(1st Update)

All the questions were put together on Yanayev's desk, and with the exception of the most sensitive questions, which had no answers and needed to be decided by Yanayev himself, the others even had standardized answers written and read out during the interview. But for a seasoned politician, these problems are not enough for Yanayev.

Also that morning, Mike Wallace, who had collected first-hand information and listed it, boarded a special plane to Moscow with great interest, which was his first interview with the top leader of the opposing camp, and in the envious or jealous eyes of his colleagues, Mike Wallace would once again create the pinnacle of his career in the world of journalism.

Along the way, Wallace has been carefully preparing and collecting materials, from the beginning of his labor in 1958 to the August 19 Incident, everything has been recorded in the notebook, especially to Wallace's surprise, Yanayev's temperament has completely changed after the August 19 Incident, like a person from the previous moderate political methods to tough and extreme. Wallace has always believed that apart from Stalin, the evil genius, the subsequent leaders of the CPSU are without exception triumphant clowns, who do not know how to hold the highest power at all, and have already mastered a sober mind in the international political struggle.

Eventually, Wallace closed the material, rubbed his sour eyes, and then, as if remembering something, picked up his pen and drew a big question mark on Yanayev's photo, and quoted Fadeev about Stalin and Khrushchev on the side.

Was Yanayev an evil genius like Stalin, or an unlearned clown like Khrushchev?

Upon arrival at Moscow International Airport, Yanayev was specially received by agents of the 9th Directorate of the KGB, who checked his equipment and did not carry dangerous items before agreeing to board the presidential plane to Crimea Foros. However, during the search, Wallace behaved rudely to KGB agents during the inspection, and they said that it was just a routine matter. But it was still secretly remembered by Wallace.

Perhaps Wallace was the only Western journalist to be treated like a presidential plane, and when he arrived at the Foros villa, Yanayev, who had been waiting for a long time, gave him a warm hug.

The interview was held in the president's bedroom, and Yanayev hoped that the West would see a friendly image of the supreme leader.

Facing the wary Wallace reporter in his eyes, Yanayev smiled and said, "Welcome to the Presidential Vacation Villa of Foros, my Western friend." You are also the only Western journalist to set foot in this villa for so many years, and I hope that the following interview can be as easy and enjoyable as chatting with old friends. Don't be too nervous, my journalist friend, take it easy, don't make yourself tremble like French director Barbett Strode interviewing Ugandan President Amin, I'm an easy-going person. ”

Wallace was somewhat surprised, and Yanayev's mildness made him wonder if the American newspapers were denouncing the same murderous dictator who spoke ill of the Soviet intelligentsia.

In the face of Yanayev's enthusiasm, Wallace generously shook the other party's hand and grinned the corners of his mouth to show a bright smile, "Hello, President Yanayev, I am honored that you can accept my invitation to visit. Truth be told, since Ugandan President Amin is mentioned, is President Yanayev a cruel, persecuting tyrant of dissidents, as the Western world has portrayed? Or is all the friendliness I've seen just wishful thinking on your part, like the president of Uganda? ”

Wallace's first question was aggressive, and the photographer even glanced at Yanayev hesitantly, and as long as the president nodded, he could cut off the photography at any time and ask the guards to forcibly end the interview.

But Yanayev only replied mildly, "But the intelligence we have shows that Ugandan President Amin has been greatly assisted by British intelligence services, and American and Israeli intelligence agencies have also been involved in this matter." The intention of the British was to encourage Amin to suspend the process of nationalizing foreigners' property and to halt President Obaid's pro-Marxist tendencies. And in this document, the British Foreign Secretary also bluntly said that Amin is a person who is related to us, and we can count on him. Of course, you can think that what I said is false, and if the Wallace reporter has time, he can go back and check the information, and he will find that after Amin came to power, he immediately canceled the previous government's decision to nationalize British private companies. In gratitude to Amin, the British government immediately provided Amin with financial assistance of 9 million pounds, as well as 50 armored infantry vehicles, and sent military advisers to help train the Ugandan army. ”

Wallace suddenly realized that Yanayev had something to say, and it seemed that he had set a trap for him to enter, and the so-called mention of Uganda was completely to let himself step into Yanayev's mental trap and follow his train of thought.

Sure enough, Yanayev continued unhurriedly, "Britain, a country that boasts human rights and freedoms. In 1689, the Bill of Rights was promulgated to clearly check the power of the crown in the form of law. Moreover, the English poet Pope once said that those who do not give others freedom will not be able to get it themselves. So is Britain an accomplice to dictatorship in obstructing the Ugandan people's right to freedom and democracy? ”

Wallace wiped the sweat from his forehead, it turned out that the Soviet leader was not a simple and crude "tsar" like Nicholas II, every word revealed that he was calculating the West, and poured out all the dark deals that Western governments had made.

And at this time, Yanayev completely put aside the model answer that Surkov provided him with a few days ago and entered into the plot of casual play. He made a gesture of please, allowing Wallace to ask the next question.

Wallace took a breath and began to ask questions directed at the Soviet dictatorship, "What about the innocent people who peacefully gathered on Red Square during the August 19 incident?" Your soldiers have turned their guns on these freedom-loving people who want their country to be democratic and prosperous. Shouldn't this be considered a dictator's approach? In what was later called the Stalinist purge, you purged almost half of Moscow's officials, and many high-ranking officials inexplicably ended their own lives. Even Solzhenitsyn, the author of the Gulag Archipelago and known as the most conscientious intellectual, wrote a satirical article about the dictator against you, which seems to you to be described as a bad record in the eyes of Westerners, so I would like to know how President Yanayev feels when you hear these comments. Will he default to being a dictator? ”

Compared to the previous question, the whole question took everyone's breath away, and some photographers were even afraid that they would hear some secrets that they shouldn't have heard. But only Yanayev still calmly looked at Wallace, who was also full of confidence, and his eyes seemed to have seen through everything.

"It's a pity, Mr. Wallace, that your question isn't even as good as that of the cents." Yanayev silently thought about this sentence in his heart.