"It's been a long time, I heard that the Soviet Union attacked Turkey at your initiative, the adventure was successful, and the Soviet Union is now scaring the whole world in World War I, isn't it very fulfilling?" Behringer said with a pun. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two have known each other for a long time, and it should be said that they have been friends for 20 years. At that time, Serov was only a small colonel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and because he made mistakes at home, he was sent to Italy as ambassador. Behringer is not the general secretary of the Communist Party of Italy, having just stepped down from his post as president of the World Youth Federation and returned to work in the Milan region.

It's just that because of the Italian pyramid scheme, the Italian people lost all their money, and later the Communist Party came to power. The United States was not embarrassed to send troops to intervene under the noses of Britain, France and Germany, so it was thrilling to let the Italian Communist Party take power. If the United States had anticipated this, perhaps it would have been tempted to intervene in an armed manner to make Italians appreciate the true meaning of democracy.

"I haven't seen General Secretary Behringer speak for a few years, and I have become more and more like a Socialist." Serov's words also meant that Italy had been holding high the banner of communism in Europe and debating with the Soviet Union on a number of issues. What is the result? Italy itself could not get out of the economic crisis, so it came to the Soviet Union for help.

"Yes, you can't solve all problems with war." Bellinger didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

"Can all the same problems be solved by protest?" Serov quizzed rhetorically, "The Socialists only know how to negotiate and compromise, and estimate that in another world war, the Communist Parties of Western Europe will become a part of the war machine, just like their predecessors during the First World War." ”

"You don't understand very well that the power of communism comes from socialist countries, and without the existence of the Soviet Union, you would easily be marginalized, which is not the same thing as suppression, you will be weak and not worth suppressing at all. President Allende understands this much better than you......" Serov smiled and said without too much entanglement, "Get in the car, isn't your purpose just to hope that the Soviet Union will help Italy tide over the difficulties?" ”

The support of the Chilean Socialist Party is getting higher and higher, very simply, every country is poor, although the opposition parties are protesting more and more fiercely, but the polls of the Chilean Socialist Party have rushed to 50% for the first time, and other opposition parties have used the protests to gather their own supporters, and they have also gathered the supporters of the Socialist Party, in this case, the Socialist Party has grown faster than other parties, and the Soviet Red Navy will never leave the ports of Chile at present.

Behringer's visit to the Soviet Union on behalf of Italy did not expect the Soviet Union to pull Italy back to the high-growth stage of ten years ago, but to find a way to balance Italy's deficit, because the rise in oil prices is itself weaker than Britain, France and Germany, and the country's own market is limited, there are not many ways to think of it.

So for the sake of Italy's own interests, the first to throw off the obstruction of Batumi and began to seek help from the USSR and Eastern Europe. Historically, Western European countries have done just that, abandoning export restrictions and flattening their deficits. It's just that I don't know which country was the first country in history to do this.

Batumi is an unofficial international organization organized by the developed industrial countries of the West in the field of international trade after the Second World War, and its purpose is to restrict the export of strategic goods and high technology by member countries to the socialist countries. Included in the embargo list are more than 10,000 products in three categories: military weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology products, and rare materials. This organization had a commission for adjustments specifically to the Soviet Union. Of course, China as a great power will never be forgotten, and there is also a China Committee dedicated to China.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Batumi's successor was the Wassenaar Agreement, which included almost all the industrial countries except China, and was an organization created exclusively for China. However, as long as the technology of their own country has been improving, such an organization will break the blockade sooner or later.

Now the USSR is doing nothing, Italy is the first to come to Moscow, and this has nothing to do with the fact that Behringer is the general secretary of the Italian Communist Party, it is entirely because the USSR has not been affected by the economic crisis, and Italy has no money now, it's as simple as that.

Brezhnev is already waiting for Behringer in the Kremlin, first of all, he naturally expresses his comradely friendship, and then gets to the point, although the Soviet Union is a socialist country, it has not taken the initiative to be the first to do wrong, although the Soviet Union has not done this kind of thing before, but the first secretary of the previous office is working hard for a second, and the same thing will not appear to Brezhnev.

The USSR would definitely help Italy, this was based on mutual benefit, and it was simply impossible to deal with Brezhnev with the same trick as Khrushchev. Although Brezhnev had a stroke, his brain was not broken.

"Technologically speaking, I believe that no country in the world would think that the Soviet Union was the backward side, and of course, the arrogant Americans may no longer be in this range." Brezhnev said in a characteristic slow tone, "Capitalist production is bound to produce periodic economic crises, I believe you know this, and now that the crisis has arisen, it will come to us for help, Comrade Bellinger, is that so?" ”

"It's nothing more than overcapacity, things can't be sold, and the result of not being able to sell is a backlog of products and factories going out of business. Therefore, the purpose of the countries of Western Europe was to hope that the Soviet Union would buy these products and at the same time lift the embargo. Kirilenko, the secretary of the Central Committee in charge of heavy industry, said, "Why should we help the enemy who has been blockading us all along? Is there any benefit to this? ”

"We need the technology to let go of the large machinery that has been embargoed to the Soviet Union, please don't get me wrong, it's not that we can't make these machines, it's just that the production is insufficient, and we will make some supplements to our own country." Mazurov, the first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, said indifferently, "In fact, we all understand that with the current trend, the Soviet Union will soon not need anything Western, and the so-called embargo will be a big joke sooner or later." ”

"Comrade Behringer does not believe that Soviet science and technology fell into Italy." Serov, who was sitting on the side, shrugged his shoulders, not showing mercy at all because of the previous friendship between the two.

"Although we are comrades and the USSR is also willing to help Italy, this must be done on the basis of mutual benefit." Brezhnev finally said, "This kind of relationship will be stronger, even stronger than talking about feelings." ”

For a country, the deficit is still a secondary thing, which can be solved in many ways, and the unemployment rate far exceeds the imbalance of the balance of payments, and if Italy wants to tide over it, it must get out of the huge unemployment rate as soon as possible, otherwise, the unemployment rate will be followed by the revolution. You must know that the entire Warsaw Pact is still eyeing the enemy, and the holy land of revolution is much stronger now than it was fifty years ago.

"I think that the professionals of our two countries can come up with a mutually acceptable plan, take care of the interests of both of us, and work together to make us both better development." Bellinger said with a friendly attitude. He was only responsible for communicating with the Soviet leadership, and the real negotiations were naturally in charge of a special person, as is the case in any country.

The Soviet Union did give a good reception, and in any case, there must be some comradely feelings. Brezhnev, Sherepin, Kosygin were all present at the reception to welcome Behringer and the Italian delegation. As for the professionals who negotiate and sign contracts, they are also busy fighting against their opponents.

"I thought you'd object, but we could have watched Western Europe die." Ustinov took his wine glass and chatted with Serov, "The West is in an economic crisis, and if we pull them, they will find us trouble in the future." ”

"This economic crisis will weaken the West, but it is still unlikely that there will be a chance for us to kill them once and for all." Serov thought for a moment and said, "According to the US algorithm, the overall strength of the Soviet Union has reached 71 percent of the United States, of course, this number will be further reduced in a few years, Eastern Europe is still a little weaker than Western Europe, I hope our Eastern European partners can seize this opportunity and really help us in the future, instead of letting the Soviet Union do everything." ”

But if the confrontation continues and the next economic crisis arises, Western Europe and the United States may have to save only one. There are only a few places where sheep can be sheared, and the United States should take action against South America, where the Soviet Union has the least influence. Japan is the second, and finally Western Europe, but Serov is skeptical that one South American is enough for the United States to get out of this economic crisis.

There are still ten years to go before the Plaza Accord, and if Japan is not enough to cut and the Soviet Union bears Reagan's attack, Western European countries are the last choice.

Three days later, the chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers, Behringer, attended the commercial agreement signed between Italy and the Soviet Union, pledging to invest in the Soviet Union to help the Soviet Union develop its own resources, improve the quality of industrial products, and export large machinery and important parts. The first threw off the restrictions of Batumi and began to save the unemployment rate in their own country, while trying to balance the balance of payments.

After Behringer returned to Rome, he was strongly condemned by NATO countries, believing that Italy's actions in disregard of group interests hurt the entire NATO, especially the British people's accusations were the strongest, and in response to Britain, Britain also organized a huge delegation to visit the Soviet Union half a month later to investigate human rights issues in the Soviet Union, as for why there were entrepreneurs in it, it was to let the people of Western European countries know the truth about the Soviet Union from the side, and once the poor living conditions of Soviet workers were discovered, Britain would definitely preside over the just condemnation, Other countries praised Britain's move, worthy of shameless old imperialism, and said that their own delegations should also be formed. (To be continued.) )