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"Will the general secretary attend today's regular meeting of the Politburo?" Gorbachev sat in the office quietly waiting for an answer. General Secretary Chernenko was unwell recently and was admitted to the hospital again a week after he was discharged. According to regulations, if General Secretary Chernenko cannot attend, then he will appoint a member of the Politburo Standing Committee to chair the meeting instead. The regular Politburo meeting was hosted by Gorbachev. And this time, in order to balance, maybe Gromyko will be responsible for the task of presiding over the meeting. However, Gorbachev still had a glimmer of expectations.

Gorbachev has a plan for the Workers’ New City that needs to be discussed at today’s meeting. Gorbachev intends to borrow the model of the Workers’ New City to implement a large-scale housing renovation plan in Moscow to bring the Khrushchev era to life. Those tube towers built were transformed into modern comprehensive communities like Workers' New City. In fact, this matter is most suitable for Xie Liaosha to operate, but the matter of the Ministry of Foreign Trade to import grain is more important. Later, Yakovlev recommended to him a comrade from outside-Yeltsin, the first secretary of the Sverdlovsk Oblast. He has a beautiful resume background in architecture, municipal engineering and even industrial construction. The most important thing is that he is still a member of the Central Committee, and he can be assigned to the Ministry of Construction to be the leader, so that he can control the building in his own hands. .

There were only less than ten minutes left before the regular meeting, just when Gorbachev was disappointed to leave the office. His special line rang suddenly, Gorbachev's heart was overjoyed, and he returned to his seat to calm his emotions. Then he took a deep breath, picked up the microphone and put it to his ear and said, "This is Gorbachev, please speak!"

"Secretary Gorbachev, I am sorry that I am unwell today. I am afraid that you will be required to host today's regular meeting! Please tell me comrades, please say sorry for me!" General Secretary Chernenko panted on the phone. Said gruffly.

"Take care, General Secretary! I hope you can get well soon!" Gorbachev said calmly and the passengers, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and now he can press Gromyko's head again.

Gorbachev picked up the folder happily and walked out of the meeting room. The cadres who met him along the way consciously stopped and said to him: "Hello, Secretary Gorbachev!" Gorbachev thought to himself, when can I replace Secretary Gorbachev with Gorba General Secretary Coff will be fine.

In the conference room of the Supreme Soviet, several Politburo Standing Committee members all sat on their seats in advance! Each of them has received from the comrades in the general secretary's office, knowing that today's meeting is hosted by Gorbachev. Many people originally thought that if General Secretary Chernenko did not attend, it would be Gromiko's turn to preside over the meeting!

Gorbachev sat in the position of General Secretary Chernenko, and everyone looked at him unconsciously. Gorbachev cleared his throat, and then announced: "General Secretary Chernenko is unwell and will not be here today. He asked me to say sorry to everyone! Today’s meeting is hosted by me, so let’s follow the procedure. ! Everyone will talk about the issues that need to be discussed on their own side first, Comrade Gromyko, let you start first!"

Gromyko glanced at Gorbachev with a complicated look, and then opened his own folder. Begin to introduce the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the rest of the Standing Committee listened carefully. Everyone has about five minutes to speak. The twelve members of the Standing Committee (Kirnenko was not present) took a round for exactly one hour, and then they would have specific discussions on some key issues and vote for the vote. In this way, a regular meeting can be concluded within three hours is considered efficient.

After a round of speeches, everyone has a general understanding of what everyone is holding. Gorbachev’s issue is about the new municipal planning in Moscow, while Gromyko’s side is about candidates to visit Britain. Obviously, neither of these two things are so easy to handle. This kind of thing often happens. If there is a serious disagreement on a certain issue when voting, no one can convince anyone. As long as it is not very urgent, it can be postponed to the next regular meeting! The issue of candidates to visit Britain has been in trouble for several months. Gromyko wants to go to Britain by himself, so he obstructed Gorbachev in every possible way. Gromyko is an old comrade, and his political background is much stronger than that of Gorbachev. Therefore, in this matter, he can put the issue on hold every time. However, Gromyko has a disadvantage in the matter of his visit to the UK. He is an expert on the diplomatic front, but the main topic of this visit to the UK is trade. In this matter, the Secretariat has a much greater say than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So Gromyko is not the best candidate for this visit to Britain~lightnovelpub.net~ but he would rather not go than let Gorbachev go.

"Comrades, now we are voting again on the issue of candidates to visit the UK! Since the British side is an invitation to me, I will not comment! Okay, now comrades who agree to re-appoint candidates to visit the UK, please raise your hands! "Gorbachev announced.

Not surprisingly, several of Gromyko's allies raised their hands, although not more than half of them were in number. However, since many members of the Brezhnev faction will abstain from voting on this issue, it is almost 50-50 each time.

"Comrades who oppose re-appointing candidates to visit Britain, please raise their hands?" Gorbachev asked.

Gorbachev's gaze swept away, and the members of the Standing Committee who supported him raised their hands one after another. One, two, three...Wait, why did Tikhonov support himself? Everyone in the Dnepropetrovsk gang has raised their hands. What day is today, am I not dreaming?

The smile on Gromyko's face began to fail. Why did Tikhonov support Gorbachev? What deal did they make? Why doesn't the wind come out at all? Gromyko looked at Gorbachev in surprise. He found that Gorbachev also seemed a little surprised? For Chernenko’s gift, neither of the two interested parties was prepared.

"Okay, comrades! It seems that everyone has opinions. Thank you for your support. I will be responsible for the mission of this visit to the UK!" Gorbachev tried his best to calm himself down. He knew that he had won. After the victory of a crucial battle with Gromyko, as long as the mission of visiting the UK is not messed up and it proves that the party still needs itself, he will not retire at the party congress one and a half years later. At that time, a large number of young cadres trained by Andropov can be promoted to the central government, and their strength will be enhanced.