Chapter 1777 Payment on delivery

Queen of the fortieth anniversary of the throne parade, Allen Wilson but has high hopes, must be done lively and lively to do, after all, the world can do the parade of the country, in fact, there are not many, the United Kingdom is considered to be one of them.

Of course by now, the content of the Berlin Conference is far from over, take the military sales, what t55, t62 tanks, these are not worth any big money, but is the 50s and 60s of the old antiques only.

But the modern class destroyer a two hundred million rubles, glory class is twice as big, the cost is also higher, as for the Typhoon class nuclear submarine a cost of five point five hundred million rubles, unfortunately, now the Soviet ruble is no longer the year can be and the dollar one-for-two currency, but the purchasing power of the British pound is still the same old thing, so on the Soviet Union’s military sales of the active military ships, the United Kingdom can still afford it.

“We will not buy the Soviet Air Force’s active fighters, there is no need for Britain to supplement on this.” Alan Wilson spoke with a strong bottom, although he only copied a few shells, but it is true that the British aviation strength of a strong brand.

The Soviet Union’s backfire, White Swan is certainly a good thing, but the strategic bomber this kind of thing enough on the line, you use Boom six I use the B52 everyone can do all have a bright future, the Vulcan bomber can certainly make do, the Soviet Air Force’s thinning don’t count on the United Kingdom, Allen Wilson estimated that the Soviet Union within five years, the size of 10,000 a variety of combat aircraft, it will be half of the decommissioning.

“A wave of retirements from the Soviet air force would also gag the hardliners at home, neither we nor the French are interested in the Soviet air force, which remains untenable at its current size.”

“Add more.” Foltseva watched as Alan Wilson gestured with a pen and blew pillow talk from the sidelines, demanding a higher selling price.

“You think you’re buying groceries.” Alan Wilson staunchly defended Britain’s interests, “The Delta class is being built forty or so at a time, you Soviets are building so many nuclear submarines that you’ll have a headache now when they reach the end of their service life, won’t you? I’m only replenishing the nuclear submarine force for the Royal Pacific Fleet, and the British mainland has no use for them.”

Alan Wilson also wanted to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the size of the Soviet Union’s Red Navy, Foltseva immediately refused, this must be an imperialist plot.

“I knew you’d think that, but the treaty is in your favor, and with the current conditions, you’re overachieving if you can even finish the program, and you want to build new warships?” Allen Wilson could remember that Russia hadn’t had a warship of more than five thousand tons in service itself since it had finished building a modern class destroyer for a major power.

Russia is even to the surface fleet has been completely free-range, the challenge to the United States naval hegemony of the heavy responsibility are given to a certain big country, after this battle, the Soviet Union Red Navy will certainly have to live a period of hard times.

The Soviet Army will certainly try to maintain the current equipment upgrades, the Soviet Air Force also has a great task, but from the Soviet Union’s geography on the decision can only be ranked last Red Navy, first tighten your belt.

In this way, Alan Wilson listed three Typhoon, twenty-four Navagon-class nuclear submarines, twenty-three Delta-class, eight modern-class destroyers, two Glorious-class cruisers, a Kirov-class battlecruiser, two Kiev-class aircraft carriers, Kresta-class cruisers six, and one hundred conventional submarines, according to the tonnage of more than 700,000 tons, as well as the terms of the logistical support for the sale of these warships.

Together with France and the army’s share of arms sales, the United Kingdom will contribute 20 billion pounds to complete the current, the Soviet armed forces of the thinning of the military sales for cash on delivery, Alan Wilson hopes that in the United Kingdom to hold a parade of ships, the Soviet Red Navy will send these warships over.

This is the arms sale part, the rest of the next five years to the Soviet Union’s capital injection, will be through the acquisition of Eastern European national banks, as well as the Warsaw Pact trading system of the British pound settlement share of the installments.

To be honest, even with the British and sterling additions, it was still extremely difficult, but thankfully there was France, and the Federal Republic of Germany, before it was pressed by Britain, wanted to exchange a loan of ten billion Deutsche Marks for the evacuation of the Soviet troops in Germany, and this time it was replaced with Britain and France taking the money in exchange for control over the financial system of Eastern Europe, which was a big expense, but it was worth it.

“If this negotiation is successful, immediately tear down the buildings from the Khrushchev period, turn the veterans into construction workers, and dilute the overissued ruble.” Allen Wilson did not forget to remind Foltseva that the Soviet Union was in a position to engage in real estate boom at the moment, because the Khrushchev building kind of stopgap measure was really expiring.

The Soviet Union is now just unable to stabilize the ruble’s exchange rate, after all, before the overissuance of decades, the Soviet Union does not have financial institutions, can only choose another way is real estate to dilute the cash.

Alan Wilson made sure that nothing would go wrong, the Soviet Union’s was too much cash and not enough property, and the reality was that the living conditions were backward, it was a good move.

If it is not and the pound settlement for bundling, Britain this time will not come, the Soviet Union’s military equipment in the British point of view is not very useful, feel very useful is Alan Wilson himself, he also wanted to retire before the two lines of development of the Navy are retained, these purchases of Soviet warships will be into the Royal Pacific Fleet service.

The Royal Pacific Fleet would continue to serve as its own giant-ship retirement home, but even as a giant-ship retirement home, it would have no trouble cleaning up after countries that thought they had a reputation.

There is still one last item left, the Soviet Union can allow British and French troops to enter the Eastern European countries, but the British and French troops can not exceed the number of local Soviet troops, and there is also a point, Britain and France must nominally join the Warsaw Pact, even if there is an observer seat.

“This is what Mikhail has always emphasized, that the financial sector of the Eastern European countries cannot be opened to you for nothing.” Shevardnadze insisted on this point, which is less of a problem for France.

France has long since withdrawn from NATO and is able to personally radiate its military power to the Eastern European countries, some of the bars are less problematic.

Mitterrand also hoped that Margaret Thatcher would say yes, but it was clear that the Iron Lady was hesitant to do so, and Alan Wilson chimed in, “Let’s join in and mess them up from the inside. And just an observer role won’t do, the USSR must share power over Britain and France. Why can only Soviet soldiers be the Warsaw Pact Commander-in-Chief? Can’t the British be the Warsaw Pact Commander-in-Chief?”

“And Warsaw is, after all, a little farther away; it would be more appropriate to transfer the headquarters to Berlin to show respect for Britain and France.”

Mitterrand’s face changed as soon as he heard that he had messed things up from the inside, and this argument was really very much in line with the Britain he knew.

“Britain can be a member of NATO and still be a member of the Warsaw Pact?” Mrs. Thatcher was very puzzled rhetorical question, he felt that Britain does not have this ability.

“Mr. President, let me convince the Prime Minister.” Alan Wilson expressed himself to Mitterrand with an apologetic face, and just leave the rest of the time to him.

Mitterrand heard rumors that there was a husband and wife store in the British political world, but this kind of occasion obviously he couldn’t stay to witness it, he could only leave with a regretful face, and on his way out, he didn’t forget to sweep this pair of dog and boy with an I already know it gaze.

Mrs. Thatcher could not help but avoid this kind of gaze, but a thought of their own heart weak what, just want to return back, Mitterrand has left. Alan Wilson spoke up, “Margaret, to be honest, the sterling settlement is an extremely dangerous decision, admittedly, with Britain’s current share of the settlement, and with the inclusion of the Soviet-led Eastern European economic sphere, sterling will become a veritable world currency, but for the United States, this is an intolerable change.”

“The U.S. will attack everything in Britain next with full force, of course the war option is not very likely, but it is not out of the question. So Britain even has to be prepared militarily. Also make this clear with the USSR and have the support of France and the USSR to do this. I wonder if our government is ready for that?”

“Of course!” Margaret Thatcher, facing the pressure of a general election, with her approval rating at just over twenty percent, an almost certain defeat, made sure to boost the enthusiasm of his supporters.

“Then some sense of military contact, at least non-hostile military contact, is what must be established.”

Allen Wilson turned the tables and said, “Since France is not averse to this. France is our partner in one trench, and our joining the Warsaw Pact would provide an internal check on Soviet control of Eastern Europe. If the Soviet Union later repeats, through military means, the postwar turn of events in Czechoslovakia, it will be easier for us and the French to stop it.”

There are risks in everything you do, and with the Soviet Union ceding financial power to the British and French, the British and French will surely have to pay the price for eating out of the palm of their hands. Arms sales are one aspect, molding the boundaries of the Lakeland and Warsaw Pacts is also one aspect, Mrs. Thatcher inquired after half a day’s thought, “You’d love to have a scenario like that.”

“All I know is that it’s impossible to use a mouthful of money on a country and get everything Britain needs, and not want the risk and want the huge benefits, there’s no such thing as a good thing in the world.”

That was the last of it, and on the last day of the Berlin conference, the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and the French President, Mitterrand, signed the document about Britain and France becoming observer states in the Warsaw Pact, and exchanged it with Shevardnadze, and from that moment it had become legally binding.

Of course, this meeting of the three countries to sign the document temporarily confidential, of course, there are also able to be public, such as not pointing at each other with nuclear weapons, the part of the financial integration of Eastern Europe, and so on.

Returned to London, Mrs. Thatcher announced the news, and began to prepare for the election, about the British acquisition of the investment of the Bank of Eastern European countries, is indeed a strong agent, which has been re-elected for three terms of Mrs. Thatcher’s support rate has increased, of course, Allen Wilson in which also played a role in the glorification of the selection of the Conservative Party are more inclined to the polls leaked to Mrs. Thatcher, the support rate did increase.

While Margaret Thatcher was preparing for the general election, French President Mitterrand announced that he had signed a defense treaty with Hungary and that French troops would be stationed in Hungary, news that came to Washington was shocking.