On January 9, the United Nations Headquarters Building was officially put into use, and both Li Junhao and Marshall attended the opening ceremony in Manhattan, New York, and entered the building for a tour.

Speaking of which, this 7.2-hectare piece of land on the East River on Manhattan Island was donated by John Rockefeller, the current head of the Rockefeller consortium, and after it was built as the United Nations headquarters, its property nature is no longer the territory of the United States, and it is separated from the United States territory by a black iron fence more than two meters high.

In this regard, Li Junhao admires John's vision very much, not to mention anything else, this alone makes his name forever written in the history of the United Nations and even this world, this transaction is very cost-effective!

At the ceremony, he met Lister Rockefeller, whom he had not seen for a long time, and who was now second only to John and his sons in the consortium, and was in charge of more than half of the industrial enterprises and one-third of the financial industry in the consortium, all of which was due to a lot of credit to Li Junhao.

In the past two years, Li Junhao and Rist have not met much, but they have always maintained telephone and telegraph contact, so there is no strangeness......

After returning to Washington, Li Junhao felt a little emotional, feeling that he had made a big frame and put himself in, and now he is planning and working, and he has no time to enjoy life! But now it was impossible to stop, so he decided to speed up the process, and after completing the Chinese Far East plan as soon as possible, he was ready to rest for a while...... Well, now in the fifties, he thinks it's time to think about space technology!

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The Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit is on February 6, and according to the "tradition" of the land and sea, CIA, FBI and other units, Chinese soldiers and employees will be given a holiday before and after this day, and those who do not have a holiday will also get a rotation rest in the future, which is basically a fixed procedure.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, US President Ayers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Pan Sen, and Secretary of State Marshall respectively sent congratulatory messages to the Chinese Government congratulating the holiday, which was arranged by the Chinese Government to broadcast nationwide on the Central Main Radio.

Very different from the previous life, the United States in this world is a friendly country of New China, especially the five-star general named Pan Sen, who is a good friend of the Chinese, not only once protected the industry and commerce of Huhai during the War of Resistance, but also has been helping China, especially its judgment of Japanese war criminals, which is simply very happy!

It can be said that Pan Sen's popularity in China is far greater than that of Roosevelt, the leader of World War II in the United States, not to mention other foreigners!

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On 16 February, Marshall made a special report on the implementation of the "Marshall Plan" in 1950 in the House of Representatives, and proposed in the new year's plan to increase aid to China and stabilize US-China relations while maintaining aid to Western Europe......

On the same day, Li Junhao received domestic intelligence from the CIA that the economic recovery of the Soviet Union in 1950 did not meet expectations, and in order to consolidate its leadership in Eastern European countries, it spent more resources on foreign aid, while the unemployment situation in its cities was serious, and the transformation of a large number of wartime military industrial enterprises and heavy industrial enterprises was not smooth and inefficient, the rural situation was not good, and agricultural output fell to a new low......

According to intelligence, anti-Stalin sentiment was on the rise in the top echelons of the Soviet Union, and there were already people who were privately colluding to review and reflect on the purges that began in the thirties......

Of course, Li Junhao knew that Stalin would never allow this, and it seemed that there would be trouble in the Soviet Union again!

He has always wondered why such a tyrant, the "fighting nation", did not resist with force, is its prestige really unattainable? Or does it have special abilities that can control everyone?

This is not something that can be done by the efforts of a "KGB", there must be other reasons, but unfortunately he has not yet figured it out.

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On the 26th, Li Junhao and Air Force Commander Arnold went to Houston to inspect a new agency, NASA, which was prepared at his request, seven and a half years earlier than the original history. Of course, it has not yet been formally approved by Congress, but preliminary work has already begun.

Arnold couldn't help but ask on the way, "Auger, are you serious, humans can go to the moon?" ”

"Of course." Li Junhao said, "However, the current technology is still far behind, and this NASA was established to conduct research as soon as possible...... As far as I know, work has already begun on the Soviet side, and we can't afford to lag behind! ”

Arnold nodded and said, "I see." However, I really don't know anything about this field, so you trust me so much and leave this organization to the Air Force to manage? ”

Li Junhao said: "You just take care of it first!" To be honest, there are really few people who understand these now, and it is also a counterpart for the Air Force to manage aerospace affairs, and it is a big deal that after there is a suitable candidate in the future, it will be handed over to him to be responsible! ”

"Okay!" Arnold said, "But first of all, I have to make it clear that the funding of this NASA can be accounted for separately, and the Congress will allocate funds, and it cannot occupy the resources of our Air Force." ”

"Haha......" Li Junhao was amused by him, "Look at the way you pick the door!" Don't worry, I'll take care of their funding! ”

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Then, the two rushed to Base Zero in the Nevada desert non-stop to inspect the progress of the development of the second-generation nuclear weapon hydrogen bomb.

The 42-year-old genius nuclear physicist who was an early member of the Manhattan Project who worked on the first atomic bomb was Robert Oppenheimer, but his efforts sought help from the government and the military, and he eventually gained support to lead the development of the second generation of nuclear weapons.

At this time, Taylor saw Li Junhao frowning, and hurriedly signaled his colleagues to stop reporting, and asked, "General, do you have any doubts about this plan?" ”

"It's not a doubt, but I'm sure you're on the wrong track!" Li Junhao said unceremoniously, "The development of any new weapon is for use, and the two test bombs you have made now, 'George' and 'Ivy Mac' are 62 tons and 65 tons respectively, and they need to be equipped with a large refrigeration system, not to mention, they are extremely delicate, and they can only be detonated in a fixed way, can you tell me how to weaponize them?" ”

(End of chapter)