Big Time 1958

   "There are still 24 hours, and I have to continue to buy time." After leaving the United Nations headquarters, Serov, who was standing under the flag of the hammer and sickle, raised his wrist and estimated the arrival time of the submarine force. Even if an individual submarine is bitten, Serov believes that the commanders and fighters of the Red Navy have a way, as long as half of the force can reach the predetermined sea area.

   FBI headquarters, inside the director's office, Hoover is watching today's videotape of the United Nations General Assembly on the TV, next to him is President Kennedy's younger brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Hoover's face made one shudder at a glance, and now it became more serious, and it was even more difficult to face it. Even Robert Kennedy felt that way.

   After a short time, Hoover turned off the TV and sat in the chair silently, as if thinking about the meaning of Shelov's words.

   "Director Hoover, is what the head of the secret police said true? Are there really 200,000 Soviet troops on Cuban Island?"

   "There's no reason, it shouldn't be so much according to my estimate?" Hoover was also very puzzled. Could it be that Serov was lying at the UN General Assembly? This is not impossible. The Soviet ambassador to the United Nations has not recognized that there are missiles on Cuba not long ago. Serov will not come back to intimidate the United States?

   "Prisoners? What's wrong with those prisoners?" Hoover suddenly remembered that the CIA had mentioned that the Soviet Union had sent prisoners to Cuba for labor reform. It seemed that the Soviet Union had been preparing for this since then.

  Damn, Hoover is the director of the FBI, and foreign intelligence is not within his scope of work. He just heard about such a thing. Later, the CIA didn’t investigate it, so he didn’t ask any more questions. Now Hoover gritted his teeth and said, "Will those prisoners be disguised by the Soviet Union, and whether the prisoners who landed on the island very early were disguised by soldiers?"

   "Take 100,000 Soviet soldiers as prisoners to reform through labor?" Robert Kennedy asked in disbelief, "Shouldn't it be!"

"I just said maybe, if Serov didn't lie, there is such a possibility. But I'm not the director of the CIA!" Hoover didn't even change his sitting position during the whole process, and his evaluation of the CIA's incompetence was even worse. Going up one floor, Dulles is an incompetent in Hoover's eyes, and the new McConne seems to be not as good as Dulles...

  Especially in recent days, the Soviet Union and the United States have exchanged countless letters with each other, most of which are full of gunpowder, intimidating and threatening each other. Kennedy even doubted whether the US intelligence agency made a mistake in judging that the number of nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union was inferior to that of the United States. Why was the Soviet Union so confident?

   At the meeting of the National Security Council, Hoover, after being present, listened to the cliché and unnutritious discussion, and turned to the recent letter from Kennedy and Khrushchev to read. Like Kennedy said, most of the letters were tough, and only a few were normal.

   Until the atmosphere quieted down, Hoover raised his eyelids and saw that everyone was looking at him. Clarence Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury, asked, "Director Hoover, have you found anything?"

"If we look at the order of the letters, the letter after the few normal letters must be a very severe accusation against us, so it can be concluded that Khrushchev is not preparing for a nuclear war with us, but wants to If you want to talk to us, but the attitude changes immediately, you must be under pressure. There are not many people in the entire Soviet Union who can put pressure on Khrushchev. They must be members of the Soviet Central Presidium. , the entire Soviet Central Presidium believes that confrontation is necessary." Hoover put these letters back on the table, looked up and said, "There is room for negotiation, but it may be very difficult. Although Khrushchev has the most power , but it may be more difficult to go it alone, and maybe we should free up some space."

"We must resolve this matter as soon as possible, and we must not delay it any longer." Kennedy said decisively, "Our attitude must not change. The Soviet Union is thousands of miles away from Cuba, and Cuba is right under our noses. We must let the Soviet Union know whether the confrontation will continue. Good result."

   Hoover's immortal face had no expression, and he neither approved nor disapproved of Kennedy's words. He knew the reason why Kennedy was so urgent. The upcoming congressional elections were only half a month away. Kennedy's hysterical performance for the election caused Hoover to frown. The performance of putting personal honor and future ahead of national security made Hoover, as the director of the FBI, somewhat dissatisfied.

   How to say this feeling, it's a little too selfish. To put on such a pose for congressional elections is to play with fire, Kennedy is playing with fire, his younger brother, the attorney general, and many other Democratic officials.

   "I'm going to call Dobrynin and ask what the Soviets want to do?" After his brother's statement, Attorney General Robert Kennedy put forward the opposite opinion. Hoover is undecided whether to continue listening, the two brothers have different opinions? It's just a deliberate gesture by Kennedy as the president, and let his younger brother come out to ease.

   "I've been very soft, at least I didn't say the number of nuclear bombs on the island of Cuba, right?" Serov explained innocently to Dobrynin, the Soviet ambassador to the United States, in the New York consulate. Just now, he received a telegram from Moscow, telling him not to worsen the situation, otherwise he would be punished after returning to China. I don't know who sent this telegram, maybe someone in the Central Presidium. In the end, the telegram still believed that Serov's work was worthy of recognition, which made Serov, who is a counter-revolutionary worker, very anxious. What does this telegram mean? Is it criticism or praise? Or what do you mean, play fifty big boards each?

Dobrynin was here to inform Serov when the plane that was going to Washington would take off. After he left, Serov glanced behind Dobrynin and sent a telegram to the Cuban Group Command, a subordinate of the First General Directorate of the KGB. All anti-rebel workers in Cuba have been ordered to remove the camouflage on the nuclear bomb launchers throughout Cuba at noon tomorrow, and all nuclear missiles are on standby.

"When I negotiate tomorrow, all preparations should be almost the same. Whoever backs down will have the result. My goal is not high, just bring Guantanamo back." Comparing with the danger of a nuclear war, compromise is the only way It is something that the United States and the Soviet Union pursue. Both countries are developing well now, and there is no need to die together.

  The danger of this Cuban missile crisis lies in the possibility of misfires in a tense situation. In a conventional war, a misfire is at most a battle, but under a nuclear confrontation, once there is a mishap, it is a global war. Neither the U.S. nor the Soviet Union is someone who can listen to each other's explanations after being hit hard with a nuclear bomb.

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy came forward to propose to Moscow that we could continue to talk, and chose a relatively peaceful letter from the Soviet Union to respond. Of course, before that, Robert Kennedy used a small trick to put Helu. Schaev's relatively peaceful letter penetrated the American media, creating the illusion that a Soviet leader was the first to propose peace.

After Moscow's order for Serov and Dobrynin to go to Washington for negotiations, Khrushchev's personal letter appeared in the American media. In fact, Khrushchev's letter didn't say anything, just said something about a peaceful settlement. scene talk. It was literally interpreted by the US media as the Soviet Union was going to admit counsel, and Serov and Dobrynin went to Washington to prove it.

"It turns out that the people of every country are so naive, and the deception of the American media is even more powerful than our KGB." Serov, who got off the plane, was paying attention to the news of the American media at all times. Played such a hand, this hand played quite beautifully.

   Face Serov can give Kennedy, but he can't give it, because Khrushchev has already given it first. But that doesn't mean he can't do anything about it. When Serov arrived at the White House, he looked at the Soviet embassy agents in the United States who saw Serov and Dobrynin entering the White House, and quickly returned to the Soviet embassy, ​​and an encrypted telegram flew to Havana.

   After the approval of General Puliyev, the commander of the Cuban group, the agents of the First General Directorate of the KGB in Cuba took action one after another. They climbed to the top of the building and instructed the soldiers to remove the camouflaged missile launchers.

   "General Serov, welcome to the White House." On the lawn outside the White House, Hoover in a suit opened his arms as if seeing an old friend, greeted him bluntly and stretched out his hand.

"Director Hoover, you are my idol. In this free country, I see the forever FBI Director. I am very honored." Sheloff quickly reacted and stretched out his hand and Hoover's hand tightly held together.

   "The pen on the military uniform is very unique. Now that we have come to the White House, we don't need to carry the bug. Our security work has been done very well!" Hoover looked at the pen on Serov's uniform with strange eyes and said.

   "The craftsmanship of this watch is really good. It can be compared with watches made by Swiss craftsmen. If he is not a pinhole camera, it can also sell for a lot of money!" Sheloff looked at Hoover's wrist and said meaningfully.

   Sheloff and Hoover didn't let go of the hands they held for a minute. They stared at each other for a few seconds on several parts of each other's body, and all of a sudden they laughed at the same time, as if they had discovered something funny. (To be continued~^~)