Chapter 1004: Dongfeng-3 It's time to be eliminated
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"Your Majesty. "Hume Holland looked at the Saudi King sitting in his chair and said, "On the orders of the President, I have come to convey to your country a proposal of our country.www.biquge.info ”
Hume Holland is a frequent visitor to King Fahd, however, King Fahd does not have a very good impression of him, this guy, with the United States behind him, has always been high-spirited.
However, King Fahd remained calmer and said, "What do you propose? ”
"In order to show the friendly relations between our two countries, please continue to increase your country's government bonds, your country's finances are very loose, and you can also increase your country's income by holding our government bonds." Hume Holland said.
Treasury bonds are also profitable, that is, a certain amount of interest can be earned every year. Hearing Hume Holland say this, King Fahd was relieved, it turned out that he was selling himself US Treasury bonds, and because of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States, when there is a crisis in the United States, it is also possible to buy some US Treasury bonds to help the United States tide over the crisis.
Instead of looking at Hume-Holland's nasty face, King Fahd thought to himself that buying a billion or two dollars or so of US Treasury bonds would be enough to help them. {{}}
"There is no problem, we in Saudi Arabia can increase our holdings of your country's national debt." King Fahd said it lightly.
"As an ally of our United States, your country will certainly help us with this economic crisis," Hume-Holland said, "and the $50 billion national debt is definitely not a lot for Saudi Arabia." ”
Wait a minute! Five tens of billion? King Fahd asked: "How many national bonds will your country issue?" ”
"Two hundred billion." Hume Holland said.
The issuance of US treasury bonds for a year is about 500 billion yuan, and now, an additional 200 billion will be issued at once, King Fahd knows that this is definitely not a small amount, and if he wants Saudi Arabia to buy 50 billion treasury bonds, this is not a small amount, at least, Saudi Arabia's annual oil export income is about 50 billion US dollars, which is simply asking Saudi Arabia to send all the oil for a year to the United States.
Saudi Arabia is not short of money, not to mention 50 billion, even another 50 billion, it can be taken out, but the Americans asked Saudi Arabia to increase their holdings of US national bonds so easily, as if they were a family, and they were not polite at all. {{}}
King Fahd was already very displeased, and said: "This is not a small amount, we need to think carefully, Mr. Ambassador, please wait a few days, we need to have a discussion about it." ”
"I hope your country will reply as soon as possible, and our treasury bonds will be ready to be issued soon." Hume Holland said.
Watching the American ambassador walk out, King Fahd's face sank.
"This time, there was a stock market crisis in the United States, and the United States had no funds to save the market, so they hoped that we could receive their treasury bonds, so that the United States would have funds to avoid this turmoil." Chancellor of the Exchequer Daoud said.
"This is an American business, why should we pay for it?" Prince Sultan was very dissatisfied: "Moreover, asking us to hold a national debt of five hundred billion dollars is simply a robbery!" ”
In the face of this action of the United States, Prince Sultan finally expressed his extreme disgust. {{}}
"According to my estimates, these two hundred billion dollars, the United States will definitely sell to us, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries." King Fahd said.
originally thought that relying on the force of the United States and acting as a bodyguard, he could protect the security of the Saudi state, but now it seems that he was robbed by the bodyguard. If in the past, Saudi Arabia did not have so many ideas, Saudi Arabia could only have good relations with the United States, but now, Saudi Arabia has a new choice, and it is very dissatisfied with this practice imposed on Saudi Arabia by the United States.
"President Qusay, please." King Fahd said.
Although Qusay had already come in the afternoon, and calling him again seemed to be a little too frequent, Fahd's heart had gradually leaned towards Iraq's proposal, and it was more in Saudi Arabia's interests to choose Iraq between the United States and Iraq, but before that, King Fahd needed to be convinced that Iraq had the ability to challenge the United States.
When Hume Horan asked Saudi Arabia that they needed to digest the Treasury bonds issued by the United States, other American ambassadors also made this request to their own goals, however, in Iraq, the American ambassador did not meet the main master, and even if he met President Qusay, it would not be so simple, nakedly asking Iraq to hold the US Treasury bonds of 50 billion US dollars, and President Qusay of Iraq is definitely not so easy to talk to, if he says like Hume Horan, he will definitely be rejected by President Qusay. {{}}
Qusay is talking to Prince Waleed, and now the kingdom construction company has moved up the ladder after entering the banking industry. Prince Waleed, with his own brains, turned the Arab Commercial Bank, a bank that was on the verge of bankruptcy, into the most profitable bank in the Middle East.
Moreover, Prince Waleed is now targeting the largest commercial bank in the United States, Citibank, and this bank is now starting to have certain problems, and it is likely that at some point, there will be a crisis, and when the time comes, he will buy Citibank's shares at the lowest price.
Prince Waleed was full of confidence.
At this time, Qusay received an invitation from King Fahd to come back to the palace for counseling.
Hearing the news, Qusay knew that King Fahd must have made up his mind.
On the way to the palace, Qusay received another message from the United States, and the American ambassador proposed that Iraq buy more US Treasury bonds. {{}}
All the news is connected together, and Qusay is even more confident in his heart, at this time, this action of the United States has aroused the disgust of Saudi Arabia, making Saudi Arabia definitely more inclined to its own proposal.
The balance in King Fahd's heart is gradually tilting in favor of Iraq, but he still has a question that he has not yet figured out: Is Iraq really capable of confronting the United States with force? Although it is not imminent now, when they announce that they will settle in their own currency, it will be shocking, and the powerful military power of the United States will definitely put pressure on them.
"Your Majesty." "The night view of Riyadh is really wonderful," Qusay said. ”
Before I knew it, it was already dark.
From his words, King Fahd heard what Qusay meant: their country is very sacred, and they need to use their own strength to defend their rights and interests.
"Yes, if Abdullah likes it, he can stay in Saudi Arabia for a few more days." Prince Sultan said.
"Now that the weather is getting hotter, it's better to go to Lebanon to blow the warm Mediterranean breeze and soak up the sun." Qusay said.
After a few pleasantries, King Fahd said: "President Qusay, if we really implement the settlement in our own currency in the future, then what does this mean, have you thought clearly?" ”
"It means that we can no longer care about the influence of the United States, and we can really turn the oil income into our own wealth, and if the Americans force our own currency to appreciate, the dollar money we have in our hands now will become worthless." "The dollar is now the world's main currency, and that's why the U.S. can print U.S. dollars with impunity and make the whole world pay for Americans," Qusay said. ”
"If this happens, the dollar becomes worthless, will the Americans agree?" King Fahd said.
"Definitely not." Qusay said.
Hearing Qusay's simple answer, King Fahd knew that Qusay must have been prepared, but is Iraq capable of confronting the United States? Even the most powerful Soviet Union, unable to continue its confrontation with the United States, has only now undergone a phase of full-scale contraction, including the abandonment of Afghanistan.
"If that's the case, then, in ten years, maybe we'll be facing a war, a war with the most powerful country in the world." Prince Sultan said. Even Prince Sultan, who is in charge of the armed forces, is not optimistic about this.
It turns out that the Saudis are worried about this! Unlike Iraq, Iraq dares to face any enemy, but the rich Saudi Arabia has lost its blood.
"In particular, the United States also has powerful nuclear weapons." King Fahd said that King Fahd is very cautious, he is not like Colonel Gaddafi, he is high, he is not afraid of anything, and when he is beaten, he knows that he is still far behind. He must be cautious about this major event that will determine the direction of Saudi Arabia in the coming decades.
At the beginning, Saudi Arabia has always sided with its Arab brothers in several Middle East wars, but at the most dangerous time, Saudi Arabia was threatened by the United States, which even used nuclear weapons to threaten Saudi Arabia to withdraw from the war. King Fahd remembers this vividly.
"What the Americans have, we have." Qusay said.
Originally, Qusay did not make it clear that Iraq also possessed nuclear weapons, and he had always been ambiguous.
"We don't just have nuclear weapons, we have delivery vehicles." Qusay said.
"Has our Arab Space Company successfully copied the Dongfeng III?" Prince Sultan asked.
"Our DF-3, it's time to eliminate it." Qusay said.
Hearing Qusay's words, all the people were stunned, and now, there are only three people present, Qusay, King Fahd and Prince Sultan, they are all the most aware of this Dongfeng-3 missile, which gives Saudi Arabia a powerful strategic weapon, which is their trump card.
Because there are only a few dozen DF-3s, the Arab Space Corporation they jointly established began to imitate this missile, and now, Qusay actually said that this missile is going to be eliminated? What does that mean? (To be continued.)