Chapter 1177 – Sea Blockade

Whether it was an air strike to solve the problem, or a further version of a direct invasion, there was the danger of a nuclear war breaking out.

With the current situation, the United States, even if the Soviet Union can be eliminated, they will also be hit by the blood.

What world hegemony, from now on, certainly has nothing to do with the United States, the good times are still ahead, why be so thoughtless?

But the Pentagon obviously preferred to take military action to solve the problem, without considering the harm it would do to the United States itself, and at this point the actions of the British Royal Navy showed Kennedy a clear path.

Although the British Foreign Office statement, not against any party, but at this time the British public opinion, this kind of unofficial statement, obviously can see the real attitude of the United Kingdom, only did not say it through official channels.

Kennedy thought to himself that he prejudged the British prejudgement, in the end, the elected politicians. Don’t you know that all statements that do not appear through official channels have nothing to do with the official stance?

By now, Kennedy felt he had found a solution to the problem, and like the Royal Navy, with the overwhelming power of the U.S. Navy, blocked, or isolated, Cuba’s channels of communication with the outside world.

In London, in the headquarters building of the British Foreign Office, Alan Wilson was holding a newspaper about the war, all as a kind of spice, which he had thought, the British use the hegemony of public opinion to embolden India, such a situation.

Facts have proved that that piece of magic land of many religions, with thousands of years of experience in apologetics, in the public opinion does not need any help, worthy of decades after the head of the oil pipeline P5, the hegemony of public opinion on the Indians, instantly digested by the sound and colorful big powers, but also carried out the reverse output.

Although the United Kingdom launched a number of satellites in the Australian launch site, but this era’s satellites have not reached the degree of omnipresence, otherwise there is no need for high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

On the roof of the world with thousands of gorges and ravines, and both sides were fighting mainly with infantry, how did Britain know what was going on? And to follow the hotspot, so one by one, quoting the Indian government insiders report, let India complete a wave of import to domestic sales.

The gold content of these reports, that is not a word can not be believed, used to fool the masses is more or less. More than ten years ago, there is such a thing, and now has annihilated 100 million enemies, the victory turned into, the ancient perfect man empty a frame ……

At a time when world peace is threatened, the British Foreign Office permanent undersecretary is not shocked by the situation, and still toast with his friend Makins.

“Alan, you’re not nervous at all?” Muggins held his glass and didn’t know what to say.

“What’s there to be nervous about?” Allen Wilson cocked his head and looked at his best friend, somewhat puzzled, “The India thing?”

Makins nodded his head, he knew that Allen Wilson had once worked in India, deeply understanding the situation in India, now so calm, could it be that the war report from India is true?

“Don’t worry, India is no problem.” Alan Wilson said in his heart, the real Big Thunder has not been publicized yet.

India’s attitude is to pretend to rescue the appearance, in addition to the United Kingdom to do a little more is a waste.

In fact, India is in this country, and face a single by themselves can not win the opponent, looking for foreign aid is a very reasonable thing, India needs a what kind of foreign aid? What kind of foreign aid does India need? A strong land power, not a sea power.

What’s the point of being a sea power, can you take a battleship to the Himalayas? Since it can’t, the value of a maritime power as an ally is greatly diminished, India needs to echo its allies, and there is only one option at the moment, and that’s the Soviet Union.

Although the subcontinent is similar to the U.S. environment of two oceanic lines, but India is a continental thinking country. India is not going to choose an oceanic power to rely on, and when push comes to shove, India will favor the Soviet Union.

In saying that, what the Soviet Union gives whether it is Britain or the United States can not be given, that kind of stupid move, only the Soviet Union will do, since the judgment that India will sooner or later to the Soviet Union to lean on, why should be sincere to help?

If Alan Wilson hadn’t wanted to rub it in this time, to find a chance to prove that Britain was still a powerful country with world influence, Nehru would not have given a little response even if he had shouted through his throat.

“Your calmness is still terrible.” Makins shook his head, commenting to his best friend who looked as if nothing had happened.

Read the war reports, drinking is Alan Wilson these days work, properly look like a wife left the wife of the decadent middle-aged man look.

The whole English-speaking world’s public opinion has been dominated by the war report from India, and everyone feels that the big and colorful country will stand in the forest of the world’s nations in a matter of days after this battle.

Some voices even arose at this time that England should take containment of this former colony, or the consequences would be unimaginable.

“My goodness, there’s a windfall.” Allen Wilson saw this one report and read it with a surprised face.

Thinking carefully, Allen Wilson could understand this worry, it was a historical fact that Britain had colonized India. Once the former colony has a strong power, will it hold a grudge?

In Britain’s point of view is naturally hope that India will not, but what if India will?

For Britain, the power of China and the Soviet Union was not a matter of life and death, but if India gained the power recognized by the whole world, that would be a real disaster.

“Wick, contact the Guardian for me.” Alan Wilson picked up the microphone and ordered, “The analysis is very reasonable, next time do not analyze so. Currently India is a Commonwealth country, and the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Meeting in December is still being prepared, it’s not appropriate to issue such a report at this time.”

“Curtained, Permanent Undersecretary.” Wick nodded, put the phone down, then called someone else not unlike Alan Wilson just now, “Make an appointment for me with the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, there’s a drinks reception for him this evening.”

If spouting spit could determine the course of the war, India would have already won, and there was absolutely no way it could have ended up in Chang Gong’s situation.

Spittle-spewing does not solve real problems, and after several days of diplomatic efforts, and a crowded glare from the Pentagon, Kennedy realized that diplomacy alone was not going to bring the Soviet Union back.

On October 22, in the middle of the day, the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean fleet had passed through the Suez Canal, the sheer size of it making Egyptians who saw it look on.

In Washington, D.C., the White House announced that President John F. Kennedy was going to make an important speech, and many U.S. citizens were waiting for the President’s speech; there were already whispers circulating, but the vast majority of U.S. citizens were still in the dark about it, and were puzzled as they waited for the rueful JFK to make his speech.

Kennedy was indeed a president with a mixed reputation, with his victory being challenged by the Republican Party as a sham. The revolution in Cuba during his term, the White House’s entanglement with the steel giants for much of the year, and the downturn in the U.S. stock market have turned many people against the Irishman.

Many wondered why Kennedy was making a surprise speech, but waited honestly.

At 7:00 p.m., Kennedy appeared among the television screens to inform the citizens of the United States of the fact that nuclear missiles had been deployed by the Soviet Union on Cuban territory, “Good evening, my fellow citizens: this administration has been, as it has promised, keeping the closest possible eye on the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. In the last week, there has been clear evidence of the fact that a series of offensive missile sites are under construction on that imprisoned island. There is really no other purpose for the existence of these sites than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.”

“As soon as I received the first initial grim intelligence of that nature at nine o’clock this past Tuesday morning, I directed that our surveillance be upgraded. The evidence has now been corroborated and the evaluation of the evidence and the decisions we have made about taking action have been completed. This administration feels obligated to report to you the most detailed picture of this new crisis.”

“The characteristics of these new missile sites clearly indicate two different types of installations. They include a number of intermediate-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads with ranges in excess of one thousand nautical miles. Simply put, each such missile is capable of striking Washington, D.C., the Panama Canal, Cape Canaveral, Mexico City, or any other city in the southeastern United States, Central America, or the Caribbean.”

Explaining the seriousness of Cuba’s deployment of nuclear missiles, the final words were, “The Administration has decided to begin a rigorous inventory of all offensive military equipment bound for Cuba. Any ship bound for Cuba from any country or port that is found to have offensive weapons in its cargo will be required to return. Such an inventory will be extended to other types of cargo and transportation if needed.”

After Kennedy’s televised speech, the entire United States was in an uproar, and right under America’s nose there were nuclear missiles that could destroy the United States in a heartbeat, being aimed at major U.S. cities?

The Cuban Missile Crisis had finally moved from behind the scenes to the foreground, from the speculation of a small group of people to fact.

While Kennedy’s televised speech was over, many Americans could no longer sleep, and as the darkness passed and the sun shone warmly on the earth again, Kennedy officially signed a presidential decree at the White House banning any offensive weapons shipments to Cuba.

Overnight, not only did the news spread throughout the United States, but throughout the world.

“I mean, connect the dilemma that the United States is now experiencing with the war in Asia and the conflict in the Congo, the country at the center of Africa.” Pamela Mountbatten gently commanded as she took the microphone in Perth, the first major city in western Australia.

Getting a reply, Pamela Mountbatten followed up with another call, “Take all the liquidity in the U.S. and plunge into it, yes, including the money that hasn’t left the U.S. yet from the previous silver sell-off.”

“The danger is too great, isn’t it? Of course if the president has already made up his mind, no problem.”

“Then so be it!” Pamela Mountbatten said placidly, her bare calves bouncing outside her long skirt as if they represented the owner’s freckles.

My chief editor told me to exercise restraint and snuff out the Indian line. I’ll just copy the war report when the time comes and consider it done.

Otherwise the next time my editor’s question should be, to discuss with me macro issues that concern the big picture, not the minutiae of specific matters, like asking me when I’ve finished the book.