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But in Edward's opinion, such an act may be decisive and exciting, but if he put himself in his shoes, he would never do it.

The reason is very simple, this Nima is using KGB as air?!

"Uncle, I'm going to be angry!" Comrade Dzerzhinsky said in heaven.

Edward couldn't understand how the brains of this group of people worked.

It's not impossible to run out quietly, but you have to reduce the number of people as much as possible to reduce the target, but I haven't seen a group of people make an appointment to hijack the plane and run out.

It's true......

It stands to reason that history education in the Soviet Union should be good, and this group of guys will know from flipping through the books that there is absolutely no precedent for success.

It's probably a magic barrier......

In short, Kuznetsov and Sylva accepted Putman's request to join the task force without hesitation.

Kuznetsov also invited two other non-Jewish dissidents, Alexei Murchenko and Yuri Fedorov, both of whom were sentenced to prison with him for "anti-Soviet activities."

It can be seen that this young man is a good person, and at this time, he can still consider difficult friends, which can be regarded as affectionate and righteous.

The code name of the escape plan was "the brightest star in the night sky" - no, the code name "wedding".

Because the group was going to pretend to be flying to a friend's wedding.

However, Putman and the Leningrad group began to worry about Dimsitz's plans.

This is understandable, after all, hijacking is a serious crime, and everyone has no experience for the first time, so it's normal to have hair in your heart, and it's normal to do things out of line.

But the next commotion surprised Edward again.

They decided to consult the Israeli authorities!!!

Why didn't they consult the local police station before robbing the bank?!

Fortunately, it's not too stupid.

One of their Soviet Jews, who had just emigrated to Israel, sent a letter with a code word.

After receiving the letter, this person reported the "wedding" plan to the Israeli government.

The Israeli government, of course, disagrees.

This is something that no government would agree to!

No government in history would have consented.

Putman received a phone call from Tel Aviv telling him the following: "Hillaire, I saw your uncle, Dr. Simon Putman, and consulted him. He gave me the following medical advice: 'That medicine is harmful if you take it'" (Putman's fictitious "uncle" name is abbreviated as S. Putman's name). B. is exactly the first two letters of the Israeli intelligence service ShinBet Simbert).

Lovely Dehua thinks that this uncle's initials are very suitable for this group of people themselves.

Upon receiving news of the Israeli authorities' opposition to the plan, Putman and his Leningrad group announced the cancellation of the plan and tried to persuade others to dispel the idea, as the Israeli government believed that the move could jeopardize the entire Jewish emigration movement.

Edward felt that the KGB had exercised a great deal of restraint in this incident, and frankly he did not believe that the KGB knew anything about it.

If it was 30 years ago, I was afraid that I would have arrested people a long time ago, but now that Putman has not taken any action, it is estimated that the KGB will not bother to care.

It stands to reason that this is the end of the matter, and in fact it is almost over.

Because the key gentleman in the case, Mr. Dimsitz, told Putman that the hijacking plan had to be canceled.

The reason for this was that Msitz managed to board a Tu-124 plane in the name of a visit, and the moment he entered the cockpit, he realized that it was absolutely impossible for him to do such an aircraft alone, which was too complicated.

After all, it was improved from military bombers, and the poor electronic engineering capabilities of the Russians made the cockpit panel of this thing densely packed with various instruments, and ordinary people would have high blood pressure at a glance.

Putman and his Leningrad friends were delighted when they heard the news of the cancellation of the operation (??? This reaction also seemed a bit confusing, and Edward really didn't want to guess the mental state of his fellow citizens, which was rude), and went back to their Jewish education.

Not long after, Dimsitz planned another escape, but for unknown reasons he did not inform Putman's Leningrad group about this plan, but contacted Kuznetsov in Riga directly.

Maybe it was because Putman's joy when he learned that the Tu-124 program had been canceled pierced Dimsitz's heart?

After being hit by the reality of the continuous crit, Demsitz is more practical, and no longer plays the idea of the Tu-124, but instead ponders its easier to fly small plane.

One An-2.

Old-fashioned biplane single-engine aircraft, however, are popular for their classic design for their excellent flight performance and extremely simple maintenance.

Not only the Soviet Union, but also the Warsaw Pact countries were divided into equipment...... To...... Sprinkle pesticides, or use them to fly short-haul and unpopular routes within the country.

Compared to Figure 124, the operation of An-2 is much simpler.

Dimsitz himself had taught himself how to fly an airplane, and he felt that flying this thing out of the country on his own would be a piece of cake.

The action plan will also need to be changed accordingly, which will be much simpler than the original plan.

At least in terms of occupying the cockpit, it can omit a very cumbersome step - there is no need to find a way to break open the sealed door of the cockpit, because the An-2 does not have a cockpit door at all, and the pilot is in the same cabin with up to 12 passengers.

According to the plan, the Kuznetsov team booked all 12 tickets for flights from Leningrad to Pliozelsk, and when the plane landed in Pliozelsk, a town only 40 miles from the Soviet-Finnish border, passengers could subdue the two crew members with two fake guns and let them leave the plane without harming their lives.

No one would be injured when the plan was implemented, so that the Soviet authorities would have no reason to demand the extradition of the escapees. (In bilateral agreements between the USSR and Sweden, only political prisoners, and not the usual criminal prisoners, were exempt from extradition.) ）

Then pick up four other people in Pliozelsk, and the overweight plane was piloted by Dimsitz and flew over the Soviet-Finnish border (Finlandized Finland is not reliable, everyone thought that if it landed in Finland it would definitely be sent directly back to the Soviet Union) and flew directly to Sweden.

There these escapees will ask for political asylum and demand that the plane be returned to the Soviet Union.

One of the passengers, Joseph Mendevich, drew up a "last will" that would be made public in the event of death of all those involved in the operation.

Given that even they themselves believe that the hope of success is less than 5%, this document is actually a suicide declaration. It quotes aptly from the opening of a psalm from the prophet Zekkaria: "...... Fleeing from the northern lands ... Flee, sons and daughters of the Jews who dwell in Babylon. ”

Subsequently, he went on to write:

We wanted to draw this action to the attention of the leaders of the Soviet government ...... and declare to them that it was in their interest to allow us Jews to return to their homeland. Jews all over the world! It is your sacred duty to fight for the freedom of your Soviet brothers. To live or to die is the fate of the Russian Jews, and we know that this fate rests with you to a great extent.

Edward thought it was a bit funny, he couldn't understand the positions of both sides.

Especially the Soviet government, why is it stuck and not letting these people leave?

As long as Israel is willing to accept it, wouldn't it be a happy thing for everyone to send these unstable elements out......

Needless to say, these dissidents will become foreign forces when they go abroad, but in fact the source of their uneasy power is within the borders, not abroad.

Besides, send them out, let these people go to live in their dream country for a few years, the reality will soon sober them up, and it is not impossible to even ask for a return.

Ahem, if you don't believe me, ask Rabbi Kahani, who is now in Israel, if he is willing to pardon his sins, will he be willing to become a U.S. citizen again?

At least in the United States, there were no police officers who pressed him violently against the hood of a police car......

In fact, this thing is the same as the marriage of a man and a woman, if you are together, you will come and go, as long as you don't bring too many secrets, you can go......

Didn't the great man also say that if it rains, if the mother wants to get married, let him go......

With the current Soviet wariness of Jews, it was almost a joke that they had access to secrecy......

In fact, after this case, the Soviet authorities really changed their approach and approved many people's immigration applications.

As for those compatriots......

Edward sighed even more, Jews have always been proud to maintain their own blood (cultural heritage), but the price of this pride is that no matter which country they go to, they cannot integrate into the main nation, and the strange long-passed rituals of Judaism are constantly showing to those around them, "I am not with you, I am not with you"

Aren't ethnic minorities playing this hand really pulling hatred for themselves......

If it is in the United States, it is okay, after all, the melting pot of nations is not called in vain, although everyone does not like each other, but they can still make do with each other.

But in Russia, which has a strong obsession with the nation and the land, if you do this, you will be suspected of finding a coffin to sleep on.

Of course, the enthusiasm to return to the homeland is commendable, but it is ...... Can a heavily overloaded An-2 aircraft piloted by a two-knife pass through Finnish airspace unscathed?

The An-2 program should be more unreliable than the hot air balloon and Tu-124 program combined.

It's no wonder that Joseph Mendevich is writing a shared suicide note.

Moreover, the presence of KGB is not considered at all in their plans?

If Comrade Dzerzhinsky were still alive, he would have asked loudly: "Are you polite?" ”

……

On June 15, 1970, the day the escape plan was executed.

The Soviet government helped these people politely......

KGB took deliberate action to wipe out Jewish activists.

The 12 people who bought the tickets were arrested one by one before boarding the plane.

The four people who were waiting in Priozelsko did not escape.

If these people deserve it.

Putman was wronged.

He had no knowledge of the An-2 program, and on June 15 he and his 4-year-old daughter were arrested while on vacation, and other Jewish community leaders were handcuffed on the same day.

At the same time, the KGB went on a rampage, Leningrad, Moscow, Riga moved.

A large number of Jewish community leaders were arrested and quarantined, and what awaited them was a conspiracy to prosecute Zionism.

……

And then about the actions of the Soviet authorities.

The verdict in the attempted hijacking case is actually very simple, with all the proceeds and the law applied is very clear - that is, it is prosecuted as ordinary criminal offenses, and the defendant is usually convicted of attempting to leave the country illegally and illegally using state property - these crimes seem serious, but in reality the maximum sentence is not too high.

However, most of the defendants in this case were charged with treason, as well as with the crime of destroying the precious property of the state - both of which are capped at the death penalty!

Prosecutors can ask for exorbitant prices, and defendants and their defense attorneys can pay back on the spot, at least in the United States.

The prosecutor's extremely high jump before the trial is actually a strategy to force the defendant to reach an out-of-court settlement agreement with him, avoiding the trouble of the court session and completing his own KPI assessment.

But at the scene of the Soviet trial, it was like this:

The prosecutor, the judge and the defendant's lawyer all read the script, while the defendants spoke out their convictions and stated their wishes.

All 300 seats in the courtroom are occupied by cheerleaders from the KGB or other organizations.

When the signal is given, these observers chant together, "Sentence them to hang!" Hang them! ”

As for the Soviet name for prosecutor-prosecutor, the cross-examination revolved around political issues – making them look less like they were prosecuting and more like a political judge pronouncing a verdict in court.

Like what

Inspector: Don't you think that anti-Semitism is caused by Zionism?

Kuznetsov: Zionism only emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, but the history of anti-Semitism is much longer.

Inspector: Have you read Zionist propaganda?

Kuznetsov: If you understand Zionism - you haven't read it.

Inspector: There is only one understanding of Zionism.

Kuznetsov: Zionism is your scapegoat!

Other defendants cited the harassment they had been subjected to, such as being shouted "Why hasn't Hitler killed you yet?" as evidence of anti-Semitism.

The prosecutor and the judge would immediately interrupt their statements and admonish, "The great Soviet people cannot be anti-Semitic ......"

All right......

The prosecutor concluded by repeatedly mentioning that the case involved an "international Zionist conspiracy", while completely denying that it was a trial against Jews.

As if to strengthen his argument, the prosecutor then recommended with a solemn face that the judge should sentence one Jew and one non-Jew to death......

The Jew is Dimsitz.

"Non-Jews" are ...... Kuznetsov.

Kuznetsov immediately protested, not so much on the issue of sentencing: "I am a Jew!" ”

"No, you're not!" The inspector immediately responded: "I don't think Kuznetsov is Jewish, I think he's an ethnic Russian......"

In the end, the defendants were given a single opportunity to be heard.

Sylva Chalmanson made her final statement on behalf of all the accused:

"I am deeply saddened...... If the court imposes a death sentence. Then good people like Dimsitz and Kuznetsov will be destroyed. I don't think that Soviet law would treat the motives of some people to emigrate as treason. Some of us have long known that hijacking operations are going to fail. Even at the Finnish station (the name of the station in Leningrad) we noticed that someone was following. But at that time, there was no way back. Step back in time and face endless waiting? Even now, I have no doubt that even if the sea is rotten, one day I will live in Israel, this is my dream, which will never be given up after 2,000 years of waiting and expectation. We'll see you in Jerusalem next year."

Sylva made her final remarks almost in tears

Eventually, she wept and recited in Hebrew for a hundred years, the long-read prayer Im eskacheck Yerushalalayim (If I forget you, Jerusalem).

He was then stopped by the prosecutor because he was not allowed to speak in a foreign language in court......