Chapter 1028: A lesson to the South Seas (first update, two in one)
A butterfly in South America flapping its wings will cause a storm in the Pacific Ocean.
When Nanyang gently dropped a chess piece on the chessboard of the world, the whole world was in shock.
On the morning of November 1st, in New York, the United Nations held the first United Nations emergency conference to discuss a resolution urging Israel to withdraw its troops immediately. At the meeting, the Hungarian representative complained about the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary. After the Hungarian representative complained, Nanyang's representative to the United Nations, Song Deqing, gave a speech, asking the United Nations to include the Soviet invasion of Hungary in the agenda of an emergency meeting.
“While the United Nations is vowing to uphold justice for Egypt’s barbaric behavior that violates international law, the Hungarian people are suffering from the Russian invasion. They are crying. The Hungarian people are dying and bleeding. Dear Mr. Secretary-General, Where is their justice?”
Facing Song Deqing's question, Hammarskjöld fell into silence. As for the American representative, he also seemed a little embarrassed. The Soviet representative directly broke through the defense and spoke loudly.
"The Soviet troops entered Hungary at the request of the Hungarian government to help them restore order. It is you, you are invading Egypt!"
He even produced a copy of the statement, He pointed at the statement and said loudly.
"This is signed by the Hungarian leader Nagy Imre! He invited us to enter Hungary and help it maintain order!"
"Nagy Imre himself Already denied! What you are best at is forgery and deception!”
Song Deqing sarcastically said loudly.
“I really don’t know what kind of country can be so brazen and shameless, using forged things to justify its invasion in front of the world.”
“You are invading. This is a fact known to the whole world.”
The Soviet representative once again used Egypt as a refutation. Now this is the only weapon he can use.
"Invasion of Egypt? No! That was not an invasion."
In fact, everyone is about the same thickness of face. Song Deqing didn't blush at all when he said these words.
“We are upholding basic international norms. The Egyptian government has no right to trample on basic international norms at will. Confiscating property invested by other countries and robbing other people’s property is the tradition of the Soviet Union, but it is not the value of the world! Only bandits can Understand robbers! Only robbers can sympathize with robbers!"
Song Deqing said again while loudly accusing the Soviet Union of barbarism.
“I am here to call on all free countries to immediately provide assistance to Hungary. The people there need our assistance to defend their freedom!”
Faced with Song Deqing’s counterattack, for a while The Soviet representatives stood up and left angrily. Representatives from Eastern European countries also stood up and left one after another, and the emergency meeting ended.
When the meeting ended, Henry, the U.S. representative to the United Nations, walked up to Song Deqing and asked:
“Are you sure you want to interfere in Hungary?”
“It’s not interference, Henry, just like your Excellency. As they say, freedom comes at a price and requires strong defense. If we cannot help Hungary when it needs help, then we will never be able to defeat the Iron Curtain, and Washington is making mistakes. Hungary may be the sphere of influence of the Soviets, but if the sphere of influence is not broken, the world structure will never change, and there will never be a winner in this competition."
As soon as Song Deqing finished speaking, he was represented by the British. He shouted to the French representative. While they were talking, Henry's expression changed, and he frowned and said to himself:
"Yes, Washington is making mistakes!"
In fact, there were also disputes in Washington over the invasion of Egypt by their NATO allies on one side and the Soviet invasion of Hungary on the other. The two happened almost simultaneously. As president, Eisenhower hoped to use United Nations resolutions to force Israel to withdraw its troops. However, the leaders of both parties in the Senate, Lyndon Johnson and William Nolan, opposed this. Eisenhower even cut off U.S. access to Israel. Nearly $100 million in private aid annually. But Johnson approached Secretary of State Dulles and hoped that he would "exhaust all methods" to prevent sanctions against Israel.
In the end, the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected the president's hostile attitude towards Israel, and Eisenhower directly informed the people of the situation in the Middle East through radio and television, telling the people that the invasion of Egypt by Britain and France was to protect them. colonial power.
“We must use this incident to completely dispel the British ambition to maintain the colonial empire!”
In the Oval Office of the White House, when the office door was closed, Eisenhower did not There was no hiding his purpose.
“Yes, Mr. President,”
Dulles agreed.
“We paid so much in the war not to allow the British and French to continue to maintain their colonial empires. However, one thing we must see is that this time the British The attitude is very tough, and..."
After thinking about it, Dulles said.
"Nanyang, Nanyang has been firmly supporting the British. They mobilized all the tankers to transport oil to the British and French, and provided them with oil and other food and commodities that the British needed on credit. This It gave Aiden the courage to persist."
Listening to Dulles' explanation, Eisenhower said with a frown.
"Nanyang, ever since that guy jumped into the international arena, there has never been a peaceful day. From Siam to Egypt, from Egypt to Hungary, I really don't understand what Li's purpose is. Those countries are obviously so far away from him. Is it directly related to Nanyang’s interests? The Suez Canal may have something to do with them, and they are members of the Commonwealth, but what about Hungary? That guy is like a madman..."
He is really confused!
In any case, Eisenhower could not find the reason why Nanyang was so hard on Britain. Isn't that guy just seeking profit?
Why are you so determined in helping Britain?
Eisenhower couldn't understand, and even the whole of Washington couldn't understand. No one knew what benefits Nanyang could get when it supported Britain.
Who would do something that does no good?
But here's the problem... Nanyang is still doing things even if they seem to have no benefit at all, and they are very active. For example, helping Hungary, what does it have to do with them?
Not a dime matters!
For another example, when it comes to helping the UK, he is really so selfless and willing to help the UK for the sake of the false name of the Commonwealth.
I really can’t figure it out!
After taking a puff of cigarette, Eisenhower said:
"Freedom is the price of one generation, and slavery is the price of one generation after another, passed down from generation to generation. Why didn't that guy say that when he invaded Egypt? Be a human being. Is it really possible to have such double standards? "
For a moment, Eisenhower even wanted to call Li Yian and question him - how can you be so shameless?
“No, Mr. President, Lee’s is extremely bold no matter what angle you look at it from. Perhaps it’s just what he said – freedom comes at a price, and freedom needs to be defended. Because they They have suffered an invasion, so they understand the meaning of freedom better."
"What about Egypt? I heard that Dongda provided 20 million Swiss francs in free assistance to Egypt and also criticized Nanyang's treatment of Egypt. "Barbaric interference and accusations show the appearance of a Southeast Asian bully." Seeing the president looking like he was laughing, Dulles shrugged his shoulders and said:
"Maybe it's like what they said - they are trying to defend basic international norms. No country can arbitrarily use "nationalization" as an excuse to embezzle other countries' investments. Mr. President, Nanyang is in Australia, South America, the Middle East and Africa, With an investment of more than 5 billion US dollars, they are extremely wary of any "nationalization". This is the fundamental reason why they side with the United Kingdom. Mr. President, we must take this into account. After all, the United States also has a large number of overseas Investment."
The Secretary of State's reminder made Eisenhower think for a moment and said:
"Now we must end all this and cannot let the Middle East fall to the Soviet Union. Hungary...We cannot risk a nuclear war with the Soviets to interfere in the affairs there, and we have already reached an agreement with the Soviets."
Eisenhower was referring to 1944 In October, Churchill and Steel discussed the division of spheres of influence among postwar Eastern European countries during the Fourth Moscow Conference. However, the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Harriman, who represented U.S. President Roosevelt at the meeting, was excluded. The two casually drew up a percentage agreement at the meeting to determine the spheres of influence between the East and the West.
"At that time, British Foreign Minister Eden and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov bargained like buying vegetables in a vegetable market, and finally agreed that Bulgaria and Hungary would be 80% controlled by the Soviet Union, and Romania would be 100% controlled by the Soviet Union. Now, we cannot renege on this agreement, but this It is good news and proves from another perspective that the Soviet Union has lost control of certain countries. The future situation will only be more beneficial to us, but... now, if the world structure is broken, then we and the Russians will. The tacit understanding between them will also be broken. By then, none of us will know where the Russians will be or what they will do, but what we need is to prevent this possibility! "
Why was Eisenhower unwilling to intervene in Hungary?
In the final analysis, he did not want to conflict with the Soviet Union at all, especially for Hungary and the countries that were originally within his sphere of influence. In Eisenhower's view, balance needs to be maintained, not broken. of!
"But, Mr. President, now the balance has been broken by Nanyang! Nanyang is doing its best to help the Hungarians and help them resist the Russians. There is no agreement between them and the Russians!"
Dulles' reminder made Eisenhower fall into silence. This is the most troublesome part now. Faced with Nanyang's "balance-breaking" move, the United States is even unable to stop it.
Looking into the distance, Eisenhower said:
“This is a critical moment in the election. We cannot let Hungary affect this election.”
The so-called respect for the agreement is false. , the real reason is the general election. Now is a critical time for the general election, and the White House will not take risks on this matter.
As for Hungary...it doesn't matter.
"Nanyang, let them provoke the Russians. The Russians will teach them a profound lesson. After all, Hungary is at the doorstep of the Russians. To a certain extent, Nanyang also needs a Lesson, they must know their position, just like the British, that guy is too arrogant! Let the Russians teach him a lesson!”
Why did Eisenhower side with Egypt on the Suez issue? In addition to wanting to peel off the false tiger skin of the British Empire, a more important reason is that the British must realize who is the boss, not just Britain, but also France and all of Western Europe.
In the world order created by the United States, there is only one boss, and that is the United States. However, Britain’s invasion of Egypt without the permission of the United States is undoubtedly destroying this order. This is also Exactly what Eisenhower could not allow.
Actually, the United States has enough reasons to deal with this matter - before the Suez Canal War broke out, representatives of Britain, France, and Israel secretly met in Paris, France, to prepare for the use of force against Egypt. The United States was actually kept in the dark.
The four most powerful countries in the Western camp at that time were the United States, Britain, South Korea, and France. Britain and France could conspire there. As for Nanyang, they said they did not collude with them, but the world When there is such a coincidence, that's when it's time to "drill".
In any case, these countries have completely excluded the United States. This is because they do not regard the United States as the leader.
When confronting the Soviet Union, the Americans were allowed to take the lead, but at the same time, the second and third sons were secretly engaging in dirty deals. This was simply intolerable to the United States.
In the eyes of Eisenhower and others, in the eyes of those old Europeans, the United States is the boss in name, but in fact it is just a cow that transfuses blood for Europe.
If the United States does not take timely measures, it will not only lose its right to speak in the Middle East, but also lose its right to speak in Europe. It may even be ignored by the UK.
Therefore, the British arrogance must be suppressed and let him know that there is only one boss, and that is the United States of America.
Of course, this is only an internal problem, and it only needs a proper beating. The United States needs to beat these unconvinced little brothers to make them recognize the reality clearly, and then continue to follow the United States' camp. against the Soviets.
As for the Nanyang who are following the British and charging into battle, of course they need to be beaten appropriately to make them understand their identity and status.
The free world still needs this thug from Nanyang!
After all, the free world will need someone to defend it in the future, and Nanyang is the perfect candidate!
“It’s not too late for us to stand up after they are unable to fight against the Russian threat!”
As a former Allied commander, Eisenhower’s calculations were very shrewd. It's nothing more than a slap in the face and a date to eat.
At this moment, the office door opened and the staff member walked in and said.
"Mr. President, have you watched TV?"
As the staff said, they turned on the TV. As soon as the TV was turned on, what appeared in front of them was the scene of the battlefield.
"This is..."
"Mr. President, all the TV stations are now broadcasting the same news. This is the picture sent by the Nanyang news reporter through the satellite. It is from Hungary. The face of people resisting the Soviet invasion..."
Before he could finish his words, Dulles screamed in horror.
"Oh my God..."
Looking at the frightening scene, Dulles turned back nervously and said to the president.
"Mr. President, this matter... we can no longer stay away from it. The whole United States has seen these pictures!"
Staring at the picture on the TV, listening to what was coming from inside With the sound of gunfire and explosions, Eisenhower frowned, and his heart was full of mixed emotions. He knew what the headlines in the major newspapers tonight were.
I also understand what kind of impact such a scene will have on Americans. After all, Americans have never experienced such an impact.
After all, this is not a text, but a live TV broadcast.
Listening to the gunfire in Budapest, looking at the burning tanks on the streets, and the Soviet soldiers who kept shooting people, Eisenhower couldn't help but have a thought in his mind-damn it, why were communication satellites invented?
Without communication satellites, it would have been impossible for Americans to see these pictures from Hungary, and these bloody battlefield pictures would make American public opinion side with Hungary, which is exactly what Eisenhower did not want. Would like to see.
While Eisenhower was cursing the communication satellite in his heart, another staff member walked in and reported softly:
"Mr. President, there is news from the embassy in London that British Chancellor of the Exchequer Macmillan and others have taken a flight to Chang'an. They are probably trying to get help from Nanyang."
(End of Chapter)