Rise of the Argentine Empire

After letting Guerrero and the others arrange the international development of Thunder Mining, Saint Hecate dismissed the meeting.

On August 10th, at a secret manor villa outside Oran City,

Saint Hecate officially convened an internal meeting of the intelligence department of the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team. In the past few days, he had summoned all the heads of intelligence personnel from within the country.

They came from Cordoba, Maria Town, Buenos Aires, Oran City, Salta City, Jujuy City, and other cities, with more than half coming from the Potassium Triangle area.

The head of the intelligence department, along with their deputies and important core members, totaled 19 people, all core backbones of the intelligence department, representing nearly 90 intelligence team members behind them. Many people here are also important heads of the Viper, with unclear division of responsibilities, even somewhat chaotic.

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the construction of the intelligence organization for the Falcon Team, because the current path of the Falcon Team has gone somewhat astray.

The current Falcon Intelligence Assault Team has become dominated by the Viper teams of the armed action department, or rather, by Thunder Cross Company, which greatly reduces the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Falcon Team.

This is partly due to the difficulty of training intelligence personnel, and the difficulty of ensuring the loyalty of many members who join midway, coupled with the training and recruitment of informants, which are all major problems.

Instead, Thunder Cross Security Company, with the Viper as its core, has flourished. Guerrero's work focus has also shifted from purchasing fertilizer raw materials to the construction behind the Potassium Triangle and the suppression and encirclement of other forces.

The second Viper team in Maria Town, the first team in the Potassium Triangle, and the third team in Buenos Aires are the three main Viper members of the armed action department. The official number of members in the armed action department has exceeded 1200, with more than 700 peripheral members.

The armed action department, under the name of Thunder Cross, does not generate profits. Thunder Cross is nominally a security company, but has no external business. Its current rapid expansion has made Saint Hecate very strained.

This time, in addition to the problem of the intelligence department, the problem of the armed action department will also be resolved.

The current development of the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team has seriously deviated from Saint Hecate's original intention in establishing this organization, with a serious suspicion of a small horse pulling a large cart. It is necessary to strengthen the organizational construction as soon as possible and restructure the framework again.

Now, Saint Hecate still relies on newspapers and broadcasts to obtain a lot of intelligence, and it can be said that even the 'New Argentine Daily' obtains more intelligence than the Falcon Team, because the New Argentine newspaper has expanded its recruitment by 11 reporters, with richer professional intelligence gathering qualities.

The existing conditions and organization of the Falcon Intelligence Team can no longer meet Saint Hecate's subsequent development needs, and a reorganization must be carried out.

Currently, the four major centers, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Maria Town, and Jujuy-Salta, except for Jujuy, the intelligence work in the other three important cities is a mess, a complete disaster.

Including Sien in the United States, and Prari International, the telegrams sent recently are not frequent enough.

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Saint Hecate looked at these hardcore core members of the intelligence team. It was not easy to come step by step. The Falcon Team is a civilian loose intelligence organization with corporatization as its core. The initial goal was to obtain commercial intelligence, with incidental political intelligence. Now it is time to make changes.

Saint Hecate also made plans in his mind, as well as some goals. According to some simple understanding of intelligence organizations in later generations, a large-scale reorganization is necessary.

"I believe everyone already knows about the intelligence organization of the United States. In 1947, the United States announced the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency. This will be the largest core intelligence agency in the United States. The Central Intelligence Agency will also be responsible for the construction of all intelligence organizations in the United States."

"And I will put down a word, that is, the Central Intelligence Agency will be the biggest enemy of our entire Latin America in the future."

Saint Hecate wanted to set up a big enemy for this intelligence organization first, and the Central Intelligence Agency, as the biggest troublemaker in the Latin American region in the next few decades, overthrowing the presidents of small countries,

Manipulating elections, assassinations, all proficient, the only big mistake was the future Republic of Cuba, and almost all other countries were successfully manipulated by them, although Cuba was taken care of by the Soviets.

"And the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, this intelligence organization, is the object of our Falcon Team's learning,"

"And the Soviet Union's intelligence organization KGB, the KGB is an all-round intelligence organization, and it is also the object of our learning. Of course, the KGB is not famous now,"

"Even many countries, including many places in our country, do not know about the KGB organization at all, and the embassy in Santiago, Chile, you can regard it as the outer organization of the KGB. Strictly speaking, the KGB does not have a big impact on our Argentina."

The Soviet Union is already on the back of Argentina, too far away, coupled with the fact that Argentina's relationship with the Soviet Union is not very good, even the diplomatic relations are very poor, so the KGB problem is not big, and it is even Saint Hecate's future partner.

The United States National Security Agency has not yet been independent, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is subordinate to the United States Department of Justice, and is a domestic intelligence police organization.

"The British intelligence agencies have two important departments, MI5 and MI6, which are also very hidden. We need to learn from the English MI5. MI5 organizes intelligence internally, and MI6 is responsible for external affairs,"

"MI6 can barely be said to be our opponent, but everyone does not need to worry too much. They are now very annoyed by the Americans and the Soviets. The British Empire is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets. The colonial system will be completely disbanded in the future, especially the African colonies."

In fact, this is indeed the case. The British national power has completely declined to the third in the world. It still has the Commonwealth, but it is continuing to decline. Important colonies such as Egypt, South Africa, and Malaya have begun a turbulent independence movement. Argentina's weight in Great Britain is getting lighter and lighter.

"Our goal is not so lofty. Currently, we hope to establish an intelligence network system belonging to us in the main areas within one year. This is very necessary and very important."

"After talking about the three major external intelligence organizations in the world, let's talk about our Argentina. Our first opponent is actually ourselves. The biggest enemy of an organization is itself. I hope you will always remember this."

Often many intelligence teams are broken from the inside, rather than external pressure.

"The second is our Argentina's National Intelligence System, the National Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) established by President Peron, which is specifically responsible for the collection and processing of domestic and foreign intelligence in our country."

The National Intelligence Secretariat is Argentina's official intelligence organization, but its power is not very large.

"The Intelligence Secretariat is directly under the jurisdiction of President Peron himself, and the National Intelligence School under its jurisdiction is responsible for recruiting and training intelligence personnel, and the Ministry of Justice's Monitoring Bureau is responsible for communication monitoring work, which means that our telegrams are not particularly secure, and our coding work also needs to be upgraded again. In the future, it is best to have private encrypted radio stations."

Now, intelligence information is mainly transmitted through telegrams and telephones. Argentina is not as powerful as the United States Central Intelligence Agency, and it is also necessary to upgrade the productivity tools of the intelligence department. This is a long-term job.

"The National Intelligence Secretariat has intelligence networks in most parts of the country, with a large number of personnel, estimated to be at least 5,000 or more. They are well-trained, have specialized training schools, and most of them have high professional qualities and good education,"

"But now, to be honest, it's not very good, or it has been corrupted by people. We only need to do our job well, and also try not to expose ourselves."

It can be said that in the past two or three years, the National Intelligence Secretariat has been infiltrated by domestic and foreign forces very terribly, and the Cordoba Province military forces have also developed under the nose of Peron himself.

"Although our Falcon Intelligence Bureau is now just an ordinary intelligence department, I believe that all of you present are excellent intelligence personnel, with your support,"

"The future of our Falcon Intelligence Bureau will definitely develop very well."

Saint Hecate, who already has money, can finally afford this kind of intelligence burning money operation.

"Now I announce that I will imitate the form of a large intelligence organization, reorganize it, change the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team to the Falcon Intelligence Bureau, the Viper Team will be independent, and all will be transferred to Thunder Cross, which I will personally be responsible for. The problem of Thunder Cross will be announced later, let's talk about the goals of the reform first."

The goal this time is also to completely separate and reorganize the two departments.

“The director of the Falcon Intelligence Agency is Guerrero Gatusso, followed by three deputy directors: Andre in Buenos Aires, Constantine in Maria Town, and Bill Bernard in the Potassium Triangle, with equal power.”

Bill Bernard is Guerrero's important deputy, a talent discovered in the Potassium Triangle.

He rose rapidly, excelling in intelligence gathering and bribery, a versatile talent who has also gained the approval of Saint Hesser.

“The Falcon Intelligence Agency has six departments, each with a director and two deputy directors. The department directors are responsible to the director of the Intelligence Agency and directly to me. Every important piece of intelligence also comes to me.”

“Within the Intelligence Agency,

First, establish the Political Intelligence Department, concurrently headed by Guerrero.

It is specifically responsible for the organizational construction of political intelligence, with key cities being Buenos Aires, Cordoba, La Plata, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe, and Bahia Blanca. Other provincial capitals will be the next stage of deployment.”

The Political Intelligence Department will be the most important department, and Saint Hesser has high expectations for it.

“The Commercial Intelligence Department will be temporarily headed by Bill.

It is responsible for intelligence gathering in all our factories and external competitors. It will also specifically infiltrate all affiliated departments, operating under the guise of employees, to protect our company's property security, root out internal corruption, and打击打击competitors.”

“The Logistics Department will be temporarily headed by Andrew, responsible for providing logistical support to other departments. It will be responsible for the purchase of domestic and foreign properties, safe houses, weapons, and other aspects, operating under the name of Thunder Cross.”

“The Combat Department will be headed by Constantine.

It will select special operations elites from Thunder Cross to provide firepower support to other departments and provide necessary protection.”

Aragón is the captain of the Viper First Brigade, more than qualified to be the head of the Combat Department, and this department will select elites from the three Viper teams.

“The Training Department will be headed by Guerrero.

It is responsible for the training of novices and informants.

This department will be our future. When conditions are right, we will directly organize the establishment of an intelligence school. The training of intelligence personnel should pay more attention to recruiting Indians, Gauchos, and slum residents.”

“The International Intelligence Department will be temporarily headed by Beste. This is the main task for the next stage, mainly responsible for collecting international intelligence information. The key cities are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Asunción, Sydney, New York, Washington, London, Paris,

Santiago, Madrid, Tokyo, Montevideo. This is a long-term task in the future. Currently, only a few people need to be sent abroad, operating under the names of Plari International and Thunder Mining to provide support for our trade internationalization and inquire about some important news without going too deep.”

Thunder Mining is currently the only company with an international department. Plari International is responsible for overseas market sales and trade development.

“All intelligence personnel of the Falcon Intelligence Group will receive double salaries. The first salary will be deposited into a secret private account by the Falcon Intelligence Group, and the second salary will be paid by joining affiliated companies and factories, under their names for protection. Everyone must forget their identity.

I will arrange for the establishment of public relations departments, translation departments, business departments, and other such names to provide protection for your identities.”

“Of course, assessments and examinations are essential. Those who fail will be eliminated and continue to work in Thunder Cross. Our Intelligence Agency's three major intelligence departments need elites, all kinds of intelligence elites. This is fundamental, and I hope everyone will remember it.”

It is necessary for intelligence personnel to use various identities for nesting doll work.

Intelligence organization work is very expensive. It was not impossible before, but it was not feasible.

This restructuring will expand the intelligence department by more than double. Among them, three departments will recruit talents from outside, and three departments can recruit talents from several Viper teams.

A large amount of money is needed. Saint Hesser cannot be too high-profile, so he plans to carry out intelligence organization construction in a fragmented way.

Establish departments one by one, and then set up various action teams with specific goals.

Almost everyone has been promoted this time, not only in power but also in salary. This restructuring into a bureau will also greatly increase the weight of the Intelligence Agency. In general, it still makes the intelligence elites under his command very satisfied.

“This restructuring plan will be fully responsible for the promotion by the four directors and ministers, and must complete the reform work before September. The first thing to do in the restructuring is to buy houses in the name of various foundations to provide various safe bases.”

Saint Hesser originally did not like buying houses as heavy assets, but this time he is going to buy them all over the country and the world. Fortunately, the housing prices in other places in the country are not too high except for Buenos Aires.

And the housing prices in other cities are also average except for New York and London. Buying a house is also a way to provide a way out.

Maybe one day he will be ousted or deported, and there will be a way out.

“Below, I will rearrange the armed action department of Thunder Cross and the original Falcon Group.

Very simple,

That is to split and reorganize. The Viper Squad will be fully merged into Thunder Cross as the Internal Affairs Department.

Then, establish various departments such as the Warehousing Department, Training Department, and External Affairs Department to reorganize into a real security company and operate externally.”

The armed action department of the Falcon Group consists of the Viper Squad and peripheral members. Peripheral members are divided into combat personnel and other auxiliary personnel. Only after passing the test can they become formal members of the Viper Squad, and the treatment is greatly improved.

“The general manager of Thunder Cross Company is Aragón, and he will also coordinate with the Combat Department of the Falcon Intelligence Agency. All peripheral members of the Potassium Triangle will be incorporated into the External Affairs Department.”

The number of people in the Viper Squad, plus the number of peripheral people, is already more than 2,000. It is not easy to support so many people. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a real security company to operate externally, bodyguards, wealthy security, and distribute them.

“The Internal Affairs Department is the core department of Thunder Cross and the main department of the original Viper Squad. The External Affairs Department has the largest number of people. Those who are unqualified in the Internal Affairs Department will be assigned to the External Affairs Department to make money for the company. Those who continue to be unreasonable after three assessments will be arranged to work as security guards in various factories. At the same time, elites and outstanding members of various departments can also be promoted to the Internal Affairs Department.”

This is also Saint Hesser's utmost benevolence. Now, a three-level streamlining work must be carried out to maintain the combat effectiveness of Thunder Cross, and to encourage members of the External Affairs Department to be promoted. There is no other way.

“Thunder Cross will be independently accounted for in the future, and some shell companies will be registered in each city to provide support for members of the Intelligence Agency. Under special circumstances, they can directly connect with the Intelligence Agency. Usually, these two institutions are strictly separated.”

“The salaries of various departments are tiered, with the Internal Affairs Department being the highest and the External Affairs Department being the lowest.”

“Below, Gatusso, you are responsible for distributing various documents. Everyone should study carefully, and everyone can also discuss how to implement this restructuring plan. Our long-term goal is to对抗the Central Intelligence Agency, and our immediate goal is to approach the National Intelligence Agency.”

This meeting lasted for more than 4 hours, and Saint Hesser also spoke for more than 4 hours. This is also a huge challenge for him.

At the same time, he also made these subordinates agree with his ideas, persuaded them, and allowed them to implement this restructuring goal more quickly.

Clear responsibilities, clear division of labor, and long-term goals are the goals of this restructuring. At the same time, the various structures are filled and improved to make the Falcon Intelligence Agency a truly combat-effective intelligence organization, and Thunder Cross can also get rid of some burdens and move towards profitability while also providing cover for members of the Intelligence Agency.

This restructuring of the Intelligence Agency also means that Saint Hesser needs to burn a lot of money. The desire to make money is even more urgent. Saint Hesser sometimes thinks that it would be great if Thunder Mining could mine a few gold mines.

This reform also used the various legal knowledge that Saint Hesser learned in the first semester, combined with most of the publicly available intelligence information of later generations,

Most of the restructuring plans are relatively reasonable under legal conditions, especially the structure in the form of commercial intelligence organizations, which is also a major attempt by him to build a flexible intelligence organization under the framework of the Argentine Constitution.

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On September 1, the reform work of the Falcon Intelligence Agency was successfully completed, Thunder Cross was also split and restructured, and independent shell companies were established throughout the country.

Saint Hesser took several people from Thunder Mining, as well as Nora and members of the Internal Affairs Department of Thunder Cross, and planned to go to La Plata City in Buenos Aires Province.

Preparing to acquire the La Plata Steel Rolling Mill, they are preparing to hold a bankruptcy auction.

After finishing this matter, it will be almost time for the start of the second semester. September 20 is the start time of this year's Buda.