Big Time 1958

"Servanov, use a random combination of more than seven passwords, and let our comrades in the UK receive them. After erasing the traces, put the letter at the predetermined location, and someone will pick it up by themselves!" He came in and said solemnly.

The exposure of spies like the Cambridge Five is a huge loss. The benefits they brought to the Soviet Union can no longer be measured by money. If these people want money, Serov is willing to give it to 100 million. He is currently in Cambridge in the Soviet Union. Burgess and McClay, the second of the five, almost forgot the concept of money under the care of the KGB. All the two needed money. As long as the two spoke, the KGB would do it for them.

The Cambridge Five did not refer to five people. The reason for this statement is that four of them were finally revealed, and no one knew who the fifth was. A spy for the Soviet Union. This circle also has Keynes, Strachey, Foster, Desmond McCarthy, Saxon Sidney-Turner and others. The motto of these people is "If I have to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friends, I hope I have the courage to betray my country"

  Sheloff didn't want to use any of these people at all, but Anthony Brandt's aristocratic status and influence in the field of art allowed Elizabeth Taylor to truly enter the upper class of London. The upper class is not only accessible by the identity of the actress, the United Kingdom is still more conservative than the United States in this regard.

   Anthony Brandt, who was at home after today, opened Sheloff's letter. Although it didn't say anything in detail, Anthony Brandt still understood what it meant.

"My friend, if you refuse my request for help, I will not force you to help me!" murmured Anthony Brant, who was also Queen Elizabeth's art adviser and had the most glorious background. There is no need to continue working for the Soviet Union. Serov has also stated many times after getting in touch with him that the two sides are just friendship between friends. As long as they feel that they are at risk, they can refuse any orders from the KGB.

   Anthony Brandt's situation at this time cannot be said to be good, and he can also feel doubted. However, it is not as serious as it has been in history, because the First General Administration has been doing the work related to clearing traces. After thinking about it for a long time, Anthony Brandt stood up and took out a photo of himself when he was in college. There are many of his friends on it, including those who have been exiled. Burgess and McClay from the Soviet Union looked at the person in the photo, Anthony Brandt fondly stroked the photo with one hand, and whispered in the empty bedroom, "I can betray my motherland for my friends, For the ideals of our youth, I will never look back..."

  When Elizabeth Taylor was gathering with her Hollywood friends who returned to Europe, a beautiful carriage stopped at the door outside the apartment, and Anthony Brandt in a decent suit leaned on a civilized stick, knocked on the door politely, and entered the apartment.

The arrival of Anthony Brandt surprised Elizabeth Taylor. After returning to London, she invited many masters from the British film and television industry and art world, but the latter seldom showed up. I didn't expect that Anthony Brandt would come to the door today. .

"Miss Elizabeth Taylor, it is not easy to become an actress in the United States. You are already very successful. In fact, you don't have to come back and work hard!" Anthony Brandt said with a smile after sitting down. The fifty-year-old Anthony Brandt said with a smile. There is one of his own uniqueness in his gestures. Some characteristics of the British Empire are particularly evident in him. Elizabeth Taylor, who came from an ordinary class, used to hate this old-fashioned aristocratic temperament, but now it is different. She hopes that she Also one of them.

"I don't know why the United States has suddenly strengthened its suppression of the cultural world. I think the freedom in art is far less open than in Europe!" Elizabeth Taylor showed her actress acting skills and talked about the recent American Happening. On the surface it looks completely impeccable.

   But who is Anthony Brandt? In the KGB, Anthony Brandt and his group received far less trust than Elizabeth Taylor, not to mention that he knew that this woman was also a spy. Elizabeth Taylor, in turn, was unaware that the Queen's art adviser was also working for the KGB. Because even the person with the biggest brain hole can't imagine that the royal family is a staunch communist, not to mention that Elizabeth Taylor has absolutely no concept of ideal in her mind.

"Oh, so it seems that the UK can actually give play to our advantages in culture. It is also a good thing to establish our own cultural industry and maintain the influence of our British Empire!" Anthony Brandt ignored the sight in front of him. The woman didn't say anything about acting, and went on to say, "Maintaining influence is not necessarily by force, it can also be done through other aspects of work, this is called soft power!"

In order to ask Anthony Brandt to ask him to be secretly suspected, Serov thought about countermeasures for a long time, and finally came up with the soft power argument that he has always dismissed. In this era, the soft power argument is simply for the British, which is in continuous decline. Tailor-made for former world hegemons.

   For this reason, he also wrote down what soft power is, and gave it to Anthony Brandt for reference. It also added a lot of annotations, such as the advantages of the English cultural circle, the special relationship with Canada, Australia, New Zealand and so on.

As an important part of a country's comprehensive national strength, "soft power" specifically refers to the invisible influence released by a country by relying on the attractiveness of its political system, the appeal of cultural values, and the affinity of its national image. It has profoundly affected people's perception of international relations. "Soft power" mainly includes the following contents: First, the attraction and appeal of culture. Second, the attraction of political values ​​and political values. The third is the morality and legitimacy of foreign policy. The fourth is the affinity when dealing with inter-state relations. The fifth is the attractiveness of the development path and institutional model. The sixth is the ability to guide, formulate and control international norms, international standards and international mechanisms. The seventh is the international public opinion on a country's international image level of appreciation and recognition.

   Serov doesn’t believe this kind of thing at all. He still pays more attention to hard power such as military and economics. Soft power is actually a consolation argument for the lack of hard power, which is essentially lack of strength. If the chairman of the KGB was completely thinking of the Soviet Union, he would never let this kind of argument spread in the Soviet Union, but the UK is different. The declining UK needs chicken soup for the soul. Serov knows the deceptiveness of the argument of soft power. In the spirit of internationalism, take it out to Anthony Brandt, let him comfort the British people.

   Anthony Brandt received an introduction about the idea of ​​soft power almost at the same time. After reading it, he felt that it was very good. Once he made a sensation, he could easily get rid of the current suspicion, and maybe he could become a cultural master. Further progress in the field.

Soft power and Elizabeth Taylor seem to be two different things, but after thinking about it carefully, Anthony Brandt admires the new KGB chairman in Moscow very much. That's right, it's appreciation, not admiration, because his relationship with Serov is an equal friend relation. Soft power theory will become the supporting theory of Elizabeth Taylor's actions, and Anthony Brandt's flag-waving is the perfect theoretical support. In Europe, the common understanding that both the United States and the Soviet Union were suppressing culture made Hollywood unattractive. According to Serov, Hollywood was only Americans’ own films at that time, and no longer had cultural aggression.

In this apartment, Anthony Brandt and Elizabeth Taylor had a detailed discussion, and in the end, they were very satisfied with each other's ideas, but compared to Anthony Brandt's knowledge, Elizabeth Taylor was completely kept in the dark and felt that she Good luck.

   "That stupid woman thought she was hiding very tightly? Humph!" Serov, who was in the car, stared straight at the receding scenery outside. After a while, the car stopped and got off in front of a school.

Then another car stopped, and Serov was tired and crooked, and saw the dog-like Tikunov Shi Shiran get out of the car, walked to Serov's side and said, "Yuri, it seems that you are coming to me, you Not very happy!"

"What are you doing here? There are students from the Third World, what does it have to do with you?" Shelov complained as he walked helplessly. Originally, he came to see how the Lumumba People's Friendship University was doing. The university trains young Communist Party members for Third World countries, most of whom are trainees from African countries.

  Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese national independence movement. After Congo declared independence, he served as the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Republic. Advocates national independence and unity, and pursues an anti-imperialist, anti-colonial and non-aligned policy. He was later killed by the CIA-backed Mobutu coup. Mobutu was one of the three major tyrants in Africa in later generations.

   "These few days have been relatively leisurely, and I just came to know that you are going to come to visit Friendship University!" Tikunov and Serov walked side by side, and stated their purpose in an understatement.

   "Our power in Africa is not stable yet, so you should wait!" Serov hummed, didn't he know what Tikunov meant? Obviously, he was going to organize people to go to Africa to explore, so he came over to have a relationship with himself.

However, Tikunov is destined to be disappointed. The resources in Africa are far less than expected. This refers to oil resources, which is also the place that Tikunov, the Minister of Petroleum Industry, is most concerned about. The oil in Africa seems to be the same as Algeria and Sudan. Concentrate a little with Nigeria, Algeria is controlled by France, Nigeria is too far away, only Sudan can be reached by the Soviet Union. (To be continued~^~)