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A hint of fear flashed in Compaore's eyes. He took a deep breath and said, "We can't be caught by them. Quick, rush out with our personal soldiers. We can be saved as long as we hide in the French Embassy!"

Lingani also regained consciousness. He stood up and gathered his personal guards, saying, "Ambassador Allen Deschamps can arrange for us to seek refuge in France. When the storm has passed, we will settle the score with Sankara and the others!"

"Come on!"

The two men quickly gathered a hundred or so trusted guards and rushed out of the headquarters.

At this time, the citizens and students of the capital had already rushed into the troops. Because most soldiers were unwilling to make enemies with their relatives and friends, the people in the movement rushed into the capital's military camp as if they were in an empty place. Then, some of the students and people who rushed to the front saw Lingani and Compaore who were guarded by their personal guards.

"The big counter-revolutionary cancer Compaore and Lingani are right ahead. Catch them. Everyone, charge!"

Someone shouted, and thousands of people rushed towards Compaore and his group.

Compaore looked at the sea of ​​people with a panic. He knew he couldn't fall into the hands of the already fanatical crowd. With a frantic heart, he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Shoot! Cut your way out!"

In order to escape, Compaore didn't care about anything else. At his urging, hundreds of personal guards could only muster up the courage to point their guns at the citizens and students rushing over.

"Da da……"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and the cadres, civilians, and students of the Revolutionary Defense Committee who were charging at the front of the crowd fell down in large numbers in an instant, like a cornfield being cut down, falling down in unison in the smoke.

Although the citizens and students of Ouagadougou were the main force in this great movement, they were all driven by passion. After seeing with their own eyes that the counter-revolutionary cancer dared to shoot and kill civilians, many people's minds suddenly became clear. They knew that they could not defeat the counter-revolutionaries with bare hands, so they rushed to the barracks and the soldiers surrounded in the crowd to snatch guns, preparing to launch a more fierce counterattack against Compaoré and others.

However, the sound of gunfire and the heavy casualties among the representatives of the people frightened more people and students. They no longer dared to rush forward, but stood in place, cursing at Compaore and others and throwing stones, sticks and other weapons they picked up.

Seeing that the people and students rushing over were frightened, Compaore and Lingani laughed and hurriedly led the soldiers to rush towards the gate.

Seeing that Compaore and his group were about to escape from the compound, the cadres of the Revolutionary Defense Committee, student representatives, and citizens of the capital, who had already obtained guns and even rockets, quickly surrounded them, shouting and firing indiscriminately with their guns.

"Revolution requires bloodshed and sacrifice. We must stop the poisonous tumor of counter-revolution and not let the blood of the martyrs be shed in vain!"

"Down with the counter-revolutionaries!"

"Tattoo..."

For these people, regardless of whether they could hit the target or not, they poured forward just to organize the escape of Compaore and others and for the success of the revolution.

Among the hundreds of cadres, civilians and students involved in the movement, some knew how to shoot, but most of them were handling guns for the first time. However, their courage and numerical advantage suppressed Compaore and his group after they opened fire.

After one round of shooting, more than ten of Compaore and Lingani's personal guards fell, and the remaining people were terrified and lost their fighting spirit.

"Fire back and we'll be out soon. As long as you escort me into the French Embassy, ​​I'll reward each of you with $5000!"

Five thousand US dollars is approximately equal to 1.5 million CFA francs, which is basically the annual salary of a central minister in Burkina Faso. For ordinary soldiers, it is an astronomical figure that they cannot earn in decades.

With life and death at stake, Compaore and Lingani can only use the power of money to find a way out for themselves.

Many soldiers were moved by the five thousand US dollars, and then raised their guns and shot at the civilians to suppress the enemy's firepower and buy time for Compaore and others to escape.

Most of the civilians and students who got guns were only full of energy and lost their courage after shooting for a while. After being blindly fired back by Compaore's personal guards, dozens of civilians and students fell in a pool of blood in an instant, and not many of the remaining people had the courage to fight back.

Seeing that Compaore and his group were about to escape, although there were tens of thousands of people outside the door, they were unarmed and could not stop Compaore and his group.

No one wanted to let the huge counter-revolutionary cancer escape, but no one could stop them at this time.

Chapter 131: Burkina Faso's Criticism of Confucius (6k chapters)

Just as Compaore and his group were about to reach the barracks gate after firing indiscriminately to scare away the people outside the gate, a young soldier walked out of the crowd in the yard. He snatched the Soviet-made RPG, also known as a rocket-propelled howitzer, from a frightened student, aimed at the gate and pulled the trigger.

"Whoosh!"

Rockets flew out and hit Compaore and others who had just escaped to the door. When the smoke and dust cleared, the counter-revolutionary rebels were already lying on the ground. The guards on the periphery suffered heavy casualties, but Compaore and Lingani, who were protected in the core, were basically unharmed.

Seeing that the counter-revolutionary cancers who had been so arrogant just now had all fallen to the ground, the people were confused and couldn't believe it.

A student representative from the University of Ouagadougou asked, "You are the first soldier from the military region to stand up and restore order. What is your name?"

The young soldier lowered the hot barrel of his cannon and said, "My name is Nobel Honoré Traoré. It is despicable that Compaore and other counter-revolutionary villains dared to shoot at the people."

Traore raised his arms and shouted: "Catch Compaore and Lingani!"

The citizens and students who were stunned by the sudden change finally woke up from their dreams and rushed over cursing.

Compaore's personal guards suffered heavy casualties, and the dozen or so people at the outermost edge were even in tatters. However, Compaore and Lingani, who were protected in the core position, had no external injuries, but were covered in dust and looked miserable.

When the people caught the two of them, Compaore and Lingani pretended to be dead, hoping to evade the people's judgment by pretending to be unconscious. However, the angry people tied them up with heavy ropes, strangling them so much that they couldn't bear it and cried out.

When everyone learned that the two big counter-revolutionary cancers dared to play tricks in front of the people at this moment, they became even more angry. Many people whose relatives and friends were killed in the previous conflict rushed to the two men, spitting and cursing, and even seemed to want to take action.

It can be said that if the Revolutionary Defense Committee had not been suppressing them, and if the two military leaders still had some influence, the angry people would have rushed up and torn them to pieces long ago.

The various revolutionary defense committees in the capital had already united at this time. They elected a secretary as the highest leader, named Wuhong Wuen. He was a team leader at the power plant and had some leadership skills. He called together student representatives, mass representatives, and cadre representatives from various units to discuss how to deal with the two major reactionaries, Compaore and Lingani.

The identities and status of these two people are far from comparable to Odeshen and Odeshan who were beaten to death yesterday. No matter how bold everyone is, they dare not deal with them rashly.

So after discussion, Uhong Uen decided to report to the central leaders that everyone had caught the two big cancers in the headquarters in accordance with President Sankara's instructions, and now they needed to follow the president's next arrangements.

However, the tide of great revolution and great movement has risen. Under the leadership of the Revolutionary Defense Committee, the people have stormed the capital headquarters and captured Burkina Faso's second-in-command and Sa's third-in-command. It can be said that the original order has been broken. At present, only those who obey President Sankara's call and carry out a thorough revolution are the mainstream.

Therefore, the Committee for Defending the Revolution, which had grasped the charm of power for the first time, was unwilling to give up. Student representatives and mass representatives also joined the Committee for Defending the Revolution, making the Committee for Defending the Revolution grow more than ten times in an instant.

After holding a meeting to discuss, Uhong Uen and others unanimously decided to temporarily detain Compaore and Lingani and await their fate. At this time, the main target of the revolution had been arrested, but the fake revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries who had infiltrated the revolutionary ranks had not been completely eliminated. So a climax of the great revolution in the capital Ouagadougou rolled up and headed towards various central departments, striving to catch all the fake revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries who had infiltrated the revolutionary ranks.

At this time, there was still basic order in various parts of Burkina Faso, but the capital had lost all order and rules, and everything was decided by the revolutionary fighters of the Revolutionary Defense Committee.

Sankara's speech was delivered in the early morning, and Compaore and Lingani were arrested at noon, with only two hours in between.

When the news reached Yaco, Sankara and Haniyev were both a little bit unbelievable. They never thought that Compaore and Lingani would be so vulnerable.

Sankara said gravely, "I originally thought Compaoré would put up a desperate fight. I even prepared for the worst: Compaoré and Lingani would take control of the capital with the Fourth and Fifth Corps, establish a new central government, and start a civil war with me. However, I always felt it wouldn't develop to that point. Since the incident broke out yesterday, the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution has seized the television station. Compaoré didn't control the station, allowing my speech to be heard throughout Kenya. This doomed him to failure."

After hearing Ivan's translation, Haniyev laughed heartily. "That's right. Lingani may be the Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces, and Compaoré may be the Second-in-Command, but Burkina Faso was ultimately born on your shoulders. Your prestige and power are paramount. All you have to do is stand up for the Great Revolution and the Great Movement, and justify the Great Revolution that began yesterday. Compaoré and Lingani will be like ants in front of a train, unable to stop the torrent and will be crushed into pulp."

Ouedraogo said, "It's not that Compaore and Lingani don't want to seize the TV station. It's just that yesterday's movement lasted all night, and even the army couldn't evacuate the people. The TV station is the base of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution. Compaore doesn't dare to use force against the Committee. I'm afraid he still hopes that you can step forward to appease the people and take charge of the situation. He doesn't realize that all this is directed at him."

Potanin smiled softly and said, "The status and resources are not equal. As long as Sankara breaks out of the Compaoré circle in Ouagadougou, the outcome will be clear."

Haniyev nodded and smiled, "But if Sankara wants to win beautifully and completely, he must not only capture Compaore and Lingani, but also completely eradicate the legacy of the colonizers and the previous government, ensuring the purity of Burkina Faso's red land and ensuring that the principle of people-first remains unchanged for a century."

As Potanin learned more about Sankara, he came to believe that his words were consistent with his actions. He praised him, saying, "He is indeed a true proletarian revolutionary, the Che Guevara of Africa."

Ouedraogo said with a smile, "Your Excellency, the capital's Committee for the Defense of the Revolution has absorbed a lot of fresh blood and has now occupied all government departments, schools, hospitals, and even the army. Without your instructions, they are spontaneously investigating counter-revolutionaries and pseudo-revolutionaries in government departments. The victory in Ouagadougou has given confidence to the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in various provinces and cities. Now the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in various regions are also planning to seize power and abolish local governments. Through investigations and public trials, they are trying to expose the pseudo-revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries in government departments and the education, medical and other systems..."

Mr. President, do you want to make clear what instructions you want?"

Sankara looked at Haniyev and saw him nod with a smile. He then said, "Compaore and Lingani are only the two biggest counter-revolutionaries in the National Revolutionary Committee and the government. Their overthrow does not mean that all reactionaries in the country have been overthrown. My speech was very clear. The purpose of launching a nationwide revolution now is not to overthrow one or two people, but to overthrow all reactionaries headed by one or two people. I don't think I need to give any instructions. Let the Revolutionary Defense Committee do its thing. There are indeed many counter-revolutionaries and pseudo-revolutionaries who have infiltrated the government of Burkina Faso. They must be exposed..."

"However, the Revolutionary Defense Committee isn't a mature political institution after all. Most of its members are young people who are loyal to the revolution but lack political thinking. They are likely to exaggerate issues. What if they fabricate false cases based on personal preferences or even on anecdotes?"

Ouedraogo said in a deep voice: "We must overthrow the counter-revolutionaries and pseudo-revolutionaries, but we cannot let the true revolutionary comrades suffer injustice, right?"

Sankara fell into deep thought after hearing this. He looked at Haniyev and asked, "Mr. Haniyev, what do you think we should do?"

"False and wrongful convictions have existed since ancient times. If capitalism and reactionaries were allowed to rise to power, and poor people were forced to take the blame for the sons of officials and the rich, this would become widespread. Countless false and wrongful convictions would be inflicted upon ordinary people, tortured into confessing, and punished. Mr. President, the great leader of the East once said: Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting or embroidery. It cannot be so elegant, so leisurely, so refined, so gentle, courteous, frugal, and modest. Revolution is an insurrection, a violent act by one class to overthrow another.

Since you have decided to purge the counter-revolutionaries in Burkina Faso and establish an equal socialist state based on eight million people, it is necessary to deal with the reactionaries like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. We do not engage in killing tricks that destroy the body, we only kill the heart.

You can follow the example of the great leader and issue instructions advocating for cultural struggle rather than physical struggle. That way, even if the Revolutionary Defense Committee fabricates false cases, the wrongly accused veteran revolutionaries will only suffer for a few years, which is not much compared to what the revolutionary martyrs endured. The suffering they endure now is to thoroughly purge the counter-revolutionaries in the ranks, a cause that will benefit future generations. If they are truly revolutionary fighters loyal to the cause of socialism, willing to sacrifice themselves for the revolutionary cause, they will happily endure a little hardship and injustice..."

Peter translated Haniyev's words into French word for word. Sankara didn't say anything after hearing it, but Uedraogo became anxious.

"Haniyev, you have bad intentions. You want President Sankara to launch a purge!"

Before Haniyev could speak, Potanin became unhappy.

"You translate for me."

He glanced at Ivan and said, "I've heard that there's a tactic called 'torture yourself' in Khitan military tactics, which talks about...

I think it's okay for the revolutionary fighters in Burkina Faso to use some self-torture tactics to achieve the victory of the revolution. As Comrade Haniyev said, if they were true revolutionaries, would they object?

Haniyev smiled slightly. “Comrade Ouedraogo, you also have the indecisiveness and soft-heartedness of the petty bourgeoisie or intellectuals. If the President had not launched this great revolution, both you and the President might have been killed by Compaoré and Lingani. Once Compaoré came to power, he would have overturned all of President Sankara’s policies and surrendered to France like the previous comprador government. From then on, Burkina Faso officials represented by Compaoré would have joined foreign forces in exploiting the eight million people of Burkina Faso.

By that time, the descendants of Compaore and others can commit murder, arson, and rape women, and they can also let the children of poor people take the blame. At that time, who can the people who have lost their families due to false cases turn to for help?

You are being merciful now, which has resulted in an incomplete revolution. Although Compaoré and Lingani have been overthrown, countless little Compaorés and little Linganis are still hiding in the government. Comrade Ouedraogo, please imagine this:

Decades from now, when Sankara and you are gone, the fake revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries will be able to boldly act as they please. By then, new counter-revolutionaries will emerge, and they will unite to overthrow everything, even overturning the verdicts of Compaoré and others. Their children will be able to hold lavish, grand, and arrogant weddings at your graves on the anniversary of your and Sankara's death. Their in-laws will undoubtedly be French. By then, Burkina Faso will be in utter disarray. What can you do about it?"

"You're talking nonsense...you..."

Ouedraogo moved his lips, but in the end he couldn't continue.

Sankara seemed frightened by Haniyev's idea. He stood up and made the decision, "Comrade Haniyev is right. We cannot be careless about the future of Burkina Faso and future generations. Now is not the time to be soft-hearted. Even if the Revolutionary Defense Committee has truly perpetrated a false case, we will redress their wrongful convictions and compensate them later. I heard that when people have cancer, there is an advanced Western method of treatment that uses chemicals and radiation. In order to kill the tumor cells, many healthy cells in the patient's body will also die, but cancer patients are willing to undergo treatment.

I think we in Burkina Faso are also cancer patients. The current revolution is a chemotherapy and radiotherapy operation. For the revolution to succeed and the foundation of the people's sovereignty to remain unchanged, we must persist in treatment, no matter what the cost!

Uedraogo closed his eyes, took two steps back and stopped talking.

"Pass on my order. The great revolution led by the Defending Revolutionary Committee to eliminate the poisonous tumor of counter-revolution has been very successful. We must expand the results of this campaign and strive to not let a single counter-revolutionary or pseudo-revolutionary go unpunished, ensuring that the red regime does not degenerate. However, I have three requirements for the work of the great revolution:

First, we need to clarify the general direction of "criticizing Confucius and criticizing Lin Biao". The big cancer Compaore and the second cancer Lingani have been caught by the people of the capital. I want to applaud the people of the capital. These two people are treasures. We must protect them and cannot let the French and their accomplices harm them, so that their crimes cannot be made public.

We must all criticize and denounce them and hold public trials, dig deep into their crimes, understand their motives for committing crimes and their backward ideas, and make them hand over their accomplices and fellow criminals so that they can be arrested and criticized as well.

Second, we must expose the true face of the reactionaries. Any enemy, no matter whether he is a big cancer or a small reactionary, must be subject to the people's trial and criticism once discovered. We must make him realize his mistakes, let the world see his crimes, and let future generations be vigilant, so as to prevent the emergence of counter-revolutionaries and false revolutionaries among the people in the future.

Second, we must fight with words, not with weapons. We must not lynch reactionaries, we must not beat or insult them, and we must not kill them. The night before last, the people of the capital, in a frenzy, beat Odessan and Odessan to death. This is very bad. Now that they are dead, no one can tell the extent of their crimes, or what they were. In the future, there may still be reactionaries who will try to overturn their convictions, saying they were falsely accused or even framed. Even government officials will be afraid of unclear facts. Therefore, I ask all revolutionary fighters to insist on presenting facts and reasoning when dealing with reactionaries, let them know their crimes, let the world know their crimes, let them repent, openly confess their crimes, let them spend the rest of their lives reflecting on themselves, and warn the people never to follow their example.

Sankara's secretary quickly wrote down his two requests and then went down to notify the national radio and television station to broadcast them.

Because of the influence of the great revolutionary movement the night before, the national radio and television station did not report any news yesterday or today except for Sankara's speech and the arrest of Compaore and Lingani.

However, on the afternoon of the 10th, television and radio broadcasts across the country once again broadcast the important speech of Comrade Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Committee and President of the country, in which the three demands of the Great Revolution were reported three times.

After this broadcast, this great revolution got a name, called "The Great Revolution to Eliminate the Malignant Cancer of Reactionaries", and the movement program of the great revolution also had a form: "Criticize Confucius and Lin Biao, and use literary struggle instead of armed struggle."

After listening to President Sankara's instructions broadcast on national television, government officials across the country felt a sense of tension, while the poor people and the masses who had already participated in the movement were jubilant because they now had a clear goal and direction for their future revolution.

Soon, the Revolutionary Defense Committees in various places occupied government agencies and departments in the name of the great revolution to eliminate the reactionary cancer and seized power.

Burkina Faso's already weak industrial production has stopped, the government has come to a standstill, and only farms are still operating normally.

Burkina Faso's industrial base is too poor, so the losses after the shutdown are not great. The government management is backward, so the impact after the shutdown is not great. In the views of Sankara and Haniyev, on the whole, Burkina Faso's launching of the "Great Revolution to Eliminate the Cancer of Reactionaries" has led to chaos in Burkina Faso. The stagnation of production and life will not cause much impact, because it has already reached the bottom and will not fall much further.

From October 11th to 18th, for more than a week, Sankara took Haniyev, Potanin and his party to conduct research and investigation in his hometown.

Sankara has deep feelings for his hometown and is very eager to learn about the production, life and spiritual outlook of his people.

After eight days of in-depth research, Sankara was basically satisfied. He was also very satisfied with many grassroots officials in his hometown. He directly promoted more than a dozen people. Among them, the most powerful one was "Little Che Guevara" - San Utu Gun, who was appointed as the first secretary of the Pasore Provincial Revolutionary Defense Committee like a rocket.

After more than ten days of great revolutionary movement, the entire government department of Burkina Faso has been replaced by the Revolutionary Defense Committee.

To this end, Sankara personally reorganized the Revolutionary Defense Committee, dividing this grassroots department into five levels from villages, towns, counties, cities, provinces, and regions, and letting them temporarily replace governments at all levels. In order to carry out the revolution and maintain governance at the same time, the Revolutionary Defense Committees at all levels have acted quickly in recent days, constantly investigating officials at all levels of government, labeling those with stains and reactionary facts as reactionaries, and criticizing and struggling against them. They absorbed time-tested old revolutionaries and upright officials into the Revolutionary Defense Committees, relying on them to govern, and strengthening the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the Revolutionary Defense Committees.

Although the time is still short, the Revolutionary Defense Committees at all levels have already formed the rudiments of the party committees and governments that a socialist country should have.

At this time, Sankara and Haniyev and his party seemed to focus on investigation and research, and paid little attention to the development of the Great Revolution.

On October 25, Sankara made another important speech. The core idea was not only to continue "criticizing Confucius and Lin Biao", but also to save the souls of the reactionaries headed by Confucius and Lin Biao, let them work among the people, and not interfere with criticism and production and life. The purpose was to warn the world and turn the enemies into objects of labor reform.

This idea, of course, originated from Haniyev's proposal.

At this time, Sankara, Haniyev and his party had left the northern region and entered many provinces in the east to conduct investigations and research. They also learned about the progress and situation of the great revolutionary movement in each province, met with the leaders of the local Revolutionary Defense Committee, and learned detailed information about the investigation and criticism of the reactionaries.

During Sankara's inspection tour, he saw that the situation of the Great Revolution was very good. Dozens or even hundreds of reactionaries were found in every province in every region. Some of them were officials, some were landlords and chiefs, and some were intellectuals who admired France. Not many of these people had committed serious crimes, so even if they were publicly tried according to the law, less than one twentieth of them could be executed.

However, once the great movement started, the people became excited. If there had been no Revolutionary Defense Committee to manage it and no Sankara's three demands to restrain them, I am afraid that the reactionaries in various provinces would have been beaten to death in armed struggles, and even if they could survive a few armed struggles, they would have been shot.

After observing the Great Revolution firsthand and gaining an in-depth understanding of its circumstances, Sankara, Haniyev and others gained a clearer understanding of the "Great Revolution to Eliminate the Cancer of Reactionaries" that swept across Burkina Faso.

Although the production and life of people in various provinces and regions have been affected, the overall situation is successful and the results are gratifying.

Because Burkina Faso is a country with a weak industrial base and scarce materials, and it has only just emerged from famine in the past two years. It is a completely agricultural country. Therefore, as long as it ensures that this year's grain production will not decrease and the people of the country will not starve because of the revolution, the impact will not be that big.

Burkina Faso previously transitioned from a semi-colonial country to a socialist country without experiencing bloodshed and sacrifice, which resulted in complex identities and inconsistent thinking among government officials, leading to countless potential problems. Now that a major revolution has swept the country, Sankara believes that most of the problems left over from before can be solved.

Chapter 132 Gold Mine

During Sankara's research trip, Haniyev and Potanin seemed to have really become his Soviet advisers. Not only did they keep asking questions about various industrial sectors, but they also asked the two to answer which industries were suitable for opening in each province of Burkina Faso.

Both Haniyev and Potanin saw that Sankara was eager to change the country. Even before the revolution was over, he was already thinking about how to build the country after the situation stabilized.

After seeing the backwardness of Burkina Faso with his own eyes, Potanin had no confidence in Sankara at all. If the Soviet Union did not lend a helping hand to Burkina Faso, it would be impossible for them to build a modern country with a decent industrial sector within a hundred years by relying solely on their own efforts, even if the gold mines were profitable.

Haniyev also knows that Burkina Faso still has a long way to go, but he admires Sankara's spirit, so he still put forward some governance suggestions from his own perspective.

The area of ​​Burkina Faso is approximately equal to 11 Crimean states. It is neither big nor small in the world, but it is a landlocked country with extremely poor infrastructure. It is almost a pipe dream for it to develop rapidly into an industrial country. However, Burkina Faso has a lot of fertile land and a good climate. Developing agriculture is a long road for Burkina Faso to become rich, and it will take many years.

Develop agricultural planting in paddy fields and dry land, then mobilize the masses to reclaim wasteland, and at the same time develop animal husbandry on grasslands and Gobi deserts. After the agricultural foundation is laid, develop primary processing and deep processing related to agriculture. By then, the two legs of Burkina Faso's economic development will be agriculture and industry, with the industry mainly focusing on agricultural product processing and gold mining-related industries. This will allow Burkina Faso to concentrate its efforts on embarking on a relatively rapid development path.

Sankara was not satisfied with the development suggestions put forward by Haniyev. He felt that if Burkina Faso continued to follow this path, it would not be able to become truly prosperous and strong in 30 years. So he proposed to Haniyev the idea that had been brewing for many years.

"Mr. Haniyev, you are a well-known figure in the Soviet Union, a young cadre admired by both Secretary Gorbachev and Secretary Shcherbitsky. You will undoubtedly become a high-ranking official in the Soviet Union. I would like to ask you, besides helping Burkina Faso mine gold, does the Soviet Union have any other aid or loans?"