Chapter 950 Madness
It is true that as Nigel Inkster said, the West African Free Trade Zone is still mainly an economic alliance at this stage.
At least, there is no open military cooperation between the countries in the West African Free Trade Zone.
As for the purchase of some arms from Kolo by countries including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso...
Arms trade is also trade, and these countries obtained Kolo shilling loans from the United Bank of Africa to purchase arms from Standard Defense Group. What does it have to do with the Kolo government?
Even if the government forces of Mali and other countries receive military training services, it is also a commercial cooperation between them and the Protector Military Services Company, and has no direct relationship with the Kolo Corps...
This is also at the current stage. Barron does not want Kolo to have a direct conflict with France, and I believe the French side thinks so too.
Although the performance of the French troops in Mali during Operation Serval was impressive, the Kolo Corps was not the anti-government armed forces in Africa. Also during Operation Serval, the French army cooperated with the peacekeeping forces sent by the Kolo Corps, and the French army was deeply impressed by the other side's combat effectiveness.
Therefore, France was not too overbearing towards Kolo.
Although military conflict was not an option, France did not do less to infiltrate Kolo.
In addition to collecting intelligence through some French companies in Colo, don't forget that France itself has a great advantage in intelligence work against Africa, and their intelligence system is not lacking in intelligence personnel who can blend into the native African ethnic groups...
"CSIB (Colo Security Intelligence Bureau) noticed that a considerable number of the personnel they had entered Colo for intelligence work came from France, and even found that people in the "swimming pool" were active..."
The "swimming pool" Nigel mentioned refers to the French External Security Directorate (DGSE), which is the largest intelligence agency in France. Because its headquarters is located in the old barracks near the Dorel Swimming Pool at 141 Avenue Motier in the 20th District of Paris, it is nicknamed "swimming pool".
The predecessor of DGSE was the Central Intelligence Agency led by Charles de Gaulle, which was renamed the French Foreign Intelligence and Counterintelligence Agency in 1946.
After the French Socialist Party came to power in 1981, it strengthened the rectification and reform of intelligence agencies. In April 1982, DGSE was renamed the "Directorate General for External Security".
The main task of the External Security Bureau is to comprehensively collect various intelligence such as French foreign politics, economy, military, science and technology, and terrorist activities, and is responsible for detecting espionage activities abroad that are detrimental to French interests; deciphering foreign intelligence through collected foreign communication signals, etc.
Compared with other similar departments, DGSE is the agency with the largest budget invested by the French Ministry of Defense.
In addition to the funding from the Ministry of Defense, the External Security Bureau also enjoys special funds within the so-called "common service regulations" of the French Prime Minister.
In 2002 alone, this special fund reached 33.2 million euros.
According to public intelligence, DGSE currently has a total of about 3,500 staff members, among which Africa, as France's main interest, is naturally also a region that DGSE pays close attention to.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Nigel said that signs of activities of the French External Security Bureau were found in Colo.
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After the Devonshire arrived in Colo, two fighter jets of the Colo Corps flew on both sides of it.
Although the history of these two fighters can be traced back to the Mirage F1 fighter, a second-hand French aircraft purchased by the government army during the Kolo Military Government, which was first put into service in 1970 and later replaced by the Mirage 2000, which was also half-sold and half-delivered to the Kolo Military Government by France...
Anyway, this is also a sense of ritual...
Before this, the Britta International Airport had been occupied by a team of soldiers from the Kolo Corps. After the Devonshire landed, the Kolo Corps' military vehicles led the way and helicopters escorted Barron and his party directly took the convoy carried by the Devonshire to his residence in Britta, Jupiter Building.
"Don't be so exaggerated in the future..."
Just now on the road, Barron didn't say anything. Now that he is at home, he said to Nigel and Errol Brut beside him:
"Withdraw the people of the Kolo Corps. The guards around me are enough."
Errol Brut is the current commander of the Kolo Corps. After Barron arrived in Britta, he went to the airport to greet him in person and came here with him.
Just after they arrived at the Jupiter Building, there was a full company of fully armed Kolo Corps soldiers on guard around the building.
"Your safety is the most important, Your Highness..."
However, seeing that Barron insisted on keeping a low profile, Errol could only order his adjutant to order the Kolo Corps soldiers to evacuate.
"As long as you have enough control over Kolo, then I will be absolutely safe."
Barron's words received a positive response from Errol.
After settling down here, Barron first met Rami Shakfa.
Because Matrix Capital is responsible for investing in the blockchain industry, Rami Shakfa has been in Britta all this time.
Learning that Barron had come to Colo, Rami was naturally very happy. It can be said that because he was adopted and sponsored by the other party since he was a child, Rami had feelings of gratitude and admiration for His Royal Highness the Duke. In a sense, he even regarded him as an elder like his father and teacher.
"Since September, after a sharp rise in the second quarter, the price of BitC has once again entered a rapid rise stage after a few months of consolidation, and this time the rise is more intense than the second quarter..."
Rami began to get in touch with BitC and related blockchain concepts through Barron.
Although he himself has a great interest in BitC since then, even as a real "genius", Rami has never thought that the price of BitC can rise so wildly this year.
Let's put it this way. Although the price of BitC once reached more than 30 US dollars at the end of last year, at the beginning of this year, this round of BitC bull market started to climb at a price of more than ten US dollars.
If it is said that from more than ten US dollars to the high point of the second quarter, more than 260 US dollars, there has been a nearly 20-fold increase, which is already very exaggerated.
Then BitC quickly broke through $1,000, and now it is close to $1,200...
In almost a year, the price of BitC has increased from a low of more than ten dollars to a high of nearly $1,200, which is nearly 100 times. From here, we can feel how crazy it is at this moment...
But I'm afraid that only Barron knows that from now until his rebirth in the future, BitC will increase by nearly 100 times, which is the craziest!
