This is a feast of capital, there is no emotion to speak of in the face of such interests, the gold reserves of the Federal Reserve are declining at an alarming rate, and the United States is, after all, the most powerful country, even if the USSR comes to the aid of France. It is impossible for Wall Street to kneel and surrender in www.biquge.info short term, and with more than 10,000 tons of gold reserves, even if the United States realizes that its opponent is coming for gold this time, it can still keep the value of the dollar in a short period of time.

Survive the run, the dollar is still the dollar, the world's liquid currency. This role could not be replaced by francs or rubles, and the Fed, which lost more than 2,000 tons of gold, finally survived the run with the help of diplomacy.

The Soviet Union and France shared the lion's share of the fruits of this sortie, and of course, compared with France's first attack, the Soviet Union took advantage of the fire to rob and pull a fierce hatred. However, compared to France, which was in the Western market, and the Soviet Union, which had little to do with the American economy, the United States could not do much in the short term.

"It's a pity that our demonstration effect did not appear, and the real economic powers, Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany, restrained their desire to make a move, and whether it was the diplomatic pressure of the United States or for whatever reason, the indifference of the two countries allowed the United States to get through this crisis." At the reception of the Central Presidium, Serov, who was holding a wine glass, was talking to Kosygin, his eyes did not take off his wife, who was dancing in the audience, if Serokov dared to put his hand where it should not be, he would definitely teach this old man to be a man.

This time, the Soviet Union can be said to have appeared in the right place at the right time. The maximum benefit was obtained at the minimum cost, and of course the KGB also received a huge gain. In addition to the billion dollars given to Kosygin, there were also funds collected with the intelligence services of the allies, which were known to the Central Presidium of the KGB overseas funds, which added up to a total of six or seven billion dollars. The real big head is still a secret to others.

"If you don't let Valya come down, I'm afraid you'll eat Serokov in a while." Brezhnev, with a large cigar between his fingers, amused to see Serov talking about serious things and his wife's demeanor.

Kosygin nodded, the bulk of the funds is not directly to the Federal Reserve for gold, and the total amount of US dollar issuance does not correspond to gold, otherwise the gold mined in the world cannot cope with the issuance of US dollars, and gold can be taken out of the hands of the United States. The main reason is the contradiction of the Breston Woods system, that is, the part of the over-issuance of the dollar, the price of gold in the free market has nothing to do with the price of gold set by the Federal Reserve, and the reason why other countries can make the United States ugly this time is that the dollar is over-issued.

There is also a reason why this run on the London stock market has started, because the United States, together with Britain, Switzerland, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium, established a gold treasury in 61 years, and the central banks of the eight countries took out gold in total, and the Bank of England was the agent of the gold treasury, responsible for maintaining the price of gold in London, and taking various means to prevent foreign governments from exchanging foreign exchange in US dollars for gold in the United States.

But this proved to be useless, and this time it was the French, allies of the United States, who were the first to strike. The Soviet Union got mixed in at the right time, and although it did not have an exemplary effect, it inevitably did not make other economic powers think about it.

France has always been trying to pull the Federal Republic of Germany out of the control of the United States, which is not how kind the French are, this improvement of the status of the Federal Republic of Germany is limited to the economic sphere, and France knows that its economy alone cannot compete with the United States. So the Federal Republic of Germany was pulled to keep the interests of Western Europe, but France did not mind that the United States maintained a military presence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

"By the way, you have also achieved great results in joint efforts with the intelligence of the allies, but it is useless for the KGB itself to ask for so much gold, can it be handed over to the bank? The country's economic development needs gold as a backing. "It just so happened that Brezhnev was on the side, and Kosygin brought up the issue at this time.

The KGB is a department that needs scientific research institutions and armed forces. To be authoritative and authoritative, the Soviet Union needed such a department to use strong means to tighten the whole country, but did not want this department to continue to operate without the country, the Soviet Union's dollar reserves were less than 10 billion, and Kosygin still contacted many allies to gather this money. And the KGB gave a billion to Kosygin at one time, and also gathered six billion funds with the intelligence services of the allies. How could this ability not make him vigilant.

"No problem, but the gold that should be given to the allies still has to be given to them, and all the parts that belong to the KGB are handed over to the state, and it is useless for a department like ours to ask for gold, but I have drained all the funds in Italy this time, and I must take the funds back to maintain the operation!" Serov simply agreed to Kosygin, and there was no displeasure in his tone and appearance, "On May Day, I will notify the leaders of the intelligence services of the allies to come to Moscow, and then Comrade Kosygin can send someone to check the accounts." ”

From the beginning, he knew that once his own department was involved, gold would never be preserved. If he is in charge of everything, the security department has hundreds of tons of gold, no matter who he is, he will be jealous. No member of the Presidium of the Central Committee would have pretended not to have seen it, Kosygin's temptation had already been prepared in his heart, and the big head was still a secret, which was good.

"Yura, it's not that we don't trust the KGB or you, but you also know that your department is the most important administrative unit of the country, and if the security cadres below have some kind of dangerous thoughts, it will also be bad for you." Brezhnev was on the side to support Kosygin's statement, and he could not make mistakes about who to support when, even if his relationship with Kosygin was not good.

"I don't have any grievances, oh wait!" Serov took a glass of wine from the plate next to him, handed it to his wife, who had just come down, and said with a smile on his face when he spoke again, "What's the use of us asking for gold?" We are law enforcement, should we let us develop the economy? As long as the Treasury doesn't jam our budget, we're thankful. ”

"Don't worry, absolutely not!" Brezhnev said, looked at Valya, and said gently, "Your husband is a very good comrade, Comrade Valya. ”

"Thank you!" Valya bowed slightly, and her slender hand pinched the wine glass and drank it all, "Yuri told me that you are a very respectable elder, and our economic expert, Comrade Kosygin, you will defeat the United States and lead our great motherland to victory!" ”

"And the liberation of all mankind!" Serov added with a smile, and then said apologetically to Brezhnev and Kosygin, "Okay, I'll help her go to the side to rest, by the way, the United States will not always let us exchange gold, I will let the First General Administration pay attention to this movement." ”

From now on, the Breston Woods system has partially collapsed, but the United States intends to maintain it for a few more years, until it is sure that it can find another thing to support the dollar, and the end of the system will be officially announced.

"Our security director is so lazy that he doesn't know what he's like when he's working at full strength." Kosygin's eyes were always on the model couple, so he saw Serov, who was resting with his wife, lying down directly. That's right, lying down, lying on his side in a chair, with his head resting on Valya's lap.

I didn't feel like laughing, but I held back. Brezhnev resisted this urge with great difficulty, and said in a normal tone, "This is not bad, young people should still enjoy life." In fact, the leadership of the security services has such an attitude, which means that the situation in our country is not bad, and if Yura is busy all day long, it proves that there is something wrong in our country! ”

At a reception in the Kremlin, there is only one person who dares to lie down, and if this is a formal meeting, Serov's face will inevitably be sprayed with saliva. "Get the water!" Stuffing two pills into his mouth, Serov gestured with his eyes.

It doesn't matter how lively the party is, most of the time he is lying down, and by the way, he lets Valya feed himself, which attracts a lot of attention. In general, since the beginning of the year, there has been a noticeable increase in such drinking parties, and the Kremlin has a little good news at the party, usually for Khrushchev, so that the moody old man can retire happily.

In the past few years, the gold reserves of the United States will definitely be remembered, and after the drinking party, he will take his wife home, this is Serov's temporary task, as for what dollar crisis and what spring offensive has nothing to do with him. As long as the United States does not dare to publicly announce the official abolition of the policy of exchanging dollars for gold, after France and the Soviet Union, there will be one country after another to make a move, after all, the Soviet Union and France do not occupy much of the world's share of settlements, and the next opponent can have this ability.

Even in 1968, the pound still accounted for a quarter of the international trade settlements. Just as France and the Soviet Union were concentrating their firepower on the dollar, the British government announced the depreciation of the pound. Serov knew at once that this old imperialist was making relevant preparations. Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany do not do anything, it has nothing to do with how much they love the United States, but they want to be the biggest victor after the end of the dollar. So there was no rush to crush the dollar at this time.

The British government, through the depreciation of the pound, is concentrating its funds and may be waiting for the next opportunity, anyway, either now or later, when the United States shows weakness, the British will definitely put on a big variety show, "Daddy is back......" (to be continued). )