Chapter 638: Khrushchev's Situation
"We are not afraid of anyone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause we are on the side of truth, we are not afraid. Even our big brother, we are not afraid. We are also not afraid of our friends. Even our enemies, we are not afraid. We have defeated him. I am a human being; I'm not afraid of anyone. I am independent, and the whole world knows that we are independent. ”
"If we win the struggle in Southeast Asia, shake the bourgeoisie in Southeast Asia, and turn this vast area into a paradise for the proletariat, it will completely change the political map of the world." As soon as he arrived in the Kremlin, Le Duan expounded his ideas and first drew a big pie for the Soviet leadership.
"Isn't this just repeating the rhetoric about China? China is not easy to fool, and as a result, it came to us to get support! Serov tilted his head and said in a low voice to Andropov, "But our first secretary seems to have been tempted!" "From Serov's point of view, there was a slight change in Brezhnev's face, no more, he himself was a taciturn person, who did not know what to think without speaking.
I have to say that although Le Duan's remarks are not suitable for China and unrealistic, they may not be the case for the Soviet Union. China does not have the ability to organize a world united front, but the Soviet Union can, but in the end, Brezhnev should not have ignored this suggestion, the first secretary who pays so much attention to practical interests, it is impossible to fool the proletariat, I don't know if the Soviet Union is implementing a strategy of détente, Serov has rarely shown his hardline attitude after returning home.
Sure enough, Brezhnev spoke highly of Le Duan's speech, but did not mention anything about the World United Front. Brezhnev's strategic offensive plan can be described in one sentence, that is, bullying the weak and fearing the hard. It is a very practical plan to adopt a strategy of détente in the face of Western Europe, which cannot be moved for a while, and attack in other directions, because Western Europe is particularly important, and the United States will not compromise, so it will move where the United States can compromise. Such a practical plan, such an unenlightened Soviet leader, would not have fought hard for the world united front and the United States with real knives and guns.
"Comrade Le Duan, we support the just actions of Vietnam, and the relevant assistance has been carried out, but we cannot deny that the enemy is still strong, and now is not the time for world revolution." As Brezhnev's comrade-in-arms, the secretary of the Central Committee, Kirilenko, at the right time, said what Brezhnev wanted to say but could not say.
If the Soviet Union feels that its strength can carry out the next round of expansion, then the world will naturally be in a period of vigorous development of the socialist movement, and the development of all socialist political parties is there, and it is not a matter of the Soviet Union to support or not to support it, and the current attitude of the Soviet Union is that the time is not ripe for the world revolution.
"Comrade Li Duan, we cannot pin our hopes on defeating all enemies at once, it takes time to build our ideal world, and we must come step by step." At this time, Serov spoke, he couldn't watch this Vietnamese fool the Soviet Union in order to unify the motherland, "There have been some changes in the overall situation in the world, and we have seen such changes, but this change is mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia, and there has not been a significant change in other directions, so we need to study it." ”
"Comrade Serov is our strategic expert, and our opinion cannot but be taken seriously." Brezhnev secretly said that I have been waiting for this sentence for a long time, he is waiting for Serov to speak, who let this KGB chairman always appear as a security expert, in the current Soviet Union, this security expert's hat is almost closed Suslov's name as a thinker, and the two are about the same degree of stability.
Taking advantage of the situation to put the reason why the Soviet Union could not do this, Serov explained the current policy of the Soviet Union, but at the same time assured that he would still absolutely support the war in Vietnam at this time. Aid including oil, weapons, food, and cloth was promised to help Vietnam, which was at war, solve certain urgent needs.
After receiving Li Duan, Brezhnev left Serov and Andropov behind, lay his hands on the desk and said for a moment, "What do you think of Li Duan, is it the person we need?" ”
"There is a strong sense of pride in Li Duan's words, a proud nationalist." Andropov thought for a moment.
"There is also a kind of paranoid internationalism, which believes that Vietnam has the support of the whole world, but Comrade Andropov is also right, these two attitudes appear in one person, very peculiar." Serov then added.
It is not incomprehensible that in the seventies, the gap between the two camps was rapidly approaching, and many people had become accustomed to success and were still passionate about the basic belief in Marxism: that socialism represented a stage of human development that was more advanced than capitalism. It seems that the transcendence of the capitalist camp is at hand, and no one can think that their side is a loser.
"It can be determined that this person has no respect for any country except his own country, including our Soviet Union, but this paranoid internationalism in Le Duan, if used well, can become the key to Southeast Asia, and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese troops with rich combat experience can help us accomplish many things. We can even gather them to fight on other continents. Serov put forward another kind of imagination, in fact, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, any socialist country is not weak, but the reason why the Soviet Union chose Cuba is mainly because countries including Eastern Europe cannot draw forces, and North Korea still has some meaning that it will not contribute to work, in this case, Vietnam is actually a good choice.
"Oh!" Brezhnev turned into the same look of honor and disgrace again, but in fact he was thinking about the pros and cons of this man against the Soviet Union, and finally said, "We will agree to all the support he needs, and Comrade Andropov will do it." As for Serov, the work of the Vietnamese military advisory group is to change the thinking of the army of this country, as you said, cultivate more internationalist spirit in it, and when we finalize all the contracts with Western Europe, in two or three years, it will not be as petty as it is now, the discoloration of one country and two countries is not enough to make us happy, we are going to attack in full. ”
"I have been waiting for the day when the military build-up of several key countries will become the base for our attack." Serov said with a smile.
"So let's wait for that day." Brezhnev smiled gently, this is not only the Soviet attack, but also his personal attack, as for the direction of the attack, in addition to foreign and domestic countries. He felt like he had to solve some problems.
Before the 24th Congress of the CPSU, Brezhnev and Sherepin and Kosygin implemented collective leadership. As a result of the unity of the three, the Soviet Union's economic growth remained above 10 percent throughout the three years of Khrushchev's retirement.
Three years passed in a flash, and the 24th Congress of the CPSU was held in the Great Hall of the Kremlin, attended by nearly 5,000 voting and 233 speakers, representing 14 million party members and 650,000 probationary party members. Also present at the congress were delegations of 102 Communist Party, Left Socialist Party and National Democratic Party from 91 countries.
"In view of the concentration of leadership and respect for tradition, we decided to change the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the general secretary, so that we can centralize leadership and bring out the advantages of our country's efficiency," said Kirilenko, secretary of the Central Committee. The appearance of this proposal caused a lot of discussion, and finally it was unanimously adopted, but it was just a name.
Subsequently, the first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, Egorechev, proposed that the Party and State Supervision Commissions be transformed into the Central Supervision Commission, which was also adopted, and Sherepin was also the chairman of the Supreme Soviet and the chairman of the Central Supervision Commission. This was followed by Brezhnev's Central Committee members, the summary report of the Congress, the summary report of Sherepin's Central Supervisory Commission, and Kosygin's report on the instructions of the Soviet Union's five-year plan for developing the national economy in 1971.
After that, Brezhnev threw out the concept of developed socialism for the first time in his speech, "Socialism as a complete social system has matured in all aspects and has developed in an all-round and coordinated manner, the productive forces have developed at a high level, the relations of production are no longer non-socialist elements, and the various systems, laws, and superiority of socialism have played a full role in an all-round way." Now we can say that the USSR has reached this concept, "
Brezhnev's speech marked the official presentation of his ideas as General Secretary of the USSR. The meeting then elected 240 members of the Central Committee and 155 alternate members of the Central Committee.
Ten days after the end of the meeting, the Salyut 1 space station was launched, and the Soviet Union began to try to work in space for a long time, and after the May Day parade, Zinev walked up to Serov is side and said, "Chairman, it seems that Comrade Khrushchev has some problems with his health, and we have sent a message back from the security cadres over there. ”
"Check it out!" Serov took a deep breath and said, Khrushchev has lived in the arranged dacha since he retired. Calculate the timeThis year is the time of Khrushchev's death, there is such a consideration, so he must go and see. In any case, he can be said to have appreciated the fastest in Khrushchev's administration, and this old man, although he has a short temper, has nothing to be sorry for him. He even hoped that Khrushchev would live a few more years, at least to make Brezhnev have some scruples. (To be continued.) )