The presidential secretary was still thinking about the president's intentions in his heart, but Roosevelt took the lead and asked, "Have you read this book?"

"No, Mr. President. But looking at the title of the book, I think it is about Chen Qiang's escape from China from the perspective of a third party." The presidential secretary said.

"Not only that, there is a lot of shocking content here! It tells people what happened in the capital of China last December." Roosevelt said.

The secretary was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that this book would have such content.

Roosevelt did not hide his secretary, and he said, "I have decided to provide China with a loan of 25 million US dollars, but after this loan proposal comes to Congress, it will definitely be obstructed by the Republican Party, especially the guy Vandenberg, who will 100% oppose this loan proposal. So at this time, I need to borrow some external forces to put pressure on Congress to allow Congress to pass this loan proposal."

The presidential secretary nodded suddenly with a sudden realization.

Previously, when Ambassador Hu Shi visited Roosevelt, he used Yunnan's tung oil as collateral to exchange for a US$25 million loan. Although Roosevelt finally agreed to lend money to China, such a huge sum of money could not be solved by Roosevelt in just one sentence, and it still needs to be reviewed and approved by the US Congress.

The proposal of the US president is killed when it comes to Congress, and it is not new in the United States. In the future, every proposal of the US president will be rejected by lawmakers when it comes to Congress. Especially when the opposition parties control the majority of the Congress, the US president becomes a badass. It is even more difficult to pass some decrees.

In the United States in 1938, the Democratic Party where Roosevelt was located had a major advantage in Congress, but this does not mean that the Republican Party is just a good meal. On the contrary, as an opposition party, the Republican Party can find fault with the ruling Democratic Party wholeheartedly. However, any Democratic Party’s proposals, whether good or bad, first find some faults.

What's more, the issue of lending to China is extremely risky. Although Yunnan's tung oil is used as collateral, the current situation in China is not optimistic. The Japanese not only occupied some areas of North China, East China and South China, but also captured Wuhan, the heart of China's region.

In this situation, no one will be optimistic about China. Maybe after a while, the Japanese will get to Yunnan and the mortgage of the tung oil will be gone. At that time, the loan of 25 million US dollars will be wasted?

Therefore, as an opposition Republican Party, there are sufficient reasons to oppose the $25 million loan proposal. Even within the Democratic Party, some lawmakers are unwilling to pay the $25 million for fear that the money will not be collected.

What's more, the American isolationism was pursued at that time.

In August 1935, the U.S. authorities passed the Neutral Act of 1935, prohibiting U.S. companies from engaging in any trade with those militant countries. In the following two years, the U.S. government revised the bill three times to restrict private and corporations from participating in transactions involving wars in other countries or to perform aid.

The future of the United States is the world's largest arms dealer and war dealer, and American weapons have appeared in almost all wars in the 21st century. On the contrary, under isolationism, Americans do not want to be related to any war, and they are not even willing to participate in humanitarian aid.

The most loyal advocate of isolationism at that time was Arthur Vandenberg, who was "100% opposed" by Roosevelt.

Arthur Vandenberg was the leader of the Republican Party at that time. When Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, Vandenberg took the lead in opposing it, which caused a lot of trouble for Roosevelt's new Deal. Although facts proved that Roosevelt was correct, his new Deal could help the United States get out of the Great Depression, Vandenberg became one of the most spoken politicians in the US Congress because of his opposition to Roosevelt.

As a loyal supporter of isolationism, Arthur Vandenberg opposed the United States' intervention in World War II. It was also because of Vandenberg's resistance that the United States did not immediately participate in the war after the outbreak of World War II, but declared neutrality. It was not until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor that Vandenberg changed his position and instead supported Roosevelt in the war.

Some people later said that Roosevelt had known that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor for a long time, but because the US Congress opposed the United States' participation in the war and did not want to wade into the muddy waters, Roosevelt could only use a "tricky trick" to create an excuse for the United States to join the war. If this rumor is true, then this "tricky trick" is likely to be performed for Arthur Vandenberg.

Because Arthur Vandenberg insisted on isolationism, the 25 million loan plan was opposed by Vandenberg 100% in Congress. In history, the proposal for tung oil loan was blocked by Congress for more than half a year before it was officially passed.

Roosevelt had long expected Vandenberg to oppose it, so Roosevelt had been thinking about how to convince Arthur Vandenberg. The appearance of this book "Rabe Diary" made Roosevelt think of a solution.

The content in "Rabe's Diary" is enough to make every reader realize the cruelty of the Japanese invaders and to make every reader sympathize with China. Once this book becomes popular in the United States, Roosevelt's proposal to borrow money from China will be much smoother when Congress reviews it.

For moral considerations, even if those members of Congress do not want to lend money to China, they will not clearly object to it on the surface. If anyone opposes at this time, as long as Roosevelt creates momentum in public opinion, the saliva of the people will be able to squirt the opponents to death.

The Japanese have committed such heinous crimes and the Chinese have suffered such hardships. At this time, you have to oppose borrowing money to China, and you don’t plan to help the poor China! And China is not borrowing it for nothing, they have tung oil as collateral. They are still members of Congress! Why are they so cruel? Is there morality? Is there any conscience?

Moral kidnapping is a very terrible thing. It’s like a disaster happening in a certain place and a rich man did not donate. At this time, a large group of keyboard warriors must have come out to criticize him. Even if he donates less, people will criticize him. However, those keyboard warriors who criticize him may also be terrible people.

Everyone can condemn others on the moral commanding heights. However, for politicians, they need to be the one who stands on the moral commanding heights, not the one who is condemned. Sometimes, a scandal is enough to end a politician's political career, and even the US president will be knocked down by the scandal.

Therefore, American politicians are very fond of their feathers. They can make mistakes, but they must not make moral mistakes. For these politicians, if they are condemned by moral public opinion, it is even more serious than making wrong decisions.

This book "Rabe Diary" allowed Roosevelt to find a way to stand on the moral commanding heights. As long as this book becomes popular and triggers public discussion, Roosevelt's loan proposal will be passed by Congress 100%. Those opponents, including Arthur Vandenberg, will never risk being subject to moral condemnation to oppose this loan proposal.

In fact, for the Republicans, it is not their money to spend anyway. If Japan really occupys China, the 25 million US dollars will be wasted, which is Roosevelt's decision-making mistake, and Roosevelt will also take the blame.

...

Williams came to the bookstore as usual.

"Mr. Williams, welcome!" The clerk of the bookstore immediately came over to greet him. It was obvious that Williams was a regular customer of the bookstore.

"Is there any new book recently?" Williams asked.

"There is a book that sells very well, this one." The clerk of the bookstore handed Williams a book called "Rabbe Diary".

Williams looked at the title of the book and said, "So it's this book. My colleague mentioned it. It is said that it tells the story of an inhuman massacre!"

"Yes, sir, I have never had a book on this subject before, and the records in it are very real, which makes people feel chilling." The bookstore clerk said.

"I heard that this book was written by the Chinese athlete. Now China and Japan are in a state of war. The Chinese must hate the Japanese very much, so I don't think a Chinese would describe the Japanese objectively. I think the description of this book is deliberately exaggerating it." Williams said and put down the book, obviously not planning to buy it.

Of course, the clerk should try to recommend it to the customer, so he quickly said, "Mr. Williams, it seems that you have a misunderstanding of this book. You see, the words "Rabe Diary" are also mentioned later. In fact, this book was written by a German named Rabe. You know, the Germans have always been very rigid, and I think they should not lie."

"It was written by a German, so it's more credible." Williams said as he read the price of the book, thinking the price was quite cheap.

"This book is not expensive, so let me get this one!" Williams said.

After returning home, Williams had dinner, leaned on the lounge chair and began to read the newly purchased book "Rabe Diary".

Not long after, Williams' expression became solemn.

"Beasts! The Japanese are simply a bunch of beasts! Can they do such things? Aren't they afraid of God's punishment? Damn, I will definitely have nightmares tonight!"

Sure enough, that night, Williams had a nightmare, in which he was being chased by a large group of Japanese soldiers with knives!

From then on, Williams inexplicably became hostile to the Japanese.

...

For Roosevelt, he only needs one sentence or even a hint to make a book popular. Some of his subordinates have ways to do this.

In the United States, there are many people who want to kneel down and lick the president. Officials at all levels all want to show their loyalty to lick the dog like Roosevelt. Therefore, with the various blessings of those who are interested, the sales of "Rabe Diary" has been rising steadily, instantly dominating the sales list of American books.

This result was far beyond Chen Qiang's expectations. He himself did not understand why this book suddenly became popular and became a bestseller in the United States.

Because of the hot sale of "Rabe's Diary", the American people also knew about the tragic events that happened in Nanjing at the end of last year. As a result, various condemnations came one after another, and the Japanese invaders became the target of everyone's abuse, while China received a lot of sympathy.

...

Tadichiro Yamamoto was born into a big family in Japan and received a good education since he was a child. He was proficient in English, so he was called an employee of an international trading company in Japan and was stationed in the United States.

On that day, Tadichiro Yamamoto came home from get off work and came to the rented place. When he just walked to the front of the door, a baseball flew over and happened to fall at Tadichiro Yamamoto. Immediately afterwards, the youngest son of the landlord ran over with baseball gloves.

Tadichiro Yamamoto bowed down and picked up the ball himself, then smiled and handed the baseball to the landlord's youngest son.

"Thank you, Mr. Yamamoto." The landlord's son said.

"You're welcome, Jimmy." Tadaichiro Yamamoto answered.

At this time, the landlord's eldest son also ran over from not far away.

"Jimmy, come here!" the landlord's eldest son shouted, while looking at Tadichiro Yamamoto with a vigilant look, his eyes as if he was worried that Tadichiro Yamamoto would abduct his younger brother.

The younger brother walked to his brother, but the older brother said, "Jimmy, have you forgotten? Mom, don't let us talk to that Japanese! Japanese are all demons who kill people without blinking. Be careful that he will kill you!"

This sentence came into the ears of Tadichiro Yamamoto, which immediately made him look embarrassed.

Tadichiro Yamamoto couldn't help but remember that during the day, he went to a trading company to negotiate a business. One of the Americans actually asked him how many people he had killed and how he felt when he killed someone! Obviously, he regarded him as a murderer.

Tadichiro Yamamoto remembered that when he went to a restaurant he often went to for lunch, everyone looked away from him, and even when the waiter took the tip from him, he looked timid, for fear that Tadichiro Yamamoto would kill him.

"It's all those damn books!" Tadichiro Yamamoto couldn't help but curse secretly.

Because "Rabe Diary" is best-selling in the United States, the Japanese have become rats crossing the street in the United States.

...

In order to deal with the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Hu Shi, the Japanese cabinet sent three people to serve as ambassadors to the United States at the same time, namely the writer Yusuke Tsurumi, the economist Kikujiro Ishii and the eloquent oralist Yosuke Matsuoka. These three people each perform their duties, but the main person in charge is Yosuo Matsuoka.

Matsuoka Yoyou was a famous diplomat in Japan during World War II. He worked in the Manchurian Railway and was committed to promoting aggression. After the September 18th Incident, Matsuoka Yoyou helped Japan gain a lot of benefits in the "League of International" and was called Japan's "hero". Later, the conclusion of the three-country alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan, and the Japanese-Soviet Neutral Treaty was also seen in the territory of the Japanese-Soviet Neutral Treaty. After Japan was defeated, Matsuoka Yoyou refused to repent and was tried as a Class A war criminal.

At this time, Matsuoka Yoyou, as the Japanese ambassador to the United States, also noticed the impact of the "Rabe Diary".

There have been a lot of acts of criticizing Japan among the American people, and Japanese expatriates have also begun to suffer from hostility from Americans. An anti-Japanese sentiment has quietly formed among the American people.

"I really didn't expect that a mere athlete who wrote a book made us so passive!" Matsuoka Yoyu said with a depressed look on his face.

At this time, Matsuoka Yoeuki knew that he could no longer sit still and wait for death. Japan had to fight back and change the Americans' view of Japan.

"Go and prepare a press conference for me! Remember to invite more reporters." Matsuoka Yoyu ordered.
Chapter completed!