The security intelligence system of the Soviet Union was mainly divided into three departments, the KGB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the GRU, the Ministry of Internal Affairs dominated the world during the Stalin period, and the KGB was nothing more than a department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info During the Khrushchev period, the situation was reversed into the KGB leading the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and during the Brezhnev period, the two departments were side by side, but the KGB had a higher status because the Soviet Union was in the strategic offensive phase at that time. The GRU has always been a semi-independent department, but because of the GRU's personnel powers, plans and arrangements for foreign espionage and intelligence activities, it has to be supervised and controlled by the KGB. So as a rule, the leader of the GRU, the KGB, has the right to recommend.

In Serov's heart, the status of the GRU is far more important than the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has long been no longer a powerful department in charge of the Great Purge, the Khrushchev period was just a secondary department responsible for social security, and finally it was abolished and directly assigned to the KGB, the reason for looking up to the GRU is strength, the KGB has some departments, in fact, the GRU has all of them, and the GRU is more like a backup of the KGB.

The GRU is divided into four levels: ministries, bureaus, divisions and sections. There are 22 general bureaus, two specialized espionage academies and institutes, and 10 departments. A direct section. The first bureau is the European Military Strategic Intelligence Agency. The second to fourth bureaus are military strategic intelligence bureaus that carry out covert intelligence activities in other regions, the second bureau is responsible for collecting strategic intelligence on the countries of the North Atlantic and Eastern Europe, the third bureau is responsible for collecting strategic intelligence on the United States, Britain, Central and South American countries, and the countries of the British Commonwealth, and the fourth bureau is responsible for collecting strategic intelligence from the Middle East to Asian countries. The Fifth Directorate is the Operational Intelligence Directorate, which is responsible for all strategic sabotage activities in military operations. The sixth bureau is the Electronic Intelligence Agency. Mainly engaged in electronic intelligence activities. The Seventh to the Twelfth Bureaus are all intelligence and data research institutions.

In addition, there is also the Special Operations Bureau, which mainly conducts activities such as foreign subversion and sabotage, assassination, kidnapping, rebellion, and psychological warfare; the Space Intelligence Agency, which is responsible for spy satellite intelligence; The Foreign Affairs Bureau, also known as the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Defense, was responsible for the foreign affairs activities of the Soviet Army and conducted espionage and intelligence activities from them; the Training Bureau, which is responsible for training espionage and intelligence officers; the Operational Technology Bureau, which is responsible for the technical equipment and equipment of all spy personnel; the Administrative Technical Bureau, which is responsible for foreign exchange and valuables such as gold; In addition, there are also communication bureaus, personnel bureaus, etc.

The GRU was directly subordinate to the 1st Division, which was responsible for espionage and intelligence activities in the Moscow region; directly under the second department, responsible for espionage activities in the Berlin area; Directly under the Third Division, responsible for espionage activities in the Third World and terrorist organizations; Directly under the fourth department, responsible for espionage activities against the United States in Cuba; The fifth department directly under it is the Political Department, and the sixth department directly under it is the Finance Department; The seventh department directly under the Passport Department is responsible for researching and forging passports and various tickets of various countries; Directly under the eighth department, responsible for the encryption and decryption of files; The ninth department directly under it is the case office.

Except for the fact that the scope of activities of some of the General Directorates is different from that of the KGB and the scale is relatively small, the GRU can basically be said to be a copy of the KGB, and Serov does not know when this situation began, nor why there was an intelligence organization similar to the KGB in the Soviet Union, and this department was also under the control of the KGB. Anyway, he started after the independence of the KGB from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Serokov was sent by Brezhnev to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a minister, and he must have received the consent of Shelepin, who was the chairman of the Party and State Supervisory Commission, did not nod, and this matter could not have been passed. The reason Serov had already guessed, the root was still in his body, and he squeezed out Semychasny, and in exchange for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Selepin asked Brezhnev to approve Semychasny to work in the Soviet.

Since the reason is on himself, Serov has nothing to complain about, it is impossible for the whole world to revolve around him, everyone has their own considerations, and it is not possible for Serov himself to let Shelepin not care about Shemychasny's emotions.

The next day, Serov, in the name of the chairman of the KGB, welcomed the arrival of Serokov on behalf of all the heads of the Main Directorate of the National Security Council in Moscow, who, like him, was sworn in under the bronze statue of Dzerzhinsky. After the oath was taken, all the leading KGB leaders present applauded and welcomed Serokov to the big family of Soviet security organs.

Although Brezhnev did not have any personal style, he always treated everyone with a gentle attitude, even if it was his enemy, from a historical point of view, he completely defeated the Komsomol group, and after transferring Semychasny from the chairman of the KGB to Ukraine as the first deputy chairman, when he went to Ukraine to inspect, he also hooked up with Semychasny, and it seemed that we had a good relationship.

However, Brezhnev did not need to be taught by anyone to install his own people in key departments, not only did he not need to be taught, but he himself was more proficient in this matter than anyone else. Now it seems that Brezhnev has long set his sights on the KGB, hoping to install a person in the KGB who can be trusted enough, and Serokov is the person he selected.

After welcoming Serokov, Serov said he was going to the hospital for treatment and left the rubyanka.

This move made the newly arrived Serokov a little overwhelmed, and it took a long time to ask Serov's secretary Servanov, "Is Chairman Serov dissatisfied with my performance just now?" ”

No one wants to make a bad impression on their future boss at the first meeting, and the same is true for Serokov, especially the notoriously difficult Serov in the security services.

"Minister Serokov, Chairman, this is just a routine check, and it has nothing to do with your arrival." Servanov pointed to his head and said, "Because the chairman's mental state is always in a tense stage, he always goes to the general hospital every once in a while, or goes out for a walk to relieve the mental pressure. ”

"Oh, everybody knows about it?" Serokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and for some reason, he was very concerned about the young boss's perception.

"I know it all!" Servanov nodded with a look of surprise, "Everyone at the headquarters knows about this, so in addition to work, the chairman basically goes out for a walk when he has free time, except for exercising and sleeping at the headquarters when Minister Valya is not in Moscow!" ”

Serov, who was regarded as a mentally ill person, did not go to the general hospital at all, but went to the GRU headquarters for a while, as if he had arrived at his own home, and went directly to Alexey's office.

It was also after Admiral Alexey went to the GRU to be the head of the GRU that Serov learned that this well-known organization, the world's second largest intelligence organization, as rumored in the market, did not have its own headquarters, but worked in a building under the Ministry of Defense, so at the same time as the transformation of the KGB headquarters began, the establishment of the GRU headquarters also began at the same time.

"What an unexpected guest, my friend, are you here to guide the work?" Alexei quipped that the GRU needed to be led by the KGB in terms of its duties, and that there were still some KGB agents living in the headquarters.

"Don't be kidding, I've encountered a little problem, I hope you, an old anti-rebel worker, give me some advice!" Serov leaned back on the sofa as if no one was around, and told the news that Serokov had taken over as Minister of Internal Affairs.

"It's not a big deal, it's not easy to keep an eye on Serokov's every move with your abilities, and it's not a problem to get away with him, but it's obviously not a good idea." Alexei thought about it for a moment and said, "The security system of the Soviet Union is yours except for Sherepin, it can be said that from the perspective of law, discipline inspection, police, intelligence, and security, it is in the hands of your own people, so it is understandable that Brezhnev is not at ease, do you think the Ministry of Internal Affairs is important?" ”

"It's not as important as the GRU, if Serokov is squeezing you down, I'm ready to wait for him to assassinate him when he goes abroad." Serov did not hide his thoughts at all, although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a police department, the rights are actually those, although Brezhnev is nominally on a par with the KGB, the chairman of the KGB is a member of the Central Political and Bureau of the Central Committee, and the Minister of Internal Affairs is only a member of the Central Committee.

"Then find two deputies to work with him, do you have any candidates?" Alexei took out a bottle of kvass as he spoke, he knew that Serov had a small problem, he was not good at dealing with Volga, but he liked to drink kvass, which had a small alcohol content, which was considered his favorite drink.

"It can't be said that there is none, such as Aliyev!" Serov actually has two candidates in mind, one is the current chairman of the KGB of Azerbaijan Aliyev.

"This guy can't do it!" Listening to Serov's proposal, Alexei directly shook his head and vetoed, Aliyev knew when he was the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, his ability is good, but he can't be let out, than the energy of the local government itself is the shortcomings of the Komsomol, only one Azerbaijan lets you operate, you better keep him.

"The second person is not primarily mine, but a friend of Andropov, and the main thing is that this person cannot be promoted to the position of first deputy minister at once!" Serov thought for a moment and said with a dilemma.

"Who is this man?" Alexey knew that it must be because this candidate was definitely not of high status, so Serov had this expression.

"Kryuchkov, then him." The person Serov is talking about is the last chairman of the KGB of the Soviet Union and the chief planner who led the August 19 coup, Kryuchkov. (To be continued.) )