Chapter 658 Xie Lepin's counterattack
"Okay, but let's take a look at the plan first." Selov said, "The two countries in the first step plan are Congo in southern Sudan and Thailand in Southeast Asia, led and implemented by Comrades Zinev and Comrades Twinkon respectively. I will be in charge of providing assistance to the two comrades. You see if there are any problems, we can discuss it."
"Yeah!" After more than half a year of negotiations, it was time to sign the European Security Conference. Brezhnev successfully fixed the Soviet Union's interests in Eastern Europe after World War II with the treaty. After he immediately rushed to Helsinki to sign, he would start a visit to the United States, so that the ease of the layout was completed.
Half a year has passed since the end of the World Communist Party and Workers' Party Congress. The Soviet group of aid has stabilized the situation in Chile. Sudan's food, Iraq's oil, Democratic Germany and Czechoslovakia's machinery. Bulgaria's vegetables, Yugoslavia's fine-covered goods, and Soviet mobile phone communications services have rushed into Chile. After stabilizing Chile's political situation, the Red Navy naturally obtained a supply base in Chile. Although it was not a regular base, the Red Navy has always maintained warships living in the management port. One fleet returned to China and another fleet was immediately added.
The largest industry in Chile is the copper mine in which Chile accounts for one-third of the world's reserves. At this time, the world's mineral prices are still falling. However, in the treaty signed by the Soviet Union and all the allies and Chile, it clearly stated that it would be willing to buy it at a price of 60 US dollars per ton, but half of it needs to be consumed in rubles.
The decline in world mineral prices has hit Chile very clearly, so there is a Soviet group to pallets. But this is not the case for another country. Another country with minerals as its national pillar, the Democratic Republic of Congo under Mobutu was also affected by the decline in mineral prices. The Democratic Republic of the Congo did not have the Soviet Union to pallets.
The same thing has had an impact on two different countries, but one pro-Soviet and the other anti-Soviet has led to different strategies of the Soviet Union. Selov's strategy is to take advantage of this time to kill the Kink of the Congo in one breath. As for Thailand, taking advantage of the current good situation, Thailand is the only country with a Communist base on both sides of the north and the south. It would be a pity not to use such a good advantage, so this is the country listed in the first step.
"Earlier, if Sudan was used as the attack site, Ethiopia in the northeast would become a significant restraining force. This is also the reason why you delayed the plan at the beginning. Is the time ripe?" Brezhnev believed that it was not a problem in Southeast Asia, and the more meaningful direction was the African side.
Thailand's greatest value is to make the Soviet group's food have no worries, but now the Soviet Union's food is not a problem. With Sudan, India and Indonesia, once the Vietnam War is over, Vietnam will become the Soviet Union's food supply.
Thailand can play a role in adding icing on the cake, but it is far less tempting than the world mineral kingdom of the KMT. Over the past few years, various Soviet forces have stopped their activities in the KMT almost openly, and preparations have been underway in the dark.
"Now there is a famine in Ethiopia, and the whole country is in panic. Haier Selasi I, even if he is pro-American, cannot cause trouble for us regardless of the domestic environment, otherwise his throne will still be necessary. This factor has disappeared." Serov told the current situation.
Ethiopia suffered a severe drought. Soon, the number of people who died from water shortage, hunger and plague reached more than 300,000, and more than 4 million people in the city were seriously short of food. Prices soared by 50% in one year. However, Haier Selasi did not take any measures to do this and continued to indulge in a life of luxury with the nobles.
When reporting on the situation in Ethiopia, Western journalists said that Ethiopia has become a country of beggars. They photographed a few wealthy officials (including Haier Selasi) who used gold and silver plates to feed their lions. At the same time, groups of thin and thin hungry people gathered on the streets, wandering and begging beggars everywhere. These photos caused an uproar in the Western world, and countries caused a wave of condemnation of Ethiopia.
If history follows, after these photos of the Virgin Mary of Western Europe were sent back to Ethiopia, it became the fuse for Haier Selasi I to be under house arrest. How could Ethiopia have time to cause trouble for Sudan to move south at this time?
"Okay, the plan is approved, in the order of order?" Brezhnev asked, "Which direction is preferred?"
"Thailand started first, because it helped a lot, and the Congo followed up." Brezhnev nodded as well, feeling that there was no problem.
At this time, Selov was about to leave, and Brezhnev kept him, and instead talked about Yegorechev's affairs and expressed his own difficulties. As a general secretary, he should be respected by the first secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee. The other party always made him unable to get out of Taiwan, so he had to calm down. Yegorechev could still return to his job at the right time.
Selov just listen to this kind of thing, and Brezhnev just said it casually, and he absolutely did not believe that this was the main reason. There must be something that Yegorechev argued head-only, but the main reason for Brezhnev to replace him was definitely not this, but the very harmonious relationship between Yegorechev and Xiereping.
"I am just a security cadre and have no right to object to the Secretariat's decision." Shelov did not reveal too much emotion. Xie Lieping's two important supporters have been replaced, which should have been a big blow to him.
The European Conference on Security and Cooperation was held in Helsinki. The representatives attending the conference were from thirty-five countries in Europe, the United States and Canada, and signed the "Last Document". It includes: "Certain Documents on Confidence-building Measures and Security and Disarmament", "Cooperation in Economics, Science, Technology and Environment", etc. The Soviet Union is most concerned about European security issues and hopes to fix the status quo of European borders through the OSCE. The "Last Document" puts forward 10 principles for dealing with mutual relations between participants in its declaration of principles guiding the relationship between participants, including "inviolability of borders" and "the use of force or threatening of force".
The Document on Confidence-building Measures and Security and Disarmament also stipulates that when participating countries and other participating countries hold military exercises with more than 25,000 troops within 200 kilometers of the common border, they should notify the participating countries three weeks ago and invite observers to watch the exercise.
"Is it because the Soviet Union is stronger than history?" Selov said intimately. From TV, Brezhnev personally attended the meeting with a very majestic manner, and this meeting was his representative work. Compared to the nearly three years of talks in history, the Soviet Union achieved its goal in more than half a year. It can be said that the Soviet Union is powerful, and the role of the Communist Party of Western Europe, France and Italy jointly promoted this result. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was a great victory.
After the meeting, Brezhnev will start his visit to the United States for a few days. Turn off the TV. Selov whispered, "When visiting the United States, it is not a problem for you to deal with Kirirenko, the old secretary. Yegorechev and Torskykov are the first secretary of the two largest cities in the Soviet Union. They have been dismissed one after another. If we have no reaction at all, Brezhnev will not stop suppressing us at all. As the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, you should have some reaction, right? Otherwise, our supporters will be gone."
"The nomination of Grechko and Gromiko to the Central Presidium, both of them have a good relationship with Brezhnev, especially Marshal Grechko. He was Brezhnev's boss during the Patriotic War. Didn't this set up obstacles for ourselves?" Semichasne was also worried. He felt the pressure, but there was no good idea.
Like Molotov, Gromiko was both famous foreign ministers of robots. They had a high political status, but acted completely according to the intentions of their leaders. The difference is that Gromiko was more knowledgeable and easy-going than Molotov. He never saw him lying on the sofa, and never saw him not shaving. He was a very serious German person.
"Because Marshal Grechko is Brezhnev's boss, he sometimes thinks about his old feelings and supports Brezhnev, but we must figure out one thing, the military's position. The army has always advocated a tough line, and now the General Secretary is implementing easing. The spokesperson for the hardliners is us." Selov thought for a while and said, "At present, Andropov and I are members of the Central Presidium, and I also serve as the chairman of the KGB, but they are also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense directly under the three major departments, but their leaders are not members of the Central Presidium. As leaders of the two departments, does not have any idea? If we first propose to let Grechko and Gremko enter the Central Presidium, we will win the favor of the two departments, which is not a bad thing for us."
"They have some relationship with Brezhnev, but they are not from the Dnepro gangster. They are easily accepted by Brezhnev when they enter the Central Presidium, and they can also suppress the ambitions of Brezhnev's children. In fact, there is no way. This is a simultaneous weakening of me and Brezhnev." Xie Lieping thought for a while and said, "Okay, when Yura and Brezhnev visit the United States, I will make a proposal."
Chapter completed!