Chapter 222 Trade Sanctions
Seryozha saw the news of the plane crash in the newspaper early in the morning. The next morning, US President Reagan made a televised speech, saying that the Soviet Union was advocating the yearning for peace and promoting global disarmament on the surface, but behind the scenes it was making rapid and ruthless actions. Acts of terrorism that take the lives of innocent people. The shooting down of a civil airliner is a cold-blooded massacre of unarmed civilians. It is unforgivable and should be subject to international sanctions and condemnation.
Two days later, large-scale anti-Soviet demonstrations broke out in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
In the next few days, the Soviet Union, Japan and the United States dispatched planes and ships to search the nearby waters. The Soviet Union firmly insisted that the plane was shot down after repeated warnings were invalid after invading the Soviet airspace, while the United States firmly insisted Flight 007 deviated from the route due to a mistake. For a while, the two sides insisted on their opinions and refused to give in to each other. However, the international community generally sympathized with the weak, and the Soviet Union's position was quickly suppressed.
Although this incident seems to have nothing to do with Sergey Sha, Sergey noticed a word after watching US President Reagan's televised speech, and that was sanctions. There is no doubt that once the sanctions against the grain export business of the Soviet Union Seryozha are started, they will suffer a catastrophe. Canada is likely to follow in the footsteps of the United States and join the camp of sanctioning the Soviet Union. The top priority is that Sergei urgently needs to know the Canadian government's plans. Whether to sanction the Soviet Union? Will grain exports to the USSR be banned? If these series of problems are not handled properly, Sergei Shall lose all his investment. In addition, whether the cotton and electrolytic aluminum exported from the Soviet Union will also face the possibility of being sanctioned by the consumer country, if that is the case, the Romanov trading company may also be greatly affected.
At this moment, Seryozha first thought of Yakovlev, the former Soviet ambassador to Canada, who could help. Seryozha hoped to use him to find out what the Canadian government thinks, so that he could make preparations in advance.
So Seryosha called the Moscow trade union and asked the union chairman Korolev to come forward and ask Yakovlev to come to Canada to contact people from the government to find out their intentions. Faced with the lucrative remuneration offered by the Moscow Residential Bank, Yakovlev left Moscow as quickly as possible and flew to Vancouver urgently.
Many people in Moscow's official circles know that Yakovlev has a very good personal relationship with Canadian Prime Minister Clark. It was he who helped Gorbachev win the agreement on agricultural cooperation between Canada and the Soviet Union. The grain export business was the basis for Sergey to run the Soviet Union's domestic business. Sergey needed Yakovlev to use his private channels to find out whether the Canadian government had plans to ban grain exports to the Soviet Union.
Two days later, Yakovlev finally arrived in Vancouver. Sergey went to the airport to greet Yakovlev in person, and the two returned to downtown Vancouver in the same limousine. Sergey told Yakovlev exactly what he asked for along the way. Hope to get some advice from Yakovlev.
"Hey, what a pity! The domestic anti-corruption struggle is in such a good situation, I didn't expect it to be destroyed by a single missile by the reckless Air Force!" Yakovlev sighed unintentionally, and suddenly got involved in another matter, And it seems to be lamenting the fate of the Soviet Union.
"Director, what do you mean?" Seryozha asked puzzled.
"Seryozha, you are still young, and you have not been working for a long time! You still don't understand the things here! This time the attack on civil aviation airliners has had a very bad impact on the world, and it will affect our economic reform. It will cause more difficulties. If we continue to adopt a high-pressure policy on domestic officials, then the General Security Council will face double pressure from domestic and international. I am afraid that this time we will let the remnants of the Brezhnev faction go. It's over!" Yakovlev said with some regret.
"I understand!" replied Seryozha gratefully. This is indeed something that Seryozha did not expect. As Yakovlev said, this time the Soviet military made a big mistake.
The Americans will definitely take advantage of this issue and aggressively sanction the Soviet Union internationally. Now the foreign trade situation of the Soviet Union will be even more severe. If the domestic opposition takes the opportunity to force the palace, Mr. An is very likely to become the second Khrushchev. But this is good news for Seryozha, at least he will face much less pressure in the country.
"Director Yakovlev, you must help me, at least let the Canadian government give up food as embargoed goods. You know that this matter is not only related to me, but also to our Secretary Gorbachev !” Sergey said bluntly. Now Gorbachev is the common backer of Sergey and Yakovlev, and Gorbachev is also the secretary in charge of agriculture. If there is a problem with the grain import business, he will A serious blow to Gorbachev's prestige in the party. Seryozha and Yakovlev have absolutely no good fruit to eat.
"I naturally understand this truth. Starting tomorrow, I will contact my acquaintances in the Conservative Party, and I will also contact my old friends in the Liberal Party. First, I will find out the meaning of the Canadian Parliament! Finally, I will go to Prime Minister Clark! Where are you Don't be idle, let's see if we can get the cooperation of the Romanov Company, a partner of the Moscow Trading Company, to lobby officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the foreign trade department! We will strive to promote this matter from all aspects!" Yaco Flev suggested.
"I will communicate with Romanov's people, don't worry, Director!" Seryozha promised.
Seryozha sent Yakovlev back to the hotel for a rest that day and then returned directly to the place where he lived. Through the dialogue with Yakovlev, Seryozha already had a general idea. Yakovlev has been in Canada for a full ten years. He is more familiar with the Western political system than Seryozha. He really sees some things clearly. The most important thing about this matter is to win over some people who oppose sanctions to play a role. Yakovlev didn't know that Seryozha had actually controlled the grain production enterprises in Saskatchewan. At least those congressmen who represented the interests of Saskatchewan farmers were still very hopeful to win over. On the issue of food export, these people still have a great say. Thinking of this, Seryozha finally had a plan in his mind.
Back home, Xie Liaosha started discussing this matter with his lovers! There are currently two routes for grain trade between the Saskatchewan Wheat Consortium and the Soviet Union, one overt and one undercover. What is clear is the grain import contract signed by Gorbachev during his visit to Canada, and what is dark is the indirect trade through the Romanov trading company. The matter of Romanov is not a big secret. As long as the US or Canadian government has the heart, it will definitely be able to investigate clearly. If something goes wrong, Monsanto's transaction may also be affected.
"Let's do this! I think it's better for Eva to take over Monsanto! Including Dakota Pasta Growers Company, also let Eva take over. If it is true that even food is embargoed, we will change the transit point to Go to Turkey, where Yakov just made new friends!" Seryozha decided.