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Solzhenitsyn's defection annoyed the CIA, which was secretly hatching a drama that would allow the Moscow authorities to make a big fuss about the Soviet Union's human rights problems if they refused to return to the Soviet Union. If they had agreed to Solzhenitsyn's return to Moscow, the staunch critic would have been a fierce critic of Soviet policy, leaving Yanayev in shame. Brandi even assured Director Tenet that it would be a very good show, with a staunch anti-Sovietist and a totalitarian national leader in dialogue.

Tenet also took Brandi's word for it, and then used his connections to approve Solzhenitsyn's request to return to the Soviet Union.

However, Brandy, the head of the intelligence section, did not expect that the Soviet Propaganda Department not only did not ban Solzhenitsyn, but also asked Moscow newspapers to focus on the return of the writer and publicize the "Russian conscience" who had been adrift abroad for many years.

Then the CIA, who had been waiting to see a good show, received very unexpected news that Solzhenitsyn, who had returned to Moscow, agreed to Yanayev's request and resettled in Moscow.

This made the CIA, which had spent a lot of money to train Solzhenitsyn, very embarrassed.

What made Brandi even more embarrassed was that soon after Solzhenitsyn returned to Moscow, he began to write articles that were clearly on the side of the Soviet government, focusing on criticizing the policies of the Goer-Ba-Chev period, as well as the ignorance and superficiality of the society as a whole at that time.

Brandi, who received the news, hurriedly sent someone to verify the accuracy of the news, hoping that the authorities had coerced or forced Solzhenitsyn to write this kind of work against his will, but the result of the report was a big surprise, Solzhenitsyn did write such a work voluntarily, and was not coerced by the Soviet government departments.

A frustrating question was before Chief Brandy, the great liberal warrior, Hemingway-esque hard-guy writer, Comrade Solzhenitsyn, who betrayed the United States of America in a free country, did not hesitate to throw himself into the arms of communism.

This is simply different from the script that was originally promised, and when Director Tenet heard the news, his face turned blue and asked Brandi to immediately block everything about Solzhenitsyn.

Overnight, the treatment of this anti-Soviet hero came to a 180-degree reversal.

Almost a few days after Solzhenitsyn officially settled in Moscow, the U.S. government began to completely ban Solzhenitsyn, and it turned out to be a potential ideological-intellectual-form spy in the KGB, all books about Solzhenitsyn were removed from stores, his assets in the United States were frozen, and even the immigration bureau announced that Solzhenitsyn would be blacklisted for immigration and would never be allowed to enter the United States. They tried to make Solzhenitsyn disappear from the United States. For example, Korodich, the only remaining fruit, put Solzhenitsyn on the list of liberal traitors, eager to hang his name with the Soviet Union and lash out.

This is even more ruthless than when the Soviet Union blocked Solzhenitsyn, but fortunately Solzhenitsyn has been alone, so he has not had much property left in the United States.

Knowing this, the Soviet government offered him an apartment and a job as a newspaper editor, but Solzhenitsyn politely declined.

This incident made Solzhenitsyn completely see the true face of the Americans. The United States is like a wealthy capitalist who rewards a captive dog with a good bark when it sounds good. But the Soviet Union, at least in the most difficult period, did not forget to give this group of white-eyed wolves a piece of bread.

The arrival of Solzhenitsyn seemed to blow a new wind to Russian literature, and the originally lifeless literary scene began to be active again. Some call this situation the Renaissance of the USSR.

Although Surkov said that he should be cautious about this, after all, no one knows whether anyone will use this new cultural movement to make arguments against the state system.

"Are you not confident in our society? Comrade Surkov? After listening to Surkov's report, Yanayev smiled and asked, "Let me just say the simplest thing, who would still regard the liberal propaganda policy of the United States as a belief and goal?" ”

Surkov thought about it carefully, and it is true that in the past five years, the original slogan of overwhelming institutional reform and freedom belongs to the people has become gone, and the atmosphere of public opinion has changed from supporting liberalism to opposing the American-style liberal system.

"Freedom is just a banner that people use to oppose everything they have when they can't eat, but when everyone starts to live in peace and contentment, and you say you're fighting for freedom, will anyone follow you?" Yanayev asked again.

Surkov still shook his head.

"Although the United States is our enemy, it was, is, and will be, but there is one thing we must affirm, and that is confidence in the system, confidence in the country. In the era of economic prosperity and a series of welfare guarantees, no one would think of rebelling, and now if the public knows stand up and say that he will follow him against socialism, it will be as unreasonable as a madman in the eyes of others. ”

"The Soviet Union's welcome of Solzhenitsyn's return does not mean that we have relaxed our occupation of the high ground of public opinion. Controlling public opinion is inherently a stupid thing, from the time of Stalin to the time of Gorba = Chov, these fools who controlled the Propaganda Department did not understand one thing from beginning to end, the victory of public opinion was often accompanied by economic success, an increase in the standard of living of the people. Instead of relying on government means to tighten the neck of the people. ”

Surkov smiled bitterly and said, "General Secretary Yanayev, when you said these words, I doubted that I had heard them wrong. ”

Yanayev shook his head, "You heard it right, this is indeed the most effective tactic of public opinion, occupying the commanding heights of public opinion, which is much more effective than the government holding a hundred times to praise and praise the motherland." Comrade Surkov, propaganda strategy is a very esoteric science, and you still need to learn more. ”

Yanayev spread out the newspaper in front of Surkov, and the front page headline was a portrait of Solzhenitsyn, pointing to the portrait and saying, "The reason why I will bring Solzhenitsyn back is to prove to the outside world that the Soviet government is not the kind of country that arrests all dissidents, and second, to make the domestic literary and artistic circles our propaganda weapon through this means." ”

"Propaganda weapons?" Surkov did not understand what Yanayev meant.

"When they criticize the Gor-Bachev era, it is a sign of our propaganda strategic victory. Do you think about what slogans best represent their policy in the Gore-Ba-Chev era? It is socialism of democracy and freedom. Criticism of the Goer-Bar-Cchev era is equivalent to us guiding the literary and artistic circles to judge democracy and freedom, and what will happen if the criticism continues? ”

"I see, it's the disgust that provokes the people towards American liberalism." Surkov suddenly realized that the bureau set up by Yanayev was actually exquisitely aimed at the liberal ideas of the United States, and he also inadvertently used that group of writers as a gun to aim at the banner of liberalism.

Yanayev nodded, it is obvious that Surkov can already reach the state of being in charge of himself, even if he is not in the position of president of the country one day in the future, there is no need to worry about the public opinion propaganda position falling into the hands of the enemy.

"Once the people are disillusioned enough with liberalism, no one wants to propose that they would rather be free than bread, and the next thing we have to do is to use our means to guide the people forward. But first of all, we must have sufficient economic strength, and we must also promote the people's sense of identification with the Soviets through institutional fairness, otherwise everything is just a joke. Democracy or freedom are just the banners chosen by the people in order to eat that bite of food. Those who shouted that there was no human rights in the Saddam era, who will jump out and shout long live freedom now? It's just a joke. ”

Yanayev said in an affirmative tone, "One day in the future, the Soviet Union will achieve a complete victory in this war of public opinion, and let the red flag be planted all over the land of North America." (To be continued.) )