Chapter 713: Gotta Add Money

"You mean that the ships are being transported by Xinke Shipping?" Richardson's eyes were a little flustered, and he thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, this matter is still under investigation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoCIA believes that although no trace of the raw materials was found on the ship, it cannot be ruled out that the ship was secretly thrown into the sea by the crew before the ship was seized. ā€

"Is the U.S. still going to use this kind of diplomatic rhetoric?"

Li Daoyu seemed to smile instead of smiling, and said indifferently: "Then China's vote on the Iraq issue can only uphold a responsible attitude towards the United Nations." After all, for world peace, the fairness and justice of the United Nations and the effectiveness of the implementation of resolutions are much more important than a simple Gulf War. Although the US side is now facing greater pressure, it must also see that the sanctions will lead to a sharp decline in the living standards of Iraqis......"

"But Iraq invaded Kuwait, and that's the price they should pay. ā€

Richardson argued: "Iraq inflicted serious economic losses on Kuwait during the war, and Saddam Hussein even imprisoned citizens of Western countries as hostages, is this what a normal regime should do? ā€

The proposal put forward by the Americans is not just an arms embargo on Iraq, but a total embargo on it. What supplies Iraq can get and how it can transport them into it will all be monitored by the United States. This is not only to combat the stragglers in Iraq, but more importantly to create an atmosphere of shortage in Iraq.

Only in the case of a general shortage of supplies can the Americans buy enough Iraqi traitors with only a small benefit. Only when people are short of materials can the Americans use the power of material distribution to provoke their internal struggles through various means and killing people.

The internal situation in Iraq is complex, and it is not that there is no room for manoeuvre. The contradictions between the Shiye faction and the Xunni faction, the independent tendencies of the Kurds, the opposition between the urban and the rural, these are all contradictions that can be exploited.

But all this is premised on the premise that the US military must gain a transcendent status. From one of the athletes, to a referee. This is not something that can be decided by force, but rather a political attempt to dismantle the current climate of opposition in Iraq.

On the other hand, although Iraq has been defeated, it is impossible for the Americans to legally claim its territory as their own. Iraq's largest oil field of wealth is still in the name of the Iraqis. Even if it is a clever seizure, it is necessary to first cut off the channels for exporting crude oil.

All of this requires that Iraq must be completely isolated from the international community. Behind closed doors, Uncle Sam can get his hands on it.

Li Daoyu was not in a hurry, took a sip of water, crossed Erlang's legs and retorted: "Mr. Richardson probably forgot that before the United States invaded Iraq in full, Iraq had already declared a total surrender. It was the United States that insisted on launching an attack on Iraq, despite the mandate of the United Nations. Isn't the United States needing to learn some lessons in order to serve as a warning to those who come after us?"

No matter how high-sounding Richardson said, it cannot be denied that the United States still attacked Iraq after it showed its willingness to accept the United Nations resolution.

This means that Americans have a huge innate weakness in "reasoning".

"OK, OK, let's be honest. Richardson reluctantly raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender.

"It's not that the United States doesn't want to end the investigation into the new technology shipment, but that our European allies are pressuring the CIA through multiple channels to not end the investigation of the new technology shipment. ā€

Richardson stretched out his hands and sighed: "In the oil market of the Gulf War, you have just swept away hundreds of billions of dollars of capital from Europe and Japan, so you can take care of the mood of the Europeans a little, right? The CIA has no choice, and the pressure on the European financial bloc is very great, and the United States cannot but consider their demands. ā€

"Financial group?" Li Daoyu laughed, but he didn't think it was Richardson's negligent remarks.

The frontal battlefield of the Gulf War has already ended, so how can it be that the ships of the new branch shipping have not yet completed their investigation? In fact, in just one week, the CIA has already searched the entire ship clearly. Not to mention the containers loaded, even the hull and hull interlayer were cut open and carefully searched.

Basically, these ships don't need to be near the shipyard in the future, and they can be sold directly to the scrap recycling station.

Even so, the CIA did not find the slightest bit of prohibited items on any of the ships.

This result is completely inconsistent with the CIA's sworn pre-war statement that the CIA was involved in the transportation of contraband, and of course the United States has its own national conditions, so how could the CIA's intelligence be wrong? If the real situation does not match the intelligence, of course, it will be necessary to modify the real world.

However, from the very beginning, the Chinese side showed a strong reaction. Not only did it send twice as many investigators as the CIA to monitor the CIA's investigators one-on-one, and never gave the CIA any opportunity or room for fraud. Moreover, the Saudi side, which borrowed the port, even brushed the tiger whiskers of the US imperialists in this matter and carried out strict inspections on the entry and exit of the port area.

With regard to the investigation team formed by China, the United States and Saudi Arabia, the Saudi side has repeatedly upheld neutrality. No matter how much pressure the United States exerted, it was still withheld. The reason, of course, is not the discovery of Sharonbas's conscience, but the result of the coordination of the Golden Wheel Company.

In this way, even if the CIA wants to frame him, there is nothing he can do. Preliminary investigation results show that the Chinese side did not transport contraband.

However, the CIA, who was not yet relenting, then threw out another argument. This is because when the ships belonging to the new branch shipping were stopped, the US Navy helicopters first walked around before the destroyers caught up. There is a time lag in this, and if the Chinese side is a thief, it cannot be ruled out that the contraband carried was thrown directly into the sea at this time.

It was with such an out-of-tune rhetoric that the CIA dragged the investigation down. As for the follow-up investigation methods, they even plan to use deep-sea submersibles to conduct a seabed search of the entire sea area.

As for the time required for this, the preliminary estimate is that there will be 578 years, right?

The seabed is complex, and there is an uncertain amount of equipment capable of performing deep-sea diving, so who knows how long it will take?

Seeing that, the CIA planned to use such a trick to drag this matter over.

The ST Group has a big business, and to be honest, it doesn't care much about one or two ships. If it's just a CIA problem, maybe you will pinch your nose and admit it. After all, it's a CIA, and face is still worth a little money.

However, this is not a simple incident that concerns only China and the United States. Don't forget one thing, that is, the United States imposed sanctions on ST Group on suspicion of transporting contraband. As a result of the sanctions, the fund account of Xinke invested tens of billions of yuan was frozen.

By the end of the Gulf War, the oil market, which had been violently devastated, had been completely played by China and the United States as a hot weapon, and it had collapsed to the point of collapse. The pre-war oil price almost reached a maximum of more than $50, and later fell to a floor price of around $10.

The amount of money lost by Xinke's investment is $350 billion, to say the least.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing is only something you consider unlucky. The act of the state during war has always been a force majeure, which can basically be regarded as a loss caused by a natural disaster. If there is an earthquake at the production base of ST Group, it is impossible to ask God for compensation, right?

Similarly, during World War II, Britain confiscated all the gold stored in private banks and sent it to the United States to buy weapons. And the confiscated sufferers will get a requisition notice at most. Even if the war is over, don't use this notice to withdraw your gold that was stored in the British bank before the war, or to get compensation from the state.

In the face of war, the state apparatus has always had the privilege of being unreasonable.

However, for ST Investment, things are not without a turnaround. Do you still remember the insurance agreement that Mr. Hu signed with the European financial group before investing? As long as the investment behavior of ST Investment is completely legal, the investment losses caused by other reasons must be jointly compensated by the underwriting financial group.

Even according to the most conservative figures, the payout amount of $30 billion ......

The European financial groups jointly underwritten basically all of them paid to Mr. Hu, which may not be enough.

It's going to die.

If it weren't for Hu Wenhai, after the outbreak of the Gulf War, he would simply shrink back in China and not come out. Maybe the European financial bloc will be able to send an entire French Foreign Legion to destroy the other humanity.

Hu Wenhai can't die, then it's the Europeans who die.

But European financial groups are not without seeing the wind and waves, there are still smart people, and soon they find a loophole in the contract that is not a loophole.

Since the basis of the compensation is the "legitimate investment benefit" of ST Investment, as long as it is proved that the investment of ST Investment is illegal, or it is uncertain whether it is legal, then the financial group will have a reason not to pay.

As long as the CIA can't prove that ST Shipping did not transport contraband, then your ST investment is not a legitimate investment - you have an attempt to interfere in the Gulf War and manipulate international crude oil futures prices.

In order to grasp this point, the CIA must not be able to draw conclusions favorable to the company.

The financial groups that underwrite ST Investments are all among the best insurance companies in Europe. In the event of bankruptcy due to payment problems, the situation in Europe will be volatile for the whole of Europe. Under such tremendous pressure, it is not surprising that European countries have joined forces to put pressure on the CIA.

It is precisely because he knows the intricate relationship behind this that UN Ambassador Richardson has said so much.

And Lee Do-yu's unprecedented negative vote on a UN resolution at the request of the country is understandable.

Richardson said earnestly: "The CIA is really difficult, but punishing Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait is something that the international community must do." As a responsible major country, China should not tie these two things together, which is irresponsible and immoral. ā€

However, Richardson's words of emotion and emotion were of no avail. China has even done such a thing as voting against the United Nations, how can it be so easy for Richardson to pass?

Li Daoyu sneered, shook his head and said, "Mr. Richardson, let's make it clear." If the CIA does not conclude its investigation into the new branch shipping and does not give a convincing result, if the United States does not help us clean up this basin of dirty water on China, why should we support your sanctions against Iraq? Since China has been shaped by the United States into a 'liumang country,' of course we must do something to conform to our identity. ā€

When did the Chinese become like this?

Richardson was really a little aggrieved in his heart, where was the Chinese ambassador who was reasonable in everything in the past? Such a naked exchange of interests is really not like the style of Chinese diplomacy!

Yes, Americans don't want to think about the votes in favor and abstention of China in the past, which one can be worth $30 billion!

Richardson, who is on a mission, is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but Lee Do-yu's clear negotiation posture really reduces the mediation efforts that diplomats can do to the point where they are not worth mentioning.

In that case, the matter can only be left to the professionals behind him.

Thinking of this, Richardson was relieved. Anyway, whether things can work out or not, it has nothing to do with me.

"In that case, that's all for today's conversation. I will give feedback to the CIA on China's request, and the final result can only depend on the decision of Mr. President. ā€

Richardson stood up, just about to leave. But he didn't want Li Daoyu to stop him and said with a smile.

"Mr. Richardson, don't worry, giving a fair investigation result to the new technology shipping is what the United States should do, you don't think this can be exchanged for a vote in favor of China, right? ā€

"Let's talk about it again, and then in the list of equipment purchased by China in the United States, there are some equipment that you were not willing to sell to us. ā€

Richardson opened his mouth and was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but be indignant: "It's so shameless! It's too hooligan! How did the Chinese become like this!"

"Hey, I'm sorry. Li Daoyu smiled proudly: "It's rare to be a hooligan, there must be more hooligans and hooligans, so as not to pay the price we paid in vain!"

Richardson said bitterly: "As long as the CIA concludes its investigation, won't the two sides of us be cleared up? Iraq, an evil regime, is a matter of course for China to vote in favor of sanctions against them!"

"Mr. Richardson, you have misunderstood, Iraq is a good customer and close partner of our military industrial complex, sell it-"

"Gotta add money!"