Soviet Godfather

Chapter 243 The Malta Conference

The Republic of Malta, a small pocket country located in the heart of the Mediterranean, has always maintained neutrality in the Cold War and is not attached to any country. A place like this is the best place for negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Sergey came to Malta with Gorbachev as an entourage to attend the upcoming US-Soviet Summit Forum here, accompanied by the Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, and Gorbachev's most trusted assistant, Yakovlev.

The main topic of this summit meeting is to end the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and turn hostility into friendship. In fact, there was nothing Sergey here, but Gorbachev still brought Sergey here. He hoped that Sergey could find an opportunity to contact the United States secretly, and see if he could get some funds from the United States. . Because before March next year, the Soviet Union will have a large debt coming due, and this debt can kill the Soviet Union. Gorbachev's only hope now is to take on new debts and pay off old ones. However, if the funds are not in place and the problem of debt default arises, then the Soviet Union will have no way to obtain funds from the international community. It is impossible for a country without credit to borrow money.

Gorbachev was full of expectations for Sergey, but Sergey had no clue. The debt of a country is not a small amount. Coupled with the fact that the income of the Soviet treasury has been decreasing day by day over the years, it is simply a dream to rely on the Soviet Union's own hematopoietic ability to repay its debts.

Seryozha now has a lot of funds in his hands, but these funds have to be used to continuously create new jobs for the Soviet Union. If they are used to repay debts, they will not be able to arrange the withdrawal of millions of troops from Eastern Europe. So Seryozha could only find another way to find other solutions to the Soviet Union's national debt problem.

Use resources such as oil to repay the debt of the Soviet Union? Although this seems feasible, there are very few countries that can accept this plan. At present, it seems that West Germany may accept this condition, because if the two Germanys want to achieve reunification, the attitude of the Soviet Union is very important, and to obtain the consent of the Soviet Union, it must be exchanged for conditions that the Soviet Union is interested in. Debt relief is absolutely necessary, and maybe Seryozha can knock another sum from the Germans.

However, West Germany had to take the initiative to negotiate with the Soviet Union on these matters, otherwise it would not be able to sit on the ground and raise the price. On the contrary, at this summit, although the Soviet Union asked the United States, Sergesha felt that the United States was actually more eager to reach a reconciliation agreement. After all, the Malta meeting is the best opportunity in decades. The United States must really hope that the Soviet Union can completely remove the dangerous medium-range missiles and steel torrents deployed on the western border.

Before the formal talks, Sergesha found an opportunity to communicate with Shevardnadze. The theme of this meeting should be the Soviet Union's deployment of troops in Eastern Europe and the issue of medium-range missiles on the western border. Seryozha did not want Gorbachev to give in all at once on this issue. Even the withdrawal of troops and the destruction of deployed missiles would require a process. At least the Soviets can't let the Americans say nothing, so the Soviets have to do so. Sergesha hoped that the withdrawal of troops from Eastern Europe could be resolved in batches, and that the corresponding countries would bear most of the cost of the withdrawal of the Soviet Union.

For Seryozha's suggestion. Shevardnadze still agrees very much. Shevardnadze is well aware of the weight of the burden on Seryozha's shoulders now, so after communicating with Seryozha, Shevardnadze immediately told Gorbachev It is suggested that Seryozha be placed in the position of the main person in charge of negotiating with the United States.

The first meeting did not discuss any substantive content. The two sides were just expressing their own positions. These contents had been confirmed several times before the meeting. On the contrary, journalists all over the world were concerned about it. Meeting between Gorbachev and Bush. From the current point of view, although the two sides have serious differences on some major issues, they still agree on the basic view of ending the confrontation. So the key to the summit lies in the subsequent talks.

Gorbachev and Bush took their respective staff behind closed doors to discuss the reduction of Soviet nuclear weapons and intermediate-range missiles.

This time is a real contest with real swords and guns. Seryozha sat in the corner, listening to Gorbachev make concessions bit by bit. Gorbachev’s concessions were too great. The Americans never mentioned what kind of specific support they would give to the Soviet Union’s withdrawal. The promise is real. Seryozha couldn't stand it anymore, and he suddenly interrupted the conversation between Gorbachev and Bush.

"Mr. President, I would like to interrupt your conversation. I want to ask you a question. Do you know the year when our country was first established?"

Seryozha's sudden utterance made everyone present look at him, but Seryozha's expression remained unchanged. Gorbachev didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Seryozha's gourd, but Bush answered the question politely.

"It's 1922, young gentleman!"

"December 30, 1922 to be precise, two days before 1923, and one year later, in January 1924, we lost our great leader, Comrade Lenin. Do you know that the Soviet Union was very Is it like that?"

"I would like to hear more about it!" President Bush replied in a very gracious manner. The Secretary of State beside him had already handed him a small note, telling him that the speaker was the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Soviet Union and a popular person beside Gorbachev. Ulyanov.

"At that time, the Russian Empire had been disintegrated and divided into six countries: the Soviet Union, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. We had just pacified the White Army in the country, but lost a large area of ​​​​territory in the war with Poland, Pissus The 700,000 Polish army led by Ki defeated the 2.3 million Soviet Red Army. In addition, the newly independent Finland and Romania are constantly eroding our territory on the border. I think the difficulties we encountered when we founded the country , much more difficult than the American War of Independence..."

"Well, Minister Ulyanov, we are here to discuss issues related to the Cold War. I don't think your topic will help us in our negotiations today. If I have time in private, I will be happy to ask you about historical issues. Yes." President Bush said impatiently.

"Mr. President, compared with the difficulties that Comrade Stalin faced back then, what are the setbacks we encountered in the Soviet Union today?" Hearing that Sergey had mentioned Stalin, the meeting hall became quiet again.

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