Big Time 1958

  The Soviet Union's security intelligence system is mainly divided into three departments, the KGB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the GRU. During the Stalin period, the Ministry of Internal Affairs dominated the world, and the KGB was just a department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. During the Khrushchev period, this situation turned into the KGB leading the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the two departments were side by side during the Brezhnev period, but the KGB had a higher status because the Soviet Union was in the stage of strategic offensive at that time. GRU is a semi-independent department from beginning to end, but because of GRU's personnel rights, plans and arrangements for foreign espionage and intelligence activities, etc., they are all subject to the supervision and control of the KGB. So usually the leader of the GRU, the KGB, has the right to recommend.

In Serov's heart, the status of the GRU is far more important than that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is no longer the powerful department that was responsible for the clean-up. During the Khrushchev period, it was only a secondary department responsible for social security. The abolition was directly assigned to the KGB. The reason for the high opinion of the GRU lies in its strength. In fact, some departments of the KGB have all the GRU, and the GRU is more like a backup of the KGB.

  The GRU organization is divided into four levels: department, bureau, division and section. There are a total of 22 general bureaus, two professional spy academies and institutes, and ten divisions. A direct family. The first bureau is the European Military Strategic Intelligence Agency. The second to fourth bureaus are the military strategic intelligence bureaus that carry out secret intelligence activities in other regions. The second bureau is responsible for collecting strategic intelligence of the North Atlantic and Eastern European countries, and the third bureau is responsible for collecting information from the United States, Britain, Central and South American countries and the British Commonwealth. Strategic intelligence, the fourth bureau is responsible for collecting strategic intelligence from the Middle East to Asian countries. The fifth bureau is the Bureau of Operational Intelligence, responsible for all strategic sabotage activities in military operations. The sixth bureau is the Electronic Intelligence Bureau. Mainly carry out electronic intelligence activities. The seventh to twelfth bureaus are all intelligence and data research institutions.

In addition, there is the Special Operations Bureau, which mainly conducts activities such as subversion and sabotage, assassination, kidnapping, instigation, and psychological warfare; the Space Intelligence Bureau, responsible for spy satellite intelligence; the Foreign Affairs Bureau, also known as the Ministry of Defense Foreign Affairs Bureau, responsible for the foreign affairs activities of the Soviet Army , and conduct espionage intelligence activities; the Training Bureau, responsible for training espionage and intelligence personnel; the Operational Technology Bureau, responsible for the technical equipment and equipment of all espionage personnel; the Administrative Technology Bureau, responsible for valuables such as foreign exchange and gold; Bureau, etc.

The GRU is directly under the first division, which is responsible for espionage and intelligence activities in the Moscow region; the second division is directly responsible for espionage activities in the Berlin region; the third division is directly responsible for espionage activities in the third world and terrorist organizations; the fourth division is directly under the direct control. The Department is responsible for espionage activities against the United States in Cuba; the Fifth Department is the Political Department, and the sixth Department is the Finance Department; the Seventh Department is the Passport Department, which is responsible for researching and forging passports and various documents; the Eighth Department is directly under the , which is responsible for the encryption and decryption of documents;

Except that the scope of activities of some general bureaus is different from that of the KGB and the scale is relatively small, the GRU can basically be said to be a replica of the KGB. Serov does not know when this situation started, and he does not know why a KGB appeared in the Soviet Union. intelligence organization, this department is also under the control of the KGB. Anyway, he started after the KGB became independent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

  Selokov was sent by Brezhnev to be the Minister of Internal Affairs. He must have obtained the approval of Shelepin. Shelepin, who is the chairman of the Party and State Supervisory Committee, did not nod, and this matter was impossible to pass. The reason Serov has already guessed, the root is still on himself, he squeezed out Semichasny, and Sherepin exchanged for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to let Brezhnev approve Semichasny to work in the Soviet Union.

Since the reason is himself, Serov has nothing to complain about. It is impossible for the world to revolve around him. Everyone has their own considerations. Sheloff cannot let Shelepin ignore Semichas because of himself. mood.

   The next day, Serov, in the name of the chairman of the KGB, on behalf of all the heads of the General Directorate of the National Security Council in Moscow, welcomed Serokoff, who, like him, was sworn in under the bronze statue of Dzerzhinsky. After the oath was completed, all the leading KGB cadres present applauded and welcomed Serokoff to join the big family of Soviet security agencies.

Although Brezhnev has no personal style, he always treats everyone with a mild attitude, even his own enemies. Historically, he completely defeated the Komsomol bloc and transferred Semichasny from the chairman of the KGB to Ukraine. After becoming the first vice-president, when I went to Ukraine for inspection, I once hooked up with Semichasny, as if we had a good relationship.

   However, Brezhnev did not need anyone to teach him about placing his own people in key departments. Not only did he need no one to teach him, he himself was more proficient in this matter than anyone else. Now it seems that Brezhnev has long been eyeing the KGB, hoping to install a person who can be trusted in the KGB, and Serokoff is the person he selected.

   After expressing his welcome to Serokoff, Serov said he was going to the hospital for treatment and left Lubyanka.

   This move made Sherokov, who had just arrived, a little overwhelmed. It took a long time before he asked Shelov's secretary, Shervanov, "Is Chairman Shelov dissatisfied with my performance just now?"

   No one wants to make a bad impression on their future bosses at the first meeting, and the same is true of Serokoff, especially Serov, who is notoriously difficult to deal with in the security department.

"Minister Shelokov, Chairman, this is just a routine inspection, and it has nothing to do with your arrival." Shervanov pointed to his head and said, "Because the Chairman's mental state is always in a tense stage, he always goes back and forth every now and then. General Hospital, or go out for a walk to relieve the mental pressure."

   "Oh, everyone knows about this?" Sherokov secretly breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, he was very concerned about the impression of this young boss.

"Everyone knows!" Shervanov nodded as if he was not surprised, "Everyone at the headquarters knows about this, so apart from work, the chairman is exercising and Minister Valya is away when he is not in Moscow. In addition to sleeping in the headquarters, I basically go out for a walk when I have time!"

Serov, who was regarded as a mental patient, did not go to the general hospital at all, but went to the headquarters of GRU after a while, as if he had arrived at his own home, he went directly to Alexey's office. The GRU leader, General Alexey, is not familiar with the KGB chairman. The reason is very simple. This headquarters building was funded by him and completed at the same time as the KGB headquarters renovation plan.

It was also after Admiral Alexey went to GRU to be the head of GRU that Serov learned that this famous organization, the second largest intelligence organization in the world according to rumors, has never had its own headquarters, but was in the Ministry of Defense. A subordinate building works in it, so at the same time as the renovation of the KGB headquarters began, the establishment of the GRU headquarters also began at the same time.

"It's an unexpected guest, my friend, are you here to guide the work?" Alexey quipped, GRU needs to be led by the KGB in terms of responsibilities, and there is still a part of the headquarters in this headquarters. KGB agents moved in.

   "Don't be kidding, I have encountered a little problem, I hope you, an old anti-rebel worker, can give me some advice!" Serov leaned on the sofa without anyone else, and told the news of Serokoff taking over as Minister of Internal Affairs.

"It's not a big problem. It's not easy to keep an eye on Sherokov's every move with your ability, and it's not a problem for him to do it, but it's obviously not a good idea." Alexey said after thinking about it. "The Soviet Union's security system is you, except for Shelepin. It can be said that from the perspectives of law, discipline inspection, police, intelligence, and security, it is in the hands of your own people. It is understandable that Brezhnev is worried. , do you think the Ministry of Internal Affairs is important?"

"It's not as important as the GRU. If Sherokov squeezes you out, I'm going to wait for him to assassinate him when he goes abroad." Shelov didn't hide his thoughts at all. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a police department, its rights are actually Those, although Brezhnev is nominally tied with the KGB, the chairman of the KGB is a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and the Minister of Internal Affairs is only a member of the Central Committee.

"Then find two deputies to work with him. Do you have any candidates?" Alexey took out a bottle of Kvass when he spoke. He knew that Serov had a small problem and was not good at dealing with Volga, but he liked it. Drinking kvass with a small amount of alcohol is my favorite drink.

   "I can't say no, like Aliyev!" Serov actually has two candidates in mind, one is the current chairman of the Azerbaijan KGB, Aliyev.

"This person can't do it!" After listening to Serov's proposal, Alexey shook his head and vetoed it. Aliyev knew him when he was the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. Energy itself is the shortcoming of the Communist Youth League. There is only one Azerbaijan for you to manage. You should keep him.

   "The second person is not mainly mine, but a friend of Andropov. The main reason is that this person can't be promoted to the position of the first deputy minister at once!" Shelov thought for a while and said embarrassedly.

   "Who is this person?" Alexey knew that it must be because this candidate was definitely not a high-ranking candidate, that's why Serov had such an expression.

   "Kryuchkov, let him be." The person Serov said was the last KGB chairman of the Soviet Union and the chief planner of the August 19 coup, Kryuchkov. (To be continued~^~)