Chapter 352 Sheloff and Hoover
"There are twenty-four hours left, and I have to continue to fight for time." After leaving the United Nations headquarters, Selov, who was standing under the flag of the sickle and hammer, raised his wrist and estimated the arrival time of the submarine force. Even if some submarines were bitten, Selov believed that the Red Navy commanders and fighters had a way, as long as half of the force arrived at the predetermined waters.
Hoover is watching the video of today's United Nations General Assembly on TV at the headquarters of the FBI and in the office of the director. He is beside him is President Kennedy's younger brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Hoover's face makes people shudder at a glance. He becomes serious at this time and is even more afraid to face it. Even Robert Kennedy feels this way.
Not long after, Hoover turned off the TV and sat on the chair without saying a word, as if thinking about the meaning of Selov's words.
"Chief Hoover, is this secret police leader true? Are there really 200,000 Soviet troops on Cuba Island?" Robert Kennedy waited for a while, and asked in a nervous mood.
"There is no reason. According to my estimate, there shouldn't be so many?" Hoover was also puzzled. Could it be that Selov lied at the UN General Assembly? This is not impossible. The Soviet ambassador to the UN has refused to admit that there are missiles on Cuba not long ago. Will Selov not threaten the United States with the opposite?
"Prisoners? Are there any problems with those prisoners?" Hoover suddenly remembered that the CIA once mentioned that the Soviet Union had transported prisoners to Cuba for labor reform. It seemed that since that time, the Soviet Union had been preparing for this.
Damn, Hoover is the director of the FBI, and external intelligence is not within his work scope. He just heard of such a thing, and the CIA did not investigate it later. He did not ask too much. Now Hoover gritted his teeth and said, "Will those prisoners be disguised by the Soviet Union? Will the prisoners who landed on the island very early be disguised by soldiers?"
"Take 100,000 Soviet troops as prisoners for labor reform?" Robert Kennedy asked in disbelief, "It shouldn't be!"
"I just said that maybe, there is such a possibility when Selov did not lie. But I am not the director of the CIA!" Hoover didn't even change his seat during the whole process, and his evaluation of the CIA incompetence in his heart was a step further. Dulles was an incompetent person in Hoover's eyes, and the new McCorn seemed not as good as Dulles...
Especially in recent days, the Soviet Union and the United States have exchanged countless letters with each other, most of which are full of gunpowder, intimidating and threatening each other. Kennedy even suspected that the US intelligence agencies were wrong in determining whether the number of Soviet nuclear weapons was not as good as that of the United States, and why was the Soviet Union so confident?
At the National Security Council meeting, after Hoover was present, he listened to the clichéd discussions about the lack of nutrition, and then took the recent letters from Kennedy and Khrushchev to read. As Kennedy said, most of the letters were very tough, and only a part of them were more normal.
Until the atmosphere calmed down, Hoover raised his eyelids and saw everyone looking at him. U.S. Treasury Secretary Clarence Douglas Dillon asked, "Director Hoover, have you discovered something?"
"If we look at the order of letters, the following few normal letters will definitely be a very severe accusation against us. This can be concluded that Khrushchev is not planning to fight a nuclear war with us. Instead, he wants to talk to us. But if his attitude changes immediately, he will definitely be under pressure. People who can put Khrushchev pressure. There are not many in the entire Soviet Union, and they must be members of the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union. It can be confirmed that except Khrushchev, the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union believes that it must be confronted." Hoover put these letters back on the table, raised his head and thought for a while and said, "There is room for negotiation, but it may be very difficult. Although Khrushchev has the greatest power, it may be difficult to act alone. Maybe we should release a certain amount of space."
"We must resolve this matter as soon as possible and cannot be delayed." Kennedy said firmly, "Our attitude must not change. The Soviet Union is thousands of miles away from Cuba, and Cuba is just under our noses. The Soviet Union must know that there will be no good result in the confrontation."
Hoover's everlasting face did not have a trace of expression, and he neither agreed nor opposed Kennedy's words. He knew the reason why Kennedy was so anxious, and the congressional election was about to arrive, and now there was only half a month left. Kennedy's hysterical performance of the election made Hoover secretly frown. His performance of putting personal honor and disgrace and future above national security made Hoover, as the director of the FBI, feel a little dissatisfied.
How can I say this feeling besides a little selfish. I am playing with fire for the sake of the congressional election, Kennedy is playing with fire, his younger brother, the Attorney General and many Democratic officials are like this.
"I'm going to call Doberenin and ask what the Soviets want to do?" After his brother made a statement, Attorney General Robert Kennedy made the opposite opinion. Hoover refused to comment. The two brothers' opinions were different? It was just that Kennedy deliberately made a gesture as the president, and let his younger brother come out to ease.
"I'm already very gentle. At least I haven't told the number of nuclear bombs on Cuba, right?" Selov explained to Soviet ambassador to the United States Dobrenin in the New York Consulate. Just now, he received a telegram from Moscow, asking him not to worsen the situation, otherwise he would be punished after returning to China. I don't know who sent this telegram, maybe it was someone in the Central Presidium. In the end, the telegram still believed that Selov's work was worthy of recognition, which made Selov, who was an anti-counterfeiting worker, very anxious. What does this telegram mean, is it criticism or praise? Or what else does it mean? Each of them hits fifty boards?
Dobreenin came to inform Selov when the plane to Washington would take off. After he left, Selov glanced at Dobreen's back and sent a telegram to the Cuban Cluster Command. All anti-counterfeiting workers under the First General Administration of the KGB in Cuba accepted the order to remove the camouflage on the nuclear bomb launcher in Cuba at noon tomorrow, and all nuclear missiles were on standby.
"When I negotiate tomorrow, all the preparations should be almost done. Whoever retreats will have a result. My goal is not high, just take Guantanamo back." Compared to the danger of the outbreak of the nuclear war, compromise is what the United States and the Soviet Union pursue. Both countries are developing well now, and there is no need to die together.
The danger of this Cuban missile crisis is that the possible accidental fire can occur under tense situations. In conventional wars, it is at most a battle, and under nuclear confrontation, if there is an accidental fire, it is a global war. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union are those who can still listen to the other party's explanation after being hit by a nuclear bomb.
US Attorney General Robert Kennedy came forward to propose to Moscow, and he could continue to talk and answered a letter with a relatively peaceful Soviet attitude. Of course, before that, Robert Kennedy used a small means to expose Khrushchev's relatively peaceful letter to the American media, creating a Soviet leader's illusion that peace was first proposed.
After Moscow ordered Selov and Dobrenin to negotiate in Washington, Khrushchev's handwritten letter appeared in the American media. In fact, Khrushchev's letter did not say anything, but said some peaceful resolution. It was interpreted by the American media as the Soviet Union was going to admit defeat, and Selov and Dobrenin's trip to Washington was proof.
"Facts have proved that the people of every country are so naive, and the scams of the American media are even more powerful than our KGB." Selov, who got off the plane, was always paying attention to the movements of the American media. Unexpectedly, the US government played this trick at a critical moment, and this trick was quite beautiful.
Shelov can give face to Kennedy, but he can't give it to him, because Khrushchev has already given it first. But it doesn't mean he has no choice. Just as Shelov arrived at the White House, he looked at the agents of the Soviet Embassy in the United States who saw Shelov and Dobrenin entering the White House from afar, and quickly returned to the Soviet embassy and flew to Havana with an encrypted telegram.
After the approval of General Puliev, the commander of the Cuban cluster, the First General Administration of the KGB took action one after another, climbed to the top of the building, and directed the soldiers to remove the camouflaged missile launcher.
"General Selov, welcome you to the White House." On the lawn outside the White House, Hoover, in a suit, opened his arms and greeted him in a stiff tone as if he had seen an old friend.
"Director Hoover, you are my idol. In this free country, I have seen the eternal director of the FBI. I am very honored." Schellov quickly reacted and reached out his hand and held it tightly with Hoover's hand.
"The pen on the military uniform is very unique. Since we have come to the White House, we don't need to bring the eavesdropping device. We have done a good job in safety!" Hoover said with a strange look at the pen on the Selov military uniform.
"This watch is really good in craftsmanship, comparable to the watches made by Swiss craftsmen. If it weren't a pinhole camera, it could also be sold for a lot of money!" Shelloff said with a pointing look at Hoover's wrist.
Chapter completed!