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Chapter 1762: Colonel Ka (Third update, please subscribe)
At 6pm, Kyle drove out of the front door of the company in his chauffeured car and returned to his penthouse apartment in the city.

The apartment overlooking Taiping Bay was a gift from his father when he came of age.

Although after getting married four years ago, like other married siblings, they all had their own residence in Genting Highlands, but most of the time, they lived in an apartment.

Even when sitting in the car, Kyle was still looking through the documents. Two months ago, he was parachuted into Wuling Motors and needed to get into the role as soon as possible.

He sat in the car, reading the report and smoking. When the car arrived at the intersection where Jincheng District and Yining District met, the driver, who saw that he had finished his official business and was waiting for the red light, handed him a copy of the Evening News.

A piece of news in the newspaper caught his eye. The news was published in the middle of the newspaper.

"Libyan King Idris I signed an abdication decree, designating Crown Prince Hassan as the successor to the throne, which will take effect on September 9..."

A seemingly simple piece of news made Kyle go back to it several times and then read it several times in a row.

He looked out the window at the chaotic traffic and bustling pedestrians. Some people dragged their feet towards the station, while others walked towards the bus with heavy and slow steps. After finishing a day's work, their goal was very simple, which was to go back home and spend a peaceful night with their family.

"Libya, oil..."

Muttering this word, Kyle nodded and said to himself:
"It's just a normal succession. There shouldn't be any problems."

The reason he said that was because of oil.

And Libyan oil...it belongs to the South Pacific Libyan Petroleum Company. Now its annual output has exceeded 100 million tons. Although most of this oil is exported to southwestern European markets such as France, Italy, and Spain, it still belongs to SEA.

When he was a child, he heard his father mention "energy security" many times. Although SEA has large oil fields and has discovered oil fields offshore, domestic oil cannot meet future demand.

Apart from anything else, in a few decades, the amount of oil needed for just one or two hundred million cars will be an astronomical figure, not to mention the needs of the petrochemical industry.

So, over the past few years, SEA has developed a large number of overseas oil fields, from the Persian Gulf to Libya, to the North Sea in the UK.

The Libyan oil fields are the most important among them.

After all, this is a huge oil field with a capacity of 100 million tons, and there is still great potential for its production to be tapped.

Although these overseas oil fields have the highest returns among the many investments of SEA Universal Pension, in Kyle's opinion, there are still some unstable factors.

After all, these are "overseas oil fields", and there will always be some unstable factors as long as they are overseas. The three aircraft carrier battle groups built by the Navy are essentially to protect overseas interests.

"Fortunately, we have an aircraft carrier!"

While Kyle was reading the newspaper and thinking about this, he didn't know that in the official residence dozens of kilometers away, Li Yian was listening to Berlin's report.

"... Libyan King Idris I went on vacation to Turkey and Greece. He then summoned the leaders of the Libyan upper and lower houses to Greece, announced his abdication, and handed the throne to his nephew, Crown Prince Hussein. The situation in Libya became even more chaotic. All political forces in Libya clearly saw that the Idris dynasty was in a precarious situation and the dynasty regime could be overthrown at any time..."

When Hydra was giving his report, Jia Wentao was sitting beside him, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Myers, was also sitting beside him. As for the Special Director of Foreign Affairs, Li Guoren, he was not present because he was in the hospital for treatment. Therefore, Myers was now in charge of all the affairs of the ministry.

Berlin’s identity here is not Hydra, but the National Security Advisor of the official residence. In other words, he is Li Yian’s personal intelligence chief. In fact, this is also the true identity of Hydra - Li Yian’s personal secret intelligence agency.

"According to the intelligence we have, at least four political groups in Libya are currently planning a coup."

Berlin was introducing while playing slides with the projector remote control. A few years ago, after the red LED light was invented, although its brightness was limited and it could not be used for lighting, it was widely used in infrared remote controls. Remote control of televisions and air conditioners are now extremely fashionable products.

As for this remote control slide player, it is also a "gadget" with some "black technology". Under the projection of the projector, a photo was projected on the screen.

"The first group is a group of intellectuals and military officers, including former Prime Minister Bakushi. This group has planned to take over the government, but due to internal divisions, it has not taken action yet."

"The second group is the royal family led by Army Chief of Staff Abdul Aziz Al-Salehi. They are trying to get the king's approval to take over the government in a dignified manner. If they cannot get support, they will take action. Since the king has not made a public statement, they have been waiting."

"The third group is a military officer group headed by a colonel in the army. It is said that the group has the support of Egypt, but for some unknown reasons, it has been slow to take action."

As the slides played, Li Yian finally saw his "old friend", but of course, he was not his old friend.

"The fourth group is the Free Officers Organization headed by Gaddafi. The leaders and core members of this organization are unknown, but according to our intelligence, they are fully prepared to launch a coup."

Looking at the projected photo of Colonel Ka, Li Yian's mouth corners turned up with a hint of sneer on his face. This old friend is not his old friend, not only is he not his old friend, but he is even his enemy. After all, just because of the "oil nationalization" he promoted after taking office, he is the enemy of SEA!
Those oil fields all belong to SEA. If Colonel Ka wants to get his hands on them, it would be like snatching food from a tiger's mouth!

Of course, Colonel Ka is not a colonel yet, but a lieutenant.

"... He also founded the Free Officers' Organization's peripheral organization, the Civilian Organization, which recruited members from workers, farmers, teachers, businessmen and civil servants."

While Berlin was introducing the project, the slides were still playing. From those photos, it could be seen that Colonel Ka, no, it should be said that Lieutenant Ka was indeed well prepared. However, Myers was extremely surprised - after all, the photo playing on the slides was of an unknown lieutenant who had never been mentioned in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' intelligence. How did they get this information?

From these photos, we can see that Lieutenant Ka and his organization must have been targeted a long time ago!

Now, Mels finally understood why the official residence had always been able to make accurate decisions on many things. With such intelligence gathering capabilities, how could it not make correct judgments?
“…He deployed the backbone of the Free Officers Organization throughout the country, with two officers in each barracks, responsible for collecting all kinds of intelligence related to launching a coup, including weapons reserves, lists of officers and their superiors, etc.

As early as the beginning of the year, they had completed the preparations for the coup, but due to some special reasons, the coup was repeatedly postponed.

At this point, we don’t know exactly when they will launch a coup.”

After the introduction in Berlin, Li Yian turned his attention to Jia Wentao and asked:

"Wentao, is there anything you need to add from the Investigation Department?"

In response to your question, Jia Wentao said:
"Sir, we all agree on the basic intelligence. After the analysis department's research, we believe that he is likely to launch a military coup in the power vacuum before the king abdicates and the crown prince ascends the throne."

Nodding and responding softly, Li Yian stared at Lieutenant Ka on the projection screen. Looking at this smiling guy, Li Yian thought for a moment and said:

"This is indeed a godsend opportunity, but what we need to consider is how we respond to this military coup."

Then he turned his gaze to Myers and asked:

"Ers, how do you think the United States will respond after the military coup? Will they intervene?"

The reason why we asked the United States is because the United States has troops stationed in Libya - Wheelers Air Force Base, which has thousands of US troops stationed there.

Historically, the success of Colonel Kadcy's military coup was directly related to the non-intervention of the United States.

"Our representatives in Libya have communicated with the US Ambassador to Libya, Joseph Palmer, who said that they are not opposed to the change of the Libyan king's regime. After all, in the past decade or so, although Libya's oil revenue has accumulated rapidly. At the same time, the increasingly prominent political corruption, nepotism and cronyism have caused strong dissatisfaction among the people, and the change of regime is imperative.

So unless they are pro-Russian, they will not interfere.”

What faction does Kadazo belong to?

He is certainly not pro-Russian, but is he pro-American?
Not even!
This guy has offended all five big gangsters. This is the result of being successful at a young age.

"In other words, the United States will not interfere?"

This is certain. Nixon, who has just come to power, is trying every means to get out of Vietnam. To this end, he will not only begin visiting Moscow, but also major countries. The ice-breaking trip will be in the next two to three years.

"Yes, Your Excellency,"

After looking at the young man on the screen, Myers thought for a moment and said:

"I think we should be prepared for this coup. After all, we have extremely broad interests in Libya."

The Libyan oil fields are wholly owned by SEA, and they produce hundreds of millions of tons of oil per year. This is not just a commercial interest. It is related to the pensions of all the people in SEA!
Can't we prepare in advance?
Nodding, Li Yian stared at Colonel Ka on the screen and said:

"It's about being prepared. The question is, what can we do about it..."

Staring at the "old friend" projected on the projector, Li Yian was silent for a while, then said:
"I think... no matter what, we have to take action. Let the military come up with a plan first."

"Your Mightiness……"

Myers said nervously.

"That's Libya... It's on the Mediterranean side, and the Suez Canal is still closed. If we launch a military operation, it will be a long and arduous expedition.

And diplomatically speaking, if we take military action, it is likely to put us in a passive position. After all, it has always been the backyard of Europeans. "

Listening to his reminder, Li Yian nodded and said:
"I know, but we can't do anything that would harm our own interests. Military action should be inevitable. Well, let's make a plan first."

In fact, the easiest way is to behead that guy Colonel Ka right now.

But...what's the point of this?

This cannot stop the current turbulent situation in Libya, and what good will it bring to myself by assassinating that guy?
After taking a puff of his cigar, Li Yian said:
"As for diplomacy... we'll coordinate and handle it when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)