Chapter 436: Iran Wants to Attack Oil Tankers
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Hearing that the other party was Iraq, Xiong Gudu put his mind at ease, their company has no trade with Iraq, and it will not have anything to do with it, Iraq said that it wants to buy these things, and it is not the object of Batumi's export restrictions, but the other party's situation is too much to make Xiong Gu Du, since it is to talk about business, then there must be a look of talking about business. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.infoβ¦β§
"Iraq wants to import these things, there is no problem at all, and our company is very willing to export." Xiong Gudu said: "However, these machines are very valuable, especially mainframe computers. β
Xiong Gu can climb to the position of sales manager, naturally he has a unique set of business skills, since the business is coming, he will never let go, two sets of five-axis linkage lathes, two mainframe computers, how to say that they have to be sold for 30 million US dollars, right?
Since the other party is Iraq, then, it must be ruthless, it is obviously a war, and there is leisure to buy equipment.
"We know that it is very valuable, and we are also very sincere." "We're willing to pay four million dollars," Zafir said. β
Four million dollars? Xiong Gudu said: "What we sold to the Soviet Union is still 5 million US dollars, and your price is a little low, and our company will lose money." β¦β§β
"It's not one, it's four million four." Zafir said that he did not say that it was four million yen, which was already very face-saving for him.
"I'm sorry, in this case, our business is absolutely impossible, four million dollars, each is only one million, the company will never agree."
"That's for the best." Zafir said: "Your company will not agree. So, I don't know how you zf will react if you know that you provided these equipment to the USSR? If the US ZF found out what you were doing, how would it react? I'm afraid that if your company doesn't go bankrupt, you will pay a huge fine, right? β
"You. You are blackmail! Xiong Gudu was very angry, and he didn't care that the other party was still holding the ****.
"We are not blackmailing. The price we give is not low, in addition to the cost, you are completely profitable. It's just not much. If you don't agree, we don't have a problem at all. "Zafir is not good at business, and he doesn't beat around the bush when he talks, he just says it bluntly.
However, in saying this, the pressure on Zafir is even greater, the other side is very tough, and he knows that his side has no chance to refute it. β¦β§ four million dollars, the company was doing philanthropy at that time?
"I need to report to the upper echelons of the company."
"Then I'll wait for your good news."
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The Toshiba incident in later generations, until a few years later, the U.S. Navy suddenly discovered that it could not find any trace of the new Soviet submarine, and found that the situation was wrong, and Xiong Gudu, because of a conflict with the company's top management, was fired by the company, and was furious. The course of events was reported to Batumi, as a result of which Toshiba was sanctioned by the Japanese ZF and the American ZF and was almost on the verge of bankruptcy.
And now, the tide of history is still rolling forward, just because of the crossing of Qusay, at the end of this incident, with a little advantage, imported two five-axis linkage CNC machine tools and two large-scale computers at a low price, and Iraq's industrial level, also because of these two CNC machine tools, has made great progress, and the two large-scale computers have allowed Iraq to successfully manufacture its first nuclear weapon in 1984.
At present, the United States is still unaware of these trivial matters, and their eyes are focused on the Iran-Iraq war. β¦β§
"Ladies and gentlemen, Iraq is doing a good job at the moment, it has successfully defeated another Khomeini counter-attack, and now the Iraqi army is fighting back, it has already fought Ramsir." Reagan took a puff on his cigar and said to his own think tank.
Iran is an evil country, they actually dare to take American citizens as hostages, and now in the hearts of Americans, I am afraid that no one agrees with Iran, and the attack of the Iraqi army is greatly encouraged by the United States, and ordinary American people are looking forward to Iraq hitting Tehran as soon as possible.
It's just the minds of ordinary people.
For Reagan's think tank, many people don't think so.
What Reagan just said was just his humor, and his subordinates knew what he thought.
"Looking at the current situation in Iraq, I am afraid that the entire Khuzestan province of Iran will be in their hands, and then Iraq will be close to Saudi Arabia and become the second largest oil reserve country in the world." Energy Secretary James Edwards said. β¦
Khuzestan province, which accounts for ninety percent of Iran's entire crude oil reserves! Iran's total reserves account for 11 percent of the world's total, and Iraq accounts for 9.7 percent, and when the two are added together, Iraq will account for nearly 20 percent of the world's oil reserves! This number is very staggering.
Although after the last oil crisis, the United States also began to change the proportion of oil imports, importing more oil from Canada in the north, but it is still inseparable from the oil resources of the Middle East.
If Iraq can master so many oil resources, will it be beneficial or disadvantageous for the United States?
Damn oil, how nice it would be if it were in the United States! How nice it would be if the United States were next to them! The high-level US leaders present invariably poured out such an idea.
"At the moment, Iraq seems to have good relations with us, and there have been rumors that something has changed in Iraq, and it is Qusay who is now in power in Iraq." CIA Director Casey said: "Qusay is a man who is more inclined to us, and with his support, the relationship with us is gradually getting closer. β
"Is that a rumor?" Vice President George W. Bush said, "Didn't you CIA confirm it? Did Qusay, through a coup d'Γ©tat, put Saddam Hussein under house arrest and take command of all the armies? β
Casey spread his hands and said: "This, we can't confirm, because Saddam Hussein is still in Baghdad, but now the Iraqi army is obeying Qusay's command, maybe Saddam Hussein handed over power to Qusay." β¦β§β
"That's absolutely impossible, Qusay isn't twenty years old yet, is he? How could Saddam Hussein be so comfortable handing over power to him? Besides, Saddam Hussein has been in power in Iraq for less than five years, and they are not like us, holding elections every four years. Secretary of State George said.
George's remark is also meaningful, if Iraq can implement a democracy like theirs, exactly the same ideology as theirs, perhaps, they can assimilate Iraq.
"We can't let Iraq go on like this." "Iraq is at stake in our oil security, and we should respond to it," Poindecker said. In the last hostage crisis, he recommended McFarlane, and finally brought back the hostages, which can be regarded as solving the problem, and with a little bit, he also has a good impression of Iraq.
"We can make Iraq our ally, just like we do with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as long as Iraq is close to us, then we are naturally not afraid that they will occupy more oil resources."
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are both oil powers, but the United States has never been worried because they are pro-American.
But Iraq, that's not necessarily the case, Iraq is multifaceted, not only with the United States, but also with the Soviet Union.
"Although Qusai has maintained good relations with us, Qusai does not reject the Soviet Union, and Qusai even personally visited the Soviet Union and imported the T72 production line from the Soviet Union, so your idea is a little unrealistic, he will not support us as firmly as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait." Weinberg said.
It will be very difficult to make Iraq completely turn to the United States.
"Do you have a better solution?"
"We have to show our influence in that area, and if our forces can penetrate there, we can deter Iraq at any time." Weinberg said.
It seems that he is still haunted by the last aircraft carrier incident, which is not the vision of a secretary of defense, and even President Reagan is somewhat dissatisfied with Weinberg's remarks, and the incident in dealing with Iran has profoundly illustrated this truth, and when dealing with those countries, sometimes it is not easy to use force, and they start to be tough, and in the end they still have to lose face, and even use the power of Iraq to complete the task.
Moreover, the main adversary of the United States, that is the Soviet Union, how could the Soviet Union watch the power of the United States enter the Middle East? Without a plausible excuse, the USSR would never have agreed.
"Surely none of you have listened to the news in Tehran these days." Weinberg said.
News from Tehran? What's the news in Tehran? Even CIA Director Casey didn't know what Weinberg was trying to say.
"Is something happening in Tehran?"
"Tehran was paralyzed after Iraqi air strikes, and after their television building was finally repaired, Iran's news department announced to the world that Iraq's current war is illegal, that it is invading Iran, that it has also occupied Iran's oil resources, that all countries that import oil from Iraq are illegally extracting Iranian oil, and that Iran has the right to launch strikes against these foreign oil tankers."
Of course, I have heard this news, but most people listen to it as a joke.
Their first reaction was that Iran was crazy. Now, they can't fight the war with Iraq, so they want to start a new war and launch an attack on foreign oil tankers transporting from Iraq? Do the Iranians want to provoke the whole world to resent it? Aren't they afraid that the whole world will rise up against them?
Therefore, no one will believe that oil tankers are civilian targets, and if an attack is launched on oil tankers, then even the United Nations will not agree to it.
But Weinberg was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity.
"If Iran really attacks our oil tankers, then we can send our naval escort!" Weinberg said.