"Very nice to meet you. "Mares was very surprised by the arrival of the US Secretary of State, after all, the entire Western world is now imposing sanctions on South Africa, and although South Africa has been quite nourishing over the years, South Africa's international status is not high, and the secret arrival of the US Secretary of State is really unprecedented."www.biquge.info

Botha also welcomed him and shook hands politely, but although Botha had a smile on his face, he was puzzled in his heart, and he had an ominous premonition that there might not be anything good about the Americans coming this time.

The two sides sat down, exchanged a few words, and finally, the meeting got to the point.

"President Mares, we in the Western world have always been very dissatisfied with South Africa's apartheid policy, which is a serious restriction of human rights." George said: "So, we have also imposed sanctions on you, but now, there is a good opportunity that we can help you lift economic sanctions, and we can also sell weapons and equipment to you, and now, in the war in Angola, there are a lot of Soviet-made weapons added, and those Mirage planes of yours are really too backward." ”

Have a good chance? Botha has been even more vigilant. At one time, the United States considered South Africa to be a "bastion of the free world" against the Soviet Union and Cuba, however, the Americans gradually changed their attitude towards the South African National Party regime, and American companies withdrew from South Africa. Isolate South Africa completely. However, there are no substantial benefits for the Americans, who do not gain more benefits, and now, to lift the sanctions, of course, is also for their benefit! In that case, is it good for South Africa?

In fact, despite the sanctions, South Africa is still doing well.

For example, from the sixties onwards, many international organizations have been exerting pressure on South Africa to abandon its apartheid policy. In '62, the United Nations advised Member States not to invest in South Africa, urging them to stop helping South Africa build military aircraft, combat vehicles and warships. In '74, the United Nations announced the suspension of South Africa's seat in the United Nations General Assembly, and in '77, it announced an arms embargo on South Africa. South African sports groups are banned from the Olympics and most international competitions, and almost all African countries do not allow South African Airways planes to land or fly over their airspace.

However, these sanctions have not undermined South Africa's economic potential and military might, and they have not been seriously enforced. After all, doing business with South Africa is good for many countries. Kenya buys corn from South Africa, saying it is imported from Mozambique; Zambia buys beef from South Africa, saying it comes from Botswana; Gabon buys South African construction equipment, saying it is imported from Europe; Fifty percent of Zaire's grain comes from South Africa, Zimbabwe's foreign trade is with South Africa, and even worse, Israel has been secretly cooperating militarily with South Africa.

Therefore, South Africa is now living a good life, and the war in Angola is also going on steadily, and there has not been a historical incident in which the Cuban army intervened.

Now, the US Secretary of State is here, and he is definitely not mentioning any favorable conditions for South Africa!

Let's listen to what the Americans have to say first!

"Mr. George, what do you need us to do?" Botha asked.

"That's right, we propose to the United Nations, to the Western world, to lift the sanctions against you, that requires a lot of money and prestige, so we need a certain amount of financial compensation. At the same time, it can be regarded as the cooperation between the two of us, each taking what he needs. "To put it simply, we need your country to sign a contract to help you sell all kinds of mineral resources, so that it is convenient for your economy to develop, and at the same time, if you have excess funds, you can buy some of our treasury bonds." ”

Hearing this, Botha immediately clenched his fists, and sure enough, he knew that the other party had no good intentions, but he didn't expect that the other party was really too greedy, and the other party wanted to monopolize the mineral deposits in South Africa!

One of the important reasons why South Africa can become a developed country in Africa is that South Africa has rich mineral deposits! South Africa has the world's largest reserves of gold, diamonds, uranium and rare earths! Therefore, no matter what kind of sanctions the outside world imposes on South Africa, South Africa can develop rapidly, just because South Africa is rich in resources!

And now, the meaning of the Americans is obvious, that is, they want to monopolize the minerals of South Africa! If South Africa's minerals are monopolized, then the United States will be able to obtain huge economic benefits, and South Africa will be at the mercy of the United States from then on!

And in exchange, the sanctions against South Africa are lifted!

George looked at the two people in front of him, this is a major strategic adjustment of the United States, if the United States wants to recover, it must look at Africa!

When the U.S. war in South America had to end quietly, the decline of the United States was already in sight, and if the United States wanted to recover, the United States had to replenish its blood!

Where else in the world can we nourish the United States? It is impossible in the Middle East, Western Europe now only cares about its own interests, and does not care about helping the United States get out of the crisis, South America has also begun to fall to the Soviet Union, and the last thing the United States relies on is only Africa!

Because of poverty, Africa has always been a third world country and has not received much international attention at all, but Africa has a unique advantage, that is, resources! Gold and diamonds are all special products of Africa, and as long as the United States exports weapons and supports proxies to wage war, the United States will be able to obtain a variety of benefits, and for the United States, it has become the only way out of the predicament.

In the whole of Africa, South Africa must be won, because South Africa has the most abundant mineral resources! If you control South Africa, you control the whole of southern Africa! Radiate to the north, and the United States can continue to maintain its hegemonic position!

Having lost oil from the Middle East, the dollar is no longer strong in the world. After all, the hegemony of the dollar was originally achieved by relying on sufficient gold reserves, and when the gold reserves disappeared, the dollar began to rely on oil again, and when the oil was gone, what did the dollar rely on to sustain?

The answer is resources, those of Africa, and especially South Africa, monopolizing the resources here and reinvigorating the crumbling hegemony of the dollar!

South Africa is doing well! Let South Africa use their resources to buy US Treasury bonds to help the United States pass on risks, and at the same time let the United States monopolize South Africa's minerals and gradually expand to the whole of Africa, the United States still has hope!

It was for this reason that the United States sent Secretary of State George over as the first step in their strategic arrangement for South Africa. (To be continued.) )