Soviet Union 1991

Second update

"The Soviet Union is going to help us? What does this mean?" Stephanopoulos didn't quite understand what Yanayev said. He felt that Yanayev had something else in mind. But he couldn't read the meaning.

Yanayev said seriously, "Regarding the incident of the United States withdrawing its aircraft carrier from Cyprus, can't President Stephanopoulos see the situation clearly? Do you really think that the United States will be so kind as to help Greece beat Turkey on the Cyprus issue? President Mario very much hopes that Turkey can become an important chess piece to contain the Soviet Union, so do you think he will give up Turkey for Greece?"

Stephanopoulos suddenly woke up. It turned out that the key point of what Yanayev said was here. He took a deep breath and said slowly, "Are you saying that the United States is just using Greece to force Turkey to become a loyal hawk dog again? From the beginning to the end, Greece was just a role used by the United States?"

Yanayev gave a truth that frustrated Stephanopoulos. "It's not just Greece, it's Cyprus too. You are all just pawns used by the United States."

"Damn, damn Americans!" President Stephanopoulos slammed his fist on the table, and said angrily, "I understand. No wonder the United States only received one Perry-class destroyer sold to Greece. It turns out that it has been held in the hands of the United States. Why does the United States want to turn it into a bargaining chip to please Greece?"

In this way, President Stephanopoulos finally understood why the British air strikes suddenly stopped, and the Turkish troops in Cyprus, which had been silent before, suddenly launched an attack on the Cypriot troops. Why did the UN peacekeeping force contain the actions of the Greek garrison in the rear and refuse to let the Greek government intervene in the dispute? It turned out that everything was Mario's conspiracy. He used Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and even the United Nations to cooperate with the United States to perform such a wonderful drama.

President Stephanopoulos had to admit in frustration that it was because of his greed that he became a pawn of the United States and even fell into the current dilemma.

Yanayev corrected the other party's statement, "To be precise, it is not flattery, but just feeding the other party a bone at the right time. Only in this way can they be loyal to the Americans desperately. The Americans' move is indeed very insidious, and even the Soviet Union did not expect this step."

In fact, Yanayev had already anticipated Mario's actions, but she did not expect Maziel to surrender so quickly, so that he was a little surprised and angry.

"What should we do now? Chairman Yanayev." Stephanopoulos was no longer sure. This was the fire pit he jumped into personally, and he had to clean his ass anyway.

"What should we do? I just want to know if you want to drive all the Turks out of Cyprus?" Yanayev asked.

"Of course, we very much hope so." Whether it was Stephanopoulos or the previous leaders. The whole of Greece blamed the Cypriot civil war on Turkey's interference. So much so that the two feuding countries still hold hostility.

Yanayev said, "Well, if Greece is willing to cooperate with the Soviet Union, then we can at least let you keep the territory you have conquered now, how about it?"

As Greece's military purchase target, at least the Soviet Union has always maintained a high degree of tacit understanding with Greece on the issue of anti-Turkey, so Stephanopoulos nodded and said, "Okay, we are willing to cooperate with Turkey, but I want to know what methods you use to deal with Turkey now?"

"Since you are willing to believe, then the Soviet Union will naturally have the opportunity to take action." Yanayev did not intend to explain the next action to Greece. After hanging up the phone, Yanayev breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his head and said to the person standing beside him who had been waiting for him to speak, "Comrade Primakov, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Primakov's answer seemed a little indifferent, cold and seemed to lack enthusiasm, "It's indeed been a long time, Comrade Yanaev. Counting from August 19 to now, it has been six years, right?"

"Yes." Yanaev looked at the former Soviet President's senior foreign policy adviser, feeling a little unpredictable. Originally, Yanaev wanted to promote him to become the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but because he chose the Gorbachev camp in the August 19 coup and firmly believed that the August 19 Committee would fail sooner or later. When Yanaev controlled the national situation, Primakov also became the target of liquidation and was ordered to withdraw from politics early.

Over the years, Yanaev also arrogantly believed that he did not need the existence of a foreign policy adviser around him. It was not until the situation became more and more complicated that he realized that sometimes the existence of a presidential envoy is far better than having to do everything personally, especially in the face of some shameful transactions.

At this time, foreign intelligence expert Primakov came back from hiding and entered the Kremlin's field of vision. Yanayev no longer intended to argue with him about his position in the coup. He now wanted to know whether Primakov was willing to be loyal to Moscow.

The answer was yes.

Yanayev put a document on the table and said to Primakov, "This time I hope you can visit Cyprus secretly as a special envoy of the president to discuss military transactions with the president of Cyprus."

Primakov took the document from Yanaev, flipped through it for a few times, then withdrew his eyes from the words, raised his head and said to Yanaev, "General Secretary Yanaev, is it really okay to do this? Isn't this challenging Turkey's tolerance?"

"Of course there is no problem. Turkey has repeatedly provoked Moscow's bottom line. If we don't fight back, they will not restrain, especially on the issue of anti-missile systems."

Yanaev leaned against the sofa and said calmly, "After solving the Cyprus problem, I think Maziel will naturally know how Turkey should maintain a balance between the United States and the Soviet Union."

Primakov raised the document in his hand and asked, "So we also use them like the United States uses Cyprus? What a poor guy."

"Yes, but politics is a combination of interests. There is no such thing as pity." Yanaev said with a smile, "Besides, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. The Soviet Union is doing business with a good friend." (To be continued.)