Chapter 547: Israel Nuclear Program
The entire Soviet Union was in a high-spirited atmosphere at this time, and it seemed that the factors that used to argue with each other did not exist. Some of the confusion that occurred in previous years is not really the same. The reason for this is that the leadership of each state in the Soviet Union was changed by Khrushchev into two secretaries led by two secretaries, one industrial secretary and one agricultural secretary. . In recent years, if the external environment of the Soviet Union has not been improving, mainly because the participation of Indonesia and Sudan has solved many problems of the Soviet Union. In fact, the development speed of the Soviet Union has actually declined.
Now it turns out that even with two parallel secretaries, the Soviet Union can function well. Because the heads of various central departments and the Central Presidium are united, under the death order from above, the cadres below have no time to fight for power.
“The history books I’ve read described Khrushchev’s political reforms so lazily? In particular, the two peer secretaries said they were a failure. So this matter can be overcome?” Serov has a feeling of being deceived by historical materials I feel that the facts have proved that as long as the Soviet Central Presidium coordinates the overall situation, it can prevent the cadres below from competing for power with each other.
But Khrushchev can barely do it, and Brezhnev will definitely not be able to play. Khrushchev is the leader in the Central Presidium. Once he retires, Brezhnev will be a comrade compared to other members. In this case, if there are still two local secretaries, there will definitely be problems in the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev made the local state party committee lead by two secretaries, and he may not be able to play well himself. Serov believed that this kind of reform was actually the most suitable for Stalin. Only a leader with absolute authority and ability can handle it. Therefore, the existence of two secretaries at the same time will definitely be abolished as soon as Khrushchev retires.
“I’m thinking about one thing!” Serov, who was in the Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, asked while standing by the window looking down, “Tikunov, don’t you think it’s too much? In fact, I can see that this kind of The driving force of unity is to reassure our first secretary to retire, but what if a new leader takes office?”
“What do you mean? Isn’t it very good now? The growth rate of 10%, except for the few years after the end of the Great Patriotic War, I haven’t seen it in recent years.” Tikunov said with a relaxed expression, “No. Third Baku is expected to have more reserves than Second Baku, and I really wish there were more of these fields in our country.”
This thing is enough! Serov secretly pouted, it is not a good thing for a country to pin its economy on oil. Russia in later generations has this problem, and it hurts when it is hit. In fact, the Soviet Union has a little bit of Russia’s problem, but the Soviet Union’s dependence on oil is not serious, mainly because the Soviet Union’s industrial strength far exceeds that of later Russia. About 70% of the Soviet Union’s oil was used by itself, and the remaining 30% was exported. More than half of the exports were to provide energy to countries in Eastern Europe, and the rest was exported to Western Europe in exchange for foreign exchange.
The Soviet Union is not the general kind of country that doesn’t use much oil in its own country, and uses all the oil it has in exchange for money. This is completely different from those countries in the Middle East. In a country in the Middle East that has no resistance, Serov can make those countries kneel as long as he grabs the water source of that country and finds a way to cut off the import of food.
“I mean, even if the first secretary does voluntarily retire, will you be able to maintain such a high growth rate after the new leader takes office? It’s 10 percent now, and the new first secretary is here. Is our economic growth going back to 8 percent? Isn’t that embarrassing the new leaders?” Serov, who turned back, asked, “What will you do with these departments? Don’t tell me that it can be increased to 100 percent. Fifteenth, I don’t believe…”
“Let’s talk later!” Tikunov just opened the phone and the phone on the table rang, answered the phone and said a few words, then turned his head sideways, “Lubyanka’s call, telling you to go back, there is a more important thing Judge for yourself.”
“Got it, I don’t know what happened?” Serov waved his hand lazily to leave. In addition to his chairman of the KGB, the KGB has two first vice-chairmen and thirteen vice-chairmen. In an organization with a complete structure, he left for a few days with nothing at all, so calling him in such a hurry must have major news.
The news is indeed very important, Israel’s nuclear program intelligence. The Suez War broke out. Although the Israeli operation was very successful, occupying the entire Suez peninsula. But France and Great Britain got stuck in the attack on the Suez Canal, which was subsequently defeated under pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union. The withdrawal of Britain and France leaves Israel alone, under pressure from both superpowers. Soviet Prime Minister Bulganin warned that if Israel persisted and insisted not to withdraw its troops from Mount Sinai, the Soviet Union would launch a nuclear attack on it.
The Negev Center for Nuclear Research is the center of Israel’s nuclear weapons program. It is located near the desert city of Dimora, hence the short name of Dimora. In the late 1950s and early 1960s France built a nuclear reactor and a plutonium production plant at this center. All the special materials needed to make the atomic bomb are produced at Dimora, including plutonium, lithium-6 deuterium, and enriched and unenriched uranium. But the design and assembly of the atomic bomb took place elsewhere.
It can be said that Israel’s nuclear program is partly due to the pressure of the Soviet Union. “These French people really gave Israel a good foundation! So it is close to success?” Serov, who put down his intelligence, gave a very distressed expression. Of course, the less things, the better. As the General Political Commissar of National Security of the Soviet Union, he once used China as an excuse to continuously veto the requests of India and North Korea for the Soviet Union to provide nuclear research institutes and technical support.
For the first time, Serov felt that the French were not cute anymore. Since France is in Western Europe, which belongs to the scope of NATO, the French maverick Soviet Union has a mentality of watching the fun. But what happened in France this time made the Soviet Union very embarrassed, “What does our Ministry of Defense think about the British and French pair of **** sticks?”
After the Ministry of Defense knew the news, there must be relevant plans. Before the Middle East war, the Soviet Union planned a war. It planned to attack Israel, and tried to deliberately provoke this war between Arabs and Israel by spreading disinformation and other means. Do, mainly due to Israel’s great breakthrough in nuclear research. To counter this threat, the Soviet Union hoped to join Egypt in the war to bomb the Dimona nuclear facility in Israel, and they even planned to land on the coast of Israel. At the time, Soviet nuclear submarines were also approaching the Israeli coast in order to fight back against Israel should it prepare to use nuclear weapons.
Similarly, on the eve of the war, the United States had formulated a secret military plan that if Israel entered the West Bank eastward or conquered the Sinai Peninsula to the west, the United States would carry out a military strike against Israel, but the plan ended in miscarriage. But what made the United States and the Soviet Union go back was the speed of the Israeli army.
“What the Ministry of Defense means is to let Egypt destroy Israel’s nuclear facilities.” Obviously, the attitude of the Ministry of Defense is similar to the KGB’s assessment, hoping to use Egypt, the most powerful Arab country, to solve the problem.
Serov thought about it for a while. If I remember correctly, Israel first attacked the Middle East war by means of sneak attacks. To be honest, Egypt later began to distrust the Soviet Union because of the disappointing performance of the Soviet Union in this war. . The main reason is that Egypt has been unable to fight back after losing the Sinai Peninsula, making the Suez Canal, a golden waterway controlled by pro-Soviet countries, a threat to Israel on one side. It can be said that in the third Middle East war in 1967, the Soviet Union did not seem to be affected, but in fact it lost a lot of potential things, such as Egypt’s trust.
“Pay attention to the combat plan of the Ministry of Defense, I will report to the Central Presidium, and, forget it!” Serov actually wanted to get in touch with the Americans to solve this hidden danger. Americans must be dissatisfied with Israel’s development of nuclear weapons. Don’t really think that Jews have invincible influence in the United States. If a housekeeper doesn’t know his identity, the master can just as well.
The United States needs Israel to promote hatred in the Middle East, but in this era, it does not want Israel to have nuclear weapons, but later Israel has nuclear weapons, and the United States chose to accept it.
“What the Ministry of Defense means is to provoke a war in the Middle East, let Egypt, Syria, and Jordan destroy Israel’s nuclear facilities and prevent the balance in the Middle East from being disrupted. I think this plan is risky, but there is no way to do it, unless we, the Soviet Union, can accept it. Our Arab allies will always have an unequal confrontation with a country that possesses nuclear weapons.” Shelov, who arrived at the Central Bureau, said with uncertainty, “But based on the existing intelligence, Israel should be close to the brink of success. , but no nuclear weapons have been produced.”
“The KGB and the Ministry of Defense came up with a plan and handed it over to us for evaluation.” Khrushchev was shocked. After all, he was seventy-four years old. Recently, he has been letting other members of the Central Presidium make the decision, usually the The role of a supervisor, but this is unusual, and Khrushchev showed great concern.
“Understood, if the target is limited to one country in Israel, I personally suggest that tactical nuclear weapons can be considered. I believe the Ministry of Defense sees the same.” Shelov glanced at the new Defense Minister Marshal Grechko, or the acting Defense Minister, Because Malinovsky is being admitted to the hospital for observation. (To be continued~^~)