Chapter 687 Soviet-Portuguese Joint Statement
Taking them as the title, the newly restored Portuguese newspaper, the Forward Newspaper, conducted a large report, and detailed the devastating blow to Portugal during the reign of Salazar. At the end, he said, "Today, our Central Committee members finally all left the prison, and their sentences were still more than three hundred years."
At this time, Portuguese society was sympathetic to Portugal, but in the eyes of the Soviet Union, this atmosphere did not last long, which had reached a consensus in the Central Bureau of Justice, and Foreign Minister Gromiko also knew this. This time he came to Lisbon, he also had his own task to complete the Soviet strategy and let Portugal leave the colony decently, instead of suddenly rolling up the bedding and leaving, and buying up a certain amount of time for the Soviet Union.
Gromico then negotiated with the current Portuguese President Spinola. Today is May 1, the International Labor Day defined by all socialist countries, and half a million people participated in the May Day parade in Lisbon. The revolutionary atmosphere infected the armed forces, soldiers and sailors marched with workers, holding flags to demand socialism. The formerly forbidden parties resumed public activities from underground or exile, including the Portuguese leader of Alvaro Canghar and the Portuguese Socialist Party led by Mario Suarez.
At the Presidential Palace of Portugal, Gromiko met Spinola, a soldier and a four-star general in Portugal. He publicly announced a year ago that Portugal won the victory in Africa and was removed from his post as Chief of Staff. Until the Carnation Revolution broke out, Gromiko was elected as interim president this time, this time it was mainly about the colonial issue with the Portuguese president.
"If Portugal withdraws its troops rashly, the entire Portuguese Empire's colonies will become a huge power vacuum, and civil wars will break out everywhere will soon. General, I believe you have an international perspective and can see the dangers facing Africa at this time." Gromiko quickly entered the whole world. The president in front of him will obviously advocate withdrawal. The Soviet Union's idea was not to let the other party withdraw its troops so quickly, otherwise the war between the Soviet Union and the United States for South Africa would break out soon, and the early domestic plan had been formulated long ago.
As a foreign minister, Gromiko certainly does not want to fight and kill and solve the problem. He is more willing to choose a peaceful way when he has a choice, which is also his purpose in coming to Portugal.
"But the front-line troops have already served for a long time, and they all hope that the country is the view of the soldiers. I am a soldier and I know very well the hearts of those colonial soldiers." Spinola certainly knew the danger of morally slapping the butt and leaving, but if he chose between a colony and a local area, he would of course choose Portugal.
"It's a problem of military expenditure. In fact, the main problem of Portugal's finances is military expenditure. However, there are armed conflicts and no armed conflicts. There are big differences. The Soviet Union understands that Portugal wants to get rid of these big burdens, but I hope you don't forget the international responsibility. There are many cases of bloody civil wars that broke out by the African colonists. This is what Moscow is worried about. Although we are anti-colonialism, we also do not want the new countries to fall into civil war. Therefore, our Soviet Union's opinion is that we can stop the war in the major colonies through contact with local armed forces." Gromiko persuaded meaningfully, "In this slow separation, the Soviet Union stopped the war and was willing to give the Portuguese colonial army some assistance so that they can go to the country peacefully."
All kinds of black armed forces in the Portuguese colony were supported by the Soviet Union. It was very simple, and this was a revolutionary need. Anti-colonialism was the most politically correct thing in this era, and the Soviet Union should have rushed to the forefront. Now that the political situation in Portugal has changed, the original enemy has become friends in a sense, so naturally we have to change our thinking.
Everything can be talked about, and the Soviet Union also had this kind of capital to talk about. As long as the Soviet Union greeted the local armed forces, the civil war in the Portuguese colonial areas would stop instantly, and the soldiers of the Portuguese country would evacuate more decently, avoiding the image of the last colonial empire running away, and at the same time giving the Soviet Union more perfect time for attack.
Two hours of talks between the two sides, after the talks, Gromiko and interim President Spinola came out of the Presidential Palace. In the square in front of the Presidential Palace, Gromiko stood in front of the marchers to give a speech. As the foreign minister who had experienced the difficult times of the Soviet Union, Gromiko was surging. At this time, the square was a red ocean, and the masses here had a more revolutionary atmosphere than the Soviet Union. Then the speech began.
Gromiko began to praise the great significance of the Carnation Revolution, and at the same time, he did not avoid being hostile to test whether the new Portuguese government would still maintain colonialism, and passed General Spinola's negotiations with outstanding achievements, etc.
"I have to admit one thing, that is, the armed forces fighting the Portuguese colonial army. The Soviet Union supported it in principle. Of course, this is already a thing of the past. General Spinola told me that Portugal is ready to give up colonialism, and that people with conscience in the whole world will welcome it. This is also a victory for the Portuguese people."
Gromiko's words caused a burst of cheers. After waiting for a long time to calm people down, Gromiko continued, "We all understand that the colonial era has gone far away. The Soviet Union has always been a clear opposition to colonialism. This is not because the Soviet Union is willing to cause trouble for Portugal. On the contrary, we are all waiting for this day to give up colonialism. Today, we are ushering in this revolution. This is the victory of the people of the world, including the Soviets, Portuguese, Mozambique, Angolans, Guinea-Bissau. Today is the May Day International Labor Day. Victory belongs to everyone, and no one is a loser."
"Long live socialism" Gromiko's words immersed the entire square in cheers. People raised their hands to express their support for these words. When the socialist movement was rising, they received the Soviet Union's resentment.
The next day, Gromiko and General Spinola jointly signed a joint statement of the Soviet Union and Portugal. In principle, Portugal abandoned all colonies and set out a timetable for withdrawal. Gromiko said that the Soviet Union would stop the colonial armed forces from continuing attacks, and assist Portugal in colonial militarism, and were willing to connect with the local armed forces and the Portuguese military to discuss how to make Portugal evacuate decently.
Once the statement was released, it immediately dropped a bombshell in the world political arena. Of course, it was all praise. If the people of the Second International have made any achievements after so many years, it may be that anti-colonialism has promoted the Soviet Union. As for the harm these social parties are harmful, it is too unbelievable.
"By the way, before I went abroad, a comrade specifically reminded me that regarding China issues, we can send people to visit them from secret channels, and China may not be in a hurry to collect that place." Gromiko said to Spinora as if he had just remembered something.
"Why? Hasn't China been anti-colonizing?" General Spinora asked in surprise.
"Maybe they have their own considerations, and I don't know the specific situation." Gromiko shrugged and said he was unaware of it.
"There are less than a thousand members of the Portuguese Socialist Party?" Serov, who was in Ruby Yanka, frowned and asked Morigin, the director of the First General Administration. After receiving the other party's affirmative answer, he swallowed the question of whether it was written incorrectly. This is different from his perception, because Portugal has no sense of existence and there is not much useful information in his memory, but there is one information he knows, that is, the Portuguese Socialist Party is a big party and will not be so weak.
"Yes, in fact, the Socialist Party had less than 200 members during the Carnation Revolution." Morigin affirmed.
"Oh, you go out first, I want to think about it." Selov waved his hand and asked the other party to go out. The Portuguese Socialist Party in later generations was a huge heavyweight party, and now there are less than a thousand party members. He now needs to deduce this process with the result, how did ** lose, and how did the Soviet Union lose Portugal.
He really didn't know about Portugal in this era. If the only thing he knew was that this group of people with the Soviet Union, who was called Portuguese cultivation for a certain period of time, was also the object of condemnation.
"It seems that the Socialist Party, like previous movements, has played a role as a pig opponent in the process of cooperation with the **." Recalling many historical events, Selov felt that his guesses were inseparable.
Compared with the third international, the Socialist Party of the Second International has a characteristic, that is, many slogans that are often dared to shout. The Socialist Party dares to shout than the ***. In terms of speaking, the Socialist Party will never lose. But the Socialist Party will never shed blood. Once it encounters the Nazis or military government, the Socialist Party often kneels faster than anyone else. This is why the Carnation Revolution has just succeeded and the Portuguese, which has been persisting in the struggle, has produced tens of thousands of members, and the Socialist Party has less than a thousand members.
During World War I, the Socialist Party supported its own war decisions, otherwise there would not be a third international.
The slogan of the moral commanding heights of the Socialist Party is the white left in later generations. At the same time, the existence of the Socialist Party also hurts the Soviet Union's supporters because the Socialist Party is easily bought and is often used by hostile parties to dismantle the supporters.
"How is the public opinion of the Socialist Party?" Selov asked Morikin, the director of the First General Administration who had just left, with the phone.
"It's very radical, I don't know why this is happening." Morigin, the director of the First General Administration, was stunned for a moment and said to the phone.
"I know." Selov put down the phone. The Socialist Party is so weak, of course, it must be more radical than ** to compete for public support. In this case, "Mendlev will kill the Socialist Party leader Suarez and blame the Democratic Party." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!