Chapter 326: Serov, the person in charge
Suslov's meaning is obvious, for the unity of the socialist camp, it is necessary to stand on the side of China in the event of a war, although Kozlov's statement is not so obvious, but after knowing the real situation, the Soviet leadership, after knowing the real situation, this opinion is just a more tactful idea of siding with China.
Khrushchev was in a very troubled situation, the word Soviet repair has appeared in Chinese newspapers, in this case Khrushchev is on the side of China, he is extremely reluctant, when he and the United States are engaged in détente, China constantly instigates him and the Americans to go to a full-scale nuclear war, until now he does not understand the meaning of the Eastern comrades, why put on a belligerent posture?
"Yuri, you are the youngest intelligence expert in our Soviets, and I have never understood why the Chinese are so belligerent? And they scolded us in front of the Japanese delegation, Su Xiu, these problems are not understood, we cannot show support for China, we cannot cultivate an enemy with our own hands! "Khrushchev is no longer the same as when he first came to power, when he really thought that the Sino-Soviet friendship was unbreakable, and now the situation shows how naïve he was at that time, even a fool can see the growing centrifugal force in it. According to Serov's words, even the Indians saw it.
That's such a good question, how does this make Serov answer? Does it make him say that the rhetoric of a nuclear war is just to fool you and cheat industrial aid from the USSR? Then Khrushchev is not angry? Even the experts have already returned to China, and the project is almost complete, and if Serov had spoken out what the Chinese leaders of that era had thought, God knows what Khrushchev, who felt humiliated, would do, so this matter cannot be said, at least not directly.
"This question is actually not difficult to understand, General Secretary Stalin's thoughts during the founding of the country. Can be used to explain the ideas of the Eastern comrades! Serov casually said a short summary of the discourse on imperialism, and then said, "Comrades of the Presidium of the Central Committee can change their names and think about whether Comrade Stalin has said these words......
Of course, there is, and many of the dilemmas faced by the founding of the country are the same. The country is in ruins, surrounded by strong enemies, and it didn't take long for the coalition forces to hit the doorstep, so it's no wonder that the words spoken in this case are different.
"Now we can explain the current situation in China, of course, the current situation cannot be said to be completely unbeneficial!" Serov took the time to change to the world map, pointed to the situation in Eurasia and analyzed, "At least the Americans know that the Soviet Union is not the most belligerent country, and China can push our Soviet Union to the front." In fact, in some places we can do the opposite, in Southeast Asia! The two countries that are most likely to succeed, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and a number of other communist forces in Southeast Asia, are Vietnam and Indonesia on the whole......
"Yura, have you thought about it. Southeast Asia is very close to China, and far from the USSR. If we encourage China, will it increase the strength of the other side and increase the confidence of the other side to scold us! "Brezhnev made the key point, there is a headache with one China, in case of adding a few allies to the place, the Soviets can hear criticism of the Soviet repair while they sleep.
"Chairman Brezhnev. Your concern is very reasonable, I have considered this question, and the final conclusion is no! Serov smiled slightly, "We all know that the people of a small country next to a big country. Naturally, I will be jealous of the big guy next to me in my heart, and I will not whitewash this, even most countries in Eastern Europe, including Romania, Hungary and Poland, have this idea in the hearts of their people, but they just don't say it. This is because we have a local garrison and overwhelming strength to deter this resistance, in other words, as long as we do not withdraw our troops, we have actually solved this problem......"
Hearing Serov's words, Kozlov, Suslov and Brezhnev all nodded, obviously agreeing with this assertion, Serov continued, "Our right to garrison troops is based on the victory in World War II, and now there is no chance for China to have this opportunity, the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia are the basic force of the local Communist Party, but if we really want a country to become our allies and become one of us, it must be localized." When the time comes, taking into account the current economic level of our comrades in the East, I believe that for the sake of the country as a whole, the leaders of those countries will understand who to be friends with......"
"The national power is crushed, this argument is completely acceptable!" Brezhnev nodded coldly and expressed his approval, Brezhnev did not have the same enthusiasm for talking about ideals as Khrushchev, and he liked such direct means if he could.
Brezhnev always believed that if he had been the first secretary, relations with China would not have evolved like this at all, and he would not have agreed to industrial aid at all, at least so much. Second, unlike Khrushchev, he had no interest in debate at all, and from the history of Brezhnev after he came to power, he understood that at the beginning Brezhnev still wanted to bring China back, and patiently debated with China in the first two years, and later, as Serov said, he directly blocked China.
He was a very practical person, and later directly told his subordinates that communism was just to fool the common people, but although Brezhnev did not believe in communism from a personal point of view, he did not have a good impression of capitalism. To put it simply, Brezhnev didn't value doctrines, and as long as it worked, Brezhnev could turn it into communism, even if it was originally capitalist.
From a personal point of view, Serov's analysis is simply tailor-made for Brezhnev, what kind of doctrine, without doctrine, can not achieve the interests of the Soviet Union? After these words, Brezhnev first expressed his approving attitude.
"From Yura's request, the level of the Indian government is poor, it can be described as impatient!" Sherepin, who has not spoken, suggested, "Our support also depends on the strength of the other side itself, and now India's policy is out of touch, the government is pinning its hopes on China's hope of concessions, the military is carrying out the forward policy without preparation, and what is worse is that the British and local officers are still fighting, which is completely looking for death......
"India doesn't deserve our help, it's too weak!" Suslov gave his own conclusions with an unchanged face.
"As I said, we have to stand on the side of the winner, as long as we prepare two statements, whoever wins, we will choose the statement corresponding to that country!" Kozlov still stuck to his opinion.
"Comrades, let me think about it!" Khrushchev said helplessly, saying that the lessons learned from the past in relations with China had already made Khrushchev have a sense of distrust, and once any issue involves China, Khrushchev always feels that there must be a conspiracy in it, and this is being taught by several times of fooling.
"What's in it for us, Yuri?" Khrushchev turned to ask, "Our relations with both countries are not bad......"
"The war between China and India is our greatest benefit, and there is room for us to intervene only if there are contradictions!" Serov said with great ambition, "Isn't it a worrying thing that China and India are ironclad? ”
These words made Kozlov and Brezhnev smile at the same time, Shelie's face did not express his opinion as usual, but in fact, he recognized Serov's judgment in his heart, Mikoyan and Suslov did not say, and finally Khrushchev clapped his head and said, "Yuri, you keep an eye on the movements of the two countries, and you will pay for the intelligence gathering and the work in it......"
"I'm willing to take on this challenging task!" It was simply a good thing that this task was handed over to Serov, a veteran spy, and he stretched out his hand to salute the members of the Central Presidium present.
"Yuri, do you have the confidence to do this well?" Suslov asked.
"The country will not let me shoulder hope in vain!" Serov replied with a pun, "I think I was in charge of regulating the relationship between the two great powers at one time, but I feel a little excited when I think about it......"
The investigation and monitoring of Sino-Indian relations has been put in Serov's hands, which means that he has the right to be directly accountable to the Central Presidium in this matter, which is not good news for India. If he had to choose a few allies for the United States, he would have always wanted India, the Philippines, and Thailand to form an unbreakable alliance with the United States. By the way, the countries in the other camp should preferably be South Vietnamese.
"Yuri, go to my house in the evening, I've already called Volodya! You two can talk! After the report was completed, Sherepin found an opportunity to stop Serov, who was about to leave, and said.
"Volodya? Got it, I'll go in the evening! "It should be that Sherepin noticed the gap between Semychasny and Serov and was ready to find an opportunity to talk openly and honestly.
The people are still those people, Tikunov, who has now fully established himself in the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, Goryunov from TASS, Meshatsev from the radio station, Yegorechev, the first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, and the first and second leaders of the KGB, Semychasny and Serov. Sherepin was very dedicated to this matter, and the KGB was not as important as an ordinary department. (To be continued.) )