Chapter 363 The Future German Chancellor

For the time being the military commissions in the occupied territories still functioned, but there was no doubt that military control was not a good idea.

Field Marshal Montgomery, the commander of the British-occupied zone, had long ago returned home to become chief of the general staff, and the American army in the American-occupied zone was now left at the size of 200,000 men.

Compared to the millions of troops two years ago, it has kind of given way to administration.

Until the outbreak of the Korean War, this trend of declining garrisons will continue, which can be slightly adjusted, for example, to allow the Dutch and Belgian troops to strengthen a little stationed in the British-occupied zone.

The time away was not exactly a long time, but Allen Wilson was not without regrets, such as the fact that he had missed the suspicious car accident of General Patton, the former Bavarian administrator who had been dead for two years because of a car accident.

Of course Allen Wilson does not quite think that Patton is involved in the middle of a conspiracy that must die, Patton, although his mouth is big, but after all, it is only a professional soldier, and there is no interest in the relationship, even if the people above him to see him unhappy, as long as he retired from the military can be, there is no need to do it, and of course, there is no evidence to show that Patton was murdered.

Said he had a high status, in fact, his status in the army is not even high, the highest is the group army commander, the above has long been determined not to let him be the group army group commander, to the death of a four-star, the senior management has long been aware of his flamboyant personality, and made the appropriate decision, it is even less necessary to lay hands on him after his retirement.

In order to show that he is doing something, Alan Wilson then from the number of troops stationed as an entry point, showing that the United Kingdom’s current income, far from being comparable to the United States and the Soviet Union, once the conflict, may not be able to react.

Furthermore, the U.S.-occupied area in the South German region, the value of the area is far from being compared with the British-occupied area, the real conflict the Soviet Union’s focus of the attack is to choose not much value of the South German region, or the British occupation of the Ruhr area, that is obvious.

The telegram indicated that the matter should be discussed at the Brussels Conference some time later, and that Holland and Belgium, Germany’s neighbors, should be allowed to share the pressure of the British garrison.

Prime Minister Adderley tries to keep the total number of British troops at 800,000 or less, which is actually not very high compared to the plate that Britain is now grasping in its hands, such as the Suez Canal, the Persian Gulf, and Malaya, which are all places to focus on for defense.

Whereas there are still American and French forces to rely on in Germany, Prime Minister Eardley’s idea is to cut down the size of the British forces in Germany.

It can be seen from the position of their respective occupation zones, once the conflict starts the British occupation zone is the first to bear the brunt, the American occupation zone is on the flank, as for the French occupation zone in the British occupation zone and the American occupation zone behind, wait until the British and American troops are kneeling, only then it is the turn of the French army to play a role.

“It is not unusual for us to help the Dutch operations in the East Indies, to defend Belgian interests, and to ask here in Europe that the two countries try to expand a little and share the pressure on the British army.”

Getting the telegram out, Allen Wilson went about his business, asking for lists of releases and impending releases, and asking the Board of Trade to pick out the files of those who had worked from companies such as Bayer and Farben Chemical.

Bayer, as one of the symbols of Germany, how could support Germany in the war be missing.

Bayer had deep cooperation with the Third Reich in the area of poisonous gases, and even Bayer had built a factory near Auschwitz in order to better cooperate with the experiments on Jews and other prisoners.

As for the famous name of Farben Chemie, as long as the development of Germany’s chemical industry knows something about him, there is no stranger to him, these two companies a check.

The relationship between Bayer and Farben Chemistry is that Bayer is part of Farben Chemistry, but not exactly the same; Farben Chemistry is a collection of many German chemical companies, a Konzern group.

If these talented people serving both companies are willing to choose a good tree, the British Empire can overlook it. If they were uncooperative with this review, then don’t blame Alan Wilson for seeking justice.

According to the four basic principles of Field Marshal Montgomery before he left Germany, one, to define the territory of Germany; two, to ensure a reasonable standard of living for those living within Germany; three, to enable the Germans to govern themselves; and four, to continue to supply food to the Germans.

According to Montgomery, these four principles were the four pillars for building a new Germany from the ruins of the old, but the most important was the fourth pillar, the food pillar, and if this pillar broke, the other pillars would all collapse.

Allen Wilson was merely following Field Marshal Montgomery’s guidance, and so certain suspects, who had only recently been released, waited once again for Allen Wilson’s visit.

It couldn’t be that the Third Reich was making a comeback, could it? Allen Wilson was going through the sieve out of an abundance of caution, and reasonably so.

He was merely conducting a certain amount of vetting, and these released suspects were in no position to object. Things like happiness are all about contrasts, believe it or not, look at the Soviet Occupation Zone.

Intense socio-economic changes were also taking place in the Soviet-occupied territories. Land reform was carried out earliest, and all large agricultural estates larger than one hundred hectares, as well as those that had previously belonged to the National Socialist Party, were confiscated and redistributed to small farmers, landless laborers, and Eastern European Germans who had entered the Soviet-occupied territories from the east, with the remaining portion belonging to the state.

The legitimacy of these measures was derived from a variety of sources: the confiscation of all the property of the National Socialist Party and the war criminals was self-evidently legitimate, and it was the socio-economic system of “monopoly capitalism” that widely circulated as having allowed the National Socialist Party to rise to prominence.

Therefore, to erase the influence of the Third Reich, capitalism had to be transformed; Saxony had also held a referendum in which the majority of the people had supported certain nationalization measures, which had later been implemented in other regions.

So how could he cause discontent when he was merely auditing the records of some specific companies? All the disgruntled people had to do was to look at how their counterparts in the Soviet-occupied areas were treated, and all the disgruntlement disappeared into thin air.

“Alan, there’s actually someone who might be able to help if you want to do that.” Harold, one of the two heads of the Trade Commission, took the initiative to appear after he knew that Alan Wilson had started reviewing the matter, “He is an opponent of the National Socialist Party, and with his absolute innocence, he can weaken many people’s dissatisfaction.”

“There are such people? It’s really rare to see this kind of person on this side of the Three Occupied Territories.” Alan Wilson said with great surprise upon hearing this, “There are even people on our side who haven’t worked with the National Socialist Party?”

When Harold heard Allen Wilson’s words, he said with a slightly embarrassed face, “There are always people who look carefully, just like in a tight fishing net, you can’t catch all the fish.”

If you take the opposition to the National Socialist Party’s war of aggression as the standard, judge who has more legitimacy between the FRG and the GDR. The GDR’s side was absolutely defeated.

There were very few people in the GDR who hadn’t collaborated with the National Socialist Party, and coincidentally, the leaders of the GDR also happened to be the ones who had been imprisoned in concentration camps and forced into exile for “acting against the National Socialist Party and its wars of aggression”. ……

The GDR easily won the propaganda war for legitimacy, as almost all of the GDR’s top intelligence officers and political leaders went into exile or went underground during the Third Reich.

The FRG, in the middle of the GDR’s existence, never mentioned what they people were doing in Germany during the Third Reich, it was all about looking to the future and seeking the same thing.

“So Harold, who is this man you speak of?” Alan Wilson thought for half a day and finally opened his mouth to ask who could help him in this matter.

“His name is Brandt has only just returned to Germany.” Harold thought for a moment and uttered the name, “This time it is to come back to participate in the congress of the SPD’s resumption of activities, which will soon be held in Hanover.”

“Great, there’s even such a person.” Hearing Brandt’s name, Allen Wilson instantly changed his face, wasn’t this the later Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Now Allen Wilson had a bold idea to take the future Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany to work with him. That was certainly not the aim, the aim was to commit crimes together.

According to Reuters, Brandt was suspected of being a Soviet spy, and in fact Brandt did have a Stasi spy lurking around, one who originally worked for a publishing house under the GDR’s Ministry of State Security. He later infiltrated the FRG on the orders of his wife, the famous spy kingpin Markus Wolf, and mingled with the large number of eastern immigrants who had emigrated there.

Guillaume was sociable and could talk and laugh with anyone. On Wolfe’s instructions, Mr. and Mrs. Guillaume tried to make a career in the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which they joined.

Eventually, step by step, they were promoted to the position of Principal Assistant to the Prime Minister in charge of liaison with Parliament and government agencies, roughly equivalent to a Cabinet Secretary, who was responsible for arranging a series of Brandt’s activities.

Of course this has nothing to do with Allen Wilson, people’s internal affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany he is not qualified to interfere.

Even then can be used, if at this moment can be the future to lead the Federal Republic of Germany’s prime minister, stay some handle in their own hands, that for the future of the British Empire are favorable.

The Chancellor’s chief assistant as a spy, which is not as cool as the Chancellor being clamped down on?

“Hanover SPD Congress is it, isn’t that the headquarters of the original Trade Commission?” Alan Wilson said in a tone full of righteousness, “I can attend that too, can’t I?”

“Why not? It’s a British-occupied area, and our attendance at the revitalized SPD convention is merely an abundance of caution.” Harold laughed and instantly gave a passable reason.

It didn’t matter if this reason was not to say it was passable, even if it was not passable at all, Alan Wilson who worked in the colonies never cared about such red tape.