Chapter 361: The Empire Needs You
After today’s talks, Alan Wilson even shared the whiskey he brought with the Soviets to show his respect for his ally, “Despite all the problems between us, we in Britain believe that it is still possible to live in peace.”
“Perhaps the Americans don’t think so.” Shepilov responded this way as he listened to Alan Wilson’s words.
“That’s a matter for the Americans, it’s not good for me, an Englishman, to ask questions about such matters.” Allen Wilson’s words mean, please go against the United States to tear, this stage is for you two countries. It is not appropriate for a bright young thing like us, Britain, to get involved in it.
Diplomats have the potential for a two-sided life, even if according to history the day of the merger of the three occupied territories is not far away. Germany will also be officially divided into two parts.
The responsibility for this division of Germany, in principle, belongs to Britain, France and the United States, but as a part of the free world. Alan Wilson definitely believed that the root cause was still in the Soviet Union, and that if the Soviet Union as a country had not existed, Britain, France and the United States would not have done so.
He was even prepared to go to the British occupied territories to release the talents in the field of chemical biology, but of course there was no need for the Soviets to know about this matter.
The thing that was necessary to know was that the United States was the enemy of the Soviet Union and that Britain was no longer the main enemy of the Soviet Union.
“This old gentleman’s insights are amazing, I wonder if I could have a photo session?” Although he had already seen that this was the second generation of the Soviet Union, Allen Wilson pretended not to know, sticking up to express friendship, and asked Khrushchev where he worked, it was really hard to run for the country at such an old age.
“I’m Ukrainian!” Khrushchev’s words came out of his mouth, but he changed his place of work to an ambiguous reply. This response both answered the question and answered it in a less comprehensive way.
“Ukraine is a great place. It’s said to be a rare black land in the world, a great breadbasket for Eastern Europe.” Alan Wilson said enviously, “There’s one thing we have to admit, having such a piece of land in our hands is a necessary foundation for a strong country.”
He is not pretending to be envious, but really envious, the world’s major black land is just a few, of which the Soviet Union, the United States and China have, the area is also so sorted, the Soviet Union first, the United States second, China third. The black lands are all concentrated near the cold zone.
This Alan Wilson is absolutely not wrong, the United States of America’s black land is also so, before the colonists set foot on the American continent, the United States territory is probably the nomadic range of activities among the Indians. The farming part of the Indians, broadly speaking, was all near the equator.
Who made the North American continent almost like a big funnel facing the Arctic Circle? A blast of cold air comes in and swoops right down on the Gulf of Mexico, every few years, and no farming nation can stand.
The problem is that no one knows exactly when the cold front will come, and Jiangzhe a dimension of the southern United States, overnight can change from zero on thirty to zero below thirty, who can carry?
Agricultural era of extinction of the cold front, resulting in the United States territory is the territory of nomadic tribes, and compared to the equator near the Indians, the United States territory of the Indian nomadic tribes population can be said to be quite sparse.
Khrushchev was equally happy to be recognized by his enemy, if not his greatest enemy, and had in him a simple patriotic feeling.
“The mention of the Ukrainians reminds me of the impressive diplomat at the Potsdam Conference, named Foltseva, I think.” Alan Wilson said heartily, “She was a very attractive lady.”
“She, ah, she doesn’t actually work in diplomacy.” Khrushchev, who had a great deal of talkative energy and also happened to know this female cadre, said eloquently, “She’s an administrative cadre and has a lovely son, not yet two years old.”
Did Foltseva have a son? Alan Wilson recalled, it seemed like he hadn’t seen any historical records, right? But this also makes sense, he has to bring some changes to history, otherwise it is not a wasted trip?
This meal of whiskey is effective, both sides of the atmosphere is no longer tense, for the moment, to promote exports to the Soviet Union is not a political error, the United States will also be the Soviet Union for exports.
Now the trade between the United States and the Soviet Union is not a small number, the United States can do business with the Soviets, the United Kingdom, of course, even more so. As far as I can remember, it was not until 1949 that the U.S. Congress passed the first post-war Export Control Act, which put into legislative form a trade control strategy for the Soviet states.
The U.S. trade control list included both a general embargo category and a quantitative export restriction category, and at that time the Truman administration determined that the breadth and depth of trade controls must be able to affect the entire Soviet production system.
For the United States, the announcement of sanctions against other countries by a particular president is not really the most serious matter. It is the formal legislation by Congress to fix sanctions through a legal situation that is the big deal.
For the UK, who is the US to tell the UK what to do when it is currently trading with the USSR. And even if the allies were pulled together to impose a technological embargo on the USSR, the breakthroughs exist.
For example, France where the French Communist Party existed, and Italy where the Italian Communist Party existed, these were all potential breakthroughs. And they were indeed broken through by the Soviet Union, especially the flexible Italy, which was the first to join the enemy in the middle of the Cold War, stepping forward when all other countries could not do business with the Soviet Union, and eating the biggest cake from the Soviet Union.
Of course, as a member of the West, Italy did not dare to make a big show of providing technical equipment to the Soviet Union, and they kept the cooperation between the two sides within a controlled range, and the cooperation between the two sides was mainly concentrated in the field of civilian industry.
Italy exported products such as refrigerators, automobiles and steel pipes to the Soviet Union and transferred part of its production technology to the USSR, exchanging from the USSR huge amounts of foreign exchange and rich resources.
The most typical was the Soviet Union’s automobile industry, which could be said to be mostly attributed to Italy, with the prototype of the Soviet Union’s most famous Lada automobile being the Italian Fiat.
In return, the USSR not only paid large sums of real money to Italy and purchased large quantities of goods and technology from Italy, but also exported oil, natural gas and other resources to Italy at favorable prices.
Isn’t British technology much better than Italy’s? What can’t Britain do with this kind of thing, since France and Italy can do it?
The records of the negotiations at the Potsdam Palace in Berlin were constantly being transmitted back to London by the agents accompanying them. Some of Alan Wilson’s civil and military attacks, especially his flexible stance on the moral bottom line, were greatly appreciated by Norman Brooke.
Rollo’s engine technology, too, has changed from dozens of units before to a contract for the first three hundred, paid in full. As for the rubber and tin mines in British Malaya, they were also progressing very well.
“Edward, is it true that the Soviet Union lost twenty million men in battle?” Norman Brooke and his predecessor Edward Bridges chatting to analyze, “Otherwise can not explain this matter, Allen set out before the departure of the various conditions, almost all of them have been achieved, I would have thought that it is not so easy.”
“With eight million German dead, the Soviet Union must have paid a much greater price when comparing civilian losses on French soil during WWI. But the Soviet Union will never admit it!” Edward Bridges let out a long breath, “The diplomats at the Foreign Office are currently of two minds as well.”
“One part leans toward the Conservative Party’s rhetoric that one should immediately side with the Americans against the Soviet Union. The other part, as in the present Labor government, favors the United States but don’t fall out with the Soviet Union?” Norman Brooke is of course aware of the debate in the Foreign Office right now, over what response to take to the US and the USSR, “Prime Minister Adderley has chosen the latter.”
“It’s not our place to ask what the Prime Minister thinks. But Alan does seem well suited for diplomacy.” Smiling slightly, he said, “This proves that my previous judgment was correct.”
“Yes, this negotiation was very unexpected. Allen really put a scare into the Soviets.” Norman Brooke was greatly surprised, “Among the current overseas colonies, British Malaya’s rubber and tin mines, which are important foreign exchange earning industries in their own right, are very much in demand by the Americans, and now that the important Soviet market has been opened up, Malaya’s position will be even more highly regarded. Then after the withdrawal of the garrison in British India, the military force in Malaya is to be strengthened.”
“And the Persian Gulf? By the way the Americans are gathering countries to discuss plans for assistance.” Edward Bridges mused, “The Prime Minister is very eager for American aid, we need to try to get the most favorable portion.”
At the Potsdam Palace, Alan Wilson offered to reach out and shake Shepilov’s outstretched hand, just moments ago the two men had signed a trade memorandum on behalf of the two governments, opening the door for exports from British Malaya.
It was a win-win contract, the Soviet Union did not lose out, the technology of synthetic is no more powerful, but also not as provincial as natural rubber. For the British Empire, the world’s largest market is the United States, the second largest market is the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union is willing to open the door of convenience, the United Kingdom is definitely a good thing, the two powers serve Britain, this blessing is still small, right?
Alan Wilson has enough reasons to London. He has already secured a contract for Britain that is countless times better than in history, and is now completely complacent.
Both sides shook hands and said their friendly goodbyes, and Alan Wilson and his party returned to the British-occupied area of Berlin, ready to pass through Bonn to stop for a few moments to call home, operate and go to Malaya to continue to contribute to the Empire.
“Telegram from London, Alan.” Ivor has been waiting for Allen Wilson for a long time, seeing him back directly took out the London telegraph report, “Let you stay on the continent first, there is an important meeting in Paris next month, your name is among the list of attendees.”