Chapter 67 Agents of Interest
Truman felt like his heart was on a roller coaster, one second it was a loss to fall to the bottom, and the next second it was like a rise into the sky, if he hadn't hinted many times before that this might be a conspiracy, he would definitely have had a heart attack at this time.
By the way, the historical Truman hung up because of a heart attack.
"You say you want Belgium to be an agent in Africa?" Truman simply couldn't believe that the Belgians were willing to jump out and act as agents of African interests, knowing that the European countries had no time to manage the affairs of the African colonies, they were all busy rebuilding their homes after the war, and even if the United States licked a blue lotus to beg for help at this time, no one was willing to do such a thankless task.
"That's right." Albert nodded, which was also a disguised slap in the face to Truman and then a candy.
"Why should we choose you as our agent?" James asked alertly, he had never forgotten that Albert was like a cunning fox.
"Just because Belgium has a Congo colony in Africa, it is completely possible to take the Congo as the center and constantly radiate around to create a pro-American regime, so that the private property belonging to Britain, the United States, France and Germany and other capitalist countries will become American, and President Truman does not want the tide of ** to sweep the entire African continent and set the backyard of Europe on fire." Albert replied without humility or arrogance.
Since the beginning of the national liberation movement, there have been many regimes in the history of Africa that have been under the banner of **, in fact, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, such as the Angolan People's Liberation Front, the Tanzanian People's Liberation Army and a series of good and bad goods, the Soviet Union has also given arms assistance to these regimes, but it is useless, in the final analysis, they are just pro-Soviet regimes, not real **. But even a pro-Soviet regime is enough for the United States to drink a pot.
"Then why don't I prop up South Africa as a regime to resist the spread of **? In any case, South Africa is also much better than Congo as a colony. Truman began to make things difficult for Albert, and in fact South Africa was much better geographically and politically influential than the Belgian colony of Congo.
"South Africa? Then you can look at what South Africa did during World War II, when the British Commonwealth was at its most difficult, South Africa, as a highly autonomous federation of the United Kingdom, only symbolically sent a division of troops. South Africa's military action in the war was clearly politically calculated. South Africa's Prime Minister Jan Smith considered the way to intervene in the war politically, so the troops sent by South Africa only participated in the North African battlefield, participating in the war to liberate Egypt, Libya and other places. Absolutely not crossing the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, can't the United States see this? ”
Truman's heart suddenly swelled up with a hint of foreboding, and before he could say anything, Albert continued, "This means that what becomes of Europe is none of its business, South Africa even hopes that Europe will become a mess, and the old capitalist countries will no longer be able to stretch out their hands to Africa, so that Africa, which is strong and weak, is the world of South Africa alone." ”
"You see, the Boers will never be honest and become a dog in the United States, even if he promised the United States to help you eliminate the infiltrated ** regime at the beginning, the end will only be to kick the United States away after stabilizing Africa. It is good for a country to be the king and hegemon, could it be that the United States likes to see a powerful South Africa that joins forces with the Soviet Union? Albert himself is very casual, anyway, no matter how this account is calculated, the United States suffers.
"We can also encircle South Africa." James defended, "After all, he's also a member of the free world." ”
"Your entrapment of South Africa is tantamount to a disguised recognition of South Africa's interests in other countries' colonies, and what do you make France and Britain think of their American allies?" Albert's reaction caught James off guard.
"Are you willing to be America's watchdogs?" Truman said with a sneer.
"President Truman, please pay attention to the wording, we are a strategic partnership, and Belgium is definitely not your servant. In Africa, our interests are the same, all in order to curb the rise of **, so a South Africa with strength and ambition, or Belgium, which cannot become a big country even if it is ambitious, which one will you choose as a proxy? ”
Albert is indeed telling the truth, Belgium is so large in land area and so small in population, it is really too young, too simple to compare with a country like South Africa with a big family and countless minerals and the financial center of the southern hemisphere.
Perhaps this is also the reason why the United States is willing to choose Belgium, President Truman did not immediately agree to Albert's request, he only said that he would discuss it with his advisers, and he would give Albert an answer in half a month at the latest.
This trip to the White House Albert was a big victory, and before he left the White House, Tianyan couldn't wait to communicate with him in his mind, "Is your appetite getting bigger and bigger?" Or are you becoming more and more irrational? ”
"You mean the South African agent?" Albert is in a good mood today, so he is willing to say a few more words to Tianyan.
Tianyan admonished, "I can understand that you wanted to aid South Africa militarily, but now you are doing this is tantamount to declaring war on South Africa in disguise, it is his interest to erode the whole of Africa, and now you jump out halfway." In the past, the big countries were unwilling to pay attention to the United States, and the small countries did not dare to look for the United States, and everyone knew that South Africa at this time was no longer a small role that was bullied by the British, and he had become a kind of behemoth, and it was very unwise to conflict with him on the issue of Africa. ”
"Then you think about it, Belgium is only 30,528 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of a Hainan Province, and if he wants to develop, he must go through the war of land annexation, the territory of Europe has become a foregone conclusion, and South America is too far away and unrealistic. Only Africa is Belgium's ideal land for development. Albert's eyes were full of excitement and fanaticism, and it was true that while Europe had no time to take care of the African colonies, it was the truth to gnaw a large piece of territory in one go. Population is also an important factor restricting a country's development.
Previously, Albert considered the situation on the premise that the United States and the Soviet Union were the enemies, but now it is different, with the support of the United States, the Congolese colonies can unscrupulously bully their weaker neighbors.
"The era of great colonization has passed, and Africa is now facing an unprecedented national liberation movement, and Belgium is only going to die against the trend by doing so." Tianyan nodded.
"You have forgotten what the national liberation movement will bring, war and death." Albert had calmed down, and a dozen steps away from him was the exit of the White House, and he walked towards the gate step by step, and kept explaining to Tianyan, "Once the colony is liberated, the new government that cannot control the situation will lead to the rise of armed organizations everywhere, these are all demons that kill people without blinking, we only need to incite those armed groups to slaughter other black people, and then eliminate those armed groups in the name of justice, so as to achieve the goal of eliminating and expelling black people, And it won't let us be saddled with an immoral name. ”
"The people are gone, but the land remains. Before Britain and France and other Western countries arrived on the American continent, there were 80 million Indians living on the American continent, and more than 10 million Indians lived in the United States, and now there are no more than 4 million Indians living in the entire Americas, and only 200,000 Indians in the United States. So we can also follow the example of the United States and make Africa truly a white world. ”
The tone was very relaxed, as if discussing an innocuous topic, but Tianyan became silent, like many high-ranking careerists, power can always transform a person into a deep old nobleman in the city.
Albert was walking down the marble-paved corridor, and at this moment he suddenly stopped, and when he raised his head, the corridor that had been slightly dull suddenly became dazzling.
This is the end of the corridor, the gate of the White House. The people around them came and went, but few eyes were on Albert, and perhaps an innocuous question crossed their minds, why a teenager would stand in front of the door of the world's most powerful man, but they were only thinking about it unconsciously. No one knew that what was once an ant that could be pinched to death would eventually turn into a giant dragon that even the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union had to look at carefully.
Albert glanced back, as if he had thrown all the secrets of his past into the deep, dark corridor behind him.