Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 285 >

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Also known as the NPT.

The key point is that a state that possesses nuclear weapons shall not, under any circumstances, transfer, directly or indirectly, control over nuclear weapons, nuclear explosive devices, or such weapons or equipment to anyone, and shall refrain from any means and methods to prevent non-weapons from acquiring them. .

and regulations on the peaceful use of nuclear power and so on.

It is a treaty that gives countries pursuing nuclear development a justification to use military options through the authority of the United Nations, kicking the ladder, and the core ideology of the very early days of the United Nations, which was created in the name of peaceful use of nuclear energy.

It is the 12 countries of the Security Council that move those who are so important that they are even included in the revised UN Charter.

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More importantly, there are two permanent members.

USA, Russia.

And Hungary, which was recommended by Russia as a non-permanent member, and Arabia, Tibet, Korea and Sweden, which were put in to appease the oil problem. Denmark, which bought Ethiopia, Liberia, Ireland, and Greenland, which had been recommended by the United States, and forcibly bought them instead. Taiwan.

A total of 12 countries are representatives of the United Nations to prevent the indiscriminate leakage of nuclear technology.

And the Deputy Foreign Minister Brezhnev and the First Secretary Andropov, who were dispatched there, sighed deeply.

“I’m a diplomat, so why should I study physics?”

“It was much easier to analyze the Marshall Doctrine last time.”

“Ah, that’s right, the US was badly burned during the Chinese Civil War.”

Avoiding military intervention and not intervening except in the case of nuclear threats from major powers.

There will be no hints of a reduction in the amount of economic aid or excessive political intervention.

In fact, it was a declaration close to the original history of the Nixon Doctrine.

And it was also a declaration of a return to isolationism, and it meant that, except for Russia’s intervention with its nuclear weapons at the fore, only the battle for pride triggered by the space race would be fought.

Of course, it was over for them.

“So what about Protactinium-233?”

“Forgetting those technical things, our mission is to stop the peaceful use of nuclear power and the attempt to develop nuclear weapons and stockpile enriched uranium and material X under the pretext of nuclear power, and for that purpose, we have an alternative to thorium reactors. to present it.”

Brezhnev, an incredibly young, unprofessional figure who rose to the position of assistant secretary of state at the age of 30, sighed.

He hadn’t heard a few things before coming to this meeting. First, thorium is cheaper than uranium, and thorium cannot be used to make nuclear weapons, and thorium is artificially changed to uranium, and the uranium produced at this time cannot be developed into nuclear weapons. In the thorium reactor, there was no need to worry about that.

Therefore, in accordance with this logic, all countries except the United States and Russia should ban the development of nuclear reactors using uranium, allow only nuclear reactors using thorium, and negotiate so that if nuclear reactors made in other ways are found, it can be regarded as a violation of the NPT Convention.

And for this, first, it is necessary to explain what a thorium furnace is, and secondly, it must explain how it can prevent nuclear proliferation, and political quality is necessary for this.

Achieving that purpose required a rough explanation of how this lifeless damn thing works.

And it was up to them, not the tech bureaucrats, to explain that in front of the ambassadors of each country.

‘Save people.’

Brezhnev, muttering, asked Andropov.

“glass.”

“Yes.”

“Nuclear power is something, isn’t it?”

“Yes?”

“With the lift of a finger, a single bomb can kill millions, and conversely, if they build their own nuclear reactor, they can supply clean water and electricity to tens of millions of people at the minimum. Two outcomes are derived from one technique, and we are not arguing here that we want to avoid one and get the other.”

“haha………”

“If I had known that I would suffer like this, I would have gone to the Ministry of Education rather than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

“The Ministry of Education? My acquaintance is there, and it’s not too bad if it’s too hard.”

“Okay, let’s go inside, is our speech second? After America.”

“Yes.”

“Okay, the original protagonist comes out later.”

In fact, it was nice to have had the opportunity to take one more look at the tech brief cheat sheet hidden in my sleeve, but what about it?

***

Behind politics is intelligence.

Having an edge in information can give you an overwhelming edge in political negotiations.

Therefore, it is very important to have an information network in the other country.

I knew it, but I didn’t like it.

“CIA operatives are on the rise in the country.”

“In particular, information gathering in the area of rocket engines is intense. We’re currently tracking one of those who attempted to infiltrate quite deeply. His identity is disguised as a technician, and he uses the pseudonym Lorenz.”

Irina turned the pen round and round.

“Lorenzra, yes, I remember, in 1940, during World War II, I came to Russia as one of the US military advisors. As a technical bureaucrat, he played a role in the US Army’s arbitration in the last litigation between the US and FN. It didn’t help the United States win the lawsuit, but how can Agent White penetrate so deeply?”

“Lorenz is the face. We take care of what Black can’t handle, once we’ve confirmed that there’s at least one Black associated with GNOME, and that he’s infiltrated the program.”

“Did you identify yourself?”

“We tracked down some of the strong candidates, and narrowed the suspects down to four. But that doesn’t mean they’re all spies.”

“It can’t end with that, the CIA’s delusion. At this point, there must be a bigger black, right?”

“Yeah, there’s a good chance there will be one or two executives managing the local blacks.”

“And we must track down those executives and eradicate the tumors that have dug into the Empire.”

The CIA’s technology has been known for a long time. She already has Humint as a founding member of the CIA. She knew how the CIA worked better than the director.

That’s bad luck for the Americans and good luck for the Russian government.

“Forget the lows, there’s little need to catch all of the market gossips and all the bad guys we need to investigate, and we have big catches to catch.”

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Moira.

A core-level spy who is believed to have infiltrated quite deep parts of the Russian Empire.

A person who was trained and infiltrated in the United States cannot infiltrate this far. At least Irina doesn’t trust anyone but herself within the intelligence department, and key personnel in the intelligence department take appropriate measures at regular intervals.

‘He’s definitely moving.’

Irina connected the hotline on her desk.

-Something.

“Your Majesty, I would like you to disclose the schedule for the launch of the manned spacecraft.”

-…… The reason is?

“We have caught the tail of a key spy. We need to make the American side more impatient.”

– What if it’s a core level?

“It appears that there is a bribe in the secretariat. Buy it or convince it.”

-I heard the report, haven’t it been decided yet?

“We have narrowed it down to eight to three suspects. But more than that is difficult.”

-………….

A sigh could be heard from the Kremlin’s office over the phone line, as if he had guessed the situation.

No matter how much Ohrana, or even her, it seems to me that they are noticing how to shut up, drag and torture a person of that level. At least you need proof.

The reason is simple.

Coincidentally, the suspects are all of high status. Of course her nephew? quantum? Anyway, these children are not in an ambiguous position to say anything about. They did not inherit the blood of Nicholas II.

But it is still royalty. The imperial family made it possible for them to hold honorary posts in the Senate.

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Many of the non-cooperative aristocrats were purged, and some of the aristocrats who were watching were also caught and wiped out, but the purge was not large enough to touch the cooperative aristocrats and even the imperial family. Therefore, some forces still remained.

During the Second World War, Mikhail drove them to the front line with the logic of ‘what are you doing while the princes are also on the war’, and consumed them to the point of cutting their prices, but they still survived, and there were only a handful of powerful families, and coincidentally, the three suspects All of them were royalty or nobles.

No matter how much she is, she cannot take the imperial family at will. At the very least, we need evidence enough to warrant a warrant.

However, it was not easy to dig up the information because the opponent moved very carefully.

If so, you have no choice but to force your opponent to move.

-I should take this opportunity to take measures to prevent the royal family or nobles from entering working positions.

“I understand that you approved it.”

– Bring vodka snacks.

Her master eats fish, no matter how expensive, but doesn’t like it very much, but also enjoys eating crustaceans and fish eggs as a delicacy.

In fact, it’s not a commonly known fact because even the food that you like when you become a head of state falls into the category of confidentiality, but it was a joke that only those in the know knew. I’ll throw in the bait, suggesting that you get results. Few people know that caviar, which always comes to the Tsar’s dinner, is one of the few seafood he touches. And as everyone in the know knows, vodka goes well with caviar.

– We will bring you the finest Almas.

NASA, USA, Houston.

“What was the cause of this launch failure?”

“Due to the lack of pressure in the turbopump, it seems that the hot gas flowed back into the fuel tank and exploded on the spot.”

“Damn it, again? It’s already the fourth time I’ve blown up a rocket because of that problem!”

The core of the propellant of Dr. Goddard’s posthumous, liquid fuel rocket is the turbopump.

And the turbopump is still in trouble.

“Russians use liquid fuel the same way, so how did you solve the turbopump problem?”

The president’s patience is running out. I had to do something.

“The Russians even announced that they would launch a manned spacecraft. If you go like this, you’re just an asshole. Damn, we can’t get any kind of reliable rockets, and the President is arguing that they’re going to monopolize space by sending humans to space, going to the moon, and going to Mars. I have to do something.”

“I don’t know how to do this, so what should I do to increase the output?”

“Raising itself is easy. The problem is that the more you do it, the heavier it gets, and the heavier it gets, the greater the burden. I need to find a way to increase the efficiency or something…”

“If you look at the blueprints of the Russians, it would be helpful, damn… Team leader? Where are you going?”

“I should see Director Hughes. I’ll have to ask them to get a schematic or even a basic design made by the Russians.”

Exactly one month after the conversation, a woman in Ruvka, Russia, muttered softly.

“Jackpot.”