Before Nixon's two-column strategy took shape, Serov had to trap the Saudis with a trilateral strategy, and as for Iran's Pahlavi dynasty, whether he was overthrown or not as it was in history, Serov didn't care. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe Cossack White Russian generals of Iran had a significant influence on the Pahlavi since childhood, and it has to be said that the Pahlavi was a monarch who was more favorable to ancient Persia, and there was a clear lack of interest in the peace religion.

Another change brought by the Cossack regiment to Pahlavi made Serov even more laughable, that is, the Iranian Savak, Savak means Iranian National Security Service, and with the help of Savak, the Pahlavi Shah ruled. Agents are rampant, arresting political opponents and religious elites, and prisons are overcrowded. All freedoms of expression, assembly and the formation of political parties have been abolished.

Sometimes Serov saw that this Cossack-educated king was not so much an Iranian king as a group of White Russians defeated by the Soviet Union, who succeeded in educating such a maverick king in Iran. Of course, this king, who grew up under this education, was certainly a staunch anti-Soviet king. But this is not a big deal, and he can't do anything to the USSR.

Serov also knows one thing, and that is that Iran and Iraq have a territorial dispute, and as for how to operate it, we will talk about it later. The immediate priority is to make Iraq a success.

"So, the operation in Iraq must be carried out, and when are you going to do it." Andropov finally asked, saying that in principle he had agreed to Serov's plan, and that the two of them still had to talk about contacting the Iraqi Communist Party.

Because of the constant turmoil in Iraq, the Iraqi Communist Party has ostensibly weakened in this brutal environment. However, in fact, the strength has increased a lot, and with the underground partyization of the Iraqi Communist Party, many forces are in unknown places, and I hope that of course it cannot be just the Iraqi Communist Party, so that the Iraqi Communist Party still seems to be a little alone in the face of all forces.

"Soon, before the next president of the United States comes up!" The answer is to start at any time, as long as Zinev and Zvigon are ready in the other two directions, then they will do it at the same time.

Nixon's two-column strategy, in the Persian Gulf, this responsibility was largely shared between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Specifically, the United States will provide its partners in the region, primarily Iran and Saudi Arabia, with an unprecedented amount of weapons and hope that they will provide regional security guarantees. Iran will be the backbone of the military, acting as a policeman. Saudi Arabia has become the main pillar of the economy, acting as a stabilizer by using its vast economic inducing power.

It can be seen that the United States was unwilling to rely on Saudi Arabia at the beginning, but later the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran was overthrown, so it had to choose Saudi Arabia, which caused the result of Saudi Arabia becoming bigger in later generations. Before the eighties, there was nothing special about Saudi Arabia except for two stinky money, and it was not at all trustworthy in the eyes of the Americans.

"In this way, we are about to see the strength of the United States, and for more than 20 years, in fact, I have been waiting for this day!" Andropov sighed from the bottom of his heart, not only himself, I don't know how many Soviet cadres are waiting for this day.

"No matter how many people die and how much effort is expended, the middle breakthrough in Iraq must be completed." Serov seemed to be talking to Andropov, on the one hand, to cheer himself up.

But now Serov has to fulfill a promise that he had promised many years ago, and that he could fulfill while his foreign guests had not yet arrived.

As one of the few important prisons for felons in the Soviet Union, Kazan Prison is very well equipped, and there are internal affairs troops stationed nearby, so it can be said that even if a division comes to attack with arms, Kazan Prison can hold out for a while. This important Soviet prison was a bit empty compared to before, after all, many prisoners had already been sent to Cuba.

This is not the first time Serov has been here, but it is indeed the first time that he has come to release people, and the person who released them is Stalin's second son, Vasily Stalin, who has been held here for more than ten years, and he should have been released a long time ago. But considering the unclear circumstances of this person's death in history, after consulting with the Prosecutor General of the USSR Rudenko, Vasily Stalin has always been in custody here, of course he is still free, his family can come here at any time, except for not being able to go out, all Vasily's needs here are taken care of.

"Comrade Vasily, long time no see!" By the time the guards brought Vasily Stalin over, Serov saw Stalin's son again after a lapse of several years. At the same time as he saw Vasily, he suddenly remembered that Stalin's daughter had been assassinated by himself, so a strange emotion welled up in his heart.

Vasily was wearing a gray old-style military uniform, with no military rank on it, although the whole person was a little old, but he looked in good spirits, and he could vaguely see the air force hero who flew in the blue sky back then.

"Oh, it's you, General Serov, congratulations on becoming a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee, I have the impression that only when I was a child could I see such a young leader of the country as you." Vasilis Stalin had a look of hope in his eyes, but he still resisted not asking when he would let himself out, and the long imprisonment had smoothed out all his arrogance.

"Why don't you ask me if I want to let you out?" Serov stood up and looked directly at Vasilis Stalin and said.

"Maybe I'm a little timid now, politics is really unpredictable, I've recalled a lot of things in the past few years, in fact, if you think about it, there are many things that can't be judged from the surface." Vasilis Stalin refers to his own experience at the time of Stalin, in fact, at that time Khrushchev could not be regarded as the real leader of the Soviet Union, and there were Beria, Malenkov, Molotov at the same time, if other people objected, Khrushchev could not do anything to Vasilis Stalin, at least not so quickly sent him to prison.

Serov also felt that things should not be decided by Khrushchev himself, and it may be that some people felt that Stalin's son was very dangerous, at least at that time Malenkov and Beria did not oppose it, so it can be seen that this matter is also a mystery.

"Now the environment has changed, the first secretary has retired, and besides, I don't know what happened at the beginning, because at that time I was only a minister of internal affairs of Azerbaijan, and I did not have such a high status to see. But there is one thing that I don't need to see, and that is that you are a hero of air combat, you shot down the planes of the Germans, you fought in the front-line battlefield, you did not surrender, in those days you went to the front in person, as the son of the General Secretary, and in the Great Patriotic War there was no son of the General Secretary, only the hero of the air battle, Vasilis Stalin. Serov said very seriously, "Mikoyan's son died at the front, Marshal Timoshengh's son died at the front, since you returned to the motherland safely, you should not die in prison." ”

Vasilis Stalin froze in place, holding back some well-up tears, and said briefly, "Thank you......"

"You're welcome, but I want you to forget about prison life, after all, many things can have a negative impact on the country, well, just because I'm begging you......" Serov didn't want to go too far with Stalin's son, and of course if he wanted to learn like his own sister, even if he was Stalin's son.

Then Serov read out the order for Vasilis Stalin's release, which Serov himself could sign, but in order to be more authoritative, he still asked Brezhnev to sign his name with Suslov and Sherepin. Legally speaking, Vasilis Stalin had already passed his sentence of detention, and the extra years were completely locked up by Serov, and strictly speaking, the sentence of these years was already considered to be overstayed.

When he came alone, Serov came back with Vasilis Stalin, "If you want to do something, you can ask me directly, but I advise you not to drink." I hope you listen to me, by the way, there is one more thing, which is that given your status, there must be security personnel by your side, I hope you don't mind, this is also our job, in principle. ”

Even if Vasilis Stalin came out, there must be someone sent by the KGB to monitor his every move, and from this point of view, his treatment is no different from Khrushchev's, except that the security cadres around Khrushchev are a little more obedient, in essence, there is no difference.

"What a change in Moscow!" Vasily's impression of Moscow was all ten years ago, and now it is 1968, and the whole of Moscow has changed too much. So big that he, who used to grow up here, couldn't recognize him.

After settling Vasily, Serov can be regarded as fulfilling his promise a few years ago to let Stalin's son get out of Kazan prison safely, in a sense, he is also a man of his word, but it is impossible for ordinary people to receive such treatment here.

"I can conclude that Vasily will not have any trouble when he comes out, and I have made it clear, I hope he will let go of this matter and there will be no restrictions in his life in the future, so far it has worked out quite well. Some other things like monitoring the situation, I've already arranged. "Even Khrushchev has retired, and now who thinks that Vasilis Stalin can cause problems for the current leaders, it is estimated that even Brezhnev himself does not believe it. Even Suslov was still working on restoring Stalin's image.

Having reported the incident to the Kremlin, Serov returned to the Lubyanka, and the next day went to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where he was to wait for his guests. (To be continued.) )