Chapter 33: Are You Threatening Me?

The main negotiations were held by Petrovich, and Serov sat in the back row to hear if there were any constructive comments, and at the moment, it seems, no! Both sides are basically in a state of talking to themselves, and at the same time blocking each other's opinions. After listening to the diplomatic rhetoric for more than ten minutes, in order to avoid falling asleep, he could only take out his drawing board to divert his attention, and from time to time he looked up at the demeanor on the other side, the representative of the Federal Republic of Germany was only making up the numbers, and the representative of the United States was absent-minded, obviously not paying attention to this negotiation, and it was the representatives of Britain and France who mainly negotiated with Petrovich.

This also shows the attitude of the representatives of the three countries toward this meeting: the United States believes that it can attack and retreat, but the Soviet Union has no way to deal with it, and it has made it clear that it does not care about the results of the talks. Britain and France can feel the power of the Soviet Union more intuitively in Europe, especially France is not willing to follow the baton of the Americans, and its attitude is a little more positive than other representatives. While listening to nonsense without nutrition, Serov kept brushing down his pen on the drawing board......

"Mr. Petrovich, please tell the Soviet government that we can achieve results only with full sincerity! The status quo in Berlin cannot be changed, it is the result of the leaders of our countries after the end of the Second World War! "The representative of the United Kingdom expressed his opinion.

"The GDR was founded without the consent of our three countries, and even if Germany is reunified, it should join NATO!" The representative of the United States, who had not spoken, spoke. Serov, who had been sketching, finished his work, handed the sketchpad to Lukani, who was sitting next to him, and stepped forward to sit between Petrovich and the GDR deputies, where the place was already vacant.

"I, the Soviet Union, have decided to transfer the administration of Berlin to the GDR! The Soviet troops on the territory of the GDR will not interfere with the administration of the GDR government in the future! Comrade Khrushchev, General Secretary of the General Secretary, has already decided on this matter, and there is no need to talk about it again! Serov put an end to the matter with his hands on the table, pointed to the GDR representative next to him, and said, "In the future negotiations on the Berlin issue, you can directly communicate with the GDR government ......"

After a pause, he continued, "As for the attitude of our Soviet Union, the delegates have always known that Germany can naturally be reunified, after all, it is all one nation, and it is better to be unified than to split into two countries!" But it is absolutely impossible for a reunited Germany to join NATO, the Germans are not so incompetent that they have to join the side in order to develop, the occupation forces of our four countries withdraw from Germany, and the neutralization of Germany is in line with the wishes of our four countries and the German people! The rest of us can sign a pact with Germany, complete neutrality and avoid the current tension......"

The unification of Germany and its neutrality have their origins in the Soviet Union, which was an active promoter of German reunification before its fall. After the fall of Beria, Khrushchev was now in the position of avoiding a full-scale confrontation, so he was also very supportive of German unity and neutrality. Although Khrushchev wanted to live peacefully with the United States, the Americans did not buy it, and the Soviet Union at this time felt the suffocating pressure of the United States twenty years later. Khrushchev's good intentions were repeatedly ignored, and after the hopelessness of détente, the Soviet Union entered the track of all-out confrontation with the United States, and from the later period of Khrushchev, the arguments within the Soviet Union that Germany should be unified and neutral disappeared.

"The establishment of the GDR was not approved by our three countries, it was you, the Soviet Union, who acted alone, and the reunification of Germany must join NATO, and the agreement should be built on this basis, otherwise there is no need to negotiate!" The attitude of the representative of the United States was that the Soviet Union would make concessions, otherwise there would be no need for negotiations.

"What a powerful imperialist face, a united Germany must join NATO? And not neutral? Let Germany be tied to your tanks as cannon fodder, right? The proposal for neutral détente that the Soviet Union wanted was directly regarded by you as waste paper? Let Germany join you while continuing to threaten the very existence of the USSR? If you don't agree, there is no need to negotiate? Serov nodded as he knocked on the table, and only Isenmotny's machine was still running in the entire room, except for the sound of a needle drop.

"Yankee, do you think you've got the Soviet Union?" Serov mockingly asked, "Do you think the Soviet Union will agree to such conditions?" To be reasonable, it was you who ignored the fact that the Soviet Union privately founded the Federal Republic of Germany first, and not that we founded the GDR first! Why didn't you take into account the feelings of the Soviet occupation zone when it was formed? Who provoked the incident and brought the world into a confrontation? It was the Iron Curtain speech, and it was still you who were the first to be hostile to the Soviet Union! Today you want the USSR to retreat again? I advise you not to dream, for my own part, there has been no retreat since the beginning of my work, and I believe that a neutral Germany that is not controlled by any foreign power is also in line with the will of the German people themselves! ”

After saying these words, Petrovich and the representative of the GDR respectively expressed their opinions, and the reunification of Germany could naturally be carried out, but it should not be controlled by any foreign power, and there should be no foreign troops stationed on the territory.

"Finally, West Berlin should not become a military city, where you are using economic means to suck blood from the GDR, causing the demise of the GDR, and the economic development and construction have been greatly affected, which is very immoral!" Serov added another sentence after Petrovich had finished speaking.

"The garrison of West Berlin is the right of our occupation forces, and the USSR cannot interfere!" The representative of the United States said strongly.

"The Soviet Union transferred the entire management of Berlin and the railways and waterways of West Berlin to the GDR. You must accept that, too! Since we can't communicate, let's stop talking, and the semi-monthly four-party talks will be put on hold from now on, and it's a waste of time anyway! "Serov's crispness surprised everyone, the diplomatic system negotiations are accompanied by mutual compromise, it is normal to talk for the last year or two, to the great surprise of the representatives of the three countries, Serov is really ready to settle things in one negotiation.

"Mr. Serov, you will bear the consequences of the stalling of negotiations!" The American representative's face sank, and he said with a hint of threat.

"You're threatening me? What do you rely on? Serov also sank his face and said, "Since the beginning of my work, only my enemies have retreated and yielded, and I myself have never taken a step back." Don't think that West Berlin has any capital, or that I am now negotiating with you in the West Berlin City Council, and you can threaten me! In the entire GDR, there were 400,000 Red Army soldiers of the Western cluster, and in two hours they could occupy the whole city of West Berlin! ”

"Because there is a big war in Berlin, we don't know who wins and who loses!" The face of the American representative was very ugly, the Soviet Union on the other side was too hateful, he did not care about his feelings at all, and it seemed that he did not care at all about the breakdown of the negotiations.

[You can't expect me to order a good order, right, I won't be blocked this time]