Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 911: Yugoslav turn
"The exchange rate of the United States against the yen and the mark has dropped by 4% in one day, and we still need some economic experts to evaluate the follow-up results!" The first vice chairman of the KGB and an alternate member of the Soviet Central Presidium General Chebrikov will soon Detailed information was sent over, as well as countries' evaluations of the five-nation finance ministers' agreement.
"Oh! Evaluation. You can assume that the economic strength of the United States will expand even more in a short period of time, and I can make this evaluation." Serov looked at General Chebrikov, and then pulled out a trace that made General Chebrikov feel With a mindless smile, he made an assertion that no one could believe, "The real America, from this moment on, is dead."
This sentence is like a cold wind from Siberia, blowing into the heart of General Chebrikov. As the first vice-chairman of the KGB who has experienced many battles, General Chebrikov will of course not be confused by a sentence or two, but this sentence is different. His meaning is too great. After decades of the United States, the United States, which has accumulated strength and launched a massive counter-offensive, is finished?
Even if it was just a joke, Chebrikov hoped it was true, not to mention that based on what he knew about the general secretary, it seemed that the other party was not someone who joked about this kind of thing. To be precise, Serov never joked about major issues.
"General Secretary, I don't understand what you said." General Chebrikov was silent for a moment and told the truth. It is clear that the current situation is that the United States seems to have exploded with huge power, and it is constantly making trouble for the Soviet Union in Nicaragua, South Yemen, the borders of Indonesia and Malaysia, Thailand and other countries.
"The United States has put its future potential into the present, so it will burst out with a power that appears to be higher than its real strength. This is not normal. This agreement also hurts the two strongest economic allies at the same time. The future of this agreement will The negative effects will get bigger and bigger, but it's really been a big trouble for us in recent years." Serov said without changing his face, "This kind of behavior of living in the parents' house and spending the children's wages, no matter in the country If it happens to an individual, they are all courting death.”
waved to let General Chebrikov, who was a little happy and a little confused, go down, and he still buried some things in his heart. In fact, this Plaza Accord will trigger an opportunity, and from the perspective of future development, China will benefit the most.
In the face of currency appreciation pressure, Japan and Germany have adopted different countermeasures, which have brought very different impacts on the macro stability and economic growth of these two countries. The main experience of Germany is to adjust the exchange rate policy in a timely manner and pursue an independent monetary policy. The Plaza Accord also led to a substantial appreciation of the Deutsche Mark and also caused a short-term recession. But Germans have always had a fresh memory of the hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic, so they were very cautious about stimulus measures.
The milder recession in Germany has nothing to do with any policy, mainly because the Western European market helped him. The Plaza Accord completely destroyed Japanese manufacturing, but Japan has its own way.
The United States will change its trade deficit in the short term, but only in the short term. The nature of the American economy has not changed in the slightest. The reduction of Japan's export quota in this account book is only represented by another account book, and this quota has been greatly increased. Similarly, the profit margin of Japanese companies has also increased significantly.
This method is to transfer the products originally produced in Japan to other countries and regions for production. First, we can use cheap labor in other countries to reduce production costs. Second, we can reduce direct product exports to the United States so as not to offend the US Congress. Deep-rooted trade protectionism.
The United States defeated Japan and Germany, the most economic threat to their own camp, through the Plaza Accord, allowing Japan and Germany's domestic capital to spill over to other countries, but ordinary countries cannot afford so much money. Whether it's Eastern Europe or Southeast Asia, these spilled capitals have fewer options than historically, because these two places are Soviets in one water.
Japan’s first choice was South Korea, but South Korea has developed, and the United States is very vigilant to become the second Japan. The same is true for the island of deception, so Japan chose Southeast Asia, but in the end, these capitals went to China by themselves. Serov knew this situation. The Forestry Bureau he lived in in his previous life was already considered a place that couldn't be smaller. Even in such a small place, when he was six or seven years old, he had seen two Sino-Japanese joint ventures. It is conceivable how many Japanese-funded enterprises were in the country at that time.
Without this Plaza Accord, China cannot develop so fast. The general secretary will not sympathize with Japan and Germany, who made you not an independent country at all and deserve to be sucked blood.
Shelov believes that from now on, there is no suspense about who will win the Cold War. Either lead the Soviet Union and wait until Reagan's chicken blood fails to start the attack. If it fails, wait a little for twenty years, and wait for China to swell and attack. The difference between the two is only the time of victory.
But after 20 years, maybe he will not be the general secretary, so the former is more tempting. Reagan could not have imagined that the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party was happier than the US president who had turned the trade deficit around. Rarely poured myself a glass of wine, raised the glass to the air, and celebrated with myself.
Because of the signing of the Plaza Accord, Serov specially recruited Tikhonov, hoping that Tikhonov would spend some money to buy land in Japan. You must know that the General Secretary did not mention this issue at the Central Plenary Session, but it has indeed begun to compensate cadres. The idea of retirement, the car needs money, and the house also needs money. How can the central bank get money? Don't know how much the general secretary deducts?
Tykhonov did not stop Serov's actions, and the Soviet Union did not even have the money to buy land. On the contrary, the total foreign exchange of the Soviet Union is incomparable with that of Japan, but it is also a huge sum of money. There are fewer channels that require foreign exchange.
In a situation where the dollar is about to depreciate, it is not so incomprehensible to find a place to store its value. The general secretary thinks that Japan is good, and buys land for insurance purposes.
"It seems that the harvest season is coming soon!" Serov said to himself, the current test is at best the darkness before dawn. On the day of victory, he will also learn from Brezhnev and say something to the whole Soviet Union, not far...
Reagan took the time to expand the power of the United States again. It does not mean that Serov did nothing. The general secretary did not exchange life experience with Xiao Maomei every day, and then went to the hospital to see the second secretary and the defense secretary. If they died, they would be fine.
Since Tito and Stalin were at odds, Yugoslavia has been a problem in the heart of the Soviet Union. Originally, the Soviet Union lacked access to the sea in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, and lost Yugoslavia and later Albania, which further weakened the Soviet Union's influence in the Mediterranean Sea. Nev showed unprecedented courage to support Serov, and now the Soviet Union has not been able to maintain its presence in the Mediterranean for a long time.
The move of to raid Turkey has brought about a huge change in the situation in Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact from the land saved a lot of troops in defense of Turkey and Greece, and from the sea the Soviet Red Navy was unimpeded in the Mediterranean Sea, which consolidated the friendship with Egypt, Syria, and Libya. Save a lot of energy and cost.
But this does not mean that Yugoslavia is not important. Yugoslavia is second only to the Soviet Union and Poland in military strength among European socialist countries, and the quality of its soldiers is second only to the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Germany. In addition, the more than 300,000 Yugoslav troops, including the border guards, and the entire Yugoslav population of more than 20 million have been fighting against the Soviet Union, which is undoubtedly a huge internal friction.
In the end, Serov sent a big move to live for a long time. Under the cover of time, Tito died. He began to protect some Serbian Communist Party cadres as early as the 1970s. Today is the day to harvest the results.
December 7 The Kremlin is dressed up to welcome a Yugoslav leader with the highest ceremonies. Rankovic, general secretary of the Serbian Communist Party Central Committee, who has long since faded out of politics, but returned after Tito's death.
After 's comeback, Rankovic relied on the most powerful Serbian Communist Party in Yugoslavia and began to compete for the highest power in Yugoslavia, with the support of the Soviet Union of course. In the end, after winning over the communist parties of Montenegro and Slovenia, he completed a phased victory over the Croatian Communist Party.
Today is the official day of Rankovic's visit to Moscow. In fact, in Yugoslavia at this time, the Serbs have become hard-core pro-Soviet factions and have completed the suppression of Tito elements. Serov is also very satisfied. I can't get you Tito when he is alive, and can't get you when he's dead? I believe this is also Lankovic's idea.
"Our two countries have been allies in history. When the Russian Empire resolutely joined the world war on bad terms, it was because it could not bear the enslavement of the Slavic brothers. Of course, that was the era of imperialism. We should have had good relations later, Tito The times are but an episode in the long-term good relationship between our two countries. You say so, Comrade Rankovich!" Serov welcomed Rankovich to the Kremlin with great welcome.
"Tito's own decision, there were people who disapproved of the Yugoslav Communist Party, but Tito's prestige made us unable to object!" What Rankovic said was wrong. In the process of eliminating the pro-Soviet forces, he led the Yugoslav internal affairs at that time. The Ministry has made great efforts, but Serov doesn't have the same knowledge as him now. Rankovich, who was later cleaned up by Tito, was finally discovered by Serov, which led to today's results. Goodbye to the Tito era!