Chapter 81 News Confrontation
Back in New York, Zoe's second follow-up story was published on the front page of the New York Times. In this article, Zoe pointed out the fact that the Fraternity Africa Foundation colluded with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Farmers Association to falsely ship the Department of Agriculture's old grain to Africa, with a total amount of up to 7 million tons. If this number is calculated according to Africa's minimum food consumption standard of 200 kilograms per person per year, it can already meet the food supply for 35 million people. But the reality is that in Somalia and Ethiopia, the worst-hit countries in East Africa, people die of hunger almost every day, and most of the victims can only rely on mud to fill their stomachs.
The attention of the American people has been reduced from the Guantanamo incident, and now the mainstream reports in the American media continue to criticize the various problems exposed by the Reagan administration in the Guantanamo incident, and the food incident of the Love Africa Foundation unintentionally opened up A new news battlefield has opened up.
The following media quickly found the person in charge of Youai Africa Foundation, but the other party refused to express any views on this matter. The American Farmers Association stated that it is only a donor to the foundation, and the management is not someone they arranged. The US Department of Agriculture stated that it has no knowledge of the use of the 7 million tons of grain.
Such an answer is of course unsatisfactory. It is not just those charities in the United States who are concerned about the progress of the whole matter. Even many celebrities stand up and ask for an explanation. Because not long ago they had just held a global charity fundraising event, if there is any dishonor in the charity event, the star's reputation will also be implicated. And the public still remembers this, and those celebrities who think they have done a great thing and can change the world are angry to find that things have not changed for the better, but more people died. This kind of anger must be found An object to vent.
The food incident continued to ferment, and when everyone was still targeting the Friends of Africa Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the American Farmers Association, even more explosive news came out. This time, Zoe's column in the New York Times ignored the food's journey after leaving the United States. They were shipped across the ocean to Italy. The head of the transportation company was a mysterious and powerful woman, and this transportation company called Mediterranean Shipping was inextricably linked to the notorious Italian mafia. The grain was unloaded on the docks in Naples. This city is the area where mafia activities are the most rampant, and the shipping company responsible for transshipping these grains comes from Turkey, and behind them stands the shadow of the Turkish mafia.
Zoe's article is not based on speculation. She has conclusive evidence. Zoe's assistants obtained the records of Mediterranean Shipping Company's payment for the construction of ships from the local shipyard in Naples. Almost every ship is paid in cash. , In Italy, where capitalism is highly developed, it is too weird to use cash for transactions. It is difficult to say whether there is money laundering in it. If the evidence of the connection between MSC and the Italian Mafia is not solid, then the relationship between the Turkish shipping company and the Turkish Mafia is real, and the actual controller of the company's registration is the most notorious in Turkey Gang boss Abdul Kettery.
corrupt government,
Again the Mafia was involved. Now it was difficult for Zooey not to be popular. Zoe's news column is comparable to the plot in the 007 movie. Even housewives who don't care much about politics on weekdays have begun to use it as a topic of conversation after dinner. First of all, the US Congress is no longer silent. They announced that they will set up an investigation team to investigate the Fraternity Africa Foundation, the American Farmers Association and the US Department of Agriculture. The swarming media almost overwhelmed the press conference of the US Congress. The media has had a hunch that this time the US Department of Agriculture will definitely not get away easily. The person who exposed the incident, the freelance journalist Zoe, has become a hero in the eyes of the public and a darling in the eyes of the media. Coupled with Zoe's already beautiful appearance, suddenly, there are many media colleagues who are interested in this reporter.
Just when everyone thought that Zoe's report was coming to an end, an even more shocking news set off a tsunami in the American political arena. The last of Zoe's series of reports in the New York Times revealed the real whereabouts of the seven million tons of grain. No one expected that the buyer of such a large amount of grain was the greatest enemy of the United States—the Soviet Union. Shortly after the latest edition of the New York Times came out, all the media in the United States were stimulated by this big news and almost went crazy. CNN and FOX News have set up special reports one after another, and began to report on this matter 24 hours a day.
President Reagan saw the front page of the New York Times while having breakfast, and the milk glass in his hand was smashed to pieces. And those White House journalists who have been waiting for news in the White House all year round surrounded the White House spokesman at the regular press conference of the White House. Unprepared, the spokesperson blushed and was speechless when asked.
The American people are angry. They can't believe that the government is secretly negotiating with the biggest enemy. The US Department of Agriculture is actually doing large-scale grain sales with the Soviets. Military spending to counter the Soviet arms race.
At the meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the opposition Democrats began to jointly launch an attack on the Republican Party. They demanded an explanation from the White House and Reagan's cabinet. Even the ruling Republican Party is divided on the matter. The Reagan administration faces yet another major challenge since Guantanamo.
Within twelve hours of Zoe's last report, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture submitted his resignation to President Reagan. President Reagan accepted his resignation. The FBI then announced an investigation into the former Secretary of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture. It's a pity that this kind of behavior of throwing pawns to protect the handsome does not convince the public. Reagan's opponents clung to this matter, and President Reagan could do nothing about it.
However, the American Farmers Association, which is a relevant party in this matter, has a different opinion. The American Farmers Association claimed that they were unaware of the secret transactions of the Department of Agriculture, but they felt that the export of grain to the Soviet Union should not be blamed. Food is not a weapon or industrial equipment. Now the US agriculture continues to slump. The government should consider relaxing the grain export ban. The food trade should not be regulated like drugs.
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