Chapter 358 – The Big Man

Poor Alan ah, being played by the hairy sister, this was mainly because the other party had captured Alan Wilson’s son. Every time he saw the hostage in Anna’s hands, how could he have any doubts?

However, this scene, fell in the eyes of Bokina, but extraordinarily piercing, once upon a time she had not realized this.

But this time Allen Wilson’s arrival, let her really recognize, because the birth of the child, the balance is inevitably biased towards Anna’s side.

In fact, the time in Germany is not bad, experience of the big sleep together Ellen Wilson sweep away the previous frustration, full of confidence to set off again, heading to Berlin and the Soviets to fight the Soviets.

He would be met by a British diplomat on the ground in Berlin, and of course, MI6 agents would be indispensable.

Far from being naïve, this Rollo engine sale was a deep-seated consideration for the Labor government. Britain faced a financial Dunkirk retreat.

Two world wars that had happened within a generation had drained the empire’s currency reserves, and Britain desperately needed to increase exports to pay for reconstruction and social security costs such as housing, health care, and pensions, a situation in which the Labor Party had won the general election.

British-made jet airplanes and jet engines are, of course, high value-added, high-tech products that the British government desperately needs to export. Therefore, the British Air Ministry put the newest jet airplanes on the “authorized export list” without the need for any specific departmental approval.

The Imperial government, though not as omnipotent as the Soviet government, could easily terminate the export of the engines. There is only one possibility that the Cabinet wants the deal to go through even now without a formal rejection.

Opposition existed, and the first to come forward were mainly from the military, who feared it would give an advantage to a potential enemy. Then a number of diplomats joined in, the most influential of whom was Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, a close friend of Prime Minister Aidley.

Why Prime Minister Aidley ultimately still endorsed the deal was because the jet engines had first been exported to France before they were sold to the Soviet Union, and the current number one party in France was the French Communist Party.

In terms of the current prestige of the French Communist Party, the Cabinet felt that it was only a matter of time before the Soviet Union would get the jet engine, and that it would be better to get it from Britain rather than from France in the end.

Most importantly, the Nene engine that Rollo was going to sell was not the best technology available in advanced Britain, the next generation of jet engines was already in the research stage, and the military itself did not actually value the Nene engine.

Alan Wilson believes that the reason why the cause of this deal Britain is very stupid, because the Soviet military aircraft in the Korean Peninsula shine, make the Americans very embarrassed, only to appear this deal Britain stupid.

The British representative in Berlin, whom Allen Wilson knew well, was Eiffel, who had been a member of the official negotiations at the Potsdam Conference earlier.

Averell was also surprised to see Allen Wilson, the two had not seen for a long time, he also knew that his colleague had gone to work in British India again, the last time there was news because of the report of the engagement in British India, the newspaper at the same time appeared in two photos, the first is the day of the engagement, the second is a classic scene in Paris to give money.

The headline of the day’s report was, “The Gentleman Who Saved the Women of France Waited Today for His Happiness.”

At the same time as Alan Wilson arrived in Berlin, at this time in Bonn, Bogina was angrily scolding Anna not to fall in love with the minions of imperialism and to understand the mission that lay in store for the two.

“Never, of course I remember my promise to my fatherland.” Anna assured righteously, not thinking in her mind that this was just something that Pokina had nothing to do with, just jealousy that she had a child.

Yesterday Allen Wilson had been noticeably more pampering to her, and had complimented her on how her face was practically younger than her real age, almost like a pre-teen, but her body was so coveted.

Already arrived in Berlin Allen Wilson, which knows people Dragon Rider sisters, is and afternoon tea, asking about the current situation in Germany, the war has been over for almost three years, time in little by little to heal the wounds of the war.

Now Germany, respectively, by the Soviet Union, the United States, France, Britain, the four countries occupied, the German capital of Berlin has also been divided into four occupation zones. Thankfully, the war is over, and the German people are finally living in peace.

Peaceful days are not good days, Alan Wilson was not in Europe, but in British India where there are not even a few days of winter a year, and of course did not know that Germany had just experienced the coldest winter in a hundred years.

All the rivers and canals in the north and west of Germany were frozen over, so they were no longer navigable. The Elbe in Saxony was frozen, and likewise the rivers in Hamburg, and thus impossible to get there by boat. The situation was similar in Germany’s neighbors to the west and in England. Blizzards and wind-blown snowdrifts completely disrupted transportation in some places.

In Germany, the interruption of the limited transportation that had been put into operation after the war reduced industrial production at the beginning of 1947 by a quarter.

The cessation of coal supplies temporarily closed many businesses, factories, schools, authorities, and other state facilities. The already malnourished and suffering German populace was then devastated by cold and starvation due to the lack of much-needed food.

This is why Pogina made a trip to New Delhi, but from Pogina, Allen Wilson, who had been staying in New Delhi, of course, could not visualize what was going on over here in Europe.

Now Eiffel mentioned the difficulties of the beginning of this year, Allen Wilson only thoughtfully nodded, in fact, still do not feel much, if it is not this group of sons of bitches started two world wars, Britain can fall to the present point?

“The biggest dream of the Germans now is probably to have a unified government of their own.” Ivor finally uttered the words.

“Reunification? The Germans are probably dreaming.” Alan Wilson sneered twice and opened his mouth to make a bet with this colleague, “Germany can never be unified again, do you believe it?”

Allen Wilson felt that the EEC’s didn’t need a triumvirate model, because once Britain, France and Germany were in the middle of an organization. It would result in pulling away from each other because triangles have stability. It doesn’t hold up politically, but it holds up from a national point of view.

He hoped that Germany would never unify, and in Britain’s perspective, the Soviet Union loved to do whatever it wanted to the later GDR. If the USSR could do that, even if it was to claim that the GDR was more legalistic than the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, he threw his hands up in favor of it.

Another thing that didn’t really get discussed in Germany, but was very symbolic, was that Prussia no longer existed, and the Supreme Council for Allied Military Control of Germany officially ordered the abolition of the Prussian establishment.

The territories of the former Prussian state were annexed to Poland and the Soviet Union, respectively, as well as to the British, French, American, and Soviet occupations. The property of the former Prussian state government was divided between the Allies and the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile the expulsion of the Germans had officially begun, and the Germans of Eastern Europe were pouring into the Soviet-occupied zone.

On a personal level Allen Wilson could sympathize with the Germanic peoples of Eastern Europe, but considering that this country started two world wars, one can only say that it deserved it.

While waiting for the Soviet delegates to arrive, Allen Wilson took it upon himself to find out from Eifel if anything had changed in Germany in the last two years, and changes there were, such as the currency wars.

The Americans had wanted to ban the mixing of cigarettes and dollars, so in 1946, the American Occupation Currency was printed specifically in the American Occupation Zone. It could be exchanged directly with the dollar, and this was learned by the Soviet Union, which cracked the printing technology, and then frantically printed the US-occupied zone currency to arbitrage the dollar.

“But doesn’t the U.S.-occupied zone still issue currency now?” Alan Wilson was greatly surprised, not realizing that this had happened in Germany last year?

“That’s the new currency issued this year, last year’s set only circulated for two months before a large number of dollars were cashed in by the sudden appearance of a large number of counterfeit currencies, which were then terminated by the Americans.” Ivor shrugged, “This set is newly issued, and so far it’s been a success.”

The United States began to help Germany print a new currency. This currency was the West German mark that had been in circulation until the advent of the Euro, and this time the Soviet Union had no recourse. Because the U.S. used a great deal of anti-counterfeiting technology, the Soviets had been short in this area. It wasn’t that Germany didn’t have the goods at the time, but they didn’t appear on the market.

Since there was no currency to back it up, everyone hoarded a lot of unused goods. But even if they couldn’t use it themselves, it had its value, and they were waiting to be realized. Stimulated by the new German mark, these goods began to appear, and since they could be exchanged for money, there was certainly no need for one to store goods that one did not have.

Alan Wilson lamented that in this respect it was still the Americans who were skillful, and that the West German Mark had already appeared. The Soviet-occupied areas were still using the Reichmark from the Third Reich period.

On the unseen side of the demarcation line, a train arrived in Berlin, and two men slowly stepped down, one of them very surprised and still chattering, “Shepilov, I don’t understand, why do I have to come? It’s not as if I were talented in diplomatic work.”

“But you, as an administrative officer, can offer insights that will make my job easier.” Shepilov spoke reassuringly, “The production and construction of Ukraine is extremely important for the motherland. That’s something we all deny, and you’re very familiar with all the local industries, which will prevent the British from blackmailing us.”

“All right, all right, come what may, I’ll take it that you have a point.” Khrushchev sighed helplessly, “There’s one thing I must make clear, I certainly can’t stay here for too long, there’s still work waiting to be done.”

“I see, it shouldn’t be too long.” Shepilov unhurriedly followed the other’s words, “This matter has been talked about for a long time, and this time it should be time to produce results.”