Chapter 853: The Key to Victory

"It seems that people of different faiths have to be tied together, and it is really a problem. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info "Defense Minister Ustinov tilted his head and spoke to Serov, and there was no lack of ridicule in his words. This time, the big country with a good voice has experienced the treatment of China in the sixties, and has been attacked by dozens of countries in turn, and the leader of the Non-Aligned Movement has become a joke.

"Who made Hinduism the kind of religion that is rarely more backward than peace religion? It is also really interesting to have a country that has not changed for thousands of years! Serov replied lazily, "Countries that may have a history always have psychological baggage." "It's not just India that has encountered this problem, China, Iran, and Egypt have all encountered this kind of problem, but it seems that India's problem in this area is particularly serious, and I don't know if it is the lack of soil for central authority.

Compared with Hinduism, peace religions can show an advanced side, how can Pakistanis be convinced? If Serov were faced with such a situation, he might not be able to do anything. In this social atmosphere, there is no other way than a great revolution. Moreover, it is not at all certain whether the Great Revolution will succeed or not.

"Anyway, there are the most Indians, and they don't care about themselves, so why should we care? They are not our neighbors, but Afghanistan, Nepal, Myanmar, and China that should be the headache. Serov yawned, it wasn't that he wanted to do this, but the other members of the Central Presidium looked tired, and the General Political Commissar couldn't be unsociable, right? It's been pretending to be for decades, so why bother to find something for yourself before the curtain call?

Indira Gandhi came to the Soviet Union again to ask for assistance, and India's financing channels in the West have all been cut off, the reason is that it annexed Pakistan despite the opposition of many countries, but according to the KGB intelligence, as the former suzerain, although Britain shouted louder, it still used some channels to continue to maintain contact with Britain.

At the meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee in the evening, Serov objected absentmindedly, "I don't agree to give India a loan, unless India takes some mines as collateral, they already owe us nearly 10 billion loans, and now they are coming?" Reagan's hostility toward us is so strong that the current task is to concentrate on dealing with the United States, not to give our money to other countries. ā€

"I'm not against aid, but there has to be enough property as collateral. We have just withdrawn from Angola, and there has been no progress in negotiations with China, and we have to provide a lot of supplies to Vietnam every year, so we really can't be more generous. Serov finally added that this reason is very appropriate, no one's money is blown by the wind.

"What about aid? We will only give military aid, sign mutual assistance treaties with India, supplement our agriculture, and increase the yield of wheat that we now provide. The chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tikhonov, continued slowly, saying that this is the opinion of the government department.

Agriculture in the Soviet Union was a long-standing problem, and Tikhonov was well aware of this. Moreover, the object of comparison is the United States, and the Soviet Union needs other countries to make up for the shortcomings of the Soviet Union. Rubber, tropical fruits and grains from Southeast Asia. The continued development of Soviet industry was ensured, and who was afraid of more grain? So every time such a problem arises, Tikhonov still wants food.

"What do you think of Comrade Andropov?" Brezhnev was fighting his spirits, he was already tired, but India, as one of the largest countries in the world, still had to deal with it personally.

In addition to China, the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, there is no country that can stabilize India. Japan and Germany can only say that they have their own advantages with India, and by the way, there is also the natural leader of South America, Brazil, which will always be waiting for you in the future.

Although India's development is not all smooth sailing, but the land area and population are placed there, it will naturally be valued by other countries, and although the quality of the population is a little rubbish, there are many people. If we compare China with India, this time India annexed Pakistan, China did not dare to interfere openly, is it not frightened by the 200 million refugees in Bangladesh?

"The opinions of Comrade Tikhonov, Serov, and Ustinov are all very reasonable, and India has no choice but to ask us for help, and under the pressure of the United States, Western countries do not dare to come to the rescue. Not to mention the countries of the Middle East, they can only ask for us. This is a good opportunity, and purely from the point of view of the local part of India, the country is still very valuable! Andropov pushed his glasses and said, "But just like Comrade Serov said, we need India to mortgage some mineral rights and open up some industries for our industrial products to enter." ā€

"Together with the Eastern European countries, Romania has not been in a very good situation recently, and there is a Poland that has not been better!" After a short silence, Brezhnev made a decision, he was the leader of the entire socialist camp, and he could not let all the benefits of the Soviet Union be taken away, and the fraternal countries of Eastern Europe should also be taken care of.

"One more thing!" After the Indian problem, Serov mentioned another problem, saying, "Based on our analysis of Reagan's reforms, we can be sure that Reagan's reforms will focus on the rich class, and there is one thing in the United States that does not exist in the Soviet Union, and that is the stock market, and I believe that the American stock market will grow abnormally because of Reagan's policies." ā€

"Go on, Comrade Serov!" Chairman of the Council of Ministers Tikhonov was very interested in this matter, because this was his field, and Tikhonov, of course, was not as convincing as Kosygin, but after all, he had been Kosygin's deputy for several years, and he still had two brushes, and even if the economic system was different, he could see something.

"The growth of the stock market must depend on many foundations, and this is not something that can be done by policy. Like oil, like rare minerals, and so on. Serov said in a deep voice, "I want to try some foundations that are separated from some support, such as the heart of the world's rare minerals, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among the neighboring countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Angola and Sudan are our allies, I hope that the three countries will work at the same time to support the pro-Soviet forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to control the situation." ā€

"And then there's the work of supporting the black resistance and destabilizing South Africa, but this time it's going to be much bigger, and the two countries plus Chile have a huge impact on the world mineral market. From a personal point of view, I think it's totally okay to try! Serov elaborated on the implications, saying that perhaps Reaganomic economics could still work in the short term, but without some of the foundations, it would be more unstable.

The eighties were of great significance to both the Soviet Union and the United States, both countries had entered a period of exhaustion after decades of attrition. The places seized by the Soviet Union as a result of strategic offensive have not yet been fully digested. The United States has just halted the decline of the Vietnam War, but national confidence is still at a low ebb. Under normal circumstances, this game is still played. But when Reagan came to power in the United States and fought a lot of blood, the leadership of the Soviet Union was holding funerals one after another.

Take this year as an example, Suslov died at the beginning of this year, and the end of the year should be the time when Brezhnev will not survive. But this is a pivotal year for Reaganomics. Since the beginning of this year, the stock price trend has continued to rise, the trading volume has also increased rapidly, the stock market has been extremely prosperous, and its development rate has far exceeded the growth rate of the real economy, and the development speed of financial transactions has greatly exceeded the development speed of world trade.

The current American industry is not the time for the world to be in ruins after World War II and Lao Tzu to flourish. The industrial products of the Soviet Union may not be as strong as those of the United States and Japan in terms of high and new technology, but it also occupies the market of many third world countries. U.S. industry can't support such a prosperous stock market, and such a prosperous stock market is not normal.

"So it seems that Reagan used abnormal means to force us?" Brezhnev was silent, for the first time he had such a clear understanding of the problem. But when he turned his head, there was a gloom in his heart, but unfortunately, if he had ten years left, the hope of victory had already appeared.

"Yes, withstand Reagan's attack this time, let's wait for the result! There is no such thing as a free lunch, workers need to work to create output, and farmers need to work to get food. It is very dangerous to play financial games to increase economic power! Serov replied with a nonchalant face, "The numbers game cannot continue forever. ā€

"Yura, go for it! Do what you think, the next few years are decisive times and I hope to see satisfactory results! "For physical reasons, Brezhnev needed to think for a long time.

In the decades leading up to this year, income distribution in the United States had been relatively stable, with even the highest income groups declining, and since this year, the top 1 percent of income earners have begun to increase their share of overall income in the United States.

One reason is taxation. This year, the top marginal tax rate in the United States has been reduced from 70 percent to half. The second reason is the development of the financial sector. As the financial industry began to deregulate and the Glass-Steagall Act faded from the stage, Wall Street began to introduce more alternative investments and financial product innovations. The intensification of competition among banks, the flood of money, and the increase in credit, all of which were Reagan's legacy to the United States, were overshadowed by the huge markets left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union while Reagan was alive.

After the meeting, Serov left the Kremlin and returned to the Lubyanka for deployment. He didn't touch the U.S. stock market, he had already planned it a long time ago, and the Japanese stock market rose more rapidly, and the regulatory measures were a little worse than in the United States.

"General Secretary, your body needs to recuperate, and the October Revolution Day will not be celebrated for so long in two months." In Brezhnev's office, Chernenko proposed with interest.

"I am the general secretary of the Soviet Union, and the people must know that the leader is still there!" Brezhnev said with majesty in his tone, "The leader will lead them to the final victory, Comrade Chernenko!" ā€