Chapter 1331: "BPlus" Project

Condoleezza’s inferences are almost impeccable, except for one thing-in 1982, Tan Zhenhua was only 18 years old, and he could barely be called an "adult". It is really hard to imagine that he had such a long-term plan. This makes the inference that there is a very energetic organization behind him more reasonable.
Obviously she was not the only one who saw this. Another person who was particularly concerned about Tan Zhenhua, CIA Director William Joseph Casey, was the first one after learning about a series of near-magical developments that occurred after the "3.14" naval battle. The reaction was: "This time, no one has any reason to stop me from including this Chinese kid on the enemy list, right?"
As a result, at the subsequent White House meeting, Director William again generously addressed Eric. Tan has committed various "crimes" and said that the strength of this "enemy" has been fully demonstrated, and if it is allowed to grow and develop, it will definitely have a major and destructive impact on the national security of the United States!
He even requested that Plan B be implemented immediately!
But contrary to his expectations, the most intense opposition this time was neither Skeff, who has the closest business dealings with Eric. Mellon is not the pair of mentors and apprentices Brent and Rice, but his deputy director William Webster.
It has not been a day or two for Deputy Director Webster to work against him. This Deputy Director was originally an old subordinate of the current Vice President Bush, a cron who pulled up with one hand, and the person most threatening to his position as Director.
But what surprised him was not just the fierce opposition from Deputy Director Webster, but another plan he proposed.
If it is against Eric. Tan’s plan can be called
B
plan, then the plan proposed by Webster can be called
BPlus
, because in this plan, Webster proposed that since the analysis of existing intelligence It can be concluded that Eric is not acting alone, but representing an interest group. Then, the focus should be changed accordingly, and the target should be adjusted to this interest group.
Since it is a collective action of an interest group, it is obvious that simply attacking the spokesperson of this group on the bright side will not play a bigger role. They can quickly nominate another spokesperson to replace Eric's current role. , To take over his job, and this kind of work on the bright side is very easy to be replaced. From past experience, people who play this role are generally not too high in the entire group. , They can only be regarded as executors at most, and they are unlikely to be the core layer.
And the "3.14" naval battle also proved this point, Eric. Tan is rich, and he is only a young man in his early 20s. Judging from the CIA's background investigation, he does not have any kinship that has great influence on the senior level of China, especially the military. It is hard to imagine that he can How much influence the Chinese army exerts, after all, it is necessary to launch a military operation against another country. For China, it is simply unimaginable without the permission of the top leadership.
This fully proves that Eric. Tan is just a spokesperson for this imaginary group to conduct business activities on the bright side.
So instead of destroying Eric and forcing the interest group to introduce a new spokesperson, then spend energy to find out who the new spokesperson is, approach him, and find the members behind the group to make targeted plans. It might as well start from the exposed Eric and use the existing relationships to dig out more information from him to be more efficient.
Webster also made his own conjectures about this imaginary group. He believes that this group is most likely to be a branch of the so-called "hawks" with a strong stance and a military background in China. It is likely to be composed of some of these relatively young and radical people, and from Eric. Combining Tan's series of behaviors with the history of the "March 14" naval battle, these people didn't care about instigating wars between China and neighboring countries, and they might even consciously promote these wars.
So in terms of the current international situation, the existence of these people and this imaginary group is a double-edged sword for the United States.
Because of their tough stance, they cannot make any compromises with the Soviet Union, because this country is China’s biggest national security risk in recent decades. At this point, this group and the United States obviously have common interests, and it is also the United States. One aspect that can be used; but from another point of view, it is also unrealistic to attempt to make this hypothetical group fall to the United States. The failure of the "big arsenal" plan that year proves that this hypothetical group or the entire "hawks" of China They have a great defense against Americans. Their core interest appeal is to safeguard China's national interests. Of course, it is impossible to exchange principled things.
Therefore, the core content of the "BPlus" plan proposed by Deputy Director Webster can be attributed to three main aspects:
1. Temporarily do not take any measures against Tan Zhenhua personally, but we must strengthen the monitoring of him. If possible, place his own person next to him, or instigate at least one "mole" in order to keep abreast of his movements, if necessary, even Extreme actions can be taken, and the extreme actions taken by the "mole" can minimize the impact on the reputation of the United States, which can be completely shied away as private grievances;
2. To attract Eric’s main energy and funds to the attack on Soviet Russia, some restrictions can be relaxed for this purpose, as long as the funds flowing into and out of Soviet Russia are still in SWIFT ("Global Interbank Financial Telecommunications Association" "Under the responsibility of international trade and inter-bank settlement, which is actually controlled by the Americans), these funds are actually controllable and under the threat that the U.S. can launch sanctions against them at any time. It also ensures that the financial lifeline of this "hypothetical group" is still firmly held in the hands of the United States.
3. It is necessary to strengthen the internal penetration of China, just like the operation in the Soviet Union, cultivate a group of American spokesmen for China’s interests as soon as possible, use the American culture and way of thinking to completely transform China’s society, and let China rely on the United States economically , Politically inclined to the United States, culturally identified with the United States, the ultimate goal is to make China a country that can be controlled by the United States like the Japanese and South Koreas. While creating a powerful opponent for Soviet Russia, it also allows the "imaginary group" Gradually lose the soil for growth.
It has to be said that, compared with the personal defense and attack on Tan Zhenhua emphasized by Director Casey, the three core contents proposed by Deputy Director Webster are more comprehensive, more specific, more insidious, and more in line with the overall interests of the United States. Therefore, he The proposal was quickly approved by President Reagan, and naturally, this plan of action was handed over to Webster to be responsible for the specific implementation.
In this regard, the current CIA director is obviously dissatisfied. Such dissatisfaction cannot be expressed in this highest-level meeting, but it does not mean that he has given up his plan.
And he understands that if he doesn't do anything, then his position as director may soon be lost.
To William. Joseph. For Casey, this is also a war, a battle for power. Since it is a war, no matter what means can be used, right?