"Your Majesty, we have one more thing to report to you! My friend Ivankov, who is the cadre of our Solidarity trade union in Latin America responsible for the procurement of non-staple foods such as coffee and sugar. I don't know why he was illegally detained by the intelligence agencies of the U.S. government, tortured to extract confessions, and more seriously, Ivankov's co-worker was in possession of a Vatican diplomatic passport when he was captured. Ivankov took advantage of the chaos to escape after the Guantanamo incident, and now that both of us are wanted by the US government, I think we must have been caught up in some conspiracy! Yuri said again.

"Why is this happening, how do I not know?" When Paul II heard this, he immediately looked at his head of diplomacy. The head of diplomacy nodded and said that this was indeed the case. He didn't want to say it, but under the pressure of the Pope, he said that the Americans had contacted the Holy See to ask about Ivankov's true identity, and the Holy See took into account the fact that it secretly supported Poland, and was afraid that the news would leak and cause protests from the Soviet Union, so they did not reply to the American side!

"Pope, Ivankov is the head of purchasing for our Solidarity trade union abroad, and he is responsible for the procurement of coffee, cocoa, sugar and other non-staple foods for the organization in Latin America. Although we Polish workers are poor, it should not be too much to drink coffee! The intelligence agencies of the US government inexplicably arrested him at the US military base in Guantanamo, where Comrade Ivankov was humiliated and tortured, and in this way did not betray our Solidarity! Later, the Guantanamo base was attacked, and another group of armed men did not know for what purpose, they robbed Ivankov from the hands of the American army, and wanted to kill him, but fortunately, God forbid, Comrade Ivankov escaped with the help of local well-meaning fishermen, and even now, Ivankov often wakes up in the middle of the night because he received too many punishments! Your Majesty, please be the master of our workers! Yuri said again. Another purpose of his coming to the Holy See for help was to remove the United States from the wanted list of Ivankov and himself. As for Lebed's robbery of Ivankov, it is quite possible to blame it on a group of militants with ill intentions. Didn't the Americans want to know about the mysterious organization behind Ivankov. It would be nice to have Solidarity as this organization.

"It's so unusual, it doesn't give us face for the Vatican!" Paul II was deeply outraged by Ivankov's tragic experience. I saw Ivankov with an Asian face and a pair of plastic-framed glasses, looking completely honest. The main thing is that in order to cover the tattoos on his body, Ivankov buttoned his shirt until the last one, and in order to show the misery of Solidarity, Ivankov and Yuri also deliberately wore suits and shirts with worn necklines and cuffs. With their current outfit, they are very different from the image of the gangster.

"Who is the Holy Minister in the United States, let him send a letter of protest to the Secretary of State of the United States, ask him why he dares to treat our diplomats like this...... "Pope Paul II is rarely so agitated as he is today, mainly because Ivankov and Yuri are Solidarity people. Although he was already the head of a country, Paul II still regarded himself as a Pole, and his attachment to his homeland prevented him from keeping aside the actions of the current Polish government, and he hoped that Poland would be free from Soviet control and become a truly sovereign state.

The Foreign Minister meticulously recorded the instructions of the Pope, and he himself was dissatisfied with the arrogance of the United States, in any case, Ivankov is also a diplomatic officer of the Vatican, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog! The United States is really ignoring the Holy See in this way.

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A few days later, the U.S. State Department received a letter of protest from the Vatican ambassador demanding an explanation from the U.S. government for illegally detaining Vatican diplomat Ivankov and imposing a criminal sentence on him. This was followed by a two-hour phone call between the Pope and the President of the United States.

In the phone call, the Pope first blessed the United States and the president himself, and then talked about Ivankov.

"Mr. President, Ivankov is an important cadre of the Polish Solidarity trade union, which has been working tirelessly for the freedom of the Polish people all these years. Ivankov was originally going to South America to buy coffee, but he was inexplicably detained by your intelligence services and tortured to extract a confession in violation of basic human rights. Ivankov is our diplomat, how can you treat him like this! Paul II questioned President Reagan on the phone.

President Reagan hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, I think there are some things you may not know, Ivankov is a person who is connected to the Colombian drug cartel, and there is a powerful organization behind him......

"Mr. President, I think you must have been fooled by your intelligence officers, Ivankov is an old member of Solidarity, one of Walesa's most trusted subordinates, how could he be involved in drug trafficking, and Ivankov said that the drug traffickers would kill him after taking him away, and he finally escaped from the hands of these bad people!" The Pope exonerated Ivankov.

......Although President Reagan did not believe what the Pope said, the other party was the head of a nation and an agent of God, and the possibility of lying was very small. This is the credibility that comes with the status of the Pope, and who is more likely to lie than the CA or the Holy See, President Reagan has the answer after a little thought.

"Mr. President, in addition to Ivankov's business, I have another thing to ask you! I would like to tell you that this is also related to Solidarity, and the reason why the food was shipped to the Soviet Union was because there were some well-meaning Soviet people who were sympathetic to the plight of the Polish people and were willing to help them get the food to Poland. You should understand that all ships that depart from the West and dock in Gdansk are under the surveillance of the Soviet Union, but it is more secure to transport them from the Soviet Union to Gdansk, and I hope that you can handle this matter in a low-key manner, so that the Soviet government does not notice it, and it is better to continue to let Solidarity continue, Mr. President, this is a just cause of the struggle for human freedom, shouldn't the United States, as the defender of freedom, insist on it? ”

President Reagan could not refute the Pope's words, and instead of immediately promising anything, he promised to seriously consider the Pope's proposal. But in his heart, President Reagan is more inclined to believe that the Pope's remarks are true, because the Holy See has no stake in this matter, so what he said is more credible. As for the CA and other intelligence agencies, they have never been loyal to the president, and there have been figures like "Deep Throat" among them. ...