Chapter 630 The Berlin Crisis

It was too late for him to keep McCarthy in London, and he simply admitted that there had indeed been an error of judgment, that the majority opinion in Whitehall had been right, and that he was in the unwarranted minority.

“Don’t say that, Alan, my purpose in coming to England this time was certainly a mission to cement the special relationship between Britain and the United States, but mainly I came over to attend your wedding.” McCarthy waved his hand, mixing it with disinterest, “You are a very sincere person, which is considered very rare among the group of officials.”

“In fact, a sharp politician like you is also very rare, Joseph.” Alan Wilson laughed and shook his head, but his hand did not stop and had already opened a bottle of whiskey. Since McCarthy’s return to the United States had become a foregone conclusion, it was not good for him to continue to retain, so the rest of the time do not suppress your nature, drinking is not a big problem.

McCarthy laughed and took the initiative to hand over his glass, indicating that his behavior at the table was a major reason, or at least one of the reasons, for the rapprochement between the two men.

Allen Wilson asked McCarthy, returned to the United States after what ideas, McCarthy, on the other hand, said that, although there is now some suspicion of speculation, but still want to take advantage of the Soviet Union’s annexation of Hokkaido this matter, to find Truman’s trouble.

This is also to prepare for the next election, the Democrats are now very low support, it is the time for the Republican Party to snowball, take back the ruling power of the United States.

And now the Republican Party is banking on the heroes of the war to galvanize American patriotism.

“Probably only MacArthur and Eisenhower are better.” Allen Wilson, who was holding a glass of wine, listened and nodded, “But I’m sure that’s only the opinion of some Republicans.”

“Taft still means to fight for a term.” McCarthy took a drink, his talkative nature had opened up, pouring out a stream of what he knew, which was nothing more than the fact that Dewey had already lost three times, and that a large portion of the Republican Party had already expressed disappointment in Dewey.

The two current views of the Republican Party are to pick a wartime hero to fight on behalf of the Republican Party, and the remaining one is Taft himself to fight against the Democrats.

In fact, with the Democrats’ current approval ratings, Republicans have more confidence than they did in 1948. The fact that the Republicans regained control of Congress in the midterm elections just past couldn’t be better proof of that.

“In that case, the outbreak of the Korean War is still a good thing for the Republicans.” Alan Wilson spoke meaningfully.

“You can’t say that, it’s the decent voters who are no longer fooled by bumbling Democrats.” McCarthy pretended to be serious, but the smile that didn’t disappear cleanly from his face betrayed the true thought.

“That’s the true meaning of democracy!” Allen Wilson took the initiative to raise his glass and express his approval in front of McCarthy, “But yeah, still, be careful, Senator Churchill was also very confident at that time.”

Allen Wilson was purely out of good intentions, he remembered that in the nineteen fifty-two election, the Republican Party had high hopes for MacArthur, but MacArthur did not even pass the primary election.

MacArthur began to participate in the presidential campaign with the support of the Republican Party. MacArthur was more powerful than President Harry S. Truman at the time. He presided over the surrender ceremony of Japan, and then led the troops in Japan, reformed Japan, and became the Emperor of Japan.

Later on in the Korean War, he led the United Nations forces to land at Incheon, which was also a miracle in the history of war. Although he was finally removed by Truman, but when he returned home, the United States in really 10,000 people, all welcoming him.

It can be said that MacArthur’s prestige was higher than everyone in America at that time. He had a good chance of winning the presidency, but the result was beyond everyone’s expectation.

Instead, Eisenhower, who had been MacArthur’s subordinate for a long time, succeeded in his bid for the presidency.

This is a replica of Churchill’s confidence in 1945, except that no two things in the world are exactly the same. The problem wasn’t on the Democratic side, it was that MacArthur couldn’t even get through the primaries.

“You think the Republicans will lose this time? Not likely, is it?” McCarthy asked rhetorically, with a drunken grin.

“The problem isn’t the other side, it’s the fight within the Republican party, Joseph, don’t think MacArthur is a sure winner. You’d better not express a preference at the primary stage.” Alan Wilson is absolutely sincere, he doesn’t care how many people McCarthy will persecute with the extension of his political shin life, just don’t persecute yourself.

Considering that McCarthy might be tired, Allen Wilson booked McCarthy a flight for the day after tomorrow. In a few days, he himself would return to Kuala Lumpur to begin his own plan to take off in Malaya.

The main thing was the huge demand that had been created by the plan to build up the real estate in the British African colonies. This is an important step for Britain to complete the great circle, to promote the rough development of British Malaya with the demand of British African colonies.

First, the indicators up in saying, until the various statistics are reflected in the importance of British Malaya. I believe that London will not dare to give up this place just to give up.

Once the industrialization of British Malaya’s results are bright, Alan Wilson does not believe that London dares to leave without saying a word.

Although British India in the data before independence, moving ten times the Republic of China under the leadership of Chang Gong. But also look at the results of the golden decade of Chang Gong, the national steel production of less than 100,000 tons. British India even if ten times, in fact, is one million tons.

And now British Malaya has two million tons of production, Allen Wilson’s goal is to be on par with the mainland. He couldn’t believe that with figures like that, it wouldn’t hurt London to give it up.

Under the influence of alcohol, Allen Wilson drifted off to sleep until Pamela Mountbatten returned to wake him up, “Drinking with your American friends again? You are not a glutton for punishment, why do you drink with him all the time, and to the house.”

“He is a guest well, according to different people to have a different response.” Alan Wilson held his forehead and explained unhurriedly, “He will leave the day after tomorrow, so don’t be angry.”

“Speaking so seriously, how could I be angry with you.” Pamela Mountbatten said somewhat angrily, “I’ll go and join you after I’m busy with the project in the Middle East, it won’t take long. It’s just that the local climate is a bit impossible for me personally to implement, the sweltering coastal humidity, I don’t know if I can make a difference.”

“Let’s see if I can get enough emeralds from Burma to build you a natty house.” Alan Wilson laughed and began to draw a big pie in front of Pamela Mountbatten again.

“Still think it’s better to put it in Australia, it’s safer there.” Pamela Mountbatten reached out and lightly hammered her husband, “Every day you just know how to say nice things, have this time to hurry up and have a child, Patricia has two children.”

“Children are indeed the number one priority.” Alan Wilson nodded his head deeply, although he had only just sobered up, but with his wife’s signals here, he would be foolish not to hear them, and pulled his wife directly into his arms and began to cultivate the feeling, and in no time at all, the rhythm of male and female affairs resounded in the room.

The Berlin Crisis, which had already been concluded as not going to happen, was going on when the Soviet Union and the United States were bickering over the question of Hokkaido’s belonging to them, from the United Nations all the way down to the capitals of the countries that were following the progress of the Hokkaido issue.

Beria’s investigation of the whole of West Berlin was completed, and a judgment was made against West Berlin’s self-sufficiency. And before that, the Soviet Union had already consciously controlled the import of living materials into West Berlin. It was judged that the living materials in the whole of West Berlin could only support one week.

With the Kremlin’s approval, the water and land transportation and freight transportation between the Western Occupation Zone and Berlin were completely cut off. In the early morning hours, before the whole of West Berlin woke up from the night, West Berlin was already in the midst of a de facto blockade.

Three hundred thousand Soviet Red Army in the Soviet-occupied area, also entered into a state of readiness, to prevent armed conflict on the border between the Soviet-occupied area and the Federal Republic of Germany.

The movement of West Berlin, Whitehall immediately through the telegraph in West Berlin know. And at this time, the waking Allen Wilson was on his way to the airport to say goodbye to McCarthy.

Before he could make the trip, he was handed over by telephone to the Foreign Office building to hear Sir Ismay, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, informing of the Soviet blockade of Berlin.

“Is it really so bold?” Alan Wilson immediately inquired about the details of the matter as soon as he heard it.

Sir Ismay spread his hands, the Soviet Union has only just made a move, where are the details circulating.

Alan Wilson immediately left Whitehall, praying in his heart that McCarthy had drunk too much yesterday and had not yet arrived at the airport.

As it turned out, his guess was really very correct, McCarthy was still in a state of hangover.

“Joseph, just received word that the Soviets have blockaded Berlin.” Alan Wilson didn’t care whether it was polite or not, and called up McCarthy, who was wearing pants, it was a shame that he didn’t bring his camera out, otherwise he could have let McCarthy experience a Churchill’s treatment.

“Hmm?” It’s hard to imagine that McCarthy’s somewhat bloated body has such agility, staring straight at Alan Wilson, “Alan, you’re telling the truth.”

“I received the news from Whitehall!” Alan Wilson had a solemn face, it’s not the Sun, what’s true or false? “I’m sure by now the U.S. Army in Germany is aware of it as well. Washington should also know about it.”

Because of the tension in the Far East, attracted the attention of Washington, this Berlin crisis can be said to have caught the United States by surprise, and now the U.S. Army in Germany is also in a headless state.

“I’ll ask the country first!” McCarthy directly stood up and said while dressing, “Let’s see if there are any other opinions.”

McCarthy’s first thought was to immediately contact Taft, Dewey, and other Republican bigwigs. Asking these bigwigs for advice on how to deal with this tricky event.

“I’m going back to Whitehall too!” Alan Wilson nodded his head and immediately also stated that he was now going back to Whitehall to discuss a plan. This was, after all, a major event involving the livelihoods of more than two million Berliners, and it was not something that any party could cope with alone.