(The first watch, there are two more)

"Oh, it's President Bush, hello. It's late at night in Washington, right, it's so late, what's going on? Yanayev, who picked up the phone, deliberately pretended to be stupid and said, and he was thinking about how Bush would speak first.

Yanayev's tone made Bush really embarrassed to speak, he scratched his head and said, "That's right, about the collision and disappearance of a submarine near your waters, I want to know if your navy has received a distress signal from our soldiers?" ”

Although both sides knew that this was superfluous nonsense, Bush still asked with a straight face. The shame of his own submarine collecting intelligence in other people's waters and being counter-killed by the other party is equivalent to slapping the Americans' self-esteem.

Yanayev played with his pen and said nonchalantly, "Oh, there is such a thing, I'll go to the Admiralty and ask." Hey, no, shouldn't you have asked your U.S. embassy in the Soviet Union to hand over documents for this kind of diplomatic incident, why should you personally ask about it? In terms of process, this seems to be a bit out of order. ”

If the other party was not the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, Bush really wanted to slap him in the face when he heard such a cynical tone, but the hundreds of officers and men missing on the submarine had a bearing on his next presidential election, and if he could not properly resolve the issue, the impact on his family members and public opinion would be enormous.

Although President Bush's public opinion and prestige are now on the rise, he does not want to be disgraced in the next presidential election in July because of the impact of the Arctic Ocean incident.

How could Yanayev let go of this opportunity and continue to ridicule Bush, deliberately asking in a tone of surprise and surprise, "Also, why did the American submarine wreck in the waters near us?" It's not logical, isn't it? Could it be that you American patrol routes have already reached the borders of our country? Or is there a problem with the navigation of your American submarines? Or did he come to our waters to collect intelligence and had an accident? ”

"Right now, we're confused. Everything is not clear until we see our crew, so I hope that the Soviet side will reply as soon as possible, President Yanayev. Bush awkwardly diverted the topic and could only use his lack of knowledge to perfunctory the other party.

"Of course, we in the USSR have always been very zealous. Even if the other side is an adversary, it will carry out rescue out of humanitarian considerations. But you're just calling us now to help, and the climate in the Arctic Ocean is so harsh, I'm afraid those crew members will be more than lucky. But President Bush, we'll do our best. ”

Hearing Yanayev's last words, Bush's heart chuckled, and an ominous premonition flooded his heart: If any of the crew members really died in the Arctic Ocean, then he would not be able to escape it. Bush hung up the phone and sighed. Raise your head and look at the expectant gazes of the people around you. said helplessly, "It seems that this incident is not easy to handle, and the attitude of the President of the Soviet Union has always been very perfunctory, for fear that they will detain and not exchange." Eagleberg, I'm afraid I'm going to have to trouble you diplomats a lot this time. ”

Lawrence as Acting Secretary of State in the White House? Sidney? Eagleberg knew very well the weight of Bush's words, and he quickly nodded and said, "Your Excellency, don't worry." We are not yet to be intimidated by an economically depressed Soviet Union. ”

"You have to be very careful. Because we don't know if the Soviets have designed another trap waiting for us. Also, it's best to try your best to keep this matter down. Don't talk about public opinion making a big fuss, it's not a good thing for us. "The Soviet Union is the one who has the initiative, and this is what worries Bush the most.

With the presidential election approaching, Bush no longer has the energy to deal with a public relations crisis, and if it is not handled properly, the Democrats will take advantage of this incident. Replace the Republican Party in power.

It is not only President Bush who is also thinking about this matter, but Yanayev is also thinking about how to use this crisis to thwart Bush's arrogance. Then, in the presidential election in July 1992, Bush will eventually lose to the newly rising Clinton, and what Yanayev has to do is to put the last straw for Bush in the final judgment of history.

Compared with Bush, Yanayev still likes Clinton a little more. The somewhat brainy U.S. president and the Lewinsky peachy news were world-famous events in the nineties. His actions during his time in office could be described as less than ideal, with the military's gay-sexuality open bill eventually ending in a discreet manner amid military resistance, the luxury tax hurting the interests of the middle class, and the social backlash triggered by the failure of health care reform led to the Democrats' crushing defeat in the 1994 midterm elections and the loss of control of the Senate and House of Representatives. His only achievement was to lead the rapid development of the American technology industry in the nineties, but this achievement ended in the final year of his tenure with the collapse of the economic bubble.

"The U.S. military has happened to such a unconscionable thing, and the people can't be kept in the dark." Yanayev slapped his thigh when he thought of this, he picked up the personal phone and dialed Wallace's phone number, regardless of whether the other party had entered the dream or not, and said directly after the phone was connected, "I'm Yanayev from the Soviet Union, Wallace, my friend, how are you doing lately?" ”

Wallace, who was woken up by the phone on the other side of the world, rubbed his sleepy eyes and said to him without a good mood, "It's not good at all, it's not something that a friend should do to wake up someone by calling someone in the middle of the night." ”

"Haha, forgive me for being unreasonable, friend, you must know that it is still daylight in Moscow." Yanayev glanced at the sun outside the window and joked. He didn't talk about anything else now, and directly inserted the topic, "That's the case, I'm looking for you because I have a news in my hand that will cause a sensation in the whole world, I don't know if you are interested in exclusive reporting?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing Yanayev's words, Wallace was suddenly completely dismayed. If someone else says this he can see as a lie, then the weight of what comes out of the mouth of a country's leader is quite a lot of money.

He sat up from the bed, turned on the bedside light, held the microphone and asked, "What are you talking about is news?" Will a large-scale conflict break out between the United States and the Soviet Union? ”

"That's not it, that is, the US military has a Los Angeles-class submarine into the waters of the Soviet Arctic Circle to collect intelligence, and finally sank in our waters because of an accident, and the number of casualties in the accident is unknown, is this big news?" Yanayev deliberately tugged at Wallace's heartstrings with an unknown number of casualties.

As soon as he thought that the United States might suppress public opinion on this matter, he gave Wallace a thorough air in advance, and of course, a ventilated air to those Democrats who had long been eyeing the Republican position.

"Forget it, of course forget it!" Wallace couldn't be more excited, and the big news would undoubtedly make him a Pulitzer Prize winner again. He pushed his glasses and said excitedly, "But I still need more information, such as the situation of the detained crew members, and the specific sea area where the wreck occurred, so that President Yanayev can send me photos without involving classified information?" ”

"Of course, no problem. I am still happy to help an old friend of the Soviet people. Give me your address and I'll send it to you, it's an exclusive photo. Yanayev said with a smile.

"Absolutely." Wallace reported a list of addresses, and when the time came, those exclusive photos would be sent to Wallace's home, and he would immediately integrate the materials and publish them.

Yanayev chose to delay the report for a few days in order to create an atmosphere of government cover-up in American society. The accident of the American submarine was not reported at the first time, but was exposed by reporters after the fact. Obviously, Yanayev's approach is aimed at President Bush, and the explosion of public opinion may not be something that Bush will be able to properly solve.

At that time, I am afraid that the public opinion of him, the president and the Republican Party, will fall to the bottom. (To be continued.) )