Big Time 1958

   In the eyes of the West, this is just a compromise by Brezhnev, a speech of understanding to the hardliners. In fact, they did not guess wrong. Brezhnev, who had just been in power for less than a year, was indeed a weak first secretary. The largest group among the members of the Central Presidium is Kosygin's government department members, the veteran Suslov, the Podgorny disciple Sherest, and the rest of Brezhnev II, who is in charge of party affairs. People's group, as well as the Shuangxie group of supervision rights.

But in this process, the West guessed wrong. Brezhnev was very cautious when he was at a disadvantage. Facing the leaders of the Communist Youth League in various departments, as well as the strong Kosygin group, he was more Playing the role of a glue, what Brezhnev said most now is unity, unity, and victory.

After the award was completed, Brezhnev also specifically communicated with Serov, expressing his willingness to improve the treatment of the KGB, but he was rejected by Serov, "As a law enforcement agency, I don't think it has to be like what Shulik said. In that way, each one has no desire or desire. I have no objection to the promotion of the authority of the KGB's general bureau-level cadres, but if the overall authority is improved, it is not a good thing for our department, the National Security Committee and the Internal Affairs. The members of the People's Committee add up to nearly two million people, and once the authority of the KGB is enhanced, it may have an impact on local cadres."

"Yura, you're right. Indeed, I hadn't thought much about it. At present, we are going to deepen reforms and fully tap the potential that we should have achieved in our country, so that it is very good for all departments to cooperate closely." Brezhnev Not sticking to his own opinions, he is very cautious on some policies. He won't be like Khrushchev, just do it when he thinks it's good.

   In fact, Brezhnev can be regarded as a cautious reformer, provided that there are no problems with the reform. Historically, in his first few years in office, he has always supported Kosygin's reforms. But after the liberal tendencies appeared in Czechoslovakia, Brezhnev saw the consequences, and the cautious style regained its dominance, making it increasingly difficult for Kosygin's reforms to continue, and finally stopped the reforms silently.

The failure of    Kosygin’s reforms had a lot to do with the incident in Czechoslovakia. Now, Serov can say without hesitation that the potential of Iraq, Indonesia and Sudan is enough for the Soviet Union to dig for a few years, and there is no need to worry about drastic social changes, so that the potential of these countries can be fully tapped. The economy of the Soviet Union must have developed faster than in history, because the size of the Soviet Union's economic system has increased in size, and there are naturally more choices to be made.

  The only shortcoming of the Soviet Union, Serov believes that it is how to play, people's pursuit of material life is limited, but the pursuit of spiritual life is unlimited - this is precisely the weakness of the Soviet Union. As a socialist country, the Soviet Union has long intervened strongly in the cultural life of the people. The emphasis on positive energy has led to the lack of cultural products. When the Soviet people began to come into contact with the colorful and dynamic cultural products of the West, they had a yearning for the free life of the West. Doubts about socialism itself.

  The cultural disadvantage of the Soviet Union is, in Serov's view, even weaker than agriculture, which is constrained by nature because of its location in the cold zone. In all fairness, the Soviet Union has made great efforts in this regard. Cultural Palaces, cinemas, squares, and leisure facilities are almost standard, but they cannot be compared with the United States. It is difficult to learn well but easy to learn badly. There are good and bad. It is much more attractive than the socialist education advocated by the Soviet Ministry of Culture.

In order to reverse the situation in this regard, Serov finally pinned his hopes on the white leftists in Western Europe. Only when these guys with an explosive sense of morality implemented policies in Western Europe that were more unrealistic than the Soviet Union could the Soviet Union have a chance to reverse the current situation. situation. For example, the Soviet Union advocated equality between men and women, and the KGB tried to find a way to find feminists to disgust the Soviets in Western Europe. Western Europe advocates diversity, and the KGB helps Western Europe build a bridge for immigration. The Socialist Party of the Second International in Western Europe said that it was more socialist, and the KGB formulated a high welfare policy and implemented it through channels.

"The delegation of the Iraqi Communist Party is coming soon. This time, if Iraq is included in our trade system, we can set a nail in the Middle East. We have not completely cut off the Eurasian continent, but it is almost there. We just need to wait for an opportunity. This can be done." Shelov said unabashedly, "I think we can win, and the ultimate winner must be us."

   "Of course, we will definitely be able to defeat the United States." Brezhnev agreed very seriously, starting from Iraq's entry into the Soviet system, geographically speaking, the Soviet Union and the United States entered a real 55-50 situation. Even now that the Soviet Union has lost Indonesia, this is still the case. If the land passages of the entire Eurasian continent are all under the influence of the Soviet Union, the impact cannot be described in a few words, "We are united to defeat the United States."

The Soviet Union is a country of more than 20 million square kilometers, spanning the entire Eurasian continent. Geographically, if the Soviet Union is strong, then this geographical environment is a huge advantage, because the Soviet Union can radiate its influence. If The Soviet Union was weak, and that was a huge disaster, because the enemy could come in from all directions at any time. The point is that the Soviet Union is really strong, and taking advantage of this geographical advantage, the situation in the United States and the Soviet Union is just the opposite. The United States can retreat to the Americas even if it is weak, but it is geographically very difficult to forcibly block the Soviet Union.

   After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union never planned to confront the United States, because the Soviet Union also knew that it was not an opponent of the United States, and even Stalin could not change this, so the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Iran after World War II and gave up the Greek Revolution. At that time, the Soviet Union’s strategy was to catch up economically while maintaining a balance with the United States in some areas, while maintaining an advantage in Europe. In general, it adopted a strategy of denial of the United States on the mainland: so there was a military The strength of the Soviet tank artillery, the balance of power in aerospace and nuclear weapons, and the defense of the navy, the Soviet Red Navy actually adopted a strategy of barrier waters to seek to protect its own ballistic missile submarines. They have not had an aircraft carrier for a long time, and they have never thought about a decisive battle with the US fleet on the ocean. This is a situation determined by the actual strength of the Soviet Union itself.

   This does not mean that the Soviet Union will not do anything. It has always recognized that the United States is the world hegemon. When the Soviet Union believes that its strength is sufficient, it is an inevitable choice to take the initiative to attack, especially when the United States is full of sorrow.

  Brezhnev is just at the time when the United States has a problem. As a very practical person, Brezhnev does not want to talk about internationalism. At this time, taking the opportunity to give the Americans a few knives is the best choice. According to Shelov's words, you are smiling downwind, and you are paralyzed against the wind.

One month after Brezhnev returned to Moscow, the first secretary of the Communist Party of Iraq, Hussein Allady, visited Moscow. Brezhnev, Sherepin and Kosygin all attached great importance to this new allied country. Both Brezhnev and Sherepin saw great changes in strategy, while Kosygin paid more attention to Iraq's rich oil resources and a population of tens of millions. Similar to Syria and Iraq, although the natural conditions are not the best, But it is also much stronger than Egypt. Both countries have the necessary conditions for industrialization, and the arable land and water sources are not too bad. It is much easier than supporting Saudi Arabia, which only has oil.

  Hussein Alradii was welcomed by hundreds of thousands of people in Moscow as soon as he arrived in Moscow. Afterwards, all the members of the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union held a grand banquet in the Kremlin to express their support for the new ruler of Iraq.

“Chairman Sherepin and I, Chairman of the Kosygin Council of Ministers, believe that Iraq will surely become a democratic and prosperous Iraq under the leadership of Comrade Hussein al-Aradi. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet people will become the best friend of the Iraqi people. , and a solid backing," Brezhnev said in his welcome speech to Hussein Arradi.

Hussein Alradii was very grateful to Brezhnev for his speech, saying that Iraq would be the most reliable ally of the Soviet Union, and that the relationship between the two countries could not be broken up by any external force. Hussein al-Ladi was very excited that the Iraqi Communist Party finally became the ruling party of a country, which made him the first secretary who had gone through hard years very much.

Subsequently, Brezhnev and Hussein Alradi represented the Soviet Union and Iraq. The two countries and two parties signed the Soviet-Iraqi Friendship and Alliance Treaty. Shelepin said that he would help Iraq to build the legal system, and Kosygin was the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers. , signed an aid plan for Iraq to help build Iraq's oil industry, as well as hydropower, light industry and animal husbandry, involving an amount of one billion rubles. The next day Pravda officially published an article, speaking highly of the Soviet-Iraq Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, saying that this It was a great victory for the Soviet Union, and a new Iraq emerged in the Middle East.

   "This is obviously my victory! Why didn't Meshatsev mention me?" Serov muttered with a good feeling about himself, and stretched one hand to the side to feel a soft and low voice, "Wife, get up, get up to pee."

   "What kind of pee, I pee in your mouth, I'm going to sleep..." Valiya rolled over and put her husband's hand under it, closed her eyes, and said, "If you like touching it so much, don't pull it back."

   "Wife, there will be no more blood in a while." Sheloff muttered helplessly, but got no response from the woman. (To be continued~^~)