Chapter 579: Robert Kennedy
If the United States retreated, the Soviet Union would spare some of its energy to manage Southeast Asia and cooperate with China for the time being. www.biquge.info If the U.S. forces do not retreat, the entire energy of the Soviet Union will be in the direction of Africa and the Middle East, and it is not complicated at all. Andropov's Central Liaison Department is running South Yemen and, of course, some African countries. The KGB's operations are relatively concentrated, with Sudan as its base in Africa and Indonesia as its base in Southeast Asia, and more than 40,000 military personnel stationed in other countries in the name of military advisory groups, including 18,000 in Egypt, 8,000 in Syria, 6,000 in Indonesia, and 6,000 in Sudan.
Statistically speaking, in Serov's history, the strength of the Soviet Union reached 65 percent of the United States in 1968 in terms of cotton production, steel production, coal production, oil production, power generation, railway mileage, and so on. This was due to the early development of the Soviet Union in Baku III, the open-pit coal mine in Mongolia, the new grain base in the Far East, and the new wind power facilities in the Middle East. Each factory has products that imitate Italy.
This is calculated according to the total industrial and agricultural production of the Soviet Union, and if it is calculated according to the American method, the economic scale of the Soviet Union will shrink a lot, and the Americans will still be the hegemon of the earth who hangs everything.
In addition to Eastern European countries, the allies include Egypt, Syria, South Yemen in the Middle East, Sudan in North Africa, Indonesia in Southeast Asia, and Cuba in Latin America. These are all countries that maintain friendly relations at the moment, in addition to the fact that the Soviet Union has a large number of pro-Soviet neutral countries with good relations, such as Tunia, Sri Lanka, Burma, and a group of black uncles. The vast majority of the countries in the world are neutral countries, and they have no obvious likes and dislikes for the United States and the Soviet Union. Even if there were, it wouldn't make a difference.
In addition to the United States, the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to NATO is Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as France, which has expressed its willingness to help NATO if the war begins, and possibly Turkey, the Netherlands, and Belgium. But who would be in the countries of Tiger, Denmark, Luxembourg. It is certain that NATO is larger than the Warsaw Pact, but the contrast in strength between the two is not a numerical comparison of member states.
The most important thing is that the socialist movement is still thriving, and every country in Southeast Asia has communist forces, and the communist forces in Western European countries are still strong, and after Che Guevara's death, it has had a huge impact on the youth of Western Europe. The mentality of young people in many countries has changed, and this is of course very important to do with the US killing spree in Vietnam.
As long as the Soviet Union has about 70 percent of the strength of the United States, it will not blindly defend itself in the global competition, but will attack and defend each other, because the Soviet Union does not have a super-rich class, and everyone has not much less than an ordinary American. Once the power of the country is mobilized, the burden of being a person is about the same as that of the two countries, and of course, no one will deny that the United States has greater potential, and when it is really time to fight hard, the current achievements of the Soviet Union are still not enough.
Tanzanite, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, jade from Burma, sapphires from Sri Lanka, flooded the shops of the Soviet Union. Televisions, fans, refrigerators, and washing machines were also at the European level of the same era. Moreover, the Soviet Union could continue to develop, and a third of the population of the Soviet Union did not have access to running water, nor did they live in even the Khrushchev building. There are still many things that need to be developed in the future, at least in Serov's eyes, many things that he has seen, and this era is not yet suitable for appearing.
On 20 April, numerous national flags were hung on the headquarters building of the Lubyanka KGB, and the flags of the GDR, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland were hung on the roof of the headquarters building. The intelligence chiefs of the Allied countries had arrived, and the members of the Presidium of the KGB greeted the visiting heads of the intelligence services of the Allied countries under the statue of Dzerzhinsky, and on the huge propaganda posters next to the square, there were maps of Eastern Europe, and from the maps of the countries stretched out a hand and clasped them tightly. This year's May Day will be unprecedented, it will be the last Labor Day of the Soviet Union under Khrushchev, and from now on, Moscow has begun to prepare for the celebration.
"Comrade sent by Kosygin, don't mind." After everyone was seated, Serov sat in the middle, a cigar in the corner of his mouth, and a blank smile on his face. Not only him, but also the members of the KGB Presidium, as well as the intelligence chiefs of various countries who participated in the meeting, all wore this smile to a greater or lesser extent.
Ha ha! A burst of laughter resounded throughout the conference room, and this laughter carried all the emotions in the eyes, the Soviet Union's great victory this time could not be concealed from the intelligence chiefs of these allies, who came this time, it can also be said that they came to share the spoils.
"This time the Soviet Union did a really beautiful job, in the most suitable place, at the most correct time, which is inseparable from Comrade Serov's intelligence network, and it also impresses us, the allies." After the laughter stopped, the chairman of the Bulgarian National Security Council, Malakov, exclaimed, "Vietnam is in the midst of a fierce battle, and this time the Americans are bleeding profusely." ”
"The anti-war demonstrations in the United States have been rising in waves, and Lyndon Johnson is not having a good time." Kolzinski also restrained his smile and said meaningfully, "If the Korean War did not have much impact on the United States, the Vietnam War taught Americans what pain is, and on the whole, the whole United States is a mess." ”
There are 8 million people of Polish descent in the United States, and even if there are a few of them who support the Polish government, it is not difficult to find some people to collect information, and Kolzinski clearly knows what the current environment is in the United States.
For them, the situation in their own camp is not a small good, but a big good. They certainly have the right to laugh wildly at this time, to mock the United States in the quagmire from the perspective of a bystander.
"It's just some small achievements, and when we personally bring the United States back to where it should be, people in the world will know who is the real advanced concept and what kind of system is the system that can best protect the interests of the people." Accepting all the compliments, Serov said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Even if the Americans know that the situation is unfavorable now, they will not retreat suddenly, because this may bring the consequences of an avalanche." It may take a few years to retreat slowly, and no one knows what the world will become in these years, of course, I will repay the money to you today, thank you comrades for believing in our KGB, and the proportional gains should be returned to you! ”
This is not only done by Serov, but also by Kosygin. However, Kosygin returned the borrowed dollars. And Serov returned both, dollars and gold. It's not that he's generous, it's that he hasn't made the intelligence services of these allies feel the difference in treatment, and in his heart he has always wanted to restore the intelligence bureau of the Nine Nations. For this purpose, it is not incomprehensible to let one's allies drink soup while eating meat on one's own.
"The French have swallowed too much gold, coupled with the recent public opinion, I remind all comrades of one thing, which our KGB will also do, that is, pay attention to the attitude of the people of Western European countries towards the dollar, if there is a trend of refusing to accept dollars, it doesn't matter, we will accept it!" Serov reminded after the distribution of the spoils that the value of the dollar was challenged, and that this trend appeared in Europe in the 60s and 70s, and that it was normal for the people to be irrational. Even if there are many salt mines in China in later generations, as long as there are anti-radiation rumors, there will still be a trend of salt grabbing, of course, there will be no underwear left.
During the period of the collapse of the Breston Woods system, the treatment of the Eurodollar did not look like a world currency at all, and for a few years even French taxi drivers did not charge dollars, and of course this disappeared after the binding of oil.
"Our focus is still on France, and of course in other directions, such as Southeast Asia and the United States, but recently the situation in France seems to be in trouble, and we need to prepare for it." Serov reminded his colleagues that the political upheaval in France had been going on since the beginning of the year, and that he knew that was the prelude to the May storm.
The Soviet Union will definitely mix in, whether it succeeds or not, and what if it succeeds? Right?
After returning the borrowed funds, the remaining gold, naturally, was received by someone from the Ministry of Finance and went to the treasury of the USSR. On the surface, the funds pooled by the KGB and the intelligence services of various countries have set up a special department to supervise and manage them in a unified manner by personnel sent by various countries. As soon as he made the suggestion, Serov directly stated that if anyone thinks that the KGB is playing tricks and wants to swallow up your money, they can just quit.
This total of about 6 billion yuan has since become the economic power of the KGB on the surface, and will be supervised by the Soviet Union and various governments, and the majority of Serov will continue to hide and invest elsewhere.
"Even if we eliminate material poverty, we still face a greater task, and that is the poverty of --- satisfaction, the poverty of purpose, the poverty of dignity--- which still plagues each and every one of us. For too long, we focus too much on material accumulation and abandon personal virtues and social values. "Our GDP is now over $800 billion, but if we measure the United States by ------ we measure the United States we include air pollution and cigarette ads, and ambulances rushing for traffic accidents." ”
Serov turned off the TV without listening to it, and anyone can say beautiful things, the key is whether they can do it or not, "I have to remind him that someone is going to kill him." "The purpose of this is not to save the Democratic candidate, but to be assassinated a few more times and then die, and once you die, the conspiracy theory is not easy to operate. Lyndon Johnson has already stated that he will not participate in the election, and he does not trust those who killed Kennedy and dare to put Kennedy's younger brother in power. (To be continued.) )