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Chapter 99 Do you want to bomb Tokyo (first update, please collect)
  "Oh, I see,"

Roosevelt said without thinking.

"There's no problem at all. Just coordinate with the military. I think Ike won't mind if someone helps him solve some troubles."

It turned out that they were just picking up rags behind the Allied forces!

Thinking of the "Overlord Plan" that is about to be implemented.

Once the plan succeeds, a large amount of materials will definitely be seized. The military has no interest at all in those German scraps of copper and iron. At most, it will transport some for testing. If someone is willing to transport those scraps of copper and scrap iron, If so, it would save the military some trouble.

As for the cost of collection and transportation, it is definitely much cheaper than re-production.

After agreeing immediately, Roosevelt smiled.

"Does he have any other requests?"

As a politician, Roosevelt knew very well that this small request could not bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in reputation. The other party's request was not just that.

I'm afraid that guy's real request is yet to come, but once you have a request, you don't need to worry about anything else. After all, the exchange of interests is mutual and mutually guaranteed.

"Transport ship,"

Truman said, looking at the president.

"He hoped that the United States Government would provide 50 Liberty Ships to the North Borneo Line under the Lend-Lease Act."

In an instant, the Oval Office fell silent, and the smile on Roosevelt's face slowly disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly.

After Truman made that suggestion, he immediately sent people to investigate Li Yi'an. His ancestral home was Nanjing. He went to French Indochina to escape the war, and later went to France. He stayed in France because of the war and did not escape to Britain until last year. Then his life was like cheating, acquiring many companies at low prices, including the North Borneo Company, and becoming a supplier to the Pentagon. Of all the businesses to his name, the North Borneo Company was the most special.

The reason why he frowned was not that 50 Liberty ships were worth US$[-] million, but... the meaning of it!

"Sir, the North Borneo Company is a British chartered company with administrative functions. If we provide ships to it under the Lend-Lease Act, it will undoubtedly indirectly recognize his control of North Borneo, which is bound to cause Churchill's dissatisfaction. "

Hopkins reminded from the side.

The Oval Office.

The air conditioner was whining, and although the cool breeze was pleasant, several people's moods were a little confused.

"So, he wanted to supply ships to the North Borneo Shipping Company, not the North Borneo Company."

In fact, everyone knows that this is a word game. As long as merchant ships were provided within the Lend-Lease Act, it was expressing the attitude of the United States - while recognizing the North Borneo Company, it also recognized its ownership of the company.

Roosevelt frowned.

In fact, he knew that there would definitely be a price to pay for this matter, but he did not expect that the guy's plan was actually a colony.

Will this affect relations with the UK?
  It will definitely arouse Churchill's dissatisfaction.
  As Roosevelt mentally speculated on the possible consequences, he found himself in something of a dilemma.

Even if you want to refuse subconsciously, you may be able to give the other party more compensation in other ways.

however……

Roosevelt stared at Truman and thought for a moment.

"Harry, do you think we should say yes to him?"

"Among the recipients of the Lend-Lease Act, there are both French and British colonies. Mr. President, no matter what we give them now, it will not affect the attitude of Britain and France towards the colonies after the war." He looked up at Truman. , Roosevelt understood what he meant, but he turned his attention to Hopkins again.

"Mr. President, I think Prime Minister Churchill would understand, especially at this time."

This time in his mouth refers to the "Overlord Plan". Now the plan has reached the implementation stage. During this critical period, Churchill will never let anything affect this plan.

North Borneo...is just a tropical rainforest far away in Asia.

Roosevelt was silent for a while.

The office seemed unusually quiet for a while.

Then he waved his hand and smiled.

"He is indeed a very good negotiator. He knows the right conditions at the right time. Harry, if you have time, you can invite him to the White House."

As the president's agent, why not go to the White House?
  Everything that followed was a simple matter. Under the arrangement of the White House, Li Yi'an accepted an interview, in which he revealed the inside story of donating arms-it was a secret operation carried out under the arrangement of the president.

president,

covert operations,

These words themselves are very eye-catching. When several major newspapers reported interviews with him, reporters naturally "digged" more detailed inside information through various channels.

What intelligence agency intercepted Japan's military intelligence? In order to avoid bureaucratic influence, the president had to use fake friends to provide a large amount of arms to China in the name of donation, even Italian pilots. This was also the result of the president's foresight.

In short, the president did not do anything as the outside world said, but did a lot of things, but they were not known to the outside world.

With careful planning and packaging, the rumor that "Europe is number one and does not fight the Japanese" was self-defeating, and Roosevelt easily weathered the crisis.

As the presidential agent, Li Nian naturally also appeared at the White House reception banquet and chatted cordially with Roosevelt. Of course, all of this was a show, a show for outsiders.

As the person involved, Li Yi'an naturally knew this very well, but other people at the banquet did not know this. The uncle who expressed his gratitude to the president naturally did not know. Of course, the British ambassador did not know the inside story. He even He took the initiative to find Li Yi'an and told him that he hoped to discuss North Borneo with him at the appropriate time, and said that the Colonial Department had believed that his acquisition of North Borneo was in compliance with British law.

This was the effect of the tiger skin, and Britain recognized his control of North Borneo. This result was expected by Li Yi'an, because the time - now is May, Britain and the United States will implement "Operation Overlord" next month. At this time, for Churchill, what he fears most is extraneous complications.

He would never let a North Borneo company affect his grand plan to counterattack the European continent. When he first formulated the plan, Li Yian had already included Churchill and Roosevelt in it. One of them wanted to win a fourth term, and the other wanted to counterattack the European continent!
  Time...this time is just right!

After chatting with the British ambassador for a while, the Russian ambassador came over, and the other party left, leaving space for them. But there is nothing in common with the other party, just a polite greeting.

At the White House banquet, Li Yi'an was definitely not the protagonist. The real protagonist was Roosevelt. He looked at Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the unnoticed Truman in the corner.

Who would have thought that the real winner would be someone else?

Thinking of this, Li Yian cast his eyes on Truman and smiled slightly. This guy is the real winner.

For me, all that is needed is to stand with the winner, and that is enough.

But the big winner right now is Roosevelt. With this thought in his mind, Li Yi'an walked up to Roosevelt with a wine glass in his hand. When Roosevelt greeted him with a smile on his face, he asked quietly.

"Mr. President, do you want to bomb Tokyo? Right now!"

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