Chapter 1747 The Cleansing of the Atlanticists

The entire Lithuanian contingent returned to Moscow, Alexeyev chose a training ground to meet with these members, and first read out the punishment for causing casualties this time.

For this kind of punishment, the members of the Alpha Force were of course unconvinced in their hearts, and Alekseyev spoke directly, “In fact, in the third party considerations, I am also unconvinced in my heart. But we must all realize that the liberals made trouble in Moscow and even used the American ambassador to the Soviet Union to put pressure on the central government, and the central government was under a great deal of pressure. And, of course, I myself am very saddened by this concession.”

Arikseyev opened his mouth and put his position together with the Alpha Force, which was now suffering from disciplinary action, as a way to gain favor, and then announced with a grave face that he was going to carry out a purging of the Alpha Force in this way, and that it wasn’t just this one time of the Lithuanian contingent, but that it was going to be a purging of the whole of the Alpha Force.

Saying this purpose, the entire contingent was in an uproar, and spoke up to say that this was an unfair punishment, and that the problem of the matter as it stood was not with them.

“Of course I know that the root cause is not you guys, it’s the liberals, it’s some of the leaders who don’t have a firm unanimity, doesn’t it make me sad in my heart, the first batch of members of the Alpha Force are still handpicked by me.”

For the sake of the big picture, occasionally have to abandon some good people, since this is the order of the central government, the culture czar suggests that this time the good dal directly exaggerated, replace the commanders of all levels of the Alpha Force with reliable people, anyway, this responsibility is very clear.

If you want to blame it on the map head did not take responsibility, if you want to blame it on the Khitan people collusion with foreign enemies, he this KGB vice chairman is only a conveyor, the responsibility is not his.

This was a step to complete full control of the Alpha Force by means of a supreme order, and it was an essential step.

Arikseyev spoke kindly to the erring members of the team, and then with a heavy tone narrated, “You feel aggrieved, but what is this aggrievement compared to the safety of the Russians in Lithuania? I am personally most concerned that the local Russians are in some sense already in great danger.”

The whole speech in this time directly sublimated, and even can directly pull the Chetniks this Russian President against the fight, with nationalism against nationalism, the Russians in Russia within the age of the Russians, there are tens of millions of Russians in the Republic of the Union it, their situation who has considered?

Alexeyev took a direct example of the Dzhokhar Republic of Moldova, expressing in evasive tones that he didn’t want this situation to occur across the Soviet Union.

Two years ago, the Moldovan Supreme Soviet enacted a law on the language of the republic, making Moldovan the state language, restricting the use of Russian and other national languages in official contexts, and making proficiency in Moldovan mandatory for candidates applying to Moldovan institutions of higher learning.

This was followed by the Moldovan People’s Front, which advocated the merger of Moldova with Romania.

In order to prevent this region from being incorporated into Romania, the Fourteenth Army of the Red Army of the USSR has been stationed there since 1956, and the commanders of the Fourteenth Army, upon noticing a tendency of secession of the local Romanian population, began to take control of the Derzho region for a variety of reasons, creating a state within a state in the Moldovan locality.

This series of policies caused resentment and panic among the ethnic minorities, who began to attempt independence from Moldova and the creation of a non-Romanian nation-state belonging to their own people.

The local Russians, with the support of the garrison, had already formed a German left government in September last year, in an armed confrontation with Moldova.

So as long as the local Soviet army wants to play a role, in the spirit of the purpose of the broken pot, absolutely able to want to make the independence of the whole place bitter. That was actually the lesson of Lithuania’s previous experience, and since what happened in De Left wasn’t enough to make many people wary, the state of De Left was replicated in Lithuania.

In fact the other group sent to Lithuania was the armed Russian militia of the Republic of Dzao, and of course many of the militia that departed from Dzao were themselves veterans of the original Soviet Army in Germany, a fact known only to himself and to both mother and son Foltseva.

There had already appeared a group of Russians who, with the support of the Soviet Army, had accomplished the cession of a part of the Union Republic, and this had boosted the confidence of Arikseyev, who had not much confidence at the beginning.

This is much more useful than the persuasion of both Allen Wilson and Foltseva, the power of example is infinite.

This time Arikseyev put all the Alpha troops in the bag, but also to give to the dismissal of the officers a good arrangement, Kalinin city relies on the development in the period of Prohibition, can be said to be the whole of the Soviet Union is one of the few, the economy is not bad city, so also become a lot of people look forward to the place of work.

Through the facile arrangement, Arikseyev’s current training of the Alpha Force did not cause dissatisfaction, and it was clear that the collective defection of the Golden Apocalypse Special Forces was not going to happen.

Some of the commanders of the Alpha Force are really professional quality, all dismissal is a pity, Arikseyev after some activities, convinced the friends of the Ministry of the Interior, let these people into the signal flag force as a consultant to make up for their sins, so some clearing and pointing out, enough to make his assets shrunk by half a million dollars, but it is definitely worth it.

Alan Wilson and the good Dale’s work is similar, the same in the maintenance of Margaret Thatcher’s policy up and down, the leader can not be wrong, about the Conservative Party’s poll tax law eucalyptus, some members of Parliament that there should be Margaret Thatcher back, and the Conservative Party cut.

After some consideration, Alan Wilson also felt that it was unlikely that he would want to walk away without paying any price, and the Conservative Party wanted Mrs. Thatcher to embody the prime minister’s commitment, while Alan Wilson wanted the prime minister to put the blame on a portion of uncooperative parliamentarians, and made a list of names.

The Atlantic MPs of the Conservative Party are listed, and Alan Wilson explains, “It’s impossible to muddle through the issue of the Poll Tax Act. Some MPs are trying to desert the Prime Minister and I can’t watch that happen.”

“But a number of these people have expressed their loyalty to me, and they are all supporters of the Anglo-American special relationship.”

Mrs. Thatcher, taking one look at this as an Atlanticist MP, spoke directly and asked rhetorically, “Are you trying to protect me, or are you trying to get me to step in and dismantle my own roots?”

Alan Wilson sat down tantalizingly and said truthfully, “It’s true that I don’t like the Atlanticists, I won’t deny that. But it’s also they who are abandoning you now isn’t it? If you are removed from office internally through a no-confidence eucalyptus because of this, it’s all over, in fact, if you think about it, why aren’t you facing a map-head situation right now, and with the situation over there it’s clear that the opponents are the President of Russia, whereas yours are unseen MP’s, so maybe they’ve been conspiring long ago and are just hiding it from you.”

Mrs. Thatcher took the list and hesitated throughout in a rare moment of hesitation, while Alan Wilson went a step further and rounded on the Prime Minister’s back and said, “Margaret, I’ve always been with you.”

The words caused goose bumps to flush over Mrs. Thatcher’s body and her voice to change tone, “Don’t say those meaty words, you’re in it for yourself, only this time it’s to try and complete a purge of political factions you don’t like through my cooperation.”

“So, my dear, can you cooperate?” Alan Wilson whispered down into the Iron Maiden’s ear, “In the end, I’m also defending your position, that’s always right, isn’t it?”

Obviously, it is now a choice between two options, if Mrs. Thatcher does not agree, then the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister to step down together, of course, this option is a hidden option, Mrs. Thatcher does not know, the other option is the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister to join forces, the party will be cleaned out of the disloyal elements.

It’s not like it hasn’t happened before that the Prime Minister is able to reshuffle the Cabinet to get the Atlanticists out of the way and reintroduce the Eurosceptics as a major force in the Cabinet, such as the Conservative Aidan government in this world.

Given the choice between waiting to make an issue and taking the initiative, Mrs. Thatcher tended to choose the latter, not to mention that Alan Wilson had already taken the initiative to help her choose, and Mrs. Thatcher took the initiative to call a cabinet meeting to announce the reshuffle, kicking Geoffrey Howe out of the Cabinet, and then replacing the Chancellor of the Exchequer with John Major as Foreign Secretary, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lawson, being appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Profumer, being replaced.

The sacked Geoffrey Howe didn’t sit still and gave a resignation speech with these short, thought-provoking words: “I have done what I thought was right for my party and my country. Now it is the turn of others to consider their response to the tragic conflict of loyalties. I myself have been battling loyalty for perhaps too long too long.”

He also concluded by calling on ministers and MPs to put the interests of the country ahead of their loyalty to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

This public call to arms quickly drew a counter-attack from Margaret Thatcher, stating that she had dismissed Geoffrey Howe solely because of her misguided views on the Poll Tax, which has jeopardized healthy tax revenues in the UK, but also stressing that the Poll Tax would not be repealed in the current government, which is sort of her role as Prime Minister.

Profumo, who had been embroiled in a bit of sex with an underage girl and a potential Soviet spying incident, all of which were wiped clean by Alan Wilson, staunchly backed Margaret Thatcher as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, slammed Geoffrey Howe’s long history of misguiding the Prime Minister on policy, and took the opportunity to throw mud at the fact that Geoffrey Howe, himself, was the source of some of the nasty political rumors that were circulating with bad publicity.

“What are you doing talking about this?” Alan Wilson simply turned the TV off with the remote control, thankfully Pamela Mountbatten was out of the country.

“Is that very widespread political rumor about your man-woman relationship with the Prime Minister?” Margaret was full of curiosity, stupidly inquired, “Just tell me, Pamela is not in the country, what are you afraid of, I won’t tell her.”

“You won’t?” Alan Wilson pinched Princess Margaret’s chin and flatly refused, “You weren’t much of a spy in the first place, I can’t trust you.”