Chapter 371： The Odessa Treaty (Part 2)

Facing the list of expenses given by Barnosk, Morakov signaled to Lieutenant General Nomitov to check it out first. The chief of the general staff will look at the cost of these troop dispatches. This is also his specialty. The so-called cost of sending troops is actually compensation. Everyone understands this, but it is better to let the professionals squeeze the water first.

However, Morakov certainly would not accept the condition that the Romanian lions open their mouths. Therefore, according to international practice, Romania must also be aware of Ukraine’s conditions, so he first said: "I have listened to your country’s conditions, now let’s talk about ours."

As the head of the Romanian delegation, Prime Minister Bretianu signaled: "Your Excellency, please speak."

After seeing that the Romanian representatives were waiting for the Ukrainian proposal, Prime Minister Morakov took out a draft of Ukraine’s provisions and began to say: “According to our investigation, this conflict cannot be completely determined at present. Party’s responsibility, so we make a few suggestions."

"First; re-investigate the cause of this conflict. If it is our responsibility, then we will give compensation to the victim Dolk, and the amount can be negotiated by both of us. Second; about the East Moldavia region People wish that we can conduct a referendum, but we need third-party supervision. Both of us must not induce or threaten them. Thirdly, it is impossible for us to admit your country’s required troop costs. This dispute is not just me. The party has the responsibility, and your country has it, so we each bear our own military expenses. Fourth: After the peace talks are concluded and the treaty is signed, your country must withdraw from Ukraine. Moreover, our country is in good order and we do not need your country to help us maintain law and order."

After listening to Morakov’s Ukrainian conditions, Barnosk, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, couldn’t help laughing. Then he teased and said, “Your Excellency, I think this war is like you’ve won it. ."

Then he said unceremoniously: "This time the responsibility lies entirely with you."

After speaking, he took a copy from the documents he carried and placed it in front of Morakov. "This is the testimony of the Ukrainian soldiers who persecuted our Dolke in your country. This is enough to convince you."

Don't take a confession from a Ukrainian soldier who was controlled by Romania and deliberately framed it. Morakov glanced at the slanted confession. He shook his head and said: "This is not counted. I think we must have an irrelevant third-party investigation before we can confirm it."

Seeing the stubborn Ukrainian prime minister, Prime Minister Bretianu stopped Barnosk who still wanted to talk. He directly said to him: "Your Excellency Morakov, there will be no third party in this peace talks. I am furious. The current attitude of your side makes me feel that you do not have the sincerity of the peace talks. Since your understanding of the situation is not clear, I suggest you take a day off and talk again. One more thing, we are about whether to make peace. The Ukrainian government is not in a hurry to reach an agreement. Maybe someone is willing to accept our terms. Whether this person is Denikin or the Soviet Russian government, it has little effect on us. I hope you'd better consider it carefully."

Facing Prime Minister Bretianu’s blatant threat, Morakov couldn’t help but angrily said: “You are planning to threaten us.”

Bretianu, who stood up and prepared to leave, shook his head and replied: "This is not a threat, but just a piece of advice. In addition, the army is not satisfied with the terms we have currently drafted. They have been clamoring for the hope of drinking the Dnieper River, but they were We suppressed it. But now it seems that some of their words are still very reasonable."

After speaking, Prime Minister Bretianu left with Romanian negotiators, leaving only Morakov and his party staring at each other. They did not expect that the Romanian negotiators were so hard-headed and negotiated. Isn't this going to be done slowly? How come these Romanians have such a bad temper as if they had taken gunpowder.

Foreign Minister Tolskov, who has been a transparent person since the beginning of the negotiations, said angrily at this time: "These Romanians are too barbaric. They don't understand peace talks."

Tolskov's words, Morakov ignored him. People who don't even know the basic diplomatic skills don't know why President Korbachev valued him. It's useless to take him out of his confidant.

At this time, Finance Minister Dikole said worriedly: "What should we do now, if these Romanians really don't talk about it, it will be a disaster for us."

Facing his own confidant's words, Morakov couldn't answer in front of everyone. However, he is also a little strange about the Romanian behavior, but the party's top priority is to find a way to come up with a feasible solution. Thinking of this, he resisted being wrong, Lieutenant General Nomitov, who was still looking at the expense list, asked: "Are these lists a big problem?"

Lieutenant General Nomitov, who had some headaches, replied: "The problem is not big, but these Romanians definitely don't spend that much."

When Morakov was discussing with his delegation, Prime Minister Bretianu, who walked out of the municipal building, was also communicating with Barnosk.

"These Ukrainians are quite unfamiliar with the rules of diplomacy. You have also seen that during the negotiations, when a prime minister kept answering us, others did not respond much. So for these Ukrainians who don’t know the rules of diplomacy, there’s no need to be like Talk like other countries. Put pressure on them directly and let them know that we are very dissatisfied."

"Does this really work?"

In the face of Prime Minister Bretianu, Barnosque still couldn't turn a corner.

"Don't believe me, wait until the next negotiation."

Faced with Prime Minister Bretianu who had a somewhat unpredictable smile, Barnosque said a question he had always wanted to ask: "Prime Minister, why do we ask for such a high amount of compensation, and also ask for no compensation. We will not withdraw our troops. This request will not help us improve our relations with Ukraine in the future."

In his view, this condition is completely the Prussian version of France after the Franco-Prussian War. The only difference is that it is impossible for Ukraine to spend such a large sum of money in a short time like France. But the effect is the same. This is entirely to make the relationship between the two countries deteriorate rapidly. For this point of compensation, it is really not worth it.

Facing Barnosk’s question, Prime Minister Bretianu didn’t know how to answer. In fact, he also wanted to ask Edel, that's right, this request is mandatory. But he couldn't tell the Prime Minister that after a while, Soviet Russia would deny the Brest Treaty with Germany. Then Ukraine, the country, will immediately be like a little girl who is isolated and helpless, being humiliated by the two big men of the Red Army and the White Army, and finally forced to join the Soviet Union and become its important alliance country. It was not until decades later that the Soviet Union regained its independence after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

At present, Romania does not have enough strength to win and defend the entire Ukraine. It is true that the coal resources of East Uzbekistan are a natural heavy industry base, but it is too far away from Romania, and Romania does not have enough population to assimilate the area. So he can only call his idea to the Western Ukraine region.

However, it is completely impossible for the Ukrainian government to agree to divide nearly a third of its territory to Romania. That's why he came up with a compensation amount that Ukraine could not come up with in a short time to allow him to accept it. It also stipulates that Romania will not make unreasonable demands to withdraw its troops unless the compensation is completed.

In order to determine this amount, Edel also asked the intelligence department to check the financial situation and economic status of Ukraine over the years.

Therefore, in the face of Barnosk's inquiry, Prime Minister Bretianu could only use one sentence: "This is a secret, you will know it later." To fool it.

Facing the meaning of Prime Minister Bretianu’s words, Barnosque knew he should not inquire. Then the group of them returned to their residence to recharge their energy and prepare for the peace talks the next day.

When they discussed with the Ukrainian delegation again the next day, they obviously felt that their attitude had softened a lot. It seems that Prime Minister Bretianu’s method worked yesterday, which gave them full confidence in the negotiation. Originally, negotiation was a negotiation in which you and I compromised and reached a consensus. In the face of Ukrainians who can't afford to be straight, everyone knows that now is the time to let the opponent succumb.

So next, they took advantage of the lack of enthusiasm of the Ukrainians, and after nearly a month of negotiations, they finally let the Ukrainian government sign a name on the peace treaty. However, in order for Ukraine to sign the name, Romania still made a lot of concessions, but did not regress in a few key points.

The final signed terms are as follows. First, this conflict was caused by the misunderstanding of the two countries, and the Ukrainian government compensated for the victims of the conflict in the conflict.

Second; Regarding the Eastern Moldavia region, both parties respect the wishes of the people in the region. After 15 days, let the local residents decide to vote on the ownership of the region Third; as the initiator of the armistice, Ukraine The government will give Romania a compensation of 2 billion lei. The compensation method will be paid in foreign exchange, precious metals, minerals, grain, etc., of which grain and minerals will be based on 92% of the international market price.

Fourth: The Romanian army currently in Western Ukraine can be stationed there temporarily. However, you must leave immediately after Ukraine pays Romania the compensation, no later than 7 days after the payment is completed.

fifth;…………

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The final condition is that the two countries have made concessions to each other. However, judging from the content of the terms, Ukraine has suffered a big loss. But who made them perform poorly on the battlefield, and no one in the world helped to speak, they could only grit their teeth and endure it.

Now the two documents signed with the names of the heads of their respective delegations will be taken back with each other. When the political leaders of the two countries sign, this will represent the settlement of the dispute between the two countries.

Is this the case? Who knows?

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