Soviet Union 1991

Fourth update

"Build an anti-missile system?" After hearing Titus' answer, President Constantinescu showed great surprise. In his opinion, establishing an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe was a fantasy. First of all, Regarding Romania's own position, Romania is not yet a member of NATO at this time. In other words, Romania itself has no obligation to establish an anti-missile system and then hand it over to NATO. Moreover, doing so is equivalent to allowing foreign troops to station troops in the country in disguise, which also undermines the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Romania.

"Yes, this is a request made by Ms. Madeleine. We believe that this request needs to be discussed before we can respond, and the other party agreed to the request very readily." Titus looked a little embarrassed, "Look, Kang President Standinescu, we..."

Constantinescu pondered for a while and repeated the words of Foreign Minister Titus, "Then what they asked for was that the United States would provide low-interest loans and help the Romanian army update its armaments to build a strong Romania." Army. And the United States’ request is to deploy anti-missile systems in Romania and provide us with long-range missile defense. Isn’t it a big deal?”

"Yes." Titus replied nervously. He didn't know what the president's intention was in mentioning this.

Constantinescu leaned back, raised his head and stared at the patterns on the ceiling in a daze, "This is equivalent to dragging Romania into the water in disguise and becoming a pawn of the Americans. Although this cake is so tempting, the inside is... It’s hiding poison.”

"What should we do?" Titus asked nervously.

Constantinescu shifted his gaze from the ceiling to the Foreign Secretary and said to Titus, "Secretary Madeleine cannot be offended. In short, I will mediate on the United States side. There is still a lot of room for maneuver in this matter. . Moreover, a wave of separatism has broken out in the Soviet Union. I think the Soviets now have no time to care about what is happening in Romania. As long as the relationship with the United States is handled well, Romania will become the big winner in this incident.”

Titus didn't speak. He didn't think it was a wise thing to be a walleye, especially when two superpowers have to make you choose sides. The fate of being a faggot may very well turn into Gaddafi's tragedy.

President Constantinescu did want to take the benefits but not fulfill the obligations. But he also didn't think about how a woman who could become the US Secretary of State could lose her skill and courage to the leader of a small European country.

When Constantinescu met Madeleine, the momentum shown by the other party still made him cautious because he felt that this woman was not an easy character to deal with. As the first female Secretary of State in U.S. history, Madeleine has extraordinary political skills.

She adopted a preemptive strategy as soon as she came up, "Hello, President Constantinescu, I believe you have already understood the treaty proposed by the United States. For us, the basis of cooperation between the two sides is good faith. If Romania is willing If you cooperate with us, we are also very willing to have in-depth and further exchanges with Romania.”

Madeleine's answer was neither humble nor silent, but it gave Constantinescu a feeling that he could not refute. But greed will always drive people to do some hot-headed things, such as wanting to get benefits from the United States but not wanting to fulfill their obligations. This is absolutely the stupidest thing Constantinescu has ever done.

The Romanian leader tried to defend Madeleine, "Although we are very happy to accept assistance from the United States, there is one issue that must be made clear, that is, Romania must obtain command authority on the issue of establishing an anti-missile system. What I mean is that the anti-missile systems deployed in Romania must be operated by the Romanian military, not handed over to NATO personnel, and the delivery, purchase and installation costs of the NATO anti-missile systems must be paid by Romania itself. Pay some money."

"Oh?" Madeleine stared at Constantinescu's face and said very seriously, "Does Romania have anyone who can control the anti-missile system?"

Then she added, "Or does the Romanian president feel that he thinks too highly of Romania?"

Madeleine put her hands on her knees and said unhurriedly, "In Eastern Europe, there are many countries where NATO and the United States can choose to build anti-missile systems. In addition to Romania, we also have Bulgaria, Poland, etc. There are a series of former socialist countries to choose from. Why does Romania think that we will definitely choose to deploy missiles on your territory? Just because you are bordering Ukraine, we can directly threaten the Soviet Union’s Ukrainian front forces in Romania.”

Constantinescu did not speak, or in other words, faced with Madeleine's sharp reply, he could not find the words to refute.

"Let's put it this way, without the support of Romania, we can still deploy anti-missile systems in other places. We can even deploy them in Moldova. It is best to believe that we have the ability to subvert small European countries. Do you think the World Bank only provides Does Romania provide low-interest loans? Don’t forget, we can give benefits to any country as long as they are willing, or as long as they have value.”

Madeleine wanted to make Constantinescu understand that Romania was not absolute for NATO, but the EU and NATO were irresistible temptations for Romania.

With this relationship, Madeleine was not worried that Constantinescu would not bow his head, not to mention that he threatened Romania's geographical location, wasn't he just trying to exchange for more benefits?

Seeing through this, Madeleine would not be afraid of any tricks of Constantinescu. Her words "Romania is not unobtainable" blocked all the words that the Romanian president was going to say next.

"So now can we discuss the conditions for establishing an anti-missile system in a peaceful mood?" Madeleine was still as sincere as ever. Her capable professional image made the male politicians around her look at this iron lady with new eyes. She was worthy of being the woman who could sit in the first seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Yes, I think we should discuss the details of trade between the two countries in detail. The Romanian government welcomes the guidance of the United States, especially in the military field."

After being tamed, Constantinescu dared not say a word. He knew that the other party had seen through all his cards. If he continued to entangle on this issue, he would be the only one who would suffer. The US Secretary of State had already vaguely revealed the confidence of the threat. He had reason to believe that if Romania continued to be indecisive, he would definitely be the one who would be unlucky.

"What a terrible woman." Constantinescu sighed secretly in his heart.

Seeing that the other party had made a choice, Secretary of State Madeleine smiled and said, "Thank you, President, for making the right choice."

The conversation between the two standing together was like a riddle, and only each other understood what it meant.

Constantinescu waved his hand and said, "I just made the choice you wanted."

"Isn't it good to be an ally of the United States?" Madeleine blinked, "We are willing to provide perfect protection for our allies to avoid infiltration from communist forces. The Soviet Union today is not the Soviet Union in the 1980s or 1970s that only knew how to use force to threaten. They have become more cunning, so we have every reason to upgrade the Romanian army's road armaments."

In 1997, it was time for the United States to update its armaments. The so-called upgrade of Romania's armaments was nothing more than packing up the active equipment that the United States was going to eliminate as foreign garbage, and the Romanian army would do it by itself. This not only saved a sum of money, but also exchanged for a political favor.

"Okay, who said we are allies." Constantinescu said with a forced smile.

"I'm glad you understand." Secretary of State Madeleine nodded, very satisfied with Romania's answer. (To be continued.)