USSR 1991

Brent, who accepted Bush's scolding, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, is it a little too much for you to say that?"

But the president still yelled angrily, "Excessive? You are simply despicable villains without any sense of honor. After studying in the School of Finance for so many years, do you only learn to eat with a knife and fork? A bunch of trash give me some Useless advice, hold me back, if I knew I should have shot them all, like Stalin!"

Just after the three thought that the president had finished venting his anger, Bush clenched his fists and roared out the last sentence, "These people are an unforgivable betrayal of freedom and the American people."

After cursing the last sentence, Bush sat on his seat as if he was exhausted, covered his face with his hands and said in pain, "It's over, everything is over. We failed. With the US$14 billion in funds, the Soviet Union is almost the same as it was originally. The fallen patient injected a shot of adrenaline, which broke all our previous painstaking efforts."

"But President, what we should think about the most is not to minimize this matter and minimize the loss?" Cheney pushed his glasses, pointed to Vanta's photo and said, "This man is the most important thing in this plan." For the part, his arrest means that he will say a lot of things. If we announced the loss of 14 billion US dollars to the financial markets around the world through his mouth, it means that the panic and turmoil caused are enough to cause a stock price crash. It fell."

Brent said, "Moreover, the huge amount of money we invested in the Gulf War has already emptied the national treasury, and lost 14 billion US dollars at once. I am afraid it will cause a debt crisis. The most important thing is how to get out of it in a short time. How about 14 billion yuan to fill the black hole of this project’s mobile funds?”

"It is impossible for us to give up on Vantaa, and it is impossible for us to conceal this deception." Skinner put his hands in his pockets, tilted his head and looked at the photo on the table, and expressed his opinion, "If we can erase him All the records that exist, it is impossible to erase the memory of his family and friends around him. Instead of trying to hide the truth, it is better to negotiate with the Soviets who have taken advantage of it and ask for the secret extradition of this guy."

"Hmph, how naive, Skinner, aren't you afraid that the Soviets will open their mouths?" Brent sneered.

Skinner ignored Brent and continued, "Gold, tell the Soviets where your life-saving money belongs. The largest gold market is in London. If you don't want to, we can attack the gold market in various ways, including shorting The big deal is that both sides will suffer, the United States will suffer greatly, and the Soviets will also suffer."

After Skinner finished speaking, everyone was staring at President Bush, waiting for the silent president to make the final decision.

Chapter 50 Blackmail

"It's amazing, the American reaction is even faster than we thought, what do you think of this matter, Surkov?" the request submitted by Jack F. Matlock, Jr., the US ambassador to the Soviet Union Abandoned by Yanayev, he sat on the throne symbolizing the supremacy of the Soviet Union, staring at the piece of paper with a few sentences, and closed his eyes to think about countermeasures.The words on paper are also very simple. Bush has the most succinct words to express his anger implicitly.

"Dear Comrade Yanayev, we have an American citizen who was illegally detained by the KGB in the Soviet Union. Please believe that he is just an ordinary person traveling to Moscow, not the criminal you want to arrest. If you can If so, please meet with Mr. Matlock, our ambassador to the Soviet Union, he will explain everything for you, and we apologize for the inconvenience caused to your country."

This diplomatic rhetoric is typical. There is no silver 300 taels here. Will an ordinary American citizen attract the attention of the president?Everyone knew that this guy was a spy of the United States, but according to the procedure, these lines that would probably disgust them themselves had to be said to the opponents they were dealing with intact.

"Americans don't want to make big troubles, they hope they can stop in a low-key manner." Surkov, who personally tailored a tit-for-tat plan for Yanayev, then took the next move for the president, "As long as we obediently make everything If the tower is handed over to the Americans, this matter is over, but no one can guarantee that the United States will not continue to do such dirty things tomorrow. This time it is ruble, next time it is financial fraud, they will always find a way to get rid of it. Find gaps in our fragile economy."

"If we don't hand over the people and publicize the news of the $14 shortfall, the result will be that the Soviet Union has no loss at all, but the United States will cause quite a financial commotion because of the loss of the $14 billion dollar black hole. This is It is the last thing the Americans want to see, and at the same time, the Americans who are so angry will also do everything possible to sanction us, such as shorting the London gold market, using the export gold we rely on as a heavy weight to crush our shoulders. As a result, the Soviet Union’s economy was worsened, and the American economy was severely damaged. To be honest, if it were me, I would choose to compromise with the Americans, after all, the Soviet Union’s fragile economy can no longer stand the toss. I don’t know what you think of the president?”

"Neither the first nor the second is the best option. We can have a third option. Let the Americans learn a lesson and weigh themselves before using the financial war next time." Yanayev pondered for a while before answering. "We can get the Americans to pay a ransom to get Rio Vanta back," Surkov said.

Hearing that the president of a country wanted to demand ransom from another country like a kidnapper, Surkov looked a little embarrassed, and he said tactfully, "President Yanayev, isn't it a bit bad to do this. Because it would It puts us in an immoral kidnapping situation, and it may even give the other party a chance to fight back against us."

Yanayev, who was holding a teacup, heard Surkov's words, put down the cup and said to him disdainfully, "Handle? Go to hell. Anyway, we have no friends in Europe. In their eyes, we are naked robbers. Crazy Ivan, horrible devil, heresy of communism. If others already see us in this light, why should we please these people. If they don't want to, then we don't need the idea that we can live in peace with them To please them, for the West, a collapsed Soviet Union is a good Soviet Union."

"The corrupt capitalist world is only worthy of trembling in the face of communism. We don't need to pity them. These countries propose the so-called welfare society not because of the conscience of those capitalists, but because of our dreadful existence."

Yanayev never thought about how much meat he would greedily cut off from American financial institutions, but making President Bush angry again is the end he wanted wholeheartedly.Yanayev wants Bush to pay back the damage caused to the Soviet Union by US imperialism over the years.

With his pockets in his pocket, Yanayev stood in front of the window looking at the bright lights outside. This piece of land he loved, the motherland of the Soviet Union, was facing the most difficult situation of internal and external troubles.

Yanayev turned his head and said softly to Surkov, "We have launched the 'mercury scam' before, and I think the Americans have fallen into the trap almost by now, and they will mistakenly believe that we have mercury red nuclear weapons. You say why I dare to ask them for a ransom openly, this is my bargaining chip. The Americans don’t know the details, and it’s easier to compromise at the negotiating table.”

"And is 15 million U.S. dollars a lot? It's not a lot. Those greedy financiers on Wall Street can make up the money with a small unregistered treasury. But [-] billion U.S. dollars is nothing to us. It is an unobtainable booster. With it, the Soviet Union can survive for a while. Surkov, the reporting atmosphere of economic improvement that I asked you to create in the newspapers before is nothing but self-deceiving illusions. In fact, up to now However, the Soviet economy still maintains a low growth rate. I am just using a series of so-called diplomatic victories to divert the attention of the domestic people.”

Yanayev looked at the pale Surkov and patted him on the shoulder, "This is the most difficult moment for the Soviet Union, so whether it is oil or arms, I have to make enough money to survive the current Soviet Union Distressed funds, waiting for Ryzhkov's economic recovery plan to be effective."

The realization of many things is at the cost of other things. For example, the unlucky American tourist Vantaa is enduring inhuman treatment and torture in the KGB secret stronghold at this time. Greetings must use torture methods that cannot be found by people, so waterboarding and intimidation are brought to the stage to deal with Wantaa.

Vantaa remained silent after hours of waterboarding.So the KGB agent threw the photo of his daughter in Pennsylvania to Vantaa, and threatened that the other KGB agent had been lurking in the United States, and let Vantaa choose his daughter's life and death.

"Is there a difference?" Vanta, who was tortured and dying, said with a disdainful smile, "I have become an outcast. I said that the Americans will kill me and my daughter. If I don't say it, you will kill me and my daughter." My daughter is silenced. Died in this filthy prison, at least I can get a state funeral."

Plekhanov was smoking a cigarette beside him, and when he heard Vanta's words, he dropped the cigarette butt, walked directly in front of the other party, grabbed his hair and looked at Vanta's eyes eager for relief, and asked, "You really can't see the situation clearly. Ah Leo Vantaa, didn't it occur to you that when you revealed these account passwords, you and your daughter would be heroically protected by the Soviet authorities for the rest of your life?"

Chapter 51 The Merciful Butcher

Matlock stood in a conference room in the Kremlin, anxiously waiting for Yanayev to appear.This is one of the few times he has stepped into a forbidden place that this liberal country regards as heresy. According to the Soviet reception rules, he had no right to meet Yanayev directly, but because of the urgency of this incident, he had to wait in front of the President of the United States. Authorized to go beyond the so-called rules and meet Yanayev directly.

As for whether this rumored tyrant is as cruel and grumpy as Stalin at the time, Matlock can say that he has no idea. Nayef had a word.

It had been almost 15 minutes since the request was submitted, and Yanayev hadn't shown up yet, so Matlock sat bored in the conference room and tapped his fingers on the table, while calculating how to negotiate with the Soviet President later.

In short, the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union is the CIA guy who comes out to wipe his ass when his actions are not clean and tidy, to solve diplomatic problems, whether to rescue the other party, in what way, and to negotiate with the Soviets on any conditions. After the design is done, he only needs to bargain with the Soviet Union according to the script provided by Washington. In short, this is a thankless job.

"I'm sorry, Ambassador Matlock, I kept you waiting." A low and magnetic Russian voice sounded from behind Matlock. He turned around and saw Yanayev with a smile on his face entering the meeting room, and ordered the guards to stand Three paces away, don't disturb Mr. Matlock.

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man with a kind smile. He couldn't find a trace of murderous and bloody temperament in his body. Matlock was a little puzzled. When he saw Yanayev's photo before, he thought that this man should be Sexually assault mild people.So he is really the tyrant who personally approved the shooting of [-] political prisoners?Lucifer political leaders demonized by the West?

Seeing Matlock standing in front of him in a daze, Yanayev raised his volume slightly and asked again, "Ambassador Matlock, I'm sorry I kept you waiting."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I lost my composure, President Yanayev." Matlock apologized quickly, bowed slightly, and quickly glanced at the expression on the other's face.Seeing that Yanayev still had an expression of joy and anger, he was slightly relieved.

Yanayev waved his hand chicly, and said, "It's okay, haha, many of you Western reporters will be slightly distracted like you when they see me. They all think I am an unreasonable and domineering person. Listen Said that there is a news anchor named Mike Wallace in your CBS who has been wanting to interview me to learn about the most real Soviet rulers. If I have a chance in the future, I would like to ask him to come to Moscow for an interview. Haha, I think It's going to be an exciting debate about democracy and freedom."

Matlock didn't know how to pick up Yanayev's topic, but the other party didn't seem to care about the silence at all, and continued to say to himself, "I heard that Ambassador Matlock came here to talk about the arrest of an American citizen. From the KGB seizure?"

"Yes." Seeing that the topic was finally straight to the point, Matlock nodded quickly, "I think this must be a misunderstanding, the American passenger has a clean record, he is not a criminal suspect, nor is he an agent of the CIA .We in the United States will not give up on a single citizen whose life is in danger abroad."

"Oh? This is very interesting." Yanayev said with a long tone on purpose, "But even the KGB did not give specific feedback on who was caught and which country he was a citizen of. Why are you in the United States? People are unpredictable.”

Faced with Yanayev's sarcasm, Mark Locke continued to repeat the usual diplomatic terms with a shy face, "I think there must be some misunderstanding, this American citizen had called the diplomatic consulate before he was arrested. Said that he was being followed by the KGB, and he didn't know his whereabouts before he finished speaking. That's why we speculated that it was in the hands of your government."

Yanayev sneered in his heart, can he find a better excuse, when will the US intervene in the security incidents of the Soviet Union, seriously speaking, this is interference in internal affairs.Yanayev changed his posture and continued to chat with Mark Locke, "That's strange. When I received your request, I called the KGB leader and he said he would pay attention to this incident. Therefore, please wait a moment for the US ambassador, and we will give you a specific reply in a few days."

Mark Locke realized that he was actually taken in by fabricated excuses, and Bush had warned him that he could not wait for a moment, and that no matter what method was used, Rio Vantaa must be taken out of the hands of the Soviet Union.After all, he still holds the small coffers of Bush and interest groups.

In other words, Vantaa is the guardian of the small treasury. If he lets go, the funds will be completely exposed to the claws of the enemy.Although they can use the power of the bank to freeze all the funds in known accounts, Bush understands that no watchman is safe and sound, and they may have their own small treasury independent from the treasury of interest groups, all of which are used to help the president win profits extra income.Of course, it is impossible for the KGB to use the funds in the frozen account, but these small unregistered accounts are their favorite fat.All things add up, if there is no one hundred million, there will be three to forty million funds.

Wanta let go, which is a nightmare for Bush.

"Let's be direct, President Yanayev." Matlock frowned, and he planned to be honest with Yanayev, who was still smiling in front of him, "What we want is Leo Wan who is in your hands. Ta, if you are unwilling to return it, then don’t blame us for not reminding us of what will happen next.”

"I can hear it. Is this a threat? Ambassador Matlock." Yanayev crossed his chin with his hands and asked pretending not to care, "An economic fraudster who came all the way from the United States and our Soviet Union Internal corrupt forces combine with each other and want to completely crush the Soviet economy that was on the way to recovery. If such people do not accept the Soviet trial, should they be returned to you evil financiers and continue to work for squeezing the wealth of the people of the world? ?”

Ambassador Matlock was about to intervene when Yanayev interrupted him, detailing the crimes of the Americans in the tone of an old friend talking, "It is true that we have been The planning system is not as good as those elites on Wall Street, but this does not mean that we cannot see through your attempt to use the US dollar as the hegemony, establish London—the axis of evil on Wall Street, use debt to control people all over the world, and use 90.00% The wealth created by nine laborers serves one percent of you. You want human beings to become slaves of capitalists again after they are liberated from slave owners, and the socialist country is your biggest obstacle.”

"But here, I want to tell you that as long as the Soviet Union doesn't fall, you vampires on Wall Street won't get a good night's sleep. The goal of our communism is to destroy the bourgeoisie and let the proletarians extort the shackles from your capital Completely liberated!"

Yanayev's words hit Ambassador Matlock's heart every word, and he shuddered.Although the other party still maintained a smiling expression, the murderous intent contained in it made Matlock, who has always been known for his calmness, sweat coldly on his back.

"So go back and tell Bush that he can use whatever tricks he wants. The Soviet Union has never been afraid before, not now, and never will. Oh, of course, there is one more thing. If you really want Leo Vantaa to go back unharmed, I will I hope the U.S. government can sincerely offer a considerable amount of ransom. Otherwise, hehe, in a few days, the whole world will know what the U.S. did in the Soviet Union, and the sensation caused by that time may be no less than the Watergate incident. "

When Yanayev said the conditions, Matlock breathed a sigh of relief. His mission of conveying orders has been completed, and all he has to do now is to throw these words intact to the elites gathered in Washington DC or the White House , let them go to headache.But before Mark Locke stepped out of the Kremlin, he whispered to Yanayev beside him, "President Anayev, what you said just now reminds me of a man with a special nickname." The Patriarch, his nickname is the Merciful Butcher. And you, perfectly interpret this."

"I'll take it as a compliment." Yanayev replied politely.Before Matlock got into the black car, he looked at Yanayev uneasily, but the other's eyes did not fall on him, so he was a little relieved.

And Yanayev sent Matlock out of the Kremlin, and saw him get in a special car and leave out of sight before turning back, thinking that the White House, thousands of miles away, will be more lively than expected later .

Chapter 52 Mercury Intimidation

"The Soviets asked for ransom? God, what's the difference between these guys and bandits? Hell, they were originally a bunch of bandits. They overthrew the rule of Tsarist Russia and divided up the property of the original rulers. Finally, they sat on the seat of the ruler and A bastard who has turned into a shameless exploiter! Is this called communism? It is simply an exploitationism that is more disgusting than Wall Street." Few people will see President Bush talking on the phone in such a frenzy. Of course, the recent Vantaa incident has caused Bush, who is in a passive state every step of the way, is naturally in a bad mood.

When the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union told the president the bad news, Bush’s voice on the phone was about to pierce Matlock’s eardrums. He moved the microphone a little away from his ears, and then said tremblingly, “Your Excellency, the Soviet Union The ransom amount has not been announced, but I believe it will not be small given their urgent need for funds right now."

"Forget it, no matter how angry you are, it won't help. I understand, thank you for your hard work, Ambassador Matlock, go to bed early." After venting, Bush's voice was a little lost, from pressing Gorbachev every step of the way until now Well, he never thought that the U.S. policy towards the Soviet Union would fail like this. In the final analysis, it was the guy who tried his best to keep the Soviet Union from being disintegrated that made so many troubles happen.