The Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Soviet Union went to London to promote the Leningrad Special Economic Zone plan Leningrad Special Economic Zone, a new initiative of Soviet reforms The Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Soviet Union sent a message of willingness to share the achievements of the Soviet Union's reforms with Europe Seryosha came to London with a huge plan, and with Seryosha's arrival, all the capitalists in the City of London rushed to offer Seryosa various invitations.
The reason why Seryosha is so popular is also due to the fact that the previous reform and opening-up policy of China, a neighbor of the Soviet Union, set a good precedent for special economic zones.
This makes the Leningrad Special Economic Zone particularly attractive.
Now there is no country in the world that is broader than the USSR, there is no country with more resources than the USSR, and the industrial base of the USSR is not known how many times better than China.
When such a red giant laid down his arms and began to learn to do business, most investors around the world believed that the Soviet Union would succeed.
So just before Ulyanov arrived in London, the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Soviet Foreign Trade Bank had already released rumors to the media through various channels.
All of a sudden, various economists began to analyze how much the Leningrad Special Economic Zone of the Soviet Union would bring to the economy of the whole of Europe, the Soviet Union has a population of nearly 300 million, and the consumption power and purchasing power of these 300 million people are much stronger than countries like China even now, after all, China has just basically solved the problem of food and clothing, and the Soviet Union is a developed country that has popularized refrigerators, televisions, and tape recorders, and is pursuing a richer life.
The goals of the two countries clearly show the difference in the background of the two countries.
According to Seryosha's plan, when he arrived in London, he would first attend a buffet hosted by the London Bankers' Association, which was also a foreign member of the British Bankers' Association.
Moreover, in the eyes of most of the British media, Seryosha was the high-ranking official in the Soviet Union who best understood the market economy.
In his speech at the reception, Seryosha threw out an astonishing financing plan to the British financial circles: In order to build the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, the Soviet government decided to issue $500 billion of 100 billion Soviet government bonds on the British open market, with an interest rate of about 5 percent, all denominated in US dollars.
Moreover, because the Soviet Union's foreign debt repayment record is very good, and there has never been a debt default or overdue, most of the British financial institutions have given these Soviet bonds an AAA rating, which means that the security of the Soviet Union's national bonds is the highest in the world, and it has such a high interest rate under such a high security, which is simply the most ideal investment target for large financial institutions.
After all, the interest rate of U.S. bonds is only a few percentage points or even lower, so many financial institutions have heard the wind and want to follow this east wind and make a lot of money.
In fact, Seryosha knew very well that the Leningrad Special Economic Zone had not even been demarcated for land, and that there was nothing in the system, regulations, staffing, budget, and short-, medium-term, and long-term plans of the Special Economic Zone.
's plan, most of the whole plan is pictures, and even the text is very little, so it can be said that it is completely from the white wolf with empty gloves in London.
If it weren't for his status as a Soviet minister and the Soviet government behind him to give him a cover, the whole plan would be no different from a fraud.
In the end, this is a devastating scam concocted by Seryosha, and once revealed, the ultimate victim is the European banking sector, and the Soviet government has nothing to offer but one debt after another.
But now Seryosha wants to weave a dream of wealth for Europe's banking industry.
So Seryosha began to frequently attend various financial activities in London, now although the European economy has recovered, but still growth is weak, the engine of the world economy in the United States has been out of fire for many years, although Japan's economy is developing rapidly, but the Japanese market is extremely xenophobic, and their product competitiveness is so huge, the positive impact on European countries is far less than the negative impact, and Seryosha's reform plan seems to let the whole of Europe see an economic growth rocket engine that is about to take off.
In Seryosha's speeches again and again, he portrayed to investors that the Soviet Union's economic reforms would bring more positive stimulus to Europe.
Lend money to the USSR, and then use the economic growth of the USSR to drive the economic growth of the whole of Europe, and at the same time use the rich natural resources of the USSR to solve the problem of the supply of energy and raw materials for production on the European market, this is simply a perfect combination, and most importantly, once the economic exchanges between the USSR and Europe become more and more frequent, the Iron Curtain will also be broken, and the days of harmonious development of Europe will be simply within reach.
With such a vision, Europe's banking sector is confident and convinced of the prospects described by Seryosha.
And Seryosha's plan was also of great interest to the British government.
In recent years, Britain has been trying to reshape the status of the European economic center, and the financing scale of 500 billion yuan is definitely the largest financing plan in the world in the past decade, and it is guaranteed by the national credibility of the Soviet Union, a superpower.
Unfortunately, it was not only the British who thought of this, Seryosha did not take the initiative to promise anything during his meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher, because he hoped that the British government would offer more preferential conditions.
But as soon as he left the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, the French ambassador immediately called him and asked to visit him the next day.
For the opportunity to come to the door, Seryosha naturally will not shirk.
Anyway, deceiving one is a deception, and deceiving two is also deception.
At this time, there are fish taking the initiative to bite the hook, so naturally the more the merrier.
So Seryosha invited the French ambassador to his residence the next day.
Early the next morning, the French ambassador to Britain took his economic counselor to the hotel where Seryosha lived, and the two had not been in contact before, so they exchanged pleasantries for a while.
When the topic got to the point, the French ambassador carefully asked Seryosha about the plans for the Leningrad Special Economic Zone, and Seryosha noticed that the economic counselor of the French embassy kept writing down something in his notebook, as if he wanted to write down everything Seryosha said.
When Seryosha had finished what he was going to say, the French ambassador asked with great respect, "I wonder if Minister Ulyanov has any intention of admitting French investors to participate in this huge project of your country." t1706231537: