Chapter 9 What Do You Look For?
Even the U.S. Navy, the world's leading navy, could not do anything to the Soviet distant-water fishing vessels. The act of disguised as spy ships was often done in later generations in the United States, but in fact, the first large-scale start to do so was done by the Soviet Union, which was at a disadvantage during the Cold War, and these distant-water fishing vessels took several years to sail out of all the routes of the Red Navy's nuclear submarines around the world.
With Sherepin's approval, Serov's proposal solved the dilemma of the General Traffic Management Bureau. The KGB's current situation of insufficient strength is mainly due to the dismissal of a large number of staff members with insufficient academic qualifications, and the result of the lack of new highly educated staff members is a temporary difficulty for all of us here.
"I have two more suggestions, please help the staff officers!" Serov pressed the cigarette butt in his hand and said with a straight face, "I went to the KGB General Hospital for a routine physical examination for half a month, and I had a very bad feeling!" The two parts of the General Directorate of Technical Administration are too close to each other, and our comrades who go to treat them can easily see the scene of experiments with spies on the other side, so I propose to separate the medical part from the General Directorate of Technical Administration and set up an auxiliary General Directorate, which will be responsible for the medical and medical services of the entire KGB! ”
At first glance, Serov's remarks look like an attack on another General Directorate, and those who do not know the inside story may think that Serov has something to do with the head of the General Directorate of Technical Management. But if you think about it, it's not like that at all. With Serov's friendship with the current chairman of the KGB, Sherepin, it is completely possible to achieve the goal of separating medical institutions from the Main Directorate of Technical Administration through private discussions, and there is no need to say it openly at all.
"There is no problem with separating powers, the next problem!" Shelepin didn't take into account the feelings of others at all, as long as he felt right, he would agree, it's as simple as that! The strongman style is vividly manifested in Shelepin's body.
"I'm going to recruit a group of high-quality students from the mathematics departments of various universities, and it takes about five hundred!" Serov said his second suggestion without hesitation.
"Reason!" Sherepin still did not object, but was ready to ask what the students would be used for.
"My idea is to have this group of students form a team of traders, directly under the First General Bureau! Mobilize a group of funds to test the waters, and cultivate a capital fund to make waves in the stock markets of European and American countries! Serov spoke eloquently about his own ideas, "The stock market is a double-edged sword, and if it is used well, it does seem like this, but if it collapses, it can kill a country in an instant......
The stock market does not exist in all countries in the entire socialist camp at the moment. Since it did not exist, it shows that the USSR was invulnerable in this regard, and no one took advantage of the shock in the stock market to extract the blood and sweat of the Soviet people. But the Soviet Union, on the other hand, could take advantage of this.
"So? Are you sure? Glancing at Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky next to him, Sherepin asked, "What is Comrade Sakhatovsky's opinion?" This matter also needs to be fully coordinated by the First General Bureau! ”
"Haha, I have no opinion! At present, our General Administration has cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Lomonosov Moscow State University once, and it is not a big deal! "Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky snorted and directly approved Serov's proposal, the benefits of this matter for the First Directorate are obvious, and the disadvantages have not yet been seen, so why not do it?
"What we do is inherently risky, isn't it?" Serov said with a pun.
In Serov's opinion, the only thing that this group of high-achieving students lacked was experience, and as for the quality of the students of Lomonosov University, Serov did not dare to doubt it at all, and the Soviet universities themselves were famous for science and engineering, the most powerful of which was the mathematics department. Mathematics students in the Soviet Union were good at solving problems in unbelievable ways, which was not a brag at all, the Soviet Union was absolutely world-class in the field of mathematics, and the Mathematical Olympiad, which became popular in later generations, was the first of its kind in the Soviet Union, and every year countless students in Moscow and Leningrad universities carried out such competitions.
The magnitude of Soviet mathematicians can be attested by a counterexample of later generations, that is, Berezovsky, one of the seven oligarchs, who applied the knowledge of mathematicians to capital and became the biggest beneficiary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although Serov did not understand the principle of the stock market, this thing was also made of numbers, and he had no reason to think that the huge mathematical team of the Soviet Union was still failing in the stock market.
"The construction of the motherland itself is very much in need of financial support, and we should really think of a way for ourselves! There is nothing wrong with being able to develop our own socialism with capitalist funds! "Sherepin's attitude was already very obvious, and Serov's second proposal was also approved.
"Comrade Serov, don't you have your own business to deal with? For example, if you are in trouble with the General Directorate of Military Administration, can you tell us about it? Lieutenant General Alexey, the head of the General Directorate of the Secret Police, couldn't stand it a little and said directly.
"Difficult? What difficulties do I have? Serov looked confused, and said harmlessly, "I have already dealt with the affairs of the General Administration of Military Administration, do I still need to talk about such a small scene at this kind of meeting?" ”
If you don't talk about why Serov is thirty years old, he is the head of the General Directorate, and he inspects everywhere with the rank of lieutenant general. Win thousands of miles away, pretend to be invisible. You can always soak your urine and extinguish it before the spark can start a prairie fire. When you are idle, you can still do some things that challenge the bottom line, such as blowing up the US Embassy in Hungary.
With a flat face, Sherepin took in the demeanor of all the bureau chiefs, and shook his head silently in his heart, if his bureau chiefs were all people like Serov who fanned the flames all over the world, why worry that the ideal of the world revolution could not be realized.
"Everyone's done? Now I have a situation that I need to consult with my comrades! Sherepin drew all his attention to himself, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone knows that the next Olympic Games will be held in Rome, and our Italian comrades are stepping up the construction of venues, but everyone also understands that although the Italian economy has recovered, it is still a little difficult to hold the Olympic Games alone, so the Italian Prime Minister, Comrade Paremiro Torriati, General Secretary of the Communist Party, hopes that we can take into account the revolutionary feelings of the proletariat and lend a helping hand to Italy in some projects. Comrades, let's talk about it......"
"Although I am the director of the First General Directorate, there is actually a comrade who has more say in the Italian problem than me!" Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky was very modest and silent, and soon everyone turned their attention to Serov. Serov glanced suspiciously and glanced around, I really want to ask these people, what are you looking at?
[My cover is okay, I don't know why, I can't always see my cover!] 】