Chapter Seventy-Four: All Big Shots

So the National Fair is the kitchen debate in history? There is no fear of embarrassment in saying it, Serov has not carefully studied this information, and he always has the impression that the kitchen debate took place during Khrushchev's visit to the United States. I didn't think about it, but it was a preconceived misunderstanding!

"It turned out to be this old turtle!" Serov touched his chin, if Nixon came to the Soviet Union, then there is still no need for too much preparation, and some people in later generations used the end of the collapse of the Soviet Union to argue that the kitchen debate was lost by the Soviet side, Serov dismisses this, can an influential event be evaluated within a few decades? That kind of expert is really confident, although the Soviet Union collapsed, but China still exists! When the United States uproots the socialist countries, it is not too late to say that it has won.

"Director, don't you make some preparations in advance for monitoring?" The commander of the secret police corps asked.

"Prepare what? The president of the United States cannot guarantee whether he is a representative of the United States, let alone a vice president! Serov moved his neck and said with a smile, "I haven't thought about it for a long time, I can't remember what a vice president is talking about, a mascot was sent by the United States, just send two people from the General Administration of Domestic Espionage to watch it, don't die here and crash my bloody ......."

Serov has the impression that Nixon was president in the 70s, and after waiting for more than ten years to finally sit on the presidential throne, it is comparable to Japan's Tokugawa Ieyasu, not that he is so awesome on his side, but that Kennedy, the most awesome on the Democratic Party's side, was killed, and Kennedy's successor was disgraced in the Vietnam War, which gave Americans the idea of changing political parties.

However, Nixon's other general performance was overshadowed by a great success, that is, the United States succeeded in dissolving relations with China, forcing the Soviet Union, which had already turned to a strategic offensive in the seventies, to withdraw a considerable part of its forces and deploy heavy forces in the Far East. Since then, the two hands of the Soviet Red Army have been pressed against NATO in Europe and China on the other, and the number of the Red Army has increased significantly to five million people. From the beginning of the Sino-Soviet hostilities, the Soviet Union was doomed to not be able to hold out in the Cold War, and it was too late to wait until China and the Soviet Union came to their senses and repaired relations.

"Nixon? People who have been exposed to the Internet in later generations will know where your sore feet are if they pay a little attention to the negative news in the United States! Serov muttered in his heart for a moment, and then ended today's security check.

In the evening, Serov followed the chairman of the KGB, Sherepin, into the Kremlin, and reported to the current first secretary of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev, although they did not meet often, but apparently Khrushchev could still remember Serov this person, the last time he took out Marshal Zhukov, Serov accompanied Khrushchev into the Ministry of Defense in the name of the head of the General Directorate of Military Administration.

"The little guy is working in Berlin quite well, this time Alexander recommended you to be in charge of the National Exposition of the United States, do you have anything to say?" Khrushchev was always outspoken, and he had a less condescending posture than other Soviet general secretaries. But this was only in private, and once in public, Khrushchev would become a different kind of posture, arrogant and arrogant than everybody.

"There is no problem with the security monitoring work, 1,600 secret police will be scattered at various intersections and in the venue, and I will personally follow behind Comrade First Secretary to ensure that there are no gaps in security!" After Serov's report, he said, "Regarding this American National Exposition, Comrade First Secretary, Nixon was only a symbolic vice president, and I don't think it's worth making a fuss about at all, but because the Berlin crisis has just passed, maybe the cunning Yankees have sent him to test us!" ”

"Our little tiger is always so vigilant! Ha ha! Khrushchev laughed unabashedly, touched his sparse skull and said, "It's okay, I like this kind of occasion!" Mr. Nixon was the leader of the United States who came to the Soviet Union for the first time in more than a decade, and it was good for us to get to know each other! Mr. Nixon must have done a good job in defending the Soviet Union, and little Yuri has no problem, right? ”

Serov, who fully adhered to the head of the defense, smiled and said cautiously, "No matter what, I am a guest, and I will definitely show the most authentic side of the Soviet Union, but I can't guarantee that Mr. Vice President can't hold back his curiosity and always wants to make a big news!" ”

According to Serov's idea, just find two people to deal with it, but he can't say it, Khrushchev has been easing relations with the West since he came to power, he is too snub to the Americans, isn't this a slap in the face of the first secretary? You can only call the class enemy a guest against your will.

In his opinion, the current first secretary is still a little idealistic, and he believes too much in the discipline of the Americans. From the launch of the Soviet Union's first artificial satellite to the just-concluded Berlin crisis, the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States has become more and more involved, and he is not alone in thinking that "peaceful coexistence," "peaceful competition," and "peaceful transition" can solve this problem. At least Serepin, who Serov knew very well, and later Brezhnev, must not have a cold in their hearts.

But then again, Serov's action of overturning the Catholic Democratic Party in Italy has also become a frequent example for Khrushchev, which he can't laugh or cry about, and Serov was kicked to Italy because of the prison clearance operation at that time, so he wasted his milk and made meritorious service so that he could return to China. As a result, the Italian action became an example of Khrushchev's détente proposals.

Three days later, Serov, dressed in a lieutenant general's uniform, was waiting at the airport, and at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Nixon landed at the Moscow airport on a plane. Khrushchev arranged for the nominal head of state of the USSR, Marshal Klimant Voroshilov, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, to meet the plane, and Marshal Voroshilov appeared with Marshal Voroshilov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Leonid Brezhnev, and the person next to Serov, who had also cooperated in Hungary, and the head of the Central Liaison Department of the USSR Andropov.

Most of Serov's attention was on Brezhnev, and for the first time he met the big-eyed comrade.

The KGB's advisory department directs the intelligence work of other countries, while the Central Liaison Department is responsible for liaising with other socialist countries, so Andropov will always be by his side when the general secretary visits foreign countries.

The strong lineup next to him has long removed Serov from Nixon, who is just a vice president, and there are two general secretaries of the Soviet Union next to Serov, as well as a nominal Soviet head of state with the title of marshal.

"Mr. Nixon, welcome to the Soviet Union, your presence here is of great significance, an important step in our mutual understanding!" Marshal Voroshilov set Khrushchev's rhetoric to express his welcome to the American visitors. The two sides shook hands with each other and then reviewed the guard of honor.

Serov carried out his duties from beginning to end, until he delivered Nixon to the hotel where he was staying.

"General, are you in charge of our reception, may I ask what is your name?" Nixon asked through an interpreter.

"Yuri Efimovich Serov!" Serov said in Soviet-style English, looked at Nixon and his party with a smile, and said with a slight curl on the corner of his mouth, "If you find it difficult to remember, you can call me the Caspian Tiger ......"