In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play "Swan Lake" on the TV station. This secret was also learned

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In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play "Swan Lake" on the TV station. The secret of

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

was also learned by American journalist Dudel.

On the evening of February 9, 1984, he issued a global exclusive message announcing that Soviet leader Andropov passed away, shocking the world.

This is a whole day earlier than the time when the Soviet Union officially released its obituary.

How did he learn about this news?

detects many abnormalities

Dasco Dudel, president of the US " Washington Post " branch in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

2/9, after dinner, Dudel turned on the TV and found that a Soviet Union was playing "Swan Lake", and this period should be played by news.

Dudel's premonition: something big happened in the Soviet Union.

He changed several channels and found a few strange things.

Channel 3 was originally scheduled to broadcast the popular music of Swedish "Aba Band", but it was replaced by serious classical music.

Even the popular program "Wholehearted and Intentioned" on Four Stations was temporarily suspended, but the reason for the suspension was not explained.

"Wholehearted" aims to record the first reaction of ordinary people when they meet their long-lost friends, and is very popular with the audience.

Dudel found it unusual and decided to go out and take a look.

At several busy intersections, Dudel saw soldiers and armored vehicle on duty there, which is something that is not usually done.

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

He drove to near the General Staff of the Soviet Army and found that the hundreds of windows there were different from usual, all with lights on. Moreover, guards and patrols have been added near the building.

He went to the Ministry of National Defense again and found that the building was brightly lit and the surroundings were heavily guarded.

Back to his residence, the first one is still playing "Swan Lake".

Dudel noticed several abnormalities.

A friend who knew the inside story of the Soviet senior activities did not talk to him as promised.

At 9 pm, Ligachev suddenly delivered a televised speech to the whole country and omitted the procedure to greet Andropov. This was an unprecedented event!

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

has not made public appearances for 173 days since Andropov was contacted. Dudel judged that the matter must be related to his health.

Andropov's last public appearance was on September 1, 1983.

On the same day, Korean Air Flight 007 accidentally entered Soviet airspace and was shot down on Sakhalin Island by Su-15, and 269 passengers and crew members died. Andropov issued a statement on the crisis.

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

Last November, he missed the 8th anniversary of the October Revolution.

Dudel links these abnormal signs, believing that this has many surprising similarities with the scene when Brezhnev died on November 10, 1982.

Therefore, he came to a bold judgment: Andropov had passed away on February 9, 1984.

Dudel sat in front of the teletypewriter and quickly wrote a breaking news and sent it to the Washington headquarters.

The beginning of the article is written as follows:

Yuri Vladimirovic Andropov passed away today at the age of 69.

He is a very serious person, serious in his work, outstanding intelligence and firm will, and may leave a real mark in the Soviet Union. However, he only had the opportunity to lead the Soviet Union when he was ill at the age of 68; and he died before he could effectively manage it."

gave the headquarters a difficult problem

After receiving the news from Dudel, the headquarters was both surprised and worried.

Because this is a global exclusive news, you must be very cautious. If you don’t do it well, you will not only make jokes, but also cause trouble.

For this reason, the editor-in-chief on duty called the US Assistant Secretary of State, the CIA, and the Soviet ambassador to the United States to verify.

The three parties quickly gave a negative reply.

Assistant Secretary of State: This is a false news.

CIA: Your reporters stationed in Moscow are taking drugs, right?

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

Soviet Ambassador to the United States: Andropov will die in the curse of you Americans.

This is a headache for the editor-in-chief on duty. Will it be a dissatisfied or not?

After internal discussion, for the sake of caution, this global scoop was moved to an inconspicuous position in the second and eighth editions.

However, a day later, the Soviet obituary confirmed Dudel's press release.

Afterwards, Dudel talked about his reasoning process, and people have to admire his unique sense of news and meticulous insight.

However, while gaining fame, troubles also follow.

is suspected to be KGB

After Dudel became famous, he was immediately targeted by the CIA.

CIA Moscow Station believes that Dudel is likely to be pulled down by the KGB.

The reason is very simple. The CIA Moscow Station's annual funding is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, but no information on Andropov's death was obtained. How could Dudel get such confidential information alone?

Besides, giving exclusive information is a common method for the KGB to cover up spies under their command.

Faced with the doubts and investigation of the CIA, Dudel was very upset. He claimed that this was the CIA's revenge on his Cold War .

However, the CIA was still unwilling to give in. In desperation, Dudel had to resign from his position in the Washington Post and became a professional writer.

This is really a fear of being famous and pigs afraid of being strong!

In the Soviet era, once something big happened inside, but it was not convenient to make it public for the time being. If you want the people of your country to know that something big happened, you will continue to play

Since then, Dudel has successively published books such as "Shadows and Whispers" and "Let's Listen to the Ears", but has never become popular again.

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