Soviet Union 1991

The third update

In order to convince the United States that its ally has betrayed Romania, Yanayev also needs a series of cooperation from the propaganda department, such as the purpose of the Soviet Union's visit to Romania, and to mislead the Americans through political propaganda.

At the same time, in order to cooperate with Romania's actions, even the most well-known former commander-in-chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces, Marshal Ogarkov, was brought out to cooperate with the Soviet Union's misleading public opinion. Let him deliberately let it slip in a recent interview. All this needs to be perfectly coordinated when Yanayev visits Romania.

Before the plane arrived in Bucharest, Yanayev used this short time to give orders to Ogarkov and Surkov respectively about the offensive of political propaganda.

"We need to make the United States mistakenly believe that we are building a Soviet missile base in Romania, so the propaganda department needs to plan a secret propaganda war. I think Comrade Surkov probably won't let me down, right?"

Now Surkov is the secretary of the Secretariat and the leader in charge of ideology. So naturally, he agreed to Yanaev's request. "If we want to fool the Americans, we need to play hard to get. Let Mario pretend that we are trying to cover up the relationship between the Soviet Union and Romania. We need a cooperating intentional leaker."

"Are you talking about Comrade Ogarkov?" Yanaev smiled. It seems that Surkov and he have the same idea. When it comes to fraud, who can compare with Ogarkov, the old fox? After all, he is the most outstanding director of the Strategic Fraud Bureau.

"Aren't we increasing the chances of Marshal Ogarkov's exposure on TV?" Surkov said with a smile, "Although this opportunity is short, I hope Marshal Ogarkov can cherish it."

Surkov has completely understood what Yanaev is thinking. He likes to create clues and then let the Americans be suspicious, and finally achieve the purpose of killing with a borrowed knife. The Soviet Union has been trying and succeeding in fraud since the Cold War. Until now, it can still let Americans with imperfect intelligence collection win the bid.

After the conversation, the special plane just happened to stop at the parking space. Yanayev hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and said to Plekhanov beside him, "Let's start our plan now."

Even Constantinescu didn't know that Yanayev would temporarily dig a pit for him to jump into. When the cabin door opened, Yanayev appeared on the apron of Bucharest Airport. He waved to the delegation that came to greet him. The reception staff sent by the Romanian government stepped forward and said to Yanayev, "Welcome to Romania, General Secretary Yanayev."

"I hope my visit did not surprise President Constantinescu." Yanayev shook hands with him in a friendly manner, and even smiled and took a photo in front of the media. Before pitting people, you still have to do enough foreplay. Anyway, Yanayev's friendship with Romania is all preparation for the next pit.

"Of course not, President Constantinescu is waiting for you." The receptionist politely made a gesture of invitation, and Yanaev followed him to the presidential car.

Constantinescu was already waiting for Yanaev's arrival in the presidential palace. To be honest, he really admired Yanaev's courage and determination. When the news of the World Bank loan was sent out, Yanaev should have known that Romania could no longer lean on the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union would gain nothing from this foreign visit.

"The Soviet Union, which made the whole of Eastern Europe fear, was defeated in Romania, which is also a victory." Constantinescu thought with a smile, and he sat quietly in his seat, waiting for Yanaev to arrive.

However, when he saw Yanaev walking towards him leisurely, Constantinescu even had some illusion for a moment, as if he was the owner here.

"Hello, President Constantinescu." Yanaev stood in front of him and stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Hello, General Secretary Yanaev, I'm glad you can visit Romania." Constantinescu also greeted him with a smile. So far, the two sides have been in a friendly meeting. The real explosion of gunpowder will have to wait until the next formal negotiations.

"I heard that the World Bank has recently provided Romania with a sum of aid to help Romania's economy overcome difficulties, right?" Yanaev did not avoid it at all, and picked out Constantinescu's trump card right away, "I really congratulate the Romanian president for being able to survive this financial crisis."

Yanaev's words made Constantinescu at a loss for how to respond. Constantinescu, who was originally prepared to play this matter as a trump card, was somewhat puzzled by Yanaev's unconventional play. Since you already know that the United States has funded Romania, is the Soviet Union now ready to talk about funding?

Yanayev never played by the rules. He waved his hand at Constantinescu and said, "Of course, the Soviet Union did not come to Romania to discuss aid this time, but other issues."

"Other issues? Sorry, General Secretary Yanayev, perhaps everyone can see Romania's poor economic situation, so we don't want to talk about anything except money now."

"Don't you want to know what kind of surprises the red ghost wandering around the European continent can bring to Romania?" Yanayev suddenly said, "Maybe after you hear this surprise, even you will feel excited?"

"Surprise? Excuse me, General Secretary Yanayev, I don't quite understand what you mean?" Constantinescu asked doubtfully.

"Since 1991, the Soviet Union has sealed up a lot of tanks, armored vehicles and armed helicopters. I don't think President Constantinescu would be interested in these weapons, right?"

Constantinescu shook his head, "Armored vehicles? Tanks? Romania has plenty, I don't think these weapons are enough to move our hearts."

Yanayev knew that the other party's appetite was definitely not small, so he used the idea of ​​throwing bricks to attract jade. It seems that Romania is unwilling to cooperate with him obediently without showing some real stuff.

According to the previously arranged plan, Yanayev put the Soviet missiles on the table as a trump card.

"In this case, then I want to say that the Soviet Union also has the largest missile arsenal in the world. How about this deal?"

Missile arsenal?

Konstantinescu was stunned for a moment. If Yanayev was not joking, this was truly a gift from the Red Ghost. (To be continued.)