Edel's lack of attention to the news about Libyan oil does not mean that other countries do not pay attention to it. When the news of the discovery of oil in Libya spread widely in Europe, companies such as Shell Oil and Petroleum France expressed their intention to purchase oil fields or take shares in the Italian-Romanian oil company.
wish.
Especially when the Italian-Romanian oil company drilled several oil wells in Libya, increasing the oil stock to 900 million tons, there were greater expectations for these oil companies to take shares.
Moreover, the British and French governments also cooperated with the oil companies' actions, hinting in the media that Italian and Romanian oil companies should own the capital of the British and French companies.
Faced with the pressure exerted by Britain and France, His Excellency, the actual ruler of Italy, was extremely annoyed.
"These hateful British and French people, they don't want to see anything good from Italy. They already own the whole world, why do they still look at Italy's pitiful resources?"
Still angry, Prime Minister Mussolini vented his inner dissatisfaction in his office.
Originally, Mussolini, who was dissatisfied with the complexity of the Italian-Romanian oil company's shares as Libya's oil resources became more and more abundant, became even more disgusted with Britain and France who were taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the Italian people's oil resources, so much so that he criticized Britain and France in the office.
The National University is angry.
That's right, Mussolini is now not very satisfied with Italy's current shares in the Italian-Romanian Petroleum Company. Of course, don't get me wrong, Romania is currently one of the few targets he can win over, and of course it is not its occupation.
Not satisfied with 25% of the shares, but dissatisfied with Mobil who stepped in and took away 20% of the shares.
Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. Mussolini was a qualified politician and had not thought about changing the share structure of the oil company. If an individual owned such a high shareholding in the Italian-Romanian company, then it is not impossible to die unexpectedly. But it is a pity.
One is a country with similar strength to his own, and the other is a top consortium in the United States. These factors make him unable to move and can only abide by the rules of the game.
"Prime Minister, do you need us to express our stance towards Britain and France?"
The secretary asked cautiously from the side.
Little did he know that these words made Mussolini furious. "What is your stance? Do you agree to let them become shareholders?"
The secretary was frightened by Mussonelli and immediately fell silent.
Mussolini glanced at the frightened secretary and said calmly, "The Italian-Romanian Petroleum Company not only belongs to us, but also sent messages to the other two companies to ask their opinions."
The secretary who was granted amnesty quickly nodded and left. But Mussolini looked at the secretary's leaving figure and wondered in his heart whether he should be replaced.
"Since we all have shares, no one can expect the Italian family to withstand the pressure."
When the Italian side sent Romania the news that Britain and France were pressuring them to take a stake in the Italian-Romanian oil company, Eder also knew about it.
"Why should the profits be divided between Britain and France? Tell the Italians that the Italian-Romanian oil company does not need to inject funds at the moment."
Edel looked at Prime Minister Karaturi who came to him with a telegram and expressed his decision.
"But this will cause Britain and France to be dissatisfied with our country. Especially after our country has vigorously developed its shipbuilding industry, the goods exported by Britain and France to our country will always be delayed at the port. If there is a hard cap now,
I'm afraid it will affect our country's export trade."
Faced with the king's decision, the prime minister expressed his concerns.
In fact, the problem is just like what the Prime Minister said. Although Britain and France had previously let go of the construction of battleships in Romania, they subsequently suppressed Romania in other ways. And Edel felt from this that Britain and France were beginning to
To hijack Romania's development momentum, the two countries are unwilling to have another powerful country appear in Europe.
"Will they have a diplomatic conflict with our country over this?"
Faced with Edel's question, the Prime Minister shook his head. "That's not true."
"Then what are you worried about?"
In Eder's view, Romania already has the strength to compete with Britain and France (of course in the Balkans), and there is no need to pay too much attention to the attitudes of Britain and France. However, the Prime Minister and others are motivated by habitual reasons on the one hand, and on the other hand they are interested in Romania.
Lack of awareness of strength.
This is like the motherland of later generations. It is already the second largest country in the world, but it does not know enough about itself and always pays too much attention to the attitudes of certain countries. This is not good, because it is not easy to cultivate national self-confidence. National self-confidence is not just a matter of light.
It means that how your domestic development is going, you also need to let the people see your confidence externally.
Many people in Romania are like the Prime Minister, and they can only wake up by showing their strength. However, the current environment is not suitable for Romania to show its strength.
After informing the Prime Minister of his attitude, Edel suddenly noticed that his son flashed past the door. When he walked out, he realized that the boy was holding something sneakily as if he was going to do something bad.
"Victor, what are you doing."
A question frightened him so much that he threw his things on the ground and ran away.
Edel found that what he threw away was a cloth bag and it was still moving.
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When Romania's reply appeared on Mussolini's desk, the leader looked at the telegram and smiled. He had already guessed this was the result. But in order to confirm Romania's thoughts, he still sent it to him.
What he wants is an attitude.
Because this can bring Romania and Italy closer, because Romania will also be looking for allies under the pressure of Britain and France. What is more suitable than Italy?
In fact, Italy currently has poor relations with France and Yugoslavia, and Britain more or less secretly supports it in order to contain France. However, because Britain needs France more than Italy, when it comes to really clarifying the relationship, Italy will
It was an inevitable fate to be abandoned. Mussolini knew this very well.
Therefore, Italy needs a reliable ally, and his goal is Romani. This time, taking advantage of the pressure from Britain and France, he would not be a qualified politician if he did not take the opportunity to win over Romania. Romania's reply made Mexico
Soniri is very satisfied. This time, no matter what, Romania will be forced to resist the pressure from Britain and France. The Italian people will not give in.
As for Mobil’s reply, there is no need to guess. Rockefeller, who was already dissatisfied with the British and French suppression of his market share in Europe, only agreed to the British and French shares after taking the wrong medicine. And in order to appease Italy’s mood, Rockefeller even proposed that if Italy wanted to issue treasury bonds in the United States
, Chase Manhattan Bank can promise a line of 300 million US dollars. This can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the inability to provide diplomatic support. It must be said that the Rockefeller family can become the top financial group in the United States, and their ability to observe what is happening is also very outstanding.
After receiving the support of the two major shareholders, Mussolini righteously rejected the intention of Britain and France to invest in the Italian-Romanian Petroleum Company. This naturally caused a diplomatic quarrel. From time to time, the Italian side would include Romania.
The reply came out as if Italy wanted to listen to Romania. This naturally made Britain and France put the two countries together. This fulfilled the wishes of Mussolini and Edel.
