Chapter 760: The Enhancement of the Value of Nanyang (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
How to reflect the value of a country’s united front?
This is a very subtle question, so subtle that the answer is affected by various aspects. These influences include but are not limited to the country itself, and there will also be the influence of some accidental factors.
These accidental factors are sometimes like butterfly wings. The effects produced are unpredictable.
That night, the heads of the intelligence agencies and foreign ministries of several European and American countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, but not limited to these three countries, were all awakened by phone calls.
The time difference between most countries in Western Europe and Mozambique is only a few hours. When the call came to Washington, the head of the intelligence community was attending a dinner. As for Secretary of State Dean Acheson... no one knew what he was doing. , his assistant looked for him three times before contacting him.
But Dean Acheson still heard the whole story clearly from the phone, and soon he called the Intelligence Bureau.
It was 9:19 a.m. in Washington. Dean Acheson walked into the Oval Office. As soon as he entered the office, Truman asked.
"Dean, do you know?"
The president's question made Dean Acheson nod.
"I learned about this last night, and I have been thinking about it since then."
Dean Acheson's tone seemed very serious, as if he was talking about a very important thing.
This is indeed a very important thing, and it even kept him from sleeping well last night, thinking about it for most of the night.
Truman nodded and said.
“Well, what do you think about this matter.”
Truman's expression looked a little serious. As he spoke, he put a pile of files in front of him, and a front page from "Pravda". The front page was a photo of Liu Chengyu and Khrushchev watching a performance at the Bolshoi Theater together. .
“This matter is very delicate.”
Dean said.
“Khrushchev had just squeezed into the core of power in Soviet Russia, but Steel arranged for him to receive Liu Chengyu, and in the performance ranking of the Bolshoi Theater, he was placed in the center position, which is undoubtedly a tribute to The outside world sends a signal! "
Many things in international politics are judged by some signals. Not to mention the huge disparity in status between a senior official at the core of power and a former official in Nanyang. Looking at the location of the performance, Nanyang was also placed in the "most important" position. All this conveyed the signal that Soviet Russia attached great importance to Nanyang.
This is not just a simple emphasis, but some kind of change. This change is reflected in the high standard of reception they received from French and British officials.
Such a high-level welcome is essentially an attempt to win over those countries.
Looking at the silent president, Dean said.
“They are adjusting their relations with Nanyang. Not only that, according to intelligence obtained by the CIA, since the beginning of the year, rebel forces in Malaya have begun to withdraw to Siam. There are accurate The information source pointed out that it was the Soviet Union that asked it to withdraw. This shows that they are trying to win over Nanyang, and at the same time..."
Dean pointed to the person standing on the other side of Khrushchev in the photo said.
"This person is a representative of Tangshan. We suspect that the Russians are likely to use the compatriot relationship between Tangshan and Nanyang to win over Nanyang and make Nanyang their ally..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dean He didn't say any more, because he knew very well that Nanyang could not become an ally of Russia, because Li Yian was a big capitalist. If he became an ally of Russia, wouldn't it be like revolutionizing his own life?
Li Yian would definitely not do this kind of thing. After all, it involves his personal interests.
After thinking about it, Dean frowned and said. "Nanyang will not become their ally, but it is very likely that it will have a friendly attitude towards it to a certain extent. And for Nanyang, easing relations with Soviet Russia seems to be more beneficial to them."
Truman nodded in deep understanding at the Secretary of State's words.
"This is exactly what I am worried about, Dean. Once Nanyang falls to Russia, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the United States."
Truman stood up , walked to the window and took a look at the lawn outside the window, and then said.
"Although I believe it is impossible for Lee to defect to Russia, what we need is not a country that is friendly to Russia, but a country that can resist Russian expansion in Southeast Asia."
said. As he spoke, he walked to the desk again and looked at the photos in the newspaper. Truman frowned, seeming to be thinking about the Russians' intentions.
"Now Nanyang has become our most important link in the Western Pacific. We must be careful to deal with Russian interference. Russia's current expansion across the world is obvious to all. With their expansion in South Asia and Southeast Asia, Nanyang is our most powerful ally in that region, so the Russians’ goal should be to try to disrupt our strategic layout through this kind of pull-in.”
Secretary of State. The analysis made Truman nodded with deep approval and said.
"This is exactly the signal sent by this incident, and this signal cannot be ignored, so..."
Looking at Dean Acheson, Truman asked.
“Now what are your suggestions? How should we deal with this matter?”
Faced with the president's question, Dean Acheson thought for a while and then said.
"Mr. President, judging from the current situation in Asia, the peninsula will cease war in the near future. Subsequently, the situation in Asia will also undergo tremendous changes. In French Indochina, the Vietnamese rebellion is intensifying. , there is sufficient intelligence to show that they are supported by Tangshan, and such output is likely to spread to other regions in the future. Therefore, we need Nanyang to play a more role in Southeast Asia."
Dean· Acheson said while analyzing and looking at the thoughtful president.
“I think at this time, it’s time for your personal friendship with Li Yi’an to come into play. We must make them realize the responsibilities of being in the Western camp, and of course, the benefits of being a member of the Western camp. The rewards received. "
The rewards... of course are aid. In the past few years, what has the United States relied on to win over so many little brothers?
Not only during the "Berlin Crisis", the boss of the United States really contributed, but more importantly, the boss really contributed money!
Even though the large-scale systematic aid to Europe under the "Marshall Plan" has been stopped, aid to European countries has not stopped, and aid to some countries has even increased.
This is the price you have to pay for being the boss. One important factor why Eastern Europe, under the control of steel, is alienated from Russia is that Russia plundered more wealth from them.
“Now our aid to Nanyang is already very large, and most of it is direct aid. It will be difficult to get permission from Congress to further increase aid to Nanyang. After all, Congress has always been strict about foreign aid. Quite criticized. ”
Foreign aid requires “real money”, and those real money are all taxes paid by Americans! There will definitely be dissatisfaction with spending so much money on foreign aid every year, and this is why the United States stopped the "Marshall Plan" to quell internal opposition.
"Indeed, at the moment, it is difficult to expand the scale of assistance to Nanyang..."
Dean Acheson followed.
“So, my suggestion is to provide certain material assistance.”
Then Dean Acheson mentioned the assistance list he had drawn up overnight last night. In fact, to put it bluntly, This is the price to pay to win over Nanyang.
“It seems that this is the benefit we must pay him!”
Truman thought for a moment and then said.
"Well, Dean, please contact Nanyang authorities. I have decided to accept their invitation. I am visiting Nanyang recently! Since I want to give gifts, of course I have to give them in person!"
(End of this chapter)