Chapter 363: The United States is blackmailed
"President, we're in trouble." CIA Director William Casey said to President Reagan.
"Is it a hostage problem?" President Ronald Reagan said.
"Yes." Casey said very worriedly: "This morning, when our reconnaissance satellite took another picture of the sky over Tabriz, it was found that the convoy carrying our hostages had suddenly disappeared. ”
The United States has always been concerned about the hostages, although it is said that the hostages will be taken by road to Turkey, the US reconnaissance satellites have adjusted their orbits, and every two hours, a satellite will cross the top and take high-precision photos to know whether the process of their walk is smooth.
However, unexpectedly, just when the hostages were about to arrive in Tabriz, there was a situation, and the convoy suddenly disappeared!
After the attack, the hostages, protected by Hasar and members of the special forces, quickly left the battlefield, while the Iranians, who followed, completely cleaned the battlefield, and the convoys had been blown up and naturally disappeared.
"Contact McFarlane now." Reagan said.
"I've been in touch for a long time, but I haven't been able to get in touch." Casey said.
Reagan knew that this time it was the most critical moment, where did those hostages go? Does Khomeini want to play another trick of hostages falling into the hands of terrorists?
Reagan clenched his fists: "What is the news from the Iranian side?" ”
"They urged us to hand over the weapons to them in advance before we were willing to release the hostages." Casey said.
A bunch of guys who don't keep their word and go back on their word! Reagan knew that this time it was the most urgent moment, the hostages were at the airport, and they were still there, and now, the hostages were missing, who knows how many weapons Khomeini would extort before he would release the hostages?
All this, naturally, is Khomeini's trap, but unfortunately, it is only now that Reagan feels that he has woken up, and this problem seems to be endless.
"The CIA immediately and urgently took action, and it was important to find out where the hostages were, and our military had to come up with a plan to be ready to rescue the hostages at any time, and the cargo ships transporting weapons would leave the Persian Gulf." Reagan said.
Now, the hostages are only a few hundred kilometers from the Turkish border, and the military will dispatch personnel, and the difficulty of rescue should be less, and as for those weapons, they must not be handed over to Khomeini! Give him this batch of weapons, then there will be the next batch, when was the United States so blackmailed!
"Your Excellency, the Ambassador of Israel asks for a meeting." At this time, the secretary outside called in and said.
Israeli ambassador? Intuitively, Reagan knew it was related to this incident.
"You go back first, and you must find out where the hostages are as soon as possible." Reagan said.
Casey walked out, and the Israeli ambassador walked in.
Israel has always been a hardcore ally of the United States, and because of the influence of Jews in the United States, Israel's ambassador to the United States can meet with the president at any time, and this time, he is still here for this emergency between the United States and Iran.
"Mr. President, this time there is a new situation in the hostage incident of your country in Iran." Ambassador Villenor said.
"Really? What happened? Reagan asked, so far, the information he has obtained has only been provided by Casey's CIA, and Israel has been helping the United States in the dialogue with Iran, so the information they have obtained should be first-hand information.
"Iran demands that your country must hand over the weapons to them before releasing the hostages." Velenor said.
As expected, the Iranians hid the hostages again, and this time, what excuse will Khomeini make up?
"Why? We've all worked out how to swap hostages. Reagan said: "Is Khomeini challenging our American bottom line by doing this?" ”
"It's not very clear." "However, they are very adamant that they must ask the United States to release the hostages first," Velena said. ”
Villane is very embarrassed, because it is very much in Israel's interests to progress and develop relations between the United States and Iran, and the United States is even more ecstatic to hand over arms to Iran, and they are trying their best to promote these deals, but they did not expect that Iran's Khomeini is definitely not a good character.
Last time, it was not enough to put the United States together, this time the United States shipped more arms, and even Israel knows very well that Iran wants to continue to play tricks and play tricks with the Americans this time, but is the United States so willing to be deceived?
However, Iran has seized on the death hole of the United States: poke this thing out!
"We will never agree to this." "We're not going to compromise on this matter," Reagan said. ”
Villena knew that President Reagan would definitely say that, and he knew that when he said what was next, President Reagan would definitely be furious, and as a microphone, he was very reluctant to say these things, but, as a mediator, he had to convey those words.
"Mr. President, the Iranian side must demand this, otherwise they will reveal on the news the inside story of the US exchange of weapons for hostages." Villena said, speaking slowly, watching President Reagan's reaction as he spoke.
Unexpectedly, President Reagan was surprisingly calm, and he said lightly: "I know, but we will never do this, please tell the Iranians, let them wait to bear the wrath of the United States!" ”
Villena knew that Reagan was saving face, and he said: "We will try to mediate, and hopefully Khomeini will not take risks." ”
Watching Veyler walk out, Reagan suppressed his anger and conveyed to the secretary the decision to convene an emergency meeting immediately.
Looking at his think tank, after Reagan stated these two major events, everyone reacted differently.
Poindexter blames himself very much, and the decision to exchange weapons for hostages and balance the situation of the Iran-Iraq war was made precisely at his instigation, and now this facts prove that he is very wrong, that Khomeini of Iran, he is simply using the United States, without the slightest sincerity.
And the hard-liner Weinberg didn't speak, but his sneering appearance made everyone unbearable, if he had taken the action he advocated to rescue the hostages by force from the beginning, then none of this would have happened.
Everyone knows that if he speaks, it will definitely be a large-scale air attack on Iran and give Iran a lesson that will never be forgotten!
But what about the hostages? That Khomeini, what if the incident of exchanging weapons for hostages was really revealed?
If this matter is really exposed, then I am afraid that everyone will have to step down now.
This will definitely be a political scandal that will make the people angry!
Although if this matter is exposed, the whole world will know that Iran supports the hijackers, then, Iran will have a bad reputation in the world, and the whole world will unite to sanction him, but the key problem is that the current Iran has been scandalized by the West as the embodiment of evil, one more support for the hijackers, or even organize its own hijacking, Iran does not care at all, anyway, since Khomeini came to power, the West has terminated relations with Iran, but Iran still stays well, and if the propaganda is opened, There will be a great danger for these people, to compromise with an evil country like Iran, and to exchange weapons for hostages by exporting weapons, how incompetent the US political axe is! Reagan's fate was definitely worse than Carter's.
"If we don't export weapons to Iran, then Khomeini will definitely expose this matter, this kind of thing, they have done it, but if we export weapons, we may not be able to exchange them for hostages, we will be coerced by the Iranians again, they will never be satisfied, and the more we send, the greater the threat to us if the matter is exposed." Bush said: "If we send troops to bomb Iran, then I am afraid that all the hostages will really disappear, and our threat will be even greater." ”
Bush has told all the situations, and this situation seems to be incomprehensible.
"I think things can be reversed." Secretary of State George said slowly: "Our arms export to Iran is very top secret, and so far, there has been no rumor, no matter how much Iran clamores, we just need to deny it, and moreover, Iraq is silent, Iran's exposure, there is a lack of evidence." ”
What was imported to Iran were some fighter spare parts and other weapons, which Iran had already equipped before that, and he said that he had exchanged hostages with the United States, where is the evidence?
And Iraq definitely knows about it, because the immortal birds sold to Iran have already been used in air battles, and it is possible that Iraq will speculate on the situation.
As long as Iraq denies it, then this matter can be concealed, and who in the West will believe Khomeini's words?
All that is required is to keep Iraq silent, but if Khomeini discloses this, Iraq will surely suddenly understand, will they speak for themselves?
"We sell weapons to Iran, which is very bad for Iraq, will they remain silent?" Reagan asked.
"As long as we have enough benefits for Iraq, they should agree." George said: "Especially the one whose Excellency Qusay, as long as we can talk to him, his status in Iraq is very high, and he can completely cover it up for us." ”
That lad in Iraq? Reagan knew that some of the requests he made last time were rejected by himself, and if there were enough benefits, should the production line of engines and the production line of fire control radar be provided to him? That's a bit too expensive, isn't it?
"Moreover, due to the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq must have a large number of intelligence personnel in Iran, and our people are not doing very well in the Middle East, we can also ask Iraq to help find our hostages, as long as we can successfully rescue the hostages, this crisis can be completely resolved!" George said.
Now all the problems revolve around the hostages, and as long as the hostages are rescued, all problems will no longer be problems.
"It's possible to engage with Iraq and see how they react." President Ronald Reagan said.
(To be continued)