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Dulles received the call and rushed to Pretoria that afternoon.
That's right, there are already telephones between Pretoria and Johannesburg, and the company that lays the line is the Rand Telecom, which was founded by Roque, and the cost of installing a telephone in the Transvaal is about a hundred rand, a standard luxury.
"There is absolutely no possibility that there will be any quality problems with the products we produce, not only for the Ministry of Defence, but also for the products produced by our Johannesburg Textile Company." Dulles is confident that Johannesburg Textiles has always had a good reputation and that there has never been a quality problem.
Roque founded the Johannesburg Textile Company to increase the income of Chinese farmers in the Transvaal, who did not make much money at a time when there were no textile mills in southern Africa and the wool produced on the farms had to be sold to Europe for processing.
After the establishment of the Johannesburg Textile Company, according to the price of wool in the European market, the wool was purchased from the farmers, and then processed into wool and then sold to Europe, so that the farmers did increase their income, but Roque could not make money, so Roque simply did a good job to the end, directly processed the wool into carpets, blankets and various ready-to-wear garments, which finally opened up the situation.
When Johannesburg Textiles handed over to Phyllis, it was still very profitable.
As a result, Phyllis ran the business with a philanthropic mentality, and paid workers more than the federal government paid to department workers, and Dulles did not lose money all these years.
"So why is this happening?" Phyllis was angry that if the reputation of the Johannesburg textile company was affected, it would affect the lives of thousands of families.
"Sorry ma'am, I don't know why this is happening, but I can guarantee that there are absolutely no quality problems with our products." Dulles was very worried, he had only just learned about it on the phone, and there was some speculation that Dulles did not dare to say.
The cooperation between the Ministry of Defence and the Johannesburg Textile Company also does not have a middleman to make the difference, the Ministry of Defence places orders directly with the Johannesburg Textile Company, and then sends a car from the Johannesburg Textile Company to pull the products away and send them to the warehouse, so if the Johannesburg Textile Company is fine, the problem is the Ministry of Defence.
Roque is the deputy secretary of defense, so Dulles really didn't dare to guess, and could only repeatedly assure the Johannesburg Textile Company that it was okay.
"Okay, I got it." Phyllis is not stupid, since there is no problem on the company's side, then the problem can only be with the Ministry of Defense.
When Roque returns home in the evening, Phyllis asks about the results of the investigation.
"There are no results yet-" Roque is not in a hurry, the Ministry of Defense has set up an investigation team for this purpose, which is investigating the matter, and Brad is also investigating, and there will be results in three or two days.
"I called Dulles over today to expand the plant." Phyllis triumphant.
"And then—" Roque concentrated on eating.
"Then it expanded, I thought the company wouldn't make any money, but I didn't expect there to be a lot left." Phyllis also knew what was going on, and the look in Roque's eyes was very sweet.
It is not surprising that the Ministry of Defense gave Johannesburg Textile Company a lucrative order, not because Phyllis is the boss, the Ministry of Defense will convey benefits to Johannesburg Textile Company, in fact, the purchase price of the Ministry of Defense to Johannesburg Textile Company is the normal market price, but Johannesburg Textile Company did not spend any public relations costs because of the order, and this part of the public relations expenses became the profit of the textile company.
So that would explain why the federal government is always very expensive to procure supplies.
This kind of thing is not unique to southern Africa, the whole world is the same, Roque still remembers the scandal that broke out in the US military in another time and space, the price of an ordinary wrench can reach 9,000 US dollars, a diode worth 4 cents on the market, the purchase price of the US military is 110 US dollars, and the purchase price of a toilet seat in the Air Force is even as high as 5,000 US dollars.
This is only bursting, and no one knows how many there are before it bursts.
Compared with the U.S. military, the Southern African Ministry of Defense is the true model of integrity.
So to put it bluntly, most of the profits of the Johannesburg Textile Company should have been Roque's gray income, but Roque did not lack this money, so he simply cleaned himself up and set a good example, so that if someone made a mistake in this regard, then Roque could deal with it with confidence.
Brad was still very efficient, and by the time Roque went to work the next morning, Brad had already had the results of the investigation.
"How is it possible for the storekeeper to change without permission?" Roque couldn't believe that the storekeeper was not a high-level official, and it was amazing that he could pull war supplies from the war readiness warehouse of the Ministry of Defense in broad daylight.
"I also thought it was impossible, but that's the case, there is a coincidence in this matter, this year the Ministry of Defense just removed textiles from the list of combat readiness warehouses, and then the 101st and 102nd divisions were established, and this part of the materials cleared from the combat readiness warehouses were distributed to the 101st division as normal armaments, and this matter was discovered." Barton, who is now Roque's secretary, is finally eligible to contact Brad and is very enthusiastic about his work every day.
If you look at it this way, it is indeed a coincidence, if it were not for the cleaning of materials in the combat readiness warehouse this year, then maybe no one would have found out about this matter, and in a few years, even the quality of textiles would rot and mold.
Still, Roque was curious how a storekeeper pulled things away.
"The warehouse manager falsified the warehousing list, and then his accomplice drove a military truck directly to the combat warehouse, and no one noticed the whole time." Barton exclaimed that such a talent should be absorbed into Brad.
Roque was speechless, and could only say that there are so many smart people.
The management loopholes in the combat readiness warehouses are also really big.
"Do you want to arrest someone?" Patton is positive, and it is estimated that if he catches it, he will apply to lead the team.
"Don't arrest—" Roque is not in a hurry, Brad only has the power of secret investigation, not the right to act, such a secret organization must be restricted, or it will be the southern African version of the Gestapo.
"What if I run away—" Barton was a real pity.
"If you want to arrest it, the police will arrest it, and it's not our turn." Angel has been a police officer and is very familiar with the operation process.
"Scripps is a soldier, even if he is arrested, our gendarmerie will arrest him, and the trial will be in a military court, and it has nothing to do with the police." Patton doesn't care about the police, the profession of a soldier is indeed very special, and they cannot be bound by normal laws.
"The situation you mentioned only exists in overseas operations, and soldiers do not need to abide by the laws of our country when performing overseas missions, but in our country, the laws of our country are also applicable to military violations of the law." Angel studied law at the University of Nyasaland.
"Then it's up to our Lord's opinion—" Barton doesn't argue, sometimes the law doesn't go too far, it's just to facilitate all kinds of behind-the-scenes operations, otherwise there are so many legal interpretations.
A strong Minister of Defense, even if a military commits a crime in the territory, can be brought to a military court for trial.
A defense minister who is not strong enough -
Well, the Minister of Defense, who is not strong enough, is still hospitalized.