Chapter 350: The United Nations Debate
At the same time that Serov left Cuba, the Cuban Cluster Command ordered the construction of a war offensive, and Castro announced the formation of a people's self-defense army in Cuba to mobilize the people to deal with the imminent invasion. This gesture is also a gesture to the US government's first-class combat readiness order, and Castro used this gesture to show that Cuba is not afraid of the US invasion, adding a bit of gunpowder to Serov's upcoming trip to the United States.
"Comrade Serov, welcome to the United States, the atmosphere here does not seem to be very friendly." Dobrynin, as the ambassador to the United States who cooperated with Serov this time, said with some self-deprecation after shaking hands.
"You can see that the climate is still a little hot!" It was now close to November, and Serov thought that the weather in the United States might not be as hot as in Havana, so he put on his gray woolen coat when he got off the plane. When he got off the plane, he was dressed as a Soviet general, adding a bit of a solemn atmosphere to this military airport. At least some of the American soldiers who were not far away glared at it.
From the moment he got off the plane, Dobrynin communicated with Serov all the way, exchanging views on the Cuban missile crisis throughout the process, because this matter was hidden from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the very beginning, and Serov obviously controlled more information than Dobrynin, not to mention that Serov had just come from Cuba and had a better understanding of the situation there.
"I personally apologize for the concealment of diplomatic personnel in the United States, but there is no way to do it, secrecy has always been pursued by the KGB, and when this incident is resolved, I can ask the KGB to issue a written document to apologize to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Serov, who was also sitting in the same car, said apologetically to Ambassador to the United States Dobrynin.
The matter of apology can be said later, but the matter of the Cuban missile crisis is still in front of us, and Dobrynin does not know how many nuclear missiles there are on the island of Cuba, so he is not sure about it in the negotiations, but Serov does not have this problem. He built every launcher of Cuba's nuclear missiles, and he saw them shipped to Cuba with his own eyes. Serov knew exactly how much he had in his hands that could be exchanged.
"What do the KGB side think, regarding my earlier proposal to Robert Kennedy, which was to exchange the withdrawal of Turkish missiles for the withdrawal of Cuban missiles, but the Americans do not seem to be very interested in my proposal. They are not ready to openly evacuate Turkish missiles, but say that they will secretly withdraw them in half a year. Arriving at the New York consulate, Dobrynin asked.
Dobrynin has been running between New York and Washington because he has recently been attending a United Nations conference and negotiating with the US government, but fortunately the two cities are not far away. Dobrynin can do airplanes and barely do both.
Secret evacuation? Isn't that the same as in history? The Soviet Union made such a big battle to suffer a dumb loss? This is not within Serov's consideration at all, and now the whole world knows that the Soviet Union is talking about Guantanamo, and as a result, the Soviet Union accepts it without even letting out a fart, isn't this calling its own face.
"We have laid hundreds of missiles in Cuba. Is it because the United States is secretly withdrawing Turkish missiles? Even if all of Turkey's missiles are not discovered, plus the possible hidden ones will definitely not exceed fifty, this kind of deal is not equal even if it is an open evacuation, not to mention that the Americans still want to evacuate secretly! Serov lit a cigarette disdainfully, and the old god said, "The Guantanamo base must be returned to Cuba, which involves the credit of the Soviet Union." If we withdraw our missiles without a sound, how can our allies trust us? β
Credit is a big issue. The Americans were afraid that the public withdrawal of Turkish missiles would make NATO allies question the credibility of the United States, and the Soviet Union did not have this problem? If it were like in history. This is not the case. But now that the Soviet Union is helping Cuba to take back Guantanamo, the slogan is loud and loud, and the result must not be anticlimactic.
Since the intervention in Cuba under anti-colonial slogans, the quid pro quo has not been confined to Turkey. Didn't a group of Warsaw Pact allies help the Soviet Union to fight against it because of the anti-colonial reason that they occupied the moral high ground? If there is no slogan, how can there be such a united tone?
"Then we'll add the issue of the Guantanamo base to the talks, and I'll go back to Washington and go to Robert Kennedy. And Secretary of State Dean? Rusk! Dobrynin was not a pedantic man, and he quickly used the information he received from Serov to give himself a bargaining chip.
"When I arrived in the United States, I had already sent a reconciliation signal to the Americans, if the Americans knew a little bit about politeness. We shouldn't be asked to go to them. Serov looked at Dobrynin and said what he thought, "You are the ambassador of the USSR to the United States, and you may have to work here for a long time, and a good image is necessary." So a tough attitude is not for you, I am just a KGB director, in the eyes of the Americans, an arrogant secret police chief, this kind of thing is better left to me! β
Someone is going to make a threat, someone is going to be a good person. With Serov's profession being born to be evildoers, the image of the USSR KGB on Americans has been fixed, especially the guys who consider themselves to have a high sense of morality. Serov had always preached that the Soviet Union was a country controlled by secret police, and to be honest, Serov really wished that the KGB would have such magical powers to control the entire Soviet Union, but in fact the KGB had not yet reached that point. The Beria period barely lived up to American standards......
The United Nations Headquarters building is located on the east side of Manhattan in New York City, USA, with First Avenue on its west side, East 42nd Street on the south side, and East 48th Street on the north side, overlooking the East River on the east side. Under the hundreds of flagpoles, Serov was parked in front of the United Nations Headquarters building in his car, and after getting out of the car, he gave a military salute to the Soviet flag, and then entered the United Nations Headquarters building under the guidance of the United Nations Soviet staff, still wearing a woolen military coat.
Under the gaze of hundreds of representatives of various races, Serov walked in in a military uniform, nodded slightly to the US ambassador to the United Nations, and then expressed his gratitude to the representatives of various countries below, Serov stood in front of the podium and began to speak, "Our main purpose is to threaten the United States and make the Americans think twice about our missiles, so as to achieve the goal of preventing them from invading Cuba." We have no intention of starting a war, Cuba is thousands of miles away from us, and only a fool would have thought that we would invade the American continent from Cuba. Our aim is to prevent the United States from starting a war, because we are fully aware that a war that breaks out in Cuba will soon expand into a world war. β
"Isn't General Serov's entry into the United Nations in military uniform the best sign of it?" Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, pushed his glasses and retorted, "Are you here as a soldier and declare war on all peace-loving countries?" β
"One, I'm not a soldier, I'm a security officer. Secondly, should military attachΓ©s not be allowed to work in the United Nations? It seems that there is no such rule, and thirdly, it is better for us not to involve the affairs of our two countries in other countries. Serov retorted one by one with one hand on the podium, and then launched his own attack, "What surprises me most is that the United States would ignore its own history of landing in the Bay of Pigs to accuse the Soviet Union of starting a war?" With the history of the United States in overthrowing Cuba, it seems that there is nothing wrong with our Soviet Union taking some means to intimidate the United States! β
"Was the Soviet Union's response to the movement of nuclear missiles into Cuba? This is a serious threat to the security of the Western Hemisphere and is something that the entire people of the Americas do not want to see, and the Organization of American States has endorsed our attitude in the United States. As soon as Stevenson's words fell, there was an immediate chorus of praise, all of which were Latin American countries.
Serov's face changed, and with a very funny expression, he said in a small but very indifferent voice, "Our ambassador to the United Nations did not know about this operation, but I know that every nuclear missile was approved by me during the transportation process, and I also witnessed two batches of nuclear missiles leaving Cuba for tens of millions of dollars, and now Mr. Stevenson understands?" Our ambassador to the United Nations does not know, the real one who knows is me, and I believe that you have not understood the peace of the Western Hemisphere that you have just said, and that means that the Americas are the Americas of the Americans. But I don't think this generalization is the truth, in fact, what you're trying to say is that America is the America of Americans, right? β
"Mr. Stevenson skipped the Bay of Pigs landings and took an offensive attitude toward Soviet efforts to protect Cuba. The double standards of imperialism are played in large quantities, and they deserve to be the hope of mankind and the savior of the world. Serov slapped the table and retorted, "If we leave, will Cuba be invaded by the United States immediately?" Stevenson, can you guarantee that? You can't promise it, because you're just a UN ambassador, and I'm not here to ask for mercy when I'm here today, and I'm here with good intentions, but I don't intend to kneel, I'm here to show my attitude, and as the deputy commander of the Cuban cluster, I want to say to the Cuban representatives, the Soviets stand with you, the Soviet Union exists for a day, no one can invade Cuba, Cuba is not a country, the Soviet Union is with you, China is with you, and the entire socialist camp is with you......"
"General Serov, please don't represent China!" At this time, a stream of fluent English came out of the microphone, and it was obviously the representative of the yellow race who was refuting Serov's speech, which made Serov, who thought he had experienced a hundred battles, a little stunned, staring at the blue sky and white sun flag in front of him, and after a long time he pulled his attention back and said in Mandarin, "Don't you know Chinese?" (To be continued.) )