MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 892 fight for neutrality

   The confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States has put the International Olympic Committee in an extremely embarrassing situation, but there is no way, the arm cannot twist the thigh. Once these two countries confront each other, it is simply not something that an international organization can solve.

   Not to mention the International Olympic Committee, even the United Nations, as long as the Soviet Union and the United States think about it, it will soon cease to exist. When will the United Nations be able to solve the problem? Except when China, France, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union take a common attitude, such as this occasion, "Who is below? Why do you want to sue this official?" Under normal circumstances, the five major countries do not have a common language, so the United Nations basically can't solve anything, and the United States advocates three nautical miles. Territorial waters, because he is the number one navy in the world. The Soviet Union recognized it, so the Japanese and South Korean fishing boats went out three nautical miles. Whether it was safe or not depends on the mood of the Soviet Navy.

   Now that the confrontation among the IOC is so serious, it is impossible to dismiss half of the members at one time to solve the problem. Since it is no longer possible to choose sides between the Soviet Union and the United States, the only thing that can be saved is the mud. Hot face to cold butt, eyes closed and said that the Moscow International Games is also a part of the Olympic Games, leaving a little face for the International Olympic Committee.

"We disagree. This is an insult to the Olympics. Los Angeles has been preparing for the Olympics for a long time and will never share it with Moscow. The IOC's acquiescence to Moscow's actions is an ostrich mentality. The problem has not been solved at all, it will only Let the world see the hegemony of the Soviet Union." The representative of the US Olympic Committee protested loudly.

"I understand the mood of the US Olympic Committee, but I believe that the United States does not want to see that the International Olympic Committee is divided into two parts, right?" Samaranch, as the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, is of course unwilling to confront the United States under normal circumstances. But the Soviet Union is also something he can't resist, especially the general secretary who holds all his secrets.

   If you choose the Soviet Union, you may be wearing small shoes, and if you choose the United States, you may be ruined. It is not difficult to weigh the pros and cons of this transaction. Samaranch has cooperated with Franco, and it will never be a person who is desperate for ideals.

Samaranch's words made all members kicked in the heart. Once the International Olympic Committee disintegrates and is divided into two pro-Soviet and pro-American organizations, the importance of these people will naturally drop significantly. The most direct consequence is that some countries may Will they not pay attention to these officials, followed by a reduction in funding, which will harm the interests of everyone.

   Don't think that Samaranch is the president of the International Olympic Committee. Who said that those who work in sports are not politicians? Samaranch is not only a politician, but also a senior kind. If nothing else, just talking about the damage to the interests of the International Olympic Committee after the split is enough for officials of these member states to make a choice.

  Human beings are made up of circles after another. For officials like them, the International Olympic Committee is their common circle, that is, a collective of interests. Without this collective, they have no interests. Both political and economic status will decline, as will the ability to raise funds.

   In the face of such consequences, why should the IOC confront the Soviet Union? On the contrary, many countries just complained that the United States and the Soviet Union created this problem, but more dissatisfaction is, why did the Americans not bow to the Soviets? The United States is rich in great cause, but not all countries are as rich as the United States? Americans should make sacrifices when the common good is compromised.

"What kind of **** logic is this? It's obvious that the Soviets provoked it. If they don't boycott the Los Angeles Olympics, how can there be so many things? Why are they accusing the United States now?" The officials of the US Olympic Committee scolded in their hearts. The Olympic Committee officials, this is disgusting.

   The process of the IOC meeting in Lausanne was soon sent to Moscow. The chairman of the IOC is the KGB, how can the Americans come back? What's more, doesn't this involve the distribution of benefits?

"These officials with the smell of copper are so cute!" Shelov said with squinting eyes, the general secretary of a socialist country now admires these officials, while the representative of a country, the last bastion of capitalism, accuses the International Olympic Organization Committee is full of copper stench, how interesting is this world?

At this time, Moscow is restarting the major venues of the Moscow Olympic Games, and souvenirs and related industries are also being produced. If you want to use the Olympic Games to make money, in this historical time and space, Serov, who was also the chairman of the KGB at the time, can be regarded as a teacher of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. At least he got the money back for the Soviet Union to build the stadiums.

  At the time of the Moscow Olympic Games, Serov also invited the president of Pepsi-Cola to designate Pepsi-Cola as the designated drink for the Olympic Games, which helped Pepsi-Cola gain popularity. To say that the most hostile company to the Soviet Union in the world is Pepsi-Cola's rival Coca-Cola Company. Not only did the Soviet Union not let Coca-Cola in, but the Soviet Union's allies only sold Pepsi-Cola.

   Relying on the socialist camp, PepsiCo is approaching Coca-Cola’s leading position in the industry faster than history. Every year PepsiCo’s celebrations in the Soviet Union, Coca-Cola must be taken out and framed…

"The grand meeting of peace is about to be held in Moscow. Pepsi and the great Soviet people will run towards a better tomorrow!" Adjusted the focus of work, and began to run the propaganda of the Moscow International Democracy Games under the scolding of Coca-Cola Company. This is an exclusive sponsorship. This is a market in dozens of countries. Under such circumstances, how could PepsiCo think about such trivial matters as whether it is an American company?

  It is a pity that this is the exclusive treatment of PepsiCo. Toyota really wanted to follow up, but under the pressure of the United States, Japan had to give up its traditional market, the Soviet Union. The United States is a little bit reluctant to clean up its own multinational companies, which does not mean that Japan, which has trade frictions with the United States, is showing mercy.

"How to choose? This makes us very embarrassed. The Soviet Union's attitude is obvious. It talks about class feelings, camp issues, as well as inducements and threats. If we don't participate, what will dozens of countries think of us?" A voice With a sigh, this is a multiple-choice question, but it is indeed a very difficult multiple-choice question.

  The biggest problem is the security issue. The Soviet Union, including the Soviet Union, is surrounded by pro-Soviet countries. If the Soviet Union is not satisfied with this matter, it will be scary enough to put a small part of the 100,000 tanks in Europe in the north. Should military spending be raised? How much?

   "We can participate in the International Democracy Games and the Olympic Games at the same time. We can be divided into two delegations without any bias. I believe Serov will be satisfied. This is not an excuse for the Soviet Union to attack. This is good for the Soviet Union." Another voice suggested.

"Participating in the International Democracy Games and the Olympic Games, is this China's attitude?" Serov in the Kremlin, leaning back in his chair with a look of overwork, suddenly laughed and said, "Yes, in fact, this statement is not good for our Soviet Union. It's good, those old revolutionaries are really not to be underestimated."

   This matter is actually quite understandable. If the Soviet Union and the United States fight to the death because of the Olympic Games, boycott and anti-boycott will continue. Then the end result is to play in the mud behind closed doors with their allies. The Los Angeles Olympic Games in the United States will certainly become the American Games, and the International Democracy Games in the Soviet Union will also become the Socialist Games with obvious colors, or the Eurasian Games, but even so, because the Soviet Union boycotted first, it was still taking advantage. To reduce the number of people participating in the Los Angeles Olympics means victory.

   But once many countries are divided into two delegations, it will be different. The number of participating countries in the two games will increase, and many countries will learn from China with a sigh of relief, and neither the United States nor the Soviet Union will be offended. But because the socialist countries led by the Soviet Union will definitely not participate in the Los Angeles Olympics, maybe more countries will participate in the International Democracy Games in Moscow than in the Los Angeles Olympics, so the Soviet Union will be more advantageous.

   In this case, the Soviet Union certainly had no excuse for attacking, and had to go down the steps, so it's amazing...

   "Maybe Italy and France will follow suit soon." Serov said to Gromyko, "Don't think I haven't noticed that over the past few years, the relationship between China and the Western European Communist Party has become more and more close."

   Soon, the chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers, Bellinger, announced that because of the close economic relationship between Italy and the Soviet Union, Italy will participate in the International Democratic Games, but at the same time, it will also participate in the Los Angeles Olympics. The next day, the French Communist Party also announced that France, which is independent and impartial, will send two delegations to Los Angeles and Moscow respectively, hoping that the Soviet Union and the United States can restore peaceful relations.

  The French Communist Party is also the largest party in France, but the French president is Mitterrand of the Socialist Party, because the French electoral system has two rounds, in order to prevent a radical party from becoming the French president. Generally, in the first round of elections, French voters will see clearly the power of the major political parties, and ultimately exclude political parties that are too radical in the second round of voting.

  So the French Communist Party often wins big in the first round of elections, but then gets sacked by a coalition in the second round of elections. The general secretary of the French Communist Party has been the speaker of the French parliament for several years, but has never been the general secretary. But no one underestimated the influence of the French Communist Party.

  Although the three major powers have stated that they will not offend any of the Soviet Union and the United States, the Soviet Union and the United States still send diplomats to shuttle countries, continue to win over third world countries, and at the same time prevent these countries from participating in each other's games.

   Until the last moment, neither the United States nor the Soviet Union knew which games would have more countries participating, and the diplomatic battle for neutrality continued until the opening of the two games.