Big Time 1958 Chapter 203

Brezhnev has one advantage that is stronger than other cadres, at least much stronger than the current members of the Central Presidium, that is, Brezhnev understands better than anyone that who may become his friend and who will sooner or later be A threat to yourself.

   Just as Sherepin never recognized Brezhnev's ability, Brezhnev also felt that Sherepin was just a rebellious and unruly person with a high self-esteem.

At least the decision after joining the KGB did not show how strong Shelepin is. The abolition of KGB cadres and the merger of departments are all failures from the KGB's point of view. If the KGB was under the control of Brezhnev, he would definitely not do it. .

The only thing Brezhnev looked at Shelepin was the so-called charisma of Shelepin. The cadres gathered around Shelepin, including Tikunov, Semychasny and Serov, plus Meshatsev and Goryuno Those people, even the First Secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee, the First Secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee Yegolychev, and Torskykov, formed a force that Brezhnev had to face up to. This force The rate of expansion was even faster than that of Khrushchev's Ukrainian faction.

The cadres of the Communist Youth League system are present in all walks of life throughout the Soviet Union and the KGB. In addition, the first secretaries of the municipal committees of Leningrad and Moscow, the two most important cities in the Soviet Union, are friends of Shelepin. The propaganda department includes Meshatsev and Goryunov. Help Shelepin to complete the work of public opinion, it seems that this group with Shelepin as the core seems to have taken shape. Brezhnev didn't pay much attention to other departments, but the KGB department has always been in his focus.

   Just when he and Sherepin flew from Moscow to Kazakhstan, he set off a typical Brezhnev-style conversation on the plane, asking Sherepin's views on various levels of work from small talk. During the course of the conversation, I got to know Shelepin, and what did you say? Sherepin is a very flamboyant person, and Brezhnev seems to be not difficult to deal with this kind of person. But Xie Lepin is also very good to his friends, let alone doubts. She hadn't even thought about it. Shelepin was not difficult to deal with, but the huge group of cadres around Shelepin was difficult to deal with.

Even Serov, a cadre, and Brezhnev talked with Sherepin for a while, and Sherepin's answer surprised him, "Few people like to work in the KGB, but Yuri is an exception. In addition to working in the KGB, he There is no desire to be transferred, if not because he is too young. The chairman of the National Security Council is his..."

   Shelepin's answer had no pretense at all, as if the chairman of the National Security Council was not him now. That meant that the KGB was not important, as long as Serov was training for a while, he could give up his position.

   Just kidding, how could this be possible, if Shelepin didn't want to be promoted, how could he give up the position of KGB chairman, but when Shelepin had a bigger goal, he was accustomed to handing over his original rights to his friends. For example, the current first secretary of the Communist Youth League, Shemichasny, was soon transferred from Azerbaijan to replace him with the work of the Communist Youth League when Shelepin learned that he was about to take over as chairman of the KGB from the Communist Youth League.

Compared with Brezhnev's sharing of rights and Sherepin's tendency to adopt the separation of rights, he and Brezhnev are not the same kind of people at all. There is something in Sherepin. Although you don't understand me, I don't need to let it go. You know what it means. Shelepin's friends all recognized this, but it was not Shelepin's friends who looked at their small circle of young cadres. It is easy to have the feeling that Shelepin is also a believer in strongman politics.

  Seroff certainly feels the same way. No matter how Shelepin treats others, how unacceptable his style is. But at least to him and a large number of young cadres including Semichasne. Shelepin has always taken care of you. As long as you can persuade him to recognize your work, you will almost never be restricted at work, and you will be protected by Shelepin.

Regarding the report on the explosion of the intercontinental missile at the Baikonur Space Center, Brezhnev still fully listened to Sherepin's opinions. Based on Sheloff's observation, when discussing with Sherepin, the rhythm was in Brezhnev's hands from beginning to end. superior.

"My boss is still too young, not the opponent of Brezhnev's old fox!" Serov couldn't stop scolding, and Brezhnev didn't seem to see Sherepin's usual uncomfortable style. In the same way, he still did Shelepin's work patiently, and finally took some time to persuade Shelepin to agree. When Khrushchev came back from knocking on his shoes, he would decide the outcome of the missile explosion.

   is really a master! Serov felt that it was a worthwhile trip to meet Brezhnev for the first time. The question of who is responsible is also needless to say. If Khrushchev did not make mistakes as the first secretary, then you communicated directly with the Ministry of Defense. The person in charge? There is also Ustinov, the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers. Now Brezhnev has resolved half of the matter in a few words. When Khrushchev really comes back, it is estimated that there will be nothing at all. sentence.

   "Shurik, in fact, we all understand that this matter is not so simple!" Brezhnev called Shelepin's nickname and said with some puns. It looked like communication, but in fact he didn't say anything.

  Brezhnev also meant to test Sherepin's views on Khrushchev, but he stopped immediately. He has no ambition to spy on the highest authority, because his current position is still far from the throne of the first secretary. It's just that, like other cadres, he is a little dissatisfied with Khrushchev's increasingly paternalistic style recently.

Brezhnev's dissatisfaction is not only him, even Sherepin, who is deeply trusted by Khrushchev, is also dissatisfied with the frequent rants of the first secretary and the humiliation at formal meetings, which Serov has also heard. .

"I agree with Comrade Brezhnev's suggestion. The matter here in Kazakh will be dealt with when Comrade First Secretary comes back!" Shelepin nodded in agreement with Brezhnev's opinion. The behavior of his boss made Serov consider himself a It is better not to find a more promising boss, such as the current first secretary, Comrade Khrushchev, who is at least a communist with no selfishness, and has no shortcomings except for some assumptions.

The final result was such a pleasant decision after the two communicated. Kazakh is no stranger to Brezhnev, and the Dnipro gang is not all from Dnipropetrovsk. The full name of this gang is Most of the members of the Dnipro Moldavia gang were Brezhnev's subordinates when he was the secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Party Committee and the first secretary of Moldavia, and some of the cadres were his The subordinates of the first secretary of Kazakh, that is to say, the land where Sherepin and the two stand now is also a base of Brezhnev...

  Brezhnev came to Kazakh as the second secretary that year, completed Khrushchev's settlement policy, and finally squeezed out the first secretary sent by Malenkov, and returned to the realization of the central government through the success of Kazakh. As soon as I arrived in Kazakhstan, I heard the complaint of Nikolai Ilyich Belyaev, the current first secretary of Kazakh, that Brezhnev and Belyaev could not talk about superiors and subordinates. People are equal, but two people have worked together for a period of time, and they can be regarded as acquaintances.

"Ilyich, you don't know that KGB general Serov came to Kazakhstan to check the corn production report for today's year, and he has already grasped all the problems of our Kazakhs!" Belyaev said very scratching his head. , the KGB is directly responsible to the Central Presidium, which is only nominally, in fact, it is responsible to the first secretary Khrushchev himself, otherwise Belyaev can also consider communicating with Serov.

"What? What's wrong with Kazakh's agriculture?" Brezhnev was taken aback. The Ryazan situation just broke out. If Kazakh also had a problem, no one knew what Khrushchev could do in his rage. After a moment, Brezhnev comforted, "It's not too bad, I'm here with KGB Chairman Sherepin this time. You can see if things can be resolved from Sherepin's side..."

Just as Serov returned to Almaty and began to consult the Kazakh agricultural report, and the verification had not been completed, Brezhnev and Kazakh First Secretary Belyaev came to the door, under the pretense of caring about the work of the KGB, Brezhnev even talked to him in a private name.

"There is no problem with Kazakh agriculture. It is true that two states have insufficient corn yields, but those are only the two northern states that have their own problems, and have nothing to do with Kazakh agriculture as a whole. The basic conditions here are good, and the vast land and sparsely populated areas belong to our Soviet Union. The livestock industry is important, and then again, what I should really check is the livestock industry issue..." Serov looked like I was so smart, and Belyaev's heart that had just been put down was lifted again.

   In the end, Brezhnev started to round up the field, "Kazakhstan is an important place for animal husbandry. Nearly half of the meat in the Soviet Union is supplied here. I believe there must be no problem..."

"It's like Ryazan? Since there have been some false production reports in the country in the past two years, I must check it out! And solve this problem!" Serov said in front of the two big men, "Otherwise this year's meat production in our country The supply is still very tight! Of course, with some KGB means..."

Hearing that Serov can solve the problem of meat supply this year, Brezhnev and Belyaev are very interested, "The solution is not in our country, of course, since the problem is not serious, there is no way for the supply of meat. !" Sheloff said confidently. (To be continued~^~)

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