Chapter 100: The Power of Independent Adjudication
Located in a Maryland national park, Camp David is the retreat of the President of the United States. Some people say that the original name Shangri-La is more poetic, it is all fart, how can it be better than the name of the president's grandson.
The climate here is very comfortable, a little less humid and hot climate in the coastal area, Serov intuitively feels similar to the climate of a summer resort, neither hot nor cold, as for the scenery here, Serov, who has always lacked artistic cells, can not describe the scenery he sees, and he can't find an adjective to describe the scenery here after looking at it for a long time, so he can only express it with passable.
Not far away, Eisenhower and Khrushchev were taking a walk on the golf course, and this kind of laid-back atmosphere Serov was obviously not appropriate to follow there in a KGB uniform, and he was not idle. From today Serov's mood is always calm, although he is still in the United States, but his mind is thinking about Moscow, today is September 25th, Valya's due date, and the difference from the last time is that Serov remembered his wife's due date, the same thing is that Serov is still not in the country, the combination of the two things illustrates a problem, usually there are two possibilities in this situation not by his wife's side, one is a really great person, he himself belongs to the latter kind, and the attributes of scum are stronger.
"Chairman, you seem to be a little uneasy today!" The adjutant next to him saw that Serov was always circling around the tree, so he came over to greet him, and not only the Soviet agents, but even the American security personnel noticed Serov's abnormality. In the mind of an agent, the abnormal behavior is always very suspicious, and someone has already approached Serov's side, ready to take the abnormal suspicious guy.
"Call me Vice President. Corrected several times! Today is my wife's due date, and I can't concentrate! Although Serov was talking to the Soviet agents, he tilted his head and glanced past the adjutant to look at the ill-intentioned American security personnel not far away and said, "Tell those Yankee stupid pigs to get away, I'm in a bad mood today!" ”
"Huh!? Yes, okay! The Soviet agent was stunned and immediately turned around and went to communicate with the surrounding American security personnel.
"Mr. Khrushchev. The blockade of Berlin is contrary to your purpose this time, if our two countries want to coexist peacefully, we must consider the human rights of the people of West Berlin, I have heard that the GDR has built a canal around West Berlin and is about to be completed, this is obviously a matter of cutting off the lives of the people of West Berlin, I hope that the Soviet Union will take my proposal into account! Eisenhower made a gesture of invitation and asked Khrushchev to sit on his side, and the two went to the edge of the golf course and found a bench to sit down.
"If the Soviet Union interfered with the GDR's actions, some of your newspapers would say that the countries of Eastern Europe were satellites of the Soviet Union. There was no independence at all, and the GDR was nearing the end of the project, so it was too late to stop it! This time, the workers involved in the construction came from fraternal countries other than the Soviet Union, and if we intervened, we would offend other fraternal countries at the same time and put ourselves in an isolated position! This is probably what you Americans want to see the most! ”
Stasiana translated Khrushchev's words in pure English, adding metaphors that made Eisenhower look a little sideways, a slang term from his homeland. People who don't live there don't understand the meaning at all. Because Eisenhower was German-American, much of the spoken language of the place where he lived evolved from German. And this little girl with long blond hair knows so much. Could it be someone sent by the GDR to assist Khrushchev?
"Well, Mr. Khrushchev, can you play golf?" Eisenhower shifted the subject to a lighter one.
"No, but as an ordinary person with a thirst for knowledge, I am very willing to learn!" Khrushchev did not hide in any way that this was his weakness. But he did not shy away from taking the golf club at all, ready to compete with Eisenhower.
Although both men have a desire for dialogue to avoid the beginning of a full-scale confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union now, they also regard each other as competitors and have no intention of backing down in any field. Neither side noticed that on their opposite side, American and Soviet security personnel had gathered.
"The tighter we hold the club, the more tired the muscles associated with our swing become. Imagine driving a car, if you hold the steering wheel as tightly as you can, you will easily feel exhausted and your muscles will be easily strained. As a result, getting the grip right will speed up your clubhead and reduce your wasted energy. Eisenhower gave Khrushchev a swing as he explained how to play the sport.
Khrushchev tried it with great interest and said, "Our ideal planned community should have a golf course, as well as swimming pools, and gymnasiums and other facilities for people to exercise and be strong?" ”
Eisenhower disagreed, if any community had such facilities very complete, the entire investment would be astronomical, not to mention that the golf course covers too large an area to be realistic for Khrushchev's words.
Khrushchev's ideas were implemented in some communities during the Brezhnev period, but instead of golf courses, swimming pools, gymnasiums and outdoor sports centers! The Brezhnev era was overinvested in the community, and in the end it was not promoted, but it still replaced the basic configuration buildings of the Khrushchev period in some places, and replaced the status of the Khrushchev building.
"Secretary Khrushchev, President Eisenhower! There seems to be something unpleasant on both of our security guards! Stasiana, who was following the two big men with the papers, suddenly looked to the other side of the golf course, drawing the attention of Khrushchev and Eisenhower, and the two came back to their senses and noticed the two groups of men facing each other two hundred meters away. There were still two people tearing between the two groups, Khrushchev and Eisenhower had just taken a few steps, and Serov was already crushing the unknown American agent under him with a classic freestyle wrestling move, panting and taunting "the elite of the Marine Corps?" Don't say it's you, even Medved's bear can't beat me in time......"
"Who else? Next! Serov sat on the body of the American GI and hooked his fingers provocatively.
"Yuri? What's going on? When Khrushchev rushed over, there were already two people sitting under Serov's buttocks, Serov, who was heading towards the supernatural journey, was shouting loudly, the KGB uniform on the upper body had been held by the Soviet agent next to him, Serov was wearing a big white vest, and the KGB red slogan on the vest behind his back was particularly conspicuous.
"Comrade First Secretary, we had a friendly and cautious exchange with our American colleagues! Enhance the relationship between us! Serov, who stood up from the two American GIs, said as he got dressed, "Actually, I think it's more appropriate to have a tug-of-war!" ”
"What nonsense, don't you know how to be more stable as a KGB vice chairman?" Khrushchev regretted it as soon as he exited, and Serov, whose age was indeed not yet stable, finally snorted fiercely.
Eisenhower was very interested in the Russian letters on Serov's vest and whispered to his interpreter, "Sniff out and eradicate the traitor!" The famous words of Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the KGB, as the first code of conduct of the KGB! ”
Eisenhower nodded clearly, seeing that the ground next to the people on both sides was full of guns on their bodies, and knew that the two sides did not reach the point of pulling out their guns and facing each other, at most they could not look at each other well, and finally saw the height in their hands! It's just that this deputy chairman of the KGB, who doesn't look strong, actually fell into two American GIs who are tall and tall in a row, which is unexpected.
And judging by Khrushchev's words, even the tone of reprimand is not heavy, it is just acting in front of him.
"You now know the strength of the KGB of the Soviet Union, learn more in the future!" Eisenhower said to the somewhat frustrated American GIs that Eisenhower himself was a soldier and did not reject this kind of behavior, but this time it was the Americans who lost.
Eisenhower's words made Khrushchev secretly refreshed, because the KGB was created by Khrushchev by stripping off the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was a trump card in his hands, basically having all the functions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but directly obeying his orders.
On the surface, the KGB looks similar to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even if Sherepin has been streamlining the organization, the number of personnel has not decreased much, and the internal affairs forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are still under the command of the KGB, and even the KGB has separated the internal affairs troops to form border guards on the border. Why does Serov always say that the KGB is far from being comparable to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in fact, in terms of hardware, the KGB is not worse than the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there is a power that was taken back after Khrushchev's reorganization, which is why Khrushchev trusted the KGB.
This was the most feared function of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Great Purge, the power of independent adjudication! The Ministry of Internal Affairs can arrest and try the suspects without anyone's consent, the KGB only retains the right to investigate, but the original trial power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was withdrawn by Khrushchev, and the current KGB is still feared, but in the eyes of the members of the Central Presidium, it is not so fearful.
From the beginning to the end of the Soviet Union, from the Cheka to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the KGB, from Stalin to Khrushchev to Brezhnev, the KGB system is actually getting weaker and weaker, after Brezhnev came to power, because the KGB in the hands of Sherepin can still shine in the action to overthrow Khrushchev, so the KGB was restricted again, and by the Brezhnev era, the KGB system was no longer a department that could challenge the rules alone.
This small storm did not set off a big wave, it could only be regarded as a slight contest between the security personnel below Khrushchev and the two, and the young man fell twice, and Eisenhower did not put it in his heart. The two bigwigs still had a lot to communicate, and soon left here to continue chatting alone, and Eisenhower turned around and said, "You guys can prepare for the tug-of-war!" In the end, Eisenhower, who was a soldier, was still ready to give the United States a chance to get back on the field. (To be continued.) )
PS: Now you know why the KGB is inferior to the Ministry of Internal Affairs