Chapter 1210 Fruitful Results

To summarize, Kennedy’s threat to use the US gold reserves to turn the pound into scrap paper was a fart.

The British side, in the spirit of friendship, did not say outright that Kennedy’s threat was not worth mentioning, but just ignored it.

With regard to the U.S. desire to get the British and French nuclear weapons command, Alan Wilson on behalf of the United Kingdom for the U.S. proposed a solution to increase the size of the U.S. forces in Germany, can make the European allies feel at ease.

As for the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe, and even the inch by inch attempt to deploy nuclear weapons in Britain, it was totally unnecessary.

In front of US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Rab Butler emphasized that the only way to compensate for Europe’s insecurity was not to increase the number of nuclear weapons, and that at the time of the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear weapons were not a way to reassure European countries, but rather to increase the size of the hostages under the eyes of the Soviet tank armies in Europe, i.e., the US forces in Germany.

If the United States had used the threat of “massive retaliation” to deter a Soviet attack on the United States homeland, that threat would have been more credible to the Soviet Union. However, it would be less credible if the same threat was used to deter a Soviet attack on Western Europe.

In order to increase the credibility of this threat, on the conventional arms side, the United States would have to station troops in Western Europe as a re-assurance. Both the U.S. would have to remain in Europe with enough hostages to make European nations feel secure.

And not nuclear weapons, which would only add to the uneasiness, which is the same reason why the French must look into nuclear weapons, believing that the U.S. nuclear umbrella is and is an empty phrase.

“The United States has always protected Europe.” Dean Rusk flatly rejected, “It would increase U.S. military spending.”

“Regarding the fact that the United States has been protecting Europe, it is possible to station troops in separate countries, the U.S. forces in Germany are considered to be the largest U.S. troops stationed overseas, but if the U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. forces in South Korea together, the number of people is more than that of the troops stationed in Europe, the United States claims to be protecting Europe, but the reality is that, the U.S. forces in the direction of Asia are more than that of Europe, and this is how to make European countries believe that the United States is sincere in protecting Europe? How can we convince the European countries of the sincerity of the United States to protect Europe?”

Alan Wilson retorted, “If the size of the U.S. forces in Germany is larger than the size of the U.S. forces in Japan and the U.S. forces in South Korea combined, I believe it will be more conducive to the security and stability of Europe.”

One of the most interesting things during the Cold War was that, although the United States pursued a strategy of confronting the Soviet Union with Europe at its core, in reality the main strength of the U.S. military was deployed in Asia for a long time. This had a huge impact on US global military strategy.

For the Federal Republic of Germany, before the establishment of the Bundeswehr, the military strategy of NATO was to abandon the whole territory of West Germany and to form a defensive line along the Rhine River, which was called the fall-back strategy.

After the establishment of the Bundeswehr in West Germany, NATO changed to a tripwire strategy, that is, to retreat from the border area in the event of an attack by the Soviet army, while using tactical nuclear weapons to stall and consume the Soviet army. But whether it was the “retreat” strategy or the “tripwire” strategy, Germany was the most unlucky, because the mainland would become the biggest battlefield of NATO and Warsaw Pact.

After pulling on France and pulling on Germany, Britain keeps changing out of the air chips, and militarily Britain takes the security of Europe as the criterion, rejects the deployment of the United States to increase the number of nuclear weapons in Europe, and likewise rejects the unified command of NATO’s nuclear strategy.

Instead, it hopes that the United States will increase the size of the U.S. military in Germany, to prove with the lives of U.S. soldiers, the United States will protect Europe, rather than increase the feelings of Moderne’s nuclear bombs.

Economically, Britain wanted to open up its markets and increase Britain’s power, so that Britain could help stabilize America’s defenses in Europe and contain the Soviet threat.

When Alan Wilson made the offer on behalf of Britain, he was so righteous. He dismissed all the American claims as farts, and as for the British claims, the US should accept them in full.

During the period of the United States issued a variety of threats, all refuted, with gold reserves short the pound, that is to dig their own graves. It is the whole Breston Woods system that is being undermined.

If the US wanted to dismantle the colonial system, war was the best place for communist expansion, as evidenced by Lumumba.

Both the British and the Americans recognized the point that this was probably as intense a negotiation as ever, and Dulles, who had been absent for days, approached Allen Wilson, hoping that the permanent undersecretary would step in to preserve the special Anglo-American relationship on Britain’s side, “if your wife knew that you maintain a close personal relationship with Lana Turner and Joan Bennett.”

“Yeah, Cheryl’s actually my daughter. Why!” Alan Wilson said with an oily tone, “Lana especially loved me, and gave birth to the love child for me. Not only am I close to both of them, but Miss Monroe has also traveled to London to see me, except that this time I, as one of the negotiators, have had to live up to Miss Monroe’s enthusiasm.”

The relationship between JFK and Marilyn Monroe has been made known to the American public with the Birthday Song incident. Alan Wilson was not threatening anything, after all, everyone loves a sex goddess, he could understand.

If one day Kennedy met an untimely death, his body could help take care of Jacqueline, not to mention Marilyn Monroe.

Now, Marilyn Monroe was indeed in London, while Kennedy was in Nassau, so when Dulles used the situation he had to secretly threaten Allen Wilson, Allen Wilson in turn reminded that this matter was rather underhanded, and he didn’t even mention Marilyn Monroe.

“Allen, in fact, Britain and the United States or common interests mostly.” Dulles smiled dryly, changing the subject, “The two countries should stand together.”

“Indeed!” Alan Wilson nodded solemnly, “In the matter of Brazilian iron ore, the Mountbatten Group and U.S. Steel had a very beautiful cooperation, if only the country’s affairs could be as simple as doing business.”

The permanent undersecretary told the other side that it was not that the two sides were not in contact, in fact the contact was quite strong.

It was just that the matter of nuclear weapons was still too much of a disagreement between the two sides, and that Alan Wilson, although he was a walking Anglo-American Special Relationship, was after all only a service officer, and could not possibly influence the government’s understanding.

This is very sorry, he really can not help much, “this intricate network of relations ah.”

December 21, the third day of the Anglo-American summit, after three days since the two sides of each side of the talks, the differences are greater than the consensus of the talks, Britain and the United States understand that the so-called unity of the pageant is not possible.

The two countries in the understanding of many issues are far apart, of course, especially upset the United States is, after the failure of the Korean War, the United Kingdom even doubt the United States’ combat effectiveness, and several times in the talks to take the Korean War as an example, which also even if, to the end of the Bay of Pigs as an example of action.

It came to a point where both sides admitted that they just couldn’t convince each other to think the way they did.

“How do we appeal to success?” With such an outcome to this sensational summit, Aiden couldn’t help but wonder what to say to the media.

“The government has firmly upheld international interests and defended Britain’s position as a world power.” Alan Wilson took a sip of goji berry, his spit fee a bit too much these days.

“On the lack of consensus on the right to use nuclear weapons, and on European security.” Rab Butler opened his mouth to inquire.

“The United States recognizes the core source of the free world’s strength.” Alan Wilson said as he thought, “lies in the great strength of the European nations themselves, and the United States, as the defender of Europe, recognizes that.”

“The economic receipts were the most vexing. The United States has not agreed to a single one.” Aidan had hoped to use the talks to boost some of his achievements for the shortcoming of his tenure, the economy, which was lackluster compared to the Aidley cabinet, but it didn’t work out as he had hoped.

“The economy is going so solidly that even the Americans recognize that Britain has completely shaken off the gloom of World War II.” Alan Wilson thought nothing of it and said, “That would be no problem. The truth is that we don’t have to beg the US for anything either. With the capacity of the Malayan industrial base rising, the operation of the Imperial Preference System is strengthening, not weakening.”

There were other issues, of course, about Britain’s request for the US to increase the size of US forces in Germany, which could be written up in a big way when we got back, especially emphasizing the hostage aspect.

Emphasizing it so much helps Europe’s overall demand for the U.S. This is the same talk that the U.K. is talking to the U.S. on behalf of Europe, and while the U.K. won’t lose anything if the U.S. doesn’t increase the size of U.S. forces in Germany, the rest of Europe won’t necessarily be as open-minded as the U.K. is.

After some embellishment, the above is what Britain has achieved, this time, at the Anglo-American summit.

“But then again, we’ve hidden all the contradictions inside public information.” Rab Butler was honest, “It’s also so that the Soviet Union doesn’t misjudge and think that there are a lot of Anglo-American contradictions.”

“The Soviet threat cannot be overemphasized, my minister!” Alan Wilson expressed his approval of Rab Butler’s words, Europe still needed the United States, not to mention the Soviet Union, even in the face of Russia.

Even decades later, Allen Wilson wondered how many countries in Eastern Europe were actually anti-Russian.

Except for the three Baltic states and Poland which were really anti-Russian. Bulgaria is certainly not anti-Russian, with a perennial pro-Russian percentage of over 60%. Romania will be lower and not much lower.

Because the countries of Southeastern Europe, the first is the Slavs, the second is the Slavs rescued by Imperial Russia from the Ottoman Empire, NATO potential nature is not said, one day if NATO is no longer? Southeastern European countries will not come to a magnificent turnaround?

Not to mention these new NATO countries, Greece has long joined NATO, the same is not anti-Russian.

The hegemony is able to suppress the real thoughts of the partners, but what if the hegemony is gone one day? Poland was so anti-Soviet during the Cold War, but it was as quiet as a chicken. Not as jumpy as it was after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This is a so-called unhappy summit talks have come to an end, Kennedy has returned home. Aidan is also packing for a trip to Paris to talk to de Gaulle.