Chapter 115 Nine Nations Communication
The War of Independence in Algeria did not start in the first year, and the war had lasted for several years. The Soviet Union had never made any statement on this, mainly because France's garrison in Algeria far exceeded the forces of resistance. Including a large number of generals of the Ministry of Defense, they all judged that the war would not be able to decide the outcome within a few years. Therefore, there was no rush to make a statement on the independence movement in Algeria. There were connections, but they did not rise to the level of support.
This judgment is in line with common sense. France has more than 600,000 troops in Algeria, which is much stronger than Vietnam, thousands of miles away. Most people analyzed that the war would last for a long time. However, they did not expect that France suddenly appeared and caught people off guard, which surprised countries, including the Soviet Union.
France's withdrawal in history caught the Soviet Union off guard. Because the Soviet Union, which made mistakes in judgment, has been quite embarrassed about the issue of Algeria. Now that Charles de Gaulle has just come to power and is still in the mindset of pacifying Algeria, he gives the Soviet Union an opportunity to operate.
The conclusion discussed by Lieutenant General Sekhovsky was that he must not conceal his support for Algeria without hiding his fantasy. First of all, he must have a certain impact. He must raise the issue on Algeria at the Nine-Country Intelligence Conference in Bucharest and conduct open discussions.
There are two considerations when intelligence agencies from other countries join forces with the United States to enter Algeria. The first is that Khrushchev has just finished his visit to the United States and cannot do this now in the name of Soviet countries, so he has to operate the Ministry of Internal Affairs of these countries. The second consideration is to make a big move. In Selov's eyes, Iraq is much more important than distant Algeria.
The purpose of creating momentum in Algeria is to attract the attention of the United States. On the one hand, it makes the United States feel at ease to play in Vietnam, and on the other hand, it makes the United States see that the Soviet Union is actually very busy. Like him, he fights in Algeria and will not have the energy to cause trouble to the United States during the Vietnam War.
"What do we think? Our views on the anti-colonial struggle in the Third World have always been the same!" Hungarian Minister of Internal Affairs Lhasak glanced at the comrades around him and said with a smile, "That is to support the nations in the Third World to carry out anti-imperialism and anti-feudal struggles, and completely drive foreign invaders out of their own country!"
Before he finished speaking, Polish Minister of Internal Affairs Korzinsky said, "What we expected was not Algeria's incident. It was the attitude of the Soviet Union's KGB! In normal times, the Soviet Union did not notify us of such matters, and always did it ourselves. Today, we suddenly threw out the Algerian issue, and we were not prepared!"
"The Soviet Union and all brotherly countries are equal. Out of class feelings and respect between countries, you should be notified! Of course, the KGB also needs help from everyone!" Serov stood up calmly and said.
"The first secretary just returned from a visit to the United States. The Soviet Union was not good at expressing his views on the government! But he completely ignored the sufferings of the Algerian people, and it was not in line with our consistent attitude of supporting the people of the Third World! So I would like to ask for help!" Selov slowly mentioned the difficulties of the Soviet Union, putting his attitude very low, and completely looking at a demanding attitude.
This is too rare. The Soviet Union's style of conduct has always been my boss. In such intelligence meetings, it was the first time that people from other countries saw the Soviets put their attitude so low. Although they were not the KGB president, Selov, who had the title of vice chairman, said this, which made them flattered.
What is this? It’s no big deal to make the other party bleed and lower his posture. Shelov showed the difficulties of the Soviet Union to these intelligence masters from various countries with sincerity or hypocritical explanations to these intelligence masters from various countries. Simply put, the Soviet Union is very supportive of the Algerians’ independence needs, but because of external conditions, it is impossible to organize blatantly. Now a country that takes the lead is needed as the leader of this joint operation. Of course, the Soviet Union will still strongly support it. Where it should be done, it will still work.
The Soviet Union will fully support the anti-French struggle to support the Algerian National Liberation Front, but in name, the Soviet Union cannot take the lead. This is what Selov wants to say. This kind of action of contributing to the deepest efforts is equivalent to giving up an opportunity to gain fame, but it is not a small amount of effort. It is a deal of compensation no matter how you look at it. The title of leading the independence of the Algerian people and increasing the influence of their own country will be produced here, except for the Soviet Union.
In any case, the Soviet Union respected the actions of the allies. Especially in this field of military aid, this is the first time, "Yuri Yefimovich Selov is a newly emerging young cadre in the Soviet Union in recent years. Sherepin has the best young cadres promoted by the KGB. He has the title of young chairman. However, in the eyes of other Soviet departments, it seems that he has been more of the Caspian tiger or the Caucasian tiger! This person's style is extremely serious. When dealing with any factors that may cause national danger, whether serious or not, the first choice is to kill the other party! But for many contradictions within the socialist camp, they use equal communication to solve the problem, and they respect the wishes of the allies very much, and their style is very democratic!" The people around Rankovic kept introducing Selov to their boss, which made Rankovic nod frequently.
"So, Serov should be a democrat among the Communist Youth League cadres. The policy of treating allies seems to be different from the Soviet Union's usual boss style!" Rankovic lowered his head and said his judgment, "Just like the Algerian issue this time, if the Soviet Union's usual style is based on the usual style of the Soviet Union, even if Khrushchev cannot interfere in the issue because of his visit to the United States, we will never notify us. We will choose to skip this issue or do it secretly! Judging from this matter, Serov's rise in the field of intelligence is beneficial to us, but we don't know Xie Lieping's attitude."
During the discussions underground in Langkovic, the heads of intelligence departments in other countries were also talking about this issue, but they did not know that their low voice would also be heard in the room next to which the monitoring machine was already set up. After the meeting, the KGB will use private discussions as an argument for the meeting the next day.
"Comrade Sherepin, Comrade Sakhatovsky, Comrade Sekhov, we need a day to discuss and communicate with the country. We will decide whether to decide tomorrow!" Marcus Wolf, director of the Foreign Intelligence Agency of Democratic Germany, said as if he saw Sekhov, "This news is very important. Even the leaders of our respective countries need to communicate with the country!"
"This is natural, I should communicate with the country!" Shelov looked democratic. Marcus Wolf had known that Shelov was planning something at this conference, so he cooperated at this time.
"We have no problem with democratic Germany. A lot of military supplies and some weapons can be used to support third world countries! But I also want to communicate with the country!" Marcus Wolf stood up and put on a hat, expressed his apology and left the conference room!
Marcus Wolf means that he can make decisions on this matter, but he must notify the country first. Procedurally, this violates the regulations, but Marcus Wolf's actions knocked a string in the hearts of all the intelligence officials. In a sense, they also need such a platform to contact colleagues from other countries, which is very conducive to the consolidation of their status.
Xie Lieping didn't say much today, but let his ace director play his role. If Xie Lieping was involved in the matter of Algeria in the name of the Soviet Union, Xie Lieping would definitely not agree. Khrushchev just returned from visiting the United States, and Xie Lieping could not afford to be so big as Serov. But Xie Lieping cleverly used this conference to raise this question. Is it too much? It's a little bit, but it's in a very blurry boundary.
"Chairman, we don't have to pay anything. I dare to conclude that other countries will divide all aspects of this meeting and try their best to do their best!" Selov said with confidence. "This is the first time that our KGB has asked for others, and it is also the first time that the intelligence departments of brother countries have had face-to-face communication with us! If they hope that our Soviet Union will have an opportunity to communicate with them equally in the future, they will definitely do things beautifully in this joint operation!"
"I also agree with Yuri's point of view. In fact, we, the KGB, can also gain another gain through this action!" Lieutenant General Sakhatovsky pointed out from another point, "It is not difficult to understand how many people there are in our allied intelligence systems and what departments they are divided into, but how capable they have, whether they have their own channels, and whether there are unknown secret networks in the dark, we don't know! This joint operation of the Eight Kingdoms allows us, the KGB to measure the intelligence strength of our allied countries from a bystander perspective!"
"We cannot take action openly now. The first secretary just returned from visiting! So you two took this method of letting other allies take action?" Xie Lieping shook his head and looked at his two most important directors and said slowly, "But what you said really makes sense. Let's watch and see what these little brothers do! It's easier to measure how much energy these people are!" Xie Lieping recognized this action to avoid the Soviet Union, but did not forget to express his concern.
"We released some fake news, saying that some socialist countries are dissatisfied with the easing attitude of the Soviet Union, and acted alone to disrupt the United States' sight!" As Serov spoke, he looked at Lieutenant General Sakhatovsky. The KGB's fake intelligence agency was in the First General Administration, which was impossible to avoid him. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!