Soviet Godfather

To be honest, Sergey Shah just relied on the interview at Yakovlev’s house and did not feel that Heydar was so outstanding at all. Being able to read and be able to do things are completely two concepts. But now that he agreed to take over Gaidar, the other party is an expert from the National Economic Reform Commission. Sergey Shah has already planned a wonderful position to deal with this guy, that is, the chief economist of the Foreign Trade Bank. Since economic theory is Gaidar's strong point, let Gaidar be the chief economist to stand for Sergei Sha's foreign trade policy!

February is cold in Moscow, and New York, thousands of miles away, is also not a warm season in February. But Gromyko's heart was as hot as summer. Just after he came to the United States with anticipation, as expected, the U.S. Secretary of State secretly contacted him. He also told Gromyko the great news that the successfully re-elected U.S. President Reagan wanted to meet him to discuss mutual trust and regional security issues between the two countries.

How Gromyko wanted to immediately disclose this news to the media and comrades of the Central Committee of the CPSU! But Gromyko just resisted it, because the Americans chose the "secret" interview. And Gromyko didn't know what conditions the Americans had to put forward. What if the negotiation breaks down during the meeting and the relationship becomes more rigid, or the American lions open their mouths?

Gromyko finally consulted General Secretary Chernenko. Chernenko was extremely excited when he heard the news. He had long been tired of the arms race with the Americans. Although Andropov has been in office for a short time as general secretary, some of Andropov's reform measures appear to be very effective. If the Americans are willing to let the Soviet Union take a breath in the arms race, the Soviet economy may be able to return to normal.

Gromyko quickly left the UN General Assembly affairs to his assistants to be responsible, and he himself stopped showing up. Gromyko hopes that there will not be too much news from the media before meeting again. Mainly because Gromyko didn't want Gorbachev's people to notice.

And what is Gorbachev doing this time? He is now busy meeting with the members of the Central Committee who have come to Moscow to attend the Congress of the Supreme Soviet. The position of Gorbachev’s heir has now basically been determined, and General Secretary Chernenko’s perennial inability to govern has given Gorbachev more rights. Now Gorbachev's responsibilities include agriculture, economy, education, ideology, and foreign affairs. His efforts over the past year are seen by everyone, especially after Gorbachev returned from Britain, almost everyone has regarded him as the heir of General Secretary Chernenko.

The Supreme Soviet Congress gave Gorbachev and the local cadres a chance to get to know each other. Of course, there are not a few Central Committee members who take the initiative to come to the house and work hard. Gorbachev didn't want to make a wish by appointing an official to cause trouble for himself in vain. He just wants to continue to consolidate his position in a low-key and low-key manner.

Gorbachev was waiting, Gromyko was waiting, Sergei was waiting. But General Secretary Chernenko, who should have mastered the overall situation, is now in the ward working hard to adapt to breathing.

Chernenko has severe emphysema. As early as when Andropov was running for the next leader after the death of Andropov, Chernenko concealed his illness from the comrades of the Party Central Committee and the Politburo. Chernenko originally thought he would have time to complete the mission given to him by history and lead the Soviet Union out of its predicament, but he no longer has this time.

The supreme leader of the Soviet Union will never retire, only the moment of death will he get the ultimate relief. Since Chernenko's condition worsened, almost every public event would have tortured him to death. At the October Revolution memorial ceremony, Chernenko stood on Lenin’s Tomb for nearly three hours under the cold wind and heavy snow. After returning, Chernenko couldn't even believe that he was still alive.

Chernenko is now worrying about how he will deal with the next Supreme Soviet Congress. This is the last Supreme Soviet meeting of the 26th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is impossible for Chernenko not to attend, he is even a little afraid of these activities now, and for the first time he feels the torment of rights. Khrushchev, who was ousted from power, must have experienced this feeling, and Brezhnev, who was emptied after a stroke, must have experienced it. Now it is Chernenko's turn.

In this year, Gorbachev magically changed from Chernenko’s opponent to Chernenko’s trusted partner~www.readwn.com~ Gromyko became Chernenko’s economy instead. The biggest obstacle in the reform process.

Recalling Gromyko’s deeds over the past year, he tried every means to obstruct Gorbachev’s visit to Britain and Western Europe to improve relations. He also prevented East German leader Erich Honecker from going to West Germany for a historic meeting with West German leader Willy Brandt. It seems Gromyko didn't want to give the Soviet Union a moment of respite.

Chernenko was temporarily forgetting his pain because of the divergence of thinking in his mind. At this time, a knock on the door made Chernenko notice his physical pain again.

"General Secretary, these are the documents sent by the Kremlin today!" A secretary put a large pile of documents at Chernenko's feet, and Chernenko raised his hand, and the other party immediately understood Chernenko. the meaning of. So he began to read it sentence by sentence to Chernenko. After Chernenko listened to the contents of the document, if he nodded his agreement, the secretary would use the photocopier to add Chernenko's autograph to the signature place at the end of the document.

"Aren't I deceiving myself?" Chernenko said with emotion suddenly.

The efficiency of handling official affairs in this way is extremely slow, and it won't take long for Chernenko to lose patience, and let the secretary directly add signatures to all the documents without looking. In fact, Chernenko’s habit has now spread to the ears of the Politburo Standing Committee members. If the Politburo does not want Chernenko to veto any issues, just put this document at the bottom.

Although Chernenko has tried his best to prove his existence, in fact, he has been emptied by the staff around him and the Politburo. Chernenko doesn't even have the strength to sign now. It seems that he still controls everything, but in fact he is just doing useless work.