Chapter 718 – Negotiation on Canal Vesting

“I don’t care, I’m trusting my instincts, and just cutting the ties is the best outcome for us.” Anna shook her head to herself, “We’ve done right by the Soviets, in every way. What more is it going to take to give away half of Berlin?”

“Even the highest end spies couldn’t possibly have gotten as much credit as we did, could they? Think instead now about our later, our future, not about putting your whole life on the line. It’s been eight years, isn’t that enough?”

This was Anna’s true thought at the moment, she didn’t want to continue like this, always sharing her bed with the one she loved with an agenda. It had become a torment.

“What did Alan ever do to wrong us? Without him, we couldn’t even think of anything today.”

“I didn’t say anything!” Bokina’s temper weakened, a rare thing in the midst of sisters getting along.

“You have no reason to say anything!” Anna rode the cold sneer, “You even managed to betray the father of your own child and put him in an awkward position, what else do you want to say? Of course you did right by the Soviets, but then again, did I do wrong by my country? I just thought that I would live for myself now.”

Live for yourself? Something struck a chord in Bogina’s heart; how could that not be what she was thinking. But although in many ways the two sisters were dominated by her, she didn’t dare to cross the line on this matter.

“Stop it!” Bokina covered her chest and said breathlessly, “Just this once, I’ll listen to you.”

Reason told Bojina that there was little chance of completely breaking the connection all of a sudden, but what Anna said about the future was not the future she wished for, she also regretted wanting to walk under the sun and be a free woman.

Now the two sisters had amassed huge fortunes that would rise higher and higher with the passage of time. Both of them also had their own sons, who were already growing up and were very smart children, and would surely be influential figures in the industry in the future.

But the spies, facing such a beautiful vision, but all the time the heart of the haze, and now finally the clouds to see the sun on the will, as Anna said, never take the initiative to contact with Moscow, even if only a glimmer of hope must be grasped.

In case the dream comes true, the two women who are in the best years of their lives will not have to be in the middle of this conflict in the future.

“But what will we do if he senses that we are unreliable!” Bokina brought up another question, since the Berlin crisis, Allen Wilson had not been in Germany.

How could the relationship be repaired if, as Anna had said, he had found the two sisters unreliable and had been avoiding seeing them again.

“I have Hans, he can’t even want his own son.” Anna said with all the ease in the world, “I’ll take the initiative to find him, the mistakes we’ve made are big, but from a man’s point of view they’re not serious, it’s not like we’re stealing a clear.”

Far across the channel Alan Wilson sneezed for no apparent reason, causing the King of Egypt, who was under house arrest, to look sideways and joke, “Mr. Wilson, this is not the season for colds.”

“There’s never a reason for such things.” Alan Wilson snorted, not yet aware that his own nature has been eaten to death by the little dragon riders, but also self-conscious, “Regarding the rumor that Britain is under house arrest of His Majesty the King, the Foreign Office has already formally made a rebuttal with yesterday, but of course from the point of view of our Egyptian Embassy in Cairo, His Majesty’s subjects are generally unconvinced.”

“If I had not come to London once, I would not have known that I had so many loyal subjects.” Farouk I was dumbfounded, sighing that the British Empire was worthy of its old imperialism, and although its military power was no longer at its peak, it was still very trustworthy in other areas.

“Whitehall is ready to negotiate with His Majesty regarding this public pressure.” Alan Wilson poured a glass of champagne for Farouk I, and both of them drank it in one go then said, “My mission has almost been accomplished.”

“If this matter of the dam construction can be supported by Commissioner Wilson, as well as the Mountbatten family. I believe the Egyptians will accept it!” Farouk I pondered for a while and continued, “As you said, as monarchies, the two countries should have good relations, and we don’t want Britain to be too weak, just that we should try to get along as equally as possible in the future.”

“This is also what I seek!” Alan Wilson’s words were decisive, “We, Britain, respect all monarchies and are far more reliable than the Soviet Union and the United States in this matter. I hope that in the future, the two countries can support each other in some matters. That would be good for all monarchies.”

The ownership of the Suez Canal is a big thunderbolt for Britain, a thunderbolt that if it can be successfully drained, even if only delayed, Alan Wilson will have done right by his life in Britain.

He had come to regard the talks as the most important thing before he returned to Kuala Lumpur, and would not rest easy until it was done.

With the help of the famous two-faced man within the British Empire, this talk was the equivalent of having the final answer to copy.

Farouk I was not the least bit nervous about the upcoming negotiations with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, and was a king with the demeanor of a man who had been in many battles.

The next day, has been in London for more than a month of Farouk I, finally on the issue of the Suez Canal, met with the current British Prime Minister Adderley and Foreign Secretary Morrison.

At this very moment, the whole of Egypt is also following the king’s negotiations with the British this time, and they have never followed Farouk I’s every move as much as they do today, although Nasser, who has already arrived in Algeria, is certainly not one of them.

“Greetings, Your Honorable Majesty.” Prime Minister Adderley met the Egyptian king with a special hobby and took the initiative to extend his hand in friendly greeting, “Your visit to England has made the current government all very happy, it is just that because of some delays in your time in England, there have been some not-so-friendly remarks about England in Egypt, and I hope to be able to get some clarification on this.”

“Good day, Prime Minister Adderley!” Farouk I piled on the same friendly smile, “You are very different from Churchill, a true gentleman.”

Oh? Prime Minister Adderley was very pleased to hear that and blurted out, “Is that what His Majesty the King originally thought?”

“So I believe that you and Senator Churchill must have different views when it comes to issues like colonialism.” Farouk I turned his words around and said, “I can honestly say that as the King of Egypt, my purpose of coming to Britain this time is very straightforward, to talk to Britain about the ownership of the Suez Canal.”

As soon as these words were uttered, Prime Minister Airdrie’s smile froze and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face; he had wanted to stall for time to allow Farouk I to leave on his own, but this Egyptian king stayed right here in London and wouldn’t leave.

Even the Egyptian nation is now rumored that the king has been Britain’s house arrest, the Cairo embassy were surrounded by protests, which had to give up pretending to be fine, to appear and Farouk I negotiation.

But it is the Suez Canal thing, he can not so easily agree, after World War I the British Empire’s hegemony support, it is not those white autonomous territories, the two cornerstones are British India and Egyptian protectorate.

The former is mainly financial and manpower support, the latter also has part of the financial support, now lost British India, but the Suez Canal is still very important to Britain.

It was bound to be a difficult negotiation, and in Adderley’s point of view, everything was open to negotiation except the question of the ownership of the Suez Canal, which was all that Farouk I wanted to talk about.

Alan Wilson, who was not present, inquired into every move of the talks with no less zeal than the parties.

In fact, such talks are really bad for the Labor government, although historically the decision to withdraw troops from the Suez Canal was a resolution made by the Conservative government, and now it is the Labor party that is in power.

But some aspects of Prime Minister Adderley is obviously not as open-minded as the Conservative Party, he endorsed the independence of British India, but the other colonies of the heavy-handed, has shown that the heart of the real idea, Britain can be contracted, but can not be bottomless contraction.

As the leader of the Labor Party, which obviously represents the progressive party, Adderley can’t say what he really thinks, and that’s where he gets tangled up, and from this point on the opposition party has more choices.

To have this group of Labor leaders, who started out as a labor movement, blatantly endorse the existence of colonialism was indeed difficult for them.

The day’s negotiations were of course fruitless, and could only be described as each stating the position of the two countries, nothing more.

“Allen, haven’t you met Farouk I? What is your opinion on this?” At the meeting held in Whitehall, Norman Brooke took the initiative to ask up Alan Wilson, “Does he have any weaknesses.”

“Weaknesses are greed for money and lust, but these weaknesses are useless.” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders helplessly, “Now it is Farouk I who kills people in the streets of London, but it will not stop the Egyptian nation to support their king.”

“Should we then yes, get Farouk I to talk about some other demands in exchange, and at the same time silence the Egyptians for the time being.” Sir Ismay spoke in a half silence, “As long as we don’t talk about the canal belonging to him, we can talk about anything else.”

Alan Wilson was not sleepy for a moment, Tenley Conscience he had not privately conspired with Sir Ismay, this was entirely the idea of the Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office himself, but it did coincide with what he had in mind.

“But we mustn’t be too blunt; we should go by implication.” Allen Wilson without a trace in favor of the top minister’s opinion, there is the top minister’s coincident, and the smooth skimming of his own suspicions.

“Isn’t there a candidate for that, Alan, and haven’t you been in charge of the reception of Farouk I? Ask him what he wants besides the return of the Suez Canal.”

Norman Brooke directly shot the board, let Allen Wilson to ask, in the end how to loosen the mouth.