Soviet Godfather - v5 Chapter 223

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A few months ago, the Hungarian political situation at the forefront of the Iron Curtain had surprising changes. Kadar, who had been the leader of Hungary for many years, lost the election as the general secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party. The reformists within the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party have been in control. The leadership of the party and subsequent policies made Hungary abandon the political path it had followed for many years and began to change in a different direction.

The defeat of Kadar did not invite interference from the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact organizations, which allowed the newly elected Hungarian leaders to let go of their guts. After Khrushchev launched the October incident of armed interference in Hungary’s internal affairs in 1956, about 200,000 Hungarians fled to the host country Austria. For many years, the refugee problem has been a problem that Austria and Hungary cannot avoid. Soon after Kadar stepped down, Austria and Hungary held separate negotiations on the border issue without the permission of the Soviet Union. In order to solve the problem of insufficient domestic supply of goods and refugees, the Hungarian government made a decision to open the border between the two countries. , And allowed Hungarians who left Hungary in 1956 to return to their country without holding them accountable. So far, the iron curtain, which has been tightly sealed since the end of World War II, tore a gap in Hungary.

The opening of the border allowed European and American products to enter the Hungarian market on a large scale, and at the same time it also had some impact on the entire socialist camp. Sergei’s early partner, William Picker, an East German, was originally a smuggler. Now he has discovered a more profitable industry, that is, smuggling. In the past, if East Germans wanted to flee to West Germany, they had to do everything possible to cross the heavily guarded Berlin Wall. However, the keen William Pick discovered a new and safer route, which is to start from East Germany, pass through Czechoslovakia or Poland to enter Hungary, the country of the socialist camp, and then exit the border between Hungary and Austria to Austria. Finally, head north to West Germany.

This route is too safe. The living standards of the East German people are second to none in the real brother’s socialist camp. It is still affordable for them to travel abroad to the fraternal countries of the Warsaw Pact camp. Anyway, as long as you arrive in Hungary in the end, you can enter Austria smoothly, and then come to West Germany to live a good life, risking your life in the past, and you may not be able to reach West Germany. For William Peak, this is a steady and uncompensable business. .

As a result, William Peak closed his chain of pharmacies and started to run a travel agency business. After organizing several successful smuggling operations, William Peak gradually gained a foothold in this industry. As a forerunner in the market, William Peak did seize the opportunity, but soon there were many followers who also entered the industry. It can be said that in early 1989, the most enthusiastic business of East German gangs was smuggling.

This small gap on the Iron Curtain began to cause a large loss of East German population. This phenomenon soon attracted the attention of the East German government, but the East German government could not prevent its citizens from traveling to socialist countries. , Otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction with brother countries. So Honecker attributed the blame to the issue of separate negotiations between the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and Austria. He personally called Gorbachev and called on the Soviet Union to properly warn and deal with the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party. The issue of bourgeois liberalization.

Honecker and Brezhnev are old friends for many years, and his influence in the Warsaw Pact camp is very important. His request Gorbachev naturally did not dare to neglect, but now the domestic Georgia problem is still burning eyebrows, Gorbachev is really powerless about the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party. So he asked Shevardnadze for his views on this matter. As soon as he spoke, Shevardnadze resolutely refused Honecker’s request.

“General Secretary, our current Leningrad Special Economic Zone mainly relies on the help of the West. Among them, West Germany is one of our main investment countries. If we offend the West German government on the issue of the Austria-Hungary border, our Leningrad Special economic zones are also likely to be affected.” Shevardnadze persuaded Gorbachev.

“Then how should we reply to Comrade Honecker?” Gorbachev asked worriedly.

“I will personally consult the new leader of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, Gross, about this issue. We have asked about it anyway, but this matter is decided internally by the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party. It is inconvenient for us to interfere too much! I will also explain one thing to Comrade Honecker!” Shevardnadze replied.

At this moment, the leadership of the Soviet Union hadn’t realized how this small gap on the Iron Curtain would bring about changes to the entire Warsaw Pact camp, and even Sergei, the soul-traveler, did not realize the danger.

In fact, Sergey Shah is always paying attention to the crisis of drastic changes in Eastern Europe. However, Sergei’s attention was focused on Poland, and he planted many cronies of the Gorky Brotherhood within the Solidarity trade union. Watching Lech Walesa’s every move all the time. According to the current situation, although Poland is in crisis of changing weather, Lech Walesa’s ability is limited~www.mtlnovel.com~ Although he is very famous, if he wants to get Poland out of the socialist camp, he There is no such ability yet.

Therefore, after the Solidarity trade union led by Walesa reconciled with the Polish government, the wave authorities decided to let the Solidarity trade union participate in domestic political life in order to quell the dissatisfaction of the domestic people. Walesa was quickly elected as the people’s representative, and then the Polish United Workers’ Party began to implement a policy called the “round table” at the call of Jaruzelski. Although Jaruzelski was the leader of the Polish United Workers’ Party for many years, he was always afraid that the Soviet Union would intervene in Poland’s internal affairs due to the problems of the Solidarity Trade Union, which once again caused painful lessons similar to Poznan’s time. Kirski was eager to resolve the problems of Solidarity within Poland.

As the leader of a satellite country, Jaruzelski is always careful to safeguard Poland’s interests. So on the issue with Solidarity, Jaruzelski is actually more urgent than Walesa. Without a stable and united situation, it is impossible for Poland to settle down and develop its economy. In addition, Poland’s economy always ranks low in the socialist camp, and its foundation is low. Since the Poznan incident in 1956, the massive strikes have brought Polish production to a standstill from time to time. Jaruzelski felt that instead of continuing this vicious circle, it was better to try to break this vicious circle. In addition, Jaruzelski also hopes that the reform of the Polish United Workers’ Party can win more people’s hearts, so that the Polish United Workers’ Party can not only solve the big troubles of the Solidarity trade unions, but also continue to lead Poland with a new attitude. .