Soviet Union 1991

(Second update)

It is impossible to count how many people stayed in front of the TV last night to watch Yanayev chatting and laughing with Western people. Wallace only knows that the ratings of his program increased by 85% that night, defeating all in one fell swoop. Rating-based programs on current affairs. That night when everyone at CBS was popping champagne to celebrate, Wallace found an excuse to leave the celebration temporarily and silently dialed the numbers of members of the International Rescue Organization he knew in his office.

Beep——, after a short busy tone, the person on the other side picked up the phone and said in a somewhat impatient tone, "Hello, I'm Peter, who are you?"

"Hi, Pete, old man, this is Wallace. I'm sorry to bother you. Are you free now? Can you do me a favor?" Wallace called his friend from the International Rescue Organization. He leaned against the office On the table, he tilted his head slightly to the left, held the microphone with his shoulder, took out his hand and lit a cigarette for himself, to calm down the nervousness he had felt during the recording of the program just now.

"It's Wallace." The man called Pete immediately changed his tone. His fat body was lying lazily on the sofa. He was holding a glass of wine and replied with a cheerful voice, "Tell me, what difficulties do you have?" ? I will try my best to help you."

"That's it." Wallace held the microphone in his left hand and held a cigarette between the fingers of his right hand. He said in a heavy tone, "Aren't you organizing humanitarian relief in Afghanistan? You are distributing food to refugees. I would like to ask you. Can I ask the refugees by the way to find the missing Soviet soldiers who entered Afghanistan?"

"You mean to help the Soviet government find the missing soldiers?" Pete hesitated for a moment. He put the cup on the table and his tone became hesitant. "Wallace, you know, even if we know where the missing Soviet soldiers are, It is impossible to rescue them, because the sponsors behind the international rescue organizations are large conglomerates in the United States. If they find out about these things, it will be very troublesome and they may even cut off our financial assistance. "

Wallace silently turned on the phone's loudspeaker function, and turned on the recording equipment he carried with him. Pete on the other side of the phone didn't know that every word he said next was completely recorded by Wallace.

"Pete, I want to know what would happen if the financial backers behind your International Rescue Organization's efforts to save Soviet soldiers knew about it?" Wallace asked again, pretending not to hear.

As expected, Pete, who was led into the trap, casually repeated what he had just said, "I mean because of ideology, it is impossible for international rescue organizations to help find the missing Soviet soldiers, even to help pay attention, because For our sponsors, they refused to help these people, even if they watched the Soviet prisoners being tortured to death by the Afghan guerrillas, to me, the death of a hundred Soviet people was not as important as the life of one American.”

After Wallace recorded all of Pete's words, he pressed the play button. He calmly said to the person on the other end of the phone, "If I publish these words, what kind of sensation do you think it will cause, Pete."

When he heard Pete's disdainful voice playing in the recording on the other end of the phone, he immediately panicked, clenched the phone and stammered, "Oh my god, what are you doing, Wallace? Damn it, you I know these words cannot be made public, otherwise the rescue organization will be condemned by public opinion and my job may not be saved!”

"You can choose to help and pay attention, or you can choose to let the public supervise you and pay attention." Wallace seemed to think of something, and added, "Oh, by the way, the image of Soviet President Yanayev is deeply rooted in those people. In the hearts of the TV public, if you make a wrong choice on this issue, I don’t know what the consequences will be.”

"Okay, okay, I'll just help you." The person on the other end of the phone almost burst into tears. Between offending his big benefactor and losing his job, he would rather choose the former.

While the United States was still immersed in the surprise of the sudden interview with Yanayev, senior leaders in Moscow received special approval to set up a special rescue committee to search for the missing soldiers. If the previous actions were to establish an image of a tough leader, then this rescue was to show Yanayev's benevolent side.

Others secretly complained that the search was meaningless, that they were looking for a needle in a haystack, and that there was no way to find soldiers and captives who had been missing for many years in Afghanistan. Defense Minister Yazov raised this issue at the time, believing that the search was a waste of money.

"Looking for an Afghan resistance fighter named Islamuddin. He was Masud's guard. Of course, he had another identity before. He was a soldier of the 101st Motorized Rifle Regiment. His original name was Nikolai Bestrov. Uzbekistan” Yanayev gave a name that shocked everyone present.

"Masud's guard? Is that Masud known as the 'Lion of Panjshir'? Our biggest enemy in Afghanistan." Yazov asked hesitantly. He was a little surprised why even the KGB agents could not obtain these. The president actually has first-hand sources of information. Yanayev suddenly became mysterious in Yazov's heart. Thinking back carefully, it seems that he has been in control of various situations since the August 19 coup.

"Yes." Yanaev nodded, and he pretended to be mysterious and said, "Of course, Comrade Yazov, you don't need to ask me why I know this. I won't tell you. You just need to find Islamuddin through the intelligence network in Afghanistan. He should have a lot of information about the missing Soviet soldiers. Most of those soldiers did not return to their country. They went to Pakistan through his relationship, and then transferred to South Africa or Europe."

"Okay, I will let the people of the committee find ways to contact him. By the way, General Secretary Yanaev, there is one more thing to report to you." Yazov said with some concern, "Regarding the situation of the Soviet army stationed in the member states, the major member states generally adopted a negative attitude, unwilling to disclose the specific number of troops, the details of weapons, and refused to hand over and so on. Yes, they They are stalling for time and refusing to make the member states an integral part of the Soviet Union. "

Hearing Yazov's report, Yanaev became interested and asked, "That is to say, there are still a considerable number of separatist forces in the major member states trying to obstruct the Soviet Union's plan for unification? They did not restrain their actions because of the fate of the three Baltic countries. I have given them a considerable amount of economic autonomy, but I have only sacrificed their army. Are you still not satisfied?"

Defense Minister Yazov added, "Yes, especially Georgia, which showed the strongest performance. The Soviet army sent to incorporate had a small-scale conflict with the Georgian army, but fortunately there were no casualties. Although they know that unification is inevitable, they have been trying their best to delay time, as if they are planning something. "

It's really interesting. Yanaev slowly narrowed his eyes and carefully thought about what kind of actions Georgian President Zvyad would take. As a running dog of the United States and a pioneer in anti-Soviet forces, Zvyad seems to be more difficult to deal with than imagined.

Could it be that these guys want to have a war of independence? Yanaev's eyes suddenly lit up. If Georgia fired the first shot of the War of Independence, it would mean that a series of member states would revolt one after another.

But if Yanaev successfully suppressed the rebellion in Georgia, it would mean that the Soviet Union had legitimate reasons to deprive all member states of their special rights.

"I understand, Comrade Yazov. Then let's slow down the work of receiving the troops for the time being. We will wait for those happy fish to come out of the lake and then catch them all in one net." Yanaev decided to set a trap for Georgia and wait for him to get closer.

The Soviet Union temporarily restrained its actions, waiting for those self-righteous political clowns to show their feet, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. Gray animals, cheer for a while, after these few days, you will never laugh again.

In Yazov's puzzled eyes, Yanaev crossed his hands and said coldly, "When the Soviet Union returns to the North, all the traitors will die."