"The political changes in the White House in the past few days should be very exciting, especially if you link these recent news together, it is simply a record of the political situation in the White House. From the arrest of CIA Director Deutsch for leaking intelligence secrets, to the arrival of the Joint Investigation Team at the CIA to re-investigate the background information of all field agents, it is clear that President Mario no longer trusts the CIA. This is an opportunity for our KGB to regain the initiative in Eastern Europe. The change of ownership of the CIA and the interference of the White House will greatly dampen the morale of the CIA. ”

The temperature in Moscow in October has remained below 10 degrees, everyone is wearing thick trench coats, and even the coldest weather Yanayev will choose to stand on the Kremlin tower for a while, looking out over the country he governs.

Yanayev closed the newspaper and threw it aside, he glanced at Comrade Kryuchkov in front of him, said with a smile, "So this time the Americans' self-binding can be said to be the credit of the KGB, which has dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Americans." ”

"To be exact, this should be the credit of the General Secretary, and without your guidance, I am afraid we would not have allowed Ames to play such an important role at the last minute, which shows the distrust of the CIA Director and President Mario towards the Intelligence Agency. The use of a double agent alone to make the United States mistakenly believe that the intelligence agency is riddled with holes, and then cut its own wings, is simply a beautiful battle for the intelligence community. ”

Chairman Kryuchkov really realized the power of Yanayev's methods, and he could predict that the United States was about to carry out a serious purge of the intelligence bureau through the arrest of a spy, and Mario thought that he could arrest the mole who "rebelled". In fact, it was a huge blow to the morale of the CIA.

"This is a rare opportunity for the KGB. I think you can take advantage of this power vacuum in the United States. Rapidly expanding the size of our intelligence in Eastern Europe, the KGB is different from the GRU in that you have to prepare for possible future political upheavals in Eastern Europe, preparations for the subversion of Eastern European countries. ”

Yanayev's words made Kryuchkov change color in an instant, could it be that the general secretary is now brewing a plan on how to return the countries of Eastern Europe to the arms of the Soviet Union?

Yanayev glanced at Comrade Kryuchkov, who had a different look in his eyes, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Don't be nervous, the Soviet Union does not have the strength to make another drastic change in Eastern Europe." So that day will not come so soon, and the re-entry into Eastern Europe is just a long-term strategic development goal, a westward strategy after we have preserved our current sphere of influence. Let's not forget that as long as the economic situation of European countries continues to be sluggish and their refugee social problems are not resolved, Western Europe will sooner or later lose the opportunity to win over Eastern Europe. It is time for the old powerhouse, which has maintained its glory for more than a hundred years, to give way to a new rising star. ”

It is difficult to say who the rising star who forced Europe to give way, Yanayev can only pull the Soviets to catch the last train of the third scientific and technological revolution and the wave of economic development in the Asia-Pacific region, and shorten the distance between him and the United States as much as possible. As for the world dragon that is really taking off economically, it no longer belongs to them.

"Now that the CIA has given way in Eastern Europe. It's time for the KGB field agents to go out and be active, I think the KGB has been forced to reduce the scale of its activities in recent years. I've been dissatisfied for a long time. Let the KGB fill the power gap they left behind. ”

When Director Deutsch was convicted in a secret prison, the CIA was now in a state of chaos, first Director Deutsch was smuted by the investigation team for leaking state secrets, and before everyone could understand what was going on, a joint team of the Homeland Security Agency and the FBI began to enter the CIA to conduct background checks on everyone who worked in the building, even the cleaners, not to mention the field agents operating in Europe. Director Fricht, who had long been dissatisfied with the CIA, began a Stalinist purge within the CIA.

The first is that all the people who the investigation team considers to be problematic in the background check have been recruited, and whatever mission he is on, he has been sent back for quarantine and no excuse. After all, the leak of information on Director Deutsch's computer was much more serious than any other time.

The whole building is full of panic, and the members of the investigation team in black uniforms look at everyone with extremely unfriendly eyes, like a terrible gendarmerie in wartime, and everyone questioned by the investigation team is taken to a small isolated black room for hours of questioning, and the content of the questions is complicated and trivial, even including the details of a certain mission, which must be accurately written down.

After a few days, some were declared safe, while others less fortunate were taken away by the investigation team to other places for trial, where they were forced to ask more questions and be interrogated more to prove their innocence in a cell, which resembled a secret prison.

The investigative team was not the product of a whim, but a means by which President Mario intended to "purify" the CIA once and for all, even at the expense of some of the CIA's interests abroad, which was much better than being infiltrated by the KGB from within. The KGB also created certain false appearances in order to fuel the fire, such as anonymous overseas bank accounts whose names were linked to CIA agents, such as the only words about classified information found in the home of an agent, and the KGB used all kinds of means to make the investigation team mistakenly believe that the KGB power within the CIA had developed to a frightening level.

Frich put the results of the investigation in front of Mario, and he whispered to President Mario, "There are a total of 31 people suspected of being spies, and 4 people are officially confirmed to be spies, of which 80% are field agents, especially in Eastern Europe." I think we have to get rid of the head of the European side of the CIA and replace it with a group of loyal and reliable CIA operatives. ”

"What happened to Director Deutsch? Or do you vehemently deny it as before? Mario looked up and asked, "Director Fricht, you promised me three days ago that Douzzy's problem would be resolved in a short time. Now every minute of delay puts more pressure on the White House, and do you know how many reporters are waiting outside the door for a press conference? Without exception, they all want to see that the director of the US intelligence department is actually a double agent of the Soviet Union, and how important will the trust of the US government be caused by such a thing? ”

"But we can't just let Deutsch go, after all, the root of all the problems lies with him. As long as we can find tangible evidence, we can ......"

Mario interrupted Frich, "We can convict Deutsch, right?" I've heard this at least ten times, but have you found any tangible evidence? The Supreme Court, however, is trying to pressure me to follow the established procedure if it cannot be proved that Director Deutsch betrayed the United States. ”

President Mario also did not want to see the CIA betrayal, especially as the situation escalated, and he had no idea that Deutsch was really just accidentally leaking, even though the leak made President Mario look stupid.

"Director Fricht, you must know that my side is also under pressure, some people want me to convict Deutsch as soon as possible, and not show any attempt to shield the other side, and similarly, if I find evidence of Deutsch's treason, it will damage the reputation of the US government, which is also what no one wants to see."

"So since no evidence has been investigated, the interrogation is over."

President Mario's words undone Frieh's efforts, and although he was a little reluctant, he also knew that if no evidence could be found, he really could not continue the interrogation. After all, the other party is still the director of the CIA with a delicate identity.

"And what about these segregated vetting agents? Do you also stop continuing the review? Frich asked, since he couldn't bring down the director of the CIA, at least some of the CIA agents would be happy to send them to prison.

President Mario turned his head, stared at the faces on the list, and replied in a cold voice, "Director Frich, I just said to stop the investigation of Director Deutsch, did you say stop the CIA review?" Keep digging, I think there must be some big fish lurking inside, and you'd better spend a little more time and effort on Ames, he must have the information we want. ”

"Yes."

With President Mario's assurances, Director Frieh is much more relieved. After the first round of arrests, the review team began a second round of more rigorous review and purging, and if the wrong word was uttered, it would be transferred from Langley to a more high-security interrogation room for review, and almost every day someone could be seen coming out of the office and following the investigation team to the black car prepared at the door.

Director Frich watched all this with great satisfaction, which was simply the greatest revenge for the CIA, and in the name of trial, all possible communists were wiped out. In his hand was a list of Ames agents who had been in close contact with him.

Even President Mario did not anticipate that this would be worse for the CIA. The CIA, which was originally led by two mediocre directors, has shown a bloated and inefficient situation, coupled with such a Black October purge, which makes the CIA even less capable of competing with the KGB.

And the KGB, which had been suppressed everywhere in Eastern Europe, finally ushered in the spring of development. (To be continued.) )