Chapter 122: Spoiling the Situation
Venezuela, located in the north of South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea in the north, Colombia in the west, Brazil in the south, and Uruguay in the east, has the reputation of Little Venice, and the capital Caracas is the political, economic and cultural center of the country.
The Indians are the original inhabitants of Venezuela, where Spain once colonized, and after independence, Venezuela joined the Union of South American Nations and is an important oil producer and exporter in the world, and its oil industry is its main economic lifeline, accounting for 80% of Venezuela's total export revenue.
Elias? Concalves? Silva's visit will, to a large extent, make the US top level re-examine the diversity of German diplomacy, and at the same time increase the risk of Miller's diplomatic success, but its political and economic significance is positive, especially the economic significance, at least it can make the United States take the initiative to make concessions in many areas of interest, in the hope that the United States and Germany will return to the track of win-win cooperation at an early date. As the famous German diplomat Hermann? Miller must have been keenly aware of this, he felt that success outweighed the risks, and it was better to see than not to see, so he chose to meet without hesitation.
The talks between Germany and Venezuela at the ambassadorial level are open and transparent, because there is no way to hide it from the United States, so it is better to be open and frank so as not to arouse suspicion in the United States. The discussion between the representative of the Venezuelan embassy and Miller lasted several days, but it was mostly a matter of international diplomatic rhetoric, which largely reflected Hermann? Miller vs. Elias? Concalves? The personal relationship between Silva and the two could not enter a substantive breakthrough. Of course, it is also unrealistic to completely ignore economic and trade exchanges, at least in terms of exchanging equipment for oil.
The Americans are closely following the exchanges and interactions between Germany and Venezuela, but they understand that Venezuela, which is separated by the United States by the sea, cannot reach any bilateral agreement with Germany without the acquiescence of the United States, nor can it reach any trade exchanges. Even if there were substantive talks between the two countries, the United States would immediately detect and prevent the situation from persisting. This is the international power that the United States is trying to maintain by using its military might, and this is the fundamental reason why the United States must pursue its new international order on a global scale.
In the close attention of the United States, Miller or with Venezuelan representative Elias? Concalves? Silva made a number of deals in which the two sides bypassed the dollar settlement and bartered, i.e., exchanging Venezuelan oil for high-precision machinery and equipment from Germany. The conclusion of this agreement was all oral, which reflected the tacit understanding between Germany and Venezuela for the first time.
The United States believes that Miller does not dare to go beyond the minefield in US-Venezuelan relations, and in fact, Miller has not tried to cross the so-called minefield defined by the United States, but has only made the trade between Germany and Venezuela more practical, rational, and effective.
This diplomatic approach of Venezuela fully reflects the helplessness and desolation of small and weak countries in the international arena, which do not even have the qualifications to play tricks in the international arena where big powers are rampant, and can only seek a glimmer of life in the cracks. Miller in with Elias? Concalves? Silva's conversation was full of emotion, which strengthened his confidence and determination to support Adrian in carrying out the national industrial revolution and seeking development and survival through science and technology. This is what the United States does not allow, and it is what the Americans want to stifle, because the Americans want to pinch the pulse of the world so that these pulses can only beat for the United States.
The German Federal Intelligence Agency (CIA) staff in the United States did a lot of work on Müller's visit, and the visit was also facilitated by the CIA representatives. Miller was so moved that he finally understood why Stresemann was vehemently opposed to the five intelligence agencies of the Department of National Security, but Adrian resisted the pressure and insisted on retaining and expanding the CIA's presence abroad.
The verbal trade agreement between Germany and Venezuela can only be operated under the organization of the CIA's undercover personnel, and if it is discovered by the United States, it will only be handled as a smuggling act, and will not involve the bilateral relations of the three countries.
Through the clever layout, Germany and the United States avoided the risk of falling into a diplomatic crisis, and it also became a major breakthrough in the field of German diplomacy.
While Miller meets Elias? Concalves? Silva was conducted on the surface, but it still attracted the attention of the US side, and there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, and some even blew the matter directly into the ears of President Wilson.
The US Secretary of State attached great importance to this and personally came forward to stop it, and accordingly sent a note to the German Embassy in the United States, expressing regret over the incident, and also nakedly accusing Germany of interfering in the affairs of the Americas, and demanding that such acts not be repeated......
Sure enough, the United States was too sensitive, and for this reason, Miller had to rush out to put out the fire, and even claimed that his work was negligent.
Venezuela is also constantly clarifying the facts, explaining that this incident is actually Herman? Miller vs. Elias? Concalves? The personal relationship between Silva and Silva has nothing to do with the relationship between the two countries. Of course, the United States will not believe the above-mentioned explanations of Germany and Venezuela, because it has not grasped any lever from both sides, and since the United States does not want to have a stalemate with Germany at all, it has no choice but to stop fighting. A sudden diplomatic storm was quickly extinguished before it could be blown.
Miller deliberately pretended to be helpless in response to the accusations of the US Secretary of State, and joked that although American things are good, they are difficult to buy.
The U.S. Secretary of State told him that in fact, American things are not difficult to buy, just because the U.S. political system is like this, not to mention that he is only a secretary of state, even U.S. President Wilson can't do anything. The secretary of state didn't lie about that, and it's no wonder President Wilson threw a tantrum at the table. The truth is that U.S. product exports sometimes need to be granular down to Congress, Congress, and even every state. Whether you want to sell or not, or who you sell to, is not up to any one person. Miller is actually not optimistic about democracy like the United States, because the truth is sometimes in the hands of a few, otherwise, too many smart people often cause more people to talk and fewer people to do things, and moreover, there are very few really smart people, so there is only one president in the huge United States, and there is only one Eric in the big world? Adrian.
Miller has always been very confused, power is too centralized, not good, power is too scattered, it is not good, he feels more and more that it is more reliable to first democracy and then centralization, and a democracy like the United States cannot produce good social benefits, including economic benefits, but on the contrary, it has become a murmur of many mouths and many tongues, not only can not help the general ruling country to govern, but often will come up with some bad ideas, and more seriously, it will confuse the public, reverse black and white, and become a stumbling block restricting the normal development of the country. Herman? Miller himself felt funny, he didn't know why he had so many feelings, in fact, this is all the Americans' own business, and it has nothing to do with a German, but the problem is that such a system has made him a German very confused and very confused.
In so many days of visiting the United States, Miller has been puzzled, sometimes in his work suddenly found that the future is bleak, and even desperate, and just when he is helpless, suddenly there will be a bright future, if there is divine help, these things are all coincidental? If it's just a coincidence, then why do such coincidences always appear one after another suddenly when you are most troubled? He kept guessing, and sometimes he thought about it before he went to bed, and he felt that it must not be a coincidence, but someone behind him secretly helping him.
There are many people of German descent in the United States, and to a large extent, they will have a deep sense of their homeland, no matter how many years or generations they have experienced in the United States, but they have always loved their homeland; No matter how the world develops, they will actively defend their German interests; That's what Miller should have been able to imagine, and of course, he did.
The help and encouragement of his compatriots was at the same time, and Miller's visit across the ocean was suddenly full of energy, and he had to continue to sprint for the rest of the day, because there were countless Germans behind him.
In fact, there is another important task of this trip to the United States, which Miller has no knowledge of, and only President Eric and Minister Hans of the Ministry of National Security know about it, because the degree of secrecy is so high that in some cases even Hans needs to be personally authorized by Eric to understand the mystery. It is precisely because of Adrian's unknown and strict layout that Miller is unaware of the help of God in the predicament.