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John Major, who served as Secretary General of the Treasury, Foreign Secretary and Minister of Finance in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, experienced 28 years of changes in British politics from 1968 to the end of 1996, and climbed to the position of Britain's top leader. John Major knows better than anyone the brutality of political struggle. So when Salmond was preparing for an independence referendum in Scotland, John Major was already fighting back as a final step before preparing to leave his job. So far, the UK cannot afford to lose Scotland's North Sea oil fields, and as Yanayev speculated, it would be a heavy blow to the British energy industry if it loses the support of the North Sea oil fields. This also led to the fact that the Soviet Union was secretly playing with Britain in Scotland, with the Soviet Union supporting Scottish national independence and Britain stepping up its plundering of the North Sea oil fields. All this drama will be the source of further turmoil in Britain.

Scotland's independence seemed to all European countries to be on the agenda, but many Western European countries wanted to see Britain suffer in this incident. Among them is French head of government Jacques Chirac, who has always had a bad relationship with Britain.

This time, however, Vladimir did not bring good news to Yanayev, and he was told that the Scottish National Party was nervously preparing for a referendum and taking a risky bet at the most unstable time in British politics. But the chances of success in the analysis of Salmond by the KGB foreign intelligence officers were almost less than forty percent, as for the reasons? In addition to the pro-Scottish independence population, there is also a strong insistence on staying within the UK. Coupled with the fact that Major secretly left behind his hand, Yanayev was very worried about the referendum, and he felt that it was doomed to failure.

"But I think it's okay to lose the referendum, it's not the worst situation." Yanayev told Vladimir, "As Salmond believes, if you lose the referendum, you will at best wait for the next referendum, but what worries me most is that Prime Minister Major will use legal means to organize the passage of the referendum bill." After all, Britain could dissolve Parliament early enough to prevent a referendum from taking place, which would inevitably lead to a riot by Scottish nationalists. If they do, Major will be able to complete his last bloody political task before leaving office, providing a stable internal environment for his successor to focus on resolving post-Brexit issues. ”

"Is it as unscrupulous as Thatcher the Iron Lady did against the IRA? But can Prime Minister Major really make up his mind? Vladimir remembered the bloody crackdown on the IRA, only this time against the Scottish Nationalist Party.

Under Margaret Thatcher's extreme force, the Northern Irish Republican Army was forced to move from political assassination to peace negotiations, but what about Scotland? Or is there some unexpected surprise waiting for everyone?

Yanayev stretched his back, he almost realized what would happen next, the riots, the repression and the deepening of the estrangement, it was simply the British version of the Tbilisi incident, the feng shui took turns, when the Western countries took advantage of the crisis in the union countries to split the Soviet Union, and now they themselves have become the object of division.

As long as the tank continues to move forward, what will happen to the old drivers of the mantis arm, oh no, what will happen to the thugs.

"Anyway, he's about to resign, so what can't he do? If Prime Minister Major had done so, it would have been a better performance than the Iron Lady. Also, Comrade Vladimir, as soon as Downing Street released the news of the cancellation of the Scottish Parliament, he immediately abandoned Salmond. He's no longer worth our investment. ”

"But we've spent enough money and energy on him." Vladimir was not willing to accept his defeat, and he said with some indignation, "I would like to consider whether to continue to support Salmond's plan for Scottish independence after the referendum results are over." ”

"But I advise you to put away your little emotions, Comrade Vladimir, this is called a stop-loss of investment. Salmond was not a man who dared to use force to confront the British government, and once the British government had crushed him by force, he was likely to choose to compromise. You're looking for someone who's going to die for independence like Ireland's Komis, and Salmond doesn't have that kind of confidence, and now you know who I'm talking about. ”

"Scotland ultranationalists?" The first thing that came to Vladimir's mind was these madmen.

Yanayev gestured casually on the table, and said casually, "It would be best if they could be encouraged to form the 'Scottish Blue Republican Army', and Scotland cannot be peacefully independent, then let the British government recreate the nightmare of the 70s." ”

As a time-traveler with insight into history, although the world has been moving in a completely different timeline since 1991, Yanayev is still able to determine where his opponent's next move will be based on previous clues. Therefore, Yanayev will always be able to know the enemy's next move in advance and make a strategy to deal with it in advance.

Of course, the practice of inciting ethnic extremists to riot in other countries must be done in a subtle and untraced manner, and if it is detected, it is at stake in a country's diplomatic face, and the previous cooperation between the Soviet Union and Britain on nuclear power plants has not yet been completed. That's why Yanayev told Vladimir that the KGB must not reveal his whereabouts.

"But the extremist people in Scotland are like a mess, and they don't have a strong coalition to support them in rioting." Vladimir scratched his head, this question made him very entangled. If you can't raise an agent, you can't let the KGB go to Scotland to preside over the cause of independence, right?

Yanayev showed Vladimir a way, and Yanayev said with a smile, "So you also need to wait, and after the British government sends troops to suppress the Scottish independence movement, this is the best time for us to support proxies." It's too early to make small moves behind the scenes, and the success rate is much lower than we think. ”

Yanayev threw the chess piece on the table, and he said as he turned the piece, "Prime Minister John Major expected that there might be a riot in Scotland, but he would never have expected that after this riot there was a series of schemes waiting for the Downing Street government." When the time comes, hehe. ”

"I'd be expecting the next prime minister, Major Major's successor, Tony Blair, to be a little bit more interesting." (To be continued.) )