Things are so interesting. In international politics, you can always trust yourself. As for your friends, you will never know when he will stab the knife in the back. After Nasser had a round of conversation with the American ambassador, he completely understood what profit-oriented is.

How to say it? The Americans verbally say that the friendship between the two countries will not ignore Egypt's invasion by Israel, but in fact it implies that if there is no sufficient political interest, it will be difficult for the American veterans to agree to greater aid to Egypt. This is actually a naked demand for Nasser to give in to profits and cut off his flesh.

When Nasser walked out of the US Embassy, ​​his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. He knew that Americans might be difficult, but he did not expect that Americans would be so obsessed with greed. According to the US ambassador, the United States hopes to expand the Suez Canal to increase the capacity of the canal, so the shareholders of the Suez Canal need to invest additional investment.

It sounds good. Isn’t it a good thing to increase the capacity of the Suez Canal? But things are not that simple, because not all good things must be done immediately. Yes, some comrades may not understand that good things should be done immediately, so why not do it? Whether it is a person or a country, the energy or ability is limited. No matter what you do, you must have a comprehensive plan, do what you do first and then do what you can.

To give a simple example, is manned space engineering a good thing? Of course, it is an important good thing in the long run, but from the perspective of the great dynasty in later generations, is there a lot of investment in this regard? In fact, it is really not big, compared with Britain and the United States during the Cold War. Why not catch up with the United States and surpass Britain? The reason is also very simple. This thing has a beautiful future, but the efficiency ratio between recent investment and income is really ugly. To put it bluntly, in addition to the great political significance, economic and marginal benefits are really that good.

The expansion of the Suez Canal also falls into this category. For the time being, the capacity of the Suez Canal in the past decade and 20 years can meet the demand. Although expansion is beneficial to the long term, it is equivalent to a waste in the near future. These valuable funds can be invested in other more important areas for Egypt, whether it is people's livelihood or arms, there are not too many places where Egypt needs to spend money.

Moreover, the Americans expressed their meanings clearly. The investment in this expansion was quite large, and it was definitely not a small amount of money. Can Egypt take out this money? To put it bluntly, let alone Egypt, even the United Kingdom, another major shareholder of the Suez Canal Company, could not afford the money. The only one who had the capital investment was the rich Americans.

And we must also think carefully about why Americans chose to expand the Suez Canal at this time. Is they really not satisfied with the current capacity of the Suez Canal? To put it bluntly, the capacity of the Suez Canal has little impact on the United States. Most of the merchant ships passing through this canal go to Europe. The United States is still the largest oil-producing and oil-exporting countries at this time. They are all taking out oil and do not need to transport it back at all. There is no need for the capacity of the Suez Canal. On the contrary, Western European countries attach more importance to this important channel and rely more on the canal.

So is the United States living Lei Feng who pays for his own money to help Western European countries? Should we be so naive? When did Americans live so kindly?

So the matter is very obvious. The Americans proposed to expand the Suez Canal at this time, which is definitely a kindness. In fact, it is a means to find ways to gain control of the canal. Expansion requires money, and neither the United Kingdom nor Egypt can pay for it. If only the United States pays for it, then there will be a problem in the future. How to adjust the equity?

It’s impossible for Americans to pay for free without having power, right? According to general business practices, equity must be adjusted after additional investment. Those who pay more naturally need to occupy more shares. Shares that don’t pay or pay less will be diluted. Now Americans are playing this trick, which is called open and strong robbery!

For Egypt, the choice is very simple. If you agree, the shares in your hands will definitely be diluted a large part of them, which is something Nasser would never want to see unless he can take out the money. But we all know that Egypt has no money, either he finds a way to make money or he can only choose to refuse.

But if you think deeply, can Egypt reject the United States' suggestions now? It is clear that if Egypt does not agree, the Americans will continue to attack Egypt, and it would be normal that they would not save them when they die.

But Nasser was really unwilling to agree to this threat. Reclaiming the equity of the Suez Canal was an important capital for him to come to power. It was precisely because he was able to regain a large part of the shares, satisfying the national pride of the Egyptian people, and reclaiming real money to increase revenue from Egypt's politics and military, which stabilized his position. Once the equity is diluted, this capital will be infused. What will trigger can be guessed with your butt.

So Nasser must be cautious, because the choices placed in front of him are very bad, and one is worse than the other. It is normal for Nasser's natural expression to be bad.

"We probably can only agree." Sadat also gritted his teeth. He could also see that the Americans were plundering, and they were determined to eat Egypt and could not resist. This was taking advantage of others' danger!

However, Sadat also knew that Egypt now had no better choice, so he could only choose to accept the exploitation of the United States. However, he also said hatefully: "My friend, we will definitely repay the setbacks and insults we suffered this time in the future, but now we can only endure and gather strength secretly!"

Nasser did not make up his mind immediately. He had to consider such a major event carefully, but judging from his statement, he also agreed with Sadat's suggestion!

If nothing unexpected happens, the conflict between Egypt and Israel will probably be cheaper for Americans. But things are not that simple. How could Li Xiaofeng pay close attention to the matter, let Americans eat alone?

Not long after the American ambassador expressed his attitude to the United States, Yevgeny found Sadat, who brought good news to the Egyptians.

"My friend, I heard you are in trouble?"

Since his success in politics, Sadat's horizon has broadened a lot, especially the channels for obtaining information have become more. It is not difficult for him to figure out how well Yevgeny, a German reporter, is. It is obvious that the reporter's real service target is the Soviet kgb, and this is a Soviet agent.

Therefore, during this period, Sadat intentionally or unintentionally distanced himself from Yevgeni and did not have too close contact to avoid criticism and causing trouble. Of course, Sadat did not completely cut off relations, because it is always good to have an extra channel for external contact.

Some comrades may find it strange that Yevgeny, a spy, has done too much work. He has exposed his identity so quickly, and is not hidden at all, not thrilling at all, and must give a bad review.

This is a bad statement. In fact, intelligence staff is not as mysterious as you think. Their work is not as mysterious as the secrets played in spy movies. Most intelligence staff are not as secretly identities as they are. A considerable number of their activities are open. For example, the guys with the title of counselor and secretary in embassies in various countries are actually public intelligence staff. With the convenience of diplomatic immunity, they can do a lot.

Yevgeny is similar to the work of this type of intelligence personnel. His meaning is to collect intelligence publicly, contact foreign political leaders publicly, and do some private communication. This type of intelligence personnel is high-end intelligence personnel, and their identities do not need to be particularly confidential. Sometimes their official background allows them to do many unofficial work, such as secretly communicating with diplomatic personnel from the country. This type of channel is quite important. After all, compromises and political transactions between countries are the mainstream, and there are still fewer people who really break up.

Yevgeny's job is to maintain communication with Sadat, because Li Xiaofeng, who is familiar with history, is very clear about Sadat's historical status in Egypt. Objectively speaking, his political level is much higher than that of Nasser. Therefore, the channel for maintaining communication with such strong people is very important.

Of course, Sadat also didn't understand what Yevgeny suddenly came to do. Was he here to persuade the surrender?

Of course, Yevgeny was not here to persuade surrender, because there was no surrender in this slight matter between Egypt and Israel. Because of the existence of the United States and the Soviet Union, these two companies could not allow any of Egypt and Israel to fall, and there was no war of destruction after World War II. The cost and pressure faced by destroying and annexing the enemy country was too great. Therefore, as long as the international situation does not change particularly greatly, it can only coexist with hostility forever. The little thing that they fought between them was actually an open and secret battle between international gangsters.

Back to the topic, Yevgeny asked: "As far as I understand, the U.S. government seems to be interested in expanding the Suez Canal?"

Sadat was a little surprised by the news, because this matter was too critical and sensitive to Egypt, so he simply blocked the news, and only a very small number of people understood the situation. Although Sadat did not think that Egypt's intelligence agencies were very powerful, he still believed that confidentiality, especially the confidentiality work of this top-secret intelligence, should be relatively in place, and it would never be leaked in the short term. But how long has it been now? The Soviets came to the door after hearing the news. This confidentiality work is simply a sieve!

Although he was a little angry, Sadat did not show any expression on the surface. After all, he was not sure whether the news was completely leaked, or the Soviet Union only smelled a little smell to test it. No matter what, he should have been without any leakage.

So he asked in a little shocked manner: "Why didn't I know that this happened? Where did you get the rumor?"

Yevgeny is not a rookie in the intelligence community anymore. After being influenced by it for so long, he is clear about the routines here. He doesn't need to worry about these things with Sadat at all. It directly shows that the situation is much stronger in shattering Sadat.

"The investment amount estimated by the US government is not enough to be obtained by your country in terms of shareholding ratio, so I am willing to make a suggestion to your country on behalf of the Soviet government!"

Sadat frowned because Yevgeny's attitude was too firm and he didn't seem to be testing the information at all. Instead, the Soviet Union knew the authenticity of the information, and it was really coming to the door to do business. And he was also curious, what kind of business did the Soviets want to do?

Yevgeny said: "My government is willing to help your country with financing on the condition that it will sell a portion of the shares in the Suez Canal..."

Before Yevgeny finished speaking, Sadat suddenly interrupted: "This is impossible! We will not cooperate with the enemies who support Israel, and it is even more impossible to transfer the decentralization of the Suez Canal to Israel's collaborators!"

Yevgeny smiled and said, "Everything is possible, because this problem is very difficult for your country. You can't get such huge funds. And our country..."

Sadat was a little impatient: "I said, we will not cooperate with Israeli friends. If your country is really interested in the shares of the Suez Canal, please interrupt your relationship with Israel first!"

Sadat's attitude was very firm. Although he knew it was impossible to interrupt relations between the Soviet Union and Israel, it would not prevent him from trying. What if the Russians were brainless?

Of course Yevgeny was not crazy, and even if he was crazy, the Soviet Union's career was not his turn to make decisions, he was just a negotiator. He only needed to accurately express the will of the Soviet government.

"My friend, I'd better ask you to listen to me first. If you are not interested after I finish speaking, you can kick me out directly, and I won't come to harass you again in the future, okay?"

Sadhata nodded, and he was also interested in seeing what Yevgeny wanted to say now.

"Your country needs a large amount of funds to preserve sovereignty, and our country can lend it to you. Of course, our country can also understand your country's criticism of our country's relations with Israel, which will bring huge political pressure to your country. However, this pressure is not impossible to avoid. Our government will not directly acquire equity in the Suez Canal. The one that provides funds to your country and accepts shares is Finland Northern Industrial Group, a private enterprise that conducts extensive business in Finland and the United States. It has no direct relationship with the Soviet government, which will avoid a large number of political disputes, right?"

Sadat was a little stunned. He didn't expect the Soviets to play like this. Although it was a bit like stealing the bell, it was completely different to having this fig leaf and not having that. If not, there would be no talk. If there is, you can continue to sit down and talk.

However, this does not mean that it is easy to talk about, because the differences between the two sides are still huge. Neither Sadat nor Nasser would agree to sell the shares they have to the Soviet Union or the private spokesperson of the Soviet Union. If this problem is not solved, there is no need to discuss at all! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!