Soviet Union 1991

Second update

Compared with the calm KGB, the CIA guys were almost crazy busy. Robert Gates was yelling at the CIA network communications personnel, "Can anyone tell me why one minute and thirty-six seconds have passed and our communications have not been restored! Where are the outfield support teams? Why can't they get in touch? arrive?"

"Sorry Director, at first we just thought the signal was bad, but now it seems that the other party used communication shielding, so we are in this situation." A correspondent with ten years of experience in dealing with the Soviet Union immediately replied to Director Robert .

After hearing the news that he least wanted to hear, Director Robert, with a gloomy expression, said to the heads of the Federal Reserve and Swiss Bank, who also had similar expressions on their faces, "Freeze the two accounts that are currently trading immediately, quickly!"

The person in charge of the Swiss bank was about to call the headquarters when an overseas phone call came from Switzerland. They found that the account they had previously deposited into was rapidly transferring funds of US$200 million each to other accounts. Realizing that something was wrong, the Swiss Bank immediately froze the funds, but nearly 1.4 billion US dollars of funds were still transferred out, and the total time before and after was exactly one minute and thirty seconds.

The financial account has been frozen. Of course, not a penny of the 140 billion rubles promised in the designated account has been seen.

"We were cheated!" Robert finally realized that something was wrong. He almost grabbed the head of the Swiss bank by the collar and threatened him to spit out the money. Of course, the heads of Swiss banks were not vegetarians, and they immediately checked the flow of all funds. However, the more they checked, the more they found that something was wrong. The US$1.4 billion that had been dispersed was divided into dozens of points as if premeditated. Then it was quickly assigned to other accounts, and then transferred to major financial banks around the world, including London, Sweden, Hong Kong, etc.

It will be a little difficult to continue to trace this project, because they are already in the accounts of other financial institutions, and the workload is so cumbersome that it cannot be solved in a day and a half. The person in charge of the Swiss Bank whispered This is bad news for Robert and I hope he can prepare for it. Maybe all the money would be withdrawn after half an hour.

The ballpoint pen he was holding tightly in his left hand was crushed in an instant. Robert's face was a little stiff. Without even thinking about it, the person who could do this must be the result of a very large organization and long-term planning. The most likely ones are the top brass of the Kremlin. But the problem is that the ruble scam was officially launched only a month ago. How did the Soviet Union do it?

He took a deep breath and turned to look at the head of the Federal Reserve, who looked at him with a hint of schadenfreude and took a step back, indicating that he was prepared to draw a clear line with this hapless CIA leader.

Knowing that he could not escape the blame, Robert took off his glasses, rubbed his tired eyes, and sighed, "I will explain to the president. All the consequences of this are my responsibility and have nothing to do with you. Especially you, The head of the Federal Reserve,” then Rob. Te raised his head, smiled and said word by word, "But it's hard to say whether the losses of those interest groups will be counted on your head. A scapegoat? I think you are a good candidate. Really. I hope I can see you in prison."

After Robert said this, the face of the head of the Federal Reserve suddenly changed.

Not caring about this guy who was destined to become a wretch, he turned to the people around him and said, "Call me the president, and I will report the news to him personally."

Bush, who was still tasting his dinner, almost overturned his plate when he heard the news. He gripped the knife and fork tightly and took several deep breaths to calm down. First Lady Barbara, who was sitting opposite, noticed something was wrong. She gently held Bush's hand and asked softly what was wrong. Bush just smiled and shook his head at Barbara, saying that he had an impromptu meeting now and would come back later to continue enjoying dinner.

At this time, a group of people were waiting for Bush's arrival in the White House lobby, including chief of staff Samuel Skinner, presidential adviser Blunt and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. They all knew they would face a storm of condemnation from President Bush.

Judging from Bush's uncertain expression, everyone thought they would not be able to escape this angry rebuke. But to everyone's surprise, Bush simply said, "Skinner, Brent, and Cheney. One person stays and everyone else leaves the office."

The people who were not named were relieved, and the remaining three looked at each other in confusion. They were all supporters of this great ruble scam. They had also used various reliable analyzes to prove the feasibility of this plan, but they did not expect that the Soviets actually used He found the simplest way to disrupt all the plans they had worked so hard on before.

Bush slammed the table, pointed at three senior government officials, and roared, "This is your plan! The so-called great ruble plan! A brilliant scam! Ridiculous, but what results have I gotten now!" US$1.4 billion Now I don’t know my whereabouts, and the Soviets who are the instigators are still laughing, things are so bad, what a bullshit ruble scam, everyone is deceiving me, even you, a bunch of damn traitors from the Soviets! running dog!"

At this time, Barbara, who was standing outside the door, clenched her hands. It was the first time she had seen her husband get so angry, and the first lady could only wait for the president to be like those people outside the door. After venting her anger, she went in to comfort him.

Brent lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, Mr. President, are you going too far in saying this?"

But the president still scolded angrily, "Excessive? You are simply despicable people without any sense of honor. You have studied in the finance school for so many years, and you only learned to eat with a knife and fork? Give me some of these wastes." Useless suggestions, holding me back, if I had known I should have shot them all, like Stalin!"

Just when the three people thought that the president had finished venting his anger, Bush clenched his fists and yelled the last words, "These people are simply an unforgivable betrayal of freedom and the American people."

After cursing the last sentence, Bush sat on his seat as if he was exhausted, covered his face with his hands and said in pain, "It's over, everything is over. We failed. The Soviet Union has these 1.4 billion US dollars in funds, and it is almost as close as it was originally." The fallen patient was injected with a dose of adrenaline, which broke all our previous painstaking efforts.”

"But President, what we should think about most is not to minimize this matter and minimize the losses?" Cheney pushed up his glasses and pointed at Wanta's photo and said, "This man is the most critical to this plan. His arrest means that he will tell a lot of things. If our loss of 1.4 billion US dollars is announced to the world's financial markets through his mouth, it means that the panic and turmoil caused will be enough to cause a stock price increase. Big fall.”

Brent said, "Moreover, the large amount of financial resources we invested in the Gulf War has caused an emptiness in the national treasury. We lost 1.4 billion U.S. dollars at once. I am afraid it will cause a debt crisis. The most critical thing is how to come up with it in a short time." How about 1.4 billion yuan to fill the black hole of mobile money in this project?”

"We can't give up on Vantaa, and we can't hide this scam." Skinner put his hands in his pockets, tilted his head and looked at the photos on the table, and expressed his opinion, "If we can erase him All the records that exist cannot erase the memory of his family and friends around him. Instead of trying to hide it, it is better to negotiate with the Soviets who took advantage and demand the secret extradition of this guy. "

"Humph, you are so naive, Skinner. Aren't you afraid of the Soviets talking loudly?" Brent sneered.

Skinner ignored Brent and continued, "Gold, tell the Soviets where your life-saving money belongs. The largest gold market is in London. If you don't want to, we can attack the gold market in various ways, including short selling. . The worst case scenario is a lose-lose outcome, with the United States severely weakened and the Soviets even worse off.”

After Skinner said this, everyone was staring at President Bush, waiting for the final decision that the silent president was preparing to make.