Chapter 845 Operation Siegfried
Barron naturally didn't know about Princess Cather's entanglements.
After staying in Jakarta for two days, being received by Prince Walid and meeting with Saudi dignitaries including Salman, he left here and went to Lanai Island in Hawaii.
After entering 2012, the European debt crisis showed no signs of easing, but instead showed a trend of deepening.
As German Chancellor Merkel said, this year will be a difficult year for Europe.
As early as January this year, Standard \u0026 Poor's, one of the world's three major rating agencies, announced a downgrade of the sovereign credit ratings of nine European countries including France - among which the sovereign ratings of France and Austria were downgraded from AAA to AA+.
So far, it can be said that American rating agencies have begun to "look down" on the euro in turn.
On February 13, the Greek Parliament passed the second round of bailout agreement reached with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund by a two-thirds majority, agreeing to implement new austerity measures. The Greek government will further cut spending by 3.2 billion euros in 2012, including downsizing the public sector, cutting pensions, and lowering the minimum wage standard.
According to the terms of the second round of aid agreement, as a condition for receiving aid, the Greek government must implement the latest fiscal austerity measures, including reducing the minimum wage standard in the private sector by 22%, cutting 3.2 billion euros in spending this year and laying off 15,000 civil servants.
After that, Eurogroup President Juncker announced at a press conference held after the Eurozone Finance Ministers' Meeting on the evening of March 12 that he had officially approved the second round of Greek aid with a total of 130 billion euros.
In this regard, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Brown said in an interview:
"We are very happy to reach a consensus with Greece on the next round of aid in person, but it should be understood that more efforts are needed to completely solve their current difficulties..."
Brown, who took office as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund last year, previously required European countries to implement more stringent fiscal austerity policies if they hope to obtain this round of aid from the IMF - the IMF will not waste money to rescue countries that are unwilling to make efforts.
"According to statistics, the Greek government will face 14.5 billion euros of national debt maturing on March 20. If they cannot reach an agreement on repayment by then, they will face a catastrophic disorderly default..."
In a call with Barron, Daisy said:
"Now that Greece has reached an agreement with the European Central Bank and the IMF for a second round of aid, the country's debt crisis has shown signs of life, and the euro has also been supported...On that day, the euro-dollar exchange rate had a relatively large increase."
Unlike those financial institutions that have more concerns, they had already anticipated that Greece would eventually receive aid, so the DS Group and related funds had closed their last round of shorts on European countries including Greece earlier.
Not only that, in the future, they will continue to invest funds and start to build positions, preparing to obtain a corresponding share of dividends in the subsequent recovery of the European economy.
...
"Mr. Lopez, we lost contact with Frank..."
Hearing the news reported by his subordinates, Mike Lopez frowned slightly:
"When did it happen?"
"Just now, he was supposed to contact us today, but he didn't. We informed London of the situation, but we didn't find them..."
"Where are the rest of the team?"
Hearing Mike Lopez's question, his deputy said solemnly:
"They have also lost contact..."
After receiving this news, Mike Lopez knew that something must have gone wrong.
Mike Lopez is the chief of the CIA's European branch, and Frank, who lost contact with them, led an elite team of the CIA action group.
Only Mike knew that this elite team, under his instruction, went from Germany to London to prepare to implement a top-secret plan called "Operation Siegfried".
But now it seems that this so-called "top-secret plan" may have gone wrong.
...
"Captain, we got a list of people they know are involved in this plan..."
At the same time, in a villa in London, Mikhail Ritter took the note with some names from his men and said with some disappointment:
"I haven't done anything myself yet, these Americans."
But since he has already got the information he needs, then those people...
He said casually:
"Get rid of them, throw them to Building 24 in Grosvenor Square, and let the CIA collect their bodies."
The American embassy in London is located in Building 24 in Grosvenor Square, which is also the location of the CIA's London branch. Obviously, Mikhail doesn't care about offending the CIA.
At the beginning, they got accurate information that the CIA would take action against His Royal Highness the Duke, but they didn't know the specific content of this action.
It was not until they captured the action team that they finally tortured out the details of the so-called "Operation Siegfried" - Mikhail knew that the so-called agents who insisted on not revealing intelligence were often very few and under those effective means of interrogation, it was only a matter of time before they revealed the truth.
It was just that getting these CIA agents to speak was smoother than Mikhail expected.
Siegfried was the dragon slayer in German legend. As the name suggests, the so-called "Operation Siegfried" was a plan by the European branch of the CIA against the Duke of Devonshire, which was naturally not conducive to Barron.
And he also learned that this action against Barron did not come from the CIA headquarters in Langley, but was carried out by the chief of the European branch of the CIA without authorization - as for the reason, it is obvious that some forces behind it have offered a price for it.
As for which forces or forces are involved?
The agent named Frank and his team members are not clear about these things behind the scenes.
But...
Mikhail glanced at the list in his hand - I believe that from this list, I can find the answer I want.
"I need detailed information about these people, and we need to get the information we need from them as soon as possible..."
London was still a little cold at night, but in the night, many messages had been sent out and many people began to gather.
Not only Barron, represented by Mikhail, but also the European branch of the CIA, is trying its best to control the spread of the situation.
"Although there is no definite news yet, we need to prepare for the worst, and I need your help..."
While Mike Lopez, the head of the European branch of the CIA, was on the phone, there was a knock on the door of the room.
"Sir, we found Frank and the others in London... They are all dead."
