A seagull car parked at the door of Khrushchev's villa. Serov, who was wearing military boots, stepped down. The security cadre in charge of defending Khrushchev quickly came over and described the situation to his immediate superior. Since Khrushchev retired, life here has been relatively quiet. In addition to the annual May Day parade, the Victory Day military parade and the October Revolution Memorial Day, Khrushchev usually goes to some places in the suburbs. walk.

"Comrade Khrushchev has been in a state of lethargy since he returned from the May 1st parade, and his state has not been very good these few days." The security cadre in charge of Khrushchev is not very old. 's position. Let a young and powerful cadre do it, and then give the other party the suspicion. Therefore, the guards here are generally recruits, and the leader is also a cadre who is less than 30 years old.

   "It's normal to be a little bit uncomfortable when you're older. Go in and have a look!" Shelov sighed and asked Zinev if he wanted to be together, and the two entered the courtyard with a very nice environment. After the retirement of the first secretary, many retired cadres will come to see him. Mikoyan, Serov, and Brezhnev, Serepin and Kosygin will come every year. Suslov, he never came.

  De Gaulle passed away last year, and now the French government is a government jointly governed by the Communist Party and the Socialist Party. Indonesia's Sukarno died last year. After Sukarno's death, Indonesia has become a complete socialist country, and now the Indonesian Communist Party is in power. The number of the Indonesian Communist Party is close to 8 million. The proportion of people has reached half, and it has become the most important ally of the Soviet Union in Southeast Asia.

   Also deceased is Nasser of Egypt. Now Egypt is collectively led by a committee. As for Sadat, who was supposed to succeed Nasser, he encountered an accident while visiting Sudan and died on the spot in a plane crash. Serov's most important job last year was foreign affairs, using various means to consolidate the pro-Soviet factions in the Soviet Union's allies and prepare for the upcoming all-out offensive. Without a solid base, the offensive would naturally be unsustainable. .

   All these things were done, the only thing that was not very successful was that the Italian Communist Party failed to come to power for the second time. This made the KGB, which was going well, suffered a big blow for the first time. It's a bit of a flaw in the 1970s.

"Father's mental state is not very good recently, and the doctor can't tell why. He just said that he is old and needs to rest." Khrushchev's son Sergei Khrushchev said when he saw the person who came, Sergey Khru Xiaov, Mashatsev and Yegolychev have a good relationship. He once said that it would not be long before Shelepin would preside over the overall situation. Now it seems that this prophecy has failed.

"I want to go in and have a look." Serov said after listening, "Comrade Zinev, let's talk to Sergey. Maybe after we retire, this will happen to us, and then we will be caught Watchers."

What does Khrushchev say now? On the surface, it looks similar to three years ago. , but it got a lot better after that. I started to go out and play frequently, and from time to time, I made my own suggestions to some junior leaders. Under the care of the KGB, they were generally complied with. Of course, these suggestions are still the same as before, some are really good, and some things are worse when they are implemented. All these situations were fed back into Khrushchev's hands, and the old man was quite happy with it.

   "Yuri is here? I really envy you. Among the current members of the Central Presidium, you are the only one who is still so energetic." Khrushchev, who was lying on the bed, was only relatively weak, and it seemed that he would not go to see Marx immediately.

   "Come, come and see the old man!" Serov joked, took a sharp Damascus steel knife from his belt, and skillfully peeled the apple. This was the gift I got when I went to Egypt for the first time. The original owner of this knife also passed away last year. After a while, he peeled the apple and handed it to the former first secretary in front of him.

  Khrushchev was very happy. He laughed like an ordinary old man. Since he retired, Serov didn't come frequently, but he was able to talk to him every time as before. This attitude made him very happy. The conversation between the two people is without scruples, and Khrushchev will also say some of his dissatisfaction with the Soviet policy. Of course, Serov will say these words to Brezhnev later.

Maybe it was because he was in a good mood after seeing Serov. Khrushchev quickly finished eating the apples. He has always been in good health. When he was the first secretary, he usually worked more than ten hours a day. Although he has no energy now, it is normal. The aging phenomenon, Khrushchev, who immediately regained some energy, chatted with Serov. Ask if anything has happened recently.

"The situation in Afghanistan has been a little unfavorable for us over the past year. This may be the best thing to not deal with. This country is right next to us, and a group of religions in the Middle Ages dominates, so we dare not intervene rashly." Serov thought The question came up for a while. Last year, on the centenary of Lenin's birth, students from major universities in Afghanistan launched a huge commemorative event, which angered the religious forces in Afghanistan, and fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides.

After the conflict, the two sides may not tolerate the existence of the other. It can be said that the showdown between the two forces in Afghanistan has already begun in 1970. Although there seems to be no major conflict in Afghanistan this year, the pro-Afghan relations Su Li is definitely trying to seize power.

Shelov talked about this incident. Another thing is **** and he can’t say, that is, in Iraq, the KGB has assembled the security departments of more than a dozen countries to deal with the entire Iraq in pieces, and each country should deal with it. In one province, operations against religious forces began. For this matter, the KGB spent two years conducting an investigation, setting up a list of over 20 criteria and a total of 100,000 to eliminate counter-revolutionaries. More than 70,000 people were arrested in one week, and the KGB allocated huge sums of money to duplicate a Kazan prison in Baghdad to detain these people.

  This sudden action, under the command of the Soviet military advisory group in Iraq, almost wiped out the important figures of the two major Iraqi sects at the beginning, and the rebellion also appeared at the same time, and there were rebellions in two provinces. But after evaluation, the Soviet Union did not believe that this could shake the rule of the Iraqi Communist Party.

"Afghanistan is a country, we have been helping him since the founding of the country, but we still hope that this country will be stable. This country does not have to be like us. As long as he does not mess up, it will be the greatest help to us." Khrushchev Having said that, at this time, he found the feeling of being the first secretary again, and then asked about domestic issues.

  Shelov also answered Khrushchev's question, but his absent-minded appearance made Khrushchev feel that things were not simple, and asked, "Is it the increase of Brezhnev's authority that makes you a little worried?"

It's not that Brezhnev did nothing for three years. He cancelled the post of the second secretary, and at the same time raised the position of the central secretary in charge of thinking. Now the de facto second secretary is Suslov. The second secretary is different. At the 24th Congress of the CPSU, the title of the first secretary was directly cancelled. Although many people think that there is no difference between the first secretary and the general secretary, the biggest change is that Brezhnev used the title of the first secretary. The post of general secretary ended the debate about who was the successor.

  Brezhnev is equivalent to telling the cadres of the Soviet Union that Sherepin is the leader of the same generation. There is an equal comradeship between the two, which seems to be very good, but it is also equivalent to telling others that Shelepin cannot replace him.

With this hesitant expression, Khrushchev thought for a moment and understood Serov's difficulties, shook his head and said, "It is mainly you and Shelepin who can still maintain authority in the Central Presidium, there is no problem with all this. I believe you can do it. …”

   In fact, Serov can’t do it, he can ensure his position is stable. In an earlier proposal, Shelepin once proposed at a meeting that Semichasny should enter the Central Presidium, which was rejected by Brezhnev and Kosygin. Both of them felt that Xie Lepin was a little unacceptable.

   Even Polyansky, the first vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers, once called Sherepin's friend the shadow cabinet. After Serov knew about this, he directly gave the first vice-chairman a warning at the meeting of the Central Presidium. The two quarreled at the meeting, and it was Brezhnev who made peace to end the quarrel at that time.

Since then, Brezhnev has raised this matter several times, saying that the rumors that the Communist Youth League cadres have seized power should be thoroughly cracked down, and he would not believe that Shurik was not good for him. to the importance of unity.

"First Secretary, in fact, it is you who can make the Soviet Union continue to advance in collective leadership. As long as you stay healthy, there will be no problem." Serov left a pun before leaving, Khrushchev in this history He retired by himself. This is something that the whole Soviet Union knows. Brezhnev's cautious character will definitely not start to exclude dissidents while Khrushchev is alive, because his legitimacy comes from Khrushchev. husband's retirement, but if Khrushchev dies, that's out of the question.

   "Thank you for your blessing, young man." Khrushchev nodded, pretending not to hear Serov's words.

   "How can we strengthen Brezhnev's determination to fight against the United States to the end?" Serov, who returned to Lubyanka, thought about this question. Maybe at this time, the Soviet Union needed a traitor. (To be continued~^~)