Chapter 1361: The Next Stop

When the transport planes of the French Army of North Africa landed at the Paris airport, it marked the end of the national protests that had arisen over the smallest of matters, as gas stations everywhere reopened. For a country to be paralyzed, the first thing you have to look at is whether or not the gas stations have been paralyzed.

It’s like when you’re talking about inflation going up in the US, but generally gas stations in the US don’t show up in the news. When gas stations in the US do make the news, it means the problem is serious enough.

You know that the United States is an oil exporter, or claim that every family has a car in the country, there are a lot of homeless people do not have a house are living in a car, to the United States the importance of the car to a family, once the price of gasoline rose, which is not the same thing as the general country of rising gas prices, the car to the Americans is home.

For a long time the U.S. gas prices are one of the lowest in the world, even the most confident keyway people will not use the U.S. gas prices to say things.

The most glorious battle of the United States’ gas prices is the oil crisis when it led to the American automobile industry was almost defeated by Japanese cars, which is by no means trivial.

With French troops from North Africa coming across the sea showing up in Paris and paralyzed radio stations under police control, the government, which had lost its voice, took the initiative back.

“The French Communist Party defined the protesters as a petty-bourgeois pseudo-revolution.” Wick said as he came to the cabinet office with a speech from the top of the French Communist Party, “And attacked the anarchist orgy, and included the Trotskyists as well, which is what the French Communist Party defines.”

“It seems to be a good deal.” Alan Wilson grinned as he took over the content of the speech, then whistled, “This choice marks the fact that the pro-Soviet parties in Western Europe are no longer a climate. Of course, the more it’s out of fashion the more we have to pretend they’re still strong, Wick, or many of our colleagues may be recognized as unimportant because of the lack of value they face.”

The French Communist Party categorizes the students as typical petit-bourgeois radicals, seeing their adventurism as akin to Bakunin’s anarchism and Trotsky’s far-left line of short-lived, desperate displays of violence and submission, hatred and unrealistic pipe-dream fantasies. It does not possess the discipline, perseverance and determination necessary for the proletariat.

Look at this, never mind the country, pulling up the theory is a set of words, all sorts of allusions come to mind without the slightest hint of rawness, especially in the French Communist Party, which deserves to be called the old revolutionary zone.

No enemy is how terrible, look at the latter days of the United States of America’s various anti-Russian rice eaters know, in fact, NATO is not the Cold War NATO, really think Macron said that NATO brain dead just casually say it, NATO is not down, not down can still keep the tiger skin to laugh at the Russian army, in case of the down let a person find out that the NATO is also not better than the Russian army, so what to do?

Anyway, the U.S. army is in Syria and the Russian army fought, seems to have not taken advantage of, and can not conclude that the U.S. army is necessarily better than the Russian army, not to mention the NATO framework of small partners.

“Secretary-General, I understand.” Getting a bit of a lecture on raising the enemy, Wick nodded his head in a very educated manner, “Is the mess in France sort of over now?”

“Basically that’s it, people in the modern society are actually not braver than the ancient people, but the killing efficiency of the modern government can be much better than the ancient government.” Alan Wilson smirked and spoke, “When the North African garrison appeared in Paris, the choices facing the protesters had been viciously small, and any more trouble over the tanks?”

Anyway, Britain should get also got, can not really look at France has been chaotic, after all, the protesters swept the whole of France, if you really look at the situation is not too big, really appeared uncontrollable evolution how to do? It is better to stand firmly behind de Gaulle, the authoritarian government that was always criticized in the previous two years.

Returning home from work, Alan Wilson desperately wanted to know that his wife’s hard work harvest, France has closed the franc to gold channels, in the operation is no longer useful.

Attentive to pinch Pamela Mountbatten’s calves, Allen Wilson alive and well a seduction of the Lang family women’s rogue face asked, “Honey, this time the harvest how.”

“I got back my losses from last year’s shorting of the pound in the UK, I don’t know what the haul was for the other banks. Then there are the speculators other than the UK, we don’t know that they are the haul.” Pamela Mountbatten, enjoying her husband’s thoughtfulness, replied with interest, “The financial market boom that the French have seen since the run on gold is over, and quite short-lived when you think about it.”

“The French will remember the less than two years of being the world’s financial center, a position the French have not had for centuries.” Alan Wilson cracked a smile, “It’s like this protest movement, it comes and goes, it’s fine for nostalgia, but it’s not destined to change anything.”

“By the way, I heard that the Soviet Union raided Poland, what exactly is the situation.” Pamela Mountbatten how is also the daughter of a former British army commander, very well informed, heard the news of Poland.

“You can interpret him as the Soviet bloc showing up what is happening in France.” Alan Wilson explained it to his wife this way, “In fact if de Gaulle hadn’t taken care of the French military support, maybe NATO would have had to resort to the same tactics with the Soviets in the end.”

“Seems like Moscow is really tough.” Pamela Mountbatten muttered, “Keeps a much tighter grip on the Warsaw Pact countries than we do.”

“The Warsaw Pact countries are weak compared to the NATO countries too. What bunch of countries are those? Can it be compared to Western Europe?” Alan Wilson bristled, NATO countries include the United States and Canada, the area and the entire Warsaw Pact is actually about the same, as for the population is more than sixty percent of the Warsaw Pact countries. Economically, it is more than twice as much as the other side.

Even if you throw out the United States, the remaining NATO countries together, and still includes the Soviet Union, compared to the Warsaw Pact, is still the population and economic equal rivals, but the land area will be much smaller.

“The Soviet Union would certainly have been much better off without these Eastern European countries.” Pamela Mountbatten was a little exasperated, thinking that this enemy was still really powerful.

“Even without the Eastern European countries, the Soviet Union is still not easy to deal with, unless Ukraine also breaks away from the Soviet Union.” Alan Wilson shook his head, indicating that his wife’s judgment was still optimistic.

The bottom line of the Soviet Union’s national security was Poland, but the decision of whether or not it could be internationally prestigious was still above Ukraine.

That’s why Russia blew right up when Ukraine wanted to join NATO. The importance of Ukraine directly determines whether Russia is a natural empire or not, and that’s where Moscow’s real bottom line is.

What the USSR and the Warsaw Pact bloc made up for their own lack of comprehensive power was political. First, the planned economy system, the economic development strategy that prioritized the development of heavy industry, and indeed military industry, enabled the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact bloc to compete with the U.S. and the NATO bloc in the development of military industry and military appropriations for defense, even though they lagged behind in terms of overall power.

Second, the Warsaw Pact was a close-knit, cross-border complex with the Soviet Union at its core; it was not only an international military alliance group, but also a close-knit, inward-looking political, economic, military, diplomatic, and integrated entity.

The NATO countries were in a position to make trouble, but the Warsaw Pact, which was less powerful than NATO, wasn’t really in a position to have a maverick like France, all because the two blocs weren’t really equal in power.

The Soviet Union can catch up with the United States there is still this possibility, the Warsaw Pact to catch up with NATO is purely a dream, in exchange for him is the Soviet Union, but also can not let Poland out of the control of the Soviet Union.

In any case, this operation Moscow is considered a great victory, for a certain young KGB is even more so, Alexeyev guest a hand of the entourage, followed by the Polish senior who volunteered to go to Moscow together back to Moscow, the entire Warsaw Pact countries leaders have received a telegram from Moscow, will come to Moscow, in the name of the collective to be Poland’s move to criticize a bit.

Soon Alexeyev reported to Lubyanka to report on the role of the KGB in this operation, and was praised by Andropov, “But once this is out of the way, your work in Poland is going to be over, and Comrade Foltseva may not be able to sleep these days for worry.”

“Uh, Comrade Chairman, it’s not that serious, is it?” Alexeyev grimaced bitterly, another change of venue? He hadn’t been in Warsaw for long, where was he going to go again?

It wouldn’t be for Andropov to inform, the KGB Chairman had told Alexeyev to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gromyko had already arranged for his next posting, hadn’t that already been decided?

“It’s not over yet, but it may be difficult for the citizens of Warsaw to accept that an, embassy diplomat, who has been instrumental in this operation, continues to go around in front of their faces. And emotionally, it wouldn’t be appropriate for you to remain in Poland. Like I said before, having already worked in Indonesia and Eastern European countries in the Third World, it’s time to go to a real adversary and get a clear picture of our enemies.”

Gromyko held out an appointment and said, “After there is an outcome of the discussion on Poland’s selfishness, you will take up a posting at the London Embassy, the work at the London Embassy is extremely important, not even easier than the work in Washington, so be prepared for that.”

“Yes, Comrade Minister.” Alexeyev took the letter of appointment and said with an expression of determination to fulfill his mission.

“Go and keep Comrade Foltseva company, she must be worried lately.” Gromyko was very gentle in his encouragement, like a gentle elder, with no stance at all.

But Gromyko’s lack of a stance wasn’t true for everyone; everyone in the Foreign Ministry knew that the foreign minister was a rather stern superior. Alexeyev actually knew this and said a polite goodbye before leaving the Foreign Ministry.

“England?” Alexeyev muttered darkly, almost running a red light in his absentmindedness, still looking forward to his next stop.