Big Time 1958 Chapter 115

  Algeria's War of Independence was not the first year, it has been going on for several years. The Soviet side has been silent on this, mainly because the French garrison in Algeria far exceeds the resistance. Including a large number of generals of the Ministry of Defense, they all judged that the war would be indistinguishable within a few years. So there is no rush to make a statement on Algeria's independence movement, the connection is there, but it has not risen to the level of support.

   This judgment is in line with common sense. France has more than 600,000 troops stationed in Algeria, which is far more powerful than Vietnam, which is thousands of miles away. Most people analyze that the war will last for a long time. Unexpectedly, France suddenly appeared unprepared to withdraw, which surprised countries including the Soviet Union.

   Historically, the withdrawal of France caught the Soviet Union by surprise, because the Soviet Union, which had made a mistake in judgment, has always been quite embarrassed on the issue of Algeria.

Serov and Lieutenant General Sakhartowski concluded that they must support Algeria without any disguise. First of all, to have a certain impact, they must raise questions about Algeria at the Nine Nations Intelligence Conference in Bucharest. , for an open discussion.

The intelligence agencies of other countries have entered into Algeria on a large scale. There are two considerations. The first is that Khrushchev has just completed his visit to the United States, and now he cannot use the name of the Soviet Union to do this. The second kind of consideration is to make a difference. In Shelov's eyes, Iraq is far more important than distant Algeria.

The    campaign in Algeria is to attract the attention of the United States, and on the one hand, to reassure the United States to play in Vietnam. On the one hand, the United States can see that the Soviet Union is also very busy. Like him fighting in Algeria, he will not have the energy to cause trouble for the United States when the United States is fighting the Vietnam War.

"What do we think? Regarding the anti-colonial struggle in the Third World, our views have always been the same!" Hungarian Minister of Internal Affairs Laszak glanced at the comrades around him and said with a smile, "That is to support the Third World. The nation will fight against imperialism and feudalism, and completely drive the foreign invaders out of their own country!"

Before the voice fell, Polish Minister of Internal Affairs Korzinski said, "What we didn't expect was not the Algeria incident, but the attitude of the Soviet KGB! In normal times, the Soviet Union does not inform us about such things. We have to do it ourselves, but today the issue of Algeria is suddenly thrown up. We are not prepared in our hearts!”

"The Soviet Union and all the fraternal countries are equal. Out of class feelings and respect between countries, you should be notified! Of course, the KGB also needs everyone's help!" Serov stood up calmly. said.

"The first secretary has just returned from a visit to the United States. The Soviet Union is not good at expressing its position on the government side! But it is completely indifferent to the suffering of the Algerian people, and it is not in line with our attitude of supporting the people of the third world! So please help!" Serov slowly spoke out about the difficulties of the Soviet Union and kept his stance very low. Completely demanding attitude.

This is too rare. The Soviet Union's behavior has always been that I am the boss and I have the final say. For example, in this intelligence meeting, it is the first time that people from other countries have seen the Soviets put their attitude so low, although it is not The chairman of the KGB, but Serov, who goes by the name of vice-chairman, was flattered by this.

what is this. It's no big deal to let the other party bleed and lower their posture. Serov was sincere or hypocritical to explain the difficulties of the Soviet Union to the intelligence bosses of these countries. To put it simply, the Soviet Union is very supportive of the independent needs of the Algerians, but because of external conditions, it cannot be blatantly organized, and now it needs a leading country as the leader of this joint operation. Of course, the Soviet Union will still give strong support, and the place to contribute is still will contribute.

   To support the Algerian National Liberation Front's anti-French struggle, the Soviet Union will fully support it, but nominally the Soviet Union cannot take the lead. This is what Serov wants to say. This kind of effort to hide merit and fame is equivalent to giving up an opportunity to gain fame, but the effort is not a lot at all, no matter how you look at it, it is a losing business. And the title of leading the independence of the Algerian people, and thus increasing the influence of their own country, will be produced here in countries other than the Soviet Union.

In any case, it was the first time that the Soviet Union respected the actions of the Allies, and especially listened to the opinions of the Allies in this field of military assistance. The rising young cadres, the best among the young cadres promoted by Shelepin, have the title of junior chairman within the KGB, but in the eyes of other departments of the Soviet Union, it seems to be more of a Caspian tiger or a Caucasian tiger! This person's style Double-sidedness is extremely serious. When dealing with any factor that may cause national danger, whether it is serious or not, the first choice is always to kill the other party! However, for many contradictions within the socialist camp, the problem is solved by means of equal communication. And he respects the wishes of the allies, and his style is very democratic!" The people around Rankovich kept introducing Serov's situation to his boss, causing Rankovich to nod frequently.

"So, Serov should be a democrat among the cadres of the Communist Youth League, and his policy toward allies seems to be different from the usual Soviet boss style!" Rankovich lowered his head and expressed his judgment, "Just like this This Algeria issue, if it followed the usual Soviet style, even if Khrushchev could not intervene in this issue because of his visit to the United States, we would never have been notified, and we would have chosen to ignore this issue or do it secretly! It seems that Serov's rise in the field of intelligence is beneficial to us, but we just don't know Shelepin's attitude."

   When Rankovich was discussing underground, the heads of intelligence agencies of other countries were also talking about this issue, but they didn't know that their low voices would also be transmitted to the room where surveillance machines had been set up next to them. After the meeting, the KGB will use private discussions as an argument for the next day's meeting.

"Comrade Shelepin, Comrade Sakhartovsky, Comrade Serov, we need a day to discuss and communicate with the country. We will decide tomorrow whether it is not!" Markus Wolf, director of the GDR's foreign intelligence bureau, saw Serov said, "This news is very important. Even if we are the leaders of our respective countries, we need to communicate with the country!"

   "This is natural, you should communicate with the country!" Shelov looked like a democratic style, Marcus Wolfe knew that Shelov was going to plan something at this conference, so he cooperated at this time.

"Our GDR is not a big problem. A lot of military supplies and some weapons can be used to support third world countries! But I still want to ventilate the country!" Marcus Wolf stood up and put on his hat. After expressing his apology, he left the meeting room!

  Marcus Wolfe means that he can make a decision on this matter, but he has to inform the country first. Procedurally speaking, this is actually against the rules, but Marcus Wolfe's actions struck a chord in the hearts of all intelligence officers. The Ministers of Internal Affairs, in a sense, also need such a platform to contact their counterparts in other countries, which is very conducive to the consolidation of their status.

Shelepin didn't say much today, but let his ace director play as he liked. Shelepin would definitely not agree if Serov was involved in Algeria in the name of the Soviet Union. I can't afford a basket as big as Serov. But Serov cleverly used this conference to raise this question, is it too much? A little bit, but in a very blurry line.

"Chairman, in fact, we don't have to pay anything. I'm sure that other countries will divide all aspects of this meeting and try to do their best!" Shelov said with great confidence, "This is the first time for our KGB. It is also the first time that the intelligence departments of brother countries have face-to-face communication with us! If they hope that our Soviet Union will have an equal opportunity to communicate with them in the future, they will definitely do a good job in this joint operation. Bright!"

"I also agree with Yuri's point of view, in fact, our KGB can also obtain another harvest through this operation!" Lieutenant General Sakhartowski pointed out another point, "How many people in our allied intelligence system, It is not difficult to understand the superficial information of what departments they are divided into, but how capable they are, whether they have their own channels, and whether there is an unknown secret network in the dark, we do not know! Action, allows us the KGB to measure the intelligence strength of our allies from a bystander's point of view!"

"We can't take action right now, the first secretary has just returned from a visit! So you two adopted this method of letting other allies take action?" Xie Lepin shook his head and looked at his two most important directors, and said slowly , "But what you said really makes sense. Let's watch what these little brothers do! It's easier to measure how much energy these people have!" While approving this move to evade the Soviet Union, Xie Lepin did not forget to express himself of care.

"We released some fake news, saying that this is because some socialist countries are dissatisfied with the de-escalation attitude of the Soviet Union, and act alone to disturb the sight of the United States!" Serov looked at Lieutenant General Sakhartovsky when he spoke, the false information of the KGB The agency is in the First General Bureau, which cannot be avoided. (To be continued~^~)

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