This was Yanayev's first visit to the United Kingdom, and when he first set foot on British soil, he felt the enthusiasm of the British royal family. Royal honor guards in bearskin hats and red uniforms lined up on the tarmac to welcome the arrival of the Soviet president.

The Queen's representative, Viscount Hood, and Foreign Secretary Hammond were waiting on the tarmac for Yanayev's appearance, the first time that the British royal family had invited a leader of a socialist country to London. After the meeting, the British youth presented Yanayev with flowers, expressing Britain's friendly attitude towards the Soviet Union. In the face of the other party's enthusiastic attitude, Yanayev naturally had to show corresponding courtesy. He said that as permanent members of the UN Security Council and countries with important influence in the world, the Soviet Union and Britain have common interests and solemn responsibilities in safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.

Of course, these are all political polite words, and it is not known how much moisture exists. After getting off the plane, Yanayev drove to Buckingham Palace, where Britain's titular Prime Minister Elizabeth II was waiting for him. Of course, there should also be Prince Charles, who has been waiting for the longest time on the throne.

After arriving at the British State Room, Yanayev met the sixty-seven-year-old Elizabeth II for the first time, the queen was dressed in a crimson coat, smiled kindly, and even looked much younger than Yanayev himself. This also had to make Yanayev sigh that he was indeed the legendary standby king.

Of course, in addition to his husband Prince Philip, he was accompanied by Prince Charles, the first heir to the royal family. At this time, Charles had been waiting for the succession for forty-five years, and Yanayev did not know how much anguish the crown prince had in his heart, who had lived under his mother's halo for more than 40 years. Maybe he should comfort the other party. "Reasonable, did Jesus never ascend the throne in his life?" Or rather. "You just give the army the royal title and let them follow you to the palace."

"Welcome from afar, President Yanayev of the Soviet Union." Elizabeth II shook hands with Yanayev very politely. Kind and polite, she is worthy of being an elegant woman who has experienced various political events.

"Hello, Her Majesty." Yanayev also greeted him with the same kind greetings, explaining to the British royal family the friendly wishes of the Soviet people and the desire to establish a partnership of mutual assistance with Britain.

The parties held a cordial meeting in the state room, and Yanayev presented the British royal family with gifts from the Soviet Union. And heartfelt wishes.

Yanayev and the Queen arrived at the Royal Parade, where Elizabeth II prepared a grand welcoming ceremony. On this vast and neat British royal review stand, the well-dressed British royal guards are waiting for Yanayev's review, while London's Tower Bridge and Green Park fire 62 and 41 gun salutes respectively, in the deafening sound, the ice and confrontation between the Soviet Union and Britain are rapidly melted in the face of real interests.

Since he had made a good start, Yanayev was not afraid that his trip to England would end in failure, and when he visited the British Parliament building in the afternoon, he was warmly received by the two presidents of the House of Commons.

"The Iron Curtain speech 47 years ago kicked off the confrontation and hostility between the Western free world and the socialist camp. And today, 47 years later, we are also walking together because of marketization. The Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, two equally old countries that have experienced the trauma of war, in today's easing relations and contradictions, we sincerely hope that the Soviet Union and Britain can establish an economic and trade partnership. It was the most rewarding thing about my trip to the UK and the one thing that changed the whole world. ”

Amid loud applause, Yanayev shook hands with Burke, the dean of the House of Commons, and Disha, the dean of the House of Commons, and the scene of both smiling at the camera was featured in the newspapers on the streets of Britain. And accompanied by a very interesting title, "The Iron Curtain Falls, Britain and the Soviet Union Shake Hands".

Yanayev met with the British Prime Minister, the leader of the Conservative Party, John Brown? Merlin. Yanayev's warm and cheerful attitude also made Yanayev smile a little meaningfully, everyone knows that a year ago there were all kinds of discord between the Soviet Union and Britain. The attitude that is being shown now is only to show that they have a request for Yanayev.

Sure enough, John? Merlin made an obscure suggestion about the IRA. Originally, in the era of Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, the Irish Republican Army was fatally suppressed by the British army, and the Irish Republican Army originally launched the peace process in Northern Ireland, but the problem was repeatedly stranded because of the KGB's covert obstruction. Between 1991 and 1992, the IRA received much more arms aid than in the previous decade. The Intelligence Service secretly transported the arms to the Irish armed men, who then exported the violent revolution to the whole West.

"So John? Prime Minister Merlin wants us to stop aiding the Irish Armed Forces? "Because this is a very obscure issue, it is only natural that the dealings between the major powers will be hidden from the eyes and ears of others. So Yanayev and Prime Minister Merlin were discussing this issue in a secret conference room in the parliament building.

"Stop arming aid to them, and hopefully share intelligence with the IRA, I know your intelligence bureau has more detailed information than we do." Britain's MI6 has also been a headache for the Irish Armed Forces division. The last bombings of the London Underground and Opera House gave MI6 a major change of leadership. If there are a few more such bombings, then his career as prime minister will come to an end.

"It's okay to cut off armed aid, but if you insist that our intelligence agencies have something to do with terrorist organizations, you'll be a little bloody. The amount of arms exported by the Soviet Union each year was enormous, and we do not know which of these orders would go to Ireland by whom. At the very least, we could have the Soviet arms companies cut off the arms trade in Western Europe, but we would have lost a large share. Yanayev deliberately showed a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, just so that he and the British prime minister had a bargaining chip for further price reductions in the next trade negotiations.

Moreover, what Yanayev did was to cut off armed aid instead of turning against the Irish Republican Army, and if relations between Britain and the Soviet Union deteriorated again one day, the Soviets would be able to pick up this pawn again and create a headache for MI6.

"Don't worry, President Yanayev, as long as you stop supplying weapons to the IRA, then we won't let Britain's new friends suffer in the next trade negotiations." The British Prime Minister replied affirmatively, "We will secretly provide the Soviet Union with certain things that the Batumi Commission used as prohibited transport, as our reward." ”

"Well, it sounds like a good deal." Yanayev said. He knew that the British had always been very disgusted with the arms embargo imposed by the Batumi Committee, which undoubtedly caused Britain to lose hundreds of millions of arms orders every year. Just look at the Soviet Union, which is happy to sell arms all over the world. The Soviet Union made a lot of money from the circulation of arms, while Western countries had to abide by the principle that weapons should not be sold to socialist countries.

"So President Yanayev is willing to make this deal with us?" Merlin asked, looking at Yanayev with a faint glint of anticipation. If the IRA issue can be resolved during his tenure, there is no doubt that Merlin will have a much better chance of being competent again in the next prime minister's race. This is why he tried his best to win over the Soviet Union for free trade, to get rid of economic difficulties, and to solve political problems.

"It's our job to share the worries of our partners, Prime Minister Merlin, happy cooperation." Yanayev stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"Happy cooperation, President Yanayev." Merlin said with the same smile. (To be continued.) )