Chapter 1348: Peace in Our Time

The truth was that the May Storm, no one was a prophet, no one but Alan Wilson himself would feel certain that it would happen, but as said before, it was always right to take precautions before it happened.

“Well, let’s meet.” Holding the microphone, Alan Wilson granted the Australian intelligence head’s request for a meeting.

“Going out again?” Hepburn’s eyes flashed a hint of displeasure, why is this man always so busy, it’s not easy to come to the United States, and he can’t accompany her every day.

Body hand holding Hepburn’s face, Alan Wilson heavy kiss on the red lips, with a pleasing tone, “I also do not want, but the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries also have things to discuss.”

As we all know well, the United States is not a Commonwealth country, as for the other three countries are, two years ago the main dispute between Britain and Canada is, the Canadian flag issue, Alan Wilson would like to fight to keep the British beige flag, but in the end, it is still unable to argue with the public opinion of Canada, and watched the Maple Leaf Flag come into being.

This proves the point that although Britain had a better base in Canadian folklore, in fact surpassing Australia, it was better to go with Australia when it came to fighting for influence. Canada is too close to the US, and the UK is no match for the US in terms of national power.

Australia, on the other hand, is a long way from both the UK and the US, and the UK still holds colonies in the South Pacific that can influence Australia’s general policy.

“If it is really impossible to destroy North Vietnam, it is possible for us to secure the existence of South Vietnam as a basis for victory.” In front of the intelligence chiefs of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Allen Wilson would not hide behind the fact that it seemed politically incorrect to set the bottom line of victory slightly lower.

But the intelligence chiefs of the three countries didn’t realize that this seemingly peace-for-peace proposal was nothing more than Allen Wilson backing down and digging a hole waiting for the Americans.

Because except for himself, no one in this world knew that a country called South Vietnam did not exist in the latter days, and that South Vietnam was eventually wiped out.

So preserving the existence of South Vietnam as a condition for victory was simply a false proposition, and the United States would only suffer a defeat by agreeing to this seemingly appropriate condition.

The existence or non-existence of South Vietnam depended not on the United States, or even on a major power, but on Le Cam, the leader of North Vietnam.

Le Hoang was later seen by a major power as a bully under the Soviet Union and a punching bag on a par with Cuba, but outside of national positions, he made no wrong choices.

A certain big country can benefit but not benefit the Soviet Union, to be a follower but also to be the boss’s follower, this is not wrong at all.

If a great power felt justified in being a friend from afar, then Vietnam was right to feel justified as well. Le Shoot seized the time period when the Soviet Union was in full support and wiped out South Vietnam in one fell swoop, and in that sense she is surely a hero to the Vietnamese.

How could Le Shoot have known that the Soviet Union was not well practiced in this area of strategic determination and ended up pushing too hard at the time of the global offensive.

But this is not to blame the Soviet Union, history does not simply repeat itself, there will always be déjà vu, the Americans after performing the Kabul trapeze, talk does not work so well.

After stating his position, the other three intelligence chiefs also expressed their approval, and Allen Wilson pulled on France, “In fact, de Gaulle’s government has been trying to get the United States and North Vietnam to sit down and talk, and the direction of Europe is a matter of the world’s future, and if we take this as an opportunity to get de Gaulle to play a role, we might be able to ease the less than amicable relationship with France in the past few years. relations with France over the past few years.”

“De Gaulle!” Canada’s intelligence chief’s face was a little unnatural when he heard De Gaulle’s name, but he finally nodded.

When de Gaulle visited Canada last year, he made a big deal about the Quebec issue, which led to ups and downs in the relationship between Canada and France. Montreal was hosting the World Expo, and then French President Charles de Gaulle was invited to make an official visit to Canada.

He crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a cruiser of the French Navy’s Mediterranean fleet, sailed upstream along the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, and disembarked in Quebec City, the capital of Quebec province.

Upon his arrival at Montreal’s City Hall, de Gaulle delivered an impromptu speech from the balcony in front of a huge crowd.

At the end of his speech, he obliviously raised his arms and shouted; Vive Montreal! Long live Quebec! Then, approaching the microphone, he roared even louder; Vive la liberté Quebec! Long live French Canada! Viva! Viva! Vive la France!

“I want you to understand one thing, France is not on the same level of power as the Soviet Union, and with us and the United States, de Gaulle will not bar Canada.” Alan Wilson assured the Canadian intelligence chief, “Quebec is not a small problem, but it’s not a particularly big one either.”

This private collusion between the intelligence chiefs of the Commonwealth countries was of course impossible to hide from the Americans in Washington, and soon the Americans knew that the four English-speaking countries were prepared to talk to the Americans together about the Vietnam War.

From the last time the British Prime Minister tried to persuade the fight has been over two years long, at this time the spring offensive is in full swing, the news of the North Vietnamese big attack to the United States, so that the American citizens also know, up to three years of strategic bombing, basically bombing a lonesome, the North Vietnamese have nothing to lose, or would not have taken the initiative to attack.

The spring offensive officially began at the end of January, and now two months have passed, with more than three thousand U.S. casualties and five thousand Korean troops killed in action. This fact made the anti-war wave within the United States further expand, questioning whether the United States could achieve victory or not, and now the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. along with the anti-war movement had become a major factor in shaking the domestic order of the United States.

To say that all Americans should be grateful to Allen Wilson, such as if he did not force to send the veterans of the British and Indian Army Corps to organize the Advisory Group, this spring offensive American casualties should be six thousand people, not three thousand, and now the additional losses are borne by the South Koreans, who have a big favor to the United States is not too much.

The greatest spiritual leader of the wave of resistance is Robert Kennedy, the Democratic candidate, brother of former President John F. Kennedy, who with his older brother’s aura is in a sense more popular than the current president.

The final results aren’t in yet, but almost no one doubts that Robert Kennedy will be a lock for the Democratic nomination.

In fact, the U.S. had already talked to the North Vietnamese once, back in July of last year, and the war hadn’t stopped and the negotiations had been going on, which again, not surprisingly, was the case at Panmunjom as well.

“The British are still acting like they’re sympathetic in front of us.” Hearing the CIA report, Lyndon Johnson wasn’t in a good mood, and picked up that Greek and Roman argument again, stating that the British were just so self-serving.

But the problem was that now, with Robert Kennedy firing his guns and the blacks rioting on the inside, and the Spring Offensive stirring up the anti-war mentality of American citizens on the outside, he couldn’t turn down the goodwill just yet. What’s more, the U.S. had already talked to North Vietnam once in July of last year, and there just wasn’t much of a consensus.

“Sir Wilson, is pro-American, of that we can be sure. Very different from that British prime minister.” Richard Helms mused, “Of course, we’re very much opposed to Britain engaging in Commonwealth coterie communications this time, but Mr. President, I’ll make our displeasure known to Sir Wilson, and at the same time I don’t think the continuation of the war delays the opening of negotiations.”

The position of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Pentagon in the Vietnam War is not unanimous, both departments are in favor of the war, only there is a difference in attitude, and the CIA always gives the Pentagon a break, pointing out that the military’s victory is not as great as it says. So currently, the relationship between the two services is still very delicate.

Alan Wilson understood this very well, in general, the relationship between the central army and the clans was not very good, and this could also be applied to the relationship between the CIA and the Pentagon.

But having gotten an accurate reply, he thanked Richard Helms, saying that this was not a wasted trip at all, and got the attitude of the American side. It also got a promise of a willingness to open negotiations in Paris and sell de Gaulle a face, which was worth complimenting, as was the internal conflict in the free world.

“We understand Britain’s desire for the US to pull out!” Richard Helms nodded, “The situation on the European side, the United States has not forgotten its responsibility.”

This statement obviously refers to, the response to the Warsaw Pact’s already announced schedule of major maneuvers, in because of the Vietnam War in Germany the size of the U.S. forces had to be reduced now, the United Kingdom does bear a lot of pressure.

“It’s nothing, Britain and America are family.” Alan Wilson mentioned that he wanted to form talks with the North Vietnamese side in Paris, the obvious reason was that France was always looking for trouble now, and Britain and the United States were giving de Gaulle a face-saving way to get France, the former sovereign, to play a role, but in fact there was another purpose.

France squeeze gold is not a secret, the French are openly doing so, the United States also know this, if the United States agreed to France in the negotiations with North Vietnam play a role, it shows that the United States is now uninterested in retaliation against the French, then this matter has been studied.

On a larger scale, this is the Saigon Iron Fist incident in the financial sphere, could it be that the US does not retaliate against France, could it be that it does not have the ability to retaliate against France? If other countries think so, America’s future will see the consequences.

Not to mention others, the supreme authority of the UK is now calculating just when the UK will go down. Not now, of course, not until after the French have laid down their heads and are plotting.

Things have come to a head, Alan Wilson returned to the United Kingdom without saying a word, ready to tell the news to the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who, after all, is only a humble social commons, can only come to feast on the fruits of the Prime Minister’s thoughtfulness.

Diplomatic work on the progress, certainly in the great Prime Minister Harold Wilson has led, only difficult to facilitate the United States and North Vietnam came together. He had informed Harold Wilson of the news before he returned, and as he stepped off the Comet, a number of reporters had sniffed and surrounded him.

At this moment, Alan Wilson, with great fortitude, did not take out a piece of paper and hold it up in the air, saying things like “Peace in our time”.