Big Time 1958

"Go ahead!" Long before the 81-nation Communist Party Congress, Serov had already mentioned that the Eastern comrades would use this congress to attack the Soviet Union. Although this prediction was of little use, it was important to analyze it for Khrushchev in advance. The consequences of this can affect Khrushchev's heart, which was taught by Serov's psychology teacher. With Serov vaccinated, Khrushchev is mentally prepared for the upcoming attack, and suddenly being attacked will not be so unacceptable.

"If we compare from the intelligence perspective, we are far superior to other revolutionary forces in the world when it comes to competing for the support of other revolutionary forces in the world. Even in places like Southeast Asia that are very close to China, we and the comrades in the east start at the same time, and eventually the local revolutionary party will also Will choose us, this is the gap in national strength!" Shelov analyzed the situation in the entire region indifferently, "Since Comrade Dongfang thinks we are too conservative, let us see what they are going to do, anyway, we have nothing to lose, If we fail, we can show at a later stage that we have already said that we can’t do this, but before that, we don’t express our position, we don’t condemn, we ignore it, and let the Eastern comrades do it…”

   No position, no condemnation, no heed? Hearing this principle, both Khrushchev and Kozlov thought it was too weak, and believed that the voice of opposition could be suppressed through debate. Sherepin obviously also favored the opinion of the first secretary. Zhinev's eyes lit up, but he didn't make a statement on this occasion.

Khrushchev is a person who likes to debate very much. Those who insist that the more the truth is debated, the clearer the way of thinking is, it is easier to get into the horns. If Brezhnev is in power now, it is estimated that Brezhnev would be too lazy to respond to China. I think this debate is pointless. With this effort, new equipment may come out.

   Of course, soon everyone will stop discussing this issue. The food problem in the Soviet Union was also a big problem, and now there is hope for a solution. It's more important than anything. Soon Kosygin, the first vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, came to the Kremlin. Kosygin was Khrushchev's main assistant. He actually started to carry out reforms during the Brezhnev period. Lezhnev began to tighten his power, Kosygin's situation became more and more difficult, and eventually the reform failed.

Kosygin has more say in industrial aid than anyone else. As Zhdanov's subordinate, Kosygin also understands the operation and shortcomings of the planned economy. Unfortunately, the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union has been relatively weak since Khrushchev. The prestige was still insufficient to push the reforms forward without Brezhnev's obstruction.

   Khrushchev, Kozlov, and Kosygin discuss how to exchange the Sultan's grain. Brezhnev and Sherepin were chatting on the side. Seeing this situation, Serov was more vigilant. Brezhnev's resume is too complete. At present, there are only two more suitable leaders of the Soviet Union than him. One is the current leader Khrushchev, and the other is Second Secretary Kozlov, and Kozlov's condition is a ticking time bomb, no one knows when it will detonate. Considering Kozlov's fiery temper, it was almost completely unpreventable.

He was really afraid that Brezhnev would win over Shelepin. Shelepin's character is far from Brezhnev's moderate, and he lost Khrushchev's support. Unless a coup is launched, he will definitely not be Brezhnev's opponent. .

   Serov is now collecting information on Brezhnev and some cadres of the Dnepr gang. Brezhnev's character can only be explored face to face. It is far less easy to deal with Chernenko and others below. While the Soviet Union's No. 1 and No. 2 figures were discussing the food issue with the Soviet economic operators, Sherepin, the leader of the Communist Youth League, was talking to Brezhnev, the leader of the Dnepr gang. This scene made Shelov feel like a dream.

"Yuri, Ilyich just talked about you!" Shelepin and Brezhnev vacated Khrushchev's office and left it to some big people inside to discuss it. In the corridor, through the window, you can see the outside covered in silver. It is already November, and snow will fall from time to time in Moscow, but the weather this year is not bad compared to previous years.

"I told Shurik, your analysis of the international situation is eye-catching. From a grand strategy perspective, our policy should focus on two places, one is the Persian Gulf and the other is South Africa. Of course I know that the KGB needs Time to complete our strategy, we can't be too hasty now!" Brezhnev said very kindly, on the surface, he is a harmless and old man, the template should be Mikoyan, even Tiantian Serov, a KGB researcher, couldn't see anything wrong with it either.

But it was this man, with only the cadres of the less powerful Dnepr gang in his hands, who successively defeated Shelepin's Komsomol, Podgorny's Ukrainian supporters, Suslov's propaganda department, and Kosygin's government department. . This of course has something to do with Sherepin's own carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, but he has to admire Brezhnev's superb skills. Brezhnev's strength is on the inside, not on the outside. It seems to be a false alarm now.

   "I myself serve our global strategy, so I have nothing to say!" Serov felt Brezhnev at close range, but he didn't notice any obvious hostility, so he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At present, Sherepin and Brezhnev have no intention of joining together. After spending a while with the two big men, Shelofton felt bored, and after a while, he made an excuse to leave the Kremlin. What to say and what to do Done.

   Looking at Serov who was walking away, Brezhnev smiled and said, "Shurik, your friends are always so enviable, they are all so young. Always have endless energy..."

The next day, the 81-nation Communist Party Congress was held as scheduled. While Soviet leaders including Sherepinzai continued to attend the congress, Serov, Lieutenant General Sakhartovsky, Director of the First General Administration, and Alek, the Director of the Fifth General Administration. Lieutenant General, Serdyuko of the Second General Administration, and Roman of the Third General Administration listened to the recordings and debates of the first day of the General Assembly at the KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square 11, from which they learned that other parties in the world were divided on China and the Soviet Union. tendency.

   "There is a problem!" Lieutenant General Sakhartowski, director of the First General Directorate, suddenly reached out and held down the recording, asking his own question.

"Yes, the positions of the Communist Party of Australia and the Communist Party of New Zealand are different. Wilcox is on the side of China and attacked our Soviet Union. This is not common sense. As far as I know, the Communist Party of New Zealand and the Communist Party of Australia have a good relationship. There is no contradiction between the two! Australia and New Zealand have inconsistent positions, this issue is too strange." Roman was also the deputy director of the First General Bureau, and he was also responsible for this work at GRU, which was inconsistent with the information he had.

"New Zealand has less than 3,000 party members, and it is easy to be infiltrated. Maybe this conference really has a lot of nominal communists mixed in!" Lieutenant General Sakhartowski nodded in approval. Roman's judgment, on this point, he, the current director of the First General Bureau, and Roman, the former deputy director, have reached a consensus.

"The stance of the Indonesian Communist Party is slightly inclined to China, which is easy to understand. Most of the current members of the Indonesian Communist Party are Chinese. The primary goal of our work is to make the Indonesian Communist Party not express its position on the differences between our two countries, and try not to let the Soviet Union The differences with China have affected other countries, and such a good situation cannot be wasted just because of a little argument." Serov concluded very seriously.

   "Agree..." Lieutenant General Sakhartowski, Lieutenant General Roman, Lieutenant General Serdyuko, and Lieutenant General Alexai expressed their positions one after another.

   Shelov and the others listened to the recording of the first day's meeting from beginning to end, and began to consult the information from the intelligence departments of the First General Bureau, and began to assess that those parties were those who fought with the red flag against the red flag.

   Emotionally, they, the anti-revolutionary workers, are of course willing to believe that these parties participating in the conference are all communist fighters. But who makes their professions can't trust emotions? Professional habits force Serov and the others to first define each other as traitors, and then find innocents.

Then today, the KGB's job is to review the recordings of the previous day, and gradually expand the number of unreliable parties to ten, "It's really strange, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand are the three most supportive parties, as far as I know. There is no revolutionary soil over there. These parties are all weak and pitiful. By the way, the tendency of Indonesia is eliminated. The Indonesian Communist Party is completely because of national feelings, and we have a good relationship with the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Indonesia has a long time. The Ministry of Internal Affairs can be our spokesperson in Indonesia, but we still adopt a non-intervention attitude.” Thinking of the situation in Indonesia, Serov can always think of the collapse of the Indonesian Communist Party, so he can only adopt a conservative attitude until the overall situation is undecided.

  While there was a heated debate in the venue while praising internationalism, another group of people in Moscow were also doing counter-espionage work, making arrangements for the situation reflected in this conference. After the plan was made, it was sent to the various departments of the First General Administration with the approval of Serov. In the evening, Serov, who was about to get off work, received a telegram from Kudryash, the commander of the Central Asian Frontier Guard Military Region, saying that the military uniform of the other party has been rushed. At the same time, the air force's reconnaissance and airdrop sites on the Sino-Indian border have been completed.

   After reading this telegram from beginning to end, Serov had to block the news when he called back, and the Central Asian Border Guards and the Internal Guards in Almaty and Tashkent strengthened airborne training as appropriate. (To be continued~^~)