Chapter 284: Che Guevara
Once Serov thought that even if he traveled all over the world, he would not show embarrassment because of language problems, even in Indonesia, he did not feel this way, because there were many Indonesians in this era who knew Chinese, and there was no long-term suppression of Chinese after the collapse of the Indonesian Communist Party, until today he found that this understanding was wrong, if it wasn't for the fact that he brought a Spanish translator when he remembered this matter when he was in Spain, it might have been like what he once said, When you go to Cuba, you need to sing the Internationale to find your comrades.
Havana is the heart of Cuba, both economically and politically. Standing on the streets of the Cuban capital, you can clearly feel the changes that the revolution can bring, which is the spirit that can be seen on the faces of people in many new countries, as if the spirit of the whole person has become different in an instant after the revolution, and now Serov feels this change on the streets of Cuba, and people's expressions are full of confidence.
At present, the Soviet Union does not have a formal force presence in Cuba, but as a Soviet security service, the KGB often acts before the Ministry of Defense, and the KGB network in Cuba is not large at the moment, but it is enough for Serov to know everything that is going on in Cuba clearly, and Serov, who is in the Soviet embassy in Havana, is carefully studying a lot of documents. At present, everything is running normally in Cuba, and after Khrushchev promised the Warsaw Pact bloc to eat up the sugar industry in Cuba, the whole country is in a state of comfort, although the country has not made much progress, but it is more equal.
"The whole of Cuba is currently in the stage of a new state, it seems to be thriving, and everything is going in a good direction!" The Spanish language has caused a lot of problems for Isenmotney, and the KGB still has Spanish language talents in Cuba to help Serov and them understand the situation more easily.
"It's normal, turn over and be the master!" Serov has not yet said the second half of the sentence, but this spirit of ownership is usually manifested only in one generation. Once the old people who have gone through the hard times die, and the new generation grows up without experiencing the previous living environment of the end without revolution, they will soon become accustomed to everything, and these people will only complain about why we are not as good as Luxembourg and the United States in terms of total volume.
Of course, Cuba does not have such a mindset today, and they can only be grateful for socialism now, because it has profoundly changed their destiny. This is evidenced by the feedback of the KGB's intelligence network in Cuba. Cuba is indeed in a thriving state at present.
"I think we should meet Brother Castro and Comrade Che Guevara and let our Comrade Ambassador arrange it!" Serov instructed after reading the information about Cuba over the past year.
For the country of Cuba, Serov's understanding is limited to Baidu Encyclopedia, and for the development of Cuba during the Cold War, Serov is in a blank stage, but from the Internet, he learned that the average life expectancy and literacy rate of Cuba in the 21st century are very high, which is not inferior to any developed country, which is still based on the collapse of the Soviet Union and the continuation of the US blockade. Considering that almost all countries that had ever pursued socialist policies after the collapse of the Soviet Union experienced economic difficulties, Serov estimated that Cuba during the Cold War should have had a very good life.
Like any other country in the Soviet bloc, prices in Cuba are currently at extremely low levels. There is a lot of things that can be bought for a dollar, but what Cuba does not produce itself can buy for a lot of money, and the problem is not only in Cuba, but widespread among all the allies of the Soviet Union. But there is no doubt that the standard of living of the people is much higher than it was before the revolution.
"Castro is now the supreme leader of Cuba, the armed forces are in the hands of his brother, and Che Guevara is the minister of the Cuban Ministry of Industry and the leader we deal with the most. Because most of our aid projects have to go through Che Guevara's hands, in terms of our attitude towards the Soviet Union. Che Guevara should be more willing to develop closer relations with our Soviet Union than the Castro brothers! Lukani read the information gathered by the Cuban KGB, which will help Serov analyze how to deal with the current leadership in Cuba.
"Che Guevara? How's this guy's reputation? Serov asked Lukani, tilting his head.
"Ideologically radical, very much in the style of our KGB. But from the top of the private morality, it is very good, there is a strong idealist color, and the revolutionary atmosphere is strong! Isemimotney added from the side.
"We should meet him. But don't worry! "Serov had to explore some places before that, and the matter of contacting Che Guevara was left to the people at the Soviet embassy in Havana, and he had to inspect some of the works first. At present, there are not many Soviet specialists and workers in Cuba, probably only two or three thousand. Far from the 42,000-strong garrison during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet experts were directing Cuban workers to carry out some of the works.
It is the progress of these projects that Serov has to see. In fact, it mainly depends on where the prison system in your plan has been carried out. In Serov's plans, these buildings could not have been used as places to hold Soviet prisoners, because the cost of such a purpose alone would be too high, but it could not be used in the same way as the Rhine camp, so the necessary prison houses had to be built, which required other uses of these buildings.
The head of the KGB's liaison station in Cuba was Lieutenant Colonel Smolensky, who had no idea that his immediate superiors had crossed the sea to Cuba and had come in secret. It seems that the purpose is not just to see the project.
"It is necessary to take into account the function of camouflage, at least so that the American reconnaissance planes flying over it do not appear on the surface what the hell are we going to do? The construction of some buildings only needs the effect of superficial camouflage, as for what it will be used for in the future, you will naturally know when the time comes! Serov stepped on the stone with one foot and watched the workers below work intensively.
"Are we going to hide something in the building? Isn't it necessary to renovate the roof of the shed to prevent enemy bombardment? "Lieutenant Colonel Smolensky's enemies are naturally Americans, and no one except the United States has the ability to bomb Soviet buildings.
It's just that Lieutenant Colonel Smolenssky would have misunderstood, Serov did not want to strengthen the roofs, but on the contrary, hoping that the roofs of these buildings could be opened quickly in the event of a crisis, and in this sense the purpose of these buildings was only camouflage. Because part of the renovated building will be equipped with Soviet nuclear missiles, and when the time comes, the roof can be opened to directly threaten the United States, of course, this kind of camouflage work is still too early, and when he returns home, some camouflage experts will be sent to guide the work.
I don't know how it feels like for some legal thieves in domestic prisons to know that they are about to be neighbors with nuclear missiles, anyway, Serov doesn't feel anything, and it might be better if he doesn't play well and let the nuclear missile vaporize these scumbags.
"No, when the cap is almost capped, send a telegram to the country, and I will send someone to tell you how to do it!" Serov watched for a while before leaving, and in the days that followed he personally visited many construction sites, perhaps even the Cuban workers of the current construction team were strange and did not know what these buildings were used for. Because these buildings are located far from the city, it is not clear what they are really doing.
However, a Soviet staff officer holding a map of Cuba can see that the locations of these buildings are all easy to defend and difficult to attack, and are inconvenient for reconnaissance, and they are important military positions. On his last day, Serov arrived in Guantanamo, a city in southeastern Cuba, not far from the U.S. overseas prison, where the same construction team was working intensively, albeit only in the stage of digging the foundation, and was still far from completion.
The construction site is not far from Guantanamo Bay, and the distance can be very intuitive, if the nuclear bomb explodes at the construction site, the explosion radius will be enough to cover Guantanamo Bay and make the largest overseas prison in the United States disappear.
"Not bad, the quality of these hostages is okay!" Serov stood on a high ground with Isemotny in his arms, looking down on the entire Guantánamo Bay prison, and even the American flag inside was obvious. Then the two left quietly, as if they had never been there.
Serov is ready to return to Havana to talk to Che Guevara, the minister of industry of Cuba. Even some who scoff at Che Guevara's communist ideals have expressed genuine admiration for his self-sacrificing spirit. The reason why he is revered by the majority of young people in the West is that he resolutely gave up his comfortable family situation for the sake of the world's famous cause; When he was in power in Cuba, he gave up his high official position for his ideals, returned to the battlefield of revolution, and fought until he died. Especially in the late sixties, among young people in the Middle East and the West, he became a symbol of public imaginary revolution and synonymous with left-wing political ideals.
In this sense, it may have been better for Che Guevara to die, or at least to create a good image of the current socialist movement with his death, and after meeting this revolutionary, Serov had to admit that Che Guevara really had a temperament, which could easily win the favor of some people.
The hands of the two men were clasped together, and Serov said in a respectful tone, "I have heard about the deeds of Comrade Che Guevara, but the last time you came to Moscow, I was absent and I am very sorry that I did not see you." ”
"I didn't expect that the comrades of the Soviet embassy were telling the truth, and General Serov really came to Cuba in secret." Che Guevara's face was full of surprise, and he asked curiously, "Why don't you come to Havana through official channels?" (To be continued.) )