Chapter 618 The world of 1969

“You are intensifying the hostility between the two countries, Mr. Shelov, you should know the consequences, you are the successor of Beria, you should know the fate of your predecessor.” Hudson Warrant twisted his eyes, ” A security cadre should not leave no room.”

   Serov lit a cigarette with a blank expression. He had to admit that the American ambassador did know the Soviet Union fairly well. It can really scare some people, took a deep breath, and replied with a tone of smoke like an ice cube, “Even if I am shot now, I can’t miss this opportunity, this answer, Hudson Warren Are you satisfied with Mr. Te?”

   made a gesture of seeing off a guest, Hudson-Walent shook his head, also knowing that he did not let the Soviet Union take a step back through diplomatic means in the end, but he did not expect to get this kind of response in Lubyanka after he hit a wall today. This was the first time he had seen it as a diplomat in so many years. Maybe he should go back and write an assessment report on the Soviet Central Presidium.

   “Chairman, the Baghdad military is willing to negotiate with the Iraqi Communist Party. As long as they leave Iraq safely, they can hand over the regime to the Iraqi Communist Party.” Morkin, Director of the First General Directorate, came in and reported.

“Promise them to restore peace to Iraq as soon as possible. As for the next work, we can help our comrades in Iraq.” After careful consideration, Serov finally compromised and let the generals of the military government go into exile with property, because he needed It is speed. I hope that Iraq can calm down as soon as possible, so it is inevitable to make some concessions, so that the time saved can restore calm to Iraq as soon as possible.

  This calm is based on the premise that the Iraqi Communist Party is in power. While the two sides in Iraq are negotiating, Serov is still not idle. Compromise does not mean doing nothing, he just doesn’t want to waste time. First he went to the Ministry of Defense for a meeting devoted to the situation in Iraq.

At this meeting of the Ministry of Defense, Serov came up with a plan for a huge military advisory group, and the number of military advisory groups in Iraq was finally set at 22,000 people. External Advisory Group. More than 18,000 in Egypt, not to mention in Sudan, Syria and Indonesia. It can be seen how much he attaches importance to Iraq.

“I’m not just taking risks and putting our motherland in a full-scale confrontation, but I also need to emphasize that an Iraq is not my goal. The purpose of taking control of Iraq is the Middle East. The bottom line of the Americans in the Middle East is actually Two countries, one is Saudi Arabia, which has the largest oil reserves in the world, and the other is the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran.” Shelov stood indifferently in front of the map of the Middle East and said in a flat tone, “In the next few years, I think With the change of time and the changes in the political environment of our opponent, the United States, we can also expand the victory. The next target of the offensive is two small countries, Kuwait in the south of Iraq, and Qatar. These two countries are small in size and population. Less than one million, it is a country that is very easy to digest. The most important thing is that its military power is negligible. As long as you make a sudden move, the whole country can be occupied in almost a few days. The most important thing is that these two small countries have No oil reserves are lower than Iraq’s.”

   The field marshals of the Ministry of Defense nodded in approval, apparently accepting this rhetoric. If there is one thing Brezhnev can teach Serov to learn, it is the sausage-cutting tactics that the first secretary is good at. After taking control of Iraq, he looked around the surrounding countries, and it was easy to find two fat men. sheep. Both Kuwait and Qatar have an area of ​​more than 10,000 square kilometers and a population of one million. They belong to countries that are easily wiped out.

Iraq and Kuwait have a territorial dispute. The land of Iraq was originally four provinces of Ottoman Turkey, and was later made up by the British into an Iraqi colony. Among the four provinces, Basra Province has a county called Kuwait County, which the British demarcated. , ruled by the Kuwaiti Sheikh himself. Historically, the Arab region has always been a tribal system, with each tribe in charge of itself, and then Ottoman Turkey ruled over each tribe. The chief of the Kuwaiti tribe is in charge of the land of this place in Kuwait. Therefore, Iraq considers Kuwait to be its own territory.

   As early as when Kuwait declared independence, Qassem announced that Iraq would not recognize Kuwait’s independence. Because Kuwait was part of Iraq during the Ottoman Empire, Iraq extended its border to the south of Kuwait and appointed the Kuwaiti Sheikh as Iraq’s Kuwait County Chief. At the same time, Iraq began to mobilize troops toward the Kuwaiti border in preparation for the liberation of the Arabian Peninsula. Kuwait immediately appealed to the United Kingdom and Arab countries for support. Five thousand British troops, two thousand Arab troops and seven thousand Wit troops and volunteers were quickly deployed on the border.

The final solution to the    crisis was the initiative of President Nasser of the United Arab Republic at that time, possibly for the purpose of weakening Iraq and preventing the emergence of two Arab centers. Nasser proposed a peaceful solution to the problem. Contacted Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and China to form a force to replace the British army, defended the borders of Kuwait and Iraq, and kept Kuwait’s independent status.

  In that territorial dispute, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom supported each side of the United Nations. In the end, because of Nasser’s initiative, Iraq recognized Kuwait’s independence, and the crisis ended. Iraq was then plunged into civil war, and there were no territorial differences.

   A few years have passed and the United Arab Republic is divided into two countries, Egypt and Syria. Without the overwhelming national strength at the time, Egypt and Syria are currently pro-Soviet countries. The surrounding Saudi Arabia is just rising, but it has no later influence, and its military power is far from being the hegemon of the Middle East. The qualified hegemons, Iran and Turkey, have territorial contact with the Soviet Union on land and dare not act rashly. Therefore, although the situation in Iraq is more dangerous, it can be regarded as the completion of Shelov’s vision.

When the time came to 1969, Serov stood in Moscow and looked around at a loss. In the world, he could only see that the situation was very good. This year’s world is like this for the Soviet Union. In Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War is still going on. , the United States is already exhausted, just gritted its teeth and insisted, and does not want its own retreat to cause the collapse of Southeast Asia. Indonesia has become the revolutionary center of Southeast Asia. Sukarno sits in Jakarta. Like a big country, he constantly provides assistance to the communist parties in surrounding countries, and gathers heavy troops to put strong pressure on Malaysia. Small-scale wars are going on all the time. In Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, there are powerful communist forces carrying out armed struggles. became the enemy of the governments of these countries.

In the Middle East, the Soviet Union won the respect of the Arab world by destroying Israel’s nuclear facilities. Egypt, the first Arab power, and Syria, a small military power, were very satisfied with the support of the Soviet Union. At this time, the Iraqi Communist Party had completed the handover with the military government, and Iraq was also included in the future. within the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union. As for Sudan, it has joined the Economic Cooperation Association, which has formed a favorable complement to the Soviet Union’s economic system.

The pro-Soviet faction in South Yemen has gained the upper hand. According to history, the pro-Arab forces will be driven out within one to two years and become a nail behind the Soviet Union in Saudi Arabia. As long as the Soviet Union does not have problems, South Yemen will not have any problems. There is a collapse in history. After all, the final failure of South Yemen has a huge relationship with the Soviet Union’s map of Ge.

As for the areas around the Middle East, the entire student group in Afghanistan has become the most pro-Soviet force. They accept the Soviet political and historical views, read Soviet books, and are happy with the achievements of the Soviet Union. Of course, this pro-Soviet Force has become the largest political party in Afghan politics.

In fact, according to history, there will be an irreconcilable conflict in Afghanistan next year. That is, on the centenary of Lenin’s birth, students from various schools in the Afghan capital hold high Lenin’s portrait and demand reform in Afghanistan. The disrespectful rhetoric of Muhammad, the founder of the religion of peace, angered religious and tribal forces in Afghanistan, and eventually turned into a huge conflict. After this conflict, the socialist forces in Afghanistan began to feel disappointed and began to prepare for armed seizure of power.

As for Ethiopia next to Egypt, Emperor Haile Selassie I was a pro-American emperor. This national hero who was once in World War II finally chose to turn to the United States to stabilize his monarchy. At this time, Ethiopia’s economy was not good. , domestic conflicts have become more frequent than ten years ago, but in fact this country has finally changed its color and has nothing to do with the Soviet Union. Of course, pro-Soviet forces have always existed. The last straw that crushed Haile Selassie I was that The interviews of Western reporters during the famine in Ethiopia, and the extravagant life of Haile Selassie I during the famine, after being reported by Western reporters, became a source of anger among the Ethiopian people, and ultimately sent their own African allies to hell. The Ethiopian emperor died at the hands of the Virgin of Western Europe.

  As the United States prepares to strategically shrink and recuperate the internal injuries of the Vietnam War, more countries will adopt an attitude of closeness to the Soviet Union. This is the world that the Soviet Union will face in 1969. Under such circumstances, how could the Soviet Central Presidium really ease? It is nothing more than using a détente strategy to stabilize Western Europe first, so that the backlog of U.S. forces can be used in other directions. (To be continued~^~)