USSR 1991

Page 171

The flickering yellow light made the silhouettes of the two people appear and disappear between the darkness and the light. The whole room was surprisingly quiet, only the monitor was turning, and other surveillance personnel hidden behind the mirror were watching every move in the room. move.

"Whether you have betrayed the country will not be known until after the interrogation, but you violated state secrets and took the information out of the Langley Building privately, which is enough for you to go to the FBI prison to think about your life for a while. But Director Deutsch, in Before the official interrogation begins, you will also receive a carefully prepared gift from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The interrogation will only take place when our investigation is almost finished, and you can only bless yourself that you can grit your teeth until then."

"what gift?"

An ominous premonition suddenly emerged in Deutsch's heart. The CIA is known for torturing prisoners by various methods. Is it possible that the punishment used by some Central Asian Islamic extremists should be tried on himself?

"This is the United States, not overseas. You have no right to use any punishment against a CIA director. I protest! I want to talk to my lawyer! Tell me, who authorized you?" Deutsch became a little hysterical , he yelled at the mirror in an attempt to attract the attention of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Director Frihe, who was about to walk out of the confinement room, stopped. He turned his head and said to Deutsch, "Lawyer? Don't forget that this is the CIA's secret prison. According to you, it is equivalent to a prison that does not exist on American soil. Naturally, there will be no law and order here, except for interrogation, which is confession. If you are willing to confess everything, you may suffer less pain."

After finishing speaking, Friech closed the door, and then turned on the strong lights placed in the four corners, and the originally dark prison cell instantly became a dazzlingly bright space, even if you close your eyes, you can feel the light. There was no way to rest for a moment because of the glare of the strong light.

"Is this effective?" President Mario, who was standing outside the interrogation room, asked.

"Using strong light to interrogate prisoners is just a common method used by the CIA. Even if you close your eyes, you can feel the dazzling light. There is no way to take a good rest. It is most suitable for interrogating spies and intelligence personnel, because this This method will not leave any scars on them, and there is no way to file a lawsuit in the country." Homeland Security Secretary McConnell explained to President Mario, "Trained intelligence personnel can last for a few days, and Doe Director Qi, who is not a former intelligence chief, may not be able to persist for 24 hours. So this is also an effective method that the CIA has tried and tested.”

"Perhaps even Director Deutsch didn't expect that the means used to interrogate prisoners would be used on himself." Director Friech sneered, "It doesn't take 24 hours, I guess we can be in Deutsch in a few hours. Evidence of the conspiracy was found in the director's residence, and the law will naturally be brought to justice."

"If this is the case, then Director Deutsch will not be punished. I remember that he has a bad heart and is not suitable for court trial, and the director of the CIA has been instigated. Such news is not conducive to maintaining the high image of the US government." Mali President Austria said something of unknown meaning.

Director Frihe pretended not to understand the implication, while McConnell nodded understandingly. In order to save the face of the US government, there will never be the first CIA director in history to be instigated.So after the conviction was established, only accidental death awaited Deutsch.

After waiting for a while, Frich finally got the final result of the investigation, and the result of the investigation was both unexpected and embarrassing. The report showed that the leak of all the documents actually came from a worm hidden in Director Deutsch’s computer. When browsing some adult websites, the hidden virus will be activated, and the files on his computer will be secretly downloaded to other computers in the background, so as to achieve the purpose of stealing confidential files.

Facing such a dumbfounding ending, Friech still did not forget to add insult to injury, "I really can't believe that a director of the CIA would be so careless. Maybe the so-called worm virus was designed between him and KGB agents." What about traps? Attempting to use this method to evade domestic investigations, after all, unintentional leaking of secrets is slightly lighter than intentional betrayal of the country."

Frich's words reminded everyone that after all, their opponent was the most cunning KGB intelligence agency, and everything Deutsch did might be a deception.

"So I think we still need to continue the necessary interrogation of Director Deutsch, and we can give everyone an explanation until the results come to light. Maybe the bright lights are not strong enough, so I suggest adding a few more, after all, this is the CIA. Where's the chief?" Chief Freeh said with a sneer.

Chapter 379 Cleansing and Auditing

"The political changes in the White House in the past few days should be very exciting, especially if these recent news are linked together, it is simply a record of the political situation in the White House. From the arrest of CIA Director Deutsch for leaking intelligence secrets, When the joint investigation team entered the CIA to re-investigate the background information of all field agents, it was obvious that President Mario no longer trusted the CIA. This was an opportunity for our KGB to regain the initiative in Eastern Europe. The CIA's Yi The Lord and the White House's interference will greatly suppress the morale of the CIA, how can a leader who can't even lead the team well lead the US intelligence community?"

The temperature in Moscow in October has been kept below ten degrees, and everyone is wearing thick windbreakers. Even in the coldest weather, Yanayev will choose to stand on the tower of the Kremlin for a while, looking at the surrounding area. the country he governs.

Yanayev closed the newspaper, threw it aside, glanced at Comrade Kryuchkov in front of him, and said with a smile, "So this time the Americans' self-binding can be said to be entirely due to the KGB. It has severely damaged the arrogance of the Americans."

"To be precise, this should be the credit of the general secretary. Without your guidance, I'm afraid we would not have let the pawn Ames play such an important role at the last moment. The mistrust of the intelligence agency. Just using a double agent to make the United States mistakenly believe that the intelligence agency is full of holes, and then cut its own wings, is simply a beautiful battle for the intelligence community.”

Chairman Kryuchkov really realized the power of Yanayev's methods. He could predict that the United States was about to purge the intelligence agency after the arrest of a spy. Mario thought that Being able to arrest the mole who was "instigating rebellion" was actually a huge blow to the morale of the CIA.

"This is a rare opportunity for the KGB. I think you can take advantage of this power vacuum in the United States to quickly expand our intelligence capabilities in Eastern Europe. The difference between the KGB and the GRU is that you have to prepare for the future of Eastern Europe. preparations for the political upheaval in China, preparations for the subversion of Eastern European countries."

Yanayev's words changed Kryuchkov's color instantly. Could it be that the general secretary is now brewing a plan on how to bring Eastern European countries back to the embrace of the Soviet Union?

Yanayev glanced at Comrade Kryuchkov, who had a different expression, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Don't be nervous, the Soviet Union does not have the strength to make another drastic change in Eastern Europe, so this day will not come so early, and re-invade Eastern Europe But as a long-term strategic development goal, we adopt a westward strategy after we preserve the current sphere of influence. Don’t forget that as long as the economic conditions of European countries continue to be depressed, and their refugee social problems are not resolved, Western Europe will sooner or later It will lose the opportunity to win over Eastern Europe. It is time for the established powers that have maintained their glory for more than 100 years to give way to the new rising stars."

It is difficult for Yanayev to elaborate on who is the rising star who forced Europe to give way. He can only pull the Soviet Union to catch the last train of the third technological revolution and the Asia-Pacific economic development wave, and try to shorten the distance between it and the United States.As for the world dragon that is really taking off economically, it no longer belongs to them.

"Now that the CIA has given way in Eastern Europe, it's time for the KGB's field agents to go out and be active. I think the KGB has long been dissatisfied after being forced to reduce the scale of its activities in the past few years. Let the KGB fill them. leaving a power void."

When Director Deutsch was suffering in a secret prison, the CIA was now in a state of chaos. First, Director Deutsch was subjected to isolation and review by the investigation team for leaking state secrets. When it happened, a joint team of Homeland Security and the FBI started going to the CIA and doing background checks on everyone who worked in the building, even the cleaners, not to mention the field agents operating in Europe Director Friech, who had long been dissatisfied with the CIA, started a Stalinist purge within the CIA.

First of all, all the people who the investigation team found to be problematic in the background check were recruited back, no matter what kind of tasks they were doing, they were dispatched back for quarantine review without any excuses.After all, the information leaked from Director Deutsch's computer was much more serious than any other time.

The entire building was panicked, and the investigation team members in black uniforms looked at everyone with extremely unfriendly eyes like the terrible gendarmerie in wartime. Everyone who was questioned by the investigation team would be taken to a A small black room isolated from the world for several hours of questioning, but the content of the questioning is complicated and trivial, even including the details of attending a certain mission, you have to write it down accurately.

After a few days, some were declared safe, while others who were less fortunate were taken by the investigative team to other places for interrogation, where they were forced to answer more questions in what appeared to be cells in secret prisons. question, accept more interrogations to prove his innocence.

The investigation team is not a product of a whim, but President Mario's plan to completely "purify" the CIA. Even if it sacrifices some of the CIA's overseas interests, it is still better than the KGB-infiltrated interior.In order to add fuel to the flames, the KGB can also create some false appearances, such as overseas anonymous bank accounts whose names are connected with CIA agents, such as a few words about classified information found in an agent’s home. The KGB tried every means to make the investigation team mistakenly believe that The KGB power within the CIA has grown to alarming proportions.

Friech put the results of the investigation in front of Mario, and he whispered to President Mario, "There are 31 people involved in the suspected espionage, and 4 people were officially confirmed as spies, and 80.00% of them are field agents. , especially in Eastern Europe. I think we have to get rid of the head of the CIA in Europe and replace it with a group of loyal and reliable CIA agents."

"What's the matter with Director Deutsch? Are you still trying to deny it as before?" Mario raised his head and asked, "Director Frihe, you just promised three days ago that Deutsch's problem will be solved in a short time." Now every minute of delay, the White House faces more pressure. Do you know how many reporters are waiting outside the door to attend the press conference? They all want to see that the director of the US intelligence agency is actually Double agents of the Soviet Union, how important will it be to the trust of the US government if such a thing spreads?"

"But we can't just let Deutsch go like this. After all, the root of all problems lies with him. As long as we can find tangible evidence, we can..."

Mario interrupted Frihe, "We can convict Deutsch, right? I have heard this sentence at least ten times, but have you found any real evidence? The Supreme Court is in the Test the pressure on me, if it cannot be proved that Director Deutsch has betrayed the United States, then the judgment will be made according to the established procedures."

President Mario also doesn't want to see the CIA defecting to the enemy, especially when the situation is intensifying. It just feels so stupid.

"Director Friech, you must know that I am also under pressure. Some people hope that I will convict Deutsch as soon as possible, and stop showing the behavior of trying to cover up the other party. Similarly, if evidence of Deutsch's treason is found , will damage the reputation of the U.S. government, and this is something no one wants to see."

"So since no evidence has been found, the interrogation will come to an end."

President Mario's words made Frihe waste all his previous efforts. Although he was a little reluctant, he also knew that if no evidence could be found, the interrogation could not continue.After all, the other party is still the director of the CIA with a subtle identity.

"So what about the agents who are quarantined and inspected? Do you want to stop continuing the inspection?" Frihe asked. Since the director of the CIA cannot be brought down, at least some of the agents of the CIA will be sent to prison.

President Mario turned his head, stared at the faces on the list, and replied in a cold voice, "Director Frihe, I just said to stop the investigation of Director Deutsch, did you say to stop the review of the CIA? Keep digging , I think there must be some unknown big fish lurking inside, and you’d better spend more time and effort on Ames, he must have the information we want.”

"Yes."

With President Mario's guarantee, Director Friech is much more at ease.After the first round of arrests, the review team started a second round of stricter reviews and purges. As long as they uttered a wrong sentence, they would be transferred from Langley to a more heavily guarded interrogation room for review. , Almost every day, people can be seen coming out of the office and following the investigation team to the black car prepared at the door.

Director Friech looked at all this with great satisfaction. This was simply the greatest revenge against the CIA, and all possible communists were wiped out in the name of trial.He was holding a list about Ames in his hand, and on that list were all CIA agents who had had close contact with him.

Even President Mario did not expect this incident to be worse for the CIA.The CIA, originally led by two mediocre directors, has shown a bloated and inefficient situation. Coupled with such a black October purge, the CIA has no strength to compete with the KGB.

And the KGB, which was suppressed everywhere in Eastern Europe before, finally ushered in the spring of development.

Chapter 3: The Serbian Negotiations

Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which belonged to the Soviet Iron Curtain, are at the center of strategic siege by various former communist countries. From Hungary, Romania, to Bulgaria, they are very "lucky" to become one of the very few countries in the Balkan Peninsula that need Soviet asylum. Moreover, the Serbian economy, which has just experienced the Yugoslav war, is still in extreme difficulties.

NATO members originally wanted to rely on political and economic blockades to subdue Serbia and change the flag of the red system on their heads, but they did not expect the Soviet Union to provide Serbia with a very generous interest-free loan and help post-war reconstruction work to ensure Serbia can get rid of its economic difficulties in a short period of time. As long as the "Balkan Tigers" can be revived, the original decline of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe will change.

At this time, Serbia still belonged to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Together with the Republic of Montenegro, it was called Little Yugoslavia or the Third Yugoslavia. It was originally a country that was almost dismembered under the heavy siege of Western Europe. Under the protection of the Soviet Union, it escaped the tragic history. fate.

Therefore, the Soviet Union sent Prime Minister Pavlov to visit Serbia to deploy Soviet strategic weapons in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the Soviet Union. Although Mishelovich had no choice but to be on the safe side, let Pavlov As the object of this state visit, first test Serbia's tone. If Serbia is willing to build and deploy a missile system in their territory that can strike any country in Europe, then the Soviet Union is willing to provide Serbia with long-term asylum.

When Pavlov left the Kremlin, Yanayev had a secret conversation with him about whether it was the right and wise choice to establish a long-range missile launch base in Serbia. The Cuban Missile Crisis had warned the Soviet government not to Try to blackmail your opponent when the strategic situation is out of balance.

"Because Serbia has no choice now, just like Cuba was surrounded by US warships back then, and enemies are everywhere. Western countries can't rest assured that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia can be dismembered and become a completely non-threatening country."

Yanayev looked through the background information of Mishelovich, feeling a little sad about the fate of this hero. In the original history, Milosevic became the so-called interrogator of the former Yugoslavia. Defending himself against lawyers, and in effect indicting Western military violence before an international tribunal, Milosevic died suddenly in 2006 without convincing medical treatment without a sentence. In The Hague Prison.

Ironically, the United Nations International Court of Justice ruled on February 2015, 2 that Serbia did not commit genocide against Croatia during the Balkan Wars in the early 3s, that is, the genocide against Milosevic. The charge of crime was not established.However, NATO countries have kept silent about the large-scale bombing of Yugoslavia since March 20, 90, which caused the largest humanitarian disaster in Europe since World War II.No wonder some people say that Western politicians are a bunch of shameless people who tell even more shameless lies.

"Only the Soviets can save the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Don't forget that as long as the Serbs want to maintain unity, they will not be able to reach a compromise with the Western countries. Milosevic wants to maintain the status quo of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Western countries want to Turn them directly into Montenegro, Yugoslavia, and maybe add another Kosovo. Is there anything more shameless than splitting a small and weak country under the banner of independence, democracy and freedom? In their eyes, there is no justice, only politicians interests in their eyes.”

"If we once represented a brutal and evil empire in the Western world, then NATO now is more like a group of ugly villains. The Soviet Union will not allow a group of villains to stir up trouble in Europe. They want to get involved in the Balkans? We have to ask our steel torrent to answer."

Yanayev raised his head and replied coldly, "One day, NATO will pay for the crimes it committed."

Pavlov came back from the memory in a jerk. He looked out the window and saw that the plane entered the taxiway of Tesla Airport. After a short taxi, the plane stopped in a crowded stand. , Pavlov adjusted his tie, and waved to the reporters and officials below the bridge at the moment the plane door opened.