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The Soviet Union can be said to attach more importance to national security than any other country. While the KGB was given far more power than the rest of the department, it also took the corresponding risks.

Take the three KGB chiefs in history as an example, General Serov was dismissed because of the Peter Popov case, and on the one hand, Sherepin was promoted because of Khrushchev's trust, but at the same time, the KGB's intelligence network in Britain was smashed and he was under a lot of pressure, and Khrushchev asked Sherepin to leave the KGB without the intention of protecting him, and the excuse for Shemychasny's dismissal was also very high-sounding, and the direct reason was the defection of Stalin's daughter.

If an espionage case of Benikovsky's level is found out on its own initiative, it is easy to say, but if it is discovered after it has caused great damage, the KGB will certainly be blamed for poor supervision. But the personnel associated with Colonel Bennikovsky were certainly also linked, and this would not change because of the high status and reputation of his friends. Not even a marshal.

Take the current Serov as an example, if Serov's brain is pumped or he can't think of defecting, first of all, the emergency pursuit mechanism he has been maintaining will be activated, and again the Mendelev, Igor, and Leonid whom he promoted will be dismissed and reviewed, and then Marshal Baglamyan and Serov's cheap big brother and other related people will be connected, Marshal Baglamyan will even be canceled from the rank of marshal and ordered to retire, any Soviet hero will be withdrawn, and everyone else will be isolated and reviewed, Friends like Sherepin and Semychasny, who promoted him, don't have to worry about Brezhnev anymore, because they won't wait until then to be replaced.

Again, Serov has already estimated as lightly as possible. In fact, the secrets that he had access to at his level would only be worse than they were now in the event of a situation like Benikovsky's. So even if he is held to the head with a gun by the Americans, he will not hesitate to let the other party shoot, and the consequences of defection are too serious.

Marshal Malinovsky did not stay long in Andropov's home, because he was Minister of Defense. It is not a good thing to be in close proximity with the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, not to mention the fact that there is a high-ranking KGB security cadre next to him. After Marshal Malinovsky left, Serov and Brezhnev were the only two people left in Andropov's house, and after a while Andropov's wife prepared a meal and greeted the two guests who came to the house to eat.

"Jura, when did you and Shurik meet!" Brezhnev, who was holding a vodka, asked seemingly unintentionally, and Andropov, who was next to him, took a glass of wine in his hand, but immediately returned to the original state.

"When I was the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, Comrade Sherepin came there to investigate. I'll be in charge of the reception. Serov's face remained unchanged, and he took a sip of vodka, which was false, at that time he was not the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the first secretary of the Azerbaijan Komsomol, because the time was in the period of immediate transfer, I believe that Brezhnev would not make it too clear, this is Serov's sidekick.

"So you've been in the security apparatus for more than a decade? It's unbelievable. You're only thirty-five years old. Brezhnev shook his head and sighed, clearly in high spirits at this time.

Serov actually miscalculated the degree of danger Brezhnev was at this time. It's not that Brezhnev wasn't strong, but that his ambitions at this time were suppressed by Kozlov, who was younger than himself. If Kozlov's health had been better, there would have been nothing to do with Brezhnev at all. No one, except Serov, could have imagined that Kozlov, who was not yet fifty-four years old at this time, would be a ticking time bomb.

"By the way, Serov, why do you always have to go abroad for investigations? Leave everything to Semichasny? Brezhnev asked with great interest, and at this time he was not calling Serov by his nickname. This is not because Brezhnev did not want to be closer to Serov, but because Serov and Andropov have the same name, and it is easy to call a nickname wrong.

"When it comes to national security, it's always bad to be defensive, and the best solution is to get rid of the source of the danger. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the starting point for inspection. After all, Semychasny has just come to the KGB, and he needs to erect the prestige of the chairman, so I am not in Moscow, and the two of us will have a lot less friction. Serov did not hide what was in his heart at all, in fact, the current relationship between Semychasny and him is so delicate.

But at present, there is no contradiction between the two, it is nothing more than the friction between the first and second leaders of a department, the first leader has just been parachuted, the second in command has been working in the security department for ten years, many departments are formed by the second in command himself, the department leaders are the second in command and promoted by the second in command, the two people have the same military rank and the same level, if the two people themselves have different positions, this matter is easy to solve, it is nothing more than to see who is more powerful. But the crux of the problem is that their backstage and support forces are all one person, which is more difficult to do. If the two fight, the first person to jump out to stop it is none other than Shelepin.

At this time, Serov did not care about taking a step back, anyway, Semychasny turned out to be his boss in Azerbaijan. It's just that the relationship between the two subordinates has changed from a union republic to a department.

"Serov, are you going abroad again?" Andropov, who had been silent, asked at this time.

"In the past two years, I will try my best to deploy the KGB's intelligence network to more countries that may have problems as a backup means!" To be honest, Serov wants to visit many countries, such as Syria, Iraq, Indonesia, India, but his brain can think of so many countries, not to mention hot spots like Cuba and Vietnam.

Serov, who had a meal in Andropov, was in a pretty good mood, after so many years, the habit of rubbing other people's food has not changed, Serov and Brezhnev both drank a lot, and Andropov, who usually drinks less because of physical reasons, finally sent two people home.

"Alright, here it is, thank you!" Serov staggered out of Andropov's car, waved his hand very enthusiastically to see Andropov leave, and stood in place under the street lamp for a while, sighing, "These people are dangerous people, and I can't stop having a meal with you." ”

He could already feel that he was getting closer and closer to the moment when his fate was truly decided. It seemed as if an invisible whirlpool was brewing around him, and Serov's heavy footsteps resounded heavily on the concrete road until it finally disappeared.

Within a few days, Serov was recruited by Khrushchev to the Kremlin, and as the person directly in charge of this counterintelligence operation, he was questioned by Khrushchev, and after answering a few questions, Khrushchev said directly, "Benikovsky will be handed over to you KGB, and I believe that you should have a just verdict." As for the opinions on the handling of the Benikovsky case, it is necessary to seriously deal with the relevant personnel, especially those responsible for all kinds of paralysis and carelessness! ”

"Understand, just leave all this matter to us, first secretary, the only difficulty is that what kind of attitude we have to deal with Marshal Valenzov's affairs?" There was a marshal involved, and Serov had to know the attitude of the Central Presidium to this matter. If there is no such attitude, the KGB will definitely make the old marshals of the Ministry of Defense dissatisfied again, even after a full-scale war such as the Great Patriotic War, there are not many marshals in the Soviet Union, and rashly killing one will easily cause the dissatisfaction of the Ministry of Defense.

"Are you afraid of the Ministry of Defense? This is not like the Caspian Tigers I know, rest assured, the opinion of some members of the Presidium of the Central Committee is that the merits of Marshal Valentsov in the Great Patriotic War cannot be denied because of the carelessness of this friendship. You should directly send this presidium of the Central Committee to the Ministry of National Defense. Khrushchev's tone was also full of tiredness, many people thought that on the contrary, Khrushchev and Marshal Valentsov had a fairly good relationship, and even thought that Marshal Valentsov had the talent to take over as Minister of Defense, but now everything is in vain.

The relationship is good, and when it comes to such a case, even if Khrushchev is the first secretary, he will not be ambiguous in this matter, and let Serov go to the Ministry of Defense with the handling opinions of the Central Presidium, which has already shown that Marshal Valensov has been abandoned.

"Marshal Valentsov lost his vigilance and did not discover in time that Bennikovsky had betrayed his betrayal, and according to Benikovsky's confession, he had used his personal relationship with Marshal Valenzov to enter and leave numerous defense industry facilities and use spy equipment to sell information about the motherland to the imperialist forces. Now by order of the Presidium of the Central Committee! Serov looked at the marshals of the Ministry of Defense in front of him and announced, "Marshal Valentsov will immediately retire from the ranks of active servicemen with immediate effect, and all honors will be withdrawn except for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Golden Star Medal, and according to the proposal of the first secretary, Comrade Khrushchev, Marshal Valentsov will be disqualified from the Central Committee of the Alternate Committee, and according to the proposal of Comrade Brezhnev, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, the qualification of the supreme representative of the Soviet Union will be revoked, and all members of the Presidium of the Central Committee will unanimously approve the ......."

"Well, this is the opinion on the handling of Marshal Valenzov, and the relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense are extremely vigilant to prevent imperialist sabotage of the Soviets." Serov read the resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee with a cold face, and in all fairness, Marshal Valentsov was already considered lucky compared to Pinkovsky's father-in-law, at least he kept his rank of marshal.

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