Chapter 454

"Not long ago, the president held cordial and friendly talks with Soviet Foreign Minister gromiko, who came to the United Nations General Assembly. Both sides said it was not convenient to disclose the specific contents of the talks. It is reported that this is the first time that the Reagan administration has met with a national leader of the Soviet Union since taking office. Some critics believe that this meeting was a response from the Reagan administration to his accusation that he refused to contact the leaders of the Soviet Union... "

At the regular press conference of the White House, the White House spokesman suddenly revealed to the media the news of the meeting between gromico and Reagan, which caused a thousand waves. In less than 24 hours, the whole world knew about this unexpected meeting.

However, as one of the parties, gromico was very dissatisfied with this meeting. The Americans only emphasized the issue of the Soviet Union's medium range missiles deployed on the western border. There was no intention of reconciliation with the Soviet Union. Gromico became an excuse for Reagan to block his opponent's attack on his Soviet policy.

When the news reached Moscow, Gorbachev was not only surprised, but also frightened by gromiko's diplomatic ability. He doesn't know whether gromico and Reagan have reached an agreement. If gromico wins a great victory on the diplomatic front, new variables will emerge in the struggle for the second leader of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev would never allow this to happen, so he began to meet with the leaders of the Republic. Since Gorbachev is in charge of the economy, all the republics are faced with the problem of material supply. So Gorbachev is absolutely attractive to the leaders of some small republics.

Gorbakov promised to increase the central financial support to the three Baltic republics, namely, Estonia, Latvian and Lithuanian. The first secretaries of the three republics soon expressed their firm support for Gorbachev's economic policy. Then the three Transcaucasian countries - Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia also chose Gorbachev's camp, and finally the Republic of Moldavia, which borders Romania, joined in.

The most supportive of Gorbachev is Georgia's first secretary, Shevardnadze, who is now a member of the Politburo. As Georgia is close to Chechnya, being the first secretary there is sometimes a lot of unnecessary pressure. Shevardnadze was eager to work in Moscow, and Gorbachev naturally secretly agreed.

When gromico returned to Moscow, there was nothing he could bring up in the Politburo. Gromico organized his meeting with President Reagan into a written report and submitted it to the Politburo. Naturally, there is nothing in this report to praise the American government. After reading the report, Gorbachev breathed a long breath, at the same time, he also took the opportunity to let his men attack gromiko.

It is in this undercurrent surging situation that Xie liaosha ushered in his first Supreme Soviet National Congress. Before 9 a.m. on the first day of the conference, Soviet delegates from all over the country arrived at the Kremlin hall in black Volga cars.

After his special car stopped on the square in front of the Kremlin city hall, he stepped on the red carpet leading to the venue. There are too many delegates today. It's the first time that Xie liaosha has seen so many people participate in the same activity since he crossed the border. He had just stepped out of the car, and soon comrades from the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation gathered around him. Xie liaosha followed them into the meeting hall.

The interior of the venue was brightly lit, and there were lots of seats at a glance. The background of the rostrum is a large modern head portrait of Lenin with the words 1922-1985 on the bottom. Xie liaosha feels that such a grand scene can only be compared with the funeral of a leader.

Xie liaosha quickly found his seat. His seat was in the second row near the rostrum. The front row was full of Ministers' seats, while the rostrum was full of Politburo members' seats. As nine o'clock approached, the venue was filled with people one after another. With a burst of applause, everyone stood up to welcome the state leaders headed by general secretary Chernenko to the venue.

The host of the conference went to the podium and announced in a loud voice: "all rise and sing the national anthem!"

Xie liaosha immediately stood up from his seat. Soon after, the song "unbreakable alliance" was heard in the conference hall.

The collective chorus of nearly ten thousand people has produced a shocking effect, and Xie liaosha even feels that his blood is about to boil. Xie liaosha couldn't help looking at general secretary Chernenko at the center of the rostrum. Secretary Chernenko's lips sang slightly, and his face seemed to be better.

After the national song ended, Xie liaosha returned to his seat! Although he has entered the ranks of senior Soviet officials. However, at the Supreme Soviet conference, the officials who were able to make a speech on the stage for the first time were also ministers. Due to the special alliance nature of the Soviet Union, the first secretaries of the participating republics were two levels higher than the ministers. Because above the ministerial officials, there are higher departments such as the alliance court and the ethnic Council.

This meeting is a meeting of the government, not the party affairs. Therefore, the first person to make a report on the stage was the chairman of the Joint Ministerial Conference of the Soviet Union, Mikhail jihonov. This man was sent to the prime minister by Brezhnev after he was forced to retire after the failure of the reform of kosikin. But he did not bring the Soviet economy back to a satisfactory path. The five-year career as chairman of the Joint Ministerial Conference has proved his ability. If there is no accident, he will retire at the 27th National Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union next year. As for his successor, it is hard to say. At present, Gorbachev's voice is the highest, but there is a premise that Chernenko still occupies the position of general secretary.

The morning session lasted two hours, followed by a lunch break. The delegates will return to the hotel for a break and then continue to attend the afternoon meeting. Xie liaosha walked out of the meeting and was about to ask the driver to pick him up when the Secretary of minister rulav Liaofu suddenly stopped him and asked Xie liaosha to discuss the report of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation. Xie liaosha didn't show any emotion. He followed the Secretary of minister zhulavrov and got into another car. Minister zhulavrov was sitting in the car. Minister zhulaviov suggested that Xie liaosha have lunch with him and consider the contents of the report. Xie liaosha agreed with a smile.