Chapter 26 The German Stasi
The transliteration of the abbreviation of the Ministry of State Security of the German Democratic Republic of Stasi means that the words such as the Gestapo and the KGB are similar. Only when you go to Greater Berlin can you feel the difference from the Soviet Union. Even in the Soviet Union, even in the capital like Moscow, it is impossible to see so many people in military uniforms and move in public.
When he was in the Soviet Union, Selov heard about the Democratic Germany peers. Stasi can be regarded as the most powerful intelligence agency in the entire Soviet group except the Soviet KGB. In terms of scale, Stasi is naturally not as powerful as the Soviet KGB, but you should know that the Soviet population where the KGB is located is nearly 200 million, while the Democratic Germany has a population of only more than 10 million. However, in terms of strength, Stasi's operating efficiency and working attitude are still above the KGB.
Lieutenant General Marcus Wolf is 35 years old this year. Even in a horizontal comparison around the world, he can be regarded as young and promising, with a high position and power. At a young age, he is already the top figure in Stasi. For example, the leader of Stasi like Minister Erich Milk, he also admires Marcus Wolf.
In terms of appearance, Marcus Wolf made Selov feel a little familiar, especially with his slender eyes. After thinking for a long time, Selov finally recalled that the second person in Stasi in front of him was very similar to Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heidrich, the second person in the Third Reich SS in history. However, he did not look as firm as Heidrich. In addition to his big chin, Marcus Wolf in Stasi's uniform was like Heidrich's rebirth.
It might be very strange if the Jews came to Democratic Germany, because the current People's Army uniforms are basically the same as the German Wehrmacht uniforms during World War II. In terms of outfits, Democratic Germany may have retained more of the Prussian traditions than the opposite Federal Germany.
When facing Federal Germany and Democratic Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States adopted completely different strategies. Specifically for the armies of the two countries, the Soviet Union adopted restrictions on the weapons and equipment of Democratic Germany. The Americans were smarter to start from universal education and wiped out Germany's martial spirit. The Soviet Union castrated the weapons of the East German People's Army, while the United States castrated the soul of the Western German Defense Force. Decades later, the German Defense Force had completely lost its military traditions and was famous for its obesity rate. Its loss to Italy in military exercises was said to be a joke...
But Selov had to admit that the United States is a master of training. This silent infiltration and control is much more powerful than the Soviet Union's head-on violent suppression. The difference between the Soviet Union and the United States is that every East German citizen knows that Stasi is monitoring his own people and that the master messenger behind the scenes is the Soviets. The West German public does not know that the United States is doing the same thing. The German Chancellor, who was monitored by the US CIA decades later, pretends to be deaf and dumb and does not comment on being monitored.
But then again, which kindergarten Merkel should be in now in Democratic Germany?
"If the Soviet Union loses, naturally any kind of dirty water can be poured up! Comrade Stalin said that the winner will not be criticized, and it makes sense!" A huge convoy ran from Berlin Railway Station to the eastern suburb of Lichtenberg, where the headquarters of the German Ministry of Security is located. Prime Minister Selov will learn about the current situation with his German colleagues.
Entering the building, the Soviet delegation was led into the conference room, where the current German Minister of State Security Erich Milk was already waiting. Erich Milk, 52, controls the second largest intelligence agency in the Soviet group and the most efficient agency.
In this headquarters building, the German security personnel traveling in a hurry and were not surprised by the sudden arrival of the Soviets. It can be said that the arrival of the Soviet delegation was completely ignored and did not delay these people's pace for even a second.
"I have a feeling that although your organizational form is organized according to the experience of the KGB, it seems that it is much more professional than our KGB during its operation!" Serov, who is in the KGB, is proud of himself. He believes that no intelligence agency in the world can be compared with his own departments. The CIA of the United States is not good, the MI6 of the United Kingdom is not good, and the MI7 of the French is not good. This is the first time he thinks that an intelligence agency in a country is even more powerful than the KGB.
For Selov, who always believed that the KGB was omnipotent, the difficulty was simply comparable to admitting that Constantinople was part of Turkey. It was very coincidental that he did not know that the slogan of Stasi in Germany was that we are everywhere...
"Comrade Selov is modest. We are not as good as the comrades of the KGB!" Marcus Wolf laughed.
"Welcome the Soviet comrades to Berlin as a guest. What we are facing at the moment is still the problem of West Berlin!" German Minister of National Security Erich Milk welcomed Selov's arrival and began to introduce the current situation.
"Comrade Stalin shouldn't have given up on the issue of Berlin back then!" Selov was not talking about the first Berlin crisis, nor did he agree to divide it into four-country occupied areas after the beginning of occupying Berlin. As a result, a cancer growing in democratic Germany has now been created.
Since the German Democratic Republic closed the border between Democratic Germany and Federal Germany, only the border between East and West Berlin was still open. A large number of democratic German citizens traveled to Federal Germany and other Western countries through West Berlin, causing a serious outflow of a large number of technical talents and labor. The loss of human resources brought direct losses to Democratic Germany was about 7 billion to 9 billion US dollars. The loss of young labor caused great losses to Democratic Germany's education investment, and the loss of professors and other intellectuals increased difficulties in the economic construction of Democratic Germany.
"People fleeing is the biggest problem that Germany is facing now. This loss of personnel has caused the blood loss of talents in our country!" Minister of National Security Erich Milk said irritably, "The imperialism in West Berlin is fueling the fire, and hundreds of thousands disappear from Germany every year..."
After listening, Selov held his head and said, "The shameless thing is that he fled to West Germany because of better living conditions, but he still called running towards freedom! He just said it, even if he disliked the poor and loved the rich, he would like to say that he would rather have the ideals and ideas than to go to West Germany. But from the perspective of thinking about ideals, I really don't know which ideal in this world is more attractive than communism..."
"We must find ways to curb the escape of people!" Erich Milk tactfully reminded Selov's problem.
Chapter completed!