"Chairman,!" Chernenko said next to Brezhnev, "I have never seen a cadre who likes the security services so much, and he seems to really like the KGB environment." ”

"I don't like it, maybe it's more accurate to use a suit. But this is the most dynamic departmental meeting I've ever attended! Brezhnev withdrew his gaze and said to Chernenko.

"Ilyich, are you serious?" Chernenko asked seriously in a voice that could only be heard by two people.

"Of course, I've always been serious!" Brezhnev refocused his mind on the room, and seemed to be watching the situation with great interest, a kind of enthusiasm that was not uncommon in the early days of the Soviet Union, when almost all meetings had such a profound enthusiasm, which is rare now.

That's right, in general departments, such heated discussions are rare, such as at the security conference, where the KGB leadership and local cadres enthusiastically discuss the same thing and have good interaction, which is really not easy. This kind of enthusiasm can go on all day, and the discussion between them can be done without shirking responsibility.

"There are a lot of things we need to solve, technology is always developing, and the problems encountered by the alliance in the future will be diversified when they can be encountered, and of course this is also the value of our security cadres." "We are protecting the Alliance, and there is no greater job than this!" ”

"It is very stupid to only focus on the country, the work of the KGB will be transferred on a large scale in the future, the work at home is important, and the work abroad is also important, and going abroad is the established routine of the KGB." Serov added, "Blind defense is not the original intention of our security cadres, so why can't we eliminate them at the source before the danger reaches the country?" The world is difficult to equal the rich and the poor, and the earth is unevenly cold and warm. Danger always appears without warning, and preemptive strike is the attitude we should have! ”

"Comrade Serov is right, anti-anti-anti-corruption workers must have this attitude!" Shemichasny nodded in approval.

An organization must have strong combat effectiveness, especially a powerful organ like the KGB, as a leader, you cannot limit your subordinates, and it is not a good way to limit the creativity of your subordinates. Although there are some things that even Semichasny and Serov dare not dare to do, they must not limit the dare to think about such things.

"In the case of our Union, an absolute outlier in the world, the Soviet economy did not have a pyramidal structure of an average state, but was as flat as a concrete road. Contrary to the general belief that the country is extremely strong, the country is extremely fragile in the eyes of our security cadres, which requires our work attitude, the state gives us all the conditions we need, and we can give back to the country very simply, remove all threats to the motherland, whether this threat is external or internal! This is the attitude of me, Comrade Semychasny, Comrade Itvasov, and all the anti-rebel workers. Serov whispered into the microphone, "We want to protect this country, that's the purpose." ”

"As anti-rebel workers, that's what we're all about. No matter what the people think of us, as long as we know that we are worthy of the motherland, it doesn't matter if many people think we are executioners. Of course, when ordinary people are walking leisurely on the beach with a stroller, if you see it, please hide to the side. The country allows us to protect the people in the dark night, and the smile of every person in the alliance is the best praise for us. Serov shouted, "Fame doesn't matter, there are always people in the world who fight with guns, someone who writes poetry in the office." When the people live and work in peace and contentment, who dares to say that our work is meaningless, no, not a single ......"

"Don't let your guard down, it's the wish of all the members of the Presidium of the National Security Council." Semychasny concluded, "We are the shield of the Soviets with a full attitude, and when people are threatened, when people need help, they always think of us, isn't it? ”

"Chernenko, it seems that we all underestimate these young people, and not all of Sherepin's friends are actually stupid people who have no practical ability." After attending the Soviet Security Conference, Brezhnev, who returned to his home, said, "Did you find anything today?" ”

"Execution, strong execution! Maybe it's something that is exclusive to those Cheka back-ups, right? Chernenko squinted his eyes and recalled, "The young cadres are very radical nowadays, and they don't understand that too big a step is not a good thing." ”

Really? This is not something unique, at least it was not lacking in the early Soviet period. As for the events of the last few years, it may not be possible to escape the fact that Khrushchev, who felt good about himself. Khrushchev's position as first secretary seemed to Brezhnev to be a complete mess, indiscriminate reform without investigation, and the idea of these reforms, often without consulting anyone, began with a slap on the head, as evidenced by the corn campaign and the meat leap in the Ryazan region.

Often, because of a mistake by the first secretary, all Soviet cadres had to wipe their butts. Even the first deputy chairman of the KGB, who never seemed to be stumped, calculated several countries to level out the Soviet Union's food supply.

Brezhnev's greatest dissatisfaction was that the Presidium of the Central Committee was nominally equal, and Khrushchev often ignored the opinions of other members when discussing matters.

"Forget it, I hope Kozlov will respect the opinions of other cadres in the future." Brezhnev did not want to think much about such things, and he had a nominal second secretary in front of him, and he only hoped that Kozlov would correct Khrushchev's faults and not take the opinions of other cadres completely for granted.

Kozlov was two years younger than him and was also the recognized successor of the whole league, and Brezhnev had to obey. In the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, Kozlov was the only one who dared to slap the table with Khrushchev face to face.

Brezhnev didn't know that Kozlov's body was a time bomb, not to mention that he didn't know, no one who knew Kozlov would have thought of this at all, and only Serov knew in the entire Soviet Union that the successor, who almost succeeded Khrushchev, would fall ill and be bedridden without warning.

The National Security Congress in the Soviet Union is held every year, and there is not much new in fact, the only difference is that the KGB is facing more and more challenges, everything has two sides, and while the law enforcers are getting stronger and stronger, the criminals are becoming more and more careful. This year's National Security Conference was not without a breakthrough point, at least on the matter of the KGB going abroad to develop external forces, which began to be discussed in public.

This is a good thing, after all, the KGB has to increase its investment in foreign forces, and so many industries overseas also need strength to protect them, otherwise they are not raising pigs for the enemy to eat?

"I will go to India at the end of next month, and if I don't see the retreat of the US troops with my own eyes, I always feel that the Americans are not playing tricks, every day there is nothing else, and I can dream of American GIs in my dreams!" Serov's words caused a burst of laughter.

The first half of the National Security Conference in the Soviet Union was only completed, and the second half, as usual, was devoted to communication between the intelligence services of the Soviet Union and the allies, and the KGB of the Soviet Union was to discuss with the intelligence agencies of Eastern European countries how to cooperate on the secret front.

"Hehe, First Vice-Chairman, you're pretty good. Do you know what Chairman Chemichasny is going to do now? He's going to have a headache tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky, head of the First General Directorate, said with a pun.

"What's the matter? What's the headache, don't you know that I've lost weight in India? Serov said without feeling, "You don't know Indian food, to be honest, Egyptian flatbread is better than Indian food, at least I know that flatbread is made of flour, no matter how bad it is......

Semichasny sighed, touched his head and said, "Comrade Korzinski may need our help to bring back the members of the Polish military advisory group who were captured in Algeria, I really don't know how to speak." ”

At the same time as the end of the Sino-Indian War, the French army in Algeria launched a general offensive and annihilated the People's Army in the encirclement. The situation in Vietnam was not repeated, which of course was inseparable from the KGB, and if Serov had not exported the dogmatism of the Soviet model, France would not have won so smoothly. Even so, the French paid the price of 20,000 lives before and after the general attack.

"What do you think about France now having complete control of Algeria again?" "France retains Algeria and seems to have more money to play with its Eurocentrism," he asked his colleagues. ”

"It's not that easy, Algeria and France have different beliefs, and there will be headaches for the French in the future, let's talk about it. The victory in this war was at best a temporary containment of the weakening of France, and when the children of today grew up, the war would resume, and the children of the present ten years old could become soldiers when they were twenty years old. Serov said with a smile, "These things can be talked about later, now we will first get the Poles back, after all, they are our allies, and we should help." (To be continued.) )