Chapter 960 Reagan looks at France
People like Selov who have been with Khrushchev for a long time can't wait to come out and speak out from time to time. After finally seizing this opportunity, they commented almost every few days on how to resolve the hostage crisis in Libya. They either care about the progress of the Soviet Union's mediation or say a few words to Reagan.
What Reagan hates the most is the last option. Reagan has always taken anti-Soviet as his responsibility. This time, he dared not express his opinion casually due to the hostage crisis, but he still had to listen to the enemy's comments. Even if this theory is for him, Reagan said that he could not accept this humiliation, which was even more uncomfortable than the slap in the face during the Los Angeles Olympics.
The actions of Selov and the Soviet Union almost made Reagan, who had been causing trouble for the Soviet Union for several years, feel like a clown.
This is the first time in his long acting career that Reagan has accepted such a clown role, and he is completely forced.
But Reagan also has to act like a great friendship between the Soviet Union and the United States. He cannot be disgusted with the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. Now the whole United States is eyeing the Libyan hostage crisis. Even if two or three hostage photos leaked from Libya will be encapsulated and reproduced by the American media regardless of party. He cannot talk about dealing with the Soviet Union again. At least he has to wait until the hostage crisis is over. Otherwise, this fire that has just attracted the Libyan negotiations will definitely come back to burn him...
"I just want to strangle Selov to death." In the White House office, Reagan said without any concealment in front of his close friend, CIA Director Casey, who had no external demeanor. This is the real Reagan now, without any acting skills.
"He is so cunning that we have to compromise. The spirit that the United States has just gathered has begun to be wiped out!" CIA Director Casey was also frowning. The other party was trying his best to rescue the people of your country. At this time, the United States could not accumulate hostility towards the Soviet Union.
Since Reagan came to power, the atmosphere has been created mainly in international politics. However, they oppose the real politics of the old Republicans and complain that they do not care about the nature of the regime when they form foreign alliances; they also oppose the traditional internationalism of the Democrats, believing that it is naive to rely on international organizations and economic development to promote democracy, and they value "power". There are two main points in the political philosophy of neoconservatives: First, liberal democracy and autocracy are incompatible, and democratic countries should stand up to oppose tyranny; second,: The United States and its values are supreme, and the United States should shoulder its world mission.
The whirlwind of neoconservativeism that Reagan hung has hit the wall now, and it is still the United States itself. When it comes to the security of its own people, the American people are directly attracted by the Soviet Union's first move, regardless of what the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union is now.
"Ordinary people are short-sighted. All our problems are because of the existence of the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union is defeated, the whole world will no longer have the root cause of problems. Even if we are all problems, there will naturally be no threat without reference." Reagan complained helplessly, walked to the window and looked at the lawn outside the window, but his heart could not calm down.
The comfortable scenery outside the White House cannot calm Reagan's mood. Reagan was also considering remedial measures when he calmed down for so many days, but after careful reading, the Soviet Union almost did all his work in one step, and now there is no room for the United States to exert influence. The Soviet Union made a lot of preparations at the first time. If the United States wants to be more sincere than the Soviet Union, it will be able to suppress Gromiko unless Reagan takes action personally.
Reagan, who had just beaten Libya, is now personally discussing to save the hostages? The hostages have been saved, and the president's face has been lost. Americans may think that the president is embarrassed and continue to oppose the wave in advance. Faced with this consequence, Reagan had to ask for help from the Soviet Union. The disgust in the ninja's heart made Selov comment from time to time.
"When this matter is over, we are slowly regaining our lost confidence." When we said this, CIA Director Casey could clearly feel the helplessness in his close friend Reagan's tone.
This time, the United States was truly completely held hostage by the Soviet Union and was kidnapped by the media with morality. It could only be friendly and cooperated with the Soviet Union, and the initiative was safely on the Soviet Union. This is the first time the United States has experienced this taste.
"What's the matter? Haven't Western Europe been held hostage by us for decades? The United States will gradually get used to it in the future. When the situation is clear, we will knock on the United States at any time." Selov calmly drank a glass of lemonade. Compared to Gromiko's return from time to time and then to Libya, he had to go to France to discuss the Intermediate-Range Forces Treaty. The General Secretary's life was very comfortable. He was on vacation in Sochi, the Black Sea shore, and he was very leisurely.
Who said that the General Secretary cannot take a vacation? Ordinary workers have 150 days off a year. Why can't he rest? Should he be the General Secretary? Not only did he take a vacation, he also took the Second Secretary and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers on vacation together.
Naturally, the General Secretary could not go to Indonesia or Greece for vacation, so he could only come to the Soviet Union's sanitation resort, and stayed in the summer capital Sochi.
Stalin first began to cultivate the enthusiasm of Soviet leaders to go to the south for vacation. The Soviet government built a cuilin villa for him in Sochi. When Stalin passed away, Khrushchev took the lead in building a personal vacation and recuperation villa in the scenic Sochi. His villa was chosen to build a cement wall with a total length of more than ten kilometers in the seaside in a pristine pine forest, which was very spectacular. In addition, Khrushchev also built a total of twelve villas for his senior officials in the Black Sea coastline. Now Selov is among them.
When Reagan was in a state of great anxiety, the General Secretary was going to take a vacation and was preparing for the next round of battle, because Gromiko said that it seemed that the progress of the medium-range missile treaty had accelerated a little. Shelov didn't know if it was related to the Soviet attack in this hostage incident, or whether the United States was just confusing the Soviet Union, but it was always right to be prepared.
"According to Reagan's character, maybe he will fight Libya again before leaving office." Selov, who was strolling in the forest, and Ligachev, who also came out, as for the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Jihonov, this 80-year-old man really came to recuperate.
"No way?" Ligachev still felt that the US president is generally quite normal, and of course Reagan is indeed a bit abnormal.
"Everyone is easy to say, Reagan, I said earlier that if he was in the Soviet Union, he would be more suitable to be the chairman of the KGB." Selov smiled. If he remembered correctly, Reagan really hit Libya again before leaving office in history. Who do you think Colonel Ka provoked whom? If Reagan targeted him, he must be used as a whetstone.
The two of them walked for a while and then began to walk back. Reagan's mood now is not about the Soviet Union. Shelov himself is still very satisfied with this guidance. After killing the United States in the future, he might even snatch the human rights weapon. At that time, he will be democratic and free, and human rights are in his chest, and people will kill people...
I have to say that his rogue thinking has never changed. He should read Suslov's collection of essays to cultivate his sentiment.
Because the Soviet Union occasionally created a little progress in the hostage crisis, the Libyan hostage crisis has never passed. At the same time, Egypt, Syria and Iraq sent coalition forces to Libya, which made Arab countries feel that they were united in the same hatred of the enemy. Taking advantage of this crisis, the Soviet Union is also cultivating Arab countries' favorable feelings for the Soviet Union. This cultivation has lasted for decades and will continue in the future.
Because of Moscow's will, Gromiko was also very busy, so the negotiations were destined to be short at the beginning. Whether it was Soviet Foreign Minister Gromiko or US Secretary of State Schultz, it was impossible for them to stay in Libya for a long time. They still had their own affairs and returned to North Africa to exchange positions almost every half month.
Every little progress or deadlock in the negotiations will be widely reported by the world. Soon Selov made another move and called French President Mitterrand to an open letter, "Because of the Libyan hostage issue, the grudge between the Soviet Union and the United States may lead to increased mutual distrust in the rescue of hostages. In order to ensure the safety of American hostages and resolve the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union. At this time, another world power needs to join. France, which has traditional influence in Africa, will be a good, or even unique candidate, and the Soviet Union has no doubt about this."
Selov's open letter requested France to exert its unique influence and to build a wealthy country and join the mediation. The letter from the Soviet Union placed France in a very high position.
In fact, France has always been looking forward to such an opportunity. After the Libyan hostage crisis, France was a little dissatisfied. It was obvious that they opposed the attack on Libya with the Soviet Union, but now all the scenes have been taken away by the Soviet Union.
It was just that the Soviet Union was not too late to react and took the initiative to ask France to join the mediation. In this case, France would certainly not refuse. This was an opportunity to exert its influence.
Time has entered mid-June without realizing it. With France's addition, it seems that this tug-of-war will continue. With more France, it needs to increase the interests of one side in the negotiations. The US representative is very embarrassed about this matter, but France, a very important power between the United States and the Soviet Union, must appease the United States before defeating the Soviet Union and can only accept reality.
France's addition has kept the hot spots of the Libyan hostage crisis from continuing to decline, and at the same time it has also extended the negotiation time. Reagan, who was originally a low-key person because of the hostage crisis, suddenly realized that the French are really not a good bird.
Chapter completed!