current control of the KGB, nearly 1,000 photographs have been found in Benikovsky's home, and if Bennikovsky had even the slightest consideration for others, he would not have committed treason, and the crime of treason would not be forgivable, and there would be no great reason.

"Regarding the matter of Marshal Valenzov, I can only say that I am sorry, Marshal Malinovsky, the only thing you can do now is to persuade Marshal Valenzov to retire on his own initiative after the conclusion of the case, before the Central Presidium makes a ruling, so that it seems that Marshal Valenzov has made meritorious contributions in the Great Patriotic War, maybe the Central Presidium will not be too harsh on Marshal Valenzov, otherwise things will be in trouble." Serov was not alarmist at all, and said directly, "Once the Presidium of the Central Committee takes the initiative to make a ruling, the matter will be irreparable." The Pinkovsky case last time is an example, and Chairman Brezhnev should know this very well! ”

"Pinkovsky's father-in-law, after discussion in the Presidium of the Central Committee, was demoted from the rank of artillery general to the rank of major general, and immediately retired, and all his meritorious services were withdrawn." Brezhnev nodded, indicating that he also knew about it.

"Yes, what can I help with, retiring immediately is already the best result, otherwise the rank of marshal will not be kept!" Serov did not hide his mouth and said, "Many of Benikovsky's friends will be investigated, this case will affect many people, and the KGB can only wait for the Central Presidium to announce the results!" (To be continued.) )

PS: April has passed......