Chapter 74 ZZ Bureau
"I feel deeply ashamed of the mistakes and crimes that Akirov has made. As the top leader of the Uzbek Party Committee, I feel ashamed of the fact that I have ruled such an official. I feel ashamed of the Central Committee, the Government, and the Uzbek people..."
Rashidov stood on the stage and made a review to the central government in tears. Although the Uzbek case has come to an end, as the top leader of Uzbekistan, Rashidov was not strict in his power and had the responsibility of supervision and failure to supervise, and still needed to make a review. He was also seriously warned by the party once, which can be said to have ruined the opportunity to enter the highest decision-making level of the Soviet Union from then on.
The 14 members of the zz bureau on the stage listened quietly. Although there was no expression on their faces, everyone had different opinions on the Uzbek matters. Long before the review began. The members of the zz bureau had already made a decision on the Uzbek matters, but whoever was satisfied with the result and who was dissatisfied with the result was a matter of opinion.
Sitting in the middle is naturally the first secretary of the CPC Central Committee and the chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium. President Bo’s expression was serious and his eyes were looking straight ahead. In fact, President Bo’s attitude was consistent in this matter, that is, to deal with this matter in a downplayed manner. This is President Bo’s consistent attitude towards cadres, especially senior cadres. As for the reason, just look at how Khrushchev stepped down. If he violates the interests of the cadres, how could anyone support you?
Standing in the same trench as General Bo is also the Chairman of the Joint Ministers, Jihonov, Secretary of the Secretariat, Chernenko, Secretary of the Secretariat, Serbisky, First Secretary of Ukraine, and Kusaev, First Secretary of Kazakh. These people are all die-hard allies of General Bo in the zz bureau and are the main members of the "Dneprpetrovsk Gang" that General Bo started with. They occupy a total of five seats in the zz bureau and are a powerful force. However, in the past two years, the Dneprpetrovsk Gang is no longer the same as in the past. It is not the political enemy that defeated them, but the ruthless years. Last year alone, several senior cadres from Dneprpetrovsk passed away.
In contrast, the initiator of the Uzbek case, and KGB chairman Andropov Andropov was an important ally of General Bo in his early years. However, in recent years, Andropov gradually began to have differences with General Bo on certain issues. Especially on the counter-issuance, the contradiction between Andropov and General Bo is simply irreconcilable. Now everyone knows that they are just maintaining peace in face to face. Sooner or later there will be a break between the two.
Andropov was not without friends in the zz bureau. Among all the members, the youngest one was Gorbachev. Like Andropov, he came from the Stavropol Krai in the southern part of the Soviet Union. He was promoted by Andropov to take over the Soviet agricultural department in succession. The two people had the same views on many issues, and came from the same region, and were very close to each other. Andropov admired Gorbachev very much and even regarded him as the future successor of the Soviet Union.
The small gangs in the zz bureau are not just the above two. Foreign Minister Gromiko and Moscow First Secretary Grishin represent another voice. Similar to Andropov and Gorbachev, Gromiko and Grishin also have special relationships. In his early years, Gromiko served as a part-time lecturer at the Moscow University of Public Facilities and Architecture, and Grishin was his student at that time. Although the two were close to Andropov's views in some aspects, their ideas were more radical and bold than Andropov. On the issue of Uzbek, the two were also dissatisfied with General Bo's handling and believed that this was simply laissez-faire.
In addition, there is another person who, although he did not form cliques, no one dared to underestimate him. This person is "Gray-clothed Bishop" Suslov, who is absolutely qualified. He has been in charge of ideological issues within the party for a long time. He is smart and diligent, and is also an ascetic. Whether it is the Dneprpetrovsk gang of General Bo, Gromiko and Andropov's small groups, he admires him very much. Everyone in secret calls him "Lao Su". Old Su is not very concerned about the Uzbek affairs, but he is actually more concerned about the impact of this matter on the party. In this matter, Teacher Su agrees with General Bo's way of dealing with it. After all, what should we do if the matter is too big and the people lose their due respect for the party? It has nothing to do with integrity or not. It is purely the professional qualities that a cadre who has always controlled the propaganda department for many years.
The remaining four Chinese Defense Minister Ustinov also agreed with General Bo's disposal. As a representative of the military, loyalty to the leader is the most important. Besides, these local affairs are not something that the Ministry of Defense should worry about. Since the West 81st, led by US President Reagan, NATO countries have organized several provocative and counterattacking military exercises, in order to challenge the Soviet Union and also cheer for the Polish insurgents. These are enough Ustinov annoyed.
Among the other three people, Kirirenko had no opinion. Although he was Mr. Bo's confidant, his health was getting worse and worse, and he was gradually unable to adapt to work. Such a person still dominated the power of personnel appointments. However, Mr. Bo was not at ease with cadres who were not from Dneprpetrovsk. Mr. Bo forced Chernenko in on the excuse that Kirirenko was in poor health and shared some of the rights of Kirirenko, which was actually intended to check and balance him.
Although Kirirenko was dissatisfied, he was helpless. Although Serpe sat on the position of chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee, he was old and didn't know how long he could do it. Maybe he would soon be asked to retire like Kosykin. Therefore, he didn't care about the Uzbek affairs and didn't want to cause trouble. The same idea was the first secretary of Leningrad Romanov, who was just added. He was a member of the group who was slight and slight, so it was impossible to express any unique insights.
Chapter completed!