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Chapter 547: Israel's Nuclear Program

The entire Soviet Union was in an uplifting atmosphere at this time, and it seemed that there was no such thing as having been arguing with each other. Some of the chaos that had occurred in the past few years was not the same. The reason for saying this is that the leadership departments of each Soviet state were changed to two secretaries by Khrushchev, one industrial secretary and the other agricultural secretary were on the same level. If the external environment of the Soviet Union had not been improving in recent years, it was mainly because the joining of Indonesia and Sudan to solve many problems in the Soviet Union. In fact, the development speed of the Soviet Union has actually declined.

Now it is proved that even with two parallel secretaries, the Soviet Union can operate well. Because the leaders of the central departments and the Central Presidium are united, under the above-mentioned orders, the cadres below have no time to fight for power.

"The history books I have read say that Khrushchev's political reform is so lazy? Especially the two equal-level secretaries said that success or failure, it turns out that this matter can be overcome?" Selov felt deceived by historical materials. It turns out that as long as the Soviet Central Presidium coordinates the overall situation, the cadres below can be prevented from fighting for power with each other.

However, Khrushchev could barely do this, and Brezhnev would definitely not be able to play with it. Khrushchev was a leader in the Central Presidium. Once he retired, Brezhnev would be a comrade compared to other members. He did not have Khrushchev's prestige, and neither Xie Lieping nor Kosigin would buy it. In this case, if there were two secretaries in the local area, the Soviet Union would definitely have problems.

Khrushchev made the local provincial party committee into two secretaries, and he himself might not be able to play with it. This reform is actually the most suitable for Stalin. Only a leader with absolute authority and ability can control it. Therefore, the two secretaries have this at the same time. As long as Khrushchev retires, it will definitely be abolished immediately.

"I'm thinking about one thing!" Selov, who was in the office of the Minister of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry Building, stood by the window and looked down, "Don't you think it's a bit too much? Actually, I can see that this motivation for unity is to let our first secretary retire with confidence, but what should we do if the new leader comes to power?"

"What does it mean? Isn't it very good now? A 10% growth rate, except for the years after the Patriotic War just ended, I have never seen it in recent years." Tykunov said with a relaxed expression, "The reserves of the third Baku are expected to be greater than those of the second Baku. I really hope our country has more oil fields."

This thing is enough! Selov secretly curled his lips. It is not a good thing for a country to place its economy on oil. Russia in later generations had this problem, and it was also painful when it was hit. The Soviet Union actually had a little bit of this problem, but the Soviet Union was not dependent on oil. The main reason was that the Soviet Union's industrial strength was far greater than that of Russia in later generations. About 70% of the Soviet Union's oil was used by itself, and the remaining 30% were used for export. More than half of the exports were to provide energy to Eastern European countries, and the rest was to export to Western Europe for foreign exchange.

The Soviet Union was not an ordinary country that did not use much of its own country and used it for money. This was completely different from those countries in the Middle East. In countries with little resistance in the Middle East, Selov could only pinch the water source of that country and find a way to cut off the import of food, so that all countries could kneel down.

"I mean, even if the first secretary really retires on his own initiative, can you maintain such a high growth rate after the new leader comes to power? Now it is 10%. The new first secretary is coming. Is our economic growth returning to 8%? Isn't this embarrassing the new leader?" Shelov, who turned around, asked, "What should you do when the department is doing? Don't tell me that it can increase to 15%, I don't believe it..."

"Let's talk about it then!" Jikunov just spoke up and the phone rang on the table. He answered the phone and said a few words before turning his head, "Ruby Yangka's phone call, and you want to go back, there is one more important thing you can make your own judgment."

"I know, I don't know what happened?" Selov waved his hand lazily. In addition to him, the KGB chairman, the KGB has two first vice chairmen and thirteen vice chairmen. In fact, he has not had any trouble for a few days after he left. If he is so anxious, he will definitely have important news.

The news is indeed very important, Israel's nuclear program intelligence. The Suez War broke out that year. Although Israel's actions were very successful and occupied the entire Suez Peninsula. France and Britain were in trouble in the attack on the Suez Canal, and then declared failure under pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union. The withdrawal of Britain and France left Israel alone and under pressure from two superpowers. Soviet Prime Minister Burganin warned that if Israel still insisted on not withdrawing troops from Mount Sinai, the Soviet Union would launch a nuclear strike.

The Negev Nuclear Research Center is the center of Israel's nuclear weapons program. It is located near the desert city of Dimora, so it is called Dimora. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, France built a nuclear reactor and a plutonium production workshop in this center. All the special materials needed to make atomic bombs are manufactured in Dimora, including plutonium, lithium-6 deuterated, as well as concentrated and unenriched uranium. However, the design and assembly of the atomic bombs are carried out elsewhere.

It can be said that Israel's nuclear plan is part of the pressure from the Soviet Union. "These French people really gave Israel a good foundation! So it is almost successful?" Shelov, who put down his intelligence, looked very distressed. Of course, the fewer nuclear weapons, the better. As the Soviet Union's General Political Commissar of National Security, he once used China as an excuse to continuously reject India and North Korea's request to provide the Soviet Union with nuclear research institutes and technical support.

For the first time, Selov felt that the French were no longer cute. Because France was in Western Europe and it was within the scope of NATO, the Soviet Union, which was a maverick in France, had the mentality of watching the fun. But what France did this time made the Soviet Union very embarrassed. "What does our Ministry of Defense think about it?" Selov tilted his head and asked Selvanov, the General Affairs Director.

After the Ministry of Defense learned the news, it must have relevant plans. Before the Middle East War, the Soviet Union planned a war. It planned to attack Israel, attempting to use the spread of false intelligence and other means to deliberately provoke the war between Arab and Israel. The reason why the Soviet Union did this was mainly due to Israel's huge breakthrough in nuclear research. In order to deal with this threat, the Soviet Union hoped to join forces with Egypt to bomb Israel's Dimona nuclear facility in the war, and they even planned to land on the coast of Israel. At that time, Soviet nuclear submarines also sailed to the Israeli coast to fight back when Israel was preparing to use nuclear weapons.

Similarly, on the eve of the war, the United States had formulated a secret military plan. If Israel enters the West Bank eastward or captures the Sinai Peninsula westward, the United States will launch a military strike against Israel, but this plan eventually ended in miscarriage. What made the United States and the Soviet Union return in a defeat was the rapid speed of the Israeli army.

"The Ministry of Defense means to let Egypt take action to destroy Israel's nuclear facilities." Obviously, the attitude of the Ministry of Defense is similar to the KGB's assessment, hoping to use the most powerful Egypt among the Arab countries to solve the problem.

Selov thought about it, if he remembered correctly, this Middle East War was the first to attack Israeli attack. To be honest, the reason why Egypt began to distrust the Soviet Union later was because the Soviet Union's performance in this war was disappointing. The main reason was that Egypt had lost the Sinai Peninsula and was unable to fight back, which made the Suez Canal, a golden waterway controlled by the pro-Soviet country, threatened Israel on one side. It can be said that the Soviet Union did not seem to be affected in the Third Middle East War in six or seven years, but in fact it lost a lot of potential things, such as Egypt's trust.

"Please pay attention to the combat plan of the Ministry of National Defense. I will report to the Central Presidium. Also, forget it!" Selov actually wanted to contact the Americans to solve this hidden danger. Americans must be dissatisfied with Israel's development of nuclear weapons. Don't really think that the Jews are invincible in the United States. A steward who does not know his identity can still be a stick.

The United States needs Israel to hate in the Middle East, but in this era, it does not want Israel to have nuclear weapons. However, later Israel has nuclear weapons, and the United States chose to accept it.

"The Ministry of Defense means to provoke the Middle East war, let Egypt, Syria and Jordan destroy Israel's nuclear facilities, and prevent the balance of the Middle East from being broken. I think this plan is risky, but there is no way, unless we, the Soviet Union, can accept our Arab allies and always engage in unequal confrontation with a country with nuclear weapons." Serov, who arrived at the Central Bureau of the People's Republic of China, said with no certainty, "But based on the existing intelligence analysis, Israel should be close to the brink of success, but has not produced nuclear weapons yet."

"The KGB and the Ministry of Defense came up with a plan and handed it over to us for evaluation." Khrushchev was shocked. After all, he was already seventy-four years old. Recently, he had been asking other members of the Central Bureau of Presidium to make decisions, usually the role of a supervisor, but this matter was extraordinary, and Khrushchev showed great concern.

"I know, if the target is limited to an Israeli country, I personally recommend that you consider using tactical nuclear weapons. I believe the Ministry of Defense also sees this." Selov glanced at the new Minister of Defense Marshal Grechko, or acting Minister of Defense, because Malinovsky is being admitted to the hospital for observation. (To be continued.)
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