Soviet Union 1991

Pavlov's words made Milosevic really wake up. He had been calculating before, but now he understood one thing: the Soviet Union's protection of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is crucial, but Serbia's interests can be sacrificed for the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's abandonment of Yugoslavia is just a loss of an important outpost. When Serbia is isolated in the whole of Europe, it means that they will be divided up by NATO countries until they collapse.

Thinking that he, as the president of a country, finally stood in an international court to be tried, and was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment or sent to the gallows, this is simply an insult to the Serbian people.

Milosevic said worriedly, "What if the ballistic missile deployment plan irritates NATO? Yugoslavia can no longer afford the no-fly zone and the bombing of NATO joint forces. Even if the Soviet Union is willing to provide billions of interest-free loans, Serbia will not be able to complete the post-war reconstruction of its homeland in the short term."

"Which countries are next to Serbia?"

Pavlov suddenly said this, which made Milosevic a little puzzled, but he still answered honestly, "Serbia's surroundings? Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Romania, etc. In addition, Slovenia and Croatia are not officially recognized by the international community."

"Then which of these surrounding countries do you think have military strength far greater than Serbia?" Pavlov asked softly, tapping his hands on the table, waiting for President Milosevic's answer.

"To be honest, no." Milosevic answered honestly, "During the Yugoslav War, we received a lot of military exercises from your country. Although the economy is in a difficult period now, the military strength is far greater than that of the surrounding countries."

"Very good, then do you think we will have a situation like the Cuban Missile Crisis again?" Pavlov began to explain for Milosevic, "Serbia is not geographically close to the old European powers, so it will not face the threat from NATO directly. The deployment of ballistic missiles is a political game between the two sides. It is not a military contest."

"However, Serbia's economy has not fully recovered. Doing so is equivalent to cutting off Serbia's future. We all don't want Serbia, which has finally stood up in the war, to fall down because of economic problems." Milosevic expressed his worries.

"Do you want to say that Yugoslavia's prosperity in the past was all due to the charity of Western society?" Pavlov sneered, "Economic blockade? There are so many countries willing to cooperate with you. I don't want to hear the ridiculous statement that Serbia chose to surrender because of the economic blockade of Western countries."

Milosevic was speechless after being refuted. So he chose to remain silent. Pavlov knew that the first tentative contact had not made any real progress, and Milosevic had doubts about the promises made by Pavlov. After all, Serbia is also facing social unrest now.

"I think the cooperation that has not made temporary progress today does not mean that the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will not change its mind in the future." Pavlov took a step back and for the first time did not show the Soviet Union's rude and tough attitude in political stance to threaten President Milosevic.

Pavlov stretched out his hand and shook hands with Milosevic, reaffirming the friendship and equality between the two peoples. In fact, he was looking at other conspiracy plans. Since Milosevic was reluctant to cooperate, he left the other party with no choice.

The day after Pavlov left Serbia, Western newspapers published a conversation between the Soviet Prime Minister and the Serbian President in Belgrade about a ballistic missile base cooperation project. It was impossible to say that there was no Soviet instigation behind the scenes. The Soviet Union wanted to force Milosevic to make a choice, whether to cooperate with the Soviet Union or to choose to fight NATO alone.

Of course, NATO's reaction was strong, especially German Chancellor Kohl. He was originally wary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. When he heard that Serbia was preparing to cooperate with the Soviet Union, the German government, which was originally busy dealing with domestic refugees, immediately exploded. He immediately contacted French President Chirac. Achieve a consensus between the two sides before the situation deteriorated.

Although there are still minor conflicts between Germany and France, they still show high-profile consistency when facing the threat of a common enemy.

"President Chirac, you and I both know that the Soviet Union and Serbia are so close because of the intelligence recently disclosed by the CIA, which is to build a ballistic missile interception system in Central European countries. The Soviets can no longer bear it and want to fight back." Chancellor Kohl replied, "This is also an opportunity for us to get rid of the not-so-obedient Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. NATO can use this as an excuse to impose military sanctions on Serbia."

"Military sanctions? As long as Croatia is encouraged to stir up trouble again, we can intervene in the chaos in Serbia. We can completely support Croatia's border provocations against Serbia as a financial sponsor. Then introduce the United Nations to intervene." French President Chirac made a reliable suggestion. Only when Serbia is in chaos will they have a chance. If Yugoslavia refuses to be persuaded, even France and Germany will be helpless.

"What if we attack Serbia and attract the Soviet Union?" Chirac raised his concerns. He is not afraid of Yugoslavia's resistance. The only thing he is afraid of is that the Soviet Union will do some dirty tricks behind the scenes, causing France to suffer. . This is not the first time Chirac has experienced this despicable trick.

"It's much better than people saying that missiles are installed at our doorstep, isn't it? Besides, the Soviet Union's strategic space has been almost squeezed by us. As long as we add more fire, we can completely squeeze them out of Eastern Europe. .With only Moscow alone, what else can Yanayev do?”

Cole tried to use various means to bring down the Soviet Union's layout in Eastern Europe, even if it ended up in a lose-lose situation for both sides. Of course, he was always thinking about scheming against France, and of course he was thinking about how to make both France and the Soviet Union suffer, so that he could reap the benefits. Let Germany fight the Soviet Union? Germany, which had gone through a war, was not that stupid.

Therefore, it is self-evident how sincere this Franco-German alliance is. (To be continued.)