Chapter 1025 France also want to contract

Small countries can be left and right, but the big countries can not, especially in the perspective of the United States can not do halfway things.

If just because the heads of Britain and France have a meeting, the United States will give up its support for Iran and be indifferent to Germany being sanctioned, then will there be anyone to listen to what the United States says in the future?

“Before the outbreak of the World War, both Britain and France were reluctant to provoke Germany, but eventually declared war on Germany as well. Some things seem like a lot of choices, but in fact the choice is the only one.”

Dulles solemnly recounted his opinion that if the United States backed down in the middle of this one, the potential consequences would be that Britain and France would be more confident in the next confrontation, and it would become even more difficult for the United States to establish a world order of its own, greater than this one for sure.

Iran is watching to see how the United States reacts, and Germany is watching to see how the United States reacts. The result of Iran’s disappointment is that many of the countries that are in the British and French spheres of influence will not hold out hope for American involvement in the local situation.

Germany’s disappointment, on the other hand, will result in Germany, a powerful country in Europe, looking to Britain and France. In this way the influence of the United States in Europe must decline to some extent.

“Dulles, visit Paris and London and explain our position.” Seeing Dulles’ face change dramatically, Eisenhower explained without panic, “Our position will not change, but make a move to communicate.”

The U.S. pretends for a moment to value the attitudes of Britain and France, which is what Eisenhower meant by that. As for the U.S. attitude on the Iranian oil crisis, of course it has not changed.

A little later in the evening, Washington made an official public announcement about its views on the Iranian oil crisis that has continued to this day, expressing the determination that the United States will still continue to play a useful role, while at the same time taking care of the interests of its traditional allies, and coming up with an appropriate program to satisfy all parties.

The former was a reassuring statement to Iran, while the latter was meant to appease the UK.

This statement, augmented by modern technology, quickly reached the ears of British Prime Minister Aidan in Paris.

Will the U.S. use this as an opportunity to get off the hook, in the face of such perceptions, Alan Wilson replied with a grimace, “I hope so, we still look forward to engaging with the U.S.”

Will the United States change their views, Allen Wilson is not hopeful, for the same reason as Dulles.

WWI Britain arguably didn’t anticipate the tragic consequences of modern warfare, before WWII Britain had fully anticipated it or it wouldn’t have demonstrated a policy of appeasement to avoid war.

Britain appeared to have a lot of options, but when Germany was a dominant force in Europe, the only option before Britain was to go to war, even if it was hard.

Churchill’s problem was that expended almost as much national power as the Soviet Union and gained little. One also wonders where the vast amounts of military money spent actually went.

In any case, the fact that the US is willing to talk is a good thing for the UK, and the time consumed in going back and forth will prolong this diplomatic friction, and invite the USSR to work together to solve the problem if the outcome doesn’t satisfy the UK.

The Iranian issue can be entangled with the United States for a long time, for the benefit of the United Kingdom is also there, if in the case of the Iranian issue there is the presence of the Soviet Union’s influence, the United Kingdom are unable to fight for their own interests, that other places the United Kingdom to face the United States single-handedly, it will be even more difficult.

After all, the Vietnam War has not yet started, the United States to target the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, even if it can be carried will also be days very difficult.

For now, can visit France, get the United States to talk about the response, has been enough to make Aidan satisfied, this time the diplomatic achievement is very satisfactory to the prime minister, now can hit the road back home, waiting for de Gaulle’s return visit.

Allen Wilson, for his part, asked for permission to stay in Paris for a few days to observe the subsequent movements in France, absolutely nothing to do with Hedy Lamarr’s invitation to see the opera, a request that was granted by the Prime Minister.

It was nine o’clock in the evening, and the performance hall of the Amusement Theater was still empty, except for a few early arrivals in the front seats of the floor and main halls, who were waiting for the opening, and who were vaguely seen, in the dim light of the chandeliers, sitting in purplish-red velvet-covered seats, and whose curtains were enshrouded in a gloom as if they were a great red blotch.

The stage was silent, the rows of footlights were extinguished, and the musicians’ music stands were scattered about.

Only in the upstairs booths there was a clamor of voices, interspersed with calls and laughter, and under the great round windows with their gold frames sat a number of spectators, wearing brimless hats or duck-tongued caps, and around the round vaults on the ceiling were painted, very much in the French style, a number of women and nude children flying in the sky, which, in the light of the lamps, was a greenish hue.

From time to time a female usher appeared, ticket stub in hand, busily ushering a gentleman and lady walking in front of her to their seats. The man was dressed in a suit and the woman was long and busty, only wearing a bandana and large sunglasses, sweeping her gaze slowly in all directions.

The two were silent for a moment, looking up to inspect the dimly lit box. However, because of the green paper plastered on the walls of the box, it looked even dimmer inside. Looking down, the downstairs boxes were hidden in pitch blackness.

The boxes to the left and right of the stage, between the tall pillars, were empty. Pendants with long tassels hung on the outside walls of the boxes. The gold and white hall, set against a soft green, seemed to fill the air with a fine dust, illuminated by the faint light of a large crystal chandelier.

“It’s like being a thief.” Removing her sunglasses, Hedy Lamarr complained of dissatisfaction, “Having to dress up like this in the middle of the night, when people see it they’ll think I’m a blind man.”

“Honey, sacrifice la.” Alan Wilson gave Hedy Lamarr a kiss on the cheek, “You even wore Arabian robes when you accompanied me overseas.”

“I’ve never been so accommodating to a man.” Hedy Lamarr hummed softly and leaned smoothly into the man’s arms, “During the war, I could raise twenty million dollars in donations with a single lip print.”

“Got it, I’d kill Snow White for you if you played the Queen.” Allen Wilson had a good attitude and then tasted twenty million dollars worth of red lips, and it was worth every penny.

Ellen Wilson also had diplomatic work to do by staying in Paris, and wasn’t just thinking about taking the female president on a rocket ride.

This problem is the Cameroon issue, Cameroon was originally a German colony, Germany’s defeat in World War I after the overseas colonies by the British and French trusteeship.

And by this year the French trusteeship year has come to an end, but because Cameroon was then by the British and French trusteeship respectively, the French Cameroon area is large, while the British Cameroon area is small. If French Cameroon becomes independent, it will also affect the survival of British Cameroon.

It is important to know that Cameroon and Nigeria are neighbors, and the Nigerian elite is now dominated by the Igbo. Even the Igbos have a better advantage than the original history, because the Gulf of Guinea oil has been developed by European countries, and with the development of the Niger Delta, where the Igbos live, also continues, the Igbos are a considerable advantage in the Nigerian autonomous territories.

Being in Britain’s shoes should erode this dominance, the Igbos are a cross-border ethnic group, to say it is an ethnic group is a bit of an overstatement, just because the Igbo elite have a concept of ethnicity does not mean the general population at large does.

The best way to erode the Igbo advantage is to give the overall population a disadvantage. Then instead of merging with Nigeria on the basis of British rule, the Igbo in British Cameroon should either become independent or merge with Cameroon.

Britain cannot artificially split Cameroon into two parts, and protecting the sovereign integrity of Cameroon after the end of the trusteeship period is what Britain should do as a responsible great power.

This has also been Britain’s consistent philosophy of merging colonies for easy administration rather than prioritizing partition, which has only just been in place for a short time.

France Elysee Palace, Charles de Gaulle is still awake, and George Pidul and several generals in uniform, discussing the matter of determining the world’s first colonial power to exist for a long time, this throne for France has existed for more than a decade, counting from the beginning of the independence of British India.

But France, which has climbed to the peak of colonization, must also experience the fact that the colonial era has passed, to the point where France must also adopt the same contraction policy as Britain.

“It is extremely strenuous for France to maintain its current commitment in Africa. Especially with the continuation of the Algerian war.” De Gaulle persuaded Georges Pidoule in a sincere tone, “Georges, contract our forces back. Otherwise all of them, all of them will surely be untenable, and we don’t have a Soviet Union to pull the stomp on the United States once the U.S. treats France as it did with Iran.”

There are Soviet interests present in northern Iran, which is why Britain is reluctant to let go, and while the Brits don’t say it, how can France, also a colonial power, not see it.

“Shrinkage is not about pulling out of Africa, it’s about a different way of maintaining French interests. We can even do better than Britain.” De Gaulle spoke his mind, “There are important areas we still have to keep pinned down. The ability to intervene in Africa will not disappear just because the colonies become independent.”

De Gaulle’s meaning had been made clear, learning from Britain to put the colonies with violent resistance into the hands of assured local elites, and by doing so, lowering the investment, the entire military force was committed to Algeria, and whether or not the natural extension of France’s presence in Africa could be preserved depended on whether or not France’s French army could drive the resistance to extinction.

“Well! There is no other way.” Georges Pidur sighed, “Let’s move forward with the independence process then.”

Several of the generals present also nodded and exchanged glances with each other, France’s so-called contraction was to throw all the forces from the other colonies into Algeria, it was up to those of them to win the fight.