Big Time 1958

Shelepin did not stay in Almaty for a few days, but soon returned to Moscow to mobilize manpower. There were many Arab countries, and it involved the deployment of many departments of the First General Administration, such as the Middle East Department, the French African Department, the British African Department, and the absence of It is difficult for the Moscow headquarters to integrate these forces. Serov's job is very simple. He discussed Mongolia's plan to support the Soviet Union through the embassy in Mongolia, and then planned the slightly more troublesome Indian side...

A country like the Soviet Union has never been afraid of insufficient domestic demand. On the contrary, once the domestic demand of the Soviet Union is too strong, the cost of operating the planned economy will increase exponentially. It is definitely not acceptable to play an open market, because the cost of mining many raw materials in the Soviet Union is particularly huge. , Even if American products come across the ocean, Soviet products cannot guarantee that they can compete.

   Therefore, the Soviet Union especially hopes that a country will sing an unbreakable alliance with itself, as a supplement to the Soviet Union's own planned economy, and help the Soviet Union to fill the shortcomings of the development of heavy industry. Historically, the Soviet Union wanted China to take over this role, but how many people does light industry need? How could China prevent the massive idle population from complementing the Soviet Union? In the end, the country that the Soviet Union chose was India, which was a huge failure from a historical point of view. India's seeming power, but it deceived the Soviet Union, and the massive assistance is not all in vain, but it has not had the desired effect at all.

   Serov would rather pin his hopes on Indonesia, and never have confidence in India. That weak chicken-like combat capability, if the Soviet Union and India join hands to meet the enemy, the Americans will laugh their pants crookedly. In all fairness, if the Soviet Union's assistance to China is considered a conscience and forcibly pulls in an industrialized country around the world, it is also a conscience for India. The last thing that was given to China was given to India again, and the return from India to the Soviet Union was simply hopeless. Even in the most intuitive military power competition, it does not give the Soviet Union any confidence to confront the United States.

"I am absolutely sure of this. It is easy to exchange arms for hundreds of thousands of cattle. The cattle in India can definitely be flooded. According to our news in South Asia, India, a country of Hindus, can be watched by eight people. To one cow, India's population is 430 million, but considering the relatively backward efficiency, Indians should add at least 20 million..." Serov said to Brezhnev who stayed here.

  Mongolian communication is very easy. The leaders of Mongolia have always responded to the demands of the Soviet Union, and would rather tighten their belts and support the Soviet Union. Molotov, who was sent to Mongolia as an ambassador, was still very handy with a group of herdsmen, and soon got the Mongolian side to agree to a plan to support the construction of the Soviet Union.

"Part of it will be solved from Arab countries, part of India will be solved, and part of it will be solved from Mongolia. This year's meat supply should be no problem, very good!" Brezhnev is very satisfied, such as Serov's astute discovery of gaps In his opinion, cadres who have found a solution to the problem are rare in the Soviet Union. Probably because KGB cadres are always in contact with foreigners. So there is this broad vision and thinking.

Brezhnev is not a swift and resolute person, it does not mean that he will not do it, just no matter when he usually prefers to work in a different way, when it is time to do something, Brezhnev will never be soft-hearted, even if it is face anyone.

But in normal times, Brezhnev is more willing to communicate with cadres privately to get to know a person. For Serov, who is undoubtedly the first deputy chairman of the KGB and Brezhnev, the evaluation is very high. Nev has his own evaluation. Although the young cadres seem to be very capable. But he did not think that this was the credit of the Communist Youth League. In fact, Brezhnev believed that the success rate of the cadres of the Communist Youth League was not high. It can be said that most of them are guys with high eyes and low hands. The reason why it created such a mighty appearance has a lot to do with Xie Lepin's acquaintance and management.

  The cadres of the Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union are huge, and there are not many who really play their role. These people gathered around Shelepin and created an illusion, which made Shelepin look particularly powerful. It's not that Sherepin's power is not strong, but Brezhnev believes that as long as the opportunity is identified, it can be disintegrated by means. The real threat is that dozens of cadres...

   Among Shelepin's friends, Brezhnev has a certain understanding. The closest comrade-in-arms is Semichasny, and the least restricted is Yuri Yefimovich Serov. Because Serov was a cadre promoted by Shelepin and Shemichasny, he was the youngest among Shelepin's friends, so he was taken care of by the Shelepin group. You can give full play to your abilities. When the director is doing the work of the director, the director is doing the work of the vice-chairman, and now she is taking care of the KGB for Sherepin.

"I have to say that Shulik has you as his assistant. There are many things that you don't have to worry about. Usually when cadres mention imports, they think of importing from Argentina or directly from the United States, a big agricultural country, and you import from such a backward country. Meat is very contrarian!" Brezhnev praised himself without hesitation.

"But it's just a little more thought. Anyway, because of religion, they won't eat those animals, so why not help us to clean up!" Serov took the report that Kamiyakin brought over, Checking whether there is any problem with the list of weapons, while pretending to be chatting, "In fact, part of our problem is due to poor logistics. If it is a simple plan to supply our current meat production and the development of fisheries In theory, there is no problem in providing the needs of the people of the whole country, but in practice, it becomes impossible because of transportation problems. For example, it is very difficult to transport fish caught from the Pacific Ocean to Central Asia…”

Brezhnev also takes this very seriously. As a leader, he is undoubtedly qualified. Of course, according to Sherepin's request that Stalin was alive, it is far worse, but except for the issue of lifelong cadres. Confused, it is difficult to say which specific issue Brezhnev should be responsible for. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the evaluation of Comrade Brezhnev was higher than that of Khrushchev. Although Khrushchev was also making constant political reforms, the first secretary was undoubtedly a communist. Even if he made a mistake, no one could say that Khrushchev was not well-intentioned, only that there was a problem with his ability. Gomap has acted like a traitor from the start...

  Since Brezhnev likes to communicate with himself privately, Serov naturally has no objection to chat with him. It’s not that Serov can’t. Soon Brezhnev discovered that the young cadre in front of him knew almost everything. And the thinking is different from the usual Soviet cadres, "The next ten years will be the ten years when the balance of power between us and the United States will be balanced. As long as we make good use of the next ten years, we will be able to change the strategic disadvantage that we have always had. !"

   This sentence made Brezhnev quickly overthrow the impression of Serov. It seems that the reason why Shelepin likes to promote this cadre has been found. The same has no reason for self-confidence, even more serious than Shelepin himself.

   "Yuri, what do you think is the most powerful weapon in our hands?" Since it was a small talk, Brezhnev didn't mind the other side's surprising words, after all, it was only a private occasion.

Originally, Brezhnev thought that Serov would say something like atomic bombs and steel torrents. Unexpectedly, after Serov checked the list of weapons for India, he gave an unexpected answer, "Thoughts, communist parties all over the world. , Communist Party of Italy, Communist Party of France, Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Indonesia, the most powerful place in the Soviet Union is not the millions of Soviet Red Army, not atomic bombs, not tanks, but our motherland is the first socialist country in the world, as a member of the Communist Party , I can find my comrades in any country I go to. I don’t know the locals, and it doesn’t matter if I don’t know the language of the country where I live. As long as we sing the Internationale, our comrades will naturally appear in front of us. Americans can’t do this. …”

   No wonder Suslov is so optimistic about this young cadre, he even protects him even if he is a friend of Shelepin. Brezhnev found another answer, who said that there is no gain in frequent private communication? At least that's what Brezhnev has been doing all along, and it's quite rewarding here at Serov today...

"This logo is what we fear the most!" Shelov took off his big-brimmed hat and pointed to the five-pointed star and the Communist Party logo on it. "Under this logo, countless people are fighting for it, and people are eager for fairness. So trust us. The hope that the Soviet Union shoulders is not the hope of our nation, of course, not all of our struggles, our organization, our party, our army are all true communists, but our people can be sure It's all about supporting us, so we're definitely not going to lose."

"And my duty is to prevent traitors from appearing within us!" When I said this, the big-brimmed hat was put on again by Serov, and he handed his verified list of weapons to Brezhnev and asked, " Chief, see if there are any problems!" Brezhnev was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Shelepin's most reliant assistant would hand over the work of the KGB to him, which was of course a friendly gesture.

  Brezhnev rejected the report handed over by Serov, saying that this is the KGB's own business, and it can be implemented as long as the current meat supply problem in the Soviet Union is solved. Then Serov returned the list of weapons to Kamiyakin and said, "Because of my work in the General Administration of Military Administration, my relationship with the Red Army is not good. Our large number of sealed weapons and equipment are mainly located in areas under the control of the Red Army. Next, can Chief Brezhnev help me communicate with the Red Army?" (To be continued~^~)