619 The Different Britons
The Americans are indeed out of patience. If Najib is allowed to cooperate with the British, the result will be Egypt's original state, which is a very bad result for the United States. Because this means that they have not opened up the situation on the Middle East issue, and can only watch the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union join forces. Therefore, the Americans decided to intervene more directly, at least give Nasser and Sadat more promises and encourage them to rebel the British.
It has to be said that this time the Americans' acupuncture needle is very effective. They promised Nasser and Sadat to support them in overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. As long as they succeed, the United States will provide direct political support and even military support when necessary. The Sixth Fleet has made all preparations. If Britain dares to intervene directly, it will be a head-on strife.
This guarantee is quite powerful, which made Nasser and Sadat full of confidence. They began to connect more officers and actively prepare for a coup.
On the other hand, Najib was also very busy. He and the British representative held a secret meeting with Farouk I to determine the various details of Farouk I's abdication. It was clarified that after Farouk I abdicated, Prince Mohammed Abdul Munham was temporarily regent, and when Farouk I had an heir, the heirs would succeed him.
This secret talks went very quickly because with the support of the British, Farouk I was almost powerless to resist, and Farouk I's party members were also divided by the British. Prince Mohammed Abdul Munham was happily prepared to be the regent, so naturally he wanted Farouk I to abdicate the sooner the better. Farouk I, who was worried about internal and external troubles, could only accept the reality extremely reluctantly.
Of course, at the beginning, Farouk I was preparing to fight for some privileges for himself, such as staying in Egypt, such as financial support. But Najib firmly opposed all this. In his opinion, Farouk I would not die if he did not leave Egypt, and he would never attempt to make a comeback. This is absolutely not allowed. As for financial support, no one knows that this guy is a prodigal son, and how much money he has is not enough for him to squander.
After a verbal confrontation, Farouk I's unreasonable request was rejected, and he could only leave Egypt in shame to live abroad. Najib was extremely satisfied with this and believed that the "revolution" had finally won.
According to the terms agreed by Najib, Prince Mohamed Abdul Munham and the British, Prince Mohamed Abdul Munham will temporarily serve as the regent, and Najib will become the Prime Minister to organize the new cabinet. This power transfer ceremony will be held at the Cape Thion Palace in Alexandria, just one week later.
Najib was so excited that he thought that he would lead Egypt to a new chapter in a week. He vowed to work hard to achieve something and let Nasser and Sadat see him as right.
However, what Najib did not expect was that at this time Nasser and Sadat were also ready for a "revolution". They had already summoned a large number of intermediate officers, who were the main forces of opposing the feudal rule of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the British imperialist colonial policy, and belonged to the young and strong radicals. Not only did they reach an agreement with Nassar, but they also had the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions, which had millions of members, promised to launch a national general strike as long as the "revolution" began and support the soldiers' actions. It can be said that everything was ready and only the east wind was in the dark, while the innocent Najib was still in the dark.
"The Free Officer Organization is about to launch a coup," Yevgeny wrote in his work report. "The situation in Egypt is about to undergo earth-shaking changes. Please indicate whether to take action."
Do we need to take action? If we want to take action, there are not many choices, either supporting the British or supporting the Americans, but neither of these two families are good birds, and even if the Soviet Union supports them, they will not get corresponding rewards. Therefore, the Politburo is very cautious about this issue and has many opinions.
Sverdlov believed that he could not support the British or Americans, and the Soviet Union should directly intervene on the Egyptian issue and support a new pro-Soviet government to come to power. Is this suggestion beneficial to the Soviet Union? It is definitely good, but it is not a favorable suggestion that can be implemented, because if Sverdlov's intentions are to be realized, the Soviet Union must first find an agent in Egypt.
So did the Soviet Union have agents in Egypt? Yes, but its power and presence are very weak, and it basically exists based on the power of the Orthodox Church. As we all know, the Orthodox Church is incompatible with the YSL Church, and Egypt is still the mainstream. So it is really a bit of a dream to build an Orthodox regime in Egypt.
It is unrealistic to want to support the Orthodox forces to get a piece of the pie in Egypt at this moment, and even with the strength of the Orthodox Church, even if it is forced to go to power, it may not be able to control Egypt. The offended Britain and the United States may temporarily give up their past grudges and deal with the Soviet agents first. This is actually because they didn't eat the fish and make them feel uncomfortable. Especially considering Sverdlov's criminal record, this guy has not wiped his butt in Yugoslavia before and is causing trouble in Egypt, which is probably a scam.
So Sverdlov's suggestion was rejected first, so the next thing was very simple. The Soviet Union simply made a choice between Britain and the United States or simply sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and there was no other choice.
The mainstream opinion of the Politburo is that it is different from Britain and the United States and does not support either side to interfere in Egypt's internal affairs. It simply chooses to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, and let the British and American dogs bite their dogs. This is both safe and comfortable, so why not do it?
However, Li Xiaofeng did not agree with this opinion. He believed that watching the tiger fight was safe and comfortable, but it was also equivalent to watching the opportunity slip away. After the struggle between Britain and the United States, no matter who wins or loses, the fat piece of Egypt would not fall into the mouth of the Soviet Union. This method of waiting was too passive. Just imagine, if the British won, Britain would stabilize its control in the Middle East, which would be of no benefit to the Soviet Union. If the United States won, it would be equivalent to the Americans finally opening a breakthrough in the Middle East. In the future, the drama in the Middle East will not be held in three companies but four companies competing for power. The cake in the Middle East is only so big, and there is a big eater who is not in the face of the Soviet Union. Is this a good thing?
Li Xiaofeng felt that no matter who wins or loses, it would be of no benefit to the Soviet Union. It was wrong to wait like this. The Soviet Union should take active action and turn bad things into good things!
So how to turn bad things into good things? Li Xiaofeng believes that the solution is very simple. Everything is based on interests. It is necessary to completely crush Britain and France's control over the Middle East, and to prevent the United States from taking advantage of the situation to grow. This requires the use of the means of joining the mountain and joining the border.
First of all, it is naturally the Union. Even if the Soviet Union used the relationship between Israel and attacking Turkey to lay two wedges in the Middle East, these two wedges were still too weak and not worth mentioning compared to the surrounding Arab forces. Of course, this does not mean that Israel's military strength is not good, but that Israel's actual control area is too remote and narrow. Most of the most precious oil resources in the Middle East are on one side of the two bays, and the Mediterranean is really oil-poor. Even if there is Israel and nails, the Soviet Union cannot completely control the direction of oil. If you want to control the direction of oil, you either develop eastward to grab the territory of later oil princes, or you have to control the Suez Canal to guard the transportation routes.
From this perspective, the British still have great advantages now. The Suez Canal is in hand, and the Arab princes in the east are very close to them. It can be said that they have all the advantages. With a French side, they can't help them. At least the Soviet Union has no choice but to go alone.
Li Xiaofeng's idea is very simple. Since the Soviet Union is not a rival to those two companies alone, we should find a big gangster who also covets the interests of the Middle East. First, completely crush the old order in the Middle East between Britain and France, and then everyone will use their means to capture land.
In other words, the entire plan will be divided into two stages. In the first stage, the United States and the Soviet Union first dismantled the old framework of Britain and France, and in the second stage, the United States and the Soviet Union each showed their ability to enclose and define the sphere of influence.
It seems simple? No, it is actually very difficult. It is not that it is difficult to dismantle the old order of Britain and France. To be honest, these two companies are yesterday's yellow flowers and are lean camels. If the United States and the Soviet Union join forces, they can educate them in minutes to be a human being. What is difficult for the Soviet Union is the second stage. Compared with the United States, the Soviet Union is worse in overall strength in Shanghai. After the old order was destroyed, the United States can easily create a new order in the Middle East with its strong military and economic strength. However, the Soviet Union may be half a dozen in military affairs, but the Soviet Union is a little bit worse in economic terms, and more importantly, the Soviet Union is naturally weaker in ideology than the United States.
For these upstart rustic tycoons in the Middle East, the atheist Bolsheviks are evil, and even need the target of jihad more than Christians and Jews. The two families naturally do not deal with them ideologically. What's more, in this time and space, the Soviet Union is still the biggest supporter of the Jews. Without the support of the Soviet Union, the Jews could not return to Palestine. So in the Middle East, the Soviet Union is an evil force. How can it allow evil forces to enter the Middle East and how can it cooperate with them?
But the United States is very different. The world's number one oil consumer, and its big customers are naturally popular, while the Soviet Union still robs business (the Soviet Union was also a giant oil exporter back then and now). Americans have money, but they do not support Jews, and are willing to cheat the British. Is this a natural good friend?
Let's put it this way, let the Arab countries choose one of the two between the Soviet Union and the United States, then the Soviet Union will definitely be passed away. This is really unfavorable. In order to avoid the efforts in the first stage of the waste, before the Soviet Union decided to join forces with the United States to deal with Britain and France, it would inevitably reach a gentleman agreement with the United States. How to divide the benefits after the event is achieved? This must be said in advance. Otherwise, the Soviet Union may be able to marry someone after the event is achieved!
But this negotiation was a bit difficult to start. At this time, the Americans were full of confidence and believed that subverting Britain's rule in Egypt was not a big problem. At this time, the Soviet Union approached and asked: "Can you cooperate?" It is estimated that the United States' reply was: "Get out of here!"
To put it bluntly, the Soviet Union must reflect its own value and let the Americans know that without the help of the Soviet Union, their Egyptian subversion plan would not be successful. In other words, the Soviet Union would be better off making trouble first and forcing the Americans to seek cooperation. This is the correct way to obtain benefits from the Middle East.
How to make trouble? To be honest, this also tests political means. Because the situation in Egypt is already like this, it will definitely cause trouble for a free officer organization, but how big the trouble is, it is difficult to master.
If the trouble is made big, the strength of the Free Officer Organization may suffer a heavy blow. In this way, it is hard to say whether the coup can be successfully launched in the future. If the trouble is not big enough, the Free Officer Organization or the United States can easily solve the trouble, so naturally there is no need for the Soviet Union. Things are so troublesome. Li Xiaofeng must grasp the degree of it. It doesn’t work if there are too many or too few!
So is Li Xiaofeng's solution? Yes, his solution is very simple. Soon he instructed Yevgeny to reveal a piece of information to the outside world, implying that a military coup against the current government would break out in Egypt.
This degree is just right, it releases a wind, but it is also vague, making it difficult for the British and Americans to understand the depth of the water, and they dare not take action rashly. As long as they follow the news thrown by Yevgeny, the figure of the Soviet Union will be revealed. At this time, it is the Americans' turn to do multiple-choice questions.
Some comrades may ask, what should the British do if they know, and they will do it? Will there be a risk of exposure? There is no need for such worries. So what if the British know? Not to mention that the Soviet Union released this news in their favor, and the Soviet Union does not have much presence in Egypt, so it is impossible to cause trouble alone. As long as the British are mentally ill, they will not cause trouble for the Soviet Union. Instead, they should carefully check who is going to coup.
Of course, the UK is not without smart people. For example, Learwin, who works for a British consulting company, smelled the smell of conspiracy. She immediately conducted a careful analysis and believed that the situation in Egypt might be in danger and a conspiracy against the UK was underway.
If Churchill was on stage, Learwin's analysis would have attracted the attention of the cabinet, but now Churchill is still writing memoirs off the stage, and Learwin was also swept out of MI6 by Attlee. In this way, through the warning from the consulting company, one delayed it for a long time before it was placed on Attlee's desk, and the other did not attract the attention of Attlee's cabinet.
In fact, Attlee didn't like Learwin at all. He believed that Learwin had accomplished nothing when he was in charge of MI6. He was always played with by kgb and was simply a clown. So after he came to power, he removed Learwin from his post as fast as possible, completely ignoring the strong suggestions in the memo left to him by Churchill.
So after seeing Learvin's report, Attlee completely ignored it. He believed that a woman was trying every means to attract attention and attract attention. Now that even Najib has been incorporated by the British Empire, who else can threaten the British Empire's rule in Egypt? Nasser Sadat? What can these little people do?
In fact, Lilwin also knew that Attlee would not take the report she had made seriously, but she felt that it was her responsibility to say it or not, and whether or not it was Attlee's responsibility to listen or not. Even the female spy also bet with her new colleague that she bet that Attlee would be cheated into her grandma's house again this time, and that most of the British Empire's privileges in Egypt would be completely discarded.
Unfortunately, no one took her warnings and ridicule during betting seriously. Most people regarded Learwin as an outdated crazy woman, which was not worth mentioning at all.
The one who really listened to Learwin's warning was actually an American. After the United States Rand Company learned about this report, it immediately attracted great attention and immediately reported the relevant analysis to the Pentagon. After the US Department of Defense learned about Learwin's analysis, they were shocked. They were not only surprised that the upcoming coup operation was leaked, but also surprised that Learwin concluded that the Soviet Union's leak at this time was also the intention of Pei Gong not to drink, and I'm afraid that it was also for Egypt.
If the Pentagon is just leaking the secret, it is not too worried, but if the Soviet Union wants a third party to intervene, it will have to attract the attention of the Americans. They are eager to know what the Soviet Union is trying to do. Is it intentionally undermining the situation? Or is it trying to get a share of the pie?
Of course, no matter which possibility it is, the United States must attach great importance to it, because the Soviet Union has the ability to make trouble. The Pentagon immediately asked Rand to come up with a relevant analysis report. In a short period of time, Rand could not figure out the Soviet intentions, so he could outsource the analysis report to the consulting company where Learwin was located.
When Learwin learned all this, he was also very moved. Compared with the United States, Britain is indeed too rigid and corrupt. His different attitude towards the same thing just shows the future of the two countries. One is the sun at ** o'clock in the morning, and the other is the sunset of the west.
Li Erwin actually held her breath in her heart. She was also furious when she was swept out by Attlee and swore that she must make Attlee look good. However, Attlee was the prime minister of the British Empire, and she was a very unemployed spy. How easy was it to take revenge?
But this time, Lilwin knew that there was a chance to take revenge. Her analysis report, Attlee did not pay attention to it, so it would be better to go with the flow and let Attlee suffer a big loss. Anyway, according to the current situation, the British Empire will definitely suffer the loss. As long as Attlee continues to act as the first thing is inevitable. In this case, why not continue the American hand to slap Attlee a big mouth this time? If this mouth is slapped loud enough, maybe Attlee and the Labor Party will step down in disgrace. Isn't it beautiful when Churchill comes back again? (To be continued.)
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