America 1919-Chapter 701 - 241, The Battle for Baku Oil Field Begins

Chapter 701: 241, The Battle for Baku Oil Field Begins

What was the Rockefeller family thinking? Since Donnie couldn’t figure it out for now, he stopped pondering it.

Since it was the other party who initiated this topic, Donnie believed that if they indeed intended to do something about this matter, they would definitely continue to seek him out later!

Thus, after concluding his trip to New York, Donnie returned to Atlantic City.

Here, there were still many things waiting for Donnie to handle.

The construction of the new North District, the demolition of the old North District, the Surf Hotel’s upcoming gambling techniques competition, the profit sharing of the bootlegging business, the launching of ABC’s new projects, and so on required a lot of Donnie’s energy.

But all of this was proceeding in an orderly fashion until, in October, an international event reached the United States!

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Soviet Russia passed the LN’s proposal, preparing to officially unite Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Transcaucasian Federal Republic to form the Soviet government, although the resolution had only been passed and the official establishment would still take a month or two.

This event was very important for both the United States and European countries, as it signified the birth of a superpower.

However, these were not matters of concern for Donnie.

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What truly concerned Donnie was that, when the news reached the United States, the issue of the Baku Oil Field also began to spread throughout the country!

By this time, it was not only a concern for Donnie or for the Rockefeller family.

It had aroused the interest of all the oil tycoons!

Among them, the Sinclair Oil Corporation was the most eager!

“Take a look, this is a document from the Sinclair Oil Corporation; they are already preparing to launch a public relations campaign regarding the Baku Oil Field!”

Donnie handed the document he was holding to Robert and Café Jackson seated opposite him.

As a director of the Sinclair Oil Corporation, Donnie naturally was among the first to know of this matter.

“It seems that Sinclair Oil Corporation is very concerned about this issue—they’ve even recruited Archie Roosevelt to act as the company’s Vice President and Director!”

Café Jackson noticed something interesting in the plan.

Archie Roosevelt, the fourth son of Theodore Roosevelt, was also a veteran of World War I. During the war, he was shot in the arm and leg. Such experiences made the American public very fond of the former President’s son.

After the war, Archie Roosevelt did not stay in the military but chose to retire. He had been busy with various charitable causes and had not expected to now accept an invitation from the Sinclair Oil Corporation.

“Inviting Archie Roosevelt must be banking on the Roosevelt family’s connections in the Soviet Union. It looks like Sinclair Oil Corporation will become our greatest competitor!”

Robert analyzed the document in his hands and spoke seriously.

Café Jackson shook his head and said, “From the current situation, Sinclair Oil Corporation could only be our biggest competitor in the United States. However, I believe that our real competitor should be Shell.”

Shell Oil, originally a Dutch oil company, was 60% owned by the Dutch national oil. But with oil’s increasing international strategic importance, many countries began to set their sights on Shell, including the then world’s leading power, the United Kingdom!

Furthermore, the actual controller of Shell, Henry Deterding, believed that the Netherlands lacked oil and that his Shell must internationalize and seize global resources in order to match other oligarchs, with the key being to have a powerful backer.

Thus, it was a perfect match as Pan Jinlian met Ximen Qing!

During the war, Henry Deterding shrewdly picked sides, providing oil to the Allies, and the United Kingdom awarded him the title of Sir. At that time, Henry Deterding even relocated Shell’s headquarters to London!

Before the end of World War I, the British government had plotted to have a stake in Shell, merging Anglo-Persian Oil Company with Shell, but Shell’s complex background, along with other oppositions, ultimately forced the merger to fail.

Although the merger failed, the United Kingdom successfully entered Shell and controlled part of its resources.

The previous event concerning the Iranian oil fields was the United Kingdom backing Shell.

Now that the Baku Oil Field began looking for new partners, Shell was already eager to move.

And it was precisely because of the Iranian oil fields incident that many of America’s oil magnates had developed a certain fear toward the United Kingdom and Shell.

“Two things!”

Donnie tapped the desk and asked Robert and Café Jackson, “First, how are things with Magichi? Has the situation there been thoroughly investigated?

Second, has there been any movement from the Rockefeller side?”

Months ago, Donnie had sent Magichi to the Soviet Union to investigate the matter and to find his own connections.

Now that the Baku Oil Field affair had become semi-transparent, yet there was little stir from the Rockefeller side, which puzzled Donnie.

“Magichi did meet some people over there, but to find someone who could decide on this matter directly is still not weighty enough. As for the Rockefellers, we have yet to see a report about their actions.”