Big Time 1958

But de Gaulle would never have known that this time he had promised some of France's allies that they would never appear when France really confronted the United States, and another enemy who made France feel pressured helped France at the most critical moment. People once, of course, then pit France.

   Serov in Moscow is taking economics classes every day. Of course, Soviet economists are all playing the planned economy, but it is not that they have not studied the system of the United States. After all, they are enemies, so they must pay more attention. The relationship between dollar issuance, U.S. debt, and how much the U.S. overissued.

   After being taught by many economic experts, Serov nodded earnestly, but he still did not understand. The specific operation method, the general political commissar is at a loss. How to earn the greatest benefit, Comrade Chairman has no idea at all. But one thing is certain, this is not as simple as the Soviet Union taking US dollars to the Fed to get gold, otherwise all the gold in the Fed will add up, and it will not be enough for the KGB's family property.

   must be operating in the financial market, causing gold and the dollar to fluctuate, while watching the reaction of Wall Street. If it was just to empty the Fed with the dollar, it would be simple. De Gaulle had already prepared to do so, and it was not even De Gaulle's turn. What really made the Breston Woods system unsustainable was actually the American father Britain, and it was the Germans who made him history forever. The Soviet Union did not join in history.

  After the end of the Breston Woods system, the United States chose oil, and an organization was created at that time as compensation to other economic powers by the United States. This organization was called G7. The G7 Summit, or G7 for short, is a mechanism for the heads of state or government of the seven most developed industrialized countries (the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada) to consult and meet on major issues of mutual concern. It means that the United States can solve everything without pursuing its own country, and it can be discussed when something happens in the future.

   Let the KGB agency keep an eye on this matter. At present, Serov needs to go abroad. As for the destination of the trip. In Albania, Serov will lead a large delegation of security cadres to visit Albania. In his application to the Soviet Central Presidium, he said, "In view of Albania's important geographical location, I think our differences need to be made up, so I am ready to visit the Albanian security agencies."

  The relationship between the Soviet Union and Albania, as well as the relationship with Yugoslavia, is more complicated. In different time periods, the location is also different, the relationship between Albania and Yugoslavia will ease, and the relationship with the Soviet Union will be bad. On the other hand, once Tito revealed a talk that alerted Albania, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Albania would ease.

  Albania and the Soviet Union completely severed relations because of the Soviet military action in the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Serov has to say that militarily, the Soviet Red Army has done a great job, and it could not have been better. Politically, Western European communist parties broke with the Soviet Union one after another, believing that the Soviet Union was a more ferocious enemy than the United States. Since then, the Soviet Union’s leadership in the socialist camp and its influence on the world’s communist parties have been weakened. The communist parties in Western European countries have been severely damaged and have never become an important political force. The Soviet Union cannot use these parties to influence Western Europe. State restraint.

   The intelligence roundup from Czechoslovakia and the rest of Eastern Europe, which appears on Serov’s desk every month, is generally good, it couldn’t be better. After Sudan and Indonesia entered the Soviet economic system, the economic growth of all countries has been improved. The entry of grain, meat and tropical fruits has lowered the cost of living. The entry of rubber has freed many countries' industries to break free. All Eastern European The country's growth rate is more than nine percent.

   Factories in all countries have maintained operating rates, and workers have no time to protest, they still have to go to work. Children want to eat bananas. They also know that after the introduction of rubber, the production of automobiles in various countries will increase. Everyone wants to have a car of their own and take their children on weekends to travel. I heard that Indonesia's tropical scenery is good, and I can earn some money, or I can be regarded as an advanced worker, and I can go to the Indonesian islands to bask in the sun without spending money.

   There will still be a wave of protests, unless the forces of U.S. imperialism really seep in. Otherwise, Serov will never believe that something will happen to Eastern Europe this year. When the passenger plane of Soviet Airlines landed in Tirana, the capital of Albania, Serov came to this country of eagles for the first time. Tirana is the largest city and main industrial center in Albania, with metallurgy, tractor repair, food processing, textile , pharmaceutical, cosmetics, dyes, glass, porcelain and other industries. Some were aided by the Soviet Union, some were aided by Yugoslavia, and, of course, some were aided by China.

   At this time, the Soviet Union and Albania had a pretty good relationship, and Albania did not withdraw from the Warsaw Pact. Although this small country is not obedient, it still maintains communication with the Soviet Union. After Indonesia and Sudan joined the Economic Cooperation Council, Albania's accusations against the Economic Cooperation Council have also loosened slightly.

   But this small country is not easy to handle. The Soviet Union does not border this country like Yugoslavia, so even if there is pressure, Albania will not care, not to mention that people can turn around and follow China, although the relationship between the two countries is not very good now.

  The person who welcomed the Soviet delegation at the airport was named Shehu, Chairman of the Albanian Council of Ministers, in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Shelov gave the half-colleague a warm hug that kicked off the formation of this visit to Albania. Shehu and Hoxha both have certain expectations for Shelov's visit, but Shelov is a normal visit, saying that he is just here to seek and learn relevant security experience.

   For the Soviet Union, Albania was a huge burden. When it supported Albania, the Soviet Union was the type that lost money and made a profit, but this small country had a lot of success, and the Soviet Union had to maintain this burden all the time. This burden is no longer in my hands. The relationship between the two countries is limited to the military alliance of the Warsaw Pact.

   Of course, this does not mean that this country has no value at all. Otherwise, Comrade General Political Commissar of National Security is so busy, how could he come to a place where birds don’t shit? Is he here to help the poor?

   "I heard that Albania is working on eradicating religion. Do you know how the progress in this regard is going?" This is Serov's purpose. He has already made plans for the Middle East. Turkey postponed it and started the operation in Iraq. But the religious atmosphere in Iraq has always made him, the KGB chairman, uneasy, and for the first time even doubted the KGB's ability to suppress.

   At this time, the atheism movement in Albania seemed to be making great progress. Serov, who was overjoyed, hurried to Albania to learn his experience. Talents, these cadres who eliminated religion are talents. If you are not sure about Iraq's religion, in the spirit of friendship between the two countries and from the perspective of internationalism, it is reasonable to introduce a group of Albanian cadres to Iraq to guide the work.

  Last year, the Albanian authorities launched a violent campaign to eliminate religion in Albania, declaring that religion divided the Albanian nation and made its development difficult. The study propaganda team went down to the countryside and forced the Albanians to stop religious activities. In spite of all opposition, even by members of the Labour Party, all churches, mosques, and other religious facilities were closed or converted into warehouses, gymnasiums and factories by the end of the year.

   But it's not about Serov, he came here just to see if the Albania thing didn't work out.

   "The effect is very significant, Comrade Serov, do you want to see our results?" As soon as Shehu heard this question, he immediately expressed his willingness to introduce Albania's progress in this matter to the KGB delegation.

   At the same time the government has drastically changed the status of Albanian women. Women are considered second-class citizens in traditional Albanian society, and they do most of the housework and farm work. Before World War II, 90 percent of Albanian women were illiterate, and in many regions were considered chattels by ancient tribal laws and customs. In a cultural and ideological revolution, the party encouraged women to work outside the home to overcome labor shortages and eliminate their conservative thinking. Hoxha declared that anyone flouting the party's women's rights proclamation should be thrown into the fire.

Shehu led the KGB delegation to see the results of de-religionization and the specific handling methods of the security agencies. Shelov nodded frequently and asked the cadres behind him to take note of them, and then they ate in a cafeteria that used to be a mosque. meal,

"Comrade Serov, a person cannot be bound by religion. We should emancipate our minds instead of being imprisoned by ideas. In our opinion, religion is the greatest imprisonment of ideas. From a historical point of view, religion is absolutely useless." Xie Hu talks eloquently about the eradication of religion.

"That's right, Comrade Shehu, I totally agree with Albania's achievements. It's possible to succeed in Albania in the first place without doing what neither we nor China have done..." Shelov was convinced His appearance satisfied the vanity of the other party, and he was praised and recognized by the senior cadres of the Soviet Union. This kind of experience has not been experienced by Xie Hu several times.

   I don’t know what kind of chemical reaction will happen after a batch of seconded Albanian cadres are sent to Iraq in the future? After all, they must be experienced cadres, and they should be able to achieve good results, right? Shelov thought of this possibility, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued~^~)