Chapter 1608 Thatcher’s Visit to the Soviet Union

This contract is unheard of, more than the original history of the Al-Yamaha weapons contract, although the United Kingdom paid more Typhoon fighter and Tiger helicopter gunships, two products that make the American weapons manufacturers live in the shadow, but also to take into account the exchange rate problem.

Historically Al-Yamaha weapons contract period, the pound has been devalued a few times, and the dollar exchange rate has been almost, which is like the present is still stable in the position of one to two point eight.

Considering the exchange rate problem, Britain paid more than a hundred Typhoons and Tigers were not considered a loss. Not to mention the opening of a military base, restoring Britain’s influence on Saudi Arabia.

Arms sales not only to make money, but also depends on diplomatic relations, if not for the contribution of the Israeli lobby, this big single will not fall in the hands of Britain.

The biggest beneficiaries of this large order are, of course, the Mountbatten Group, the producer of the Typhoon fighter jet, and the British Aerospace, the producer of the Rafale fighter jet, which is initially expected to provide 80,000 jobs for the UK, bringing a boost to the British economy.

For the Saudis, this deal is also absolutely no loss, for the Saudis, who hold the world’s energy in their hands, the cash from oil extraction is important, but even more important is the sense of security.

Arms sales such transactions are never simple, the United Kingdom also have to pay a certain degree of security commitments, otherwise it is not enough to let the Saudis take out such a large interest.

For Britain, setting up a military base in Saudi Arabia is much simpler than it was in its original history, because Britain’s Middle East Joint Operations Command is still in operation, and military forces are still not far away from the Middle East, so as long as a little bit of military power is divided out, it can be done.

Backroom deals are certainly present in this one, and Pamela Mountbatten has more than 100 million pounds ready to be spent on thanking those involved on the Saudi side in making the deal of the century possible.

“What’s wrong with that, could it be more difficult to deal with than the Indians?” Alan Wilson in a call with his wife, the idea of giving the benefit of the doubt to express approval, which is so much of a proven deal, eating kickbacks would have been unusual, and compared with the prestigious powers, the Saudis’ appetite is definitely not excessive.

This is really called from a position of strength, if the UK did not fight a war against Argentina, which has the success of this arms sale? Things are universally connected.

Saudi Arabia to energy as a weapon, this weapon is also useful to the current British, the trade unions side is Bibi叨要罢工, strike main coal workers rely on the coal is also energy. With the import of Saudi oil, the government will be able to cope with the strike more easily.

Alan Wilson also wondered whether the initiative to pierce the windowpaper, can be in advance to the coal trade unions side to understand, do not put the idea of egg on the stone to action? Being able to curb the strike in advance would also be good, after all, if it gets out of hand, the British economy will definitely be affected.

“There’s not a huge rush, there’s always a public-private balance.” This time at the beginning of the year, Alan Wilson still decided that he wanted to give himself a vacation to spend time with his wife and his wife’s ladies of equal status.

But the news of Andropov’s death after a long illness, had to let the unchallenged authority to break free from the tedious private affairs, after thirteen months in power, as well as half a year without a public appearance of Andropov, finally did not go against the grain, left the country under its leadership, the Soviet Union after a year, had to prepare for national mourning once again.

The rare Margaret Thatcher took the initiative to greet Alan Wilson at 10 Downing Street, apparently to discuss the Soviet side of the issue, and got straight to the point, “I’m available for Andropov’s funeral.”

“What a surprising decision.” Alan Wilson chuckled in surprise, “I’m sure many people will be taken aback when the news is announced.”

When Margaret Thatcher first stepped into British politics, she had been recognized as an anti-Soviet politician. Soon after her rise to the leadership of the Conservative Party, her fiercely anti-Soviet rhetoric came to the world’s attention.

The Helsinki Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe had just been held, and the European continent was enveloped in the auspicious atmosphere of “détente”, but Mrs. Thatcher was the first to question and attack the détente, believing that the Soviet Union’s policy of “détente” was not credible, and accusing the Soviet Union of developing strong military power under the smokescreen of détente. Under the smokescreen of détente, the Soviet Union was accused of developing a powerful military force and increasing pressure on the West.

In her first visit to 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Thatcher took the lead in supporting the US government’s hard-line stance against the USSR and stood firmly with the US. All of these things have caused the relationship between the two countries to drop to the freezing point during Margaret Thatcher’s first term as Prime Minister.

And new in Mrs. Thatcher to attend Andropov’s funeral, must have appeared a period of heart, Alan Wilson remembers, after the Soviet Union really chaotic, Mrs. Thatcher but presented a very different attitude, especially in the hope that the Soviet Union to prevent the reunification of Germany.

Obviously Mrs. Thatcher also knew that the Soviet Union really can not work, the value of the United Kingdom will be greatly reduced, she was able to speak out in the international arena and still get the courtesy of the United States, because of the Soviet Union’s unification value.

“I am the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary General, the Prime Minister is also to serve the interests of the United Kingdom.” Margaret Thatcher spoke up, “I am not, as you think, unaware of my nationality.”

A shrewd, bold politician is well versed in the strategy of response to the advance and retreat, Mrs. Thatcher’s policy towards the Soviet Union will never be hard, she pursued a pragmatic Eastern policy in line with the interests of the United Kingdom in order to strive for a greater space for Britain to operate in the international arena.

“I’m glad the Prime Minister has come to this realization.” Alan Wilson finally discovered the highlights of a female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher had been in power for so many years, “This reminds me of the glorious deeds of many prime ministers, and now it seems that the prime minister still possesses the qualities of a great prime minister.”

In this way, Alan Wilson volunteered to attend Andropov’s funeral with Margaret Thatcher, in order to show that he has two brushes in diplomacy, when Margaret Thatcher asked who zombie successor, the supreme authority painfully replied, “No surprise or an old man, but we can look at the actions of the next, for any country It’s not good for any country to always have a state funeral, and I believe it’s time for the Soviet Union to recognize the problem, and maybe some new faces in politics will appear.”

Mrs. Thatcher agreed and Alan Wilson set about arranging the work, firstly he got out his notepad and asked Arnold to take his place in getting the former Secretary of State for Industry to walk to court.

It had now been some time since the last general election, and not only did politicians understand that victory was a counter-attack and defeat a grudge, but civil servants understood this as well.

If Cecil Parkinson is forgotten, the former Industry Secretary might think that his career in politics is so worthless that even the Cabinet Secretary despises him. To prove the worth of the former Industry Secretary, Alan Wilson must continue the political hunt.

Andropov’s funeral guests can be described as grand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the U.S. Vice President of the Bush are attending, as Britain’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher is undoubtedly the most big-name among the guests of this time, Alan Wilson applied for a study tour of Moscow, then again, he has to visit Moscow every time he comes to Moscow.

It was just another burden to add to the good Dahl’s list, and Alan Wilson was excited to have a look around Lubyanka Square, “Alyosha, you’re almost forty, too.”

Alexeyev did not answer, he really did not understand what to ask about age for, and heard Alan Wilson speak, “Now the age of cadres at all levels in the Soviet Union is generally older, this is also one of the consequences brought about by Brezhnev’s rule, and I heard that the chairman of the mourning committee is Chelnyenko, and his health is also very poor, don’t be at that time next year I will have to come over to take part in the state mourning again. By the way, Defense Minister Ustinov doesn’t look like he’s in very good health either, it’s really hard to figure out.”

Normally speaking there should exist a group of younger important cadres in the USSR, and there were, such as Sherepin, Semichasne, Yegorechev, and others. Unfortunately, these were all targets of Brezhnev’s purge, causing the entire cadre class to be green and yellow now.

“Is the Secretary General trying to bash the Soviet Union at this time? Reagan’s not too young, is he?” Alexeyev spoke up, thinking his old father was being double standard.

“Of course he’s not young, not only is he not young, he has Alzheimer’s. But he’s just one man, and now the aging of the Soviet cadres spreads throughout the entire country. It’s a much more serious problem than in the United States.” Alan Wilson shook his head and said, “I still really hope that the Soviet Union is at peace, after all, once the Soviet Union is bad, Britain’s value in the eyes of the United States will decrease. There’s still a gap between the national power of Britain and America.”

“Oh, one thing to remind you, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occupies an important position in the intelligence seminar, it’s important to strengthen the protection. I don’t know if the US will do it, but it’s right to be careful, the UK can’t move away from Europe, unlike the US which is so far away.”

The supreme authority once again a serious lie, as if there is really such a thing, Chernobyl nuclear power plant is better to be safe, this time if the incident can be avoided, Allen Wilson later and God bargaining capital and a lot more, simply can be with the rescue of Yugoslavia Tito opponents, to avoid the overthrow of the Communist Party of Indonesia, and ranked as the three major events of conscience in this life.

Almost at the same time, Mrs. Thatcher is also conducting her own visit, this is her first visit to the Soviet Union, but also to use the occasion of the funeral, to see what the state of Chelnyenko, through a brief meeting with Chelnyenko, sharp-eyed Mrs. Thatcher knew that the new leader of this disease is not long to come.