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Chapter 353 The Royal Family

"Servanov, use more than seven passwords to randomly combine them, let us receive them in the UK, wipe the traces and put the letters in the predetermined location, and someone will pick them up by themselves!" Servanov found Servasov in and said solemnly.

A spy like the Cambridge Five Heroes exposed a great loss. The benefits they brought to the Soviet Union were no longer measured by money. If these people wanted money, Selov would be willing to give it to 100 million. Currently, Burgess and McClell, two of the Cambridge Five Heroes in the Soviet Union, almost forgot the concept of money under the care of the KGB. All the needs of both of them were money. As long as two people spoke, the KGB would do it for them.

The Cambridge Five does not refer to five people. The reason for this is that four people were finally exposed, and no one knows who the fifth one was. In fact, the Cambridge Five's respective social circles are strictly calculated, and many people are considered spies serving the Soviet Union. This circle also includes Keynes, Strach, Foster, Des Mend McCarthy, Saxon Steinitner and others. The motto of these people is "If I need to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friends, I hope I have the courage to betray my country."

Selov didn't want to use any of these people at all, but Anthony Brandt's aristocratic identity and influence in the field of arts allowed Elizabeth Taylor to truly enter the upper class in London. The upper class is not just the identity of a film queen, but the UK is still more conservative than the United States in this regard.

Anthony Brandt, who was at home today, opened Selov's letter. Although there was nothing specifically said on it, Anthony Brandt still understood the meaning.

"My friend, if you refuse my help, I will not force you to help me!" Anthony Brandt murmured to himself. Anthony Brandt is also the artistic consultant of Queen Elizabeth. He has the most glorious background and does not have to continue working for the Soviet Union. After contacting him, Selov also stated many times that the two sides are just friendships between friends, and as long as they feel they are at risk, they can refuse any orders from the KGB.

Anthony Brandt's situation at this time cannot be said to be good, and he can feel suspicious. However, it is not as serious as in history, because the First General Administration has been doing the work of clearing traces. After thinking for a long time, Anthony Brandt stood up and took out his college photos. There were many of his friends on it, including Burgess and McClell, who had already been in exile in the Soviet Union. He looked at the people on it. Anthony Brandt stroked the photos affectionately with one hand and whispered in the empty bedroom, "For my friends, I can betray the motherland, and for our youthful ideals, I will never look back."

When Elizabeth Taylor and her Hollywood friends who returned to Europe were having a party, a beautiful carriage outside the apartment stopped at the door, and Anthony Brandt, in a decent suit, knocked politely on the door and entered the apartment.

Elizabeth Taylor was surprised by the arrival of Anthony Brandt. After returning to London, she invited many masters from the British film and television industry and art circles, but the latter rarely appeared. Unexpectedly, Anthony Brandt would come to her house today.

"Miss Elizabeth Taylor, it is not easy to become a film queen in the United States. You have been very successful. In fact, you don't have to come back to work hard!" Anthony Brandt sat down and said with a smile. Anthony Brandt, who is already fifty, has one of his own unique moves. Some characteristics of the British Empire are particularly obvious in him. Elizabeth Taylor, who came from an ordinary class, used to hate this conservative aristocratic temperament, but now it is different. She hopes that she is one of them.

"I don't know why the United States has been, and the suppression of the cultural community has suddenly been strengthened. I think that in fact, the freedom in art is far less than that in Europe needs to be open!" Elizabeth Taylor showed off her acting skills as a film queen and talked about the situation in the United States recently. On the surface, it seems completely flawless.

But who is Anthony Brandt? The trust that Anthony Brandt and his group of people is far from that of Elizabeth Taylor. Not to mention that he knows that this woman is also a spy. On the other hand, Elizabeth Taylor didn't know that the Queen's artistic consultant was also working for the KGB. Because even the person with the biggest imagination cannot imagine that the royal relatives are firm people, let alone Elizabeth Taylor has no idea that the concept of ideals in his mind.

"Oh, it seems that Britain can actually give full play to our advantages in culture, establish our own cultural industry in this way, and maintain the influence of our British Empire is also a good thing!" Anthony Brandt ignored the woman in front of him and did not speak out. He continued to say as he followed the words, "Maintaining influence does not necessarily mean using force, but can also be carried out through other aspects of work. This is called soft power!"

In order to make Anthony Brandt ask for a secretly suspicious state, Selov thought of a solution for a long time and finally came up with the soft power argument that he had always disdained. In this era, the soft power argument was simply tailor-made for the former world overlord of Britain, a continuous decline.

For this purpose, I also wrote down what soft power is for reference for Anthony Brandt. There are also many annotations, such as the advantages of the English cultural circle, the special relationship with Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, etc.

Soft power, as an important part of a country's comprehensive national strength, refers specifically to the invisible influence released by a country relying on the attractiveness of the political system, the appeal of cultural values ​​and the affinity of the national image. It profoundly influences people's views on international relations. "Soft power" mainly includes the following contents: one is the attraction and appeal of culture. Two is the attraction of political values. Three is the morality and legitimacy of foreign policy. Four is the affinity when dealing with relationships between countries. Five is the attraction of development paths and institutional models. Six is ​​the orientation, formulation and control ability of international norms, international standards and international mechanisms. Seven is the degree of appreciation and recognition of a country's international image by international public opinion.

Selov didn't believe this kind of thing at all. He still valued the hard power of military and economics. Soft power is actually the comforting argument that was insufficient, which was essentially lacking. If the KGB President had completely considered the Soviet Union, he would never let this argument spread in the Soviet Union, but Britain would be different. Britain, which continued to decline, needed spiritual chicken soup. Selov knew the deceptiveness of the argument of soft power, so in the spirit of internationalism, he took it out to Anthony Brant to comfort the British people.

Anthony Brandt received an introduction to the idea of ​​soft power almost at the same time. After reading it, he felt it was very good. Once he made a sensation, he could easily get rid of his current suspicion. Perhaps he could become a further step in the field of cultural masters.

Soft power and Elizabeth Taylor seem to be two different things, but after Anthony Brandt thought about it carefully, he admired Moscow's new KGB chairman very much. Yes, it was appreciation, not admiration, because his relationship with Selov was an equal friendship. The theory of soft power would become the supporting theory for Elizabeth Taylor's movements, and Anthony Brandt's flag-shaking shouting was a perfect theoretical support. In Europe, a common understanding of both the United States and the Soviet Union suppressing culture, Hollywood was no longer attractive. According to Selov, Hollywood was just an American movie at that time and was no longer culturally aggressive.

Anthony Brandt and Elizabeth Taylor had a detailed discussion in this apartment, and in the end they were very satisfied with each other's ideas. However, compared to Anthony Brandt's knowledge, Elizabeth Taylor was completely kept in the dark and felt that he was lucky.

"That silly woman thought she was hiding very tightly? Humph!" Shelov, who was in the car, looked straight at the scenery that was constantly regressing outside. After a while, the car stopped and got off and stood in front of a school.

Then another car stopped, and Selov became very tired. He saw the man-like Zikunov getting off the car, walked to Selov and said, "Yuri, you seem to be not very happy with my arrival!"

"What are you here for? There are some students from the Third World inside. What does it have to do with you?" Shelov complained helplessly. He originally came in to see how Lumumba People's Friendship University is like. This university is specially trained young people for third world countries, and most of them are students from African countries.

Lumumba was the leader of the Congo national movement. After the announcement of the Congo, he served as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Republic. He advocated state and unity, and pursued anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism and non-alignment. He was later killed by the Mobutu coup supported by the US Central Intelligence Agency, who was one of the three major African tyrants in later generations.

"These days are quite leisurely. I happened to learn that you were going to visit Friendship University and then come!" Tikunov and Selov walked side by side and said their purpose lightly.

"Our power in Africa is still unstable, you'd better wait!" Selov snorted. Did he not know what Tykunov meant? He was obviously planning to organize people to explore Africa, so he came to get in touch with himself.

However, Tsicunov is destined to be disappointed. Africa's resources are far from as many as expected. This refers to oil resources, and it is also the place that Tsicunov, the minister of the oil industry, cares most about. Africa's oil seems to be Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria are concentrated a little. Algeria is controlled by France, Nigeria is too far away, and the Soviet Union only has Sudan. To be continued.
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