Chapter 622 Whitewashing German Work
This was something that not only Washington, but London had to prepare for accordingly, and the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany can be seen as a landmark event in the parting of the ways of the Allies, of the Second World War.
Even more so than the same period in history, because things were rushed together.
Historically, when the Bundesrepublik Deutschland was founded, at least the Soviet Union did not have nuclear weapons; now not only does the Soviet Union have them, but so does Britain.
With nuclear weapons, it may not be so easy to force the Soviet Union to hold back when it comes to confrontation.
As a matter of fact, since the Soviet Union got nuclear weapons, the effectiveness of post-war U.S. coercion began to diminish greatly.
Top of the soon-to-be-married in the name of the sojourn in London Allen Wilson, but also in the wait and see in addition to public opinion slam other actions, the most critical is that he is afraid of the Berlin crisis appeared, then do not know how to end.
History of the first Berlin crisis Soviet Union is no nuclear weapons, the second third although the Soviet Union has fully recovered from the war and has nuclear weapons. But the ruling was Khrushchev, who was committed to détente with the West for a peace race.
And now the Soviet Union, at least for the time being, is ruled by Stalin, and the Soviet Union has nuclear weapons, and the United States is deep in North Korea and hasn’t pulled out yet. These are all unfavorable factors.
Even if it is blackmail, Stalin’s blackmail and Khrushchev’s blackmail are not the same thing. This is very troublesome.
“I have a feeling that this time around, which led to the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany, there may be a big trouble waiting for us ahead.” In the Foreign Office building, Alan Wilson stifled a sigh at Sir Ismay, feeling that it would be difficult to bring things to an end.
Alan Wilson could also sense that the Soviet Union was gradually emerging from the trauma of World War II and that Europe was coming under increasing pressure. America in 1945 and America in 1951 thought quite differently.
So did Allen Wilson, who thought differently from himself in 1945. At that time he was thinking only of Wanglaoji and Gadabao to finish off Britain, which was Wojichang. It was only then that he had been trying to pick off the Soviet Union, showing that the Soviet Union would not be able to recover its national strength anytime soon.
And now the situation is different again, the Soviet Union, after all, the country and population is there, even if it is a little bit of recovery, the pressure brought can be shown so directly.
Truth be told, he was somewhat regretting betraying Poland in the face of the Soviet representative during the Potsdam Conference.
“Alan, you’ve always been very confident in the Soviet Union, it’s really surprising that you can say that today.” Sir Ismay was really surprised, this promising civil servant in front of him had always appeared with a face of contempt for the Soviet Union.
“It’s natural that thoughts differ at different times.” Alan Wilson sighed, “In almost five more years, ten at the most, the Soviet Union’s demographic imbalance will probably be almost over, and the nineteen forty-five minors will be entering state positions to start working. The Soviet Union is, after all, a country with a population more than three times that of Britain, and we can’t say that the Soviets can’t do anything but imitate, can we? This kind of talk is fine for internal propaganda, it would be stupid if we believed it too.”
Of course Britain should stand with the US, Alan Wilson thought so too, he just didn’t want Britain to be tied to the US side by the US. Standing together is fine, not in the form of vassalage.
It’s as if Churchill’s three-ring diplomacy in history is fundamentally different from Prime Minister Adderley’s three-ring diplomacy now.
Churchill’s three-ring diplomacy is the most important ring is the United States, since the emergence of the United States always rely on the United States to belittle the Commonwealth and Europe, the result is more and more towards the United States vassal of the road.
And Prime Minister Adderley’s three-ring diplomacy, in fact, there is no U.S. anything, relying mainly on the Commonwealth and the European Community’s two wings, the need for the U.S. is limited to the common face of the Soviet Union, which is completely different.
The appearance of three rings of diplomacy in fact two wings fly together, only to evolve into today’s Britain and France together to pull together the European countries model.
Whether this was good or not would take time to prove, but Alan Wilson believed it was better than being historically shut out of the EEC by de Gaulle.
“Sir Ismay, now that Germany is formed, we can predict one thing, the arming of Germany even if the French are still skeptical, the United States will be introduced step by step in the coming years.” Alan Wilson took the initiative to speak up and suggested, “Then should we not make preparations early, such as carrying out some whitewashing work to downplay Germany’s crimes in World War II.”
“Whitewashing is a good word to use, it seems that you have a certain idea, say it directly and see the attitude of the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister at that time.” Ismay immediately nodded, he also felt that Germany’s image should see a reversal.
This was inevitable, what with Germany doing a good job of introspection, it was better to say that there was a good father. Willing to help Germany repair its image, otherwise by virtue of the Germans themselves, apologizing three hundred and sixty-five times a year would be useless.
Germany’s apology has great political factors in it, because the cold war began the United States and the Soviet Union for supremacy, Britain and the United States urgently need to be able to unite in Europe to resist the Soviet Union’s ground forces of the cannon fodder, for which Germany must be rearmed, but for fear that public opinion can not be accepted, they produced a series of packaging work, such as the following apology on his knees, documentaries, textbooks, teaching materials, etc., the greater part of these factors is a big-picture demand.
Without the acquiescence of Britain and the US, it would have been impossible to repair Germany’s image in a hundred years. Look at the end of the Cold War, Germany was the first to jump ahead of the United States on Yugoslavia, we know that the Germans have not changed at all, what introspection are all illusions.
The same are nuclear leaks, Europe and the United States to do everything possible to the public input of the Soviet Union black material, smearing the Soviet Union Chernobyl phenomenon, to the same camp on the side of Japan in the third thought, typical of the exaggerated smearing of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, with countless people sacrificed their lives to minimize the nuclear impact, to protect the European continent, the Japanese side of it? Painted mascots for nuclear wastewater and posted them on the internet, eager to downplay the level of popular revulsion.
“How about we take the initiative and discuss with the Americans a whitewashing program for Germany, but our MI6 must leave evidence of every aspect of the whitewashing in our hands to prevent Germany from getting out of control one day.” Alan Wilson voiced his thoughts, “Keep the evidence of the whitewashing from beginning to end in our hands, and if one day in the future Germany is not tame, we will make it public.”
Ismay looked deeply at Alan Wilson, he was now truly shocked, how come it seemed as if this upstart, who was favored by Whitehall, was very good at this kind of thing?
Although shocked, Sir Ismay also thought that this was considered a good suggestion, “It can be done. How did you come up with this idea?”
Naturally, it was because Alan Wilson had actually done it, the ethnic cleansing of blacks by the Slavs of Northern Rhodesia. He left evidence of that, and the storming of the POW camps in Malaya, he left evidence of that as well, all to pinch in his hands to use as a check and balance.
Both of these things were done, and in the face of some of the current reasonable precautions against the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany, Allen Wilson naturally thought of the operation of the pitch, pinching the handle in the hand, to prevent in the event that in the future the Soviet Union kneels, can be used to threaten Germany.
Truth be told, he even wanted to send people to follow Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe to shoot private films, used to put in the hands to prevent the future Kennedy unfavorable to Britain.
But considering that now Kennedy and Monroe may not be too close, can only put down this idea first.
Whitewash Germany this matter, naturally need to professionals, in the United Kingdom there is no more suitable department than MI6 to do this thing, since it is the action of Germany, count on MI6 is also more appropriate.
At the beginning of the establishment of MI6, the object of intelligence gathering was mainly Germany. During this period, Britain paid close attention to the movement of warships in major German ports, placing the world’s second most powerful fleet, the Ocean Fleet, under close surveillance and not playing its proper role.
So that MI6 was born for Germany, and now the operation of this matter in the appropriate.
Afterward Alan Wilson relayed the Foreign Office’s idea to Stuart Menzies, the head of MI6.
“Whitewash Germany?” Stuart Menzies simply suspected that he had heard wrong, he had spent most of his life thinking hard about how to defeat the Germans, and had never thought that one day he would have to carry out some work to help Germany.
“Yes Sir, you heard right.” Alan Wilson looked at the head of MI6 and repeated his words again.
Perhaps Stuart Menzies did have experience in dealing with the Germans, though other aspects might be rather mediocre. For example, the person who saw Philby as the successor to MI6 and saw his future as promising was no other than the head of MI6 in front of him.
Burgess, McLean and Philby, each of whom was a favorite of Stuart Menzies. Among them, Stuart Menzies was also the most optimistic about Philby, believing that the other party was an unquestionable candidate for the future leader of MI6.
“I really never thought that one day I would be doing this kind of work. It’s as if the last few decades of work on Germany were a dream.” Stuart Menzies looked despondent.
“Every stage has its own ideas, and so does the country.” Alan Wilson replied politely, “The present situation forces us to make the relevant preparations. Even if we don’t do it, the Americans will do it. Instead of that, it’s better for us to be more proactive so that we can still leave a handle in our hands, isn’t it? Honorable Director.”
As soon as those words came out of his mouth, it was obvious that Stuart Menzies felt much better, and for someone who had spent most of his life targeting Germany, that kind of talk was much more acceptable.
“All right, I’ll follow up on the idea with all my might.” Stuart Menzies nodded, “By the way, Alan, I heard from Philby that you’re getting married, I won’t be there out of the lightness of my work, but since I’ve stumbled upon it today, I’ll offer my best wishes in advance.”
“Thank you, honorable Sir.” Alan Wilson with a smile on his face, in his heart, he sighed that Stuart Menzies is really extraordinary to Philby, absolute beloved general treatment.