Brezhnev shook his head slightly and said to himself, "Iron-fisted Shurik? This time we have a problem, but I must agree. I have no reason to object to the person he proposed, and the current situation of the presidium is indeed like this. If the KGB Chairman is a member of the Central Presidium, there is no reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense, which are both directly affiliated departments, are not, right? Andre..."

"Yes, this is the difficult place, and Sherest seems to have found supporters," Kirilenko nodded, "Is this matter related to Serov? Ilyich, could it be planned by him!"

"Not like!" Brezhnev recalled carefully, "Don't you think Selov is tired? He almost never stopped. He should not have this time to deal with the petition for the return of those Cuban stowaways in the United States."

"Then he should know now, where is he?" Kirilenko asked again.

"He? He has taken a month's vacation before getting off the plane. Maybe he is planning a vacation? You can't see him recently." Brezhnev stretched out his finger and shook, "Let's not talk about him for now. If we want to think about how to deal with this proposal, we believe that the news has been leaked, we must respond."

In fact, if Xie Lieping doesn't mention it, Brezhnev also wants to enhance the rights of various departments, but if Xie Lieping first proposed it, he was a little unable to let the other two departments appreciate it. This is a relatively troublesome place. But this still cannot defeat him. Xie Lieping proposed two people, so he can add two people, or even more.

Although the number of the Central Presidium will increase to an unprecedented scale, what does it matter? Who dares to say that the cadres you nominate to join are not important? The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are important, so are other cadres not important?

At the first meeting of his return, Brezhnev did not fight back against Xie Lieping. On the contrary, he also expressed his approval of the number of members of the Central Presidium should be expanded, and he also agreed with Xie Lieping's proposal. He stated that the number of members of the Central Presidium could be added at appropriate times.

This statement was beyond the expectations of some people. Some people originally thought that the two would start a series of battles, but it seemed that things were not the case. Brezhnev easily accepted the proposal of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Union and did not have any conflict with Sherepin.

The news came out that the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs caused a sensation. If their ministers entered the Central Presidium, it would be a significant improvement for their departments. You can see that Selov was nominated to the Central Presidium before Khrushchev retired. The KGB's voice has become increasingly strong in recent years. Although the KGB chairman did not attend the Central Presidium meetings, he worked in Ruby Yangka, no one would ignore the KGB's voice.

The KGB cadres also clearly showed a superior attitude. Of course, in addition to being the chairman of the Central Committee's presidium, there are also close relationships with the General Secretary.

A group of spies obviously have more say than diplomats and soldiers. For several years, they have been directly under the Central Presidium and have complained about the other two departments of General Secretary Brezhnev. When the two departments saw the group of arrogant spies, they certainly had their opinions. Now it seems that this situation should be over.

At the internal meetings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, many people congratulated their ministers, and even Zhukov, who only had symbolic meaning, also congratulated Minister Grechko. Although he was far better than the latter in terms of qualifications.

"Comrade Grechko, your luck is much better than mine. You have not met a person who is just a word. The current Central Presidium is a collective leader." Marshal Zhukov said this sentence meaningfully.

As the leader of the Ministry of Defense, Marshal Zhukov was the first to serve as the Minister of Defense as a member of the Central Presidium. Many people know about what happened later that he was replaced by Khrushchev in the name of Bonapartists. It was not until the Podgorne incident that Khrushchev was preparing to retire and let him come back.

"Thank you, this is also an improvement in the treatment of our soldiers. Isn't this the wish of us old guys?" Grechko did not show off as a minister in front of the other side. He could understand what Marshal Zhukov meant. Once a leader who was too strong appeared in the Central Presidium, it was not a good thing to stand in the perspective of a soldier.

In order to use money to develop the aerospace and nuclear industry, Khrushchev continued to reduce military spending, which affected the development of many conventional weapons in the Soviet Union. The victims were the entire army, and the more obvious one was the navy. Although the Ministry of National Defense gathered marshals, there was no way to deal with Khrushchev, who was the first secretary and chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Brezhnev is indeed a much gentler personality than Khrushchev, but who knows if he will be like this after he really defeats all his opponents? The Ministry of Defense has suffered a loss from Khrushchev once, and he cannot and does not want to do it again.

What was more surprising was that the proposal to let the Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs enter the Central Presidium was actually the proposal of the Supreme Soviet Chairman, which has always been considered difficult to contact. Xie Lieping gave many people the impression that it was difficult to contact. Although he had many supporters, there were also many opponents. Many opponents were dissatisfied with Xie Lieping's nickname and the title of Iron-fisted Shurik. Compared with Xie Lieping, the gentle Brezhnev was easily accepted.

But people also don’t want Brezhnev to really control everything. There is a tough-minded Supreme Soviet Chairman next to him, and the General Secretary is subject to certain restraints, so that many cadres will be easily accepted.

This is the view of the Ministry of Defense, and also the view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It seems that Xie Lieping is a difficult image to contact with. Through this proposal, it has also reversed a lot. In the confrontation between the Central Presidium, Xie Lieping fought a time difference and successfully won enough supporters. He won. Xie Lieping won, but Brezhnev did not lose. He also proposed several additional candidates and expressed his conspiracy. Xie Lieping also stopped when he was good and agreed.

"What kind of changes will the battle between Serepin and Brezhnev cause this time?" Ustinov found some time to communicate with Andropov. They did not belong to Brezhnev's Dnepro gang, and they also had nothing to do with Serepin's strengthening department of the Communist Youth League. Instead, they belong to the leaders of the department, but the two tended to Brezhnev's policies, which were different from Serepin's tendency to Serepin.

"It seems that Sherepin won, but the General Secretary did not lose. It seems that they cannot decide the winner for a while. You also know the character of the General Secretary. He has always been very careful. When he can't figure out the details, he will not force Sherepin to a point where there is no way out, because he doesn't know whether Sherepin will object." Andropov shrugged, "Most of the marshals of the Ministry of Defense support the General Secretary, but the KGB's supreme leader is the chairman and is in a good relationship. He is still in a balance."

"I don't know how long this balance can last." Ustinov certainly knew the position of the Ministry of Defense and sighed, "Zvegon just came to me and said that he would implement the plan in Southeast Asia. When he supported the target, Thailand **. Zinev was preparing to conduct a specific assessment of the Sudan's military strength and was about to attack. At this time, we should not fight ourselves. It is very delayed in the country's policies, which is not good."

"No, not for the time being. Serov appears as a hardliner leader. Although we know that this is a strategy, the cadres below do not know. If the General Secretary removes him, the cadres below will blow up the nest. People will doubt the true meaning of the easing strategy. The General Secretary's character will not do this." Andropov explained, "The tough face is actually protecting Serov, but he just doesn't know whether he understands this clearly..."

At the same time as the debate within the Soviet Union, a small-scale exchange of fire between two teams occurred in the border between Sudan and Congo. Since the Sudan changed color, in order to regulate the relationship between Arabs and blacks, he adopted a strategy of diverting conflicts. Specifically, although the two major groups in their country are dirty, you should look at the compatriots in Sudan. They were bullied by Congo and the strategy was very successful, because the Sudanese cross-border ethnic groups on the border between Congo and Sudan are even worse in the Congo than in Sudan.

Sudan and Congo have been constantly attacking each other for several years. Sudan attacked Congo to suppress Sudan’s ethnic minorities. Congo attacked Sudan to interfere in the internal affairs of Congo. Both countries used each other as their opponents and launched a gunpowder-filled arms race in central Africa. Small-scale border firefighting has been happening.

"Do we tell the Chairman about the situation?" In Ruby Yangka, the firefight between Sudan and Congo has caused discussion here. You should know that waiting for an opportunity to go south to open up the African channel has always been a progressive plan.

"Will this make the Chairman doubt our abilities?" Zinev shook his head in a conditioned manner. Zvegon was responsible for Southeast Asia and Africa himself. Shellov put a lot of pressure on them in Ruby Yangka. He finally went out for vacation. Will he call him back and cause trouble for himself?

After discussing the four vice-chairmen, they decided to let Sudan be patient because the climate in Congo this year is quite unstable, and the rainy season seems to have been extended for a period of time, making the dry season that was not long enough shorter, which is not conducive to the Soviet-style military attack. In addition, South Sudan also needs to reserve offensive materials and oil, and now it cannot launch a big battle. Several vice-chairmen's arguments were recorded by Servanov and then sent to Servav on vacation. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!