Chapter 1114 – France’s Show of Goodwill

Xia Meng who got the promise was very happy and took the initiative to ask, “You must be very tired since you went abroad during this period of time. Take a rest here, I’ll cook something for you.”

“It’s not that I’m tired, it’s just that my heart is a little tired from hooking up with the Americans every day.” Alan Wilson caressed his forehead and looked at Xia Meng’s face and asked rhetorically, “Can you understand my words.”

“Don’t understand and don’t want to understand.” Summer Dream’s answer made Alan Wilson laugh out loud, actually this is quite good.

Two hours later, Allen Wilson got up and left, instructing Xia Meng to take a good rest and that he would come back to visit at that time.

This NATO foreign ministers’ meeting was the source of his annoyance, the United States was shady including, but not limited to, France’s colonial policy, which was completely expected, and what was not expected.

For example, the U.S. suggested that British and French nuclear weapons be brought under a unified command structure to deal with the Soviet threat.

This trick Alan Wilson is too familiar, he just said to financial autonomy of the Governor of Hong Kong as a fart, sent the Overseas Asset Management Board of people, the British-owned enterprises in Hong Kong into the consolidation, to increase the hands of the economic power.

These two things are just in different areas, in fact, completely one purpose, the United States wants to take the opportunity to abolish, or semi-abolish the nuclear weapons of Britain and France.

This idea, naturally, aroused fierce opposition from France. Foreign Minister Rabob Butler, who was attending an international conference for the first time after the war, did not say anything.

Alan Wilson, who also followed Rab Butler to Paris, only to spend most of his time exploring the ways of spaceflight, had nothing special or constructive to say, and when Rab Butler consulted with him, simply replied, “On the premise that France will not surrender control of its nuclear weapons, Britain listens to the United States?”

“Especially with the Algerian war going more and more in France’s favor, what are we going to hold France down with then? And Britain is also a colonial power, entering the so-called joint command structure? It would do no good to Britain at the present time.”

Now that the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting was over, Rab Butler must have come back to inform Aidan of its contents.

Alan Wilson also wanted to see what Aidan’s attitude was, whether it was in line with the usual Tory sell-out.

To know that the House of Commons Labor Party in the strong opposition, once Aidan appeared to loosen, showing a tendency to bow. There may not be a Macmillan for him to use as a punching bag.

This matter also need to ask the Commander-in-Chief, Alan Wilson took his wife to the door, asked his father-in-law what he meant, he does not think that Field Marshal Mountbatten is a military man who can be manipulated, in addition to socializing outside of what do not know.

In his previous life Alan Wilson heard a rumor, in Harold Wilson as prime minister, because of the long-term nationalization policy, as well as some pro-Soviet rumors, had almost led to the British military dry politics.

In the seventies the British army occupied the runway of London’s Heathrow airport under the pretext of maneuvers against the IRA, but Wilson’s friends pointed out that this was a rehearsal for an army coup. Rumor has it that Lord Mountbatten was behind the second coup plot, and that he was to act as Prime Minister after the coup.

It should be noted that Lord Mountbatten was due to retire in five years at the most, and the rumor of a coup was already ten years after Mountbatten’s retirement, so it was clear that even though Mountbatten was no longer in the military, his influence hadn’t dissipated in the military for a long time.

Therefore, Alan Wilson never thought, his father-in-law is a so-called delusional, no delusional people out of their comfort zone, but also to mobilize the original old subordinates.

“The Americans are going to take the guns out of our hands, and I wonder if that’s the consensus within the U.S. government.” Alan Wilson went straight to the point after sitting down, “I wonder what the Marshal thinks?”

Marshal Mountbatten gave his son-in-law the same look, and blurted out, “I want to know what you think? You mustn’t run to me and ask me every time something goes wrong, it would make it look as if England were a junta.”

“Father!” Pamela Mountbatten drew out a long note and shook Field Marshal Mountbatten’s arm, “You are the full-time commander of the three British armies, and this is such a big deal that I can’t believe you weren’t asked for your opinion.”

“Need I be consulted, my daughter, you have bound six dukes, twenty earls, and more than four hundred from the barons. Aiden has said that you have spoken on occasions more usefully than he.” Marshal Mountbatten shook his head and laughed bitterly, then squared his shoulders and said, “Knowing Aiden as I do, he wouldn’t let up on something like that… he was adamantly opposed to appeasement back in the day… toughness was the first thing that the voters remembered about him… and because of the whole Nigerian Independence thing he pushed out Macmillan as a scapegoat.”

“Not to mention handing over nuclear weapons, if he had made a decision contrary to the voters’ perception. Would be out of office in a heartbeat.”

“Unfortunately it’s still not very convenient, why don’t I have an agent from the Sixth Branch, listen in on Number 10 Downing Street.” Alan Wilson muttered, feeling that the current situation was still somewhat less convenient.

“Britain is not the Soviet Union.” Mountbatten spoke up immediately upon hearing this, then added, “At least not openly so.”

Alan Wilson stared at Mountbatten with wide eyes, had this been done before? Didn’t he say that Britain is not a military government?

“There always has to be something that can’t be said publicly about the royal family.” Mountbatten did not answer his son-in-law’s question, but in a roundabout way indicated that there were certain circumstances in which the Prime Minister was not incapable of being included in the assessment of reliability.

With this answer, Alan Wilson identified a historical rumor that Harold Wilson felt it was true that towards the end of his administration there was unspoken hostility around him, and that this hostility came from the deep government.

“I actually don’t believe a world war will break out.” Alan Wilson paused at that, “As long as the current military strength is maintained, it will be easy for Britain to protect itself. Once nuclear weapons are included in some joint chain of command, Britain is opening everything up to the US, and it will be easier for them to hold us then.”

“What will happen?” Pamela Mountbatten inquired directly when she heard her husband speak so seriously.

“Much, from the pound area being under heavy pressure, to the Comet airliners facing abnormal competition, to every aspect.” Alan Wilson snapped his fingers, “Anything that is still worth grabbing for in Britain could be of interest to the United States.”

“Father, it would be better for you to use your influence and articulate the military’s attitude.” Pamela Mountbatten rushed at Mountbatten with a serious look on her face, “It’s just too dangerous.”

Your industry is just too dangerous! Alan Wilson still felt that the real meaning that he had translated was closer to the essence of the matter, only he didn’t dare to say it.

The two left Mountbatten’s house, and Pamela Mountbatten asked her husband as she drove, “Is there any risk of the United States annexing Britain after the disarming of nuclear weapons?”

“That’s not true, but Britain will become dependent on the United States.” Alan Wilson replied unhurriedly, “You know in your heart, although I shout the special relationship between Britain and the United States louder than anyone else in public, but this is based on Britain’s own ability to be autonomous, and if this foundation is lost. When I shouted it was a warm sticking of cold buttocks, not like now so justified.”

At that time, the UK might say something sneering, something like I’m America’s dad self-deprecation, and nothing could be done about it.

It’s like some supposedly ancient Japanese tradition that was greatly appreciated by Nihonbuki. Alan Wilson didn’t even know what was being appreciated, and a lot of the so-called traditions that Japan inherited were things that should have been eliminated.

The mere fact that it’s Japan that still retains them, and happens to live a little higher than China, can cause a lot of Japanese blowhards to beat their chests. Has anyone ever seen a careful study of Vietnam’s retention of ancient Chinese customs?

Even if someone did care, it would just elicit a contemptuous laugh. For the same thing, a samurai sword can be used to prove how awesome Tang swords are, and Vietnamese swords don’t have a Vietnamese blow to study any historical legacy and then do some self-reflection.

In Alan Wilson’s opinion, it’s not likely that the Tang sword was just phased out normally in Chinese history, only to be blown out of proportion by a group of people who have nothing better to do than self-reflect every day because of Japan’s advancement and samurai heritage.

Essentially, it’s a variation of Macmillan’s comparison of Britain to ancient Greece and America to the Roman Empire.

Just as Alan Wilson was preparing to make preparations for the birth of yet another child, Pamela Mountbatten followed up by informing Alan Wilson of another piece of news, “Dassault has offered a partnership? What do you think?”

“A fighter jet program? This is quite unexpected!” Allen Wilson put down the newspaper, Pamela Mountbatten couldn’t read Chinese characters and didn’t know what this newspaper with the headline “Deepening Economic Crisis in the United States” was writing about, she didn’t care and said directly, “The project of the Belfast Strategic Transport Aircraft.”

“I told you the French wouldn’t ask for anything in the way of fighter jets.” Alan Wilson came to a sudden realization, calculating, “When I ask MI6 to assess the technical strength of the French side, and look at Whitehall’s opinion, I’ll tell you whether it’s possible to cooperate or not. However, I believe that it is possible to conduct European military cooperation, and the Belfast strategic transport aircraft, if it has the favor of France, it is even easier to obtain the financial support of the Ministry of Finance.”

“And after deeper cooperation, orders from Britain and France are better than ordering them ourselves, otherwise the cost will remain high, and France may even drive other countries.”

Putting down the newspaper, Allen Wilson went out and moved around, he remembered that France was short on strategic transportation aircraft. Choosing to cooperate on this is also considered to be quite a precise vision.

From his personal point of view, the timing was just right, and if possible, Allen Wilson wanted to facilitate cooperation in this area. Public opinion also needs to be prepared, it is also time to do justice to Germany, the flying coffins can be mentioned.