The KGB's duty is not to make money, but to find traitors and eradicate them from beginning to end! This is the first mission of the KGB's existence, and it is more important than any other job, and it is far from being easy to infiltrate others while ensuring that you are not infiltrated.

Historically, the sixties and seventies were a period of high incidence of traitors in the KGB, not that there were no other periods, but far less than at this time, and since the sixties the KGB has faced tremendous difficulties in its work, not only the KGB itself has appeared all kinds of traitors, but even other Eastern European countries have appeared in an endless stream of defectors. This is obviously not consistent with the expansion of the KGB's responsibilities at that time, you must know that during the tenure of Sherepin and Semychasny, the KGB merged the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the strongest moment in history after Beria, and as a result, the KGB not only did not protect the two of them, but also declined on various secret battlefields, one after another, the intelligence network was destroyed, and traitors appeared on their side but were not discovered.

In the final analysis, after Sherepin took charge of the KGB, in response to Khrushchev's call, a large number of experienced KGB agents were dismissed, and at the same time, Komsomol cadres who did not know much about intelligence work were replaced. Therefore, the KGB system, which was originally at its peak, has weakened a lot in some aspects. Andropov was able to use the KGB, which had already been confined to his own devices, and Sherepin and Semichasny had in their hands the same departments as they had under Beria, and with the support of other friends in the government and propaganda departments, they were defeated by the youngest political group in the entire Soviet Union.

The Golinevsky affair was only a microcosm of the setbacks suffered by the KGB in the sixties, when a large number of Komsomol cadres took over the work of experienced agents, who, while adapting to the work of the KGB, also affected the KGB's work in intelligence.

"It is necessary to expand the authority of the First Directorate to 30,000 front-line agents active around the world. And double! All those who have dismissed the other General Directorates of Shelepin, all of them have entered the First General Directorate! Serov thought about it for a long time, but still gave up the blame suggested by Isemotny, he wanted to know that Golinevsky was an isolated incident, but that there was an accomplice, and if the latter possibility it was necessary to find a way to transfer Golinevsky back to Poland for interrogation. Dig this group out.

Since Golinevsky was confirmed to be suspicious, Serov's focus has not been on the Olympics, at least not all. Now think more about doing your job, sniffing out and eradicating traitors! "Let the Middle East Department and the French Africa Department conduct a two-month surveillance, carefully probe Golinevsky's social circle, determine whether it is his own defection or have developed a spy network, don't do it yourself, ask the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs for help!"

An officer like Golinevsky, who has a lot of experience in counter-reconnaissance, if the Soviets in the Middle East Division start investigating him. It's easy to alert the other party! But Serov's side also has favorable conditions, Colonel Golinevsky himself is not in Poland, everything is in a strange state without leaving the familiar environment, he himself is limited by the environment, and he cannot discern whether the other party is here to help him or to spy on himself in the familiar environment! On the contrary, in Egypt, the Soviet agent of the Middle East Division was more familiar with the local environment than he was.

At the same time as the order was given, Serov took out a piece of paper from a drawer and wrote two letters in succession, the first of which was addressed to the head of the Middle East Department in Egypt. The second is a personal letter to the Minister of the Interior of Egypt, Alim. Both letters had only one purpose, and the spearhead was directed at Golinevsky, the chief of operations.

"Send the two letters out. At the same time, let our comrades in Poland operate and find a way to return Golinevsky in two months and do things beautifully! Let Mendelev order the members of the Operations Executive Service operating in the Middle East to be executed on the spot as soon as Golinevsky shows signs of defection, and the head is sent to the headquarters of the British MI6! If an enemy forces meet him, Egypt still has our military bases. Kill all the enemies for me......" Serov ordered as he put two letters into the envelope.

Espionage and counter-espionage work has never been done by independent individuals, and in a short time Serov mobilized four different departments, plus the help of the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs! Goleonevsky was protected in all directions. Even if Golinevsky was extremely clever and found out about his own leak, he would be dead!

The appearance of a traitor does not say anything, but the intelligence network of the KGB under Andropov was clearly a little stronger than under Sherepin. And before leaving the country, Sherepin assured Khrushchev that a thousand people would be dismissed. On the one hand, Serov was thinking of trying to expand the power of the KGB, and on the other hand, as the chairman of the KGB, Shelepin, felt good about himself, for fear that his department would be too strong.

If Beria's Ministry of Internal Affairs was a building made of steel, and others had to arrest Beria by means of a surprise attack to solve the threat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sherepin's KGB could only be considered to be built of wood! It looks the same high, but the level of organization and cohesion is completely incomparable.

"And ......" Serov had thought of another question, but suddenly found that Isenmotny had already gone out. But it doesn't matter, he can do this kind of work himself, not to mention him, Valya will! Few people know that in fact, his wife is also a major in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now the file is not in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and at the same time the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not exist.

The rainy season in Sudan is approaching, Serov wants to contact Academician Sukachev, ask how the corn campaign in Sudan is being promoted, and Serov has high hopes for the land of Sudan, compared with Egypt, where 97% of the land is desert, Sudan obviously has more potential as a great power, and if the people in that land are a little more industrious, they can rise to the level of allies with Eastern European countries.

The Sudan has great potential in terms of climate and land conditions. If you don't look at this virtue in later generations, Serov may really have confidence in the country. It's still early, and a country like this can get by just playing agriculture and animal husbandry, and Serov has time to plan the country well.

The Rome Olympics are already in the second half of the season, with the Soviet Union leading the gold medal table and six world records in seven weightlifting categories. The Soviet Union achieved outstanding results, winning six championships. Yuri? Vlasov is the strongest of the heavyweights in the division, with a total of 537.5 kilograms. The powerhouse has not only broken the world record 28 times, but also won the world championship three times. He was also a member of the Soviet Union of Writers and published a number of works.

The Soviet team was challenged by the Japanese team in the men's team gymnastics, and finally reversed the situation after falling behind at the beginning, and retained the gold medal in the men's team gymnastics in a very thrilling way, and the Soviet Union still had a clear advantage in the individual event. Following Jukarin. Twenty-eight-year-old Bao? Shakhlin showed his skills in this year's competition, winning four championships in the all-around, parallel bars, pommel horse and vault, and won two second and one third in other events, winning a total of seven medals.

But the start of the major events of swimming and track and field made people feel the momentum of the American counteroffensive in an instant, and the American team showed a crushing advantage in track and field. In the men's events, the stars and stripes have been played more often since the beginning of the athletics and swimming competitions, and the Soviet Union has launched a counterattack in women's athletics. Ponomareva, Sister Pres and E? In the women's track and field event, Zolina won the city and retained the Soviet Union's lead in the gold medal table.

In Greco-Roman wrestling, 24-year-old Medvedy, the Soviet Union's newest rising star, defeated opponents including the United States and Turkey. The entire stadium of Soviets gave a standing ovation and sang along to the familiar melody of the unbreakable union.

The Olympics didn't take a few days. The Soviet team and the American team soon opened up the gap with other countries, and the gap between the two sides was as huge as a chasm, and as time passed, the American team kept the pressure on, although it always lagged behind the Soviet team! Everyone still thinks the U.S. team has what it takes to catch up.

"As we thought, the Olympics had become a contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, from our Italian standpoint. Although this Olympics is full of confrontation, there is no doubt that it is very exciting, and perhaps competitive sports need this kind of confrontation full of gunpowder! ”

On September 3, at the Olympus Stadium in Rome, the final of the men's decathlon began. Serov kept a full three or four thousand tickets for this event, except for one thousand tickets left for the KGB of his own department, and the rest were distributed to the people who came from within the Soviet Union, but as the game progressed, Serov's brow became deeper and deeper, and Kuznetsov ranked third in the past five events.

"It's not his strength, I know him very well, why did he play so poorly today!" Serov was puzzled and said to himself, "When Kuznetsov was training with me at home, it was not like this at all......"

"Are you nervous? Today, such a domestic person is watching, and the psychological pressure is very great! Valya also knew the athlete, and the two had met in Moscow.

"Maybe!" Serov listened to the referee's scoreboard, but the gap was not big! But from the perspective of a friend, Serov still stood up to help his friend, and when he saw his boss stand up, all the KGB agents behind him stood up, Serov took his wife's hand and sang softly, "Get up, hungry and cold slaves, get up the people who suffer all over the world, the blood is boiling to fight for the truth, the old world is a fallen flower, slaves get up!" ”

In the stadium of more than 100,000 people, with Serov at the beginning, first the KGB, then the Soviets, and finally France, Italy, Greece, and more than half of the stadium all sang the Internationale. No one exists other than the singing of the Internationale.

Kuznetsov in the arena watched the chorus of tens of thousands of people, changed the previous depressed feeling and a strength rose in his heart that he had never felt before, and soon after the international singing, Kuznetsov confidently completed the sixth and seventh events, and he had already completed the second and tenth eventsKuznetsov defeated La Johnson of the United States by 8,730 points, 40 points, "Soviet, Ula ......" Serov picked up his wife and shouted, Ula ......

After the game, Kuznetsov unabashedly admitted that he gained strength from the passionate melody of the Internationale, "When I heard the Internationale, all my anxiety and psychological pressure disappeared!" Thank you to my friend for awakening my will to fight with the Internationale! ”

At this time, Serov had already returned to the hotel where the Soviet delegation was staying, watched the replay of the interview with Kuznetsov on TV, listened to Kuznetsov's thanks, and said to his wife very proudly, "Competitive sports, there is no second!" (To be continued.) )