After discussions in the Kremlin, it was decided to explain this outsourcing in the name of supplementing grain reserves. The Soviet Union also had a grain reserve system. It was usually one-tenth of the annual output of reserved grain, which was about 25 million.
tons, even if it is a good harvest year, grain will be purchased from outside.
In fact, the international market knows the general figure of the Soviet Union's external grain purchases, so this time Alexeyev went to London, even if others knew about it, it would not cause any surprise.
The supreme authority at this time is talking to his eldest son, David, who is far away in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Fortunately, he has a great eldest son. Unfortunately, he has more than just one great eldest son. He is still doing well now.
, if they were all developed in the UK, then Alan Wilson would have a headache.
David carefully asked where his father made the call. He was relieved when he heard that it was not in Whitehall. "Father, how is mother now?"
"Vivian is cooking, and she seems to be hanging out with your sister for a while." Alan Wilson glanced at the British treasure in the kitchen, "You're not in London, she always has something to do. You can't put it into production.
All the time is taken up.”
David nodded into the microphone. It turned out that he was going shopping with his half-sister. Actually, that was fine. The old father seemed to care about the ex-husband's father's name.
"Everyone's time is precious. How is the situation in Dhaka?" Alan Wilson was lying on his back. The posture was not tiring, but the supreme authority hated waiting. No one in Whitehall treated him like this. This was also
He is his own son, how can other people be treated like this?
"Then there is so much I want to say." When David heard that his old father was not in Whitehall, he immediately kept talking. High commissioners from various places claimed that the number of aid did not match the number that reached Chittagong.
"Twenty million and fifty million are not that far apart." Alan Wilson was surprised, and took out the figures reported by high commissioners from various places from the briefcase he brought, which were of course dehydrated versions. "Isn't it true that you also brought
The past sixty million pounds?"
"There is indeed a difference between 200 million pounds and 50 million pounds. But the receipt I received was for 350 million pounds, and what I got was indeed 50 million pounds." David sighed, "Is it true that local donations are bad?"
Do barrels, broken radios, and rusty bicycles count?”
"Why doesn't it count? It's not that it can't be used! It has to be calculated according to the new one." Alan Wilson replied calmly, "I have a project here, and once it is completed, there will be a continuous supply of reconstruction materials. The key is,
Rahman's Bangladesh Awami League must be fully recognized. Although we have not shipped all the promises to Bangladesh, they still have to repay them in full. Use your brain on consumables. Things like food turn into feces when eaten. Who knows?
Can it be found out? Even the Soviet Union, which planned everything, couldn't do it."
"With the mess that Bangladesh is in right now, it would be nice to have someone to help it. Why did you choose it? You told Rahman that this is using British money to deal with Bangladesh. Can he find a country willing to help when he travels around the world?"
Of course there is. The Soviet Union, one of the two famous enemies of the Cold War, might get excited and get excited as soon as it puts on its two top hats.
The Soviet Union also plays a role now, but all the glory will belong to us, Great Britain. The Soviet Union is not without gains. Can raw materials and gold be compared?
In terms of the scale of the Soviet Union's basic industry, the Soviet Union's steel production surpassed that of the United States two years ago. In 1965, the Soviet Union's cement production also surpassed that of the United States and became the first in the world. There is no shortage of such things in the Soviet Union in this era. If you can choose,
The Soviet Union was of course willing to use steel and cement instead of gold to purchase grain.
"Keep a copy of the materials arriving in Bangladesh from various places for yourself, and you will have to reconcile them with the high commissioners at that time." Alan Wilson whispered, these are very important things.
In Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Andropov, who had just come out of the Kremlin, returned to the KGB headquarters at Lubyanka No. 11, called Alexeyev, and then told him bluntly, "Buy grain.
Diversified payment is very recognized above. In fact, there is another thing, but it is a secret for your level. If the UK is willing, we can use diamonds to replace part of the payment. From a personal point of view, of course I hope
Negotiation is done.”
"Is there a giant diamond mine in the country?" Alexeyev was shocked. How come he had never heard of it? There is also a giant diamond mine in his country?
"Of course there is, and even if we are number one in the world in terms of output, we have to be careful in terms of quality. Otherwise, why would every household in our country have one glass knife?" Andropov said proudly, "It's just that
The diamond industry is not enough for us to be interested in.”
Diamonds are very precious to many countries and are a major source of income for South Africa, but South Africa's income is too insignificant compared to the Soviet Union's expenses.
The largest diamond mine in the world is not in South Africa, but in the Soviet Union. The Mirny Diamond Mine was discovered in 1955. It was strictly kept secret from the beginning and was mined secretly.
In addition to this diamond mine, just last year the Soviet Union also discovered a meteorite crater. The meteorite impact resulted in the emergence of massive diamonds. This crater is located in Popigai, Eastern Siberia.
In addition to the above two natural diamond producing areas, the Soviet Union is also at the forefront of synthetic diamonds, and the Lebedev Institute of Physics in Moscow is the home base of such synthetic diamonds.
Alexeyev set out again with confidence, and even brought along several accountants from the Planning Economic Commission to calculate costs at any time during negotiations.
It's a good idea. It's really possible for other people to be fooled, but it's not possible to do this to the supreme authority. Listening to the great man, he tried his best to be sincere. With the pained expression on his face, Alan Wilson looked like I
I regard you as my own son, but you actually treat me like this, "Diamonds, unless they are big diamonds of good quality, are of little value. Besides, big diamonds are not something ordinary people can afford, and they are not easy to get rid of."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It may be difficult for anyone in the world to refuse the offer of trading diamonds, but that does not include Alan Wilson, the key person.
, he happens to know that the Soviet Union has Soviet drilling technology, and I also know that you secretly produce it.
Soviet diamond, also called cubic zirconia, has replaced all the raw materials for grinding fake diamonds because it has properties very similar to real diamonds. There are still many differences between cubic zirconia and diamonds; the first is hardness, which is not the same as any other material.
Not superior to diamonds, cubic zirconia is no exception lower than it.
In addition, the specific gravity of cubic zirconia is nearly twice that of diamonds, which is different in weight from real diamonds and is easy to spot.
Soviet diamonds are just substitutes for diamonds in this era. What a coincidence. If the Soviet Union is not the big brother of a certain big country, Henan is the artificial diamond center of the world in the 21st century. Countries with similar systems will conduct similar research.
?
How could Alan Wilson, who did not believe in the value of diamonds at all, agree to such a substitution? Let alone Soviet diamonds, not even real diamonds. The Soviet Union had no shortage of real diamonds.
Alexeyev was shocked. This was absolutely different from what he had imagined. According to his idea, the British should accept it happily.
Other British people would happily accept it, but his biological father would not accept it. No matter how much Alexeev tried to persuade him, he would not nod.
Really annoyed, Alan Wilson thought that he was also his own son. "For diamonds over ten carats, I will ask De Beers to appraise them. I can only tell whether the weight is correct, but I will never hide it from them."
De Beers knows that Pamela has shares in that company, and the appraiser can come at any time."
Alexeyev also served his country, and Alan Wilson had nothing to say. He directly asked the Soviet Union not to humiliate itself by taking out Soviet diamonds. If only the Soviet Union could have its little brother, a certain big country, who could take out artificial diamonds.
If it looks no different from natural diamonds, that must be a big problem.
But a certain major country only achieved this in the 21st century, and it is unlikely that the Soviet Union could do it in this era.
This was all because Pamela Mountbatten had shares in De Beers, so he only opened the door to talk about diamonds weighing more than ten carats. Otherwise, according to his own ideas, diamonds and carbon are the same thing, and they still want to fool him?
I agreed because Pamela Mountbatten really had a cow to prevent the Soviet Union from exporting local diamond mines and disrupting the market, so she wanted to incorporate the Soviet Union.
"You bastard, you even want to take advantage of me." After leaving the meeting place, Alan Wilson started to talk, and when he got home, he informed Pamela Mountbatten about it.
"There are still diamonds in the hands of the Soviets? Couldn't they be left behind by the Tsar's family?" Pamela Mountbatten looked surprised. She had never heard of diamond mines in the Soviet Union.
"It's such a big country, the largest territorial country in the world." Alan Wilson sighed, "I said we can talk about things weighing more than ten carats."
"It can't be a fake. There is indeed a kind of synthetic diamond in the world that looks very similar to diamond. I don't know where it comes from." Of course, Pamela Mountbatten is not like her husband, who has no interest in compressed carbon.
I don't care, she has shares in De Beers, so she pays great attention to this aspect.
"We've brought in a group of appraisers and we can't hide it." Alan Wilson thought to himself that this was a Soviet diamond. But for the sake of family harmony, what he needed now was to shut up. "It's just a difference in payment methods. The first batch of
Food must be made in gold, and we can place orders from Rhodesia and Asia now. No matter what, we can start preparing for the transaction."
"That's not bad. If there is a diamond of more than 100 carats, I will give it to Her Majesty the Queen. Elizabeth will definitely be very happy." Pamela Mountbatten began to think outside the box and began to find a home for the big diamond, and she was very happy.