Chapter 88: Ready
"How is it possible, Valia's current size can still hit people?" Selov denied it. Besides, can the matter between the family be called a beating?
"Do you want to talk about others? It's impossible! But you two, don't forget that I hosted your wedding with Valia in Azerbaijan. Don't I know you two yet?" Shemichasne crossed his legs, looking like everything was in control, holding onto the mark on Serov's forehead.
Others such as Meshatsev, Golinov and others watched the fun silently, but in the end, Sherepin finally stopped the conversation without nutrition. Although he himself was the chairman of the KGB, he was not very curious! Otherwise, he would not have always wanted to reduce the size of the KGB. Unfortunately, Sherepin's reduction in the size of the KGB has never been successful. Every time a group of people was cleared out, Sherepin always mobilized a group of people to come in.
The achievements of Sherepin's efforts to reduce the size of the KGB over the past year were to reduce the total number of people by one percent. Sherev successfully switched these people overseas and became stationed personnel from the Middle East Department, the French African Department, and the British African Department.
"Every time from the second half of the year, I start to prepare for the second year's budget. Our total scale is shrinking, but the funds are always needed, especially the General Administration of Border Defense! A general bureau accounts for more than 40% of the KGB's expenses!" Xie Lieping always feels a headache whenever he thinks of this problem. Although Khrushchev has been working on military expenditure, he sometimes asks him if the KGB's expenses can be reduced.
Selov spread his hands and said that he could not help, "There is no way to do this. We still have to maintain the internal affairs and the border guards! The total of more than 500,000 military and police, billions of dollars are already considered very savings! We are not well off than other departments, but I heard that the First Secretary seems to want to continue to disarmament?" Since Khrushchev came to power, the Soviet Union has laid off two million troops, and with the 300,000 this year, 2.3 million troops have been discharged! But it seems that it has not ended.
"I just heard a few words in a vague way, and I don't know what the First Secretary thinks! However, as long as the nuclear industry and aerospace industry make progress, the Red Army will definitely continue to lay off the abolition!" Xie Lieping pressed the smoke in his hand and didn't know which cigarette it was.
"I think the first secretary is still a bit conservative. This kind of thing is going too slowly! Just get it done in one step. Is it still necessary to be so troublesome? The old men of the Ministry of National Defense are so stubborn that they can't be shocked if they don't give them any good!" Xie Michasne's confident look was no different from Xie Lieping, and even spoke in the same tone.
"The problem with our Soviet Union now is that the country is controlled by a group of old men who are in a state of twilight!" Yegorechev looked around everyone and said in a stronger tone, "The country needs to become more dynamic, flexible policies and strong iron-fisted methods are indispensable. Our first secretary is much better than the people of Malenkov at the time, but now it seems that he is still a bit conservative!"
"Yegorechev is right. Disarmament is a very correct choice, but the ultimate goal of disarmament is to live in peace with the United States? I don't think Americans will be friendly with us. Some of the first secretary's ideas are not very good!" Golinov interjected, "With our current status in the Soviet Union, equality with the United States is necessary!"
Selov looked at the big guys silently and expressed his opinions. The ** group was full of visual sense! No wonder the Selepin group did not have the support of the military in history. On the contrary, the Red Army supported Brezhnev. It turned out that these guys supported Khrushchev's disarmament. "How come I feel like I'm losing a pit?"
From this point of view, Serepin is actually not very different from Khrushchev, and he lacks some of Khrushchev's radicalism, but he treats the issue of lifelong system of the Red Army and cadres. Judging from the current situation, he only complains about Khrushchev's easing argument, but he still cannot rise to dissatisfaction.
The issue of lifelong cadre system is understandable. When people who look at the study, they will understand that the average age of this group of leaders is less than forty years old, and their subordinates are younger, and many of them are from the Communist Youth League. It is still early for these people to be in power for life. Moreover, young cadres hope to have their own positions as soon as possible to display their abilities, and they actually agree with Khrushchev's move to abolish the lifelong cadre system.
"Okay, I'll ask everyone to come today just to get together with friends. Don't talk too much about work!" The topic of Xie Lieping's speech stopped. Xie Luov focused all his attention on Xie Lieping, and felt that Xie Lieping was very calm and that what he said was definitely true. It seems that Xie Lieping was not dissatisfied with Khrushchev at this time.
Shelov thought he had done it, not because he wanted to do it, but because he had the lowest position and had to do it. He was in charge of the top leaders, except for the deputy director of the Russian Federation Security Bureau, Zikunov, but Zikunov was the first deputy director. If Slov remembered correctly, he seemed to be ranked ninth, which was really incomparable.
Xie Lieping hosted the youngest group in the Soviet Union to have dinner at home, 41-year-old Xie Lieping, 35-year-old Xie Michasne, 37-year-old Yegorechev, and 32-year-old Serov... These young people from different departments are together, more enthusiastic than other older cadres, and they joke unscrupulously in private occasions. At this time, Xie Lieping would not mind, and rarely changed the severity in public.
"One, two, three, sing!" Xie Lieping, who was left with only a white vest, started singing, "Listen, the horn of the battle sounded an alarm, put on his military uniform and picked up his weapons, the members of the Communist Youth League gathered together to embark on the journey, and defend the country with one heart. Let's see you, my dear mother, please kiss your son goodbye."
"Don't be sad, don't be sad, I wish us peace all the way, goodbye, my dear hometown, the star of victory will shine on us." Semichasne clapped his hands and sang the song of the Soviet Communist Youth League with Serepin. Meshatsev, Golinov, Yegorechev, Tikunov, and Serov looked at each other and put down the vodka in his hand and joined the chorus.
"Everything we loved since childhood is better than to give it to the enemy. The members of the Communist Youth League armed themselves and rushed to the battlefield, and united in defending the country!" Everyone sang the last sentence and picked up their wine glasses and shouted, "Soviet, Ula..." and drank the vodka in the cup in one go.
"Yuri may not be in China at that time, but don't worry, we will go to the hospital on the day of delivery!" Sherepin patted his chest in a daze and promised, "We are all elders of Selov. What do you think your child wants to do? TASS? Radio station, government or military personnel?"
"My child still needs to carry out great careers and be the successor of communism!" Shelov was drunk instantly when he was blown by the breeze. He directly buckled the big-brimmed hat on his shoulder, but Ye Lianna picked it up. He got in the car and fell asleep in the back seat.
"It's rare to drink too much!" Ye Lianna looked at the man gently. She seemed to have very little drinking in her eyes, so of course it would be better to quit smoking.
"Yes, it's rare! Maybe I'm so happy today!" Valia started the car skillfully, remembering the scene when Shelov met him when he was drunk for several years.
Khrushchev also made a lot of preparations for this visit to the United States. This was the first time that the Soviet leader visited the United States. Selov used this time to accompany his wife at home, touching his bulging belly and whispering, "The due date is September 25th. I must be still in the United States, but I will definitely come back soon after I finish my work!"
Chapter completed!