Chapter 1300 Pulling India’s Hand

“Now that Paris and Moscow are fighting, naturally they are in favor of it, and in fact France is not short of oil. Algeria also produces oil.” Alan Wilson commented salaciously, “It’s all about to become a key industry to support the franc, and it’s Germany that really lacks oil. France elevating Germany’s voice is certainly something we don’t like, but the US is doing the same thing, and that’s troublesome.”

Want to use Germany and Japan to balance Britain and France well, Allen Wilson has long understood this trend, before using Malaya to go and hedge with Japan, while the British legacy is still alive, to increase the pressure on Australia.

Aidan also recognizes this point of view, if only France that did not say, the key is that the United States is now also very dependent on Germany, hoping that Germany to bear the task of fending off the Soviet Union’s ground forces, this kind of responsibility is impossible without a quid pro quo, Germany also wants to change the status of the country.

“The Chancellor’s considerations are quite right, it is indeed very difficult.” Alan Wilson expressed his approval, Germany had always been in a higher position than Japan. Japan had the unspoken rule of not being able to spend more than one percent of its military expenditure, Germany didn’t have that, Japan’s armed forces could only be called self-defense forces, Germany that was an actual army.

In addition to ethnicity, this difference is also related to the Soviet Union’s main direction of attack is Europe, the Soviet Union’s main direction of attack has never been Europe, until the disintegration has not shifted.

On the contrary in the direction of Asia, it was impossible for a certain great power to exert any pressure on Japan, crossing the strait was impossible, and trying to threaten Japan?

Things are universally linked, in one aspect of the adjustment, it is inevitable that the linkage to other aspects, Allen Wilson intended to use the oil embargo on India, to remind Europe to prepare early, do not be caught off guard when things come to a head. But forgot that the Soviet Union’s pipeline has just been completed, has reached the territory of the GDR, the Federal Republic of Germany suddenly remembered that you can get energy from Eastern Europe.

This can not be said to be strange, after all, the Führer’s theory of living space, essentially to Eastern Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union Germany is also the biggest beneficiary, not only re-unification, but also the economic interests of Eastern Europe in the hands of a move to get rid of and Japan at the same time signed the Plaza Accord negative impact.

Germany also signed the Plaza Accord, but by devouring the development of the GDR for decades, the negative impact of the Plaza Accord offset, the vast Eastern European market is to help Germany take off. Not to mention getting rid of the strong deutsche mark, dumping on Eastern Europe with the integrated euro, stabilizing the value of the euro with Russian energy, and so on.

During the civil war in Yugoslavia, the Germans are not clean, is the first to intervene in it, so all kinds of natural German activities space greatly increased, and Japan and Italy, two defeated countries to throw off the gap in the European economic influence over Britain and France.

Now de Gaulle’s government and Moscow, but de Gaulle actively develop friendly relations with the Soviet Union, and once invited the Soviet leader Khrushchev and his family to visit Paris. During this meeting between the leaders of the Soviet Union and France, de Gaulle spoke to Khrushchev of “détente, understanding, and cooperation”. The idea was to create a system of “Greater Europe from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains”.

France in Algeria’s oil at best can support itself, plus a Spain, Libya can serve Italy, Greece, the North Sea oil neighboring countries a point, can leave Germany very few, of course, Germany is now and Iran’s relationship, but Iran is also a Middle Eastern country, but also in this oil embargo on India among the countries, and then again Iran is also too far away.

Now Alan Wilson is torn, the thought of the Soviet Union to supply Europe with energy, he can think of Nord Stream II, although that is a natural gas pipeline, if in the field of natural gas, the United Kingdom’s situation is even more embarrassing, facing the problem than the oil pipeline is even more troublesome.

If the UK opposes the oil and gas pipeline from the Soviet Union side to take over, then facing the result is likely to be France dominates the European energy market, oil may not be able to satisfy, but then add natural gas to make France’s influence on the European Community increased, so that the UK checks and balances the French will not be so easy.

Algeria is the second largest natural gas supplier in the latter days, supplying a total of European energy to exceed Norway, but under Russia.

This poor distribution of energy in Europe immediately put Alan Wilson in a difficult position, and if Britain opposed the Soviet Union, it could lead to France getting bigger. And France, a dubious ally, was still eyeball to eyeball with the Soviet Union.

“We’re either going to see France dominate the European energy market or we’re going to see oil and gas from Eastern Europe coming into Europe, and I don’t think you can put eggs in one basket.” After meditating on the matter, Alan Wilson said with a constipated, bitter smile, “It’s a tough choice, Prime Minister.”

Choosing either France or the Soviet Union was not a pleasant choice, and Aiden didn’t want to be faced with it, but had to choose, “We have no objection to Germany using Soviet energy. It will also take a few years for Germany to get on good terms with the Eastern European countries. Maybe by then we will be able to come up with a better response.”

Trust in the wisdom of posterity huh? Alan Wilson almost couldn’t hold back a laugh, but duty calls suggested, “We don’t knowingly oppose it, but it has to be a new pipeline supplying Germany exclusively. It can’t go through any country’s land in the middle and go straight to Germany. If Germany can solve this problem, we agree.”

This is actually the Nord Stream II transportation line, and as soon as Nord Stream II is activated, Russia can stop the pipeline from Ukraine. Save that country from wool-gathering from Russia every day.

“Isn’t this putting Germany’s energy security in the hands of the Soviets?” When Makins came to the Cabinet Office, he heard Allen Wilson’s suggestion and asked suspiciously in return, “Can’t Norway supply the Germans’ energy needs?”

“Not enough capacity to do it. From Britain’s point of view we can only choose between France’s trans-Mediterranean and the Soviet Union’s Baltic pipeline. You pick France, the De Gaulle government is so hard to reach now, really let the French dominate the European energy market and be more qualified to call our bluff.” Alan Wilson let out a long breath, “Theoretically we don’t even want to choose, but isn’t this our initiative to emphasize energy security?”

“France controlling the European energy market? Then we’d better pick the Soviet Union. I’m guessing the Soviets won’t agree so quickly, the onshore pipeline is just getting built, and then we need to build an offshore pipeline? And reconciliation between Germany and the Eastern European countries is also a problem, it won’t work without a few years of mediation.” Makins nodded in agreement, “But once France starts building, it won’t be so difficult. That threat is close at hand, the Soviet threat is far away.”

Alan Wilson nodded, “If something really goes wrong, we can send the Navy to sabotage that ocean pipeline like we did in WWI when we cut off the Atlantic cable. But we wouldn’t have an excuse to do that if we were to do that to France, and the United States wouldn’t watch us and the French implode.”

At this moment, the law that heretics are more hateful than infidels shines through the Cabinet Office; the Soviet Union won’t necessarily do anything to Britain, but France will. Now that the discussion had been completed in London, Rabo Butler in Brussels informed the Bonn side of this attitude.

Alan Wilson, on the other hand, asked Makins to convene the Ministry of Defense to bring out a design plan, it must be landed from the original British-occupied area, now near the British bases in Germany, the coast of the Federal Republic of Germany are part of the original British-occupied area, do this can be the valve of the energy of Germany in the hands of the British Garrison, and perhaps increase the influence of Britain on Germany.

“Is it possible that in addition to being the Soviet Union is to be stuck at the throat of France?” Pamela Mountbatten was full of questions, “Isn’t it just a little more expensive, and Germany has a good economy.”

“My dear, Germany is not a colony. Oil is good, gas is hard.” Alan Wilson replied with a bitter smile, “Unless we take out the electric cars that were phased out at the beginning of the century, but the cost is estimated to lose money year after year.”

Electric cars are not something new, not to mention electric cars, steam cars existed in England at the beginning of the twentieth century, and no one knew the future direction of automobile development at that time. But the result has now seen the oil car eliminated the tram, such as if it is not the high price of oil in the latter part of the world, the electric car is also no way to resurrect.

While the two men were discussing, Rab Butler was still blabbering in Brussels, displaying the self-aggrandizement of Britain’s ability to think in peace and possess a long-term vision. Taking advantage of the predicament faced by India to remind Europe of the importance of energy security, but also in the EEC meeting to co-opt and friendly exchanges with France in response to the issue of Germany’s status.

And in the oil embargoed India, at this time is gritting its teeth and preparing to change the current isolation from the battlefield, hoping that the victory of the war, to crack the current predicament.

Indians do not know the current predicament and once the assistant commissioner of British India related to India is indeed an oil-poor country, the oil embargo has made India had to immediately begin to respond to the ban on domestic motor vehicles a large number of refueling, and to crack down on the behavior of inflated oil prices.

The current oil crisis against India, in fact, also rarely cracked, India can not but Britain can, because Malaya is also oil-producing, and Kenya’s oil pipeline can also solve India’s urgent needs, but now is not the time, if the oil embargo on India lasts for a year and a half, the United Kingdom can be in the energy issue to cut a leek of this former colony.

“You’re putting all your smarts on India.” Pamela Mountbatten was a little amused, not sure whether to issue a compliment or a disparaging comment to her husband.

“Let’s just say the colonial legacy is still rich enough to deal with India.” Alan Wilson puffed out his chest proudly, “How can we see the jewel of the British Empire fall? Of course I don’t deny that one must pull them up only when they are at their worst.”