Chapter 1034 – Americans are naive
“The envisioning is beautiful.” Foltseva was silent for a moment seemingly judging the truthfulness of her lover’s words before saying, “Other places aside, with such an important golden waterway as the Malacca Straits, I don’t believe that the United States isn’t interested.”
“The relationship between Britain and the United States in poor, but also not to go to war, especially considering the existence of the Soviet Union.” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders and laughed, “The most important pressure comes from the economy, fortunately we are considered to have broken free from the quagmire of World War II, from the post-war period to the present there are seven million square kilometers of land has been out of the control of the United Kingdom, and six million square kilometers are left, which still has colonies that will be independent, but there are several key areas that must be preserved. For the safety of Malaya as an industrial base, let alone doing business with the Soviet Union, I would do so even if I had to do business with aliens.”
After thorough consideration, this had been the only British colony still suitable for sharing defense responsibilities.
British East Africa was much larger, but relying on the black uncles of East Africa? While he did recognize that black East Africans were a little more reliable than their West African counterparts, the risks were still enormous and time was too precious for Britain.
As for the rest of the reasons he couldn’t divulge with Foltseva, he had no interest in being the great prophet in front of high Soviet officials, saying that the deterioration of the situation in Vietnam would surely lead the United States down the road.
This night the two men will only talk about the Belgian Congo, which is like Alan Wilson said very important.
But it was unimportant compared to Britain’s grandiose blueprint of sucking blood out of Africa for another ten or eight years.
For reasons that have been stated more than once, the emergence of the Cold War as a dogfight was to the advantage of the colonial powers.
The rich minerals of the Congo would still increase the power of the USSR even with the loss of Lubumbashi.
But equally the solidity of Northern Rhodesia would have increased Britain’s strength, with Northern Rhodesia secure in its allegiance to the Queen, and Southern Rhodesia, Botswana, and other places moving in a direction favorable to Britain.
Every time he thought of the end of Britain and all its territories thrown away, Alan Wilson was firmly of the opinion that he was not worse off than history no matter with whom he joined forces, and that the latter day Britain had already thrown in the towel, and was now being saved any way it could be saved.
“Congo.” Foltseva mumbled in a small voice as well, even with the loss of the Congo south of Lubumbashi, the remaining Congo was still the center of over two million square kilometers of Africa. She really helped the Soviet Union get their hands on it, the Soviet Union’s African strategy would be much easier to implement, and she herself would reap the benefits.
The Soviet Union was the driving force behind the African strategy, and the main promoter of the African strategy was Khrushchev himself. Riding on the wind of the disintegration of the colonial system in Africa, Khrushchev was keen to publicize the “peaceful transition to the Soviet system,” and was determined to create a few models of peaceful transition in Africa. To this end, Khrushchev made great efforts to highlight a few countries in North and West Africa. The policy adopted was mainly to provide international diplomatic and economic support, plus some necessary arms assistance.
Of course, at present there are no results is also true, Khrushchev most valued North Africa, but the British and French cover each other, on the defense by the Soviet Union to exploit the loopholes, the Soviet Union’s assistance to Algeria, the British Royal Navy Mediterranean fleet intercepted a lot of.
The penetration of the British sphere of influence is also unsuccessful, Allen Wilson hated to go to the Arab countries every year, single-mindedly and deeply hidden, to give their own credit for nothing to the local royal family, the use of the hegemony of public opinion every day for the monarch to sing the praises of the monarch.
So far, the Soviet Union’s infiltration of the British and French spheres of influence has yielded no particularly significant results; the Arab countries have only taken Syria, and nothing has been done in Africa.
The Soviet Union is really unbeatable, but also to wait for Brezhnev to come to power, developed two strategies, to the world’s oil tanks and the world’s mines, the former refers to the Middle East, the latter refers to South Africa, even if it can not be taken down, but also to make these two places are not exploited by the free world, in the United States caught in the dilemma of the war in Vietnam and the rise of the domestic neo-isolationist trend in the opportunity, the Soviet Union in Africa, the expansion of a large number of people.
At that time, the Soviet Union made extensive contacts with African countries and established formal diplomatic relations or bilateral relations with almost all African countries that had become independent. But while the Brezhnev period saw tremendous progress in the Middle East, the only thing it failed to do was to take Saudi Arabia, the largest oil depot.
The two richest mineral resources in Africa, South Africa has always been a member of the free world, and the Congo because of missed opportunities also ultimately no progress, but now, Alan Wilson is willing to give Foltseva a big gift, one of the two major mines in Africa, can be given to the Soviet Union, although not all, because there is still a part of it to be digested by Northern Rhodesia.
Of course, if the Soviet Union in the Belgian Congo successfully established African influence, the future of the Angolan War will not take South Africa, this problem is too far away, now Allen Wilson can not be concerned, he can only try to save the interests of the United Kingdom at this stage, and the future of the matter to be discussed later, diplomacy is not improvised it.
He can now and the Soviet Union dark ditch, to the Soviet Union aggressive day, Britain and the United States can also show unparalleled unity, the past nine hundred years Britain has been doing just that.
“Ekaterina, you need only remember one thing.” Alan Wilson pulled Foltseva’s thoughts back, “Wait until Lumumba asks for help before you act, we are not fond of independent leaders who are independent and autonomous, called neo-colonialism according to your words, colonies are only nominally allowed to be independent. A leader like Lumumba who wants to be independent will definitely be suppressed but not necessarily die, but as soon as Lumumba asks for help from the Soviet Union, his time to die is up.”
“Either the Soviet Union will ignore Lumumba’s plea for help, and just adopt a supportive attitude, and the armed men must ensure Lumumba’s safety even if they reach Kinshasa secretly. Otherwise, if Lumumba dies, the Congo will fall into the hands of the United States.”
“Our leaders are, at times, still too idealistic.” Foltseva described Khrushchev as idealistic, something she would never have dared to say inside the Soviet Union, but did so in front of an Englishman.
“Want reasons, do you?” Alan Wilson hesitated for a moment, “The first one to get up in arms in Africa was the British Gold Coast, Kwame Nkrumah’s plane disappeared didn’t it, and it was me who did it. Is that reason enough, if Kwame Nkrumah can disappear, so can Lumumba.”
“You did it?” Foltseva’s eyes were filled with shock, the murderer was her own man? Bah, what own man, she had a husband, clearly an imperialist.
“Are you going to arrest me?” Alan Wilson tilted his head and asked rhetorically, his undertone was a bit low, “Ekaterina, I also did you a big favor, if this time the Congo thing succeeds, your position will be even more solid. And let me remind you, it would be best to have Brezhnev’s support, but with his personality he will only support it after you propose it, out of the blue you are the one who has to do it.”
The Culture Tsar’s heart was touched, the one who had thought most of her in her life turned out to be a foreigner, and as the man’s hand pressed her head down she obediently let go of the Culture Tsar’s pride.
“Hoo……” a fluttering Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held his head high, over two million square kilometers of land for one Cultural Tsar’s obedience, the Soviet Union was not losing out.
“I’ll come back tomorrow.” Late at night, after Foltseva took her coat and draped it over Alan Wilson, she heard this sentence.
What’s the saying, if you want to escape from this Shura, you have to live differently.
Allen Wilson had a hard time remembering, it was a line from a movie called Very Runnymede, but it was very much like present day Britain.
In order to my Great Britain still have the opportunity to live out the second life of the extreme sublimity, he sold the colonies, especially the colonies of other countries, that is not the least bit of hesitation, the next night, he and the culture tsar talked about Italy and Turkey, the United States of America’s progress of the nuclear missile bases, asked Foltseva’s response to the strategy, naturally did not get an answer.
The next day, the topic became the jewel of the British Empire, India is worth supporting or not, which he is an expert, “Whether you Soviet Union support India or not, the Indian that innate self-confidence will not be affected in the slightest.”
Although the reality of the identity is the enemy and I two extremes, can not coexist peacefully, but under the two-phase verification, Foltseva feel gained a lot, this is of course, the Ai Zhongtang are fast being hollowed out by the Culture Tsar, is to see people good to come to a trip before gritting their teeth.
Belgian Congo’s hands on time, just wait for Lumumba to the Soviet Union to ask for help on it, of course, before that North Rhodesia to formally annex the land of Lubumbashi to do.
In the British capital, London, the chorus stage of the Red Flag Opera Company is filled to capacity, and the visiting Soviet performers have made it into the British press.
Foltseva with a beautiful image, expressed a friendly attitude in the British Academy At the same time, the British ambassador to the United States, Armstrong, informed by telegram, for the Soviet Union this visit, Washington is extremely concerned.
“It is that pro-Soviet element in Mossadegh that should concern the United States.” Ten Downing Street, Allen Wilson a face that no one is more right than me, skimming his mouth and screaming, “Instead of talking about this useless nonsense, the United States mistakenly believe that Mossadegh can be brought together, but instead stood by his side, this time if the oil crisis is finally resolved, it must end with the life of the Mossadegh family.”
In front of Alan Wilson, even Macmillan, whose mother is American, didn’t seem so pro-American.
“But the attitude of the United States does not seem to have changed, and no support has been expressed for Britain’s handling of the Iranian oil crisis.” Macmillan took the telegram, since no support is opposition.
“The Americans are naive and do not understand diplomacy as thoroughly as we do.” Alan Wilson sighed, roundly changed his attitude, flexible moral bottom line displayed, “If still harboring the wrong view, then after the departure of the Soviet cultural delegation, we will formally prepare for the Six-Party Talks, held twice a year in the first and second half of the year, without a clear result before the Iranian blockade don’t think about lifting.”
“If the United States is still this ambiguous a week after the Soviet delegation leaves London, then we release the preparations for the six-party talks.” Prime Minister Aydin hammered home the point, “While none of us want to do this, we have no choice.”