USSR 1991

When these well-known intellectuals were arrested, no one would write a petition on their behalf. First, because they usually tout the relationship with the United States, a considerable part of the public expressed disgust at them. Second, how could the white American society help a Russian immigrant.

Naturally, the U.S. government wrote a lot in the media, describing these people as evil Soviet KGB spies and terrible enemies who disrupted the social order in the United States. The U.S. government stated that it would strengthen the management of Soviet political refugees.

Such exaggerated reports naturally attracted the attention of the public, so much so that the confrontation in the Arabian Sea, which was still raging a week ago, was instantly forgotten.But the price is that the director of the Immigration Bureau was ordered to step down.

It just confirms what I said before, the people's eyes will only catch the freshest things, and they will choose to forget the mistakes made by the government because of the emergence of new things.But then those Soviet intellectuals who still wanted to flee to the United States began to have difficulties.The US embassy closed a considerable part of the applications for political asylum because it was afraid that spies placed by the KGB of the Soviet Union would get mixed in.

And seeing that the group that went to the United States ended up like this, other people were also afraid.They dare not tell the Soviet people about the friendship, equality and freedom of the United States as before.Because the first batch of public intellectuals who passed away became bloody examples.

The reports from the Soviet Union were completely different from those from the United States. They compared those public opinion to the fate of traitors, and warned the masses, look, this is the fate of those brainless people who believe in freedom and democracy.People don't regard you as a human being at all, and you still have to put your hot face on your cold ass.Is something wrong now?

After this American version of the crisis of persecution of public intellectuals, the freedom of thought prevailing in the Soviet Union has undergone fundamental changes. They feel disappointed and helpless, and the country they admired the most has become the country they hate the most.It just so happens that all these events are also under the control of the Soviet Foreign Intelligence Service.

Chapter 241 Title of Hero of the Soviet Union

In the Barents Sea scalpel incident in 1987, after the Soviet pilot Vasily Simbal taught the Norwegian fighters a lesson, instead of receiving any praise from the Soviet Union, the Su-36 fighter with the tactical number 27 It was also sealed up. In order to avoid accusations from the international community, Simbal was also grounded for a period of time and then transferred to other flying companies, and kept silent for the next few years, not allowed to say anything about this matter. go through.

But this time is different. Comrade Sergey, who used the scalpel in the Arabian Sea, was not punished by the army, but was praised by the army like a Soviet hero. The Minister of Defense even personally awarded Comrade Sergey the Soviet Union Hero Medal for his bravery during the standoff.

Comrade Yazov, Minister of Defense, even personally awarded him the Hero of the Soviet Union medal. From 1979 to 1989, only 69 people received such a great honor, and most of them were because of their heroic performance in the Afghan War.And Sergey can be said to be the first soldier to win the title of Hero of the Soviet Union since 1989, in recognition of his significant contribution to maintaining the dignity of the Soviet army in the Arabian Sea.

Comrade Yazov stood on the awarding platform. He didn't say congratulations and other congratulatory topics. Instead, he told these people a story uncharacteristically. It may be unfamiliar to the Navy, but it is not familiar to the Air Force. It is a familiar story.

"Before I say a few words of congratulations, I would like to say one thing." Yazov said affectionately, "On November 1973, 11, a US high-altitude reconnaissance plane invaded the Soviet airspace, and the Baku air defense zone of the Soviet Union was in emergency. A MiG-28 fighter jet numbered 140 took off to intercept. 21 minutes after the fighter jet took off, the Baku command post handed over the command to the front-line airport ground guide Lieutenant Jorny. The MiG-19 pilot Yeliseyev found the enemy After the plane, two missiles were launched decisively, but both were evaded by the high-altitude reconnaissance plane's maneuvers."

"Seeing that the enemy plane was about to flee the Soviet airspace, the pilot Yeliseev urgently called the ground command. Lieutenant Jorny resolutely gave Yeliseev the order to ram the enemy plane."

"'140 understand!' This was the last answer of the MiG-21 at that time. The result of the battle was that the reconnaissance plane was crashed, and the MiG-21 died together. The Soviet government awarded Yeliseyev the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. His 982 Fighter Regiment When roll call, the name of the hero is the first to be called."

Speaking of this, Yazov sighed, "We have had countless martyrs like Comrade Yeliseev. They dedicated their youth and even their lives with great enthusiasm for the motherland. We should not forget These unsung heroes, whether he is a soldier who sleeps under a certain piece of loess in the Great Patriotic War, or a ship whose corpse sleeps forever on the bottom of the sea and has never been salvaged."

"They may be the son of a certain mother, the father of a certain child, but most importantly, they will always be the heroes of the Republic! Like comrades Sergey and Yeliseev, heroes who will never be forgotten." Speaking of which, Minister of Defense Yazov took off his hat to reveal his pale head. The Minister of Defense who dedicated himself to the country and the people slowly raised his hand, facing Comrade Sergey who was presenting the award, as well as the audience in the audience. The soldiers gave a military salute.This is also the first time in history that the Secretary of Defense has shown great respect to ordinary soldiers.

"Thank you for everything you have given, the people of the motherland and the Soviet, and your dedication will never be forgotten."

There was warm applause in the auditorium, and some soldiers burst into tears. Comrade Yazov's speech was very sensational. After the award was over, the soldiers rushed to shake hands with Minister of Defense Yazov to express their respect.And this effect is exactly what Comrade Yazov wants to see.

After the award ceremony, Comrade Yazov did not stay here any longer. He had to go back to Moscow to deal with government affairs. Before he left, he also met another old friend, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Smirev.However, when the other party saw Yazov, he didn't have that kind of excited expression, but complained about taking the whole fleet to take risks like this.

After listening to Smiryev's complaints, Yazov explained with a smile, "Risks and opportunities coexist, Comrade Smiryev. This time the Soviet Union has won a big victory. Not only has it won the favor of the anti-American countries in the Middle East, At the same time, it also exercises the resilience of the Pacific Fleet in simulated conflicts, doesn't it?"

"And the most important thing is that we have also consolidated our position with our allies and completely pushed the United States to the opposite side between China and the Soviet Union. Now, we all have a common enemy, and the Americans' enemies on all sides will almost He's pushed to the edge of a cliff and he's on the verge of death."

Smirev disagreed with Yazov's opinion, "But it also exposed the Soviet army that we worked so hard to build to the enemy's artillery. To be honest, Comrade Yazov, the conflict with the US fleet in the Arabian Sea is a A very unwise behavior. They have their own naval base in that area, and the ships can be replenished in minutes. After our fleet replenished fuel and food in India, there was almost no logistics with the United States. Confrontation, almost buried a fleet in the belly of the fish."

"A powerful fleet will never take risks to gamble on its own luck. I hope that this kind of risk-seeking victory will not appear again." Smiryev said what was in his heart. The commander-in-chief of the navy has no right to ask about such things, but he also told Yazov his innermost thoughts with the same loyalty to the Soviet.

Smiryev, who is used to looking at the situation from the perspective of a soldier, naturally does not understand Yanayev's risk decision-making mode, just like those bureaucrats sitting in the office do not understand the flexibility of the war mode.The settlement of Yanayev's chess piece has added firewood to the increasingly suspicious situation in the Middle East.

At least Yanayev calculated very clearly that no matter whether the confrontation is successful or not, the situation in the Middle East will undergo major changes because of this confrontation in the Arabian Sea.However, the United States, which is obsessed with controlling oil and using oil futures to make profits, did not expect that the countries in the Middle East began to fall to the other side.Iran and Iraq, under the threats and strikes of the United States, have at least seen another country that shares common interests with them, and is also powerful enough to rely on and cling to.

Soviet Union.

Chapter 242 The Conspiracy in St. George's Hall

The Grand Kremlin is very unexpectedly brightly lit today. A row of huge gold-plated chandeliers hang from the ceiling of the white marble hall on the second floor, and exquisite reliefs are carved on the walls on both sides.This is the majestic St. George's Hall, which is full of people talking and laughing. They gathered here for the same reason.Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

At this time, the crowd standing on the white marble floor of the Kremlin also had complex expressions. These people included politicians from the high walls of this exquisite building, and some generals from the barracks mixed with gunpowder and the cold smell of steel. The reporters who came from the west were looking for their prey with sharp eyes, which could be reported in newspapers or political prey in the news.

Of course, at the banquet, there were also hunters like these Western reporters.They were shadowy, dark-eyed conspirators, KGB spies and counterintelligence agents.These are different from the Kremlin security guards with short Kalashnikovs, who just watch their surroundings with suspicious eyes on the perimeter walls of the Grand Kremlin Hall.

And they were as inconspicuous as the waiters who walked back and forth with shining silver trays and high-end crystal glasses containing special champagne from the Romanov family and Kremlin vodka.These KGB spies roamed the room, straining their ears for a word, perhaps a conversation that was too low or a phrase that didn't fit the mood of the night.

The string quartet played passionate classical music in the corner, perhaps no one would listen to it seriously, but this is a special program of foreign diplomatic receptions, without which, a diplomatic occasion would become somewhat incomplete.On the complex marble floor pattern of St. George's Hall, more than 100 people took over the leather shoes and high heels. Everyone was talking for half the time. In order to hear each other talking, people had to raise their voices to overwhelm the music. The spies took advantage of the noise Voices and hidden identities act as ghosts at the party.

These Western diplomats and Kremlin politicians are waiting for the real owner of the palace to arrive. Although a month ago, the countries they were loyal to were still confronting each other because of the Arabian Sea incident. In the end, the United States chose to back down to resolve the crisis.

Immediately afterwards, the Soviet Union also issued a limited treaty on weapons of mass chemical destruction. Politicians from both the United States and the Soviet Union almost gathered in the Kremlin palace to discuss this matter.Spies who are also well versed in "Kremlin science" also gather here, and they can collect their own intelligence through the demeanor and conversation of those Soviet officials.

General Hammer's lieutenant Charles was clearly in the other category, and he wasn't the only CIA agent haunting the Kremlin.Although he appeared here as a biological and chemical weapons negotiating team, and was responsible for tracking some of the possible loss of weapons of mass destruction in the Soviet Union.After all, two months earlier, "state technology detection tools," the implied spy satellites and communications, had tracked a truck from a Soviet Union state to be behaving suspiciously.

He stared at everyone with fiery eyes, they all looked so suspicious at this time, Minister of Defense Comrade Yazov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Shevardnadze, and even Shepi from the Soviet Chemical Industry Department who were chatting with the officials around him Love.

Suspicious, everyone looks so suspicious, like a conspiracy involved in an ulterior plan.

Of course, Charles put Minister Shepilov of the chemical industry department at the top of the list that may break the dilemma. If the people in the chemical industry department say that they are only responsible for Russia’s oil production, they have nothing to do with chemical weapons of mass destruction. Without participation, this is as laughable as an official of the White House in the United States declaring that his hands are clean.At least in the case of the loss of Soman gas in 1983, the Soviet spy target targeted by the CIA, one of his identities was the chemical industry technical director of the chemical industry department.

As he spoke, he took a sip of champagne slowly, and then pretended to be nonchalant, bypassing those jeweled, elegant and noble Slavic beauties. Their perfume made Charles rub his nose involuntarily, like a wolf with a keen sense of smell resisting. the surrounding disturbances.The leather shoes stepped on the marble slab carefully, without making a sound.

Charles moved in front of Shepilov. Although the other party tried his best to show a hale and hearty look, he could still see his exhaustion from his eyelids. Charles said in fluent spoken language, "Hello, Shepilov Secretary Husband. I'm on the U.S. WMD treaty negotiating team, and you can call me Charles."

As soon as he heard the identity of the American, Shepilov immediately became alert. Of course, he knew that there were a few pairs of eyes nearby secretly watching their conversation. The high-level members of the KGB, those who can control their own life and death, are in front of the eyes of terrifying devils.

"Let's talk at the negotiating table if you have anything to say, Mr. Charles. The negotiation hasn't started yet, and we don't have anything to talk about." Shepilov unceremoniously issued an order to evict him.He was from Pugo of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the real KGB administrator was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, who was in charge of the production of dangerous chemicals.They are like separate managers who do not invade each other.The personnel rights of the Central Organization Department are in the hands of Yanayev, which can be said to be a model of power checks and balances.

Shepilov didn't want to be involved in these messy affairs. Although the position of deputy minister can directly contact those high-level figures, the room for promotion is also wider.But they always know some people who shouldn't know the secret. If something is revealed one day, these people may be introduced as scapegoats.

Shepilov still wants to continue to climb up. He doesn't want to die of old age in the chemical industry department, or be crushed by political opponents in the position of minister.

"I am talking too much, Comrade Sepilov." Charles nodded, pretending to chat with Sepilov about these buildings intentionally or unintentionally.

"I think it's better for a country to spend its tax money on artistic sculpture like this, to have great shiny buildings, than to make chemical weapons that kill countless lives at every turn, don't you? It's a pity that as long as the politicians There's a conspiracy, and we're going to have to keep packing up without some kind of balance of power."

"You've talked too much tonight, Mr. Charles. It's not always a good idea to reveal too much to someone you don't know. Of course, I also hope that the treaty on the destruction of weapons of mass destruction can be concluded today." It was too late to reach a consensus." Shepilov clinked glasses with Charles and said, "Excuse me."

Sepilov's reply was impeccable, and even if the KGB asked him to write a detailed material report, he was beyond reproach.The reason why he left was because he saw that the real owner of the palace was talking and laughing with the "guest" who came from the United States, slowly walking towards St. George's Hall.

Seeing Yanayev's figure, Charles chuckled and moved closer. He wanted to have a closer look at the true appearance of the Kremlin master.Also acting with him are agents with different missions around him, and their goal is to use their Kremlin knowledge to the extreme in such occasions.

Outside the gates of the Grand Kremlin, soft red carpets are laid from the entrance, towards each step, and continue to the entrance of the black car.The red carpet is like a scale, which bears and balances everyone's position and weight. Out of the car is Yanayev, who is still in high spirits in his 50s. He is smiling and waving to the reporters on both sides. The flickering lights were even brighter than the crystal chandeliers in the Georgia Hall.

"General Secretary Yanayev, you finally showed up." Charles put his hands in his pockets and said to himself with a smile.

Chapter 243 Kremlin Studies

Due to the high degree of closedness of information in other countries under Soviet socialism.In order to study the political situation in these countries, the officials of the CIA had to carefully look for clues such as the titles, rankings, and seats of the leaders revealed in various channels such as official publications, radio and television, and slogan propaganda, in order to look for clues of political changes. .This particular craft is known as Kremlinology.Of course it has a more witty name, Kremlin Astrology.

For example, after Comrade Beria was arrested in July 1953, the news about him in the party newspaper disappeared immediately, and the CIA deduced that Khrushchev had won the political struggle.For example, after Chernenko's death, Khrushchev appeared in front of everyone as a "coffin bearer", because he was the closest to Chernenko's coffin, which also made the CIA aware that there was a birthmark on his head The man who will become the master of the Kremlin in the future.

No one can be silent, and the CIA judges what is happening inside the political walls of the Kremlin based on the clues left behind.

Similarly, the intimacy of people around Yanayev also determines the person's status in government departments and even in the party.Although Yanayev is having friendly conversations with U.S. Secretary of State Warren Miner Christopher, this does not prevent those around him from gathering intelligence around the leader.

Charles can see that the six standing behind Yanayev on the left are Minister of Defense Yazov, Minister of Internal Affairs Pugo, Prime Minister Pavlov, Chairman of the KGB Kryuchkov, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Ryzhko Comrade Husband.Standing on the right is Vladimir Putin, the deputy interior minister who has always kept a low profile and nobody cares about, and Surkov, the propaganda minister who is also a headache for the CIA.Chemezov, the head of the Soviet Union's arms export company, stood in a cool location not too far away, watching everything in the conference venue.

One is the sword and shield of the Soviet Union, and the other is the minister of the "Ministry of Truth" whom the free world hates deeply. When they stand together, there is a sense of ambiguity.Obviously, one side is the comrade-in-arms who fought alongside Yanayev in the August [-]th coup, and the other side is the future successor of the Soviet Union.

"Since Pavlov's prime minister and concurrent chairman of the Council of Ministers were abolished, Ryzhkov can be said to have obtained at least half of the powers of Prime Minister Pavlov. This also creates a problem. The division of power and the washout Although Ryzhkov is still at the end of the team, it only shows that Yanayev is more optimistic about Pavlov, and at the same time he is also wary of him, fearing that this old friend will give him a high position. An August [-] incident."