Chapter 1717: Suppressing the Germans

“It looks like Britain is not quite submitting to American leadership in NATO.” Cole heard Alan Wilson say this and the conversation turned to pull on the issue of NATO’s leadership.

“Thanks to the Chancellor’s reminder, I almost forgot about this topic, the question of the concept of the formation of NATO.”

Alan Wilson continued with great approval following Cole’s words, “Resisting the Soviets, inviting the Americans, and suppressing the Germans, look Prime Minister, hasn’t Britain always defended the existence of NATO? Why else would Britain have joined forces with France and requested the Americans to be permanently stationed in Europe in the first place? As long as American troops are not withdrawn from Europe, this basic logic has been in operation.”

The leading country of NATO is not Britain, but this is the original intention of Britain to establish NATO, the founders of course want to be the leader, but Britain from the position of strength, can’t in riding on the head of the United States, there is the United States to do a hand, Britain to do the second hand of NATO.

NATO was founded with the idea of suppressing the Germans, and it can even be said that this is one of the core concepts of NATO, even if the current NATO Secretary General in Bonn, can not say that Alan Wilson said wrong.

The answer, however, may not be too kind to Germany; after all, the concept was to consider Germany as a country on equal footing with the Soviet Union.

“This concept is generally accepted by all European countries, which is why this time Norway cooperated with Britain without saying a word and cut off the North Sea pipeline.” Alan Wilson skimmed his head with an attitude of unconcern, Kohl was a leader of a country anyhow, and it was meaningless to talk too much.

Germany is a defeated country, this will not change because the Soviet Union began to let go of the GDR, the history of memory, Margaret Thatcher era of Britain, although she claimed to be from a position of strength, but in fact, her tenure of the United Kingdom did not have much strength of position, but the world, whether it is the United Kingdom or France, are more powerful.

Even if the United States is opposed, Britain and France together to suppress a Germany is still not a problem, not to mention that the United States did not oppose, just let Britain not to expand things.

Things not to expand, that is, the current intensity is allowed, then the United States since allowed, Bonn government what to expect? As if thinking of dependence for Cole, Allen Wilson had added, “The GDR has a Soviet garrison, don’t count on that map head, Peter III’s behavior will not be forgiven. If he dares to evacuate Germany, the Soviet army will coup. The last time I went to Moscow, I saw discharged soldiers doing nothing, and that’s a huge risk.”

Alan Wilson could not deny that his own deportation was definitely not a trivialization by Maphead, in Maphead’s point of view, his behavior at that time was no different from shouting at the Soviet armed forces to encourage the overthrow of Maphead’s rule, and his deportation was obviously a result of Maphead taking his words into account or else not responding to them on the line.

“Looks like we have nothing to talk about.” Cole showed his toughness, “I’m sure the Germans won’t give up the ideals in their hearts just because of some energy.”

“Stop it, public opinion in a parliamentary state is just short-sighted, not to mention the presence of British troops in Germany.” Alan Wilson laughed out loud, “Why can’t we just admit that public opinion in Germany doesn’t matter? The current regimes were handed over to you by the three occupying armies, and we can do without them. The Soviet Union is hardly a threat now anyway, so what use is Germany?”

Mrs. Thatcher, with a full I’m-also-there expression, gazed at Kohl, “The Cabinet Secretary’s words may not be very euphemistic, but Chancellor Kohl, we still want Germany to cherish its situation in the free world.”

These two dogs, Kohl really wanted to say that the French had also prevented German unification in the first place, but when he thought that the French wore the same pants as the British in this matter, the words could not come out of his mouth.

“German companies will vote with their feet, the energy crisis continues, German companies will naturally put their industries in places where the costs are not so high.” Mrs. Thatcher lived and breathed the theory that came from Alan Wilson and relayed it to Cole, “Isn’t German business complaining now? Really stick to it, and the two German equalization will be just around the corner.”

Kohl looked at Margaret Thatcher with an unfriendly gaze, and it had to be said that he had just even been prepared to invite Margaret Thatcher to be a convertible, while not letting the Prime Ministerial concubine off the hook.

But where it was possible to do so, Cole would not think so, it was precisely because it could not be done that he dared to think hard in his heart and curse the pair of dogs a hundred times a thousand.

“Today’s conversation has been very frank, and since our British friends have informed us of Britain’s attitude, later on we will also inform Germany of its attitude.” Kohl ultimately did not choose to roll his eyes, the special circumstances within Germany still did not allow Kohl to be quick to anger.

Mrs. Thatcher was just about to say something, Alan Wilson had already jumped to his feet and replied, “It’s best to answer frankly, and I definitely don’t mean to say this as an ultimatum. It’s just that the Prime Minister still has a visit to Berlin, and the GDR is ready to develop a deeper friendship with Britain in Berlin, the real capital of Germany.”

“Ah yes.” Mrs. Thatcher said to herself when did she ever say she was going to visit the GDR, but admitted that it was true, “Britain is happy to develop friendly relations with Eastern European countries. Indeed it is the greatest aim of British diplomacy at the moment. We all know that the world is not the same as it was.”

After leaving the Prime Minister’s office, Mrs. Thatcher pinched her man straight away, chattering and muttering, “You should have at least discussed this with me, or it’s very confusing to me.”

The Iron Lady also wanted to say that while her husband understood her and didn’t believe some of the political rumors, she also had to be on the defensive to protect Mr. Thatcher’s perceptions.

“It came to me on the spur of the moment, I didn’t think much about it at the time, and it’s not too late now.” Alan Wilson apologized in a small voice, “I believe Mr. Honecker will arrange it, according to my idea, it’s better to have the West Berlin Garrison appear in downtown Berlin, so that it can put pressure on Kohl with a greater practical action. I just don’t know if it will work.”

Theoretically it is possible, any impossible thing, put in the map head of the term, in fact, can try, a little later, Mrs. Thatcher accepted the German media interview, answered a number of pointed questions, in the energy issue, Mrs. Thatcher blunt, concluded that Germany’s energy crisis can not be solved in the short term.

“This behavior of Britain hurts the feelings of the Germans.” The German journalist issued what he thought was a very pointed question.

“Not really, on a more macro level, it’s protecting Europe.” Mrs. Thatcher wasn’t in the habit of fudging, “This is the result of the World War, and the Germans, whatever part of Germany they are, should accept this reality, and for their part, Czechoslovakia and Poland, have expressed the same will.”

Alan Wilson was reaching for his big brother to get the good old boy to get in touch with the GDR, to get this impromptu visit rigged up, Mrs. Thatcher’s arrival in Berlin would endorse the GDR, and might even have the salutary effect of leading the leaders of the countries that didn’t want a reunited Germany to visit the GDR one after the other.

“I see, Father, and Honecker would be absolutely delighted to see such a spectacle unfold.” Arnold replied painfully, “But the issue of the West Berlin Garrison, we can have a group of officers and soldiers come through the border checkpoints so that we can not alert anyone.”

Arnold has been in the GDR for a long time, at least in the Berlin metropolitan area, there is no Soviet presence, the Soviet army is not far away in Potsdam, come over a few hundred British officers and soldiers to mean a little bit or can be, anyway, but just for show, for the Prime Minister’s security considerations.

“As long as the thing is done, the process is of course unimportant.” Alan Wilson said to Arnold, “If you need any help, talk to me now.”

“Like this.” Arnold’s voice suddenly became a little strange, inquiring in a small voice, “Father, is it true that your relationship with the Prime Minister is so rumored that it is now known in the GDR.”

“How could your father be such a person, don’t you know it’s a scandal?” Allen Wilson categorically denied in front of his son, saying that there is absolutely no such thing, and that the prime minister and his wife are in love.

Hanging up the phone, Alan Wilson angrily denounced the unprofessionalism of the fake news, and began to make preparations for the visit of the GDR, since he could visit the Federal Republic of Germany of course, he could also visit the GDR, what is this?

Kohl did not dare to open his mouth to back down on the issue of German unification, but now that Germany’s energy problems had surfaced, he wondered if he could dodge the issue by resigning.

The German Chancellor had already thought of the ultimate means of backing down, of resigning in this electoral system so that no one could liquidate me, when Margaret Thatcher had already appeared in Berlin.

The capital of the GDR, Arnold had literally bought his way through the border checkpoints to get a battalion of British troops from West Berlin to show up on the east side of the Berlin Wall.

The podium had been set up, and Margaret Thatcher was the first Western leader in decades to give a speech outside the Berlin Wall, and the Iron Lady extolled the effectiveness of this system of border defenses, praising the existence of the Berlin Wall was to disprove the free world’s narrative of the Wall of the last few decades, but she’d do anything right now as long as she could prevent German reunification, let alone praise the Wall, and it was fine for her to praise the Soviet garrison.

Mrs. Thatcher’s sudden appearance in Berlin, the news of the British garrison raid on the GDR was immediately sent to the Kremlin, was Britain suddenly came to such a point, the head of the map has already been very dismayed, but learned of the content of Mrs. Thatcher’s speech, the head of the map to consider for a long time, or to say not to respond to, to give this stage to Mrs. Thatcher.

“It’s the traditional British offshore balance.” Maphead’s clever intellect took the high ground again, or at least it did for the moment, “Balancing the two Germanies is not something we should be responding to.”