Chapter 49

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was in his office, looking through a pile of documents that the Secretary had just sent in. Since becoming Chairman of the National Security Council (KGB) in 1967, Andropov has been transforming the world's most famous intelligence agency in his own way. Although the KGB under his leadership had as many as 700000 employees and the same number of spies, the KGB with so many personnel was the most efficient government department in the Soviet Union.

Andropov's office, though large in size, is simple and unadorned. Apart from the necessary portraits of general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev and Lenin and Stalin, there are no exquisite oil paintings here. There is no resplendent decoration, the walls are only pasted with ordinary wallpaper, and even the furniture is ordinary goods. Andropov's desk is full of papers. On his desk are five telephones, one red and four black. The red one was used to contact the supreme leader, general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev. The other ones also have their own purposes.

As he grew older, Andropov's body began to develop a lot of problems. He suffered from hypertension, diabetes, heart was not very good, he was also suffering from intestinal diseases, arthritis and gout, and suffered from chronic kidney disease. His wife, Tatyana filipovna, specially instructed his secretary to remind him to take a rest every half hour.

Half an hour soon arrived. Lyudmila, Andropov's secretary, walked into Andropov's office. Andropov was an easy-going person. Many people thought that he was a well-educated and scholar. He doesn't go into a rage when his secretary breaks into his office. So as long as it's necessary for work, Lyudmila can enter his office without asking for instructions.

Andropov looked up at Lyudmila and realized that it was time. He picked up a document and walked to the sofa. Lyudmila quickly reminded: "Mr President, you need more rest."

"I know Lyudmila, just a moment!" Andropov smiles at Lyudmila's kind reminder. Lyudmila reluctantly turned away and closed the office door from the outside. Andropov sat on the sofa in a comfortable position and continued to look at the papers in his hand. This is a report from the people who carried out the Kitty Hawk project. The Kitty Hawk project is a top secret project within the KGB. The main content is to send political Kampo young cadres who are politically innocent and have a family relationship to secretly investigate local officials' corruption. Andropov arranged for his cronies to carry out the plan in secret. Unlike most of the officials in the Soviet Union, Andropov was a clean and strict self-discipline man. He was always strict with his family and himself. He did not pursue privileges and selfish interests. As head of intelligence, he knew that corruption and privilege were corrupting the country. Although Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, does not think so, Andropov still hopes to change this situation.

With the deepening of the plan, some reports were collected to the KGB headquarters one after another. Under the general atmosphere of the whole officialdom, the work of these dispatched cadres is generally not easy to do. Moreover, the support that KGB headquarters can give these guys is limited, because this plan does not conform to the thought of Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. This is just Andropov's personal wish. Andropov, like a farmer, sows these seeds into the field, hoping that some of them will bear rich fruits one day.

Andropov flipped through the thick report. This report is the progress of the baby eagle project in the past week. When he turned to the page of Gorky City, his rapidly flipped hand stopped. This is a report to report his immediate superior. The evidence listed above is very detailed. Andropov is very clear and can give it to him, Naturally, it will not be unsubstantiated. But what really caught his attention was that the information was so detailed that it was as if the reporter had seen it with his own eyes. Having worked in intelligence for so many years, Andropov knew very well how difficult it was. Andropov took another look at the name of the reporter, Alexei alexeyevich Chernenko, who Andropov remembered. Andropov has an amazing memory. He can never forget what he wants to remember. It seems that these young people really have the ability to investigate in such detail.

Looking at the sum of money in the report, Andropov felt anger in his heart. General Secretary Brezhnev was too lenient to those corrupt officials. These guys were paid by the Soviet Union, but they used their power to make a fortune in private, and even defected to the enemy of the Soviet Union. Every sum of money in this is a huge sum for ordinary people. Andropov's salary is only 1200 rubles, which is not even enough for a meal of these guys. It's necessary to show these guys a little bit of color. The results of their hard work can't just be stored in the KGB archives for ashes. He wrote a line on the report: "give first-class help if necessary, otherwise continue to wait and see.".

Andropov returned to his desk and first dialed Lyudmila, the secretary. He said on the phone, "Lyudmila, give me the information of a man whose name is Alexei alexeyevich Chernenko. Originally from Leningrad branch, he is now sent to Gorky city."

Lyudmila was so efficient that a detailed report was placed in front of Andropov in almost five minutes. It records in detail all the information of Chernenko from primary school to university and after he joined the work, as well as a detailed kinship table.

Andropov looked through the information. Chernenko's resume was very simple. He got excellent grades since childhood, and finally he was admitted to the law department of Leningrad University. After graduation, after investigation, he participated in a one-year training of the KGB, and then successfully joined the Leningrad branch of the KGB. After that, his work was ordinary, and there was nothing extraordinary. If he didn't join the KGB, I'm afraid his life would be boring. Just like an ordinary person, busy life. Andropov said in his heart, "just see what kind of surprise you can bring me, little one."

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At the same time, Alexei alexeyevich Chernenko also sat at his desk, looking at the first thing that the two mysterious figures gave him to do, the information of the several wounding cases.