Chapter 654 Aid Assessment

“As early as the first half of the year, we got some news of the coup. To be honest, if it wasn’t for the fear of President Allende’s interference in saying that our Soviet Union interfered in internal affairs, I would have wanted to inform you a long time ago. For several months, the situation in Chile has been constantly changing. In the midst of the turmoil, I took this opportunity to take out these things at the right time.” At this time, there were only Serov and the others in the Allende office in the presidential palace. Before coming, Shelov’s aides had checked the entire president to make sure that no eavesdropping equipment was working.

“I must say that all the military in the whole of Latin America are very dangerous, look at your continent, the military government of all, do you trust your country’s military so much, President Sukarno also thought so .” Serov pointed to himself at this time and said, “If it wasn’t for me at the time, Indonesia should now be ruled by a military government, and as for the Indonesian Communist Party, it should not exist.”

A thought flashed in President Allende’s eyes. Of course, he would not be gullible just because of some words of the Soviets, but he also knew that these words were correct. When the Christian Democrats decided to support Allende’s election, they were not convinced. Liend proposed the “Constitutional Guarantee Regulations” as a condition of backing him in parliamentary elections. Its main contents are: All activities after the Allende government came to power must strictly abide by the Constitution, and the socialist reforms carried out must not violate any provisions of the Constitution; the original institutional hierarchy of the military and the national police must be respected, and no An armed organization parallel to the police. Allende accepted the constitutional guarantees, and the Chilean Communist Party pledged to act within bourgeois laws.

   To be honest, this was the main factor behind Allende’s final lack of resistance to the military coup. Even if Serov has sent the suspicious list to Allende, and Allende puts down all these suspicious people, it is impossible to guarantee that the military coup will not happen.

“Does General Serov want to establish a Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chile? Our country has such a department, and other parties will not agree.” President Allende smiled and shook his head. Regarding the events in Indonesia a few years ago, with the passage of time, It has spread all over the world. In the confrontation between the Indonesian Communist Party and the Indonesian military, the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs played a major role. The news has also become the target of American studies, which blocked the way by the time of the election.

“I didn’t say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would be established in Chile. The same trick cannot be used twice. Believe me, as a national security cadre, my job is to establish a domestic security system and sniff out and eradicate traitors.” He said, “I want to represent the Soviet military and inspect the Chilean military. Don’t worry, I’m just chatting.”

   The Ministry of Internal Affairs can only use this trick once, and if a civil war is really fought, the United States is also faster than the Soviet Union. But it doesn’t matter, he has other tricks. For so many years, he has been sitting firmly in the position of the chairman of the KGB, and it is not due to credit. Brezhnev thinks that he is not pleasing to the eye, so much credit is useless. It’s not based on character. Shelepin is much stronger than himself. It depends on the sixth sense that emerges after recovering from a serious illness. Whoever is hostile to himself, will this hostility be fatal? As long as Serov thinks, he will. It can be evaluated, and the other party can be replaced when the other party has not acted.

Therefore, Zinev and Tsvigon have been entrusted with important tasks by Serov’s constant tossing. The two first vice-chairmen, who are also not threatening, have continued to maintain the operation of the KGB. It seems that the exposure rate is relatively low. In fact, these basic things are only fatal.

He must have contact with Chilean military figures. The Chilean army consists of four departments, the army, navy and air force and the police force, which are similar to the parallel agencies of the Soviet Union. The divisions are clearly different, and the Chilean army and police are one.

  Pinochet is now the chief of staff of the Chilean army. On the second day of his inspection of the Chilean army, Serov actually met him, the gravedigger of Allende. Not only did I see him, but also the commanders-in-chief of other military services. Serov chatted enthusiastically with all the thirty or so generals present, perceiving the other party’s inner thoughts about Allende, as well as his views on the Soviet Union. As expected, two-thirds of the people were not interested in socialism. Contrary to Serov’s expectations, both Pinochet and General Platts, commander-in-chief of the army, had a good view of Allende. The latter is more of a military in the strict sense.

If he didn’t know that Pinochet was one of the people who overthrew Allende, Serov almost thought that his feeling was wrong. He remembered a news that was not widely circulated. The coup to overthrow Allende was actually first planned by the Chilean Navy. Yes, Pinochet only reluctantly agreed to join a few days before the coup, but after the coup succeeded, as his position was consolidated, he took the lead. It was originally planned to be led by the commanders-in-chief of the four services in rotation, but Pinochet’s position has since been consolidated.

   After returning to the hotel in the evening, Serov began to recall the conversation during the day. The most hostile to Allende was the Navy. Instead of the Army as he had earlier thought, Pinochet turned out to be a neutral. This can also be explained. Khrushchev was neutral between Malenkov and Beria when Stalin first died. After Stalin followed Lenin, Stalin was also neutral in the struggle between Trotsky, Bukharin and others. The final victor is often not the first to charge.

  Once the final winner appears, this is not the case, and Pinochet should be such a role.

“Navy? If it was ten years ago, even if I knew that Chile was going to have a coup d’etat, there was nothing I could do. But now it’s different. The Red Navy can already stretch its tentacles here. Anyway, the U.S. Navy didn’t dare to take the initiative to attack the Soviet Red Navy. , what are you afraid of?” Shelov snapped his fingers, and this time he will rely on the Red Navy. As long as he gets Allende’s approval, the Red Navy will always maintain its strength in Chile, and the Chilean Navy will never dare to lower the eyes of the Red Navy. coup d’état.

As a leader of a powerful department of the Soviet Union, Serov must have this confidence, that is, he must have full trust in the Red Navy’s land combat capability. As the most capable navy in the world, the Soviet Red Navy hangs a naval flag on its tanks. There is a tradition of fighting to the death with Germany, not to mention the Chilean Navy. Even if the Chilean Army comes in, it should not be a problem.

“Most generals in the Chilean military are untrustworthy, but the navy is more hostile to Allende.” After reporting their assessment to Allende, Serov and Andropov conducted a few days on Santiago A small visit. Entered some factories and shops, probably because of the imminent convention, the recent San Diego parade disappeared. But there are still traces left in some places, and there is indeed a shortage of goods.

“You mean that you want President Allende to promise Chile to use the Red Navy as a naval port for supplies? It is estimated that the other party will not agree!” Andropov shook his head slightly, “It is difficult, you must know that for a country like ours, especially Pay attention to national dignity.”

“So I hope that I can use the World Communist Party Congress to get President Allende to agree. Otherwise, if there is a coup d’etat, you will find that we are unable to intervene at all.” Shelov thought for a while and said, “At the same time, we must be prepared and must contain Unrest in Chile, clean up these dishonest factory owners and businessmen.”

   “I told the general secretary about this, it requires the efforts of our entire camp.” Andropov nodded.

The economic model of the Soviet Union has shortcomings, that is, there will be shortages of many products, but another serious situation is that many commodities are piled up and cannot be sold at all. This situation exists in the entire Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. This is because There are many plans, but the people’s demand is not high, and different countries have different backlogs of goods. The Soviet Union is not only austerity. The Soviet Union produces 33 million watches a year, and that’s just one brand. Sometimes the beef in the Soviet Union is not enough, but there are too many cows, and the milk can be used as water.

Serov never believed that the so-called economic miracle in Chile occurred under the military government. , there have been two consecutive six-year high growth of per capita GDP of more than 5%. However, in the remaining years, there have also been two plunges of more than minus 10% and one of about minus 5%. If you take it all into account, plus inflation, the data won’t look too good.

   In the 1973 years when Pinochet came to power, the annual income of Chileans was more than 1,600 US dollars; in the 1990s when Pinochet stepped down, it was 2,200 US dollars. It has grown by less than 50% in the entire 18 years, with an average annual growth rate of 2.00. Is this a miracle? If this is a miracle, including China in the 1960s and 1970s, not a single socialist country is not a miracle.

   In fact, Chile’s resource endowment is unbelievably good: an area of ​​756,000 square kilometers and a population of only 120,000 people. Such a vast and sparsely populated country has copper reserves of 185 million tons, accounting for 29% of the world’s total. In addition, lithium ore reserves also account for 17.8% of the world’s reserves, and gold and silver reserves also rank among the top in the world. Just teaching such an answer sheet, this is the miracle under the Pinochet military government. It is similar to Argentina, which has changed from a developed country to a developing country. Argentina will be laughed at in later generations.

   Then Andropov and Serov presented the real situation in Chile to Brezhnev, indicating that assistance is urgent.

“President Allende has always said that Chile doesn’t need foreign aid, but I didn’t expect the problem to be so serious.” Brezhnev was also surprised by the situation in Chile. If he hadn’t come here in person, he wouldn’t have known that Chile’s economy is better than the Soviet Union’s. The problem of the system is even more serious. “It seems that we have to do something.” Brezhnev was determined to criticize Chile at the Communist Party Congress, regardless of whether the other party agreed or not. (To be continued~^~)