Chapter 972: INF Treaty Signed

The Soviet Union relied on India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia to maintain its current growth rate. Of course, a large population is a kind www.biquge.info of wealth, and the expansion of the sphere of influence will open up a larger market. This is also the reason why the Soviet Union had to withstand Reagan's attack, because its own allies did not have as much money as the allies of the United States, and it was only by relying on its large territory and large population that it could catch up and get closer.

But even so, in 1986, after several years of trembling, the United States and the Soviet Union had reached the point when they were exhausted, and even if Serov and Reagan refused to admit defeat, other countries could not stand it.

"One thing I can be sure of is that after deducting nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union will have no opponents in Eurasia today, and our current armaments can fully support a simultaneous war on both the east and the west." Defense Minister Marshal Akhromeyev said confidently.

"I believe it!" Serov replied without hesitation that the construction of the Baia-Argentina railway was completed and normal operation began. The capacity of the Baia-Aja Railway far exceeds that of the Trans-Siberian Railway, reducing the preparation time for a large-scale war against China from two months to less than fifteen days. If we add to this the large number of strategic reserve warehouses that the USSR deployed in the Far East, the USSR could complete a large-scale attack on China in two weeks. In fact, from now on, the USSR has improved the situation in the Far East.

Still? Serov spread his hands to Defense Minister Marshal Akhromeyev and said, "Even the Far East of our own country is already lagging behind the European part, are you still ready for me to raise 800 million more people?" General Secretary Stalin couldn't do it either. ”

Why didn't China attack India from the east in the Indo-Pakistani war, because it was afraid of the population bomb of more than 200 million people in northeast India? If we can cooperate, the Soviet Union will definitely not choose to confront China, and China had better be richer, otherwise it will be too poor and really have no scruples, and it will become a big trouble for the Soviet Union.

"In view of the comradeship and brotherhood of the proletariat, coupled with the urgent needs of the Far East. It is very normal for collective farms and forestry enterprises in the Far East to cooperate with Chinese counterparts. The comradeship in Serov's mouth, other members of the Presidium of the Central Committee just listened to it casually, and of course, the general secretary also talked about it casually.

The Far East and the Northeast are separated by a river, and many of the necessary goods of the province have to be transported from Central Asia via the Trans-Siberian Railway. It will definitely be more convenient, in fact, the collapse of the Soviet Union has already doomed the decline of the Northeast.

After the written report on the extensive cooperation between enterprises in the Far East and Chinese enterprises was adopted, Serov said in a deep voice, "From this year onwards, one of the things I don't want to see is that the prices of products coming out of factories are directly printed on them. Our prices haven't changed for decades, but the environment is completely different now than it was a few decades ago. Any product is the same, if I buy a wrench today, I don't need to see the stamping from it to tell me the price, isn't the shipping fee an expense? ”

"Our prices in the Soviet Union are relatively much fairer than those in the United States, and of course we have to follow certain rules to do things. Things are still very optimistic, and this year Reagan has just passed a big tax cut in the United States. Judging from the information that has been fed back so far, the situation of the United States is not good. Waiting for the opportunity to go beyond is what we should do. Comrade Tikhonov, it's up to you how much you bother with this, Comrade Romanov will help you. Serov calmly recounted.

After the release of Reagan's tax cut plan, the prices of various stocks in the stock market quickly rose, showing a situation of rapid growth. A year later, the US stock market will collapse, and now the Soviet Union has basically bought whatever it can. Because when the time comes, the Soviet Union will throw away all the foreign exchange reserves it has accumulated over the decades, not only the Soviet Union itself, but also the allies of the Soviet Union, even if they are unwilling, it is a big deal for Serov to remove those disobedient friends.

"Don't worry, General Secretary, I will personally pay attention to this issue." Tikhonov was about to stand up, but was stopped by Serov, and for this octogenarian, he now has to focus on protection.

"In two days, I'll be going to Zurich!" Serov was ready to leave early, as he was going to take the train first, then to Italy, and finally to Zurich, the capital of Switzerland, the largest black money center in Europe.

In Zurich, there is no distinction between camps, and the black money of the KGB also flows here. Serov is not the first time to come to this place, he has been operating here for a long time. He has very good relationships with many large institutions, and there are many large companies with a lot of reputation, which is simply his.

When he passed through Italy again, Serov also finalized a number of contracts with the chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers, Behringer. Whenever the Italian Communist Party did not do well in the elections, the Soviet Union would sign some big contracts to try to save the Italian Communist Party in the polls, sometimes succeeding and sometimes losing, this time only by repeating the same old trick.

The place where the INF treaty was signed was in Zurich, and Reagan wanted Serov to go to Washington to show the situation of US superiority, but Serov would never go. In the end, the two countries decided to sign the agreement in Zurich, the capital of Switzerland.

"Before he signed it, the media in the United States had already glorified Reagan." Foreign Minister Gromyko said with a flat face, "Those newspapers one-sidedly emphasize that the United States has destroyed fewer nuclear weapons than the Soviet Union. ”

"Don't care about this kind of rhetoric, the distance between Cuba and the United States is that there is no need for medium-range missiles at all. Our confrontation with the United States can be threatened by intercontinental missiles, and medium-range missiles can only be useful to Europe. It's long past the time for the Cuban Missile Crisis! Serov replied unmoved, "The circumstances have changed, and they will find out who is more cost-effective later." ”

In his opinion, missiles that cannot hit the United States are completely useless, but they are basically useless.

As witnesses, French President Francois Mitterrand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Federal German Chancellor Kohl, and the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Ceausescu on the Soviet side, and the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Erich? Honecker and Zhivkov, general secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party, also came to Zurich.

Cole and Erich? Honecker first held a meeting on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR before the arrival of the main master, and after the Plaza Agreement, the Federal Republic of Germany, which had the support of the whole of Western Europe, was also affected to a certain extent. Germany raised interest rates, and European countries had to follow the interest rate hike in order to balance the interest rate differential, and in a sense, the market of Western European economic integration maintained Germany.

The GDR was currently responsible for supporting the development of many of the Allies after the Soviet strategic offensive, and the situation was also very good. Serov once told Erich? Honecker, because the Western European countries have the same policy as France and Germany at the same time, which makes another country very embarrassed, that is, Britain, which is outside Europe.

The whole of Western Europe adjusted with France and Germany at the same time, which made Britain particularly unbearable, and the result was that the Bank of England had to abandon the exchange rate of the pound pegged to the dollar, and the hidden danger of Soros shorting the pound in the future has begun at this time. But this will have to wait for the Soviet Union to hang up, but this matter does not have to be done by the United States, the Soviet Union can do it for you, and Uncle Sam is also very tired, isn't it.

The two leaders also spoke about the INF treaty that was now about to be signed. Honecker stressed that the nuclear powers should immediately stop nuclear tests, prohibit the deployment and gradual dismantling of nuclear weapons systems and intermediate-range missiles already deployed in Europe, and establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone and a chemical-weapon-free zone in Central Europe as soon as possible, with a view to the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world.

Cole must have agreed with the other party's suggestion, but he still had reservations about destroying all nuclear weapons. Having really destroyed all nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, whose armaments are so huge that it is not like words, is it not going to heaven? As for the question of German reunification, which has been arguing for some time after the Berlin Wall speech, Erich? Honecker said that once the economies of the two countries are completely at the same level, it is something that can be talked about. Anyway, the evasive attitude of the United States, Erich? Honecker had seen it a long time ago, so he didn't mind putting on a high profile.

In October 1986, Serov, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, arrived in Zurich, and US President Ronald Reagan's plane slowly landed at Zurich International Airport. Meet again in the presence of the leaders of many countries and the world media.

"Old fellow, is your recovery good? No wonder not a single bullet killed you. Serov, who was holding Reagan, greeted him with a smile and mentioned the last time he had yin the other party.

"My health is really good, I will definitely see the day when the Soviet Union retreats, I see how long you can hold on." Reagan was in a good mood and didn't mind the cynicism of his opponents.

"There is a country that is bound to go backwards, but whether it is the Soviet Union or not, let time tell. You are sixteen years older than me, and I hope you will live a little longer, and since you are sick, you should take more medicine. Serov let go of his hand, not ready to be in the shade of the other party once, saving a moment Reagan could not sign.

In a specially arranged body arranged by the Swiss government, the two men appeared at the same time, standing side by side and announcing that they would fulfill the commitments made in the joint communiqué, and at this time the two heads of state met in Zurich, they formally agreed.

Under the many flashlights, Reagan and Serov sat together and formally signed the "Treaty on the Complete Elimination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missiles between the two countries," announcing that within two years, the United States and the Soviet Union would destroy all intermediate- and shorter-range missiles and intermediate-range missiles.

As soon as the pen of the two men formally signed the INF Treaty fell, there was a huge cheer in the audience, and many reporters and many other leaders of other countries who witnessed it warmly applauded, as if the threat of nuclear war in the whole world was far away.

"What is there to rejoice, the threat of our tank army is gone." Serov whispered to Tsvigon, who nodded with the same smile, but in others' interpretation, the general secretary was also peace-loving.