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Chapter 1289: Gaining Friendship in Nanyang (First Update, Please Subscribe)
"Mad man! What a mad man!"

In the cabin with the luxurious large sofa in Figure 114, Andrei Gromyko's cursing voice was heard again.

The reason why he was so excited was that when he was planning to go to Chang'an, he suddenly received a report which was Li Yian's speech at the airport.

This is not a speech, this is a threat!

It's a naked threat.

Who is this threat directed at?
Li Yian did not say it at the airport, but everyone had his own experience. On that day, Nasser of Egypt and Mengistu of Ethiopia walked into the Soviet embassies in their two countries and directly sought protection from the Soviet Union.

It's not just about getting more weapons, but also about safety guarantees. Even if these people become bunker boys, they don't dare to believe that they are safe. After all, they can't stay in the bunker every day.

What if I wasn't in the bunker that day and walked out, and was knocked out by Tomahawk? I'd go there and seek justice!
Nanyang... is simply a disgrace to humanity, actually carrying out such an assassination!

"If the Soviet Union is unable to stop the armed expansion in Southeast Asia, then we will have to consider making concessions to the United States on some issues."

That was not a concession at all. They were clearly worried that Nanyang would support the king's restoration and then kill them with a battle axe!
Faced with the issue of life and death, everyone became worried. There was nothing they could do. This world is so realistic. The reality is that if someone gets scared, everything is just empty talk.

"This guy is really crazy!"

When Gromyko was expressing his feelings, the Tu-114 aircraft was flying over the southern foothills of the Himalayas. On one side was the majestic snow-capped plateau, and on the other side was the South Asian subcontinent.

What Gromyko didn't know while sitting on the plane was that it wouldn't be long before the war would break out on the snowy plateau, nor did he know that it would also be a thorough offensive war.

At this moment, the most important thing for Gromyko was how to pull Nanyang back from the brink of madness!

How to pull it back?

In fact, even Khrushchev was very troubled by this issue because he did not have many chips in his hand.

Threatening is obviously meaningless. As we all know, Nanyang is a ruthless group of people who don't talk. When faced with threats, they will really start fighting!

It's really hard to deal with such a country where people are ruthless and talkative!
So, Khrushchev was very troubled, and Gromyko was even more troubled because he had no bargaining chips in his hand to make the other side surrender.

"If it doesn't work, just destroy it!"

But this is just talk. The reason why the Soviet Union deliberately built a circle of friends and a security circle was, to put it nicely, to break the encirclement of Western countries led by the United States, but in essence it was for its own safety and survival.

Destruction... was not something that Gromyko or any other Soviet leader, who had experienced the war, could consider.

Only those who have experienced war know how terrible it is. Therefore, they will do everything they can to avoid war. Even they themselves do not realize that behind their seemingly tough appearance, they actually resist war in their hearts.

Of course, most patients are unaware of their post-traumatic stress disorder.

In this way, the Tu-114 aircraft flew towards the South Pacific.

A few hours later, the plane landed at Chang'an Airport. After a simple welcome ceremony, Gromyko and Li Guoren got in a car and drove towards the Peace Hotel.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries on the way, Gromyko said to Li Guoren:

"Mr. General, let's get straight to the point. I'm here to resolve our differences."

"Disagreement?"

Li Guoren was surprised:

"Do we have any disagreements? I think the relationship between Nanyang and the Soviet Union is very friendly. A few months ago, when your trade minister and his delegation visited Nanyang, we reached a trade contract with a total value of more than 1 million US dollars. Most of the technologies involved were technologies that other Western countries were unwilling or prohibited from transferring to your country. However, Nanyang was willing to get along with the Soviet Union in a friendly manner. That is why we exported a large number of goods to you regardless of the restrictions of the Batumi Organization, including some sensitive goods that were prohibited from export by Western countries."

This shows Nanyang’s position - Nanyang is different from other Western countries. Other countries would blockade the Soviet Union, but Nanyang is willing to cooperate with the Soviet Union.

As for those sensitive products, they are really sensitive, but they really make money! Some businesses are like this, the more blockades there are, the more money they make. In fact, not only Nanyang sells them, but companies in other Western countries also sell them secretly, but Nanyang is more systematic. After all, the company is large enough and the technical level is high enough!
"Yes, when I came from Moscow, Comrade Khrushchev specifically asked me to convey his question to your Excellency Li Yi'an and thank him for his friendly stance towards the Soviet Union."

Gromyko also immediately stated his position:

“Therefore, the Soviet Union has always believed that Nanyang is an indispensable force in the world and that world peace cannot be achieved without the maintenance of Nanyang.”

This hat is... a bit high!
Facing such compliments, Li Guoren smiled and said:
"We need to work together to maintain world peace. It won't work if we rely on one country in Southeast Asia alone! We must rely on the joint efforts of major countries!"

This is a tentative offer!

As a diplomatic veteran, Gromyko knew this and agreed:

“Indeed, world peace depends on the joint efforts of major powers. Otherwise, the world will fall into war. This is also the fundamental reason why we formulated the UN Charter, which is to ensure world peace on this basis.”

This was exactly the purpose of Gromyko's coming to Southeast Asia, even though Moscow accused Southeast Asia, through Pravda, of engaging in imperialism in the name of freedom and trying to bring the world back to a world without the UN Charter, and vowed that "we will never allow this to happen."

But this did not prevent Gromyko from coming to Nanyang to negotiate with Nanyang to solve this problem. After all, this matter would damage the fundamental interests of the Soviet Union. Therefore, he came to persuade Nanyang to return to rationality. After all, if the table is overturned, everyone will have no food to eat, mainly because the Soviet Union will have no food to eat, because the Western countries themselves are at the table, or have their own table.

But apart from Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union did not have its own dinner table, only those emerging countries, so he came to stop Nanyang from overturning the table.

"Mr. Minister, the UN Charter was drafted by you. Nanyang was not the drafter of the UN Charter. We have also discovered and pointed out its problems! Now is the time to amend it, otherwise a thing with problems has no need to exist! Or it does not need to be followed!"

Li Guoren's answer has two meanings - one is to imply that the UN Charter is a game for big powers and Nanyang is not a participant in the rules of the game; the other is to point out that Nanyang needs to become a rule maker.

If the previous one was a test, then now it was an offer. Faced with such an offer, Gromyko fell into silence.

The only thing he didn't say was that the makers of the rules of this game were earned by everyone with millions of lives!
But he did not say this because there are exceptions - France is an exception.

Of course, Nanyang can also ask to be an exception.

In fact, every country wants to be an exception, but this requires strength. Obviously, Nanyang has this strength.

"That's probably going to be difficult!"

“We all know very well that the Soviet Union cannot influence this,” Gromyko said.

Li Guoren did not deny this, but directly extended an olive branch and said:
"If the Soviet Union is willing to propose it, then it can gain the friendship of Southeast Asia."

Friendship of Nanyang!
This is Nanyang’s promise!
Gromyko's visit to Southeast Asia lasted only a few hours - far less time than the time spent on the road. As soon as he returned to Moscow, Gromyko went to the Kremlin to report to Khrushchev on the gains of his trip to Southeast Asia.

"…Based on the conversation with Li Guoren, we can draw a conclusion that what Nanyang opposes is not the UN Charter itself, but the fact that Nanyang does not have a status corresponding to its country in the United Nations!"

What is the corresponding status?

That’s the five major countries!

"So, they want to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council!"

Khrushchev said:

"Is this what they're doing? Just for this?"

When mentioning "this", Khrushchev's tone was full of doubt!
What do you suspect?
Of course, Nanyang’s asking price was... so low!
"Yeah, it's really hard to believe that they went to so much trouble just for this purpose!"

Gromyko also sighed in the same tone:

"They even destroyed a country for this purpose!"

The core reason why they are so emotional is that... No one really takes the United Nations seriously now! Otherwise, the UN Secretary-General's plane would not have been shot down last year.

Moreover, in the Soviet Union's view, the United Nations is essentially a tool of Western countries led by the United States, and the Soviet Union is just participating in the game.

As for the status of permanent members?

Is it important?
It doesn't matter at all, just like the League of Nations, it will eventually be eliminated by the times.

And if a future war breaks out, who will pay attention to the United Nations?

Moreover, as far as the Soviet tradition is concerned...treaties themselves are meant to be torn up. The treaties with Poland, Finland, Germany, and Japan were all meant to be torn up.

As a result, Nanyang made such a big fuss just for such a seat!
"Yeah, if he had said it earlier, there wouldn't be so much trouble at all."

Khrushchev's mood is very complicated now!

For the status of a permanent member of the UN Security Council, they actually destroyed the Qasim regime, just like they used Siam to tell the Soviet Union where their bottom line was.

This Nanyang...

In fact, if they didn't cause trouble, the Soviet Union would not pay attention even if they said it. This is the reality of this world.

So, Nanyang took action!

Khrushchev, who was in a very complicated mood, took a cigarette from the cigarette box, then silently lit it and said:

"This is Nanyang. It is different from some countries. It never talks when it can solve problems with hands. It never says the harshest words and does the softest things. It handles everything quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, and never drags its feet."

After expressing his feelings, Khrushchev asked:
"So what can we get? If we help with this, I mean!"

"friendship."

Gromyko said:

"They claim that their reward will be their friendship."

"friendship……"

Khrushchev muttered and took a puff of his cigarette, but did not speak. He just glanced into the distance and said:

"This friendship is at the cost of controlling Iraq. They are once again blocking us from the south. Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, the "Central Treaty Organization" that Eisenhower created to oppose the Soviet Union, will once again become a whole in the future!"

Once upon a time, the Baghdad Pact was the most proud diplomatic achievement of the Eisenhower administration. After Qasim launched a coup, Iraq withdrew from the treaty organization and turned to the Soviet Union. The organization was renamed the Central Treaty Organization.

So what now?
The restoration of the Kingdom of Iraq is inevitable! What can he do if my younger brother doesn't live up to expectations?

Faced with such a situation, Khrushchev couldn't help but hesitate. Should he agree or refuse?

Although he was somewhat hesitant, deep down in his heart, Khrushchev knew very well that he had no other choice, because Iraq might just be the beginning!
"The situation in the whole world is changing now!"

After taking a long puff of his cigarette, Khrushchev spoke for a long time.

"Compared to Nanyang, the truly important one is the United States! Everything we do is to defeat the United States, and Nanyang is just one of the links. It seems that we must agree to Nanyang's demands."

Gromyko nodded in agreement:
"Yes, the situation has changed now!"

Taking a long puff of his cigarette, Khrushchev said:
"They can be promised, but it requires a promise - that Iraq cannot rejoin CENTO, and that they cannot deploy intermediate-range missiles there."

The medium-range missiles deployed by the United States in Italy and Turkey were enough to cause headaches for the Soviet Union. If Iraq was added, it would be more than just a headache.

America!
Thinking of the medium-range missiles deployed by the United States, Khrushchev frowned, smoked hard, and then he asked:
"Our affairs in Cuba have reached a critical moment. We cannot create unnecessary troubles at this time. Well, we should agree to their terms as long as they agree to our conditions!"

Ok!

It's just the United Nations, no big deal...

(End of this chapter)