Chapter 361 Emotional Cooperation between the Two Countries
On Wednesday, July 9, the cruise ship "Coolidge" from the Far East Shanghai arrived at the port of Dover, Maryland, and Li Junhao's "New England Battalion" finally arrived, and he personally greeted the brothers at the dock!
Subsequently, under the arrangement of the staff of the Rockefeller Group, 650 officers and soldiers entered the base barracks prepared in advance for settlement.
Because things have taken a new turn, some of these officers and soldiers will be assigned to the CIA to form the special operations team of the Operations Division; The remaining personnel will serve as the skeleton of the "New England Battalion", which will be expanded to a full capacity of 1,000 in the near future.
Two days later, Li Junhao returned to Washington with some of his men on the 12th, and 50 English guards and 50 Chinese guards will inherit the name of "Golden Shield" and continue to serve as his guards, and the other 150 elites who are suitable for intelligence work and covert operations will inherit the name of "Wolf Warrior" and be assigned to the CIA Operations Division.
Speaking of which, the New England Battalion was specially set up to house his loyal subordinates, but now it has become a stroke of genius, and it has suddenly pushed the formation of the CIA a big step, and I have to say that the world is wonderful.
On the intelligence front, the most difficult point is the control of secret agents, "loyalty" is always the biggest problem, and this is exactly what Li Junhao is best at - thanks to the system red bottle!
After guaranteeing the loyalty of personnel, with the authorization of the president and sufficient financial support, the environmental soil here in the United States is simply a paradise for the development of intelligence organizations! Of course, there is the last and most important level to overcome......
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On Friday, July 18, under the impetus of President Roosevelt, the Senate and House of Representatives approved the Wartime National Intelligence Appropriations Act, which legally recognized the formation of the CIA and included it in the scope of financial appropriations; The bill also stipulates that the CIA is a state-level intelligence agency with access to intelligence from other agencies, including the military, and that its day-to-day work is accountable only to the incumbent president.
However, in order to limit the power of the CIA from being too large and affecting the domestic political situation, the bill specifically stipulates that the CIA's work direction is aimed at foreign countries, and it has no law enforcement power at home.
Li Junhao doesn't know if there was such a bill in the history of his previous life, but for him and the CIA now, the birth of this bill is undoubtedly a booster of development and is extremely beneficial.
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When Germany began to attack the Soviet Union, because most of its troops were transferred to the eastern front, the pressure on the western front was reduced by more than ninety-tenth, which gave Britain a temporary relief.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill contacted the White House to meet President Roosevelt in person to discuss the current war situation.
After discussions between the two countries, in view of President Roosevelt's physical condition not being suitable for long-distance flights, the meeting place was set for the Dominion of Newfoundland, not far from the northern part of Maine in the northeastern United States.
In early August, Roosevelt, accompanied by National Security Adviser Ayres and Acting Intelligence Director Panson, took a special train from Washington to Quebec, Canada, and then changed buses north to Newfoundland.
When the special train drove into New England, Ayers asked Li Junhao on the side: "Og, don't you want to go home and have a look?" ”
Li Junhao looked at the scenery flashing outside the window, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm not ready now!" ”
Ayers nodded in understanding.
Roosevelt, who was sitting on the side reading the papers, looked at the two of them, didn't say anything, and lowered his head to work again.
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On 9 August, Roosevelt and his entourage came to the Agin Hain Bay in Newfoundland, where they boarded the USS Southampton, a heavy cruiser of the American Ampton-class that had already arrived......
Li Junhao did not attend the meeting between the two leaders, but greeted the "Permanent Secretary of the British Foreign Office" who came with Churchill with great interest, "Hi, hello, I am Mr. Ayers' chief assistant Ognyan Ayers. Lee Panson, it's a pleasure to meet you! ”
The "permanent undersecretary" was not surprised, it seemed that he knew his identity, smiled and stretched out his hand to shake him, and said: "Hello, Brigadier General Pansen, I am Stuart Menzies, and it is a pleasure to meet you." ”
Sure enough, it was him! Li Junhao secretly said in his heart that this Colonel Menzies is the current head of the famous MI6, and he is a well-known existence in the world intelligence community. So, he added: "Mr. Colonel, I am very interested in your 'telecommunications' business, and I look forward to learning from you......
Hearing his words, Menzies immediately understood that the other party also knew his own situation, so he no longer hid his identity and communicated with the new director of national intelligence in front of him.
MI6 (Military Intelligence 6) is officially known as the British Army Intelligence Service VI, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as the "Government Telecommunications Bureau" or "Office of the Permanent Secretary for the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom", which was founded in 1909 in the era of Queen Elizabeth and has been the originator of modern intelligence organizations in Europe.
In later generations, MI6 was known as the "world's four major intelligence organizations" along with the CIA, the former Soviet National Security Council (KGB) and the Israeli Mossad.
The CIA, which Li Junhao co-founded, is only in its infancy, and there is still a lot to learn, and MI6 is undoubtedly a good "teacher", which is why he took the initiative to greet Menzies.
On the one hand, it was the things he did in the Far East and the Shanghai Sea, and on the other hand, his special status, which allowed him to basically hide nothing when answering questions, explaining the contents and requirements of some modern intelligence work, and also sending him an invitation to visit Britain and visit MI6.
Li Junhao was a little moved by this invitation, but thinking of his special relationship with the United Kingdom, he still decided to discuss it with Ayres and others, and did not agree to it at the first time, but he did not refuse.
Subsequently, the heads of the two intelligence organizations reached an agreement on the cooperation between the CIA and MI6, and decided that after the approval of the leaders of the two countries, they would send personnel to each other's organizations for exchange and study (in fact, at present, it is mainly the CIA to learn from MI6), and cooperate in personnel training, intelligence sharing, joint defense against spy invasions from other countries, and mutual support on the intelligence front in regions outside the two countries.
In the course of the exchange, the 50-year-old Menzies and the 27-year-old Li Junhao had a good conversation, and there was no estrangement because of the age gap.
Li Junhao admired the other party's intelligence work experience very much, and asked for advice very humbly......
Menzies was often surprised by the other party's novel views and opinions, and commented in his heart that the other party was an intelligence genius!
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