Chapter 100:
May 7, 1940
Berlin, Northern Germany, Government Building The payback against La Rocque, who had been screwing us over using the nominal cover of a neutral country, was a magnificent success.
In America, Crown Prince Louis Ferdinand, who happened to be there and was acquainted with FDR, put in the effort, and we succeeded in winning over the Anglo-German Cooperation Organization by moving Montagu Norman, my nephew's godfather.
It cost lobbying funds to do this, but considering the trouble France and La Rocque would face, it was an investment I didn't regret in the slightest.
"I wonder how France will react?"
Britain had notified France that if they did not stop their support for Italy within fifteen days, they would impose economic sanctions and revoke their Suez Canal passage rights.
Even if America and Suez are blocked, they could still import oil through other countries, but international transactions aren't problems that can be solved in an instant.
Even in the modern 21st century, it takes at least a month to sign a trade deal and actually receive the goods, let alone in this era.
France was surely increasing its armaments with trade through America and the Suez in mind, so if that's blocked, it will take time to open other deals, and even those would be limited.