Chapter 934: Crowd Tactics
"Grab the attention of the Portuguese with countless messages, distract the protesters, and then find a way to quell the protests? You always have a lot of options for this kind of problem. www.biquge.info"Shcherbitsky picked up the wine glass and put it to his mouth with the same expression, and then drank it with his neck tilted, and the taste was not bad.
"It's my job, after all!" Serov sneered, the state cannot retreat unprincipledly. Retreating to the enemy country is a map, retreating to the people is the collapse of the Soviet Union, and a better situation will also be burdened with heavy obstacles. If the powerful agency still can't deal with the people, then what is the powerful agency, and it will be changed to a charity.
There were 200,000 people who participated in the protests, which seems like a lot. However, in the face of the socialist camp, do not mention the word "crowd", the Soviet Union is the third most populous country in the world, and after the integration of India and Pakistan, India is the world's most populous country. Even China is now a member of the nominally socialist camp.
In Eurasia, the Soviet camp had an absolute manpower superiority, and this manpower superiority was overwhelming. With this support, the Soviet Union's various industrial indicators are still growing at a high speed, and the longer it takes, the more obvious the advantages over the United States will be.
The problem for Portugal was that it did not enjoy this manpower advantage, and it was geographically separated from the Soviet bloc. This will not bring into play the collective advantage, and it will also be subject to military pressure, which is somewhat unoptimistic.
"Although the number of people is large compared to the national population, it is not impossible to solve. Party and trade union organizations are still functioning. As long as the Portuguese Communist Party can hold on, it is not impossible to calm down. Shcherbitsky thought about it for a moment and asked, "I have to look at the industrial structure of Portugal to have a way." ”
"That's good, but the first step is to seize power and get the union leaders to restrain the protesters and weed out the unhealthy forces. It's a must! Serov looked up slightly at the church not far away, "This is the most important thing, and the most important thing is to sign a treaty with Portugal immediately and absorb Portugal to formally join the Warsaw Pact." ”
Shcherbitsky nodded in acknowledging that once Portugal formally joined the Warsaw Pact, the stick of limited sovereignty could be raised. As a member of the Warsaw Pact, it must be in the interests of the entire socialist camp.
It is not incomprehensible that the forces under his control will enter the ranks of the protesters and seize the leadership. It may seem difficult, but in fact, as long as the Portuguese Communist Party selects the forces it can control when talking to the protesters, it will naturally help these sleepers to build their prestige.
Those who are the real instigators, General Secretary Kuniyar will not talk to them at all, and they will talk to the leaders who have soft ideas. After a few times, the influence of the demagogues will become less and less. It's a left-right fight. General Secretary Kouniar pretended to be talking, while the lurkers who seized the leadership pretended to protest.
After General Secretary Cunyar had taken the first step, Serov sent a telegram urging Angola and Mozambique to act as a link between the Soviet Union and Portugal, both of which were already the spokesmen of the Soviet Union in southern Africa. Pro-Soviet parties in both countries are more likely to exert influence, and the official language of both countries is Portuguese, making it easier to communicate with the Portuguese.
Even if there is no commendable development in these two countries, over the years, there have always been some propaganda cadres who can get their hands on it, and they can always find one more to pick and choose. Two days later, delegations from the two parties arrived in Lisbon on a flight with Soviet Airlines, and in the past few days the people of Lisbon have welcomed delegations from all over the world. These delegations numbered in the hundreds, and in the few dozens.
The Forward newspaper also followed up with interviews at all times, spreading the importance of the Comintern Congress. At the same time, General Secretary Cunyar is also calling for dialogue, and the lurkers in the protest crowd who have established themselves are responding positively, and this internal and external attack is begining.
"Keep an eye on the U.S. Embassy, and U.S. companies. History proves that these ambassadors were not wronged when they were shot. Serov suggested to General Secretary Kuniyar that it is not only the United States that instigates the people to create pressure in order to make the fire worse, and the Soviet Union is also very skilled in this trick, and the General Secretary is an expert. His judgment of what situation is about to come to which point is more accurate than that of the American working group here.
In this process, the Soviet airlines worked with all their might, taking the tasks assigned by the general secretary as orders. Collect pro-Soviet parties from all over the world and ship to Lisbon. When you can give full play to the numerical advantage, you don't need to be stupid. At least half of the Soviet Union's suspicions about China were on the Chinese population. When India destroys Pakistan, why doesn't China start a war on the eastern front to stop it? Isn't it being held back by Bangladesh's 200 million people?
More is beauty, big is good, caliber is justice, turret is truth! If you can crush it, you can crush it, and when you can't crush it, you can talk about the problem of not being crushed. At least now, even if it is three members of the Icelandic Communist Party, Portugal has raised the Icelandic flag and the flag of the Icelandic Communist Party in the parliament building where the congress was held, the original Portuguese parliament building.
More and more party representatives are arriving in Portugal, which has made some changes in the hearts of the Portuguese people. The wave of protests is still ongoing, but it is more like a walk than a protest, and the intensity is not as strong as it used to be.
The protesters were even more excited by the news that the Comintern would formally discuss some of the problems that Portugal was currently experiencing, and that the entire meeting would be broadcast live and guaranteed to be open to the entire Portuguese public. On the premise of democracy, solve some of the problems that Portugal urgently needs to solve.
The live broadcast will allow all the people in front of the TV to see that the crowds of protesters now have two options, one is to continue the protest here, and the other is to go home and watch TV, and after learning the latest news, they are considering whether to take to the streets.
"Let most of the conformists go home first, and the rest will not be able to make big waves. Fighting with our KGB, isn't that looking for death? What do I do? This little bit of pediatric stuff dares to use it in front of me? Serov did not praise himself politely, even if he was not very skilled at the beginning, after so many years of KGB career, he would become an expert.
Shcherbitsky looked at the itinerary seriously, deaf to the boasting of the second generation of the Soviet Union. The body moved slightly, and the swivel chair under the buttocks moved, turning his back to the general secretary. Well! It's so much better......
I may be a fake general secretary, Serov's eyes narrowed, and he felt that he had nothing to say to this ruthless, undisciplined, but capable man, and so on! These comments also seem to suit him as general secretary. Is discord between two people the reason for same-sex repulsion?
"Why are you out of the talk? Caspian tiger? Shcherbitsky turned around again and said unhurriedly, "Well, should we learn from Reagan and experiment with tax cuts in Portugal?" Cut out welfare spending. ”
"It's a shame that you can figure it out, Portugal is the terminal of the European Internet, the restraining force behind NATO, and I would rather bleed this country than adopt reforms that are likely to fail." Serov shook his head vigorously, what a joke. There is a thick bad water in Shcherbitsky's trick, which is to sacrifice an ally to see the effect of his ideas. However, Portugal cannot be sacrificed, what Poland can be sacrificed, and the general secretary has no opinion at that time.
"In fact, it is not difficult to postpone it for ten or eight years." Serov muttered to himself and asked, "When will the Chinese delegation arrive?" "Whether or not we can solve Portugal's problems is actually difficult to say, simple and simple. Reagan can use this trick, and Serov can also use this trick, isn't it just to take advantage of China's labor cost advantage, reduce costs, and create an illusion that life is easy? Portugal itself wants to maintain the current state, either the Soviet Union has a blood transfusion, or the industry is transferred, and Serov does not want the Soviet Union to have a blood transfusion, so he can only choose the latter.
In mid-September, the Comintern Congress in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, opened, and on the opening day, there were very few protesters in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and the leaders of the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries all attended.
Serov and Serbitsky glanced at each other, Serov himself was mainly responsible for fooling, and Serbitsky was supported by theory and experience in running the Ukrainian economy to solve practical problems. The congress was opened by the General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, Cunyaar, and Serov first made a report on the international communist movement.
Having said some conventional nonsense that the situation is not a small good but a great one, Serov began to talk about the experience of the communist parties in various countries, introduced the new development and difficulties of the planned economy of the Soviet Union, "We must admit that at present, in the initial stage of socialism, socialism is far from giving full play to its crushing advantage over capitalism. Previous assessments were overly optimistic and did not have an overwhelming advantage over the capitalist countries, which was the source of many problems. ”
In this aspect of speech, Khrushchev was his best teacher, and the eloquent Serov was much higher than Brezhnev. When the general secretary finished speaking, the audience gave a standing ovation, and then Shcherbitsky used a big data report to maintain the authenticity of the general secretary's speech. In addition to Eastern European countries, Latin American countries, and Southeast Asian countries, even Angola, Mozambique, and Benin presented their experiences.
"We do not hide some of the structural problems in Portugal right now, some industries have reached a bottleneck, and Portugal hopes to gain favorable experience at this conference." The general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, Cunial, looked honest. Many Portuguese people sitting in front of the TV listened carefully, and they were waiting for a time like this.