British civil servant

"Comrade Gromyko has a solution?" Brezhnev asked at this time.

"It's just an idea. After Dobrynin and Lumumba met to explain our position." Gromyko thought while saying, "Then we proposed that the United Nations send peacekeeping troops, but this proposal is proposed by the Americans to cooperate with the Soviet Union. The proposal is completely different. Once the United States has doubts about this, Britain and France will also stand by the United States. We must be mentally prepared for this, and there is a high probability that it will be rejected."

"Lumumba will be disappointed in this way!" Shelepin's eyes lit up. "We can use this to show that the Soviet Union and Lumumba stand together."

"It's far more than that. The next step is the strength of the KGB. African countries are generally backward, and even the Katanga provincial warlords who are fighting against the Congolese government forces only have 3 to [-] people."

Brezhnev followed this line of thinking and continued, "If we want to keep Lumumba safe, we don't actually need too much force. As long as an armed force of several hundred people goes there in the name of aiding the Congo, it is enough to guarantee Lumumba’s personal safety, as long as he is not assassinated and there are huge supporters behind him, we are certain that this African mine will become an ally of the Soviet Union.”

"It's very important to look at the work of the KGB in this way." Fultseva sighed directly at Shelepin, "Shulik, will there be any difficulties?"

"No!" Shelepin replied firmly, and then asked Khrushchev, "First Secretary, do you want to take action?"

"There is no need to hesitate at all." Kozlov said with a firm expression on his face. "Since we have seen through the enemy's plot, we must do our best to crush them and safeguard the national interests of the Soviet Union."

Khrushchev's African strategy focused on French-controlled Algeria and Britain's sphere of influence in Egypt.

But things backfired, and there has been no progress. It would be unjustifiable if Congo was stolen again.

In fact, Khrushchev's African strategy had no results, and was evaluated by Brezhnev, who came to power later, as a pile of rubbish.

Then Brezhnev began to focus on military support, aggressively promoting a global offensive.

Because the African strategy he formulated was in danger of going bankrupt, Khrushchev made up his mind to "shatter the imperialist conspiracy and let them know that the Soviet Union is not easy to mess with."

When Lumumba arrived at the United Nations headquarters, the Congolese civil war was raging, the Kremlin was determined to support it, and Alan Wilson was chatting and laughing with representatives of Portuguese Angola.

At the UN General Assembly, Lumumba expressed his hope that the UN would maintain the integrity of the Congo’s sovereignty. Immediately, Dobrynin and the allies of the Soviet Union expressed their support in unison. Attitude.

Dobrynin received domestic instructions and met with Lumumba before he entered the UN headquarters, expressing that the Soviet Union was willing to support Lumumba's proposition and completely eliminate the remnants of the West from the political, military, business, and civilian circles. power, nationalize all economic rights and return all power to the Congolese.

Chapter 49 The dawn is quiet

Lumumba has a strong anti-white thinking, which Dobrynin has learned from this conversation.But for the USSR, this was not a problem at all.

Because the Soviet Union is in the position of a challenger. When it is in the position of a challenger, what it thinks is not necessarily that Congo will bow to the Soviet Union in the future, at least it is not the time to think about it.

For the Soviet Union, being able to free the Congo from imperialist control was a great victory for the Soviet Union.As for what will happen to the relationship between the Congo and the Soviet Union in the future, that is a matter for the future.

After meeting with Lumumba, Dobrynin changed his position, directly picked up the issue raised by the United States about the presence of peacekeeping troops when the United States, Britain and France were stumbling each other, and at the same time stated that the sovereignty of Congo was intact.

At this time, the United States showed a flexible stance, just as Moscow estimated. When the United States made the same proposal, it was a problem. Even if the Soviet Union made the same proposal, it would become another problem.

So under the witness of Lumumba, such a scene appeared in the United Nations General Assembly. The Soviet Union proposed to maintain the sovereignty of the Congo and sent peacekeeping troops to the Congo.

Before the United States proposed to station peacekeeping troops, Lumumba had not yet been to the United Nations, so he did not know about it.But this time he saw it with his own eyes, seeing the ambition of the so-called free world to split Congo.

When Lumumba was young, like many colonial residents trying to integrate into the free world, he quickly drew a line between "black skin" and "black country" and quickly realized a better life.

After all, no one wants to be discriminated against and oppressed.Later, Lumumba successfully obtained Belgian citizenship through family relations, but that was all.

Lumumba gradually discovered that no matter how hard he worked and how outstanding his performance was, his salary was always much lower than that of white people, and his chances of promotion were far less than that of white people.Even compared with white people in the same position, he still has a lot less benefits, such as allowances, holidays, bonuses, etc. He is not eligible for him, and he is not eligible to participate in meetings of leaders.

On Lumumba, there was an effect of turning fans off, and he had a great distrust of Belgium and the entire free world. At the venue of the United Nations, he saw Belgium and the so-called freedom of Anglo-American law with his own eyes. What is the world like.

Lumumba angrily came to power to criticize Anglo-American law and Belgium, and then left the UN venue directly.

"If the integrity of the Congo's sovereignty can be guaranteed, I hope the Soviet Union can consider sending military forces to stabilize the situation in the Congo." After leaving the UN meeting, Lumumba met Dobrynin again and made his request straightforwardly.

"Mr. Lumumba, do you know that your request is very dangerous." Dobrynin looked at the Congolese Prime Minister who was so angry, and said sincerely, "This kind of request may cost you your life. A few years ago, Mr. Nkrumah of the Gold Coast died for no apparent reason, and the turbulent Gold Coast independence movement died down for a while. Imperialism can do anything, and it wants to bribe high-ranking officials in the Congo It can be said that it is very easy to be a spokesperson.”

Alan Wilson, who is far away in Lusaka, never imagined that he is always mentioned recently, isn't he a leader of the independence movement?It's not over, I have to mention it from time to time.

"For the sake of a complete Congo, I have no choice now." Lumumba said with determination in his eyes, "They just want Congo to be their cattle and horses forever, even if they become independent, they must create wealth for them, and The Congolese get nothing."

When he said this, Lumumba thought of his experience more than ten years ago. No matter how hard he worked, he could only get a lower salary than the whites who worked much less. Now think about the whole Congo. Not so.

"Struggling for independence is very difficult. I am very glad that Mr. Lumumba has such determination." Dobrynin said with respect, "The Soviet Union is willing to help such a respectable national leader."

Click... Allen Wilson put down the camera, looked at Heidi Lamarr, who was half-undressed, sitting by the window with admiration, and boasted, "It seems that I have gone further and further on the road of art."

"It's going farther and farther on the road of shamelessness." Heidi Lama's face remained unchanged, but she still posed to cooperate. She is no stranger to artistic photos, but photos of this scale, only the man in front of her There is this treatment.

The sun sank behind the thick black clouds, and the sky quickly dimmed.But the downpour and the deepening night couldn't quench their high spirits.

The two had known each other for a long time, and she accepted his request, making him a happy fairy.He still couldn't believe his good fortune.He couldn't see anything he did to deserve the love of this girl, who was so lovely, so articulate, so full of interest, that she was almost like a jewel, and dazzled him.

How could Alan Wilson ignore this first vase that can be eaten by his face? After only a short while, he already had the idea of ​​raising his head to pay tribute, and the idea of ​​overcoming thorns and thorns became stronger and stronger.

Why!How could Heidi Lamarr not see it, sighed softly, but still waited for the man to take action.In the witness of lightning and thunder, the fighting was as fierce as the civil war in Congo.

Alan Wilson more or less felt that he had achieved the beautiful life he imagined. Although this has caused many people's lives to be unhappy, it doesn't matter, and he should not be criticized for thinking about himself.

These mornings, as long as he was still in bed, it was hard for her to leave him, all she wanted to do was cuddle up next to him, so she could spend hours of laziness, but she didn't want him to worry that she would become a burden, or thought she had lost her enthusiasm for the English gentleman.

They were inseparable together.So she smiled, kissed the man again, and said, "You buy the chicken and I'll cook it."

"Honey, it's quick to get into the role of wife." Alan Wilson put on his pants, looked back at the beautiful woman with a beautiful body, thinking about not going out today, anyway, it's nothing serious.

The so-called no big deal is nothing more than a Portuguese talk about the border issue. The border between Northern Rhodesia and Angola has some minor flaws. The two colonies belong to different countries. Although they are separated by the Zambezi River, they are not separated by the river. For the boundary.

When Africa was divided up, the demarcation can be said to be a random draw, as long as it is acceptable on the surface.This also caused unreasonable national borders after Africa's independence, and conflicts occurred in many countries.

Take Congo, which is attracting the attention of the world, for example. Decades later, the borders of Congo and the borders on the map have already changed. A large piece of land in the east of Congo has been taken over by Rwanda’s stalwart Paul Kagame. occupied.

Don't look at Rwanda's area of ​​only tens of thousands of square kilometers on the map, but in fact it has already controlled dozens of times more land than its own.A large part of the land occupied by Paul Kagame is the Katanga province with the richest mineral resources in the Congo.

Completely bounded by the Zambezi River, Northern Rhodesia will be at a disadvantage, but it is beneficial from a defensive point of view.

But in the next few days, Alan Wilson gave up the idea of ​​​​redrawing the border, and there was no particular reason.Grace and the Slavs, with their diligence and willingness to work, have already planted landmines on the western border.

According to Grace himself, they themselves don't know how many landmines there are, let alone clearing mines.

Alan Wilson couldn't even send benefits if he wanted to, so he could only sigh with regret, and asked, "How many people can you bring to the battlefield at one time without delaying your daily life."

"Our population is limited after all." When it came time to count the number of cards in his hand, Grace was not as impatient as before, and gave a not too big number, "Within a week, 3 people can be armed and go directly .”

"A lot." Alan Wilson grinned. Northern Rhodesia has nothing to do with democracy. It is more like a coalition military government based on Ustasha and Chetnik and based on ethnic factions.

Considering the population base of Northern Rhodesia and the excellent matching mechanism in the African region, [-] armed forces are actually enough. Alan Wilson believes that when it is really needed, there can be more. After all, Grace also said , which is the number of people in a week.

If Alan Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he would directly invite the Queen to give Grace a Northern Rhodesia governor.

"Is it time to think about going to the battlefield now?" Just when Alan Wilson was thinking about asking if you dare to confront the Soviets, Grace asked a new question.

"Not yet, let's see how powerful the democratic fighters in Katanga Province are in supporting the free world. If not, in order to ensure that the newly independent Congo does not endanger the order of the free world, we need your dedication."

Alan Wilson opened his mouth, indicating that there is no need to worry. He has already obtained the latest information about the United Nations venue from Andrew Cohen, the British representative to the United Nations.

It's hard to say whether he trusts Andrew Cohen or the cultural czar far away in Moscow. If it's true, he still believes in the cultural czar. fade.

The fact is exactly the same. The state system of the Soviet Union wants to hide its own thoughts, and it is very easy to do it without anyone noticing. This is the transparency problem that the free world criticizes. Although the transparency of the free world is also an illusion, it does not delay criticize the Soviet Union.

When Lumumba was criticizing Sanghuai at the United Nations, the Soviet Union had already prepared the personnel to go to Congo.As Lumumba returned to the Congo from the United Nations, these aid experts also entered a state of battle.

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It took Lumumba twelve days to go back and forth, and the Soviet Union had already prepared everything it should have prepared.

As the No. 114 power in the world today, it is not a big burden to aid in the construction of a country. In order to save time and prevent changes, the Soviet Union concentrated the only six Tu-95 airliners in the country, which are the civilian versions of the Tu-[-] strategic bomber.

The Figure 114 passenger plane once took Khrushchev to visit the United States, flying [-] kilometers away without stopping.

It is very suitable to complete the mission this time. These passenger planes are already full of passengers, and the supplies that have been distributed are waiting in Kiev.

Moscow is the capital of the Soviet Union, which is not conducive to secrecy. Kiev is equally important and easier to hide.

On July 24, the day Lumumba returned to the Congo, he announced in Kinshasa, "If the United Nations is unwilling to play a positive role in safeguarding Congo's sovereignty and independence, then I will ask Moscow for help. Completely free the motherland from colonialism. Get out."

At the same time, six Tu-114 passenger planes at Kiev Airport rose from the ground, carrying the personnel and supplies that the Soviet Union had aided Congo this time, and flew straight towards Kinshasa.

The Tu 114 is the largest and longest-range passenger aircraft in the world today, although it is not a jet airliner.

The Tu 114 passenger plane, fully loaded with personnel and supplies, carried out this house theft at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

Khrushchev's African strategy has been fruitless for many years, and it remains to be seen whether a zero breakthrough can be achieved.

Ten hours after Lumumba announced his request for assistance from the Soviet Union, while Britain, the United States and France were still assessing the impact, these behemoths had already appeared over Kinshasa. When the embassies of various countries in Kinshasa learned the news, The Figure 114 passenger plane has landed, and more than 400 Soviet people and the supplies they carried came out of the passenger plane with the sickle and hammer flag pattern on the tail. The power of the Soviet Union appeared in the center of Africa.

The whole process was so fast that it was like a dream, almost like the blitzkrieg in the world war came again.

When no one came back to God, the Soviets had already appeared in the capital of the Congo, declaring to the outside world that they were at the invitation of the Congolese Prime Minister Lumumba to provide assistance to the Congo. The assistance included economic and military assistance to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the Congo. for purpose.

When this news came out, public opinion in the whole world was in an uproar, accusing the Soviet Union one after another, saying that this was an act of Soviet expansion. At the United Nations meeting, the two major groups blamed each other.

On the surface, the two major groups clamored at each other, but secretly, Britain, the United States and France blamed each other. Britain and France believed that it was the result of the United States forcing Belgium to let Congo become independent.

The unnoticed Eastern Europe is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface. Khrushchev and Tito of Yugoslavia had a conversation.It means that Yugoslavia can contribute to this matter.

There are now 60 Slavs living in Northern Rhodesia. These Slavs are all hardcore anti-Tito elements and have always been a threat to the sovereignty and security of Yugoslavia.

Congo is adjacent to Northern Rhodesia. Moscow used this argument to persuade Tito to intervene with the Soviet Union on the Congo issue, so that it could actively contain the threat of these anti-Tito elements living in Northern Rhodesia.

Ustasha and Chetnik escaped from birth at the end of World War II and eventually went to Africa. They have been in contact with anti-Tito elements in China for many years, and they have continued to infiltrate Yugoslavia, encouraging people to flee Yugoslavia.In the eyes of the Yugoslav Communist Party and Tito himself, it has always been a serious problem.

Almost without any hesitation, Tito agreed to Moscow's request, but Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union were not comparable after all, and it took some time to prepare, and then had the opportunity to assist the Congo with the Soviet Union.

In any case, the Soviet Union's large-scale assault caught the United States, which thought everything was under control, by surprise.

Immediately afterwards, the United States immediately protested against the actions of the Soviet Union, believing that this was a threat to world peace and a provocation to the free world.

But such attacks and protests cannot change the fact that Soviet forces have already appeared in Congo.The United States, feeling that the situation was serious, immediately ended the meaningless quarrel between Britain and France. When the Soviet Union really took action, Britain and France could also be a conflict among the people.

Of course, the United States wants to destroy the colonial system and make it disappear, but this result must be absorbed by the United States, not the Soviet Union. Fundamentally, the Soviet Union is much stronger than Britain and France.

Dulles immediately contacted British Foreign Secretary Macmillan and French Georges Pidour, and Deputy Secretary of State Smith, who had just left Congo not long ago, returned.

At this time, Yugoslavia announced aid to Congo and supported Congo's efforts to completely eliminate the remnants of colonialism.

Alan Wilson, who was in Lusaka, was a little surprised, but immediately realized and found Grace, "Tito's actions should be aimed at you. This is very worrying."

What he meant was obvious, Ustasha and Chetnik?In the final analysis, he is Tito's underling.

If there is another confrontation, a Balkan macho confrontation in Africa, will people like Grace do it?

From the perspective of convergent evolution, if you stay in a stable environment for too long, your combat effectiveness will decrease accordingly.To use a common saying, playing chess with a stinky chess basket will get worse and worse. People like Grace are okay with Africans, but they meet people like Tito?Anyway, Alan Wilson is pessimistic.

"Even if we are not Tito's opponents, we cannot be defeated by some Africans trained by Tito's instructors." Grace really wanted to say that Tito was a fart, but when he thought about it, he was like a bereaved dog more than ten years ago, and he was still in Germany before boarding the ship. In the scene of a group streaking along the coast, the rare speaking is more modest.

"It seems that you are not confident either. Fortunately, it is impossible for Tito to send the People's Army." Alan Wilson saw Grace's sternness, and began to comfort him, "This is good news for you."

Yugoslavia has become a member of the Warsaw Pact, which has increased the power of the Warsaw Pact. After all, it is a country with a population of 800 million. It is considered to be very large in Eastern Europe. In Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union is ranked third, at 800. Poland with a population of 200, and the GDR with [-] million.

And the remnants of World War II in Northern Rhodesia have only reached 60 people after so many years.If we really wanted to fight Yugoslavia, if Tito didn't crush these enemies of the people to death, it would be considered that they were strong enough.

But no matter what, he believes that it is not a problem for Grace to fight an African armed force. Although the Angola war is a counter-example, it is mainly because South Africa cannot defeat Cuba, which is understandable.

Yugoslavia has no strategic power, and the Soviet Union's strategic projection capability is far from that of Brezhnev's period.

"It's really prescient for you to surround Northern Rhodesia with landmines." Alan Wilson did not mean to be teasing. He really thought that although the method was a bit stupid, these remnants of World War II were not confused. Wouldn't it be useful?

Just as Grace was about to say something, the phone rang. Alan Wilson picked up the receiver and heard the voice of the High Commissioner of Northern Rhodesia, "Permanent Undersecretary, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Smith is about to land at Lusaka Airport. meet you."

"Why is it him again, so annoying." Alan Wilson frowned, "William, what's the matter with him?"

"I don't know anything about the Congo." William replied immediately, "But it looks very serious."

In just half a month, the situation in Congo has deteriorated to such an extent that the United States has been caught off guard. This time, it is absolutely impossible to catch up on the old days, and the two have no old feelings, and they are tearing each other down a bit more.

I believe London is also very busy, all due to the butterfly effect of the deteriorating situation in Congo.

Smith took a deep breath, opened the door of the building, walked upstairs to the apartment where Alan Wilson lived, and then knocked on the door reluctantly, preparing to meet this close ally who didn't get along very well.

"Come in, honored guest." Alan Wilson opened the door and invited his American colleague to come in and sit down. Since the meeting was private, he also knew how to treat guests, and prepared a bottle of red wine to ease the awkward atmosphere.

The fate is so wonderful. Since the Iranian oil crisis, the two seem to have seen each other often, and indeed there is not much happy time.Hope this time is an exception.

"The hesitation of the United Kingdom and France has caused the embarrassing situation in Congo." Smith said with a stern face, "Once Congo falls into the hands of the Soviet Union, it will not be good for everyone."

"Why don't you say that the United States put pressure on Belgium to cause the independence of Congo? If you let go of the suppression, maybe the matter will be resolved by now." Alan Wilson chuckled, and the old god said, "I don't see how good the United States is in dealing with the enemy. Use it on your allies."

As long as Smith dares to say more on this issue, Alan Wilson is ready to help Smith recall the whole process of the Korean War, which is not a wonderful memory.

"Once the Congo is lost, aren't Britain and France responsible at all?" Smith said word by word. He didn't think the United States had any responsibility.

"The loss of the Congo is the responsibility of the United Kingdom?" Alan Wilson lit a cigar and puffed out white smoke. "Then whose responsibility is the loss of Cuba?"

"The Cuban matter is another matter. Now we are talking about the Congo matter. Now that the Soviets have come, what should we do?" Smith avoided the question of Cuba's responsibility. The Cuban matter was of course the fault of his immediate boss, Dulles. But he dared not say it.

"Supporting the civil war in the Congo, what else can we do." Alan Wilson pouted, "What else can we do? Just don't be like the Korean War, just don't get any results."

Chapter 51 The United States can talk