Chapter 481 Gromyko

On the flight to Moscow, the British delegation talked about the matter of the Soviet Union’s abolition of rationing.

On this matter, the glorious British Empire bureaucrats, said that this is the Soviet Union swollen face, what the Soviet Union canceled rationing is just a figure of speech, the real cancelation of rationing is the British Empire.

And to the British Empire will surely go from one victory to another, “No doubt we will face some visible prosperity, but the Soviet Union, the country is like this, happy to show their superior side, as for the real Soviet Union, need colleagues to dig out the details themselves.”

Alan Wilson led his Foreign Office colleagues in a pep talk, with words indicating that the Soviet Union was a paper tiger. The gentlemen of the British Empire were bound to give up without a fight on this trip.

“Alan, it’s better not to be overly optimistic.” Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had reservations about the blind optimism of these diplomats.

It could be said that the ministers of the current Labor government had all experienced the years of the founding of the Soviet Union when they were young. It could even be argued that a number of ministers have a soft spot for the Soviet Union, but an age has an age, and they don’t put one-sided trust in the Soviet Union now just because of what happened when they were young.

The same is true of Ernest Bevin as Foreign Minister, who certainly does not want a confrontation with the Soviet Union now. But if the situation came to the point of confrontation, Ernest Bevin would not hesitate to side with the United States.

In fact Whitehall was more hostile than the Labor Cabinet in its post-war treatment of the Soviet Union, and now also believed that the Soviet Union had the upper hand on Britain and was ready to launch an all-out political and diplomatic onslaught against it. The Russians, “in accordance with military communism and Russian chauvinism, have made up their minds to adopt a policy of aggression.

They have launched an offensive against British social democracy and against Britain itself. ……. The Soviet government will attack Britain with a combination of military, economic, propaganda, and political weapons, as well as the tenets of communism. Therefore, it was proposed that targeted defensive measures should be organized and coordinated immediately, and that the policy of defensive counter-attack must not be discontinued.

Alan Wilson, on the other hand, was of the other school of thought, arguing that what with the Soviet threat being just a figure of speech, the British Empire had to save itself first and foremost, instead of pissing its pants at the sight of the Soviet Union and then going to the lap of the Adversary to beg for salvation.

Britain also had to try to retain its influence, especially in the Mediterranean; where British imperial and trusteeship interests were faltering, and where oil supplies, strategic sea and land routes, and other factors made the region of great importance to Britain as it continued to formulate policy.

Originally, historically, 1949 was a year of British disillusionment with France, believing that efforts to hold together with France to safeguard European interests would ultimately fail, and that the idea that France could serve as its own European and imperial partner in the creation of a Third World power to balance the American and Soviet powers was only a short four years from 1945 to 1949.

Now after four years, at least Britain’s disappointment with France has not erupted, and the two countries have been able to come up with a common position in defense of European interests, at least on the recent partition of the East Indies.

Britain and the United States are also not able to cooperate on all issues, about the United States want to use the United States-occupied Bavaria, in exchange for the Ruhr region in the hands of Britain, that are old problems. Britain, of course, could not spill the beans!

Part of the reason for the difficulties in the Anglo-American partnership was the misgivings Britain had about American intentions, and the widespread misgivings within Britain about American reliability. While some in the Conservative Party still want to formulate British foreign policy according to the norms of the old imperial days, the Labor Party, however, is deeply afraid that the condemnation of the Soviet Union will mean that he is, in a way, groveling to the United States.

This aspect of the issue is entirely partisan, with the Conservatives expecting a little more from the US, and Labor, which can only be described as leaning toward the US and the USSR in terms of the choice between them and the USSR, not intending to go down one road, and it is Labor that is now in power.

Even if in the original history, it was the same Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, who was on the same flight and personally brought about the birth of NATO, who was now visiting the Soviet Union with a team of diplomats.

At Moscow airport, as the flight from London slowly landed, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov waited for Ernest Bevin’s arrival, the two men’s hands clasped tightly together, while nearby journalists pressed shutterbugs to record the moment.

Alan Wilson, just a minor player amongst the British diplomatic team, was looking around curiously, to be honest, he was still curious about the Soviet Union in this day and age, this was after all the big brother of half the world, how could it be anything but.

“I’d like to make a trip to Lubyanka, if I may, to see what that department’s headquarters is really like.” Alan Wilson followed the Foreign Minister, shaking hands one by one with the Soviet diplomats who greeted him.

Leaving the airport and arriving at the hotel where he was staying, not far from the Ukrainian Hotel of the Seven Sisters in Moscow, as a man who never leaves his camera unattended, Alan Wilson searched for a half-dozen angles of the Soviet guards on duty at the entrance, and finally found the angle that encompassed the guards and the Soviet flag, completing his shooting mission.

“One shot is the old BBC!” Completed shooting Allen Wilson’s heart to steal joy, proud of the fruits of his labor, the Ukraine Hotel, although not yet completed construction, but already able to look out the shadow of the future up to two hundred meters high, to find such an angle is not an easy thing.

Alan Wilson was secretly pleased that he had hacked the Soviets, but the official process of this visit had already begun.

The man who stepped in to call the British delegation’s bluff was the famous Mr. Veto, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko, and during the talks, Gromyko began with the subject of the Dutch partition of Indonesia, angrily denouncing the European colonial powers for their meanness and impudence.

“Mr. Gromyko, this is a time for reconciliation, let us look to the future and seek common ground.” Alan Wilson was not salty about playing Tai Chi with the other side, “And didn’t the Soviet Union say nothing? One thing we must know is that this current talk is extremely important to both the Soviet Union and Britain, war and peace is a big issue. The confrontation has intensified and every choice we make at the moment is going to have an impact in the future.”

“Mr. Allen, has it been a year since you joined?” Gromeko looked at the sniveling Allen Wilson, implying that he was conducting diplomacy when Allen Wilson didn’t know where he was.

“Mr. Gromyko, you are the current Deputy Foreign Minister of the USSR and definitely have a very large amount of diplomatic experience, especially with your impressive veto at the UN General Assembly.” Alan Wilson salty praiser of the other party, “Such hard work, I wonder when I will be promoted to executive ah?”

For Gromyko’s accusations, Allen Wilson did not listen to a word, if the Soviet Union really want to seize the East Indies, certainly will not be wasted to say here.

Rather, Pravda hangs on, properly the savior of the Third World, the operation of the lighthouse of human progress. Is it still necessary to give the British diplomatic delegation a hard time on this occasion?

Since this matter is mentioned on this occasion, it can only mean that the Soviet Union has already acquiesced to this matter, and raising it is just to occupy a psychological advantage, and is not worth making a fuss.

Although sitting opposite Gromyko is also a giant figure in the late Soviet Union, but the current level is not guilty of Allen Wilson upright, Gromyko concurrently served as the Soviet Union’s ambassador to the United Nations, probably Sir Alexander Cadogan’s position.

As for the other position on the body of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, not the first and not permanent, can not be considered much gold. Alan Wilson’s appointment as Administrator of Newfoundland hadn’t expired yet, and he hadn’t brought it up.

If you really want to embarrass the visiting British, definitely not Gromeko out to speak, the Soviet Union’s foreign ministry big brother Molotov to speak, more than Gromeko speak more deterrent.

After some frank exchanges, this useful talks were finally completed. Alan Wilson, for his part, said that building consensus on the issue of transparency over the German occupation forces was something Britain and the Soviet Union should do at the present time.

Gromyko, for his part, said that Moscow would carefully consider the British proposal and took out some itinerary for his visit in Moscow and handed it over to Allen Wilson, ending the meeting.

“Allen, it seems we have a very difficult task ahead of us.” After the talks were over, Roberts, a colleague who came out with Alan Wilson, sighed.

“No problem, it’s not like there was a fight.” Alan Wilson patted his colleague’s shoulder for comfort, saying that the proposal on the mediation of civil war in a major country depends on you, each person is responsible for a motion very fair.

Allen Wilson has some research on the Soviet Union, many issues, the Soviet Union has a very pure mentality, the Soviet Union is not worse than any country, to give an example in space. In the 1960s, the United States first space shuttle called the X20 program, the Soviet Union learned that the United States has such a program, immediately said that the decision, but also to develop the same aircraft to counter him.

But in fact, at this time, it is also considered to be the fate of the people. The Soviet Union proposed this program in 1965, and in 1963, the X20 program has been completely stopped. The USSR was engaged in a “Guan Gong versus Qin Qiong” type of struggle with an opponent that no longer existed.

One can only imagine how important it is to maintain transparency of information, which is the most important purpose of this British delegation’s visit to Moscow, which, if it has to firmly adopt a policy of confrontation, will only lead to the immediate emergence of NATO.

“Why don’t we take a look at the itinerary and think freely about what places the Soviet Union has prepared for us to visit to experience Soviet superiority. We can’t be in a state of tension all the time. If possible, I’d like to see what a movie theater in Moscow looks like.”

Alan Wilson changed the subject and told his colleague to relax and not to be discouraged by the temporary difficulties.