Chapter 1740 – Hooking Up

“What?” A trace of anger flashed across the map head’s face, although indecisive and without any bearing, he was still angry at this time, Lithuania’s move could be said to be a big step towards selling independence, which was provoking Moscow’s authority.

The head of the map was indignant, he felt that he had given sufficient goodwill, but the other party did not appreciate it, and asked directly in return, “What does Yazov think?”

“Comrade Yazov thinks that categorical measures should be taken to suppress the separatist forces in Lithuania.” Shevardnadze clearly understood that the head of the map wanted to ask the opinion of the military.

Arikseyev was expressionless, not having expected to run into this conversation, but being there in person also gave him a new understanding of Maphead’s two-faced style.

With the situation in the USSR in disarray, Maphead is again trying to make nice with the conservatives, not because he has a clear conscience, but because the conservatives help maintain stability.

Of course Maphead doesn’t offend the liberals either, which simply means that he wants to follow the middle path, but the Culture Tsar has already told him that the ground for the middle path no longer exists at the moment.

Shevardnadze reminded, “That’s a problem the Ministry of the Interior can solve, isn’t it, how about asking Comrade Pugo what he thinks?”

Boris Karlovich Pugo was a Latvian whose father had been an old underground member, a member of the Latvian Infantry Regiment, who had fought in the October Socialist Revolution and the Civil Revolutionary War, and had later been a high-ranking official in the Riga City Party.

Pugo himself studied in Riga processing academy, after graduation into the Riga city motor manufacturing plant as an ordinary engineer, a year later that was appointed to the plant Lenin Young Communist League group of senior officials, less than a year and get promoted, and then its career is smooth sailing, smooth sailing.

By the age of thirty-eight Pugo had risen to his father’s position, and at forty-three was appointed Chairman of the KGB of the Republic of Latvia.

At forty-seven, he became First Secretary of the Republic of Latvia, and at fifty-one he was appointed Chairman of the Central Supervisory Board of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and is now Minister of the Interior.

The head of such a powerful department, coupled with the fact that he himself came from Latvia and was not distant from the region, should have some knowledge of the situation there.

“Then call Comrade Pugo to come over and discuss the local situation.” The map head immediately followed the good advice, then looked at Alikseyev and said, “Do so regarding the previous assassination case.”

“Understood, President.” Not realizing that this was an expulsion order, Alekseyev immediately excused himself and left the Kremlin without the slightest hesitation.

He had his own business, telling his mother, and his father, who was not in the Soviet Union, what he was currently seeing; the Supreme Authority had said that such things could not be kept from him.

Foltseva told Arikseyev not to do anything rash, and a few hours later Alan Wilson, who had changed to a safer place with a satellite phone, also got in touch with the Good Lord, repeating a statement about keeping an eye on the Chetniks, and that he had another kind of analysis to tell the Good Lord, “Where are the fools who don’t want to die? Isn’t Kaliningrad next to Lithuania? The local Soviet troops must be easy to mobilize.”

Ellen Wilson had also been looking at maps only a few days before, and had suddenly realized that this place where Prussia’s dragon had flourished was still in the hands of the Soviet Union, and that it was an enclave.

Can’t blame her for not finding it before, after all, now from the map, Kaliningrad and Lithuania are the same as the Soviet Union’s land, the map has the same color, of course, can not be found at once.

Then immediately investigated the population of Kaliningrad, learned that the local Russians are the main ethnic group, with a population of more than a million, plus the Russians in Lithuania, almost the same as the native Lithuanians.

In fact, it wouldn’t be too hard to extinguish the Lithuanian independence movement if the bottom line was lowered a bit.

“So?” Arikseyev wasn’t sure what Alan Wilson meant, although he understood the importance of Kaliningrad, but what next?

“I’m talking about suppressing Lithuania now, Latvia and Estonia won’t necessarily dare to continue to make trouble.” Alan Wilson replied dryly, “Are none of them afraid of death? Isn’t that what your mapheads are used to?”

Alan Wilson remembers, the Soviet Union’s independent republics, can be divided into eighteen nineteen before and after eighteen nineteen, in fact, before eighteen nineteen, the three Baltic countries seem to be in the same breath to make a lot of noise, but the main backbone is Lithuania, Lithuania, Lithuania is making a fuss, and Latvia and Estonia are watching, solidarity is there, but does not really dare to confront Moscow.

But two days after August 19, the two countries have become independent, before August 19, the Soviet Union declared independence of two republics, one is Lithuania and one is Georgia. The problem was not serious, although back a little late, Allen Wilson expressed the same opinion as the culture czar at this time, supporting the Russian community to take a civil war.

“That’s what Mother said.” Alexeev, who was holding a satellite phone in his hand, sighed, “You two are in agreement, so it seems to be correct.”

“Yeah well, Katyusha sees it the same way.” Alan Wilson’s heart was stunned, this cultural tsar on equal footing with his wife was still formidable, not bad for someone who had personally experienced a coup d’état, “Together with the Russians in Kaliningrad, Lithuania has no way out, and it doesn’t take an army to eventually solve the problem. The hand-to-hand scenario of two years ago will not be repeated.”

The three Baltic states had actually carried out a hand-to-hand operation of a million people in the year that Eastern European countries were turning colors, but the local independence movement had only just begun that year, and Moscow was surprised but didn’t react.

On the latter day internet, though, this became revisionist history, 1991, something about the three Baltic states being undaunted in the face of millions of Soviet troops, blah blah blah.

In fact, the hand-to-hand campaign was revised for two years, the Soviet Union didn’t react, and it was revised to a confrontation of large armies, with the locals undaunted.

But the reality was that after the Soviets actually marched into Lithuania in early 1991, Lithuania really resisted but to little avail, and Latvia and Estonia simply hid and watched.

Where were the brave millions of people? There was such a campaign when Moscow didn’t react, and when the Soviets did come, Estonia and Latvia didn’t share the same spirit at all, and plainly watched, and Allen Wilson learned at this point what the Culture Czar thought, and agreed to use the Russian community to create bloodshed.

“Your enemy is no longer Maphead, good son.” Alan Wilson lowered his voice, “It’s the Russian President, you watch, once the Soviets are out there, he’ll take a stand, make a stand you definitely don’t want to hear, but that’s not without its advantages. Think about the Russians who join the republic, would they like to wake up as a minority in another country? It’s all available, and how mustn’t there be 20 or 30 million Russians living in other countries?”

“There’s also Abkhazia and South Ossetia on the Georgian side, right? There’s Naka in Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the situation hasn’t collapsed to the point of no return, but if Russia itself goes wrong, then don’t say anything.”

“I’m afraid that this trend could spread to Central Asia if it can’t be controlled.” Alexeyev was silent for a long time and complained to his English father, “You told me to be patient, I’m afraid to be patient until the time is finally missed and everything is already irretrievable.”

“Central Asia is not a problem, as I recall half the population of Kazakhstan is Russian, which is a greater advantage than even the three Baltic states.” Alan Wilson replied painfully, “Don’t worry about that.”

He could remember that the Khan was the last national leader to break away from the Soviet Union, in fact, according to the political dynamics of the late Soviet Union, the Khan might actually be the role of Kosygin and Gikhonov.

If only a quarter of the Russians in Lithuania erupted into ethnic conflict, then Kazakhstan will certainly weigh, even more afraid to act rashly.

Central Asia’s Russian fundamentals are actually still possible, of course, Uzbekistan is really not, they are the third largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union, Belarusians still have to take a back seat.

“You follow the orders to do things on the line, do not expose their ambitions.” Alan Wilson spoke with a dry mouth, “I still have to explain to the Americans why the British and French troops are in Berlin.”

“Then we’ll be in touch when the time comes.” Alexeyev put the satellite phone away and waited for the latest decision from the Kremlin.

For his part, Allen Wilson continued the explanations of the last few days, explaining them to the Americans while bashing the French. Why bash the French, it was because the French were dishonest.

It would have been enough to show up in Berlin, but the French, seeing that Britain was on top, showed up in the GDR with the French army, and instead of returning to West Berlin afterward, had the temerity to go to Czechoslovakia.

This is not a temporary move can be explained, so this point, Alan Wilson while explaining the Thatcher government’s decision, just temporary intention to make a friendly gesture to paralyze the head of the map, and is not trying to bring the British army’s talent to the beaches of the GDR.

But the French move is ambitious greatly drop, may have the idea of restoring hegemony in the continent of Europe, can not be defended.

While conversing with the US, Britain was also slamming Mitterrand through diplomatic channels as a very dangerous move and very irresponsible and dubious ally behavior towards the UK.

Shouldn’t there have been a détente with the USSR in the grand scheme of things when Britain, the US and France opened up a collusion around the British and French troops that showed up in Berlin?

This is also to test where the Soviet Union’s bottom line is, although risky but behaviorally understandable, the United Kingdom expressed aggrieved, France’s behavior is intolerable, beyond the boundaries of testing, should be blamed.

Hey, I’ve been having chest pains for six months now, and I can’t get a CT check to see where the problem is, does anyone know anything about this? Tomorrow, I am going to do a large biochemistry, just recently the hospital should not go, really annoying.