Chapter 854: Falklands Prelude
The leader is still there, which is more important than anything else. Tianlai's novel www.'2 Although Brezhnev has indeed considered his future problems in his heart, at this moment, he is still not ready to take the initiative to give up his position as General Secretary. He wants the Soviet people to know that this country is still under his leadership and has reached the peak of history.
In Russia's history, there has never been such a powerful period. A great country and a great leader are one. This is what Brezhnev thought. Whether it is a friend of the Soviet Union or an enemy of the Soviet Union, he wanted everyone to know that he was still here and not to put his ideas on the Soviet Union.
"But the temperature will be very cold on October Revolutionary Day!" Chernenko's meaning was very obvious, Brezhnev was no longer young.
"I am the General Secretary, it is my responsibility." Brezhnev's expression remained unchanged, and he did not listen to Chernenko's bluntness.
"I have seen many problems, but this is not a reason to disintegrate." In 1982, Selov felt that he should have seen how serious the problems in the Soviet Union were. The external environment of the Soviet Union had changed a lot, which was very different from history, but the internal environment was still the same. The same old man controlled the situation, and those who were in power, so some problems should have arisen.
But the problem seen by the General Political Commissar is not the reason why the Soviet Union must disintegrate, but at most it is the reason that it cannot defeat the United States. If the standard is only in 1982, there is no obvious level of the Soviet Union and the United States this year, and the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union is already in a state of old age, but Reagan's early Alzheimer's disease patient is also a rare elderly president in the United States.
No reform can be effective immediately. This is the rule, and Reagan cannot violate this rule. Just like Selov cannot give orders, all the Soviets are possessed, and all the Soviet Union's indicators are crushed by the United States.
But there is one thing that Selov needs to adjust now, and he can adjust it from Ruby Yangka now. The KGB's world strategy, a country's intelligence department formulates strategic plans, sounds like a bit boasting, but this is what the Soviet Union is. The KGB's strategy is to serve the Soviet Union.
"According to the spirit of the central government, security and internal affairs cadres at all levels should understand that whether we are ourselves or our enemies, they are making adjustments. They don't say it, but they are preparing for the next round of confrontation. Therefore, some foreign policies and plans, as our department, at this moment, should respond flexibly according to the fact changes anytime and anywhere!" Taking off his blue big-brimmed hat, Selov emphasized word by word, "Information work cannot be just defensive, but more importantly, offensive, even defense, as well as offensive defense."
The KGB's offensive strategy includes any country and any nation on the earth, regardless of the other party's ideological and political structure, without exception. Manipulating control, armed subversion, and the KGB is doing the work of the CIA, and the KGB must also do things outside the CIA's powers, because the KGB is a comprehensive intelligence department.
"Listen to me and listen, I will just talk about a few simple questions. I can express the matter of the British Expeditionary Force later. Let me talk about the big framework first!" The preparation time for the Falklands War came a little later than in history. It may be because of the great increase in the Soviet camp's strength. The United States did not want Britain to travel thousands of miles to Latin America to start the war at this time, but it seemed that Reagan's mediation failed. Although it was a few months late, Britain still began to prepare for the war.
Britain's war preparations are underway, and Selov will discuss this issue at the end. At this time, he is talking about his own strategic plan. "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is our key goal. For our intelligence adjustment, all three important cities must be adjusted!" The three important cities he mentioned are Vienna, Berlin and Rome.
The KGB's intelligence work on Western Europe was mostly industrial intelligence. Of course, under normal circumstances, the KGB would not use the Soviet Union's own people, because the target was too large, so it was obviously easier to use the Germans and Czechs. In the eyes of the KGB, Berlin and Vienna were equivalent to a firing frame, and they could not take off without the firing missiles.
There are more than 20,000 informants from the KGB and Stasi in the entire Federation of Germany, more than 10,000 in France, and 10,000 in Italy. Of course, most of these people do not know that they are spies, and it is because of the male-female ratio problem in the Soviet Union. Therefore, many transnational marriages have occurred, and actively recruiting Soviet spouses overseas to serve the Soviet Union is also a conventional means.
The next step is to control the topography and hydrological data of the entire Western Europe in detail, conduct surveys along the way, and prepare for the Soviet army to advance westward. Once the Warsaw Pact army is launched, the fastest and most successful route has always been a key area for the KGB work. The hydrological data and throughput of major ports in Western Europe are also important factors that the Soviet Union should consider. The Warsaw Pact’s most vulnerable navy has absolute advantages over NATO, and how to prevent the United States from cross-ocean assistance is a factor that must be considered during the war.
"In Asia, for a long time, we used Tokyo, Bangkok and Jakarta as the main places of activities. The only difficult part is the British colony. Because the local area has no diplomatic relations with us, we cannot get first-hand information nearby. But now the times have changed, and the importance of the British pearl has disappeared. We can directly enter China." Selov said silently, "Geographically, we should enter the north, but in fact, from the difficulty of work, the most cost-effective one should be coastal cities, which are the cities I have designated."
"It is time to prepare to set up a joint venture with Singaporeans to approve all the funds applications of the Singapore Embassy and the size of 350 people. Although this country is annoying, it has a huge effect on us."
The number of people in all the Soviet embassies abroad was large, and over 100 people was the normal standard. The scale of embassies in all Southeast Asian countries was three to four hundred. Whether the country was pro-Soviet or pro-US, large or small in area, large or small in population, the Soviet Union treated them equally.
This situation does not exist only in Southeast Asia. For any country, as long as it has diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union usually has the largest embassy in this country and will never hire locals. They will all hire them from Moscow, as well as chefs and logistics personnel. The Soviet embassy in Thailand is equipped with 25 diplomats, with nearly 300 people. Even the number of Soviet embassy in Bolivia exceeds 500.
For this reason, the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs was able to become the three major departments directly responsible to the General Secretary, just like the KGB and the Ministry of Defense, and Foreign Minister Gromiko also became a member of the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union.
"Finally, let me mention the issue of Latin America. Latin America is the backyard of the United States. Americans think so, Latin America also knows this reality. Who doesn't want a big country there the most? Of course, it's Americans. Americans know that Latin America has its own big country in the future, which is a direct threat to the United States. Americans understand, and we also understand. Latin America has long been a revolutionary volcanic zone. It is a big six in turmoil. It has huge resources, but 200 million people live a life of three-quarters.
The life of extremely miserable serf-like labor is driven by 70 million people. There is no savings for a month's salary, 100 million people are illiterate, 100 million people have no medicine, 150 million people are undernourished, and on the verge of starvation. So even if we do not use much power in Latin America, the socialist movement there is still flourishing." Shelov finally talked about Latin America and stretched out his finger and said, "I will talk about this issue together with the issue of Britain forming an expeditionary force, the revolutionary nature of the existence stage in Latin America."
"Peruvian farmers who chew coca leaves and feed on mice, Uruguay absent from work while crawling in mines, Brazilian farmers in extreme poverty, and students executed by the Paraguay military government. Latin America's economy has long been in the hands of Americans, and this has been around for more than half a century."
"The UK is organizing an expeditionary force. This is a good opportunity to inspire Latin America's unity. We should support the Argentines to abolish this unequal treaty and give the Argentines the courage to fight against Britain." Serov said with a squinted eye. "We have reserved some interesting things in Chile before, and this time we gave them to the British. It is a greeting Mrs. Thatcher."
"Comrade Chebrikov, I'll leave you the matter in South America. Keep the information smooth and let's see how capable the British are." Serov nodded meaningfully. He was looking forward to this Cabernet War.
Argentina's inflation rate was as high as 600%, GDP fell by 10%, and manufacturing output fell by one quarter; the Trade Union, which received more and more supporters in the country, decided to launch a long-term strike, and the military government was despised and hated by the people. In the face of serious domestic economic and human rights issues, Galtieri chose to divert the public's focus with the result of its victory by considering a clean and neat battle of the Horse Island.
Chapter completed!