Chapter 416: Reclamation of the Far East
"Volodya, don't be burdened, I know you, you have excellent experience working in government. I am ready to recommend you to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, believing that after a short stay there your path will be brighter! "Before being sure, Sherepin nevertheless finally informed Semychasny about Khrushchev's decision.
That's right, it's the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, Semychasny was the first secretary of Azerbaijan very early, and he was also the chairman of the Communist Youth League and the National Security Committee.
In terms of the distance traveled in Shemychasne's career, there are actually very few departments that can be reached now. First of all, the departments of the chairman of the Council of Ministers are not good, because the KGB itself has a higher status than the departments under the general chairman of the Council of Ministers. In other words, the major ministries and commissions are not suitable for the current Semychasny, he can only go to work in more important party committees, so now the question arises, where to go?
In the political map of the Soviet Union, there are not many places that can still make Semichasny rise, nothing more than these few places, Leningrad, Moscow, Ukraine, these three places are extremely important in the political landscape of the Soviet Union, but the first secretaries of Moscow and Leningrad are all friends of Sherepin, and they themselves are not in the scope of consideration. The Ukrainian side is already overcrowded, and many high-ranking Soviet cadres came out of Ukraine, and he can't get involved.
Then we can only think of a way in Russia, but there is no party committee organization in Russia, and there is no such thing as the first secretary of Russia, and the people who once wanted to establish a party committee organization in Russia are dead, and the reason why the Leningrad group was purged after Zhdanov's death is because those people are preparing to establish a party committee organization in Russia, and the reason is very simple, once the Russian party committee is established, it is itself the biggest threat to the Soviet Union, and its authority is bound to be close to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Some of the impressions created would destabilize the other republics, and ethnic Russians, who made up a little more than half of the population of the Soviet Union, could not be said to be absolutely dominant, and it would be difficult to deal with real destabilization.
Therefore, although every cadre has some ideas about Great Russia, they will not really develop the Party committee in Russia to intensify the contradictions with other union republics, and usually adopt an attitude of only doing and not talking, and all kinds of documents advocate national unity, and in fact use various means to combat local nationalism and promote Russian culture.
"Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia? I didn't expect that I still didn't have a firm foothold in the KGB, but Yuri is indeed much better than me in the security organs! In fact, Semichasny had already expected in his heart that he had always wanted to establish his authority in the KGB, but in the year and a half since he took over as chairman of the KGB, it cannot be said that there have been no achievements, but it is clear that the achievements of the first deputy chairman are much greater than him, and he is more daring to take risks than him.
Semychasny also knew that he could not personally operate a major event like the Cuban Missile Crisis with the same great courage as Serov, you must know that once the Cuban Missile Crisis failed, the main planner would definitely be under tremendous pressure, and cadres who had reached the level of KGB chairman generally did not express their opinions, so the gains of the Cuban Missile Crisis were not given to himself, but to First Vice Chairman Serov.
There are some regrets, but far from resentment, everyone is in a circle and has a common goal. Now it seems that Sherepin is good to him, and it is good that he is ready to find a leading position for him in the Russian presidium.
"That's good, the first secretary is very optimistic about Yuri, this kind of trust is rare." Shelepin sighed and continued to comfort his old subordinates, he and Shemychasny had a good relationship, the two of them went to school in the same school is the relationship between the elder brother and the younger brother, and the two who have known each other for a long time have been moving along the established trajectory.
Of course, Sherepin didn't know what happened to Semychasny later, if he knew that Semychasny later played between him and Brezhnev for a while, it is estimated that he would not have so much guilt now.
The communication between Sherepin and Shemychasny is quite smooth, they are both members of the same group, and they will not part ways because of this kind of thing, and Sherepin believes that Shemychasny will not be dissatisfied because of this matter.
On the other hand, Serov, who did not know what Semychasny was doing, ended the meeting of the KGB Presidium and asked Lieutenant General Serdyuko to take the General Directorate of Domestic Espionage Prevention to Primorsky Krai for inspection, which is located in a unique geographical location, making this land one of the regions with the richest energy, mineral, water and forest resources in the Far East, and also making it a place where biological species from the cold, temperate and subtropical zones are concentrated, as well as a variety of paleontological species.
Of course, Serov is not there to protect the environment, this thing has nothing to do with national security, and to the point of causing harm to national security, he, as the head of the KGB, will naturally intervene. Primorsky Krai is one of the few relatively warm places in the Soviet Union, of course, it is still too cold compared to the same latitude, and unlike the northeast across the river, Primorsky Krai is mainly mountainous, and the neighboring Khabarovsk Krai is the same, once Khrushchev agrees to reclaim in Primorsky Krai, I believe that the local swamps, plains and some environments will definitely be destroyed, which can be encountered.
Serov can only be regarded as not seeing this situation, at a time when the people of a country are nervous about eating, it is a bit shameless to talk about protecting the environment, and if some of the eight sons of the king attack the KGB in this matter, the Kazan General Psychiatric Hospital welcomes you.
Serov is ready to set the reclamation area at a share of two million hectares, as for whether it will cause soil erosion due to reclamation? This situation will definitely exist, but it is impossible whether it will be desertified, as in the case of the land reclaimed by Khrushchev in Kazakhstan. The area of precipitation and forest cover far exceeds that of Kazakhstan, and Serov, who knows the environment well, knows that as long as the vegetation in the mountains is not touched, a forest will not have problems.
Reclamation must be done in the right place, and with Serov's understanding of the northeast across the river in his previous life, this reclamation is absolutely no problem, and perhaps the effect is even better than Brezhnev's work in Kazakhstan.
Moreover, the population pressure in Primorsky Krai is much smaller than in the Northeast, and no matter how bad it is, all vegetation on the territory will not be cut down, and Serov, who has prepared the relevant documents, went directly to the Kremlin.
"Reclamation?" The voices of Brezhnev and Sherepin were doubts, while Khrushchev's voices were approving ones. This reaction was quite normal, and the reclamation of wasteland in the USSR itself was vigorously promoted by Khrushchev. Brezhnev and Sherepin had different reactions, with Serepin already knowing that Serov was about to take over as chairman of the KGB, so he naturally did not want to see his subordinates die now when they had nothing to do, while Brezhnev was more amused, because he was in charge of the reclamation work in Kazakhstan.
"yes, reclamation? This is the statistics of precipitation in Primorsky Krai over the years, the distribution of plains, and the information on the area of available arable land in the area, as well as the long-term plan. Serov looked like you all looked at me like this, and said his plan to himself, "I happened to see Comrade Vladimirovich, the first secretary of Primorsky Krai, on some local plans, and I feel that Comrade Vladimirovich's ideas are still relatively conservative, and the KGB can provide some help in this matter, and I believe that some results will be achieved!" ”
Serov actually didn't know who Vladimirovich was, and he was probably just an unknown guy who clocked in to work and then retired, without setting off even a little storm in the history of the original Soviet Union. But this report is absolutely true, reports from all over the country are filed with the KGB, and this report is actually mediocre and says something cliché, something nice about the development of industry and agriculture, and that's it.
But these clichés, if they are taken seriously, must be very effective, and this turns into the KGB agreeing to the invitation of the local government to help Primorsky Krai solve its difficulties.
"Yuri, you are a security cadre, and it is understandable to help the local state committee, but you don't know much about it!" Sherepin wasted no time in reminding that he was really afraid that he would delay his perception of Khrushchev because of this incident.
Shelepin was obviously thinking too much, Khrushchev was very interested, and the thug patted him and asked directly, "How sure are you?" ”
"The secretary of the Central Committee is right, I don't know much about Primorsky Krai, but the KGB has all kinds of professionals, and after the evaluation of our experts, I think there should be a certain certainty of success, just personally?" Serov touched his chin as if he thought about it and said, "I can't say that I am 100% sure, how can I be about 90% sure!" "Serov knows better about that part of Primorsky Krai, which, like the Northeast, is basically unaffected by natural disasters, which are floods and droughts, so what are you afraid of?
Ahem! Brezhnev coughed violently, and he thought Serov was going to be modest, but in the end he said that he was 90% sure? That's right, this guy is also a cadre of the Communist Youth League, and it is inevitable that like those young people who can only talk about it, they will put satellites from time to time.
"What support do you want?" Khrushchev stared directly at Serov and asked, "What support is needed for the development of Primorye?" ”
"Agricultural machinery and heavy machinery of the Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, the organization of the Komsomol!" Serov opened his mouth directly and said. (To be continued.) )