Chapter 735 (1/2)
”Comrade baranikov, I think you should know that the situation of our KGB is no better than it was at the beginning. Now there are many pairs of eyes up and down staring at us. If you have something at home, you should apply to the organization. Even if you really have an urgent task, you should not lose contact with the organization without saying a word. If you do this behavior in Stalin's time, you will be shot... ”General klutchkov, chairman of the KGB, scolded baranikov impolitely. He really didn't understand, How can veteran comrades like baranikov ignore organizational discipline and suddenly lose contact with the KGB for a week. Moreover, baranikov remained silent about where he was going during this period of time. Why on earth is this?
”Sir, can I trust you?” Baranikov, who had been silent, suddenly whispered to kluchkov.
”What do you mean? Are you in any trouble? ” Kleuchkov asked curiously.
After much deliberation, baranikov finally decided to confess his secret to the KGB chairman. Although he knew that the Gorky brothers were so powerful behind the scenes, eliminating him would probably push the Soviet Union back into the abyss of economic collapse. However, baranikov's conscience did not allow him to let those corrupt people go unpunished. Baranikov suddenly took out a few photos from his chest and solemnly placed them in front of chairman kleuchkov.
”What is this?” Kluchkov asked in bewilderment.
”Mr President, it's a long story. Do you remember the anti-corruption campaign led by President Andropov in the past?”
”Yes, so what?”
”The whole Uzbek officialdom, including rashdov, is rotten. They concealed a large amount of cotton production from the state, then sold it to foreign companies by means of smuggling, and embezzled a large number of national assets. After the incident, almost half of the Uzbek officialdom were arrested. I remember at that time, Uzbek had only one deputy secretary at the bottom of the list and was not involved in it! ” Baranikov explained to kreuchkov seriously.
”Isn't that case over? What, do you have any new discoveries? ” Kleuchkov asked curiously.
”Mr President, the case is over, and the relevant responsible person has also been dealt with by Party discipline and state law, but we have never found the money! That's a huge sum of money. It's a conservative estimate of one billion dollars. However, we searched the homes of corrupt officials and found a large number of valuable carpets, tobacco and alcohol, foreign luxury goods and gold products, but we didn't find the most important cash. Did all the corrupt officials squander all their money at that time? ”
”Do you mean that someone else got the money behind this?” Cleuchkov, this is the end of the line, a billion! Who is so bold and greedy for so much money? You know, this is the result of the collective ”labor” of the whole Uzbek officialdom! There's someone darker than them.