Chapter 419 My KGB
On June 18, the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was held. The Central Committee members of the Franchise Republic and all the local state committee secretaries of Russia participated in the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Everyone wanted to know one thing, who was the second secretary Khrushchev was preparing to train after Kozlov fell.
This is a big event. Who would have thought that at the 22nd Congress of the Soviet Union two years ago, Kozlov, as the second secretary, was still presided over the revision of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He could not even attend the meeting in less than two years.
"Comrades, the future and destiny of our party and country lies in the use of a professional cadre team and a good operation. In the past few years, our achievements have been very significant, but there have also been many mistakes. As the first secretary of the Soviet Union and the chairman of the Council of Ministers, some mistakes are something I must bear, and this is unavoidable!" Under the fifteen-sided flag of the Republic and the statue of Lenin, Khrushchev presided over the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. He first talked about the issues in the past few years, and then encouraged all the cadres present as usual.
"I am about to be seventy years old. It is impossible for me to lead our party and country for a long time in the future. At the right time, I will choose to retire myself and hand over our country to more promising comrades to lead. I believe that our country will definitely go further and further on the road of communism!" Khrushchev pushed his glasses and said, "Our great motherland and great party will follow the path planned by Comrade Lenin and firmly go on. Thank you comrades. I nominate Comrade Brezhnev and Comrade Podgorne as candidates for the central secretary. Everyone can make their own choices!"
Khrushchev's speech caused a lot of retention, and it seemed that everyone was very dissatisfied with Khrushchev's retirement statement. Some people kept saying that Khrushchev took back his words, and then they began to vote for the Central Secretary.
In the intense voting, Brezhnev and Podgorne both successfully became the secretary of the Central Committee. Khrushchev's nomination was approved at the plenary meeting of the Central Committee. Some people looked at the two people with thoughtful eyes. Originally, they thought that the candidate for the second secretary was the same, but they did not expect that Khrushchev nominated Brezhnev and Podgorne as the secretary of the Central Committee at the same time. What does this mean? Do both of them have the chance? Khrushchev is also preparing to conduct a final investigation?
After being successfully elected, both Brezhnev and Podgorne were going to speak on stage. First, Brezhnev, who has become the secretary of the central government again, gave a positive evaluation of Khrushchev's achievements. Then the topic changed and said, "However, I will not agree to the first secretary's retirement opinion. Comrade Khrushchev is in very good health and can continue to move forward in the country leading us. I believe that all the Central Committee members support this. We support all Comrade Khrushchev's decisions and are willing to exert all the strength of our cadres in the implementation process!"
Brezhnev's words were full of sincere emotions, which reminded all the Central Committee members present of the audience of warm applause. The issue of retirement, especially when facing the issue of the First Secretary, was very stupid. Even if Khrushchev was very willing to retire and expressed his thoughts of retirement very sincerely, no one would believe it.
This kind of thing is not without precedent. During the October Plenary Session in 1952, Stalin deliberately raised his retirement issue. At that time, Stalin stood on the podium and looked at the audience and said, "He is old and he cannot perform all the duties he has been entrusted. He can continue to assume the position of chairman of the Council of Ministers, and can perform the duties of presiding the meeting of ******* as before, but he can no longer preside over the meeting of *************. Therefore, he requested that his latter position be removed from his request to meet his request.
Stalin looked at the venue while saying these words. Malenkov, who presided over the meeting while Stalin was speaking, stood behind the table. A fearful expression was seen on Malenkov's face. He realized faster than everyone else, at least many others, that the disaster would fall on everyone's heads, while others did not realize that the meaning of this expression was: it was impossible to agree to Stalin's request, and to agree to his removal from the last of these three positions.
Malenkov's facial expression, his gestures, and his expressive raised hands were simply begging everyone present to immediately and firmly reject Stalin's request. At this time, behind Stalin, a deafening shout was made: "No, we request to stay!", and there were also shouts in the venue: "No! This is not possible! We request re-election! Please take back our request!"
So many years have passed, but not everyone knows what happened at that time. Since Stalin could test this way, who knows whether Khrushchev’s current mention of retirement is a test? Even if it is not a test, who dares to really talk about this issue.
Podgorne expressed the intention of retaining it in his subsequent speech. Although there was no crown spring mentioned by Brezhnev, Podgorne himself was not stupid. He expressed the thoughts of all the Central Committee members present in an excited voice.
"Thank you for your retention, let's talk about the next issue!" Khrushchev, who returned to the rostrum, was very excited. After all, being able to be retained by everyone means that these people still need him. This performance made people think that what Khrushchev said was just a saying.
"The professionalism of state cadres has always been our focus. National security work, especially in the field of intelligence, plays an irreplaceable role in our country. Therefore, a young and capable cadre is most suitable to master the National Security Council department. Our security cadres must be good at discovering threats and solving problems!" Khrushchev looked at the audience. All the Central Committee members attending the meeting had a question mark, but he immediately understood that Khrushchev was preparing to replace the chairman of the Soviet National Security Council. However, can the Central Presidium make a resolution by replacing the KGB chairman?
"So for this purpose, after communication with some central secretaries and discussions in the Central Bureau of the Central Committee, I appointed Comrade Yuri Yefimovich Selov as the new chairman of the National Security Committee. I hope Comrade Selov will play his outstanding talents in his new position. Yuri, come and talk!" Khrushchev finally put his eyes on Selov and extended his hand to invite him.
"First of all, thank the First Secretary for his trust in me, and furthermore, I would like to thank the Central Presidium for his concern for the KGB security work. I have nothing to say about this! I am 36 years old this year. I think I will not be excited during the ten years of working in the security organs, but today is exceptional!" Selov organized a speech and said, "The mission of our security cadres is to make the country more stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment. For this purpose, we are willing to sacrifice. When the people live happily in a stable social environment, it is the highest praise for our security cadres and institutions. We all know that it is not easy to establish this sense of security, but all comrades from our National Security Committee and the People's Committee of the Internal Affairs are willing to practice it. Thank you comrades..."
"Please allow me to say a few more words. Under the leadership of the First Secretary, the Soviet Union has achieved great achievements in recent years. The gap between us and the United States is getting closer every day. Although the results cannot be expanded during the Cuban missile crisis, I believe that this is temporary. Time is on our side. I hope that the First Secretary will continue to lead us to defeat American imperialism. I have finished saying that, thanks to the great motherland, the great party, and all the comrades present!" Selov extended his right hand and saluted the military salute to all the Central Committee members of the audience. Finally, he turned to Khrushchev and nodded, and walked off the rostrum with Khrushchev's permission.
"Every comrade who came to power would keep me. I am in good health. After I have solved some problems, I can go home and take my grandson!" Khrushchev muttered with his head down, and then said, "Our great motherland, the free alliance, just like Comrade Selov said just now, will eventually prove to the world that we can defeat capitalism, long live the motherland!"
The slaves who are hungry and cold, and the suffering people all over the world are full of passion and passion, and they are about to fight for the truth. The old world is about to fight for the fallen flowers and waters. The slaves are about to rise up. Don’t say that we have nothing, we must be the masters of the world. This is the final struggle to unite until tomorrow, and Intner and Neil must achieve it!
At the end of today's meeting, a solemn international song rang out at the venue, and all the Central Committee members, including Khrushchev, stood up and hummed with this familiar melody that accompanied their work.
"Who created the human world? It is our working people! Everything belongs to the workers, how can we tolerate parasites?! The most hateful poisonous snakes and beasts have eaten all our flesh and blood! Once they are wiped out, the bright red sun shines all over the world!"
With the melody of the Internationale, the plenary meeting of the Soviet Central Committee of the first day closed. Shelov, who left the venue, went directly to the car waiting for him to go to No. 11, Ruby Yangka Square. From now on, the Soviet National Security Council, the most terrifying Soviet power organ in the eyes of some people, fell into his hands. Now there is no Sherepin or Semichasne on his head, and he has become the real controller of the Soviet National Security Council. Shelov can say one thing, "This is my KGB..."
Chapter completed!