Chapter 1356 Warsaw Airport

The only consensus between the two countries is how to deal with France, which is also the basis for unity. France's run on gold in recent years has indeed made the United Kingdom and the United States very uncomfortable. Compared with the United Kingdom, the United States has endured huge losses due to the excessive issuance of US dollars. pressure.

It doesn't matter that the British pound is not a rival to the U.S. dollar, as long as it doesn't seem like the U.S. dollar is over-issuing so much.

"The Americans revealed the news that there is too little gold in the world to support the currency demand brought about by the economic rise." The person representing the British government in Stockholm is Alan Wilson's long-term private secretary Wick, who revealed This news.

"Are Americans now looking for something to replace gold?" Alan Wilson was secretly surprised after hearing this. Of course he knew that the United States finally set its sights on the petrodollar, which led to the emergence of the petrodollar, but he also did it in advance. Prepared.

This preparation is to put a bomb under Saudi Arabia's butt and allow Yemen to become completely independent. It deliberately ignores the threat of the Free Officers Organization that is widely spread in Arab countries. Even if it knows that this organization exists, it pretends that it has not been seen and allows it to accept it completely. Yemen, and then watched the Soviet Union take this bomb in their hands.

Saudi Arabia's own military power is not worth mentioning. The Saudi Arabia of this era is not as good as the Saudi Arabia of the 21st century. Ever since the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, changed the throne to the brotherhood, the stability of the kingdom has been maintained by his own family. It is indeed successful under control, but brothers and sisters cannot solve all problems. There are so many princes of the same generation, and there are always some who are not convinced.

This has led to Saudi Arabia not being able to expand its military for a long time. The purpose of the military's existence is to maintain stability. It is not that Saudi Arabia does not pay attention to the military and national welfare because it is rich. Saudi Arabia only became a tycoon after the oil crisis. In this era The profits that oil brings to Saudi Arabia are not as good as allowing Saudi Arabia to compete with traditional Arab powers.

In short, the unified Yemen under Saudi Arabia has become one of the great powers in the Arab world under the arms of the Soviet Union. Yemen has its own problems, but it cannot resist the benefits of the Soviet Union.

What's more, Yemen itself has gold mines as its backing, and together with Syria, it has become one of the two thugs of the Soviet Union in the Arab world.

The starting point for the petrodollar is Saudi Arabia. Once Saudi Arabia is defeated, the US dollar will become the sole pricing and settlement currency for the oil exports of petro-states. In other words, the US dollar will anchor a commodity that is indispensable in the world and used in huge quantities. This will require a large amount of European countries that import oil will have to continue to regard the U.S. dollar as the most important international reserve currency.

Second, if the price of oil continues to rise, so that the world's demand for dollars continues to increase, the United States can continue to increase the supply of dollars and maintain the income from "minting" of dollars; third, ensure that oil countries obtain dollars through the purchase of U.S. bonds, stocks, and funds. Wait for financial products to return to the United States.

However, Alan Wilson remembered that this was for the purpose of the United States making a security commitment to Saudi Arabia. If the United States could not do this, the petrodollar would not exist.

At present, the UK still retains Socotra Island as an offshore balance base for Yemen. It is holding this bomb so that it has no time to threaten Saudi Arabia. As long as the British troops do not withdraw from Yemen, they regard the UK as an imaginary enemy, and Saudi Arabia should treat the UK with courtesy. Plus, the U.S.’s plan to play petrodollars is not that simple.

However, at present, the priority is still to maintain the Bretton Woods system, and let France spit out the gold it ran on before, at least part of it, to stabilize the financial order.

After all, petrodollars are still the next problem. Tell Wick the bottom line and express that we should jointly deal with France first.

When France was paralyzed, the operation of selling francs to buy gold and ship it out began. When the London gold trading was shorted a year ago, there was an average run on ten tons of gold every day. Although ten tons of gold are as big as a table when put together, more than a month of short selling has also put the UK under tremendous pressure.

The current franc is exchanged for twenty tons of gold a day, which has far exceeded the scale last year when the pound was shorted, and the entire France is in a state of near paralysis.

After several days of running, the French finally woke up from a dream and knew what this general strike would bring.

The pressure is on Prime Minister Pompidou. Advocates of the United States of Europe hope that De Gaulle will go and restart the European integration process that has made no progress during De Gaulle's term. But the current chaos is obviously too great. Once France suffers heavy losses in this general strike and loses its foundation, what point can there be about European integration?

It's a pity that Alan Wilson can't help much in finance. He is not a professional, and he is embarrassed to show too much concern. He can only cover up his confusion by pretending to be thousands of miles away. He is embarrassed now. Disturb the wife who is in the state.

At the door of the apartment where she was staying temporarily, Vivien Leigh knocked gently. After waiting for a while, Hedy Lamarr came to open the door, "Vivian, what's the matter?"

"Heidi, you seem very happy in London." Vivien Leigh said with a hint of sourness in her tone, and then walked into the house, "Where is Ellen?"

"Still sleeping!" Hedy Lamarr flipped her long hair with her hands and said charmingly, "It's hard to catch up with the weekend, can't you rest?"

While the two were talking, Ingrid Bergman opened the door carefully, walked out quietly, nodded to Vivien Leigh, "Keep your voice down, don't wake him up."

"Alan is not young now, so be careful." Vivien Leigh muttered worriedly, "That's almost enough."

"Vivian, we did not take the initiative, the initiative is all in his hands." Seeing that Vivien Leigh did not believe it, Hedy Lamarr replied as if she was not lying, "I just told him, I believe he also I don’t want Whitehall to know about Monroe’s relationship with him.”

"Vivian, actually I am against it." Ingrid Bergman glared at the instigator and explained, "It's just a funny joke, don't worry."

"I'll tell him to get up." Hedy Lamarr shook her head helplessly, walked to the door, opened a gap, and called out, "Ingrid and I changed into a new set of underwear."

"Huh?" Alan Wilson jumped up with his eyes closed. He sat up in shock and yelled to my sister, "I can change it quickly."

"You guys are really messing around." Vivien Leigh couldn't stand it anymore. If this continues, Britain's supreme authority may die young.

Spend the weekend well, but Her Royal Highness wants to talk about the development of semiconductors. The royal family's concern for the semiconductor industry must be expressed by Whitehall, which is very troublesome.

Of course, it is not just the free world that is in trouble, the Soviet bloc also has its own troubles. In Moscow, a man and a woman are walking along a quiet street. It is obvious that they have a mother-child relationship. This woman also appears on Soviet TV from time to time. At this time The young man is being disciplined, "What are you going to do when you go back? This country can't live without you?"

"Mother, don't say that. I am working in Warsaw, how can I leave my post without permission at this time?"

Alexeyev looked helpless. Who knew this person was his mother? He could only explain, "If people know that I am a person who runs away from battle, I may be judged and not trusted at work in the future. Mother, you know that there are many standards for Lubyanka's assessment. I believe that if I listen to you, I can be a step-by-step person who can live my life easily, but wouldn't it be better to make some achievements on my own? "

"I shouldn't have agreed to let you go to Warsaw. Who knew this would happen? It's better to let you go to Western Europe." Fortseva's face softened a little, and she began to reflect on her error in judgment. She didn't expect this day.

"But when it comes to this issue, Comrade Gromyko wants me to go to the London Embassy." Alexeyev told what the number one figure in Soviet diplomacy said during the last report.

When Alexeyev said this, he just wanted to divert his mother's attention. He didn't notice that Fortseva's face stiffened and she was still explaining her plans for the future, "I want to see imperialism with my own eyes." Only in this way can we make a judgment about what a strong country is like.”

"Do the work in front of you first. Don't think about what will happen in the future without finishing one thing. Sometimes it doesn't go as smoothly as you think." Fortseva interrupted her son's imagination.

"I'll go back to Warsaw right away." Alexeyev didn't think much about his mother's absent-mindedness, and gave a naughty military salute. "If I were a few years older, I might be a lieutenant colonel after this time. I heard that there were many people during the Russian Empire. Even if someone is born into a noble family and has military service, I have to say that Imperial Russia has something worth learning from."

"I think you should go to the Gulag to receive re-education." Fortseva gestured and stretched out her hand to educate her disobedient son.

"I was wrong, just wait for my good news." Alexeyev's face straightened, "I will definitely make you proud."

"Be safe!" Fortseva stared at her son, "I don't need you to make me so proud. I just want you to be safe. This is a mother's greatest wish."

Early the next morning, Fortseva watched her son board the plane and return to the turbulent Warsaw. She sighed inexplicably, "It's better to put him into the scientific team. He can also get more salary."

How could the Cultural Czar be a prominent figure in the Soviet Union? How could he not know that the Kremlin has made up its mind to ensure that Poland is united in the socialist family, and the means to ensure this is to carry out a surgical strike, taking advantage of France's When he attracted all the attention of imperialism, he cleared away the carrion inside Poland with one blow.

Alexeyev, who changed into casual clothes, landed at Warsaw Airport and kept the entire airport layout in his mind. He knew that in a short time, this place would be the key to success.