Chapter 1225: Before Fighting Against the Outside World, You Must First Settle Down at Home

In order to stabilize the value of the pound, there are rumors that the number of gold provided by the Soviet Union is higher than the actual number.

Everyone in Whitehall is talented and well-spoken. After some logical evaluation and a roundup of vague original prices, I believe that the rumored range of 300 to 400 tons is more appropriate.

This is not easy to be exposed and can also provide confidence to institutions holding sterling. After all, four hundred tons of gold is not too small in any country. Even in the United States, the world's largest gold reserve country, four hundred tons of gold is close to 4%.

For the UK, this ratio is close to 8%. It can be said to be a windfall, and its role in finance and finance is immeasurable. Of course, such a trivial matter does not need to be reported to the Prime Minister. After all, it is just a rumor, and the government does not need to confirm it. Is the news true?

At least the newly appointed Finance Minister Reginald Medernion is happy to see this situation, and even has an idea of ​​​​implementing the grand plan.

There is a saying that money is not everything, and nothing is impossible without money. Two world wars destroyed the European economy. If you don't have money, you won't be able to speak out, and this will lead to the decline of Europe.

It cannot be said that having money is completely different, but it can also solve many things. However, Frank expressed doubts about the grand plan of the Chancellor of Finance, and for this purpose he came to communicate with the Cabinet Secretary.

Unfortunately, Frank wasted no time. His supreme authority was not in Whitehall. He was explaining to the Soviet Ambassador to the UK, Viktor, who was most closely related to him, why the rumors were untrue and why the issue had not been clarified. Of course, this was before Prime Minister Eden carried out with tacit consent.

This cannot be blamed on the British government. An insider who cannot be named thinks that the range of 300 tons to 400 tons is more appropriate. However, Britain is also a free world, and the media in the free world like big news. There were rumors in the beginning. It was said that this time the purchase involved three to four hundred tons of gold. The Uncrowned Kings felt that it was not enough, so they made a marginal move.

Some irresponsible newspapers did not mention specific figures because the government would not announce them in the first place. But the gold used by the Soviet Union to purchase grain became one-third of the Soviet Union's gold reserves.

This is very cunning. Who knows how much gold reserves the Soviet Union has? But the Soviet Union is definitely a country with vast territory and abundant resources. The largest land area in the world will not deceive anyone.

This kind of report created the effect of a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Most people in the world were shocked by the vast land of the Soviet Union, which was number one in the world. After thinking about it for a while, political experts from all walks of life realized that it was Incredible.

Such vague speculation cannot deceive real insiders.

Although the rumors in the market were quite untrue, Pamela Mountbatten resolutely adopted conservative figures and told the three major grain merchants in the United States that there was definitely not as much gold as the fake news said, only 350 tons of gold.

Compared with the uncapped guesses based on fake news, this conservative number is truly conservative. But the three major grain merchants who learned the inside story were furious. They should have had a share of this, but now they can only watch, as the contracts have been signed and the shipment has started.

Jealousy is like a gangrene on the bones, gnawing at their souls, what? Doubt the reliability of the news?

Grain merchants, please, please take hundreds of tons of gold and put it on the gold trading market to deceive vulnerable groups like us.

Alan Wilson and the respected gentleman Mr. Victor, the Soviet ambassador, were on the seaside and looked up into the distance. Not far away, a giant ship was leaving the port. The destination was naturally Leningrad. Of course, the British sometimes still call it St. Petersburg by its old name.

The sea is ever-changing, with one scene every day and rarely the same scene. Besides, this sea is far different from what we see in Malaya. Perhaps it is spring time and there are often heavy storms. Perhaps even though they belong to the same ocean, the climate is different and more changeable, causing the seashore in this area to lose its laziness. , foggy and weak sea surface.

"If we had known that food prices would rise as a result, we might not have signed the contract so early. In fact, I might even bear some responsibility for it."

Alan Wilson made a grimace to win sympathy. Although Britain got 220 tons of gold, the Soviets got precious food. It is impossible for people not to eat. Life is priceless, especially the life of the Soviet people.

As for Africa and the Far East, life is naturally not on the list of priceless things. Everything has a price.

While Alan Wilson talks to half the world's leaders, the Japanese endure smaller bento boxes, Korean women cradle their babies waiting to be fed, and watch the latest food prices helpless, and martial law tightens on Scam Island.

But what the hell does this have to do with him? There are so many miserable places in the world, how much does he, a British cabinet secretary, manage? It was the Soviet Union, not Britain, that wanted to liberate the world.

Alan Wilson has a flexible and unfathomable bottom line, and no one understands strategic determination better than him. If you think about it carefully, even if famine does break out, it will not affect European and American countries. But if the Soviets are so hungry that they cause trouble in Europe, it will not be good.

Excluding the military orders from India and Arab countries, as well as the 220 tons of gold from the Soviet Union, the economic situation in the UK is so difficult. It is so difficult that the Secretary-General of the Cabinet does not know where the difficulty is, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is stumped. A grand blueprint.

The Soviet ambassador did not know all this suffering, and the Soviet people did not know how many farmers in the colonies had to sweat and pay in order to sell a little grain. How can the leading countries in half the world realize this?

With great sincerity, Alan Wilson finally fooled the Soviet ambassador, and then fiercely attacked the Sukarno government in Indonesia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accusing the dictator's Greater Indonesianism of destroying regional prosperity and stability.

At a time when public opinion is focusing on food and gold, it seems inappropriate to criticize the Sukarno regime in Indonesia, but this is a very clear signal to take action. If the cultural czar in Moscow pays attention to this report, he will know that the cabinet secretary who is true to his words will do so. Sir, it’s time to fulfill your promise.

If we were not determined to push Indonesia into the Soviet bloc, given the current situation, this would be a really good opportunity. Kennedy will be happy this year. The Soviet Union has food shortages and is unable to take care of itself. Britain has a chance of winning if it wants to kill the Sukarno regime.

But who wants those odds? In some cases, winning means losing, and losing means winning. It was as if Kennedy felt that he had taken care of the three major grain merchants in the United States. He won, but it only added another heavyweight member to the already huge opposition force.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy's approval rating was quite high, changing his previous image of a weak president. If nothing else, there will be no problem at all whether it is mid-term elections or re-election.

You have accomplished so many things in just three years of power. If you have been president for eight years, wouldn't it mean that the citizens of the world, who have finally waited for Roosevelt and Roosevelt to die, will once again face the darkest moment?

In particular, the silver bill, which is in name only, actually comes into play. It is like digging up the ancestral graves of citizens of the world. Compared with the British side that just swallowed three to four hundred tons of Soviet gold, Wall Street has never felt so uncomfortable, but One thing is the consensus of all countries in the world, and that is to fight against foreign aggression without first settling at home.

How do all the people who think the president is very good know this? Ordinary people will only talk about the warm-up for the upcoming epic blockbuster Cleopatra, the three-year filming cycle and the scandals between the male and female protagonists, and they talk about it with great enthusiasm.

In the UK, Princess Margaret met Turing once and frankly expressed her appreciation for Turing's talent. The pressure from the Queen's sister and mother finally made Her Royal Highness the Princess, who is over thirty years old, experience the cruelty of the real world.

Turing, who has just been promoted to president of the Royal Interstellar Society and has made unique achievements in scientific research, will definitely not satisfy Her Majesty the Queen. However, the long-term tug-of-war with her sister over emotional issues has finally made the Queen feel tired and unwilling to continue to push her. .

With the Queen's acquiescence, except for Turing's age, there was not much other resistance.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess's marriage issue really shouldn't be delayed any longer." Alan Wilson, who came to visit his sister-in-law, put himself in her shoes and expressed concern.

"Put your pants on, your words will be more convincing." Princess Margaret turned back and rolled her eyes at the Cabinet Secretary, and added, "You must not forget my sacrifice for you."

The Secretary-General of the Cabinet swore that he would serve the royal family wholeheartedly throughout his life and be the pillar of Great Britain.

He has always done this and no one can find fault with him, he has always served Britain wholeheartedly. Sometimes the means may be questionable, but the original intention is good.

I heard there was famine in Southern Rhodesia? What if there is famine in that part of Africa? Isn't that normal?

The High Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia has already said in the telegram, "The problem is not serious and can be prevented and controlled."

Prime Minister Eden even regretted that he should have held an election only after the news about doing business with the Soviet Union spread.

For this reason, he also expressed his apology to the Conservative ministers at the cabinet meeting by punishing himself with three glasses of wine. After that, he naturally said that this page has passed and will not be mentioned again in the future.

In the field of diplomacy, Alan Wilson, who is currently the Executive Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, continues to implement the core diplomatic concept of trying to suppress France and informs the United States through the united Five Eyes Alliance that France is disloyal and is secretly communicating with a certain Eastern power.

Hopefully this worthy beacon to the free world can stop the disunity of the French.

The reasons given include but are not limited to, a certain big country is anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, and France, as a colonial country that de facto occupies Algeria, should not engage in such politically incorrect diplomacy, etc...

What? Is Britain also a colonial power? Britain has not established diplomatic relations with any major country. It has always been loyal to the free world.