Struggle in Soviet Russia

In this day and age, all African problems are complicated because the entire continent, except for Ethiopia and Liberia, are all colonies of Western countries, even Ethiopia and Liberia. This country is not strictly an independent country. The former was colonized by Italy for a short time, but in 1941, with the restoration of the throne by King Selassie, it got rid of Italian colonial rule. . As for the latter, it belongs to the special area of ​​the United States for the placement of free blacks. In the eyes of European countries, it is a colony of Americans.

The situation of Libya, which is geographically located in North Africa, is even more special, because it has a lot of "suzerain countries".

In fact, even now, Libya can only be regarded as a geographical term, it is not a complete country. Until the first decade of the twentieth century, it was under Turkish rule, then the Italians defeated Turkey and took the colony, and it was the place where Italy settled the poor under Mussolini, In just a few years, more than 100,000 Italian "poor ghosts" were sent here and settled here.

It must be noted that in these days, Libya's rich oil resources have not yet been discovered. This is a poor and clanging place. The only important place is its strategic location. Rini made a big bet in Libya and built a coastal road that runs through almost the entire northern part of Libya. During the Second World War, the main battlefield of the North African campaign between Britain, the United States and Germany and Italy was basically in Libya.

With the victory of the United Kingdom and the United States in the North African battlefield, the forces of Britain and France quickly intervened in the Libyan area. The United Kingdom occupied the northern part of Libya, mainly Tripoli and Cyrenaica, while France occupied the southern Feyzan area. Today, although the war is over, Britain and France apparently do not have the idea of ​​withdrawing from Libya. They hope that the United Nations can pass a resolution authorizing them to implement the escrow of the region.

At the beginning, the alliance had no ambitions for the ownership of the Libyan region. After all, so far, Moscow is still working hard to rush out of the Black Sea and enter the Mediterranean Sea, and Libya, which is on the Mediterranean coast, seems to be a little far from the alliance.

However, some time ago, the United States, Britain and France started a confrontation in the United Nations around the Libyan issue. Britain and France tried to extend their escrow rights in the Libyan region and continue this escrow relationship. In fact, they The real intention was to officially take over the colony of Libya from Italy and turn it into their own colony.

For the Americans, when their industry and trade have an absolute advantage, it is in the interest of the United States that Libya enjoys higher autonomy. Most importantly, Washington wants to break the British dominance in the Middle East. In this situation, they sensed an excellent opportunity from the establishment of the League of Arab States, that is, the rise of Arab nationalism.

Americans believe that the rise of nationalism in the Arab region is beneficial for the United States to expand its influence in the Middle East, while supporting Libya's struggle for independence will help the United States win the favor of the Arab world and the Arab League.

According to the intelligence reality submitted by the Washington Intelligence Station of the Foreign Intelligence Service, at the end of last year, under the auspices of Truman, some officials of the US State Department in charge of Middle East affairs held a closed-door secret meeting at the White House to focus on the discussion of US Middle East policy. During this meeting, State Department officials who participated in the meeting suggested that given the importance of Saudi Arabia to the United States in the future oil trade, the United States should further strengthen its military presence in the Middle East as a way to protect the US economy in the region. Benefit.

Previously, in the State Department of the United States, there were actually two voices on the Middle East issue: one believed that cooperation with the British should be strengthened, and the British presence in the Middle East should be used to protect the interests of the United States, while the other believed that Competition with the British in the Middle East should be intensified and replaced by the British in the region.

This view is also at war with each other in the US State Department, which, while having the upper hand, has not established an absolute dominant position. And at this meeting, the latter position was arguably a big win, with the firm support of President Truman.

As the deputy secretary of state of the United States, Acheson held the latter view on the Middle East issue. At the meeting convened by the Americans, it was his suggestion that helped President Truman make up his mind. According to Acheson, the British suffered heavy losses in the just-concluded war. If they want to restore their strength to pre-war levels, it may take a long time. Today's British lack both the military and the resources to defend their position in the Middle East, let alone the ability to help the United States protect Saudi Arabia's oil fields. Therefore, it is purely whimsical for the United States to rely on the United Kingdom to protect its interests in the Middle East, because the latter is too weak. In view of this, the United States of America must be self-reliant, by building extensive military bases in the Middle East, to protect their own interests.

It can be said responsibly that through this meeting, the American policy in the Middle East has basically been finalized, and the series of intelligence obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service in the future is also a good proof of this.

As far as the moment is concerned, the American military presence in the Middle East, in addition to the Dhahran military base in Saudi Arabia, is also seeking to control the Wheelers military base in Libya. In addition, they are still negotiating with the French, Attempts to obtain the five air bases in Morocco controlled by the latter, as well as Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes, have all been brought into the American field of vision.

According to the calculations of the General Staff of the Union, the Americans have obviously adopted a very different policy than the British. They are trying to build extensive military bases in the Middle East to expand their influence in the Middle East. At the same time, the establishment of these military bases , also has a "rejection" function. Once their layout is completed, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult for the alliance to infiltrate the Middle East.

It is out of this consideration that the Alliance began to formally intervene in the Libyan issue. On the Libyan issue, the Alliance more hoped to obtain a compromise with Britain and France, so as to put one hand into Libya first. To this end, the Alliance and They did not intend to monopolize Libya, but hoped to obtain the escrow of Tripoli from the British, while Cyrenaica was still owned by the British, and Feizan was still owned by the French.

In fact, the alliance and Britain and France have joined forces to exclude the Americans from the Libyan issue. As for the negotiations between the alliance and the Americans on this issue, it is nothing but a blindfold.

Sitting on the sofa, Victor listened to Novikov and Comrade Stalin talking about the Libyan issue, especially the position of the Americans on the Libyan issue, and he was thinking about his own views.

As I said before, Libya today is not a unified country, but a geographical term, just like India in the past, it is composed of three main regions, Tripoli, Cyrenaica and Fezzan, And if Moscow gets Tripoli, then Libya in the future will inevitably be divided into three countries. Considering some facts known in the past life, Victor feels that the French are the most expensive, because Libya's rich oil resources are basically all Concentrated in the southern region, that is, within the Feizan area.

However, the reason why the alliance wants to control Tripoli is not because of oil resources, but because of the key geographical location of this region. The Wheelers military base, which is so dear to the Americans, is just east of Tripoli. In Viktor's previous life, the military base was first controlled by the Americans. Later, after Gaddafi staged a coup and seized state power in Libya, the military base was forcibly confiscated and handed over to the Soviet Union.

Of course, those are things that will happen in the future. Gaddafi himself is still a baby, probably playing with camel dung outside some Bedouin tent.

Thinking of "Gaddafi", Victor couldn't help thinking of the female bodyguards beside this guy, and the corner of his lips couldn't help but outline a smile.

At this moment, Comrade Stalin just happened to look at him. Seeing the smile on his mouth, he couldn't help asking curiously, "Why, Victor, what did you think of?"

Victor suddenly came back to his senses. He met Comrade Stalin's gaze, touched his nose in embarrassment, and said, "I'm thinking, does Washington have a contradictory position on the issue of the Middle East?"

"Oh?" Comrade Stalin demanded, "Tell me what you think."

"That's it," Victor coughed lightly, put the document in his hand on the table in front of him, then turned to look at Gromyko and Novikov sitting on the other side... He It is to delay the time with these small actions in order to organize the thoughts in the mind.

"I mean, the Americans have a different stance than the British on Jewish statehood, and a different stance on support for Libya and even Arab nationalism," a rough idea came to mind. Logic, Victor said, "In my opinion, the issue of Jewish statehood and the issue of Arab nationalism are clearly opposite sides of the conflict. There is obviously a logical confusion in the formulation of American policies in the Middle East."