Chapter 246 Small Circle Meeting

Now, what are you hesitating about?

"I support Comrade Andropov as general secretary. Only he can lead our country to continue to become stronger and break free from the shackles of the Brezhnev era," said Grishin.

Another characteristic of Soviet leaders is that when new leaders come to power, they always find fault with the old ones. After Khrushchev came to power, he almost called Stalin the gravedigger of the Soviet Union. Brezhnev came to power through a coup and completely overturned Khrushchev's political views. Now that it is the turn of the new leaders to come to power, it is normal for them to find some faults with Brezhnev.

"Well, since both of you agree, I have no objection either." Gromyko spoke, which made Grishin feel unhappy. This guy, after working in the diplomatic field for so many years, is a natural veteran. If this is exposed in the future, this guy will definitely shirk all responsibility and continue to thrive in the upper echelons.

"Gromyko, since you agree, you can propose it at the meeting the day after tomorrow." Ustinov said, "You have been in the Central Political Bureau since our great leader Comrade Stalin was alive. You are a senior member. If you propose it, no one will dare to oppose it."

Sure enough, no one is so easy to fool! Ustinov is also quite smart. When he found out that Gromyko was playing tricks, he immediately put forward new demands. You want to stay out of it and change your mind when the time comes? Impossible! You propose to make Comrade Andropov the general secretary!

Gromyko was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Ustinov to say this, but now he knew that if he did not agree, he might not even be able to get out of this door!

Political struggle is bloody.

"Yes, of course." Gromyko agreed readily.

In fact, in his heart, Gromyko has his own ideas! According to his qualifications, he himself has hope, but now...

At the same time, in another small house in the center of Moscow, another meeting was taking place in a tense manner.

"We must join forces to get rid of Andropov!" Sherbitsky said coldly: "Chernenko, it's time to show your courage! If we join forces, we will definitely be able to get Andropov out of power!"

Chernenko sat aside, saying nothing. The whole room was filled with smoke, and he was smoking one cigarette after another.

There were not many people in this small room. In addition to Sherbitsky and Chernenko, there was an old man, the Secretary of the Secretariat, Suslov!

Suslov was a non-confrontational person, but he actually had the hope of becoming the general secretary. You know, the secretary of the Secretariat is equivalent to the second-in-command of the Kremlin and the successor to the great general secretary!

Now, the situation is very clear. With General Secretary Brezhnev no longer in office, he has not designated a successor. This power transfer is destined to be full of struggles as before. Among them, the most ambitious and hopeful is Andropov, the chairman of the KGB!

Neither Chernenko nor Sherbitsky could fight Andropov alone, because Andropov controlled the secret police! Andropov directly controlled the things behind everyone present, which was very disadvantageous to them. Since one person could not bring down Andropov, they could only unite to have hope.

This is almost the same as the situation back then. After Stalin died, Malenkov, Beria, and Khrushchev all had the hope of becoming general secretary. Among them, Beria was the most threatening because he controlled the KGB and a powerful secret service! Therefore, Malenkov had no choice but to join forces with Khrushchev. The two of them, together with other members of the committee, joined forces to bring down Beria and executed him.

After that, Malenkov and Khrushchev started a war of words. Malenkov led the Soviet Central Presidium and planned to remove Khrushchev from his post. As a result, Khrushchev got there first and convened a meeting to exile all the members of the Central Presidium who opposed him. From then on, Khrushchev was in power in the Soviet Union.

Now, Andropov is equivalent to Beria in the past. Only by joining forces can they get rid of Andropov! As for who will be in power later, that is for later. Now, if Andropov is not killed, the others present will not have a good ending.

Sherbitsky was impatient and called Chernenko and Suslov to discuss working together to eliminate Andropov, so that the sword over his head could be removed.

"In recent years, the KGB has become too powerful. Andropov is following in Beria's old path. We must not let his conspiracy succeed!" Seeing that no one spoke, Sherbitsky continued to incite.

He seemed to have forgotten that the reason why Beria was killed by everyone was because Beria was too arrogant and looked down on everyone. On the day Stalin died, everyone was crying, and only Beria was laughing! Beria had already sharpened his knife and slaughtered others, so of course they had to resist!

And now? Although Andropov is also the head of the KGB, he has always been very low-key and has a good relationship with other people. In particular, he has become good friends with Ustinov!

Why was Khrushchev able to become the general secretary? Because he had the support of Zhukov, the then defense minister!

"The death of the General Secretary is very strange!" Seeing that the two men had not been instigated, Sherbitsky became anxious: "The General Secretary has always been in good health, how could he suddenly fall ill? Moreover, when he was about to recover, General Tsvigon died! The General Secretary's condition recurred again. Just when the General Secretary's condition was getting better again, the General Secretary, under the instigation of some people, reviewed the army, which eventually caused the General Secretary's physical functions to completely lose. He fell into a coma when he came back and never woke up again. He even didn't designate a successor! Everyone, use your brains to think about who would plot to frame our General Secretary? If he becomes the General Secretary, we will all be framed to death by him!"

The General Secretary's death was strange! There must be a conspiracy behind this. Andropov must have been eager to become the General Secretary and murdered the great Comrade Leonid!

Hearing his words, Chernenko on the side expressed his opinion: "In this case, we must join forces to expose the conspirators hidden in our party."

"Yes, that's right!" Shcherbitsky said. "Even though he controls the KGB, he can't plot against our leaders! If we expose this, the others will definitely support us! Secretary Suslov, you have a high prestige in everyone's heart. How about you write the manuscript of the denunciation?"