Chapter 267 Condemnation
Seryozha didn't stay in Saudi Arabia for a long time, but before he left Saudi Arabia, he asked the Soviet ambassador to Saudi Arabia to keep an eye on Saudi Arabia's movements and report to him at any time. Then Seryozha embarked on a journey to New York.
Seryozha sat on the plane and thought over and over again about the situation in Iraq. Saddam dared to send troops to Kuwait. There were two biggest reliances. One was the support of the Soviet Union. Saddam believed that the Soviet Union was his ally, so it was impossible not to Support his occupation of Kuwait. The second is that Saddam thinks that the United States will not send troops. After all, the United States has not waved its fist against a country of Iraq’s size for a long time since the disastrous defeat in Vietnam. Moreover, the United States needs the authorization of the United Nations to be justifiable, but the United States and the Soviet Union have never They can't pee in a pot.
So Seryozha's strategy in Iraq was to destroy Saddam's illusions. Although the United States has not officially sent troops, the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company have already launched a fierce battle with the Iraqi army in Kuwait. As long as Saddam is not stupid, he definitely understands who is behind the International Risk Consulting Company. The mercenaries of the international risk consulting company are just a warning from the United States, warning Saddam that the United States has a way to bypass the United Nations to take military actions. The special envoy sent by the Soviet Union, Ulyanov, a member of the Politburo, told Saddam bluntly that the Soviet Union would not support his annexation of Kuwait.
The key factor that prompted Saddam to annex Kuwait was foreign debts, and Sergei told Saddam himself that he could use Iraqi oil instead of US dollars to repay the Soviet Union's arms debts. Iraq's foreign debts were as high as 70 billion US dollars, of which 40 billion were owed The arms debts of the United States and the Soviet Union, but most of the core equipment of the Iraqi army was purchased from the Soviet Union, so most of the 40 billion US dollars was owed to the Soviet Union.
If the Soviet Union does not press for debts, Saddam's life will be much easier, and it is the best choice for Saddam to repay the debts of the Soviet Union with high-quality Iraqi oil. However, Seryozha did not use the 30 billion to buy oil directly from Iraq. He wanted to buy shares in Iraq’s state-owned oil fields and become a sharer of Iraq’s oil interests. If this is the case, Seryozha felt that he would temporarily repay the weapon debt for Iraq Still a good deal.
Now Iraq is no longer the biggest obstacle in Seryozha's plan. When Seryozha's plane was still over the Mediterranean Sea, he got a clear answer from Saddam from the mouth of the Soviet ambassador to Iraq. Kuwait's decent withdrawal of troops, while accepting Soviet mediation on the Kuwait issue.
Gorbachev knew the news earlier than Seryozha, and he called Seryozha from Moscow to congratulate him. Sergey accepted Gorbachev's praise with a modest smile, and promised Gorbachev that he would establish a peace-loving image of the Soviet Union at the UN General Assembly.
Sergey did not take a break during the entire voyage. He had been communicating with the Soviet ambassador to Saudi Arabia. After Saddam correctly expressed his intention to withdraw troops, he was on Sergey's special plane. During the transit stop in Paris, Iraqi diplomats in the Soviet Union and Kuwaiti diplomats in the Soviet Union secretly sat at the negotiating table in Moscow. Seryozha does not intend to wait until the negotiations between Kuwait and Iraq produce any substantive results,
Make this news public. Naturally, Kuwait and Iraq will not do the same. Before flying across the Atlantic, Sergey's plan finally had a substantial breakthrough, and there is still a stubborn stumbling block in front of Sergey, and that is Saudi Arabia.
Seriosha felt that the reason why Saudi Arabia ignored its plan was that apart from being distressed about its own foreign exchange and its influence, the biggest reason was that it had not given up its illusion of formally sending troops to the United States. Although Iraq has never intended to attack Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia is afraid of Iraq's strong military strength. When Iraq and Iran are fighting to the death, Saudi Arabia can stand with Iraq. But once the common enemy disappeared, Saudi Arabia began to affect its hegemony in the Middle East with the powerful Iraq!
"Secretary Ulyanov, maybe you should read this?" While Seryozha was thinking, his secretary Yulia came over and quietly interrupted Seryozha's thoughts.
"What's the matter, what's the matter?" Seryozha asked in surprise.
"The mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company detonated a car bomb in the downtown area, which happened to be near a school. The explosion caused the school's teaching building to collapse, causing dozens of children's casualties. You should see for yourself! " Yulia team said to Seryozha.
Seryozha got up quickly and went to the TV. However, what he saw was not the situation after the explosion in Kuwait, but the large-scale protests in Washington.
"We don't want oil with blood, we don't want Americans to die for Saudi Arabia, my brother died in Vietnam, I"
A woman wearing an American flag with nr written on her body opposed the US military dispatch in front of the camera, and on the TV screen, a surprising headline appeared, American Ten Thousands March, Opposing Troops to Kuwait!
"Didn't you say that the mercenaries from the International Risk Consulting Company killed the Kuwaitis? What's going on?" Seryosha asked strangely.
"Yes, but then Iraq sent troops to dig the ruins and rescue the dead and injured! Now the public opinion is pointing at the international risk consulting company, as well as the US and Saudi governments!" Nasja replied.
"When did this happen?" Seryozha asked in confusion,
"Just after we left Paris!" Nastia replied.
"Where are we now?" Seryozha asked again.
"We will enter the territory of the United States in 20 minutes, Secretary Ulyanov!" The intelligence officer on the side replied.
Although Sergey's face was calm, he was already happy in his heart. How could such a coincidence happen? Although the International Risk Consulting Company is Sergey's own company, it is now working for the US government. Sergey's original intention It is to let the international risk consulting company open the market in the Middle East and make its own reputation by the way. Seriosha hopes that International Risk Consulting will become the largest defense contractor of the US government. But it was such a coincidence that this kind of thing happened, God helped me.
Seryozha felt very ironic at this time. He really wanted to call Ivankov and Yuri now and praise them well, but what he could do was to revise his speech at the UN General Assembly. He severely condemned his company.
So Seryosha ordered: "Yulia, go and revise my speech, add this international risk consulting company, and severely condemn their atrocities, and condemn them mercilessly. Condemn these warmongers, the United States Executioner of Hegemony" ()