Chapter 1134 Talked and Not Quite Talked About
It was hard for Kennedy to not think of the historical Nassau Accord with this suggestion.
Although reason told Alan Wilson, the two are not the same, compared to the memory of the deep debt problems, looking forward, looking for the future direction of the United Kingdom, the current United Kingdom is more than a chip, no memory of the dilemma.
But he couldn’t be sure if Kennedy was feeling good about himself, if the second generation of power was as confident as the US on domestic issues, and approached international issues with the same attitude, then there might still be the idea of forcing Britain’s hand.
And how much of a wannabe would Britain have to be to give in honestly now?
Allen Wilson then took the point of view of the President of the United States, and set out a number of opinions about, it would be best for Britain to surrender its nuclear forces to the command of the United States, and to give up all its colonies, and at the same time to dismantle the Sterling area.
The completed report was sent directly to Norman Brooke for the Cabinet Secretary to give to Prime Minister Aidan as a reference.
“Looks like there’s a bit of a show to sell for next year’s border war.” Alan Wilson reached out and rested his chin, it is time to perform an extremely sublimated British empire in front of Nehru.
This would have the advantage of portraying the image that Britain was still an influential player globally.
We can’t be so sublime in Asia and then fall on our knees in front of the United States and hand over our nuclear power, can we? This contrast is unacceptable even to British citizens.
The report was submitted, Alan Wilson and moved to find Princess Margaret to account for the travel arrangements, said the first lady of the United States is how much admiration, the jewel of the royal family this matter.
“Is that American first lady beautiful?” Princess Margaret asked as she sat on her brother-in-law’s lap, like a wombat, not wanting to leave Alan Wilson’s body.
“In all fairness, it’s just an ordinary woman, the so-called connotation and poise is just something that can be cultivated later in life, far less natural than something like the Queen and Her Royal Highness. What is she but the name of the president’s wife, one day Kennedy is no longer the president, she naturally is nothing. Just a woman who can be manipulated by any man.”
Alan Wilson twitched the corners of his mouth, never a fan of this so-called public opinion puffery. JFK was a weak president in public opinion now, not like he was after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Even the president can be molded by the media, not to mention a president’s wife. If she was so honorable, why did she go straight into the arms of Onassis?
“But she’s really the wife of the President of the United States now, sis, I mean Her Majesty doesn’t like her. But one can’t say anything about it.” Princess Margaret did seem to have come a little late to her formative years; she would never have said those things a few years ago, not even to think about it.
Alan Wilson reached out with his thumb and forefinger, and twirled them gently around his sister-in-law’s earlobes, exclaiming, “That’s quite a surprise, I thought you had nothing but love on the brain, empty-handed?”
“But it’s also true that in today’s world, now and in the decades to come, there is no country that can shake the confidence of Americans in their own country. The Soviet Union can’t, China can’t. But Britain can …… But this premise, Britain cannot be left far behind by the United States.”
The USSR had made American citizens skeptical of their own country around the time of the Vietnam War, and China was just beginning, at best, to be considered the Soviet Union of the Khrushchev era.
This level of competition is nowhere near enough to shake the perception of the American people, ingrained in their minds, as the American exception, the city on top of the mountain.
In fact, both Britain and France have the cultural advantage of making Americans skeptical of this solid, lacking in the hard power of Britain and France and China and the Soviet Union can not be compared, let alone compared with the United States.
France is the beginning of modern republicanism, the United States in front of France is no institutional confidence. What’s more, the French army was the main contributor to the American War of Independence, and as for the United Kingdom, the United States was formerly a British colony.
It was precisely for this reason that the United States did not forget to lay mines for Britain and France when dealing with stronger opponents in rival camps.
Now there was no need to worry about the French side, after the establishment of the Fifth Republic, de Gaulle would not give the United States a chance to take advantage of the situation. With the absorption of Algeria, France could change the balance of power in Europe.
The pressure was now on Britain, if it could still retain some strength. Balancing American influence in the free world is not impossible.
Currently Alan Wilson is still thinking of self-preservation, if Britain had the military power of the Soviet Union, even if only half. If Britain had even half the military power of the USSR, the third-party power that Britain had tried after the war, would have taken shape. Britain would no longer have to worry about being snagged by the United States.
“Don’t be bitter!” Seeing that her brother-in-law was silent, Princess Margaret shook her brother-in-law’s neck and comforted him softly, “In fact, you don’t need to worry about these things, with your wealth, you don’t have to busy yourself with the country’s affairs, you can still live a good life.”
“Your understanding is really naive, my princess, there is no such thing as this ism or that ism, it’s just a matter of who comes first and who comes second in terms of power and wealth. But you can’t have one without the other, and once Britain doesn’t have a national power that envelopes its current interests, it’s mainly expressed in military power. Do you think British citizens won’t run into trouble? The Americans must keep the easiest and most profitable industries for themselves.”
“How else could the Comet airliner have never gotten into the American market after appearing so many years before Boeing? Wasn’t it the U.S. government that was putting up barriers? The British pound is still circulating so widely, industry is in decline, the pound will not be devalued? Won’t the wealth be diluted? It’s all a big deal involving the fifty million citizens of Britain.”
Alan Wilson, who was unconsciously kneading his sister-in-law’s buttocks with his other hand, didn’t feel safe being a rich man. Capital without borders refers to the fact that it generally flows to the strongest country.
This strongest refers to the capitalist countries, the hostile camp does not have this ability, the hostile camp’s wages are settled on time can be boasted, only brainless people will think that the country that often presses wages, the business environment will be stronger than the free world.
After some in-depth communication with his sister-in-law, Alan Wilson dragged his tired body and took care of the meeting with the first lady of the United States, who had paid too much for Britain.
Buckingham Palace’s state banquet, and Allen Wilson has nothing to do with, he went to Whitehall seventy Norman Brooke’s office.
The Cabinet Secretary informed the promising junior that he had forwarded the almost alarmist report to the Prime Minister, “There is some truth to it though, it’s no secret that the US wants to unify the command of the use of nuclear weapons on one platform.”
“I just didn’t realize that the Americans had kept such a brazen claim going all the way through.” Alan Wilson spoke with great displeasure, “Sir Norman, it may be that the military isn’t as indispensable as the Soviet Union thinks, but military power does determine a lot of things, and I for one can’t imagine how one can protect the industrial bases of Malaya, the energy security of the Middle East, and the raw material origins of Africa without the military factor.”
“If all of them can’t be preserved, the important wing of the sterling area is tantamount to being abandoned, the next natural name of the sterling area exists in name only, and the pound will have to be devalued down the road. Britain will also become a second-rate country, and I think at that time, we can be a little follower of the United States in a single-minded way.”
“Perhaps in the EEC, we also have to express the gesture of being in step with France, or else it may be that in the EEC, the UK will have no say as well.”
“The prospect is very frightening indeed.” Norman Brooke also nodded solemnly, “That’s why the Prime Minister has also avoided, the discussion on the command of nuclear weapons, but one can see that Kennedy is not dead in the water.”
“It’s the same old story, we stall. At least one thing is certain, the United States will not move against us. Other than that then, there doesn’t seem to be much to worry about.”
Soon around this point Alan Wilson had come to an understanding with the Cabinet Secretary, the heart of the British civil service, the supreme authority, Sir Norman Brooke.
On the surface, of course, Britain still supported the United States as the voice of the free world, because it had the brains, the temperament to still be ruthless enough, and crucially, the money.
“I wonder, what our joint communiqué will say.” Alan Wilson muttered to himself as if relieved.
“Whatever the French say, Britain says.” Norman Brooke said with a smile on his face, “Alan, we are both men who are firmly committed to practicing the idea of a greater Europe.”
“Of course, Your Honor.” Alan Wilson said heartily, “I think de Gaulle is actually watching the British reaction, and every time I think about it I sigh a little, after eight hundred years, some things still haven’t changed.”
The Anglo-American Joint Communiqué is almost another version of the American-French Joint Communiqué, and what France didn’t agree to, Britain won’t agree to, and Aidan won’t allow a weak president to take away Britain’s command of nuclear weapons with one mouth.
Of course this is not a disagreement, after all, France was first. When the Anglo-American joint communiqué was issued, Paris loudly praised the unity of the free world and the fact that British leadership was universally recognized across Europe.
After the Kennedys left Britain, Marilyn Monroe’s hotness in Britain rose sharply, and the matter about the rumor that Jacqueline imitated Marilyn Monroe’s dress was much talked about by readers in Britain.
Clashing is not scary who is ugly and who is embarrassed, what aura that is all a trick to fool people, just a pretext for you to look ugly.
If you change the field to say, Valiyeva is absolutely planted by the United States, there is no reason, people beautiful strength, hairy girl simply can not be questioned, if you are a black skater, that is not to be questioned to take drugs.
The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as usual, the biannual meeting of the EC foreign ministers, and walked with a robust pace.
Towards the end of the year, the united EC member states, too, will continue to put into practice the idea of a Greater Europe, and for Alan Wilson, the joint fighter jet program is his main concern.