Chapter 392 – The Boss is Watching Me

Alan Wilson, too, like a hard-working bee, co-opted the representatives of various countries, an unfamiliar territory for England, and fortunately for himself he had little historical burden.

Yes, historical burden! In fact, American exceptionalism is not something uniquely American in mentality.

This mentality of thinking you are superior when you are not is found in all countries, Arabs are proud of the glorious Arab empire, Indians claim Hinduism as the mother of religion, Egypt likes to mention the Egyptian pyramids.

Of course a side effect is the questioning of other civilizations, so there is the emergence of the new party of Ho. It is important to recognize that this small as a side effect of conspiracy theories doesn’t get in the way of the bigger picture, but the mentality is there.

The British then believed in their hearts that Britain was not comparable to other nations and so showed their adherence to a policy of continental equilibrium. Ultimately this mentality was nurtured from the bourgeois revolution!

From the Magna Carta’s explicit restriction of monarchical power until the Industrial Revolution took off, it was easy to say, as if any country on earth could copy it, but in reality it was nothing more than a kind of psychological comfort for other countries.

Not to mention other civilizations, even if only separated by the English Channel, the European countries, the British people believe that Britain is more advanced than them, in the United Kingdom, the revolution occurred, the monarchical power and the aristocracy as well as the balance of their respective rights gradually become clear.

At this time on the European continent the opposite was true, and the monarchical power of each country was gradually breaking away from its past and becoming a near-absolute despotism. In France, Spain, the German Empire and other places, the monarchical power has already suppressed the feudal nobility, and no longer to protect the freedom of the commoners.

The original proud nobles did not even have a sense of defeat, they gathered around the king, looking at the king’s magnificent rows, and proud; the nature of the timid people, more happy to live in such an order, because the rule of the monarch on the contrary to bring them the happiness that they had never before enjoyed, they strive to get rich, and increase their knowledge, but do not hold to go to the government to seek an official position of the idea.

England at the time of the revolution, the divine right of kings popular in Europe, of course not only in Europe, other civilizations have even more no boundaries of monarchs, this is the whole world as a whole, England is just an anomaly in the fringe corner of the world.

But it is in Europe are on the fringe of the United Kingdom, in the ensuing days will be in the way of their own country in front of the country, as a stepping stone, step by step to achieve the Sunset Empire.

Have this kind of mentality, it is clear why after the end of the world war, Britain lost the world’s hegemony of the throne, as if lost soul, move a bench to sit on the side, looking at the other countries one by one to exceed their own.

Once you have reached the top contraction can not be easy, Britain is still some sober people, decades later the United States never thought of contraction.

Faced with the same difficulties, the current Prime Minister Adderley chose to contract, letting go of British India, which had the largest income but also the highest investment, for now, and pulling out strength to defend what could still be defended.

London’s requirements for Alan Wilson’s job were two simple points, get the biggest numbers while fighting for the fewest strings attached. Allen Wilson did the same thing, one less competitor is one less competitor, he didn’t care what the Eastern European countries thought, anyway, the historical Marshall Plan did not have them.

In Paris he focused on pulling together the three Lowland countries, namely Holland Belgium and Luxembourg. Because nominally, each country was equal, the Lowland Three were a natural political bloc, and it was very easy for the three countries to unify a common consensus.

In addition to the Lowland Three, it was the Nordic countries represented by Sweden, and the large number of countries with little difference of opinion was the advantageous side of these countries.

In front of the Swedish representative, Alan Wilson loudly praised Sweden’s defense policy, which was spared in the middle of the World War. Also expressed his great appreciation for Swedish culture, and also knew that Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman were Swedes.

“Mr. Allen is very kind, Britain’s leadership of the world over the centuries is very admirable.” The Swedish representative in turn touted Britain and expressed his hope that Britain would support Sweden’s policy of neutrality.

“There is no leadership, after all, in the view of many countries, any country can industrial revolution, the industrial revolution just fell from the sky and happened to hit Britain.” Alan Wilson said with a reserved look on his face, “What does it matter though if the British nobles were doing battle with the king while other countries, prostrate themselves at the king’s feet and kiss the shoes? It’s all in the past anyway, and they can just as well forget history and pretend they fought for their rights too.”

Appropriately expressing the traditional British attitude towards other countries, Alan Wilson also expressed the realistic side of the coin, showing understanding of Sweden’s policy of neutrality, though not talking about support.

Don’t look at the Nordic countries a few decades later, tearing at Russia as if they had lost their minds. But Scandinavia would never come across as so sick now; Russia is not the Soviet Union, which was too strong.

Scandinavian countries in the Cold War attitude, that is, Norway, Denmark pro-Western, Finland pro-Soviet, Sweden in the center for armed neutrality, which Norway and Denmark’s national strength is not strong, the Nordic countries among the ruthless role is Finland and Sweden, the two countries exist industrial layout, the defense industry are very powerful.

Allen Wilson expressed understanding of Sweden’s policy of armed neutrality, but also instilled a little private goods, said the Nordic equally capable of fighting Finland, now coy to the Soviet Union, is Sweden’s previous experience.

“If, and I mean if, war breaks out in Europe, who does Britain currently see as the victor.” The Swedish representative asked, somewhat wistfully.

“America, America has the nuclear bomb.” Alan Wilson gave a dry reply, pushing for the system zeroing bomb.

After exchanging views with the three Lowland countries and the Nordic countries, Allen Wilson arrived at the American delegation’s quarters.

Talking about the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, now European countries have pro-Soviet political forces, the outlook is very worrying, only the United Kingdom and the United States to work together to maintain the values of the free world.

Unlike other people, who were really begging for food, Allen Wilson was sincere in his defense of the Anglo-American Special Relationship. Indicating that the Soviet Union’s power had been rising higher and higher, the US could never ignore this situation developing.

“The French concern is justified, so we should not put Italy among the list of assistance until the results of the Italian elections appear, or else develop the Soviet Union with respect to American money, which I believe is not what Washington would like to see.”

Assistant Secretary of State McCall nodded solemnly, “We have long been aware of the worrisome development trends in France and Italy, so this aid program is also designed to allow Europe to avoid such consequences.”

Sure enough Pierre’s performance was all for naught, it wouldn’t be because of his two words that the United States would shut its attention to the Italian Communist Party in Italy and ignore the French Communist Party, Allen Wilson pondered for a moment and decided to put in a word for the French ally, “Although it seems that the French Communist Party’s voice is high as well, there is one condition that Italy doesn’t have, as annoying as Charles de Gaulle is, as long as he’s around, France won’t become the a country like the Soviet Union, whereas Italy has no such figure, and the leader of the Italian Communist Party seems to be the most popular one when taken alone, by comparison.”

Italy’s Catholic Democratic Party, Allen Wilson knew was the main party that would suppress the Italian Communist Party for decades to come.

But what Americans don’t know, Allen Wilson then suggests, is that Italy can’t be said to be in a solid position.

Because in the last election, the Catholic Democrats had thirty-five percent support. The Italian Communist Party was also supported by one-third of the Italians. From the election results, the Catholic Democrats could not be said to be secure, and who knows what the results of the next election will be?

With only thirty-five percent support, the Catholic Democrats have already kicked the Italian Communist Party out of government with the support of the U.S. What if the Italian Communist Party makes a comeback in a new election?

McCall nodded, the numbers didn’t lie, and the situation in Italy did look a little more dangerous than in France.

As the delegates of the various countries combined their efforts, the Soviet Union also began to fight back in public opinion, attacking the term Finlandization, with a rebuttal article above Pravda stating, “As things stand, there is nothing in the world that fits the definition of Finlandization better than Britain, wagging its tail at the United States for a bit of a bone. There was also a reference to Churchill’s earlier Iron Curtain speech, stating that Britain’s incitement to war was cutting short a hard-won peace.”

Because of the term Finlandization, a war of words began between European countries, and Eastern European countries began to rally in solidarity with the Soviet Union, questioning the Marshall Plan and questioning it as a superior version of the American plunder of Europe.

While this is the truth, countries in desperate need of a dollar infusion simply won’t recognize such accusations. Britain, in particular, said it was not under any pressure from the United States.

While London is taking a stand, Alan Wilson is talking to the U.S. about exchange controls, “Now that the Soviet bloc is watching Britain’s every move, we can’t be accountable to our citizens at home if we give in too much.”

Currently the UK has a deficit problem, but it depends on who it is compared to, and compared to the gold reserves that the US got through the world wars, the UK doesn’t have a lot of gold in its hands. But it still has the most in Europe, with fifteen hundred tons of gold in the treasury at present, three times as much as in France, and the country in Europe which has the most gold reserves apart from Britain is Switzerland.

As to what role Switzerland played in the World War and whether it was really neutralized, all countries know exactly.

Borrowing from the Soviet bloc’s collective attack on Britain because of a Finlandization remark, Allen Wilson said that now Britain’s every move was magnified under a microscope, and that now the Soviet Union’s influence was clear to all European countries, and hoped that the United States would sympathize with London’s present difficulties.