Chapter 99 Do you want to bomb Tokyo (first update, please collect)
“Oh, so that’s it,”
Roosevelt said without thinking.
"There is no problem at all. Just coordinate with the military. I think Ike won't mind someone helping him solve some troubles."
It turned out that he was just following the Allied Forces Picking up rags from behind!
Thinking of the "Overlord Plan" that is about to be implemented.
Once the plan succeeds, a large amount of materials will definitely be seized. The military has no interest in the German scrap metal at all. At most, it will transport some for testing. If someone is willing to use those scraps, If the scrap metal is transported away, it will save the military some trouble.
As for the cost of collection and transportation, it is definitely much cheaper than re-production.
After agreeing immediately, Roosevelt smiled.
“Does he have any other requests?”
As a politician, Roosevelt knew very well that this small request could not bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in reputation. The other party's request was not just that.
I’m afraid that guy’s real request is yet to come, but with the request, you don’t need to worry about anything else. After all, the exchange of interests is mutual and mutual guarantee.
"Transporter,"
Truman said, looking at the President.
"He hoped that the United States Government would provide 50 Liberty Ships to the North Borneo Shipping Company under the Lend-Lease Act."
In an instant, the Oval Office fell silent, and the smile on Roosevelt's face slowly disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly.
After Truman made that suggestion, he immediately sent people to investigate Li Yi'an. His ancestral home was Nanjing. He went to French Indochina to escape the war, and later went to France. He stayed in France because of the war and did not escape until last year. To England. Then his life was like cheating, acquiring many companies at low prices, including the North Borneo Company, and becoming a supplier to the Pentagon. Of all the businesses under his name, the North Borneo Company was the most special.
The reason why he frowned was not that the 50 Liberty ships were worth US$100 million, but... the meaning of it!
"Sir, the North Borneo Company is a British chartered company with administrative functions. If we provide ships to it within the Lend-Lease Act, it will undoubtedly indirectly recognize his control of North Borneo, which is bound to It will cause dissatisfaction with Churchill."
Hopkins reminded him.
The Oval Office.
The air conditioner was whining. Although the cool breeze was pleasant, the mood of several people was a little confused.
“So, he hopes to provide ships to the North Borneo Shipping Company, not the North Borneo Company.”
Actually, everyone knows that this is a word game. As long as merchant ships were provided within the Lend-Lease Act, it was indicating the attitude of the United States - while recognizing the North Borneo Company, it also recognized its ownership of the company.
Roosevelt frowned.
In fact, he knew that this matter would definitely have to pay a certain price, but he did not expect that the guy's plan was actually a colony.
Will this affect relations with the UK?
Churchill would definitely be dissatisfied.
While Roosevelt speculated on the possible consequences in his mind, he found himself in a dilemma.
Even if you want to refuse subconsciously, you may be able to give the other party more compensation in other ways.
However...
Roosevelt stared at Truman and thought for a while.
"Harry, do you think we should agree to him?"
"Among the recipients of the Lend-Lease Act, there are both French colonies and British colonies. Mr. President, whether we are now Whatever you give them will not affect the attitude of Britain and France towards the colonies after the war." Looking up at Truman, Roosevelt understood what he meant, but he turned his attention to Hopkins.
"Mr. President, I think Prime Minister Churchill will understand, especially at this time."
This time in his mouth refers to the "Overlord Plan". Now the plan has reached the implementation stage. During this critical period , Churchill will never let anything affect this plan.
North Borneo... is just a tropical rainforest far away in Asia.
Roosevelt was silent for a while.
The office seemed unusually quiet for a while.
Then he waved his hand and smiled.
"He is indeed a very good negotiator. He knows how to offer the right conditions at the right time. Harry, if you have time, you can invite him to the White House as a guest."
As the president's agent, why not go to the White House?
Everything that happened next was a simple matter. Under the arrangement of the White House, Li Yian accepted an interview, in which he revealed the inside story of donating arms-it was done under the arrangement of the president. Covert operations.
President,
Secret operations,
these words themselves are very eye-catching. When several major newspapers reported interviews with him, reporters naturally "digged" more detailed inside information through various channels.
What intelligence agency intercepted Japan’s military intelligence? In order to avoid bureaucratic influence, the president had to use fake friends to provide a large amount of arms to China in the name of donation, even Italian pilots. This is the president’s foresight. result.
In a word, the president did not do anything as the outside world said, but did a lot of things, but they were not known to the outside world.
With careful planning and packaging, the rumor that "Europe is number one and does not fight the Japanese" was self-defeating, and Roosevelt easily weathered the crisis.
As the presidential agent, Li Nian naturally also appeared at the White House reception banquet and chatted cordially with Roosevelt. Of course, all of this was a show, a show for outsiders.
As the person involved, Li Yian naturally knew this very well, but other people at the reception banquet did not know this. The uncle who expressed his gratitude to the president naturally did not know, and of course, the British Ambassador did not know it. He even took the initiative to find Li Yi'an and told him that he hoped to discuss North Borneo with him at the appropriate time, and said that the Colonial Department had believed that his acquisition of North Borneo was in compliance with British law.
This was the effect of the tiger skin, Britain recognized his control of North Borneo. This result was expected by Li Yi'an, because the time - now is May, Britain and the United States will implement "Operation Overlord" next month. At this time, for Churchill, what he fears most is extraneous complications.
He will never let a North Borneo company affect his grand plan to counterattack the European continent. When he first formulated the plan, Li Yi'an had already included Churchill and Roosevelt in it. One of them wanted to win a fourth term, and the other wanted to counterattack the European continent!
Time...this time is just right!
After chatting with the British ambassador for a while, the Russian ambassador came over, and the other party left, leaving space for them. But there is nothing in common with the other party, just a polite greeting.
At the White House banquet, Li Yi'an was definitely not the protagonist. The real protagonist was Roosevelt, looking at Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair like a star in the moon and Truman in the corner who was not noticed.
Who would have thought that the real winner would be someone else?
Thinking of this, Li Yian cast his eyes on Truman and smiled slightly. This guy is the real winner.
For myself, all that is needed is to stand with the winner, and that is enough.
But the big winner right now is Roosevelt. With this thought in his mind, Li Yi'an walked up to Roosevelt with a wine glass in his hand. When Roosevelt greeted him with a smile on his face, he asked quietly.
"Mr. President, do you want to bomb Tokyo? Right now!"
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