Chapter 1472 – Selling Pi Da Shuai

There is no getting around France, especially the one that also controls Algeria, and France’s influence in Africa, especially North Africa, will only be greater than it has been historically, not less.

If the U.S. forced the issue, wouldn’t France bundle the resources it could control and settle for francs?

Knowing that France originally did this, the CFA franc is the root of the franc, in this case, where there is still any mainstream currency, countries are taking their own resources to bundle currencies, the cost of international trade will increase.

“In this way Soviet France and we can both use the resources under our control to demarcate areas to circulate our own currencies.” Pamela Mountbatten sighed quietly, “Good American idea.”

“Well, that way the world currency swings away.” Alan Wilson said as he thought, “Of course we don’t like the fact that the dollar can buy all resources, but what’s even more frightening is that the franc and the ruble have the same effect, so in the heart of hearts, dollar hegemony is better than franc and ruble hegemony. But it also depends on what the Americans think of the circulation of the pound, if the Americans don’t give us enough, then let’s see if they can handle the franc first, and if they can’t handle the franc, then what’s the point of talking about it.”

“More frightening than the world of dollars is the world of francs.” Pamela Mountbatten hemmed and hawed, “To overpower the French, do the Americans have the strength? America is strong but far away, and with America’s reputation in the Arab world, we won’t help until we give enough benefits.”

“If the United States agrees to a fixed exchange rate of one pound to two point eight dollars, can always exchange unlimited amounts of dollars, as well as in the abandonment of the yen in the international settlement of the promotion of the idea, is not not negotiable. Of course there are other, military technology to give up the idea of containing Britain. Transfer some military technology unconditionally. Open up domestic finance? Forget this one, still have to think about it.”

In short, Alan Wilson has a myriad of ideas, the United States counts on the conditions negotiated with the Saudis to be used in the United Kingdom certainly not, Saudi Arabia is a rookie country, the United Kingdom is not.

Britain and the United States can cooperate, but absolutely can not talk about who give alms to who, don’t make it look like the United States to the United Kingdom as grace.

There is no doubt that this is not something that can be solved by a visit from Rockefeller Jr. or Kissinger, it could be talked about for months or even years, depending on whether or not the U.S. can hold back.

“I think at worst, at worst, a mechanism should be put in place to set aside a quarter of the global trade settlement for the pound and an international conference should be held to finalize it.” Pamela Mountbatten cocked her head and said, “A joint settlement between the dollar and the pound, so that it’s affordable to the British citizens on the mainland as well. The US has four times the population of the UK, and with the convenience that brings spread out over everyone, the UK still has the advantage.”

“Look again!” Alan Wilson still hadn’t thought too much about this, “America should also stockpile pounds, otherwise how can we help with peace of mind, even if we sign a contract, we can tear it up at any time.”

Alan Wilson calculated that the circulation range of the pound area, and even the distribution of tax havens, if you can fix the global quarter of the settlement share and establish a joint mechanism of the dollar and the pound. The exchange rate of one pound to two point eight dollars is not a loss.

The yen issue is just one of the necessary conditions, and if the United States is not even willing to take out this bargaining chip, there is no need to talk about it.

That is the national sphere, as for the private sphere, of course, there is the issue of cooperation between Mountbatten Oil Company and Standard Oil, Rockefeller Jr. also talked about, in the oil rise, the two companies can use this to make a lot of money, this is not a civil servant he can care about.

A day apart, Rockefeller Jr. told Pamela Mountbatten that the yen issue was essentially that Japan’s production capacity had indeed exceeded that of any other country outside the U.S., which of course did not include the U.K. and Malaya combined, and furthermore the U.S. had already put the yen ratio aggravation rhetoric out there before, and that the U.K. must come out and be the villain if it had to nullify the promise.

“And a quarter of a percent isn’t it, there are only 50 million people in the UK.” Rockefeller Jr. knew that this was not something that could be negotiated by just two people, and that there would certainly be a specialized negotiating team afterward to determine the details. It might as well be a second Bretton Woods meeting.

“Mr. Nelson, just a preliminary opinion, in fact, with the image of the United States in the Arab world? And France’s current strength, this is not not easy.” Pamela Mountbatten replied with a smile, “Now that everything is tied up, doesn’t the US need Britain’s help? If we can’t suppress France, it’s still unknown who actually calls the shots in Europe.”

“Mess up the French-speaking part of Africa, and France’s influence will greatly decline.” Rockefeller Jr. replied without even thinking, “This is something our two countries can work together on.”

“The United States wouldn’t want to do the same to the Commonwealth, would they?” Pamela Mountbatten asked rhetorically before remedying the situation, “I’m only joking, but first, let’s take out the yen to show good faith. Actually, what’s the point of Japan and Korea developing well, just be a little richer than their neighbors. Developing and growing is also a trouble, people who don’t know think that the Pacific War was a defeat for the United States. It just so happens that Britain’s carrier battle group is also in the Far East, so we can have a good talk with Japan together.”

Now is the time to show some sincerity, Pamela Mountbatten relayed her husband’s words to Rockefeller Jr. In the long run the yen must be allowed to become a currency with no clout, but for now some moves to show sincerity can be made, such as anti-dumping investigations against Japan first, or a direct trade war.

The defeat in Vietnam must be tempered a bit by a victory on the other side, how can the followers of one’s own camp be trifling? We should look for an opportunity to strike hard.

Just now this is a good condition, the Far East Soviet military exercises, resulting in the British and American navies are in Japan, the external threat to let Japan in a bitter one, to give an account of the domestic.

Currently because of the two areas of steel and color TV, the United States and Japan’s trade friction is quite frequent, to protect domestic employment should be decisive, bold action against Japan.

The Far East is destined to be only a secondary direction, one and all so poor, the development of almost on the line, Japan should also consider the overall situation, once the free world is not good, Japan’s prosperity will also come to an abrupt end, if necessary for the sake of the overall interests of Japan should also be sacrificed.

Kissinger’s visit to London this time was not without its rewards. Foreign Secretary Patrick mentioned Allende’s problem and gave Whitehall’s advice, “We should now categorically disassociate ourselves from the Chilean military, the coup has already been crushed by Allende, and it would be meaningless to go on with hostilities. This would only push Chile to the side of the Soviet Union and repeat the mistakes made over Cuba. Slamming the Chilean military for the coup and expressing appreciation for Allende’s defense of democracy is the way to solve the problem.”

Kissinger then felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart with a knife; the Chilean issue was now like, Kennedy’s Cuba issue became untouchable in his mind.

But as a realist, he also had to admit that there was truth in the British words, and that the priority now was to persuade Allende not to change the system, as long as Chile did not become a Soviet system. Allende’s term of office was, after all, only six years, and after six years one was being chosen.

As if knowing what was in Kissinger’s mind, Foreign Secretary Patrick spoke up, “We know the Americans don’t like Allende, but elect another one next time. Britain will also provide what help it can, Allende is a Socialist and belongs to the Socialist International along with the Labor Party, so we can talk about this issue through a meeting of the Socialist International, which is headquartered in London.”

Even Patrick said that the UK could make a diplomatic visit to Chile to help improve relations between Chile and the US, “It would be very unreasonable to continue to maintain the high handedness of the situation in Chile now in spite of the reality that the coup has been crushed, Allende is after all the democratically elected president. Once Chile changes its institutions, it can’t change back.”

“If London is willing to cooperate in good faith, we would certainly be happy to do so.” Kissinger meant it, a sly expenditure of the British call for a cease-fire two days before, a sly addition of the phrase at the request of the U.S. government this kind of trick to stamp America’s face on the bottom of its feet.

“Sincere cooperation, of course.” Foreign Secretary Patrick said with a straight face, “The world should still be English-speaking united, and common ground should be taken on most issues.”

As for Arab issues? I thought it was said that on most issues, the Arab question was more of a cooperation than a disagreement.

After the coup d’état was crushed, Allende embodied the value of unity like never before, and as for Japan, that has no unity value whatsoever, so it should be hit hard.

Rockefeller Jr. who had come to London in secret was the first to return, and he agreed that it would be very inappropriate for the Arab world to include Britain, which was after all a friend of the Arab countries, if the price went up.

The current problem in the United States is that it must digest the hundreds of billions of dollars of over-issuance, and only the oil price hike can digest this number of currency, the dollar is the currency of the United States is the world’s problem, but from the strength of the dollar can not be a problem for the United Kingdom, and this has been agreed upon by both sides.

For the sake of the big picture, after a bitter Japan, in a bitter U.S. citizens is no big deal, anyway, the standard oil and bitter, the more the price increase the Rockefeller family will be more powerful.

Now the primary issue is that should let Nixon should carry the responsibility of carrying down, solved the problem of the war in the Middle East, from the position of the talker down, so that the Rockefeller to lighten the load.

Another two days, Kissinger also returned to the United States, the same day the United States held a United Nations conference on the Middle East, calling for a ceasefire between the two sides, so that the fight will only lose both sides, Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union also agreed to the call for peace who would disagree, even if they do not agree with the United Nations venue will not be again to say it.

At the same time, the United States said it had nothing to do with the attempted coup in Chile, and slammed the military’s attempted coup, expressing appreciation for President Allende’s defense of democracy.

Because of the UN conference on the Middle East, this statement went unnoticed by most people.