"How is it possible, Valya's current size, can she still beat people?" Serov flatly denied it, besides, can it be said that the matter between the family was beaten?

"Do you want to talk about others? It really can't be! But you two, don't you forget, I didn't know you two about your wedding with Valya in Azerbaijan, and I don't know you two? Semychasny crossed Erlang's legs, as if he was in control, and clutched the mark on Serov's forehead.

Others, such as Meshatsev, Goryunov, and others, watched the excitement silently, and in the end it was Sherepin who finally stopped the unnutritious conversation, although he himself was the chairman of the KGB, but he did not have much curiosity! Otherwise, I wouldn't have been trying to downsize the KGB all the time. It is a pity that Shelepin's efforts to reduce the size of the KGB have never been successful, and every time a group of people is cleared out, Serov is always mobilizing a group of people to come in.

The result of Shelepin's efforts to reduce the size of the KGB over the past year was to reduce the total number of people by one percent, and Serov succeeded in transferring these people overseas and becoming stationed in the Middle East Division, the French Africa Division, and the British Africa Division.

"Every time in the second half of the year, I start to prepare for the budget for the second year, and we are shrinking in size, but the amount of money we need is always so much, especially the General Directorate of Border Guards! One General Directorate occupies more than forty percent of the KGB's expenses! "Sherepin has a headache every time he thinks about this question, although Khrushchev has always made a fuss about military spending, and sometimes asks him if he can reduce the cost of the KGB.

Serov spread his hands and said that he couldn't help it, "There is no way, we still have to support the internal affairs troops and border guards!" Adding up to more than 500,000 military and police officers, billions of dollars is already a very saving! We don't have much more room than other departments, but I heard that the first secretary seems to want to continue disarmament? "Since Khrushchev came to power, the Soviet Union has reduced 2 million troops, plus 300,000 this year, 2.3 million troops have been discharged! But it doesn't seem to be the end of the story.

"I've only vaguely heard a sentence or two, and I don't know what the first secretary thinks! However, as long as the nuclear and space industries have made progress, the Red Army will certainly continue to dismantle! "Sherepin pressed out the cigarette in his hand and didn't know how many cigarettes he had.

"I think the first secretary is still a little conservative, this kind of thing is going too slowly! It's just one step, but does it still need to be so troublesome? The group of old men in the Ministry of Defense are so stubborn, if they don't give them a little bit of power, they can't be deterred at all! Semychasny's confident appearance was no different from Shelepin's, and even his speech was in the same tone.

"Now the problem of our Soviet Union is that the country is controlled by a bunch of old men in the twilight!" Yegorechev glanced around at everyone and said in an accentuated tone, "The country needs to become more dynamic, flexible policies and strong iron-fisted methods are indispensable, and our first secretary is much stronger than Malenkov's group at the beginning, but now it seems that it is still a little conservative!" ”

"Yegorechev is right, disarmament is the right choice, but the ultimate goal of disarmament is to live in peace with the United States. I don't think the Americans will be friendly with us, some of the ideas of the first secretary are not very good! Goryunov interjected, "With the current status of our Soviet Union, it is necessary to be equal to the United States!" ”

Serov silently watched this group of bigwigs express their opinions, full of ** group instant sense! No wonder in history the Sherepin group did not have the support of the military, on the contrary, the Red Army supported Brezhnev, it turned out that this group of guys supported Khrushchev's disarmament moves, "How do I feel like I have fallen into the pit?" ”

In this way, the difference between Sherepin and Khrushchev is not very big, and there is less radicalism of Khrushchev, but the issue of the Red Army and the lifelong system of cadres is the same.

Serov is understandable about the tenure of cadres, and one who looks at the study understands that the average age of this group of leaders is less than forty years old, and their subordinates are even younger, many of whom are from the Komsomol background. Whether the cadre class will remain in office for life is still early for these people. Moreover, the young cadres are all the more eager to have their own posts and give full play to their abilities at an early date, and they are actually in favor of Khrushchev's move to abolish the cadre tenure system.

"Okay, I'm just calling you here today to get together with friends, don't talk too much about work!" The topic of Sherepin's speech stopped, and Serov focused all his attention on Sherepin, perceiving that Sherepin's mood was very calm, and what he said was absolutely true. It seems that at this time Sherepin was not dissatisfied with Khrushchev.

Eating without saying a word, Serov thinks that he has done it, not that he wants to do it, but that he has to do it at the lowest level, and they are all the number one, except for the deputy head of the Russian Federal Security Service Tikunov, but Tikunov is the first deputy director, and Serov himself seems to be ranked ninth if he is not mistaken, and there is really no comparison.

Sherepin hosted the youngest group of the Soviet Union, 41-year-old Shelepin, 35-year-old Semychasny, 37-year-old Yegorechev, and 32-year-old Serov...... This group of young people from different departments was more enthusiastic than other elderly cadres together, and they joked unscrupulously in private, and at this time Xie Lepin would not mind, and rarely changed his severity in public.

"One, two, three, sing!" With only a white vest left on his upper body, Serepin raised his head and sang, "Listen, the battle horn sounds the alarm, put on your military uniform and take up arms, the Komsomol members gather to embark on the journey, all of us are united to defend the country, we will see you again, dear mother, please kiss your son goodbye." ”

"Don't be sad, don't be sad, I wish us a safe journey, goodbye, dear homeland, the star of victory will shine on us" Semychasny clapped his hands and sang the song of the Soviet Komsomol as Sherepin sang it, Meshatsev, Goryunov, Yegorechev, Tikunov, Serov looked at each other, put down the vodka in their hands, and joined the chorus.

"Everything we have loved since childhood, we would rather die than give it to the enemy, and the Komsomol members are armed and rush to the battlefield to defend the country with one heart!" The crowd sang the last line and all picked up their glasses and shouted, "Soviet, Ula ......" and drank the vodka from the glass.

"Yuri may not be in the country by then, but don't worry, we will go to the hospital on the day of delivery!" Sherepin patted his chest in a daze and promised, "We are all the elders of little Serov, what do you say your child wants to do?" TASS? Radio, government or military? ”

"My children still have to carry out great causes and be the successors of communism!" Serov, who was blown by the breeze, was instantly drunk, and directly buttoned the big-brimmed hat to his shoulder, which was picked up by Yelena. got into the car and fell asleep directly in the back seat.

"It's rare to drink too much!" Yelena looked at the man gently, and Serov in her eyes seemed to rarely drink, and of course it was better to quit smoking.

"yes, rare! Maybe I'm so happy today! Valya skillfully started the car, remembering the scene of Serov knowing him when he was drunk a few years ago.

Khrushchev also made a lot of preparations for this visit to the United States, this was the first visit to the United States by a Soviet leader, and Serov used this time to accompany his wife at home, touching his bulging belly and whispering, "The expected date of delivery is September 25, I am sure that I will still be in the United States, but I will definitely come back as soon as I finish work!" ”

[The specific process of visiting the United States, you still need to do more homework!] 】