These words may be a bit unpleasant, but even Charles De Gaulle was present, he could not say that Selov's words were wrong. If France had the ability to destroy guerrilla warfare, it would not only not lose Algeria, but even Vietnam would not become the United States to take over.

Algeria is already the last bottom line for the French. If it cannot be kept, it will enter the track of rapid recession like Britain. No country can maintain the status of France as an old power, and the French cannot! Algeria is within France's mainland, France can proudly claim that it is a well-known big country. If on the contrary, France claims that it is a big country, it may become only believed by itself, and it is good to say that it is entertaining and enjoying itself.

Is territory important? Of course it is important! In the Hundred Years of War between Britain and France, why did Britain become smaller in territory? Isn’t it because France has more land and more people, and can withstand consumption? It can always lose, but it will not be able to support the UK. After the Hundred Years of War, Britain began to try to play the policy of balanced power in the mainland. If Britain has the strength to do it by itself, would it still have to play the balanced power in the mainland? Just throw its arms and work alone.

So when Francois said that France did not have to suppress Algeria, and could also be independent with conditions. Selov directly made a request without saying a word, "This is a good thing for France and Algeria. I will tell the news immediately and prepare to congratulate Algeria on its independence! The Soviet Union has always been willing to establish friendship with the newly independent countries, and we have always been clear on the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal stance!"

Almost just changed his mind and said it as if it was really the case. Selov's degree of transformation was natural and unpretentious! In fact, this attitude was more in line with the impression the Soviet Union had always given people. But François knew that if this matter was so simple, Selov would not have contacted France. The reason why he said these words was to show that Selov had already taken the French attitude. Unfortunately, Selov really took France.

"When did the KGB take over the responsibility of the Soviet Foreign Ministry!" François's eyes were wandering, and he gently reminded Selov to pay attention to politeness. Using agents' means is not suitable at the negotiating table.

"This is the responsibility of the KGB, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no right to inquire about this matter!" Shelov lit a cigarette unmovedly. When he came back from the United States, Slov wanted to bring some cigars, but he accidentally gave the women a chance, perfume and cosmetics. He spent all his money inadvertently, otherwise Slov could have put such a cigar in front of François...

OK! After a long look at each other, François understood that it was impossible to let Serov, the secret police leader, take a step back.

"Mr. Francois, things are not complicated. France is now begging the Soviet Union! You have wasted so long and unwilling to contact practical problems. Are you waiting for our Soviet Union to take the initiative to pull you?" Selov pressed the cigarette butt to destroy the way. "Are you insisting on France's illusory pride? If Algeria really leaves France, does France's pride still exist?"

"I want to communicate with the country! I believe there is no problem with the Soviet Union's means and control. The question is why the Soviet Union should help us!" François asked this question directly to Selov before the meeting.

"Because France is an independent country with its own ambitions for a great power! It is not NATO or a member of the Warsaw Pact. I don't know if Mr. François and Mr. Charles de Gaulle behind me are satisfied with my answer!" Serov bowed slightly to François's back and slowly gave his answer.

François paused slightly, and he understood Serov's meaning, unlike the Federal Republic of Germany and other NATO members who were stationed by the United States. Charles de Gaulle was very dissatisfied with the leadership of NATO only by the United States and Britain. He had begun to make a cut with NATO, and some details had obviously been discovered by the Soviets.

Once again, he attributed the omniscience that Selov showed to the identity of the KGB director. François left the place where the two negotiated and prepared to communicate with the country. Both sides could already discuss specific issues.

When François came back again, he was obviously discussing the issue with a cooperative attitude. He really understood that France wanted to be with the Soviet Union, not the other way around!

"There is no idiot lunch in this world. The Soviet Union's help to us is definitely not due to the spirit of internationalism! Director Serov. Tell me! What are your conditions?" François asked directly, bringing the negotiations to a substantial stage, rather than quarreling against each other.

Clear everyone out, leaving only Staciana as the translator. Shelov said, "A Algeria cannot be too cheap, it is more than two million square kilometers of land! So the French government must take out four billion dollars!"

Four billion US dollars? What era is this? This is the era when the US dollar and gold are bound. The Breston Forest system is still very stable. The Soviet Union represented by Selov was completely speaking out. François protested calmly. "General Selov, don't you think this problem is very unrealistic? Forty billion US dollars, you might as well grab it..."

"Mr. Francois, you don't really think that the US dollar can really be compared with gold, right? Yes, thirty-five dollars per ounce of gold, but the US dollar circulating on the market is far from being able to cope with the US gold reserves. This time I didn't come here with experts who study economy. It doesn't mean I can't even see such a small problem!" said Serov, "Your French dollar reserves are enough to be 40 billion. If you exchange them all according to the current price of gold and US dollars, you can empty the United States! So although I don't understand how your Breston Forest system works, you don't want to change the concept and really equate the US dollar and gold..."

Gold has a long history as a means of payment. It is precisely because gold is produced in small amounts and cannot be copied that it is more reassuring to use it as a means of payment. The collapse of the Bretton Woods system has nothing to do with gold, and gold is not directly linked to the currencies of various countries. The problem should be in the currency that can be used to exchange gold, that is, the surplus of US dollar issuance and cannot support the US-gold swap, which leads to the chaos and collapse of the system.

"General Selov, even if it is one-tenth of our French foreign exchange, it is a huge amount of money! If it really doesn't work, we can settle it in francs!" Francois stretched out his finger and made this suggestion.

But Selov would never jump down on this suggestion of losing money by himself, and he directly refused, "The face value of the franc is not as good as the ruble. Now that France has a serious inflation, the franc is almost becoming waste paper! I heard that the Charles de Gaulle government is preparing to reform the currency, and I hope you France can succeed!"

Selov directly exposed François's move to lead him into a deep pit, but he did not continue to pursue him. François was thinking about countermeasures, while Selov was thinking about another problem, that is, the Soviet Union's ruble was also preparing to carry out currency reform next year, and the specific news was already brewing. The Soviet Union and France carried out currency reform in the same year, which shows a problem, as if the world seemed to be changing. Selov really wanted to find an expert to teach himself, and it was obvious that something extraordinary seemed to be brewing in front of him.

"Are you still thinking about it? Mr. François?" Selov was also helpless about this deadlock. The two of them had been delayed in this hut for nearly ten days without an assistant and only brought an interpreter. François always reported the current progress to the country at any time.

It sounds like Selov is very unfair to Selov when facing the entire French think tank, but he actually didn't care about this detail. For the Soviet Union, it would not have much impact on whether this matter was done or not. Who would be anxious about whether to eat steamed buns or drink porridge this morning? Some people may do it, but Selov won't...

"Four billion US dollars, plus the military supplies provided by the Soviet military to the Algerian National Liberation Front, and these military supplies also need to be paid by the French government!" No matter when François came back, Selov repeated this sentence like a repeater.

"We also have to pay for the weapons that killed our soldiers in the Soviet Union? General Selov, don't go too far?" François said with a grudge against his anger, "The French are a proud nation, and we can solve the problems of Algeria ourselves!"

"You have solved it long ago! You are still used to talk to me in Democratic Germany?" Selov scratched his head and said indifferently, "We will send military supplies and military advisers. We will go to the North African desert to fight you. It is still a battle that must be lost. How to calculate casualties? How to calculate military supplies consumption..."

"Impossible, France will never pay for military supplies! The 4 billion US dollars must include everything the Soviet Union did, and military supplies cannot continue to calculate the cost!" Francois said firmly.

"The Soviet Union's reputation in the Third World is very valuable!" Selov looked at François with his ears slanted.

"Our France's reputation is also valuable!" François insisted without being moved, staring at her eyes.

"Okay, let me show you something to express my sincerity! You can ask a Russian-read translator to come in and help you read it, but no paper can be taken away!" Serov ordered, and Iseymotney took some records of the Nine Kingdoms Intelligence Meeting after a while. Serov looked like he was not disturbed and said, "Mr. François, if you think the entire socialist camp is taking action together, and even a mere 4 billion US dollars is worth, then I have nothing to say!"

During the whole day, François and Russian-speaking translators were looking at the documents provided by Selov. Because Selov refused to take even a piece of paper away, François could only squat in the room and climbed over. The next day, François did not appear, but contacted the country and fed back some of the information provided by Selov to the country.
Chapter completed!