Chapter 268 Fame and Fortune 2
During the time when Seryozha's special plane flew to New York, too many incredible things happened. Seryozha succeeded in persuading Kuwait to sit at the negotiating table in Moscow and Iraq, apart from Saudi Arabia. However, the mercenaries hired by Kuwait launched an indiscriminate war of annihilation on their own land, and actually bombed the Kuwaiti school, causing a large number of child casualties. And Iraq, as the aggressor, ran out to help Kuwait search for survivors buried under the rubble.
It was less than an hour after the explosion. The Emir of Kuwait announced in Riyadh that he had terminated his employment relationship with an international risk consulting firm. And asked them to leave Kuwaiti territory immediately. It is a pity that Kuwait is not the only employer of the international risk consulting company, and the names of representatives of the United States and Saudi Arabia are also included in the defense contract.
Because of the close coverage of the international risk consulting company's military operations in Kuwait, the incident was fully recorded by the reporter and sent back to China. Then the image of a terrified and helpless Kuwaiti child sitting in an ambulance broke the hearts of thousands of American mothers.
In this context, the international risk consulting company became the biggest villain in the whole incident, followed by the US government. Fueled by the media, Americans' anti-war activities became more intense. When Seryozha's special plane arrived in New York, it happened to be the second day after the Kuwait bombing. Although there were American security personnel clearing the way, Seryozha still saw the demonstration team.
Seryozha will not leave New York until the conclusion of the UN General Assembly. He will temporarily live in the Soviet Consulate General in New York.
This time the special session of the United Nations was held specifically for the Kuwait issue. The opinion of the Soviet Union was crucial at this meeting. And those protesting people naturally know the theme of the UN meeting, so in New York, outside the UN building, this is the second largest base of protesting people, and the number of people gathered outside the UN building is second only to the White House in Washington.
The explosion in Kuwait not only cast a shadow over the U.S. troop dispatch, but also put a moral burden on the U.S. government. Anyone with a discerning eye can now see that Congress is likely to abort the Bush administration's military plan.
Seryozha had just returned to the New York consulate when he quietly made a phone call with Karim. On the phone, he hoped that Kalim would make those governors who had been supported by Monsanto stand up and oppose President Bush's military plan. Under the current circumstances, opposing the president's militarism is definitely the best opportunity to increase his approval rating. Moreover, it will also give the media and the public the impression that Bush cannot control the state government for a while, which is very beneficial to Seryozha's plan.
"Seryozha, this matter is fine, but what do you think of the International Risk Consulting Company?" Karim asked
"Don't worry, the International Risk Consulting Company has helped me a lot, I'm too happy!" Sergey Sha said nonchalantly.
Due to unexpected events during the trip,
Therefore, Sergey's speech at the UN General Assembly had to be revised. It was not because Sergey was too demanding, but because this time the UN General Assembly was too important to the Soviet Union. The current Soviet Union's national strength is weak, and there are too many places to ask the Americans. In the final analysis, it is impossible for the Soviet Union to get tough with the United States. But the Kuwait issue involves the Middle East, an important oil producing area. And as long as the oil price rises to a certain level, many diseases exposed by the Soviet economy will be cured without treatment. Seryozha also had time to slowly adjust the industrial and economic structure of the Soviet Union to avoid dominance in resource industries.
The work of revising the speech manuscript continued until early in the morning, and it was not until after three o'clock in the morning that Seryozha had time to rest for a while. At nine o'clock the next morning, Seryozha left the Soviet Consulate General in New York and went to the United Nations to attend this emergency meeting on the Kuwait issue.
The convoy had just arrived outside the United Nations building when protesting crowds slowed the convoy down. The security personnel of the United States are on the verge of an enemy. But Seryozha's heart blossomed with joy. Many people in the parade held signs with the logo of the International Risk Consulting Company. But the big red crosses are painted with red paint on the signs. Many people added mustaches to President Bush's photos, mocking him as Nazi Hitler. Of course, many people present did not only target international risk consulting companies. Many Americans believed that Saudi Arabia was the biggest black hand behind the scenes. There was a move to burn the Saudi flag. There are also smart people in American non-governmental organizations who don't want the U.S. government to be involved in the vortex between Saudi Arabia and Iraq for supremacy in the Middle East.
Although Seryozha didn't sleep for a long time, he couldn't wait to see the performance of the representatives of Saudi Arabia and the United States during the meeting. Seryozha's motorcade finally entered the square of the United Nations building. Seryozha reconnected with Gorbachev before getting out of the car.
"General Secretary, how are the Iraqi and Kuwaiti representatives talking?" Sergey asked eagerly.
"Basically a consensus has been reached. Iraq agrees to withdraw its troops and at the same time make an apology and compensation for the invasion of Kuwait, and Kuwait agrees to forgive most of Iraq's debts. But it is not their government's direct relief, but the transfer of debts to our Soviet Union In their hands, they are afraid that the media and the Kuwaiti people will think that the government is spending money to buy peace. We will export a little oil production and power equipment to Kuwait symbolically, and just replace the debt!" Gorbachev said happily.
"General Secretary, do me another favor. This news will be announced after the end of the UN General Assembly!" After saying goodbye to Gorbachev, Sergey hung up the phone and walked out of the car door.
The Soviet delegation walked into the headquarters of the United Nations building in a mighty manner. At this moment, the focus of the media and the public was focused on this meeting. The anti-war people were unwilling to send troops from the government, while Saudi Arabia was looking forward to the US military. Iraq and Kuwait quietly shake hands in Moscow. The Soviet Union successfully mediated the conflict between Iraq and Koko. But the media did not know the news. Because only when the Soviet Union announced this news after the conference was over, would it be shocking enough to allow the Soviet Union's peace-loving image to penetrate into the hearts of ordinary Americans. For the sake of the Soviet Union this time, Seryozha not only wants profit, but also fame. ()