Chapter 1485 – The Japanese Dollar Is Not Eligible

“Honorable Sir, both England and America speak English, blood is thicker than water.” William Edward uttered the famous words more than a hundred years ago, the British and French allied forces attacked the Dagu Kou Battery, the American troops who watched the battle participated in the battle under the command of the general, this is the origin of blood is thicker than water.

But in front of the national interest, which has so many personal feelings within, Allen Wilson silent for a moment, “I have a good relationship with a part of the United States, but this is about astronomical general wealth. Even a good personal relationship can’t avoid the current awkward situation, Minister William, you should also understand this. In all fairness, I would even agree to a merger between Britain and the United States, as long as Her Majesty is made the nominal head of state. But will the Americans agree?”

Seeing William Edward’s silence, Allen Wilson spread his hands and said, “You see, therein lies the problem, Britain and America are special allies, but after all, they are still two countries. It’s a shame that my good relationship with the United States isn’t likely to bridge this divide either.”

This is a meeting that is about international standing for at least the next fifty years, and it’s hard to say exactly where the US is better than the European countries, apart from the internet. But the United States is higher than the European countries are out of twenty thousand dollars per capita, the power of the currency Germany and France kind of countries that have not been given monetary hegemony do not understand, how can the United Kingdom not understand?

To know the concept of foreign exchange reserves are proposed by the United Kingdom, the time has come to the beginning of 1976 this node, the United Kingdom so many years have gritted their teeth to come over, in this key step shrinkage?

If there is a choice William Edward certainly do not want to let go of the United Kingdom, but he also knows that this matter is not easy, this time before the arrival of the other countries of the meeting, only played the role of self-talk.

After the British and Americans had left, William Edward, with a cold look, appeared in front of Rockefeller and Kissinger, and gently shook his head, “As predicted, we were too wishful thinking that the UK would cooperate with us, and the UK also highlighted the yen, not giving the yen a little bit of a share, even if it was one percent. ”

“Britain is only limited by the fact that there is a cap on the total amount of the home country, otherwise it might be harder to deal with than even the Soviet Union.” Rockefeller listened and sighed, after World War II the U.S. Army should have tried to find a way to rely on the United Kingdom did not leave.

But at that time, the United States did not have the mentality of world domination, so that is not comprehensive, the economic mentality is already there, but the military is not yet ready.

Waiting for the broken European countries three invited three resignation it, the result of course, Britain or as expected, the United States invited back to set up NATO, but ultimately did not give the United States the opportunity to control the United Kingdom.

Then it was the De Gaulle administration that drove American troops from French territory, and a whole host of other things that led to Britain and France being out of American control.

“There is no doubt that Britain must have seen what we were up to, and it is logical to think that pegging commodities for settlement was exactly what Britain suggested thirty years ago. It’s just that we had the strongest gold reserves at the time and dismantled Britain’s backers. But supporters aren’t easy to find these days.” Kissinger has the feeling that quite a few have already emerged, and I feel like I’ve been living in his shadow.

The easiest country for the U.S. to control is Japan, although there is still South Korea, which is too small an economy, and it is well known that Britain has been holding onto Japan. While the US has been adopting a policy of ambiguity between the UK and Japan, the UK has clearly discovered that Japan and the UK have created a violent industrial rivalry.

The strength of Britain specifically is also still not to be underestimated; the legacy of the British Empire is a rich one, and the European countries, whether France Germany or Italy, are all on Britain’s side in some sense.

That is of course, Britain in not a person, there is no overwhelming national strength against France, Germany and Italy, the United States that is really have the national strength to make these countries shut up, the United Kingdom is certainly not good, but in this kind of thing, these countries are still inclined to support the United Kingdom.

On the other side, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer are still very confident, are sovereign currencies now, the United Kingdom is more dependent on good foreign relations, this time the oil crisis of the stand is really right, should stand on the side of the Arab League.

“If it wasn’t for me, there’d be a f***ing legacy? It’s being sold clean, and it hasn’t even gotten a price yet.” Alan Wilson listened to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer with a look of approval, expressing revolutionary optimism.

Britain was certainly stronger, not weaker, than it had been in 1945, and although British India was still around at the time, the vast majority of British India’s capacity and resources, which it had consumed on its own, couldn’t really help Britain much.

The biggest role of British India is actually to make Britain not afraid of total war, can be in the manpower of the war time Britain to supplement, that is, so that Britain does not lack of cannon fodder.

Do you really want to talk about production capacity? That’s really all there is to it, and the one-two punch is entirely due to the fact that Japan has been destroyed and the rest of the world hasn’t developed yet, not that India is really an industrial powerhouse, except to say that some of the industrial metrics are sort of good.

When the delegations of France, Germany, Italy and Canada, Japan and other countries have arrived in Jamaica, the messy meeting really began.

American speculation as the meeting began to be confirmed, Germany and France put Britain out to fight with the United States, as thirty years ago at the Bretton Conference, the United States pulled together the vast majority of countries to put Britain’s program on the shelf, this time Britain has enlisted the support of the industrialized countries of Europe, especially Germany’s support, so that the United States had to pay attention.

Allen Wilson prepared a proposal for Callahan to use and French President Pierre Mesmer and Prime Minister Chirac, this one is to pull together Canada and Italy to join the Group of Developed Industrialized Countries.

In fact, this organization in later times called the G7, that is, the Group of Seven, the predecessor of this organization is actually a French initiative to establish, respectively, the United States, Britain, France and Germany plus Japan, Japan to join in is entirely a role of appeasement.

This time, the United Kingdom proposed to pull in the Commonwealth of Canada, and Latin countries Italy, is to strengthen each other’s strength.

In fact, compared to Mesmer this and the President, Chirac this Prime Minister Allen Wilson but more impressive some, now Chirac is still in the golden age of politicians, surely can not yet think he will be in the French political arena for a long time to continue to exist, has been active into the twenty-first century.

France’s No. 1 and No. 2, after discussion, endorsed the expansion of the Group of Industrialized Countries and expressed their willingness to support a package of currency solutions for the pound franc and the mark in the international monetary system to bolster Britain’s international standing.

“Prime Minister Chirac, finding Britain and France’s place with each other in the new era is the most important thing. You are so wise.” Alan Wilson expressed his respect for the French chancellor who was a key figure in German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s domination of the creation and independence of the European Union.

Of course, when Chirac was president, it was also the time when France was suppressed by the United States in all kinds of ways, and had even listed France as a strategic competitor after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ready to let France taste the treatment of the world’s second best, and it wasn’t that a certain big country came to the forefront later on, and France would certainly have to pay a bigger price.

France strongly opposed the United States to launch a second war in Iraq, but also within the term of Chirac’s move, sanctions against the United States is also France pushed, there is such a person to do the French prime minister. Alan Wilson knew it had been stabilized, this person may be Britain is also not very trustworthy, but compared to the United States, Britain can still be trusted.

Callahan is still worried, after all, this time the United Kingdom and the United States of America’s position is very different, really on the opposite side, he is still in the heart of some uncertainty.

“Callahan, show no fear.” Harold Wilson saw the hesitation of the Labor Party’s number two and opened his mouth to express encouragement, “As a prime minister, there will be more difficult problems.”

Hearing that he was going to be Prime Minister, Callaghan proudly puffed out his chest, and Harold Wilson couldn’t help but nod his head in recognition in his heart when he saw Callaghan regaining his confidence.

He had found out that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, also known as dementia, and it had become difficult for his body to support a longer term.

Thinking of leaving the position of prime minister, Harold Wilson is ready to retirement career and Whitehall for some exchange of interests, so many years together, the two sides can not say that the liver and guts, honor and disgrace, single is also considered to be a good cooperation, complement each other, now facing the parting of the ways, in a nutshell, since it has come to the end of the heartbreaking, difficult to undo, he has to do some arrangements after leaving office, which is not too much.

Of course, all this, Harold Wilson is also prepared to conceal a period of time, through this Jamaica Conference to strive for enough merit, so that the position of the Prime Minister to leave with honor.

Anyway, in the eyes of some people, he was a very pro-Soviet and the most distant prime minister from the United States after the war, facing the threat of Alzheimer’s disease, what was he afraid of now?

With this mental preparation, Harold Wilson was destined to be the last opponent the United States wanted to face at this meeting.

In fact, Harold Wilson never seemed to be so offensive, or to be doing so to the other side of the Anglo-American special relationship.

With the backing of France and Germany, Britain seemed to be holding its breath to reverse the defeat of the Bretton Woods system, clinging to the yen and SDRs and the circulation of the pound.

In front of the leaders and delegations, Callaghan was about to go on stage to express his attack on the yen, Alan Wilson stopped the Chancellor of the Exchequer, “Minister, you are a politician, it is better for me to do it.”

“Britain, as well as Europe, believes that the yen does not have a greater role to play. Japan has nothing, and just two years ago, needed the Royal Navy to travel to protect it. How can such a country claim to have international influence? We have to recognize one thing, that Japan as a country is special.”

Alan Wilson stepped up to the main podium and nodded his head to the nations before saying, as he had been told, “Modern civilization was led by Europe, and there is no need to be the least bit modest about that, no need to add a bystander to the mix.”