Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 806: The United States and the Soviet Union m
So far, this Iranian revolution still looks like a religious revolution, but from Khomeini alone, it has become a team led by imams and mullahs from all over the world. This is very good, at least it gives Serov an opportunity to defeat each other. If these religious people are united, the various parties, whether they are pro-Western or pro-Soviet, are lacking in the background. So kill the leaders and break the unity of the religious elements, so that we can be sure of success.
But Serov is finding more and more that he now seems to have been observed with a magnifying glass in the West. On the surface, this matter has nothing to do with the Soviet Union, but there are voices saying that this was planned by the KGB, and it seems like this is the case.
Serov had to publicly refute, "Is the situation in Iran related to the Soviet Union? I don't want to answer at all. What I want to answer is another question, that is, most Westerners have hydrocephalus. I am a defender of the Soviet Union. Values security personnel, will support one religion to seize power in another country? Are you guys kidding me?"
This map cannon is aimed at the entire capitalist country, and no leader would speak like that. Faced with this kind of questioning, Serov replied again, "I am a counter-revolutionary worker, not a national leader. Upholding the values of the Soviet Union, Iran is now a trouble for the United States. According to the long-standing tradition of the United States, I think this It's time for the CIA to consider meddling, as you did over twenty years ago."
After this statement, Serov disappeared, and he had a lot to do to ensure that the Soviet Union maintained its advantage in Iran. Once it entered a state of civil war, the Soviet Union had to prepare. Serov needs to communicate with Ustinov about this, on the one hand preparing for military aid and on the other hand preparing for plunder. The issue of military aid is easy to understand. Civil war is something that everyone can rely on. In addition to their high morale and ability to fight, there are also external aid factors.
The external aid factor is also extremely important in the Cold War era. Iran is a country with socialist Iraq to the west, socialist Afghanistan to the east, and, needless to say, the Soviet Union to the north. All three sides are surrounded by socialist countries, and the Soviet Union supports armed forces with the same values as their own, occupying an absolute geographical position.
There is no more professional person in the Soviet Union than Ustinov himself. As for plundering, Serov is in charge. The Iran of the Pahlavi Dynasty was not the Iran that was blocked by American technology after the revolution. In this era, Iran, because of the people who blocked the Soviet Union, was completely treated like the son of the United States.
Because Iran's own population and territory far exceed Israel's, in fact, in a sense, the United States attaches more importance to Iran. This is true both militarily and economically. Iran is a country with a lot of good things. When did Iran’s atomic energy industry have a foundation? Of course, it was the period when it was not blocked, that is, the electronics industry and atomic energy industry exported by the United States.
The Iranian economy has grown at an average annual rate of 15%, the per capita national product has increased by 15 times in 17 years, and the urbanization rate has been increased to half. After more than ten years of rapid development, Iran has initially established a relatively complete light and heavy industry system, and further began to develop atomic energy and electronics industries. Of course, this has nothing to do with ordinary people. The employed American executives earn $10,000 a month, while Iranian workers earn $400 a month. The most important thing is that Iran has a good relationship with the United States, so there are too many American executives in Iran. , easily detected by ordinary Iranian workers.
"Well, some American machines and the latest technology, you plunder while the evidence in Iran is in chaos, Comrade Andropov will contact the pro-Soviet parties in Iran, and as for me, I will be in charge of commanding military aid to Iran. If When the Americans come, they will turn Iran into another Vietnam, just use this opportunity to kill them and end the confrontation that has been almost thirty years." Ustinov nodded coldly, indicating that he had done it. Everything is ready.
Shelov also nodded, but he did not agree with Ustinov, the defense minister was still a little too optimistic. The potential of the United States has not yet been fully realized, and the current unemployment rate is still very high, the shadow of the Vietnam War has not dissipated, and it is completely impossible to conduct cross-ocean operations again, and it is basically impossible.
"There are American radar stations in Iran that have been staring at our south, otherwise I wouldn't have spent more than ten years to save enough military supplies to attack Turkey. This time, it happened to be destroyed together. It is estimated that the Americans would like to It is very difficult to help Pahlavi come back." Shelov laughed, "I must thank the Americans for the revolutionary conditions created by the Americans. Now it is our Soviets' turn to use the revolutionary conditions to make a revolution."
Shelov is not lying. The current conditions for the revolution in Iran are indeed created by the United States. Because the United States is a two-party system, the policies of each government are different. In other words, it is relatively precise. Although it is not enough to affect large-scale policies around the world, every change of office will affect some small countries. For example, the Artillery Party, which lost China, was directly cut off by Truman because of its support for Dewey. Of course, with continuous support, the parasite-like political party will be finished sooner or later, and the difference is only two years early and two years later.
Pahlavi copied the tragic experience of Peanuts. In the US election, the king bet on the side of Ford of the Republican Party, but Carter of the Democratic Party was unexpectedly the one who did not want to take office. This was embarrassing. Pahlavi hurriedly visited allies. From then on, the U.S. government frequently exerted strong pressure on the Shah of Iran, believing that since Iran has become one of the developed countries economically, there must be a political appropriate system. This leads to the requirement of opening up, allowing the Iranian reformers to have more room for development. Pro-Soviet and pro-Western parties began to appear, not to mention Iran's powerful religious forces.
"Any country will make mistakes, and we are no exception." Ustinov smiled and looked at Serov and said, "But the mistakes of the Americans are always caught by you, which is not a good thing."
"Can I understand that you are complimenting me?" Shelov said with a tone of course that refused to let go, "Then I will accept it! Any force supported by our Soviet Union has one thing in common, that is, it is not afraid of war."
The name of Pahlavi’s royal party is very familiar. It seems that many Middle Eastern countries like to use the name of the Ba’ath Party. It may be a nostalgia for the long history, but the Ba’ath Party, which claims to have 20 million members, has so far. It's ridiculous to have a low sense of presence. It can be seen that there should be a lot of water in it. How many people does the president of Iran have, and there is a party that has the same number as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
"Yes, as the Minister of Defense, I am very easy to think of Comrade General Political Commissar." The two smiled at each other, and on the wall behind them, the national map of Iran was extremely conspicuous.
Serov, who returned to Lubyanka, called the head of the fake propaganda department and ordered, "Spread a rumor in Iran that the Shah of Pahlavi has secretly contacted Israel and borrowed the Israeli army to prepare for the eradication of religious forces. ."
Appropriate rumors also require skill. Although Iran and Saudi Arabia are the twin pillars of the US Middle East strategy, the relationship between the two countries is not bad after the revolution, but has always been cold. Because Saudi Arabia is nominally a part of the Arab world, and Iran is a Persian country, the country with the best relationship between the Middle East and Iran is Israel, the son of another American.
In the previous Middle East wars, although Iran did not make a public statement, it gave Israel a certain degree of convenience. The US support for Israel is allowed to pass through, so this rumor has a very solid basis for spreading. Just continue to borrow the religious anger after Khomeini's death to achieve the purpose of messing up Iran.
At this time, all kinds of rumors in Iran are spreading. After the last incident where Savak shot at the protesters, in another city, Amor, a small coastal town on the Caspian Sea. There were rumors that Savak had beaten a local youth, so starting from noon that day, students and youths took to the streets with sticks and attacked the local Savak law enforcement agencies. As a result, they were taught by KGB colleagues to be human beings, causing riots. It has spread to agglomerations in Azerbaijan.
The KGB's fake propaganda department began to fire, and began to spread rumors against the audience of religious forces, pro-Western parties and pro-Soviet parties, and of course, against the king of Pahlavi. The fake propaganda department is not only creating rumors, but also a mixture of truth and falsehood. For example, in some channels only known to the royal family, Pahlavi heard the remarks that the Soviet Union was very worried about the situation in Iran. Once Iran chaotic the independence of Azerbaijan in the north, It will affect the Azerbaijanis in the Soviet Union and cause turmoil within the Soviet Union. This is not a rumor.
A large number of KGB personnel began public activities in Azerbaijan, indicating that Lubyanka took this matter very seriously. The importance is true, but at the same time, it is to let Pahlavi know that don't be afraid of Soviet interference, and the Soviet Union is also afraid that the storm will affect itself.
The King of Pahlavi had an illusion that the Soviet Union would not overthrow him. While the Soviet Union made frequent moves, the United States was also discussing the situation in Iran. As one of the twin pillars of the Middle East, the United States supported the Middle East police, and the United States also hoped that Iran would situation stabilized.
In the White House, the heart of the United States, ridiculed by the General Political Commissar and the Minister of Defense, President Carter held a newspaper with a sad face and said, "Pahlavi claims that he has the support of 700,000 troops, all workers and the vast majority of the Iranian people. Didn't see it? On the contrary, what I saw was around the national religious leaders of Iran, with millions of opponents taking to the streets." (To be continued~^~)