MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 867 General Secretary hospitalized

   A free, democratic and open society that supports the rule of law and social justice, supports the natural role of the family as "the basic social force and cohesion of a free society", and is committed to fair and lasting peace and world freedom. Oppose socialism and communism, this is very powerful, not only for the Soviet Union, but also for the Second International of the Nordic model.

   Anything Reagan considered was directed at the Soviet Union. This is the exact opposite of the great leaders of the Soviet Union at the same time. This action coincided with the death of the Soviet leaders one after another. Under such a political situation, the Soviet Union certainly had no way to counteract it. Why did Serov say that? Because Andropov, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, had just been hospitalized, and although he came out immediately, in the eyes of the general political commissar, this was a bad signal.

   You must know that Andropov has just taken over as General Secretary for more than two months, and the anti-privilege and anti-slow work movement is spreading, but the General Secretary has been hospitalized once, which is a little worrying.

   "It is certain that this is a multinational alliance organized by Reagan against us. It's just that we don't know the name of this alliance yet!"

   "Reagan finished dealing with domestic issues and started to trouble us." Andropov's face was calm, even if he was a little uncomfortable, he didn't want others to see it. His long political career has taught him to disguise, even in front of anyone. Even with the tingling pain in his abdomen, he can still talk to Serov as usual.

   "Yeah, he's a little faster than us!" Serov also acted as if nothing happened, not knowing Andropov's situation. It is normal for a country to have problems, and no country is a perfect society. After so many years of confrontation, both the Soviet Union and the United States have their own problems. It’s just that the current leader of the Soviet Union is waiting in line to die, but the president of the United States is in good health.

"Yes, Reagan moved a little faster than us." Andropov pointed to the fact that the United States adjusted faster than the Soviet Union, but this is normal. Reagan was on stage more than a year earlier than him, so he had plenty of time. .

Thinking of this, Andropov felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, his health was not better than Brezhnev's. Kidney disease had been with him for decades. The doctor told him that if he controlled his condition, he would still be cured. With seven years to lead the country, Andropov has strictly ordered the matter not to be leaked before he was discharged from the hospital and returned to the Kremlin.

   "By the way, Comrade Serov, what about the results of the anti-sabotage?" Andropov got rid of his negative emotions and asked about the domestic problems that are being solved now. Only when he is strong can he confront the United States.

   For the Dnipro gang, Andropov distrusted very much, and he trusted Serov, Gromyko and Ustinov more, that is, the three departments directly under the general secretary. Although the leaders of these three departments are only ministers, they can be on an equal footing with the chairman of the Council of Ministers, which was the case a long time ago.

"The statistical report within two months shows that the output value of the country's factories has increased by 5%, the number of slack workers across the country is 254,000, and the fine is 3.4 million rubles." Serov's report in 1510 said, The data was in his head.

"Very well, I knew that we wasted a lot of potential, and the power of the country was not brought into play." Andropov happily muttered to himself, and then said, "We will discuss how to confront Reagan in two days. "

   "Okay, General Secretary, please rest first!" Serov smiled and nodded, and left Andropov's office. If this situation gave him a choice, he would definitely choose to listen to the doctor and live for seven years, instead of being discharged from the hospital after the examination, like Andropov, and coming to the Kremlin to work directly.

  The waste situation in the Soviet Union is as serious as the sabotage situation. It can be said that a worker who has worked in a tractor factory for a lifetime can assemble a tractor and drive it himself after retirement.

  Why does Serov know about this, because another son of his son went to work in the factory during the holiday, and took six sets of repair tools from the factory in a month, so the monitoring system must be pushed to all factories. If you dare to do this in a Western country, it is no different from theft, that is, the Soviet Union does not care about these things.

   An average of one month’s interruption of work is required for each shift of employees, and it usually takes six to seven days, or even ten days, to go through various procedures after going to work. The total number of working hours interrupted by employee turnover throughout the Soviet Union amounts to 700,000 able-bodied people who do not work throughout the year, about the same as prisoners in prisons throughout the Soviet Union. Since the 1970s, the entire Soviet Union has lost more than 4 billion rubles of products every year due to labor mobility.

   In railway transportation, as many as 15 million tons of coal are scraped and missed from carriages and lost due to poor storage. The oil and gas sector "volatizes" more than 3 million tons of oil every year, in addition, the loss in storage is 1 million tons, and the loss in transportation is 2 million tons, a total of 33 million tons, more than the total production five percent. Because the natural gas processing plant could not be put into operation in time, billions or tens of billions of cubic meters of associated gas are "burned in the torch" in vain in the process of oil extraction every year. In 1980 alone, a loss of 130 million cubic meters One hundred million cubic meters.

  Because the transportation industry cannot load and unload industrial and agricultural products in time, the national economy of the Soviet Union loses 10.5 billion rubles every year, of which 6.5 billion rubles are lost to industry and 4 billion rubles are lost to agriculture.

   On average, 7% of the production capacity of the eleven machine-building departments is "not used at all", and if these potentials are used, an additional 7 billion rubles can be produced. It is also reported that as of last year, due to the "miscalculation" in the planning work, only the enterprises affiliated to the Ministry of Black Metallurgical Industry and the projects under construction had accumulated uninstalled equipment worth 1.5 billion rubles, exceeding the quota. Reserve 650 million rubles, or more than a third.

"I have always felt that our country is very good. Why do I feel bad all of a sudden after seeing this report?" Holding Semichasny's report, Serov suddenly raised a thing called My Great Clear Pill in his heart. Feel. Even the news that Britain is about to win the Falklands War does not want to pay attention.

"It involves more than 70 departments. It can be said that if all the problems are corrected, the military expenses of the Ministry of Defense can be solved." Semichasny was sitting on the sofa. He also just returned from the field, and he directly reported the inspection report after returning. Throwing it on the chairman's desk, this report is not exaggerated at all.

"111 billion rubles? That's quite a lot." Even a greedy comrade who is wealthy and greedy doesn't know how to evaluate it. Once upon a time, he thought that his personal wealth was invincible, except for conspiracy. The Rothschild family that appeared in the book basically has no rivals.

  The individual and the country are still incomparable. This kind of waste will probably exceed his assets for a few years. As an agent of capitalism's intrusion into the Soviet Union, he couldn't stand this kind of money-burning behavior.

   Cybernetics? Serov remembered the group of people from more than ten years ago. Cybernetics scholars have always been there, although they have been ignored. Just last year, a seminar of cybernetics scholars was held in Moscow. Academic discussions have been going on all the time, but they are only discussions, and the methods inside have only been partially applied.

   "Voretya, I really didn't expect that, I always feel that my monitoring of the country is okay." Serov said with a breath.

"You avoid confrontation with Brezhnev, so you don't interfere with the operation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The public internal affairs police are what the general public can see, not the anti-rebel workers in your hands." Semichasny said, "The matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't be delayed any longer, let Serokov retire, and Brezhnev's son-in-law."

   "If both you and Tikunov hadn't retired due to illness, I really want you to come back." Shelov sighed, saying these things are a bit unpleasant now, and retirement is a foregone conclusion. Nor can he lift the ban.

   Things can't be delayed any longer, Brezhnev has died, and Andropov's impression of the Dnipro gang is not good. The problem of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should also be solved. In the evening, Serov went to the Kremlin to see General Secretary Andropov, and specifically talked about the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "The Minister of Internal Affairs must be replaced, and the responsibilities of the public internal affairs police have not been fully exerted. , Sherokov turned a blind eye to the current situation, I want to change to a capable person?"

   "Who do you want to replace?" Andropov said solemnly, he was equally shocked to see this number. One hundred billion rubles, the Soviet Union's comprehensive military spending just disappeared out of thin air. But for Serov to replace the Minister of Internal Affairs, Andropov also raised a little bit of vigilance in his heart. In the position of general secretary, this kind of vigilance is normal.

   "According to the usual practice, the KGB assigns a person to be the minister. I have two candidates, General Bobkov and General Chebrikov. Who does the general secretary think is more suitable?" Serov asked in a low voice.

   "General Bobkov has a fierce personality, and General Chebrikov is very principled. Both of them can do it." Andropov thought for a while, and he was still not ready to interfere with the work of the KGB.

Returning to Serov in Lubyanka, just after getting off the bus, he saw a woman with a child blocking the door of the KGB headquarters, "Let's go and see what happened?" have a look.

   "Chairman, the petitioner said that there are four people in their family, but they can only live in a house of 11 square meters." Serov's face was as if he had been ironed, petitioning? To petition Lubyanka?