Chapter 593: Consent to Election

"The flower of freedom needs to be watered with blood, and it is left to me, there is an arrangement, rest assured. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Serov smiled slightly, "This kind of spontaneous protest by the people often has a huge public opinion base, and it is even better than us manipulating public opinion by ourselves." Of course, we also want the Western cluster to put a little pressure on NATO, if NATO troops enter France to sustain it. ”

"The Western cluster will do its part to ensure that NATO troops do not dare to act rashly." Defense Minister Marshal Gretchko said there was no need to worry about this, the Western cluster in Germany would put pressure on NATO troops.

"Actually, I hope that the U.S. military will suppress this protest, so that the opponent we will face in the future will be equivalent to a military junta. This kind of opponent is what we in the USSR like to face the most. Serov said a word, and then he was silent.

If the US military makes a move, the Soviet Union may only lose one France, but what it will gain is the advantage of public opinion in the world, and no matter what the US media is saying in the future, no one will believe it at all.

In France at this time, de Gaulle seemed to have reached the point where the wall was falling and everyone was pushing it. The vast majority of well-known scholars and professors sided with the protesters, such as Lyotard, Foucault, Jacques? Lacan, Leverfair, Brownshaw, Simon? Beauva and the Spanish sociologist Castel et al., Michel? A group of writers led by Bitor responded to the students by occupying the office of the Writers' Association, and the famous poet Aragorn, who was over seventy years old, even went to the Place Conte to give a public lecture accompanied by "Red-Haired Bundy". The philosopher Sartre, who is known for his attitude of intervening in politics, actively participated, not only initiating many initiatives and participating in interviews, but also enthusiastically encouraging and praising students with an equal attitude, hoping that through their own actions, they will create a future that is different from that of their parents.

A more appealing Trotskyist. As early as the beginning of the movement, Mandel, the leader of the Fourth International, was keenly aware of the impending storm, and drove from Brussels to Paris overnight, and held a meeting of Trotskyist student organizations on the eve of the night of the barricades, which was immediately expanded into a general meeting of all students.

After the meeting, Mandel rushed to the front line of the barricades, confronting police batons and tear gas. To thwart the police attack, he instructed the students to set fire to their cars as roadblocks. Looking at the blazing fires in the streets, he couldn't help but shout "How beautiful, this is the revolution", completely ignoring the fact that his car was in these igniting cars.

The Trotskyist Fourth International was obviously not the target of the Soviet Union's choice, and the envoy sent from Moscow to Paris had already come into contact with the top echelons of the French Communist Party, and the envoy from Moscow spoke very bluntly: "Comrades, do you think that if de Gaulle defines this matter as a conspiracy provoked by some foreign power, is it not the Soviet Union that is the most suitable country, and if there is an internal response, is this black pot perfectly in line with the position of the French Communist Party?" ”

"But we didn't do that, and of course we also wanted socialism to take the lead in France, so that we could build the ideal society in our hearts, and was de Gaulle really ready to slander us?" General Secretary of the French Communist Party, Waldeck? Roger turned to the visitor and asked, "He has no evidence at all." ”

"There is no need for evidence at all, it is not that they did not do this after the Second World War, by the way, this is the conclusion of our Comrade General Political Commissar, no matter how you justify yourself, de Gaulle will point the finger at you. Driven by a common goal, we even ignore the performance of the Trotskyites in this protest, knowing that we hate this group of permanent revolutionary guys the most. The envoy sighed and said, "If the strength of one party is not enough, then a coalition will be formed, and of course we want the establishment of socialism in France, and if the French comrades are unable to accomplish this task independently, then the temporary union, Moscow is also optimistic about the success, first of all, to force de Gaulle to step down, which is the ultimate goal." ”

After evaluation, Serov had already found that the political power in France was different from that of Italy more than ten years ago, and that the French Communist Party was of course an important party, because the Italian Communist Party had won, so the French Communist Party was still the largest socialist party in France at this time, and its strength was far stronger than that of the Socialist Party. It is not really historically overtaken by the Socialist Party, but it is basically impossible to win the election on its own.

Then we can only settle for the next best thing, united! Coalition with the Socialist Party, with the Trotskyists. In alliance with any party bordered by socialism, from the May storm onwards, the Soviet Pravda commented only once on the root causes of the movement, and did not comment on the political situation in France except once.

This is completely different from China, Vietnam, and the countries of Eastern Europe, and the USSR does not seem to care much about this. But now, this situation is over, and the existence of the USSR as the first socialist country in the world is a kind of powerful benchmark, which can exert influence even if nothing is done as long as the USSR exists.

Of course, this influence still has to be started from the side, and from the information constantly fed back by the Fifth Division, Serov found a statement, or a trend of thought, and this trend of thought is still accepted by a large number of French people. That is the question of Khrushchev's retirement, which is the reason why there are still many French people who speak for the USSR when the USSR did nothing.

In their opinion, the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, was ready to retire and teach the country to younger leaders, so why couldn't De Gaulle, who was older than Khrushchev, step down on his own and let the country have a new leader.

"I see, no wonder." The plenum of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was held in August, a little more than two months later, when Khrushchev officially announced his retirement after making his final report. At least so far Khrushchev has not changed his mind, believing that he should go home and enjoy life when he is already seventy-five years old. This was known not only to all the Central Committee members of the Soviet Union, but also to the leaders of the Communist Parties of many countries.

The problem is that de Gaulle is seventy-eight years old, and he is three or four years older than Khrushchev. If Khrushchev is going to retire at the age, then De Gaulle, who has been in power for ten years this year, should also retire.

In fact, the question of Khrushchev's retirement was already circulating in Paris as early as the beginning of the May storm, but the Soviet Union did nothing as in history, so he also thought that the Soviet Union had no other force to support it except the French Communist Party, but he forgot that this year the Soviet Union would complete the change of leadership. It was not until today that the Fifth Directorate of the First General Directorate reported back the situation in Paris that he noticed such remarks.

Goryunov and Meshatsev were brought over, the situation was explained, and the three went to Suslov's office. This matter requires Suslov's permission, that is, to send out in advance the invitation of foreign inviting parties to the plenary session of the Central Committee in August.

"Your aim is the situation in France!" Suslov frowned slightly, and then smiled, "Are you afraid that the first secretary will have a problem in your heart?" Well, I agree with this, you can now make an invitation to the Communist Party in a foreign country. ”

Two days later, the general secretary of the French Communist Party, Waldeck? Roger announced that he would travel to Moscow in August to attend the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and had already received an invitation from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. At the same time, he expressed the significance of this trip to Moscow, spoke highly of the great progress made by the Soviet Union under the leadership of Comrade Khrushchev, "The current Soviet Union is already an indispensable and decisive force in the world, and no problem can bypass the Soviet Union." Comrade Khrushchev was in good health, but he abdicated for the sake of Soviet youth, showing that he himself had no desire for power and was a true communist......"

If earlier such statements were only circulated among a part of the population, in this left-wing, Waldeck? Roger's apt statement quickly spread to the ears of the nearly 10 million French people who participated in the protests. An hour later, France's Algerian Workers' Party said it had received an invitation from Moscow.

With Khrushchev's retirement, people's dissatisfaction with De Gaulle's ten years in power was vented: "Look at the first secretary of the Soviets, who are three or four years younger than you, but retired and put the country in the hands of young people." We in France still have to put up with an old man who plans our lives and teaches us that we should do this and that we should do that. ”

At the height of the May storm, 11 million workers went on strike across France, with a population of less than 50 million, more than 300 factories occupied by workers and more than 30 universities occupied by students.

It's been a week since de Gaulle returned home, and things seem to have reached a point out of control, and people are talking about when de Gaulle will step down, as if De Gaulle's downfall is a foregone conclusion. Having learned that the French commander in Germany was dealing with the conflict in East Berlin, de Gaulle decided to wait for his return, while announcing that he would not resign, but that a general election could be held.

De Gaulle then pinned his hopes on the unity of the bourgeoisie, and these people did not disappoint de Gaulle, and hundreds of thousands of people appeared on the streets of Paris to express their support for de Gaulle.

"The predictions of the General Political Commissar were not wrong at all, and it was indeed easier for the bourgeoisie to unite, especially in the face of threats." A man wearing a duckbill hat, watching the clash between De Gaulle's supporters and the protesting de Gaulle procession not far away, a sneering smile leaked from the corner of his mouth, and the hand in his pocket pressed down hard, and a huge explosion made the dense flow of people empty in an instant, and the supporters and opponents of De Gaulle nearby were all equal, and the flesh and blood were blurred under the huge bomb.

It was the first time that there had been mass casualties in a wave of protests, and the huge movement was clearly visible to the neighborhoods, and in an instant, clashes broke out, with De Gaulle's supporters and opponents attacking each other, as the clash between the two sides turned into a bloody confrontation over a bomb. When the police arrived at the scene, they were stunned by what they saw, and the remains of nearly 300 people were found after statistics. People who fell to the ground were scattered throughout the neighborhood.

"French society is torn apart, and if de Gaulle's supporters were to defend him to the death, no, no, no, this would not happen unless de Gaulle temporarily removed Algeria's voting rights. Otherwise, his supporters will not be able to win this parliamentary election. "At worst, there are still 12 million Algerians on the left to support it. (To be continued.) )