Chapter 63 – Wanting a maid

“It seems like we’re warming up for an important meeting.” Aifor said mysteriously, “A very important meeting.”

A very important meeting? Alan Wilson snapped to mind, the Potsdam Conference? In advance?

Of course he knows where Potsdam is, the southwest suburb of the city of Big Berlin, well, in terms of location is considered very safe, not far from the city of Big Berlin, stationed in the city of Big Berlin of the four countries of the troops, can make any possible dangerous factors disappear.

The Potsdam Conference, of course, talked about a lot of issues, but the main problem is so few, who said the post-war order of Europe, how to divide the power, the Soviet Union and Germany before the war together with the division of Poland, although Germany was defeated, but the Soviet Union did not lose the war.

Expecting the USSR to cede the occupied eastern part of Poland was an almost impossible task. In saying that the issues between Poland and the USSR were very complicated, during the Imperial Russian period, Poland was part of the Russian Empire. The Soviet-Polish war, the Polish abuse of prisoners of war and other issues were not well resolved.

The problem was that one of the parties involved in the Soviet-Polish War was the current leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin himself. The failure of the Soviet-Polish War caused a furor within the Soviet Union and gave Stalin a great deal of embarrassment. Also involved were Trotsky, the father of the Soviet Red Army, and Tukhachevsky, the Red Napoleon.

Stalin and Trotsky had serious disagreements and struggled with each other over operational programs and deployments. Against Poland, Trotsky favored the Western Front, while Stalin focused on the Southwest Front: after the defeat, Trotsky believed that the delayed reinforcement of Stalin’s Southwest Front in the Soviet-Polish War on the Western Front, the main theater of the war, was a major reason for the Red Army’s defeat.

Poland was the place that got Stalin’s pot forced on him by Trotsky, so the USSR was never going to spit out the Soviet-occupied eastern territories, so it was the eastern German territories that ended up being occupied by Poland as compensation.

With just a little thought, Alan Wilson knew that this meeting to decide the order of post-war Europe would certainly last a long time. And indeed it did.

Allen Wilson walked over to the window, holding one hand on the edge of the window without a trace, and asked, “So it looks like we’re warming up for the upcoming summit?”

“London is being vague, that’s probably what it is.” Ivor, minding his own business, said unintentionally, “With the general election coming up in July, perhaps Prime Minister Churchill wants to add some certainty.”

“That explains it.” Alan Wilson decisively accepted this explanation, wasn’t this the same election that Churchill was so famous for losing? Attending the Potsdam Conference halfway through, returning to London in disgrace, and getting a new prime minister to continue the conference.

Having connoted certain politicians from a civil servant’s position, Alan Wilson didn’t see anything wrong with it. Historically Churchill may not have considered this problem, this time and space suddenly considered this problem, this is also very normal, how can politicians do not consider the election?

But he also had some concerns in his mind, he had only just finished laying the mine, if it exploded just in time for the Potsdam Conference? Holding the edge of the window Allen Wilson’s face is uncertain, the European side of things are too complicated, he now actually has some nostalgia for the happy life of British India.

Compared to the complexity of the European side, or the political environment of British India is more relaxed. How to allocate, how to deal with, the British Indian government also has an absolutely strong position, take a step back to say, fishing for money also fishing for peace of mind, not worried about being found by others, the prosperity of the British Empire is not ashamed to be built on the colonies.

Things have come to this, Alan Wilson can not because of worry not to do things, quickly joined in the preparations, “I wonder who will preside over the parade held by our independence?”

“It should be Marshal Montgomery, lately the Marshal has been too busy, constantly receiving honors and celebrations from various countries. I’ve heard that the Soviet Union seems to have a Victory Medal ready to honor Marshal Montgomery.” Avril took out a piece of paper and handed it to Alan Wilson, “This is the notice the Soviets sent over.”

“That’s something to celebrate, and the Marshal deserves such treatment from all sides.” Allen Wilson smiled, not to mention whether Montgomery himself was considered a first-rate general, but at the level of soldiers Montgomery was definitely outstanding.

After the surrender of Germany, the large is the soldier group and refugees became the main problem of the occupation forces, these people to eat all need to British troops burden. Hunger and disease became Montgomery’s urgent problem, in order to restore order as soon as possible, he formulated a management program, and timely implementation.

In response to the British officers and soldiers arbitrarily occupied German housing or looting, Montgomery was determined to put a brake on this trend.

Requirements for all troops belonging to the city to move away from the city, strict control of personnel out, not allowed to enter and exit hotels, restaurants, etc.; and strictly prohibit individual or collective looting, violation of this order, regardless of rank, will be tried by a court-martial.

Montgomery’s command also had a staff group made up of German prisoners of war to assist the British occupation forces in managing German prisoners of war, and Britain’s attitude was far greater than that of the Soviet Union and the United States in terms of fair treatment of prisoners.

Montgomery, because he was purely military, but unlike Patton, who was a war monger, ostensibly had little prejudice against the Soviet Union, and was on good terms with the Soviet military generals, was in the right place to preside over the parade.

After meeting and greeting with Avril, Allen Wilson returned to his temporary residence in Berlin.

Away from Berlin for a period of time, Allen Wilson saw the order of Berlin restored good, the wreckage of the wall is also less.

Returning to his apartment with a cigarette in his mouth, Allen Wilson cleaned up the house and muttered, “I’ll have to find a maid, at least for a while.”

Although he hated to go back to British India immediately, he also had to solve the immediate problem.

Alan Wilson’s return to Berlin was also not a secret operation, so naturally all the people who should know knew about it.

“Tomorrow see if we can hire a maid!” At night in front of his colleagues who came over as guests, Allen Wilson complained, “After a trip to Vienna, I almost forgot about this side of things.”

“There’s no shortage of labor in Berlin right now, we’ve got maids where we live, just pick and choose.” A few of his coworkers hemmed and hawed, giving a look that everyone understood.

“You guys? Are the maids found to take care of the living, or to take care of you guys?” Alan Wilson squeezed his eyebrows and said, “Then tomorrow I’ll go out for a look around, just to see how well the city of Berlin has recovered, you guys have to follow me, I’m not as familiar with this place as you guys are, so don’t get lost at that time, before letting the Soviet soldiers pick me up and say I’m an imperialist spy.”

Haha! Inside the apartment, a burst of laughter, claiming that no one knows more about refugees than I do, Alan Wilson laughed especially happily.