Soviet Union 1991

(first update)

The Derventa massacre was like a bombshell that detonated the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those soldiers who knew the cause and effect were ordered to remain silent, and those war reporters who tried to discover the truth were secretly executed in the mass graves of Delvent Tower. This massacre suddenly seemed to become a major focus of public opinion's criticism of the Croatian army.

When Yanayev saw this newspaper, he immediately understood what was going on. He used frame-up to put his political opponents into an unethical situation. Karadzic's method was not too clever, but he handled the matter well. It was so clean that no evidence was left behind. Now all countries, including the United Nations, are targeting the Croats, pushing the Croatian armed organizations into a situation where they cannot defend themselves.

But Yanayev still dialed Karadzic’s number through the Kremlin’s secret outside line. When the other party dared to answer the call, he asked rudely, “Karadzic, why did you do this at this critical moment? Once this kind of thing becomes known, it will have a great impact on us at the negotiation table. At that time, Karadzic will have only one choice: to be sent to an international political court and accepted a jury trial."

"I don't know what you are talking about, President Yanayev. If I have done anything wrong, please correct me and thank you for your contribution to the Bosnian Serb army." Karadzic She asked him back with a doubtful tone. Karadzic is an old fox, and this kind of secret matter is basically only known by heaven and earth.

Seeing that the other party was so short-sighted that he was still guarding himself, Yanayev suddenly lost his temper. He reminded Karadzic indirectly, "Karadzic, don't play with fire and burn yourself. I don't have time to help you clean up your mess. Also, If you want to continue to gain the upper hand in international public opinion, you'd better settle this matter completely and leave no trace behind, if possible, to disgust the Americans."

"Everything is fine. The Serbian army is advancing very smoothly, there is no problem." Karadzic made a pun.

After hanging up the phone, Yanayev dialed another number and spoke to Surkov in the briefest of words. "Come to my office, now, yes."

After putting down a lot of work at hand and running to Yanayev's office, Surkov didn't understand what the moody general secretary wanted to do. Yanayev said, throwing the headlines of the recent massacre of Serbs in Surkov's face. "Do you know about this?"

Surkov, who has always been sensitive to international politics, glanced at the title and knew what Yanayev wanted to ask, "You know, the Derwenta massacre is an inhumane killing that has been made public so far. . Reported by Serbian journalists who went deep into the war zone, it shocked the world.”

"This massacre seems to have plunged the Croatian army into a situation of humanitarian condemnation." Surkov analyzed, "Although there have been reports of sporadic killings by Serbian militias against Croatian and Muslim people in the past few months, there have been no News about massacres by Serbian regular troops.”

Having said this, Surkov looked up at Yanayev. The other person just smiled and nodded, indicating for him to continue.

Seeing Yanayev's expression, Surkov quickly understood what was going on. He became more and more firm in his analysis and continued, "I'm afraid that the Serbian army did not implement retaliation for some reason. , blaming all the dirty actions on the militias. However, the Croatian leadership obviously could not control the indignant Croatian army, so this brutal massacre occurred and was exposed."

"The only problem is that the previous killings of civilians were almost sporadic, but why did such a large-scale problem break out this time?" This is the only thing Surkov doesn't understand.

"I'm afraid this massacre may not be the masterpiece of the Croatian army. After all, the Bosnian Serb army still has to condemn the enemy from the moral high ground." Karadzic can be considered an old fox. In the previous history, Yugoslavia did not receive any support from the international community, so their only means of expelling the Croats and Serbs was the massacre. Now that the Serbians have the backing of the Soviet Union, no matter what they do, they must take into account the feelings of the international community.

Of course, the best way is to package yourself as a patriotic hero who fights for national unity and independence. Then dismiss the other party as a despicable and dirty villain.

"We will launch a propaganda campaign to describe the Croatian army supported by the United States as a brutal and anti-humanitarian army." Surkov smiled knowingly, "I think the United States will also have a headache by then. He can choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb. But the member organizations of the United Nations will definitely investigate and intervene. Moreover, after experiencing the lessons of the Serbian explosion, NATO is worried about finding an entry point into the situation in Yugoslavia. The more chaotic the situation, the better. Only in this way can we achieve our interests. of maximization.”

Although the United States and the Soviet Union are currently in a situation where the EU is being tricked, the two countries still have to be wary of each other. What Yanayev wants to do is to create obstacles for the United States while protecting his own interests.

Moscow newspapers, which have always been quick to publicize, issued a statement on this incident. They described the Croatian army as a terrible thug who raped, looted, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.

"The Delventa massacre was just their appetizer. We have reason to believe that this group of thugs will do something even more terrible next. We hope that all parties will unite to restrain the barbaric behavior of the Croatian army and save those poor children!" The tragic tone in the article won the support of many people who did not know the truth.

When Yanaev saw the news report, he almost believed the situation described in the newspaper. What's more, the report was seriously accompanied by photos of massacres taken by war correspondents in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past few months. Some were Croatians and some were Serbs. However, putting all these photos in the Serbian report was misleading.

As I said before, the truth of the news depends on which part the interest group represented by the reporter wants you to know.

This also made Yanaev more determined to maintain the importance of the news censorship system. Once people with ulterior motives master the media's public opinion weapons, their practice of reversing right and wrong for their own interests may become a battering ram to subvert a country's regime. (To be continued.)