Big Time 1958

Starting today, the controller of the Soviet State Security Committee has been replaced. After Serov took office as chairman, he once again refreshed the record of the top ministries under Khrushchev's rule. The original record was maintained by Semichasny, who was then the chairman of the KGB. It was thirty-seven years old, and Serov turned thirty-six this year.

  In this history, there is a saying about this period of three thanks to the KGB, especially the last KGB chairman Serov, who built the KGB into a comprehensive department that integrates internal and external. Of course, there are also some views that, if the General Serov, who started when the KGB was established, is also included, the KGB in this period should actually be the period of four thanks.

And there was no such rhetoric within the KGB, because over time Soviet security cadres discovered that Serov had been chairman of the KGB much longer than the other three, until Serov finally stepped down as chairman of the KGB, the agency Has been marked with a strong Xie brand.

The plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union lasted for another two days and ended successfully. Khrushchev still nominally retained the post of Kozlov's Central Secretary, perhaps hoping that one day Kozlov could still recover and resume work. The two newly added secretaries of the Central Committee became Brezhnev and Podgorny. Brezhnev also served as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and the nominal head of state of the Soviet Union.

However, Brezhnev and Podgorny are in charge of the same work. Most people really don’t know who Khrushchev is more interested in. This may still take the test of time. I believe it will take a year or two. People will have their own evaluations in their hearts, but at this stage this has nothing to do with Serov, he must now take over the main work of the KGB.

As the newly appointed chairman of the KGB, Serov must also take care of Semichasny's ideas. He got the news from Sherepin. He and Brezhnev discussed making Semichasny the first vice-chairman of the Russian Soviet. Point Brezhnev also agreed, there must be a quid pro quo, but Serov doesn't know yet.

   On the day of the end of the plenary meeting of the Soviet Central Committee, Serov convened the heads of the major KGB bureaus and the cadres of the 11th Lubyanka Square to hold a farewell party for Semichasny. The venue was set in the KGB auditorium, and more than 400 security cadres in Moscow were present.

"Under the leadership of Chairman Semichasny, our work has progressed remarkably, for which I propose to toast our chairman from victory to victory in his new job." Serov held a full glass. shouted Vodka.

Serov, Itvasov, Sakhartovsky, Serdyuko, Roman, Kadepov, Kibanov, Valentin, etc., surrounded by a large group of directors of the General Directorate, surrounded by Semichasny. Raise a glass to Semichasne.

  The music sounded and the dance started. Everyone scattered in every corner of the auditorium. Some people danced in the hall, looking for their daughters to dance beautifully with the music, showing a different side from usual.

"Thank you, Yura!" Shemichasne looked at the center of the field with the wine glass and whispered, "Actually, I understand what you mean, this reception is a comfort to me, maybe I have the least sense of existence. Chairman of the KGB."

Stopping Shelov's explanation, Semichasne continued, "The first secretary is interested in his resume in the security agency. I have no opinion on this, but it's a pity that it took two years. Don't worry, I just have some regrets, but I am right I respect our friendship!"

"Thank you for your understanding!" Shelov could feel the helplessness of Semichasny. In the original history, the KGB chairman of Semichasny could do it in 1967, in which he led the KGB to turn around and deal with Khru Shev played an immeasurable role in the Brezhnev coup.

The coup d'état is so simple, and Khrushchev is not without supporters. The KGB is a huge organization with nearly one million members. If it plays its role, the coup d'état will be discovered and destroyed in the bud. There is no possibility of a surprise attack. The biggest possibility is that some cadres have just started to connect, and Khrushchev should know about these situations, and then the coup in the bud disappeared as Khrushchev cleaned up a few starting guys.

As long as the KGB turns its guns and plays a role in the coup, the newly appointed Brezhnev will naturally find a way to dismantle the KGB, and Chairman Semichasny was able to do it in 1967 entirely because of the beginning of Shelepin's The power is still there. As Brezhnev slowly solved Sherepin's power by cutting sausages, it was a matter of time before Semichasny was cleaned up.

So it's better not to have this coup. It's good for everyone. If some cadres are dissatisfied, let them be dissatisfied. Khrushchev will clean up these people. I really think that the first secretary is so good under normal circumstances. overturned?

   After sending off Semichasny, Serov first faced the issue of the organizational structure of the KGB. In other words, who should be the first vice-chairman? This choice is not difficult. At the meeting of the KGB Presidium, Serov, who was sitting in the central position, nominated his former boss, Lieutenant General Sakhartowski, the director of the First General Bureau, as the first vice chairman of the KGB. This proposal does not Pass through without obstacles.

   Sakhartowski has been the head of the First General Directorate for several years, and his qualifications are completely sufficient.

"The first secretary's trust in us is obvious. Regarding the focus of future work, I have always believed that our work should continue to increase its strength abroad. When dealing with some countries that are anti-Soviet or have anti-Soviet trends, the KGB should not We will be merciful to clear and strike, so we need a new General Administration, which is specially responsible for dealing with these countries!" Serov, who tilted his head, said in a lazy tone, "This General Administration is the General Administration of Special Operations, and my personal opinion is temporary. Putting it on the establishment of the Eleventh General Administration, I wonder if you have any opinions?"

   There is naturally no opinion. Expanding organizational departments means more job opportunities, and external work means more financial support. How can anyone object?

"Then I will continue the topic just now. Regarding the planning of some combat forces in our department, if comrades have opinions, you can interrupt me. It doesn't matter. What I mean is that various military forces should be reorganized to a certain extent. The professionalism of the armed forces." Serov said sincerely, "When dealing with some domestic problems, we will not fall into a passive situation."

The armed forces of the   KGB are mainly concentrated in two parts, one is the frontier guard-based combat troops mainly in the frontier areas, and the other is the former internal affairs force of the National Security Council, now the internal guards. But in fact, the KGB's major general bureaus also have military forces. The first general bureau, the second general bureau and the fifth general bureau each have different numbers of special infiltration units to deal with emergencies. In addition to these three general bureaus, the traffic guards of the General Administration of Traffic Management, the scientific research guards of the National Defense Science and Technology Defense Bureau, the cadre guards of the Ninth Police General Bureau, and the 15th General Bureau of the KGB's Basic Self-Defense Forces Organ Security Guards Troops, the troops of the Fifteenth General Directorate are stationed in the major institutions of the KGB as guards.

"We can cooperate with allies in this regard. In the field of overseas special operations, we must not fight alone, but must lead allies to act together, which will become the norm in the future." Shelov finished his thoughts and waited. with the opinions of others.

   "There is no problem with the reorganization of the guard force of our subordinate headquarters. Of course, it is better to be more professional, but do we need the strength of our allies in foreign operations?" Itvasov asked his own question.

"Of course, we can't bear all the pressure ourselves. Besides, their strength is not weak, at least they are not weak together!" Serov took it for granted. In fact, not all Eastern European countries have the same intelligence department as the Soviet Union to manage border defense. The army, the Ministry of Public Security of Poland, the Ministry of National Security of the GDR, the Ministry of National Security of Czechoslovakia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Hungary, the General Administration of Internal Affairs and National Security of Romania, and the Bulgarian National Security Council each have their own characteristics and cannot be generalized. It’s also meat. Sheloff can’t let them go. No one in the intelligence department dares to say that they can do the best. Even if they think they are the number one KGB in the world, they must admit that the intelligence departments of various countries have their own unique advantages.

Then he talked about the direction of the monitoring of the world, and Serov ended the last meeting of the chairman of the KGB after he served as chairman of the KGB. The times were much smoother. Compared with the previous two, Serov was a local cadre who grew up in the KGB. Almost no one regarded Serov as an outsider. Some problems were completely experts in leadership.

"The Fifth General Administration will focus on monitoring the movements of the domestic cultural circle from now on. Any writers, writers and artists who show their attitude towards the West under various circumstances should all establish security files, and the cultural circle must be kept under control and not allowed to The fifth column breeds in the cultural world."

   Soon the news that Serov took over as chairman of the KGB spread all over the Soviet Union. Security cadres in many places knew that this time the KGB finally welcomed a cadre who had grown up in the system. This should be a good thing, right? (To be continued~^~)