Chapter 217: Verdict
There is not the slightest reason for a general of a branch of the KGB to think twice, although there is a gap in rank, but the chairman of the KGB and the Minister of Defense are units of the same level, and in Serov's opinion, the chairman of the KGB in front of him is quite modest. If it were Semychasny, it is estimated that none of the nine generalissimos of the Ministry of Defense would be taken into account.
Although Pinkovsky is only a small lieutenant colonel, in the intelligence department of the Soviet KGB system, he is a traitor who has access to a lot of secrets, and the potential danger is no worse than defecting to a general, and even surpasses it. It is precisely for this reason that it is very necessary for the chairman of the KGB to treat him as a typical case, especially to warn the irresolute elements within the KGB.
It was with this mood that KGB Chairman Serov entered the Kremlin that evening, met with General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, and prepared to report this case as a classic case of recent KGB counterintelligence, "I propose to deal with Artillery General Valensov, as well as Artillery General Odintsov, Director of the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy......"
"There is nothing to say about this kind of traitor, since it is a traitor, then it will be dealt with by your KGB's own secret court!" Khrushchev said very indifferently, "As Pinkovsky's father-in-law, there was such a traitor who betrayed the motherland in their family, although it did not cause direct losses, but the impact was very bad!" Inform Defense Minister Comrade Zhukov that the Ministry of Defense must make a choice, and even if it has merit during the war, it will not be tolerated this time! I personally recommend downgrading to Major General ......"
"Artillery Admiral Odintsov, although this time I am blocking your KGB from handling the case, I still don't deal with it. After all, there was no harm! Khrushchev crossed his hands and thought about it for a moment, and commanded. So be it. Give a warning to the Political and Educational Department of the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy, it is necessary to strictly investigate the political composition of the cadets, and the director of the artillery academy will be directly dismissed and replaced! He is no longer fit to be the headmaster of our Soviet school......"
Khrushchev demoted Pinkovsky's father-in-law directly by two levels, but he was still very cautious about the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy, it was not a simple matter to have a military school with historical traditions, and he did not want the academy named after Dzerzhinsky to be stained on history.
"Okay, General Secretary! So what do we do with Pinkowski? Will you keep him in a mental hospital for the rest of your life, or will you just shoot him! The chairman of the KGB asked. In fact, he was completely overly asked, and in his heart he naturally wanted to shoot Pinkovsky directly, but maybe the general secretary had a high opinion, right? The reason why the Soviet prison system is now divided into three levels and has an extra psychiatric hospital system is because Khrushchev once said that only the mentally ill will not believe in the bright future of **, so according to the meaning of this sentence, the KGB can only let those guys who do not believe that ** will win will be treated in a psychiatric hospital......
"Treason. Naturally, it's a death sentence! Khrushchev flicked the cigar he had just taken out, and said without any room for negotiation. At that time, my son went to the battlefield with the children of the entire political and political bureau members, and in the end, few people came back! Now he will not spare his son-in-law just because of Admiral Valensov! ”
The chairman of the KGB was deeply impressed by Khrushchev's words, and automatically ignored Khrushchev's fierce revenge on Stalin after he came to power because of the death of his son.
"By the way, who caught this traitor!" Khrushchev changed his posture and asked: After solving a major case, we must not miss the link of rewarding meritorious deeds, and Khrushchev, as general secretary, naturally would not make a mistake on this kind of issue. I also took the initiative to show my care as the general secretary.
"Major General Serov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Department of the 1st Main Directorate, Major General Alexey, Director of the 7th Department of the 2nd Main Directorate! First of all, Major General Serov heard the news, but there was no evidence, because of the relationship of the artillery admiral Valensov! So he didn't dare to make a noise, so he found Major General Alexei of the 2nd Directorate General and monitored Pinkowski! The chairman of the KGB recounted from beginning to end what Serov and the two had made up.
"Oh, the son of Marshal Bagramian's comrade-in-arms, right?" Khrushchev still had a little influence on Serov, a highly photogenic pawn, and immediately said, "Yuri is now a major general, and the handling of this case is a little frizzy, in fact, it is completely possible to arrest Pinkovsky first and then find evidence, your KGB has the right to arrest if you have suspicion, I can only say that little Yuri is still a little young and inexperienced......"
For how to reward two people, Khrushchev also needs his own thinking, the more difficult thing to get is Serov, twenty-nine years old is already a major general, or the director of the Department of Foreign Intelligence, whether it is a promotion or a title is actually not suitable, the military rank is a lieutenant general when the rank is raised by one level, the lieutenant general is not yet thirty years old, it is obviously too young, and the military is also easy to be dissatisfied, even if Marshal Baghramyan is willing, the rest are not willing. The question remains Serov's age, which director of the General Directorate is not in his fifties, and the youngest is almost fifty years old.
After thinking about it, Khrushchev decided to skip Serov and said directly, "Major General Alexei is a comrade who has been engaged in the work of a secret agent for a long time, and he can have a bigger stage to play, and he can be in charge of the work of a general bureau in your KGB, so start with his deputy, as for Major General Serov, he is a little frizzy in this case, and he needs to exercise more!" Consideration could be given to giving some material incentives......"
"Okay, General Secretary!" The chairman of the KGB secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the reason why he did not speak out was because he could not deal with Serov, could he let Serov, who was not yet thirty years old, become a lieutenant general in charge of a general administration? The general secretary has already spoken, and he doesn't need to bother with this problem.
Serov was not dissatisfied at all, he was not dissatisfied because he caught Pinkovsky and did not get promoted, in fact, after receiving a bonus of 10,000 rubles from the Ministry of Finance, Serov already felt that he had earned it, yes, Pinkovsky's life was worth 10,000 rubles in Serov's eyes, although he had nowhere to spend the money, but Serov's fun for a man to make money completely lies in his wife's recognition of him, what should Serov do after returning home and handing over the bonus, everything has nothing to do with him.
But Serov still congratulated Alex from the bottom of his heart on his ascension, and worked tirelessly to put on the clothes of a construction worker and wear a helmet to enter the headquarters of the Seventh Division again, and after getting the assurance that the seventh Sima would change his disguise, he finally felt that the trip was worthwhile.
"Is there any news on which department you were transferred to?" Serov's influence was like a construction worker who had been working for a day and was taking time to rest, without any concern for Alexie's feelings, as if he didn't see himself covered in cement, and went directly to the leather sofa in Alexie's office, Alexei looked at it and grinned, really afraid that the sofa in his office would be cut by the solidified cement on Serov's body.
"I heard that I was asked to go to work in the Fifth General Bureau!" Alexei said with a smug expression.
"The General Directorate of the Secret Police? Big brother, you are at the peak of your life now! Serov didn't expect the reward for catching Pinkovsky so generously this time, although it had nothing to do with him, but both of them came out of Azerbaijan, Serov was still happy for Alexey, although there were many General Directorates of the KGB, there was no doubt that the status of the First Main Directorate and the Second Main Directorate was equal, because they were equally important both internally and externally, and the two Main Directorates did not account for these. The Third Directorate was set up specifically for the Soviet Red Army, but it was only an expedient measure, and the Fifth Directorate, which had the Secret Police Chief, was definitely the most powerful department in the KGB Chief, and its status was only below the First and Second Chiefs.
This time, Alexey entered the Fifth General Bureau, and his future journey will definitely be smooth sailing, and he is likely to become a high-ranking figure in the KGB in the future, which can be said to completely reverse the trajectory of being marginalized. You must know that the Fifth Directorate is also responsible for the security of the Kremlin, and only people who are very reassuring to Khrushchev will enter and work there.
Serov now has only one question, and that is how many people know that Alexey actually belongs to the Beriasan remnant. Whether his identity could not be investigated, or now Khrushchev did not care about these things.
There is no doubt that Alexei is the biggest winner in the Pinkovsky case, and perhaps he has risen to the top of the Beria remnants and become the backbone of these people, at least Serov does not believe that there are people in the Beria remnants who are higher than the head of the General Directorate, and those people have long been shot, and even the cadres from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs have been investigated.
The KGB's secret court is still in charge of the KGB's General Directorate of Personnel Management, and the day of the trial was completely a formality, Serov and Alexey sat in the auditorium, that is because the Pinkovsky case was completely solved by the two of them, and now Alex, the deputy head of the General Directorate of the Secret Police, is personally in charge, which makes the atmosphere of the entire secret court much more solemn, and the judge goes through the process one by one, and does not hesitate to declare Pinkovsky guilty and sentenced to death!
The trial of the secret court is the final verdict, and there is no such thing as an appeal in the KGB system, and it can be said that Pinkovsky is dead regardless of whether he is convinced or not, and feels that he has not really betrayed state secrets......
"How do you think it's better to kill him?" Serov tilted his head and asked Alexey, who was one level higher, and the latter was stunned and said, "The death penalty is a shot, is it all a death sentence, do you have to torture it?" (To be continued......)