The first update

On January 7, 1994, Yanayev ushered in another new Orthodox Christmas, but this time Santa Claus gave him a very large gift, so big that even Yanayev could not believe it. Because just a few hours ago, the representative of Croatia put forward a proposal to stop the exchange of fire, no longer by violent means, but to begin to resolve the three major ethnic issues of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the negotiating table. This means that the issue of Serb territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been going on for more than two years, will most likely be resolved in the near future.

This was good news for each side, as the British wished that the civil war in Yugoslavia would end sooner, and they could no longer afford to take in too many refugees.

However, by the end of the war, the Bosnian Serbs had firmly controlled nearly 95 percent of the country's land, thanks to the frenzied bombing of the Soviet Union, which directly wiped out the main force of the Croatian army and broke the will of the Croats to resist. With no follow-up troops, they were unable to withstand the continuous advance of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, and finally chose to surrender as a last resort.

Before Croatia chose to surrender, the British also wanted to imitate Yanayev's approach and urgently call in NATO's air military strike force to plan an air strike, but few responded. Everyone knows that the Serbian army has deployed a large number of SAM surface-to-air missiles on its positions, and whose fighters flying over it will be subjected to intensive artillery fire.

This is also the conclusion that Yanayev came to as a result of the crossing, as long as NATO continues to choose air strikes. Then they sold beech and sam in large quantities to the Serbian government, giving the British a headache.

On the issue of peace talks, Karadzic also made a special phone call to Yanayev. The current Bosnian Serb government has come to see the Soviet Union as a staunch and reliable socialist ally, and any issue is discussed with Yanayev first to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

"It is better than anything else to have the power of a country firmly in their own hands, and the biggest problem for the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the strong armed forces that control the state power, which will allow the Croats and Muslims to take advantage of it. And now is your best chance to turn the tables around, Karadzic. Yanayev took the phone and made a suggestion to Karadzic.

"Serbs are good. Whether it's a Croat, a Muslim. They are all shackled by their own so-called national consciousness, and they are trying to rebel under this banner. So if the ethnic component is single. The less likely it is to provoke a civil war. ”、

Karadzic on the other end of the phone listened to what Yanayev said, as if it were a fantasy, "It is very difficult to assimilate three peoples, not to mention that it is still a state of feud." ”

What Yanayev is talking about is the policy of national integration. The gap between ethnic groups should be narrowed through government intervention. Or even until it disappears. Let the so-called Croats and Muslims become part of the Serb community. Turkey's long-standing policy of cold shoulders towards the Kurds falls into this category.

However, the Bosnian Serbs managed to make peace, and now a brutal intervention would only be counterproductive, so Yanayev suggested that Karadzic should make a fuss at the beginning, emphasizing national equality and great unity. When society is gradually stabilizing, he can implement this policy.

"The best way to reunite the Serbs, Croats and Muslims into a new people, and to assimilate these independent-minded people with a sense of national belonging is by far the best way to do so. Otherwise, do you have any other good idea? Kill all those people? Don't look at the jokes. The genocide ended in the Bosnian Serbs being pushed directly by the United Nations. There is not even a chance to appeal. ”

"I've already given you the idea, Karadzic. Now it's up to you to see if you'll do it. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, General Secretary Yanayev." Karadzic said with relief.

After Yanayev finished speaking, he hung up the phone and left Karadzic alone to think about it. Next, he called on Comrade Yazov to express his views on the Yugoslav peace talks.

"When the time comes, the Soviet Union will also send representatives to this negotiating meeting, and the Serbian and Bosnian Serbs are really important to us. Since the great changes that took place in Czechoslovakia in early 1993, the communist forces in Eastern Europe have been completely wiped out. Now there is only one Serbian ally left. ”

"If we don't seize this opportunity to turn the tables, the Soviet Union will be completely squeezed out of the circle of Eastern European forces, and we will not have a day to turn the tables again." Yanayev's fears are not unreasonable, otherwise the NATO group would not have tried such a way to target Serbia and completely collapse the last pro-Soviet regime.

"But is it really good to just intervene directly in Serbia? When the time comes, it will arouse the disgust of the living Muslim people of the Croats, and it will not be ......" This was one of the problems that Yazov was worried about, because he was afraid that the Russians would attend the meeting and arouse the emotions of the Croats.

"You mean the Croats." Yanayev burst out laughing as if he had heard a funny joke, and he turned to Yazov and said, "Do you really think that this meeting will only be held with the three main ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina?" Not to mention us, it is very likely that the British will intervene sideways at that time. There are so many variables in the negotiating session that we have to step in. ”

"I am very confident that the British will not miss this last chance to change the situation, and they will do everything they can to fight for the best interests of the Croats. And what the USSR had to do was to turn the ideas of the British into impossible fantasies. Yanayev's answer was simple and crude, if the British wanted to interfere, then the Soviet Union would suppress you to the death, and let you see your hopes shattered in front of you.

The negotiations in Bosnia and Herzegovina then turned into an unseen battlefield between the two countries, with the British hoping that their opposition would gain more land. The government forces supported by Yanayev hope that they can now firmly control 95 percent of the land, and as long as the sovereignty of those lands is still in their hands, then Yanayev has a great chance of winning.

At least for now, it seems that the situation is still developing in its favor, but the situation at the negotiating table is so uncertain that even Karadzic does not dare to guarantee what kind of difference will be made then.

"Let's get this incident to an end." Yanayev said tiredly. (To be continued.) )