Chapter 1696 – A visit from Honecker

Of course, the GDR’s also worth thinking about, for example, the only microelectronics center in the Warsaw Pact countries, in fact, in terms of technology, there is nothing to praise, as behind the semiconductor powerhouses of the free world, but the gap can easily be leveled.

Dresden microelectronics center has more than 40,000 employees, obviously these people are professionals, as long as the technology used in the equipment to change the generation, you can soar.

If Pamela Mountbatten could acquire the electronics center, even if it was used as a foundry, it could follow the same path as before and rely on access to the Soviet Union’s EEC market.

The GDR had been maintained for decades, topping the signboard of the world’s top ten industrialized countries, there must have been a group of enterprises that operated in a fairly good condition, or had technology, or were famous, or had already occupied the market.

Picking these companies out of the mix would be good for the UK and also the GDR.

“In this aspect of privatization, Britain has accumulated very strong experience over the past ten years, as long as the GDR’s state-owned enterprises keep selling off, naturally we can obtain the money to support the reforms, and we are much more professional than even the Bonn government in this.” Alan Wilson wagged his finger, “But the after-effects of privatization will erupt sometime in the future, but it will be easier to shift the blame at that time.”

Doing the math, Alan Wilson still felt that if he had Britain to run the show, it would certainly be a much softer move than what the FRG had done after reunification. Privatization under Margaret Thatcher lasted about ten years, and the problems were solved one by one, without causing unrest.

The unification of the FRG and the GDR was the equivalent of the GDR’s privatization being a decade of Britain’s path in just one year, during which time the dramatic turmoil was completely overshadowed by the shambles that was Eastern Europe.

In normal times, if there were no major changes in other countries and such a dramatic wave of privatization within the GDR, the citizens of the GDR would not have been able to stand it.

Even in the United Kingdom, during the time of Margaret Thatcher, there were strikes every year, so when you think about it, Alan Wilson is simply saving the lives of 20 million citizens of the GDR, and he has no doubt about it, after he so manipulated the GDR certainly also suffered a loss, but definitely will not end up being eaten up by the Federal Republic of Germany.

“There are currently eight thousand state-owned enterprises in the GDR that are known to be financially sound and of a decent size. Let’s take our time finding them.” Alan Wilson painted a rosy future for Pamela Mountbatten, “Privatization which is not profitable, Kohl is dreaming when he wants to swallow a top ten industrial nation without knowing it.”

Cole and Maphead still have a little bit in common, the Soviet Union, which Maphead says has long been stagnant, had positive growth year after year before he took over, it went negative as soon as he came to power, and then he tells everyone that he took over a country that had been stagnant for a long time.

Kohl, on the other hand, told everyone that one of the so-called top ten industrialized nations of the world didn’t exist, that all the businesses in the GDR were insolvent, with no money on the books, only deficits, and then sold each and every one of these insolvent businesses to reliable people.

Privatization of the GDR’s enterprises, the GDR People’s Assembly passed a resolution to set up a trusteeship bureau to implement trusteeship of the GDR’s state-owned enterprises, exercising state-owned equity on behalf of all the people of the GDR, carrying out shareholding reforms of the enterprises, transforming the mode of operation, and protecting the security of state-owned assets.

However, after negotiations between the two Germanys, the duties and tasks of the Trusteeship Board were immediately and subsequently modified to slowly transform East Germany’s state-owned property into the common private property of the East German people, i.e., to transfer it to the East German people by way of privatization, which, to put it perfectly, means that each East German gets one of the 16 million shares of the East German heritage.

The privatization of the disintegrating Soviet Union probably followed the same path, which gave birth to many oligarchs, but the GDR, already on an equal footing of de facto defeat, was unlikely to produce oligarchs, and say what fraction of the assets would be given to the people would ultimately become part of the profits of the western corporations.

“This time you will see me, how to talk to Erich Honecker, and in the future, when you come across a country like the GDR, you will know how to operate.”

Alan Wilson confidently pacified his wife, just adjusted according to the standards of a major country, used in the injection of capital into the major banks of the GDR, he felt that to ask for twenty-five percent of the shares is not excessive.

The supreme authority is not needed at all, like the history of the Federal Republic of Germany Trusteeship so monkey, he can use a few years without harming the interests of the GDR in the case of the GDR’s privatization is completed, the British privatization experience is very successful, Cole on the side of the bar to watch.

The next day at work, Alan Wilson had already had Whitehall prepare one side of the successful British privatization movement of the past decade for use in negotiations with Erich Honecker, “I dare not say that Britain will be the sole victor of the GDR’s economic reforms, but certainly Britain will profit the most.”

“Kohl would probably be furious if you pulled it off.” Mrs. Thatcher couldn’t help but sigh, the more and more she realized that the Cabinet Secretary in Whitehall was really powerful, especially in this time when it came to German unification, it was almost like a prophet.

“Yes, what about the wealth of a nation. It’s as if Labor supporters hate you, but of course, someone always loses, and the current unemployed population is a necessary price to pay.” Alan Wilson laments as he puts on the table the GDR enterprises that include the GDR shipyards, the Dresden Microelectronics Center, electrical manufacturing, the Heat Supply Group, and so on.

Meanwhile, Erich Honecker opened his current trip to Western Europe, visiting Germany, France, and Britain separately, with the Federal Republic of Germany as the beginning, and later France and Britain.

Not only London, but also Mitterrand in Paris was ready for this visit, ready to give Erich Honecker a promise regarding the existence of the GDR.

As for Alan Wilson, he is polishing the resounding sign of privatization in Britain, while Pamela Mountbatten is convening a gathering of friends and affiliated industrial groups to discuss about industrial buttressing. Decades ago her husband spliced a two-winged strategy between British Occupation and India; the strategy is a little old, but it works.

There is no doubt that this is another great meal, and every one of the entrepreneurs who appeared before the richest woman has a huge interest in the privatization of the GDR, doubts certainly exist, such as the real presence of a large number of Soviet troops in the GDR and the possible reaction of the government in Bonn, among other things.

“My husband will certainly take care of that.” Pamela Mountbatten replied briskly, “There won’t be a problem there, we’ll have to trust that map head.”

Just yesterday, Alan Wilson just gave her a new Audi car’s design, Land Rover Group is not big among the richest woman’s industry, and she usually didn’t care much about it, but this one design, Pamela Mountbatten couldn’t say where it looked good, but intuitively it just looked good.

That is of course, the front face of the Audi a6l is a hexagonal grille, at first glance may feel nothing special, if you look closely, you will find that every articulation of the grille is very natural, Audi itself and Mercedes-Benz BMW compared to the lack of heritage, but forced to become a comparison object, there are certainly two brushes.

While Erich Honecker was laughing and joking with Kohl in Bonn, Alan Wilson was evaluating the value of the GDR’s large and small enterprises, especially the eight thousand large and medium-sized enterprises.

According to the information he had gotten in the Stasi, as the world’s tenth largest industrial nation, there were more than eight thousand large and medium-sized conglomerates and more than twenty thousand business units with a total value of about six hundred and fifty billion marks.

The democratic German mark was converted into two hundred billion Bundesmarks, and in converting it into pounds sterling, the total assets were equivalent to roughly thirty-five billion pounds sterling, and the United Kingdom was still maintaining a strong monetary policy. Since the first post-war devaluation of the pound, the pound has remained essentially unchanged on the exchange rate.

“Have you discussed with your friends on it yet.” After work, Alan Wilson had returned home and asked Pamela Mountbatten if she thought this privatization could be profitable.

“Everyone feels that this privatization of the GDR, if it happens, will be a good thing for everyone.” Pamela Mountbatten replied painfully.

“That’s for sure.” Alan Wilson was hesitant, even if he ate half of it in one year, he could still eat it for two years, as long as Erich Honecker dared to open privatization, this wealth could feed Britain for two years without harming the rights and interests of the GDR at all.

Moreover, Allen Wilson did not intend to destroy the GDR’s industry, and the companies that could really make a difference could be incorporated into the British-controlled market, and if the British were unable to do so, there would still be a French Community.

At this time Erich Honecker finally left Bonn, he had heard enough of Kohl’s “we are one people, the country is still divided” rhetoric.

In a welcoming ceremony for Erich Honecker, Mitterrand warmly praised him for his leadership, and in doing so he belittled the so-called economic achievements of the GDR, saying that the GDR had a poorer foundation than the GDR, and that its demographic disadvantages made it even more remarkable that it had been able to develop to the present day.

The FRG was a close ally of France, as was the GDR, which Mitterrand said had the same status as an ally in France.

At the same time as the Franco-German interest is heating up, Alan Wilson began to identify civil servants who have played an important role in the privatization process over the past decade, and this year’s list of knighthoods is largely out.

Of course there is more work to be done, and whether or not the knighthoods are really a success will depend on how much the gentlemen were instrumental in helping the GDR with its privatization campaign.

Erich Honecker, at this point, finally left loyal Paris and landed at the London International Market to kick off this visit to the UK, which was the real highlight.