Chapter 987: Reward and Retention
Han Lin came to the lounge, since he had completed the requirements given by Sols, he had to talk about his own return, two and a half hours of valuable information transmission, no real money and silver payment, sorry for his identity as a traverser.
"Mr. Han Lin, as a consultant and expert of our Naval Intelligence Bureau, you gave you a lecture and a wonderful special report, and the participants just now gave you a very high evaluation, and I will pay you a reasonable remuneration." Sauls said with great satisfaction.
"Mr. Director, I also want to know a little bit about the diplomatic negotiations between Japan and the United States, and I have to bring some valuable information with me when I come to the United States this time, otherwise it will be difficult to make a difference." Han Lin said.
"Unfortunately, it is difficult for me to give you any accurate information, but it is still vague how President Roosevelt considered the Japanese issue, and Secretary of State Hull has negotiated with the Japanese side dozens of times, often at the request of the US Government, Japan does not agree, and the United States does not agree to Japan's proposals, and the two sides have not made progress for a long time." Sauls shook his head and said.
Of course, he knew about this situation, and Roosevelt never made his attitude clear to the diplomatic agencies and the military, and no one knew what he thought about it, and it was not until the last moment of the diplomatic negotiations between Japan and the United States that he came up with the strongly-worded "Hull Memorandum."
The main content of this memorandum is that Japan must withdraw its troops from China and Indochina, that the United States and Japan can only recognize the Yamashiro government and must not support other regimes in any way, and that the United States, Britain, Japan, China, the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, and Thailand should conclude a multilateral non-aggression pact to re-establish the spirit of the "Nine-Power Pact" and replace the Triple Alliance Treaty.
Such a demand is tantamount to completely nullifying all the results of the Sino-Japanese war, which caused Japan's finances to dry up and suffered huge casualties!
Roosevelt knew that the Japanese would never agree, and by issuing this memorandum, he was ready for the breakdown of negotiations and forced Japan to start a war!
What is the purpose of Han Lin's question?
It's very simple, he did what Sols asked, but he couldn't do what he asked Sols, which formed a stark contrast, since he couldn't give Han Lin the relevant intelligence information he needed, he could only make up for it from somewhere else.
"I started a pharmaceutical company in the United States with my partner Mr. Perez, and the main research and development goal is penicillin, but there are some technical difficulties, especially the cultivation of penicillin strains, and I hope to get the help of the Naval Intelligence Agency to obtain some of the technology and penicillin strains." Han Lin said.
"I know Perez, he is a successful businessman in the ocean shipping industry, although he is not a full-fledged intelligence officer of the Naval Intelligence Agency, but he has served us for many years, and you two are pharmaceutical factories in the United States?" Saulse asked.
"Yes, the location of the pharmaceutical factory is in Los Angeles, war is inevitable, if Japan and European and American countries go to war, the United States is bound to be involved in the war, which also means that there will be millions of soldiers who shed blood and sacrifice, how to effectively control wound infection, this is an important work that needs to be prepared early."
"I heard that the scientific research institutions funded by the US military already have relevant technologies, but the cultivation of penicillin requires extremely harsh conditions, and the output will definitely not keep up with the development of the situation. Han Lin said.
"Since your pharmaceutical factory is in Los Angeles, then I can think of a way, after all, you have also made great contributions to the intelligence work of the United States, and you still need to be taken care of. Is there anything else I can help me with? Sauls thought for a moment and said.
There are Americans as the owner of the pharmaceutical factory, and the production place is in Los Angeles, USA, then this matter can be accommodated, after all, the value of penicillin is very high, and it is now a secret of the military, even if Han Lin has made a huge contribution, it is inconvenient to give him as a thank you.
For penicillin, an antibiotic drug, he also knows a little, although the technology is available, but the technology of large-scale production is not mature, with the existing output, it is very small for the war, in this case, it is not a good thing that one more pharmaceutical company develops and produces penicillin,
"I am in charge of a guerrilla force in the Shancheng government, you should know this, in the military establishment of our Shancheng government, it belongs to the special service army, which is specially responsible for sneak attacks and sabotage of the Japanese army's outlying strongholds and communication arteries, and small-scale flexible operations."
"At present, there is an assault group of 1,000 people, which has been equipped with American-style weapons supported by the Naval Intelligence Bureau, but the rest of the troops, the weapons and equipment are still relatively backward, which does not conform to the activities and positioning of the special forces. Han Lin said.
"There is definitely no problem with assistance, I will try to find a way to provide as many military resources as possible, but don't worry, at present, the weapons and ammunition produced by our United States are used in the European theater and the United States' own preparations, and there are not many things that can be taken out, but don't worry, I remember this matter, and I will also report to the Admiralty and the Joint Chiefs of Staff." Sauls said.
"If there is nothing on your side, I am going to return to Los Angeles tomorrow, I also wear many positions in the mountain city government, and I can't leave for too long, this time I am half public and half private." Han Lin said.
"It's rare for you to come to the United States once, I hope you can stay in Washington for a while longer, our Naval Intelligence Agency's intelligence work against Japan needs the personal guidance of your adviser, and the staff officers also want to discuss and discuss intelligence with you, and our Naval Intelligence Bureau has deciphered a lot of messages between Japan and the embassy, and it will lose a lot of value only through the literal meaning."
"In this case, we will limit the time of half a month, and I will send a plane to take you back to Hong Kong City. I promise you that before you leave, I will coordinate the needs for penicillin, and that a shipment of aid will be loaded from the port. Sauls said.
The work of gathering intelligence on Japan has always been a shortcoming of the US intelligence departments, and the main way is to grasp some information by deciphering telegrams, because the United States has very developed telecommunications technology and is ahead of Japan.
Strictly speaking, there were not many professional intelligence personnel in the intelligence department who were proficient in Japanese at this time, and in the face of a large number of Japanese encrypted telegrams, the decipherment work was quite passive.
Han Lin is not an expert in communications, but he has a very clear grasp of Japan's real-time dynamics, and it is easy to associate other information in the deciphered Japanese ciphers, so Sauls hopes that Han Lin will stay for a few more days to sort out the previous messages and find more information from them.
"I am a soldier, and during the outbreak of war in the country, I stayed in the United States for half a month, which requires submitting an application to my superiors, and I can only give you an accurate answer after the approval. Mr. Director, I hope that you will arrange for me a high-power radio station so that I can keep in touch with the country. Han Lin said.
Not to mention staying in the United States for half a month, it is no problem to stay for a month, he has always been only in charge of the major affairs and development strategies of various institutions, and there is a special person in charge of the daily work promotion, and it is running very well, so he has to keep an eye on his post all the time.
It is estimated that President Jiang will not refuse the request put forward by the Naval Intelligence Bureau, the United States is dependent on President Jiang, but Han Lin's attitude must be out.
On the one hand, asking for instructions and waiting for instructions is to respect President Jiang and Chen Yanji, and on the other hand, it is also to establish his own image, and casually agreeing to such a thing will have a negative impact on him.
(End of chapter)