France cannot be circumvented, especially France, which also controls Algeria. France's influence in Africa, especially North Africa, will only be greater than in history, not less.
If the United States pushes for it, won't France tie up the resources it can control and settle the matter in francs?
You must know that France has always done this, and the CFA franc is the foundation of the franc. In this way, there will be no mainstream currency. Each country will use its own resources to bundle the currency, and the cost of international trade will increase.
"In this way, the Soviet Union, France, and we can use the resources we control to delimit areas to circulate our own currencies." Pamela Mountbatten sighed quietly, "A good idea from the Americans."
"Well, then the world's currency will be gone." Alan Wilson thought as he said, "Of course we don't like that the U.S. dollar can buy all resources, but what is even more terrible is that the franc and the ruble also have the same effect, so in my heart, the U.S. dollar
Hegemony is better than hegemony of the franc and the ruble. But it also depends on how the Americans view the circulation of pounds. If the Americans do not give us enough benefits, then let us first see if they can handle the franc. If they cannot handle the franc,
Then what are we talking about?"
"Compared to the world of dollars, what is more terrifying is the world of francs." Pamela Mountbatten laughed. "Do Americans have the strength to convince the French? Although the United States is strong, it is far away, and the United States is in the Arab world.
If you don’t give enough benefits to your reputation, we won’t help.”
"If the United States agrees to a fixed exchange rate of 1 pound to 2.8 U.S. dollars, it can exchange for unlimited amounts of U.S. dollars at any time, and it is not impossible to discuss the idea of giving up the Japanese yen in international settlements. Of course, there are other things, such as giving up on military technology.
The idea of containing Britain, transferring some military technology unconditionally, and opening up domestic finance? Forget it, I still have to think about it.”
In short, Alan Wilson has countless ideas. The United States cannot hope that the conditions negotiated with Saudi Arabia will be applied to the United Kingdom. Saudi Arabia is a novice country, and the United Kingdom is not.
Britain and the United States can cooperate, but there is absolutely no question of who is giving charity to the other. Don't make it look like the United States is giving favor to Britain.
There is no doubt that this is not something that can be solved by a visit from Rockefeller Jr. or Kissinger. Talks may take months or even years, depending on whether the United States can endure it.
"I think the worst thing is to establish a mechanism to reserve a quarter of global trade settlement for the pound, and hold an international conference to determine it." Pamela Mountbatten tilted her head and said, "The U.S. dollar and
The joint settlement of pounds sterling is also worthy of the local British citizens. The population of the United States is four times that of the United Kingdom, and the convenience brought by it is distributed to everyone, and the United Kingdom still takes advantage."
"Look again!" Alan Wilson still didn't think much about this issue. "The United States should also reserve pounds. Otherwise, how can we help with peace of mind? Even if we sign a contract, we can tear up the contract at any time."
Alan Wilson is calculating the circulation scope of the pound area and even the distribution of tax havens. If one quarter of the global settlement share can be fixed and a joint mechanism between the US dollar and the British pound is established, the exchange rate of one pound to 2.8 US dollars will not change.
Not a loss.
The Japanese yen issue is just one of the necessary conditions. If the United States is not even willing to use this bargaining chip, there is no need to discuss it.
That is a matter in the national sphere. As for the private sphere, of course there is also the issue of cooperation between Mountbatten Oil Company and Standard Oil. Rockefeller Jr. also talked about how when oil prices rise, the two companies can make a lot of money from it.
, this is not something he, a civil servant, can care about.
The next day, Rockefeller Jr. told Pamela Mountbatten that the essence of the yen problem was that Japan's production capacity had indeed exceeded that of any country except the United States. Of course, this did not include the union of Britain and Malaya. Moreover, the United States had already
The statement about increasing the ratio of the yen has been released. If the promise must be invalidated, the UK must come out and be the villain.
"And the one-quarter ratio is not true. There are only 50 million people in the UK." Young Rockefeller knew that this could not be negotiated by two people. There would definitely be a dedicated negotiating team to determine the details later. Maybe it would be the second mine laying.
Dayton Forest Conference.
"Mr. Nelson, this is just a preliminary opinion. In fact, considering the image of the United States in the Arab world and the current strength of France, this is not easy." Pamela Mountbatten replied with a smile, "Now that everything is going on, is it possible that the United States
Don’t we need Britain’s help? If France cannot be suppressed, it is still unclear who has the final say in Europe.”
"If the French-speaking areas of Africa are messed up, France's influence will be greatly reduced." Rockefeller Jr. replied without thinking, "Our two countries can cooperate on this."
"The United States doesn't want to do this to the Commonwealth, right?" Pamela Mountbatten asked rhetorically, and then compensated, "I'm just joking, but first, let's show our sincerity by taking out the yen. In fact, the development of Japan and South Korea
What's the use of it? It just needs to be a little richer than its neighboring countries. Growing bigger is also a trouble. People who don't know think that the United States lost the Pacific War. It just so happens that the British aircraft carrier battle group is also in the Far East, so we can have a good talk with Japan together.
talk."
Now is the time to show sincerity. Pamela Mountbatten conveyed her husband's words to Rockefeller Jr. In the long run, the yen must be made a currency without influence, but now it can take some actions to show sincerity, such as
First conduct an anti-dumping investigation against Japan, or directly engage in a trade war.
The failure of the Vietnam War must be reconciled by victory in another aspect. How can one's followers be half-hearted? They should find an opportunity to strike hard.
It just so happens that the conditions are good now. The military exercises of the Soviet Union in the Far East have caused the navies of the United Kingdom and the United States to be in Japan. Japan is suffering from external threats and needs to give an explanation to the country.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Currently, trade frictions between the United States and Japan are quite frequent due to the two fields of steel and color TVs. To protect domestic employment, decisive and bold actions should be taken against Japan.
The Far East is destined to be just a secondary direction. Everyone is so poor. It is enough to develop almost. Japan should also consider the overall situation. Once the free world is not good, Japan's prosperity will come to an abrupt end. When necessary, for the overall benefit,
Japan should also make sacrifices.
Kissinger’s visit to London this time was not fruitless. Foreign Secretary Patrick mentioned Allende’s issue and gave Whitehall’s advice: “Now we should categorically sever ties with the Chilean military. The coup has been overthrown by Allende.” There is no point in continuing the hostility if Germany is crushed. This will only push Chile to the side of the Soviet Union and repeat its mistakes on the Cuban issue. Criticizing the Chilean military's coup d'etat and expressing appreciation for Allende's defense of democracy is the solution. A good way to solve the problem.”
Kissinger felt as if someone had stabbed his heart with a knife. The Chile issue was now like Kennedy's Cuba issue, which was a place he could not touch in his heart.
But as a realist, he had to admit that what the British said was reasonable. The top priority now was to persuade Allende not to change the system, as long as Chile did not become the Soviet system. After all, Allende's term was only six years. I will choose one after six years.
As if he knew what Kissinger was thinking, Foreign Secretary Patrick said, "We know that Americans don't like Allende, but we will choose another one next time. Britain will also provide help within its ability. Allende is a socialist, and The Labor Party also belongs to the Socialist International, and we can talk about this issue through the meetings of the Socialist International, whose headquarters is in London."
Patrick even said that Britain could conduct a diplomatic visit to Chile to help improve relations between Chile and the United States. "It would be very unreasonable to continue to maintain high pressure on Chile now that the coup has been crushed," Allen said. After all, Germany is a democratically elected president. Once Chile changes its system, it will never go back."
"If London is willing to cooperate sincerely, of course we will be happy." Kissinger pointedly pointed out that when the United Kingdom called for a ceasefire two days ago, he implicitly added this sentence in response to the request of the US government. In a word, this kind of trick will trample the face of the United States under its feet.
"Of course it is sincere cooperation." Foreign Secretary Patrick said with a straight face, "The world should still be united by English-speaking people, and should adopt a common stance on most issues."
As for the Arab issue? As for most issues, the Arab issue is one where cooperation outweighs differences.
After the coup was crushed, Allende demonstrated unprecedented united front value. As for Japan, it should attack Japan hard if it has no united front value.
Young Rockefeller, who secretly came to London, returned home first. He also agreed that if prices were to increase in the Arab world, it would be very inappropriate to include Britain. After all, Britain is a friend of the Arab countries.
The current problem of the United States is that it must digest the hundreds of billions of dollars in excess issuance, and only the increase in oil prices can digest this amount of currency. The U.S. dollar is the currency of the United States, which is a problem for the whole world, but in terms of strength, the U.S. dollar may not be Regarding the British issue, both sides have reached consensus on this point.
For the sake of the overall situation, after suffering Japan, it is not a big deal to suffer American citizens. Standard Oil cannot suffer anyway. The more the price increases, the stronger the Rockefeller family will be.
The primary issue now is that Nixon should shoulder the responsibility for solving the problem of the war in the Middle East and step down from the position of speaker, so that Rockefeller can go into battle lightly.
Two days later, Kissinger also returned to the United States. On the same day, the United States held a United Nations conference on the Middle East and called for a ceasefire between the two sides. If such a fight continued, both sides would lose. Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union also agreed. Who would disagree with calling for peace? Even if I disagree, I will not say it to the United Nations.
At the same time, the United States stated that it had nothing to do with the attempted coup in Chile, criticized the military's attempted coup, and expressed appreciation for President Allende's defense of democracy.
Because of the convening of the United Nations Conference on the Middle East, this statement was not noticed by most people.