MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 936 Franco-Soviet friendship relies on Germany

   Nobody can solve the problems of the Soviet Union, but the whole socialist camp can solve the problems of Portugal. Today, when Serov is a firefighter, he no longer has to lead the KGB to solve problems by violent means. It is entirely possible to gather the strength of the entire camp through the Comintern to make up for a particularly important ally alone.

   Of course, this is the bragging of the General Secretary, and this time, China's power is mainly needed. But this does not mean that the Soviet Union is not important, and China is incapable of calling on the entire camp. The wave of protests was quelled, and before the Comintern Congress dissipated, the general secretary showed a fox's tail and made a not-too-excessive request. Portugal joins the Warsaw Pact…

Once the news spread, not only Reagan jumped out to threaten, but even French President Mitterrand came out to protest. Once Portugal officially entered the Warsaw Pact system, NATO would not be confused at all. Once the war begins, it is a two-sided attack.

   The opposition is unprecedentedly huge, and there have even been remarks that we must first use military means to solve the Portuguese issue and relieve the worries behind NATO. Serov definitely doesn't believe this, because he hasn't left yet. NATO has not yet had the guts to kill him here, and the problem is not necessarily solved by a world war.

"How do you feel, General Secretary?" Sherbitsky's happiness was undisguised. He was against Portugal's entry into the Warsaw Pact, and he learned from Brezhnev's scheming, Sherbitsky You can see the backlash of this thing. This is not something a big spy chief can get through with a slap of his brain, this is Lisbon, not Moscow.

   "Not so good!" Serov replied with a blushing face and a heartbeat, expecting Khrushchev's descendants to have a wrong understanding. How is this possible? If something goes wrong, it is definitely not the general secretary's fault, but a problem of execution. The source of this problem? Serov glanced at his in-laws, the first secretary of the Ukrainian Party Committee! The root of the problem lies in the fact that an important cadre was not closely united under the central leadership with Comrade Serov at the core.

   "Even if Portugal cannot enter the Warsaw Pact, I will let NATO officially guarantee that Portugal will not be subverted." The original intention of pulling Portugal into the Warsaw Pact was that Serov felt that Portugal might be subverted. Although the wave of protests this time has subsided temporarily, no one can guarantee that there will be no next time, once Portugal is internally unstable, will it be military into Qin.

   Shelov believes in the guarantees and integrity of successive US presidents, the only one who does not believe in the current US President Ronald Reagan. Reagan did too many things that an American president could not do. As he said, Reagan's style should be an important cadre of the Soviet Union, or even the chairman of the KGB, not the president of the United States.

   "Reagan would never make such a guarantee, and it would not be implemented." Shelbitsky affirmed calmly.

"So, I want to talk to France and let the United States go to the side." Shelov snorted coldly, "Reagan thought I would beg him, dream, I would rather go to Siberia to dig potatoes." You can talk about anything, take the initiative to show weakness. Things can't be discussed.

  Reagan's reputation is in the socialist camp, and he has been eliminated by Serov as blacker than fungus, just like his own reputation in European and American countries. If he takes the initiative to show weakness in this case, what will all the Soviets think of him.

   The look of astonishment on Shirbitsky's face flashed, and he nodded silently, which was not a solution. France's status in NATO is very peculiar. It has no US troops stationed in the country and does not participate in NATO joint operations. But nominally a member of NATO, just as Romania was for a time in the Warsaw Pact. It's the kind that doesn't listen to the tune.

   is actually a little bit more than Romania, but it doesn't matter. After all, France is still a permanent member of the United Nations and a well-known African policeman. To be honest, France is an important weight to balance the two military groups. So far the Soviet Union has respected the influence of France, and the relationship between the two countries is OK.

   The Soviet Union did not respond to the US State Department's warning, which fully reflected the rigidity of the Soviet Union. It is a pity that the United States was not fooled, and recognized that this was because the Soviet Union did not respect the United States. Shelov is more embarrassed, even if it is true, don't say it.

  The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, who was still in Lisbon, used the last time to help stabilize the situation in Portugal. The Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs has communicated with the French President about the visit of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to France. As long as France gives an answer, it will immediately set off to visit Paris.

   At present, the residual power of the Soviet Union's Comintern Conference has defused the protest wave in Portugal, and many European countries have rumored that the Soviet Union will absorb Portugal into the Warsaw Pact. In this case, France announced the news of the visit of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to France. Immediately attracted the attention of the whole world, France's reception of the Soviet Union in this situation also caused a lot of speculation in the two camps.

  In this environment and the speculations of many countries, the special plane of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Serov and the First Secretary of the Ukrainian Party Committee Serbitsky landed slowly at the Paris International Airport in France. Official visit to France begins.

   The moment they got off the plane, Serov and Sherbitsky shook hands with French President Mitterrand and George Marshall, the general secretary of the Communist Party and the speaker of the National Assembly, respectively. The two sides remained cautiously friendly.

   Serov said that he would go to the ruins of the Paris Commune to pay his respects during the itinerary of this visit. At the same time, he expressed his appreciation for the work of the French Socialist Party and the French Communist Party. "The Soviet Union has never doubted the development and originality of French socialism!" In an interview with a French reporter, Serov did not hesitate to affirm France's achievements, "France is an indivisible, state-religious, democratic, socialist republic. This is different from the Soviet Union, but there is no essential difference."

France is a socialist country, there is no doubt about it. Serov's words are written in the French constitution. No one can say that what he said is wrong. one question.

  A Portuguese issue, of course, is not worth the two giants of the Soviet Union to come to Paris. The main discussion is the issue between the Soviet Union and France. The Portuguese issue is just an appetizer. There is still a common language between social imperialism and usurer imperialism. There are historical reasons for this as well as practical reasons.

  The friendship between the Soviets and France needs the Federal Republic of Germany to maintain. Serov first emphasized the close relationship between Russia and France from the history, from the First World War to the Second World War's joint Germany, and the advantages of the common position of the two countries on certain issues, such as the containment of the Federal Republic of Germany.

  France and Russia have always treated each other differently, just because there is a Germany between the two countries. Who gave the Germans a sneering face in Europe? Every time something happens, I can often see that the natural enemies on both sides of my east and west have already stood side by side, holding hands in battle.

   Even in the Cold War, when the two major military groups faced off, France shouted loudly about the reconciliation of France and Germany to jointly defend Europe, and it was also guarding against the Federal Republic of Germany. Any organization needs to have a say. Even if the strengths of the two countries are similar, there must be a country that can be compared. The French believe that this country should be France.

  But the current development trend of the Federal Republic of Germany seems to be a little bit more powerful than that of France. France itself can't eat the Federal Republic of Germany. If the Soviet Union opposite the Iron Curtain comes out to beat the Federal Republic of Germany from time to time, as long as it is not too much, France is very willing to see it. Recalling history has given both sides a good start.

"The Soviet Union sees very clearly France's special status in NATO, so under the current circumstances, we hope that France will declare to protect Portugal's neutral status and end the threat of some intervening forces. Of course, we mean a large part of the intervening forces. Including you, France." In private conversations, leaders speak no different from ordinary people, friendly exchanges and cordial condolences are just narrations of ordinary people on TV. Who would normal people talk like that?

   The difference is that Khrushchev's performance is too straightforward, and Brezhnev's performance is more subtle, and there is no essential difference.

   "After all, we are still nominally a member of NATO, so what's in it for us?" Mitterrand replied noncommittally, "Portugal also has French interests, you know, the Soviet Union's Internet terminal is there."

"So the Soviet Union will not sit back and watch Portugal be subverted. Portugal's geographical location is particularly important to us in the Soviet Union. Many submarine cables are in Portugal, and we will never sit back and watch our information be controlled by the enemy." Sherbitsky also did not give in. "We will not ask the Americans, but if France can help, it will reap the friendship of the Soviets."

  Mitterand nodded, lost in thought. At present, the United States is under the leadership of Reagan, and the same network is being constructed all over the world, but it is too late. The Soviet Union has already completed its construction ahead of schedule. Most of the countries in the entire Eurasian continent and most of the African countries have been absorbed by the Soviet Union.

  The international network of the United States has lagged behind since the beginning, and Eurasia and Africa are the centers of human activities. Compared with the former, the United States has built more like an American local area network. If France had to choose one, of course, the Soviet Union's international network was more convenient.

   Mitterrand certainly couldn't estimate the world in a few decades, but he could feel the importance of this thing. France wanted to get involved, "This is not good!" Serov said hard-to-get, "Portugal is involved in the national security of the Soviet Union."

   This is pure nonsense. The Soviet Union is eager for France to come in, so the international network developed by the United States is naturally a local area network. France plays an important role in the European Union.