Chapter 464 – The Big Picture Matters

“How’s this?” Reagan froze, although he was primed to be a worker thief, he wasn’t really in a moral vacuum after all, and currently he still had a lot to learn.

“There are times when for the good of the country we have to make friends with the bad guys, as well as abandon the occasional uncooperative good guy.”

Alan Wilson took a drink to himself, “In fact, who cares if these people are Soviet sympathizers, the point is that we have to use some means to firm up the minds of the majority of our citizens and not be compelled by the Soviets. In this case, it doesn’t really matter if they were wronged or not, if we can save the souls of the majority, a few going to hell is a completely necessary price to pay.”

Alan Wilson’s point was clear: there should be a campaign similar to the Great Purge, but it should never be called that.

It might not have to be physical annihilation, but it would have to cost some people an often unimaginable price in order to rally the country’s people and confront the Soviet Union in a dignified manner.

He was sure McCarthy could hear that just a little over twenty years ago, social Darwinian thinking was very much in vogue within the United States. Hitler adherents were also pervasive in the United States prior to World War II, not long enough ago to be forgotten so quickly.

Alcohol masked Allen Wilson’s true thoughts, and it was fitting that they were spoken in a drunken manner.

Today Allen Wilson planted a seed, naturally have the patience to wait until it germinates, now is just a precaution.

Because at present, the second of the three wars, the battle of the sandwich has only just begun, and the situation is unclear. The United States has not yet been touched, wait until the gun party completely kneel, the Republican Party launched the questioning of Truman is considered the official start.

The opposition party is not in power, put up a mouth cannon is hard, even if the Democratic Party in this era is far tougher than the Republican Party is not helpful, if the Republican Party is in power, Allen Wilson think the same on the rotten puddle of the gun party have no way.

If the Republican Party to go out of the way, to sell a hand of kidney aid gun operation, Alan Wilson can be very sure, overnight repair sickle hammer flag, welcome the liberation of Europe by the Soviet Red Army, angrily denounced the United States kidnapped Europe want to start the Cold War conspiracy, and is willing to lead the way to lead the glorious Red Army soldiers, straight to Washington.

Allen Wilson was pretty sure that the country that could hold the Cannon Party together did not exist on the planet in 1948.

If the United States had to do it, don’t blame Britain for showing the flexibility of old imperialism by siding with the righteous Soviet Red Army and sweeping the Adversary into the trash heap.

After three rounds of drinks, Alan Wilson sends his two friends out the door, and Reagan doesn’t forget to compliment, “Consul Alan, it takes a man like you to conquer a woman like Vivien Leigh.”

The young man was very developed! Allen Wilson raised his eyebrows and accepted Reagan’s compliments with a big grimace, people, they always seem so down to earth when they haven’t made a fortune yet. It wasn’t like he’d conquered more than one Great British Treasure, there were plenty of Hollywood actresses with intimate relationships.

“Just like-minded friends, actually.” Alan Wilson said modestly, “All work in the United States, have a care for each other.”

McCarthy and Reagan hemmed and hawed, their hearts knowing what was going on but their mouths agreeing in a million ways.

“See you tomorrow, my friend!” Allen Wilson waved at McCarthy as well as Reagan, and it was none of his business whether Reagan would jump at the chance to be especially reliable in front of McCarthy.

Returning to the apartment, Alan Wilson turned off the listening devices before Vivien Leigh came down the stairs and watched the man go about his business, “This is America, it’s dangerous for you to be like this, I’m nervous up here.”

“There’s a saying in the East, it’s dangerous to be rich. This recording could be too important for our British Empire.” Alan Wilson took the recording and couldn’t help but kiss it, “Maybe it’ll come in handy in the future.”

“But aren’t we allies with America?” Vivienne poked her tongue out, “I don’t get it either, it’s what people say.”

“This dubious ally has the vast colonies of the British Empire on his mind.” Alan Wilson unhurriedly put the recording away, “But right now the US is too strong, and it’s impossible for the UK to apply pressure from outside, so let’s do it another way, we join in and mess up the US from the inside. Find more things for the US to do so they don’t come after us.”

“I just don’t know about that aspect, the government says we have a good relationship with America.” Vivienne said quietly.

“Good relations, a Lend-Lease act bled Britain dry. And we have this vampire to thank for it.” Alan Wilson’s eyes screwed up, then he said softly, “But it’s okay, there’s always a chance.”

Before the U.S. introduced the Lend-Lease Act, the U.S. demanded that Britain had to transfer the shares of some important companies to the U.S. Otherwise, the U.S. didn’t guarantee that the Lend-Lease Act would be passed, and the Americans only gave it seventy-two hours.

All these British companies were privately held, but the US didn’t care, Britain had to make private individuals sell out their companies by state force, for only seventy-two hours, so many of the top British companies at the time were thinly veiled in seventy-two hours and were sold by Churchill to Wall Street in the US.

Wall Street made its money here, a British rayon company, the world’s No. 1 at the time, Morgan, which handled the business, only gave Britain 54 million dollars, turned around and sold 62 million dollars in the market. Morgan a turn of the hand earned eight million dollars, and the company was worth one point two hundred and eighty million dollars of book assets, such a robbery of the money, Wall Street earned countless.

And the Americans waited for this moment for a long time, these British companies are the backbone of the British national industry, the United States directly discount and then take away, which is one of the main reasons for the decline of British industry after the end of World War II.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the United States reduced countless World War I-era countries owed money, siege has been on the British debt collection.

Alan Wilson does not think that more than one himself, the British Empire will be able to return to the peak, the contraction or contraction, the national strength has not been able to hold up such a large plate.

He also just think about it, don’t turn the contraction into a crash, compared to the United Kingdom in a few decades. He was wondering how the British could accept that the Sunset Empire had turned into a small island in just two decades. By way of comparison, the British crash was much more costly than the collapse of the Soviet Union, and not at all something that could be consoled by the rhetoric of still being an old, developed country.

For the fact that times have changed, he is not totally unacceptable, in fact, many British people in the moment the outbreak of the World War, has been felt.

It is just that the current situation in the United Kingdom, has been far better than the original history of the same period, in British India in full swing for two years, scavenged 1.2 billion pounds although it seems short-sighted, but played a huge role. The two wings together resulted in Britain being restored to pre-war levels before the Marshall Plan was proposed.

The preservation of Newfoundland was only one visible achievement, and Alan Wilson had reason to expect that a future in which Britain did not shrink back to the mainland entirely would emerge.

Despite having been in the Senate for more than two years, McCarthy still drove his own car. He doesn’t need or want any chauffeurs, aides or bodyguards.

Sometimes an intern would ride with him and do some note-taking, but mostly he enjoyed that ning – wandering through the city’s traffic while enjoying the classical guitar riffs on the radio. Many of his friends, especially those who had climbed to the foundation’s throne, had large sedans with chauffeurs, and some even had limousines.

McCarthy, on the other hand, didn’t need one. It was a waste of time, money and privacy. If he climbed to the top, he certainly didn’t want a chauffeur hanging around his neck. It was a liability. Besides, he likes to be alone. His office was a madhouse. A dozen men jumped up and down, answering phones and drafting papers for the gang sent from Washington to Wisconsin. Two others specialized in fundraising.

Alan Wilson just hadn’t realized where McCarthy’s desires lay, and it seemed like he could talk about any aspect of it except alcohol.

Was McCarthy one of those people who, even though he had great ambitions, had deep pockets?

McCarthy, to the point of not denying it, liked obscurity and the country life with its nice restaurants, narrow bookstores and cafes. He loved theater and music, and he and his wife never missed a performance at the Music Center.

Because of the alcohol, McCarthy expressed his approval of Alan Wilson as a British consul to befriend, and so gave his answer when Alan Wilson asked what Reagan was like as a person, “Ronald, seems to be very passionate about politics, and I even jokingly asked him if he was going to run for president in the future?”

“Ah ……” Allen Wilson exclaimed with a strange look on his face, pondering the possibility of McCarthy turning prophet.

The senator in front of him wouldn’t have ended up in that position if he had even a little bit of long-term vision.

“He’s a solid guy, though.” McCarthy didn’t see Alan Wilson’s reaction and said smilingly, “Came up with a lot of useful suggestions.”

“Which aspects?” Allen Wilson also really wanted to hear what the future President of the United States has a tall tale, but after hearing McCarthy say it again, the heart can not help but evaluate, it is also general goods.

Just as Reaganomics was the Reagan Treasury Secretary, not the Reagan President to promote the same, for an actor, really can not report much expectation.

“Alan, I’d also like to hear your British approach in regards to curbing pro-Soviet ideology.” McCarthy opened his mouth to inquire, apparently the last gluttony was not entirely unproductive.

“Our two countries have different national conditions, but there are a few ways, but they are more suitable for the Democrats and less suitable for you Republicans.” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders, “The Republican Party is still a little more direct, it is easier to be recognized, patriotism is not guilty of anything, as long as you hit out the flag is good, even if the results are not very good, but also beyond reproach.”