Chapter 759 – Dark Boxes and Dark Wars

“Arrogant Americans!” Georges Pidoule was a little indignant, the situation in the Central and Southern Peninsula is extremely important to France, normally the situation in the Korean Peninsula can be pressed back, after all, the Korean War is all over, it’s not very important.

But in the view of the Americans, the Korean Peninsula has the interests of the United States in which the situation in Vietnam, at least now and the United States has nothing to do, that is the French, so the two major topics of this Geneva meeting, is at war in Vietnam, the issue has become a secondary topic, the United States is more concerned about the North Korean issue has become the main topic.

Dulles Peeby chattered about Korea for such a long time, and ultimately made little progress, and the French defenders at Dien Bien Phu could not hold out in the end, before reaching the Vietnam issue, which was of great concern to France, and had not yet had much to talk about, and the defenders at Dien Bien Phu were defeated.

In George Pidur’s opinion, the Americans wasted too much time because of the Korean War, which had been over for a year.

“This matter will ultimately have to be discussed between the two of us, in this period of time because of the Korean issue, the United States and China and the Soviet Union both have poor relations, so to talk about it, there is a consensus after informing the United States.” Morris saw George Pidur come to the door, and after listening to the other party’s words, he also gave his own judgment.

First of all, the Vietnam issue has little to do with the United States, and the previous North Korea issue the relationship between the United States and the opposite group is already very poor. The former let the United States contribute to say it is not acceptable, the latter is even more serious, perhaps even counterproductive.

Therefore, Morrison believes that after Britain and France and the other side have a consensus, in the fight for U.S. support is better and easier.

“Talk to China?” George Pidur was a bit doubtful, “Can we bypass the Soviet Union?”

“If the Chinese are smart, they should think similarly to us, after there is a consensus, Molotov will know about it, just like we will inform the Americans afterward.” Morrison smiled slightly, both are diplomats of a country, who is worse than anyone else in these little tricks?

This kind of private transaction, naturally, there was no need for the two to personally appear, at least for Britain, backroom operations were never unfamiliar.

As the head of a country’s diplomacy, they also know that it is not easy to operate in the dark, and the danger of failing to achieve the purpose of rashly stepping forward is also very great, there is a saying that is very right, diplomacy is no small matter.

There is a saying that diplomacy is not a trivial matter. Of course, what you can’t get from the battlefield is not easy to get at the negotiating table, and the best way to do that is undoubtedly military power.

Kuala Lumpur, the capital of British Malaya, Allen Wilson received a call from the British Army Command at home, one heart and one pair of eyes are still placed on the Princess Royal coming out of the bathroom, this is all should be done, the Princess Royal how honored, there should be this kind of treatment that does not leave the line of sight.

“Your eyes are on fire.” Princess Margaret, scrubbing her hair, looked askance and waited until the man had put the phone down before reminding her.

“I can’t imagine what the country would do to me if anything happened to you.” Swinging his second brother into a less-than-lethal position, Alan Wilson righteously expressed the importance of the princess’s safety.

“It’s most unsafe here.” Princess Margaret grunted softly, then inquired as to who was calling.

“Commander Bilton, we’re going to make some gestures, like going to Tokyo Bay for a military maneuver.” Allen Wilson said knowingly, “It’s to help the French make a statement, now that Dien Bien Phu has been defeated, the French will be in an even more embarrassing position if we don’t help.”

To ask him if he was willing or not, of course he was not, the expense of this military maneuver would inevitably have to be borne by the colony itself, but if the maneuver didn’t last too long, it shouldn’t be a heavy burden.

As the colonial commissioner, Alan Wilson immediately proved his professionalism, taking a piece of paper and starting to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Definitely will not use too much of the fleet, the big fleet once moved is a gold swallowing beast, but too small also can not, and then consider the financial level of the colony, the heart has an almost belly, he is ready to talk to General Bilton.

Now the British Royal Navy, not the twenty-first century kitten two or three, even if only part of the warships in Hong Kong and Malaya, but also very impressive, which is like the latter part of the number than the warships are more.

The current exercise in Tokyo Bay is admittedly to make a gesture, but the Royal Navy out of the inevitable is not trivial. Alan Wilson believes that this kind of decision-making that is not in line with the style of the Labor Party, to be able to pass has shown great sincerity.

“I did not realize that before the Suez Canal War, Britain was quite like a big country.” Alan Wilson, who left home, sat in the backseat of the Rolls Royce Silver Spirit with his hands pinned to his chest in a thoughtful manner.

In fact, in terms of the scale of Vietnam, it is also just right for Britain to stand up and find the feeling of an old imperialist. And currently France has just been defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, if Britain does this, it is considered to bring its own traffic, and there will be no lack of attention.

What does Britain need now? Of course, it is to find an unresisting opponent to prove that Great Britain is still okay. If you think about it, Vietnam is quite suitable.

In the midst of the British command, Alan Wilson traveled all the way through and arrived directly at General Bilton’s conference room. As the chief executive of this colony, many people in the military knew him and were not hindered.

To say what is the difference between the High Commissioner and the Governor, this is also an important difference, the Governor is able to mobilize the British garrison in Hong Kong, but Allen Wilson can not, when he can mobilize the garrison in Newfoundland, that is because in the eyes of the London high command at that time, Newfoundland was already ready to be given up, and the result is that Newfoundland in the end did not separate from the United Kingdom after a round of referendum, but became a Crown Dependency.

In other words that was a blunder in London politics, Newfoundland was in a special time and was picked up by Alan Wilson.

“Allen, the expenses for this maneuver will be covered by Malaya and Xiangjiang.” General Bilton saw Allen Wilson come in and spoke directly, “The location will be in Tokyo Bay, this is an opportunity to show muscle, there may even be warships entering the inner river.”

“What if there are mines in the inner river? That wouldn’t be very safe.” Allen Wilson raised a concern as soon as he heard it, “We don’t even know if Tokyo Bay is safe, don’t a maneuver have unforeseen consequences.”

Although Alan Wilson had also said shelling sea defense and other words, but at this time, he still does not want to appear gutter consequences, the British purpose is to demonstrate not to lose face.

“It shouldn’t be so bad, a lot of North Vietnam has just fallen as well, and North Vietnam can’t talk about mastery.” General Bilton frowned slightly before shaking his head, “The risk is also manageable.”

“I hope so!” Alan Wilson sighed, maybe the British on the warships thought the same thing during the Purple Quartz incident, “The scale of the maneuver is?”

“Drawing battleships of all ranks to form a task force to patrol Tokyo Bay, mainly dominated by warships from Malayan and Xiangjiang ports.” Admiral Bilton casually mentioned it, it wasn’t like it was a secret.

Alan Wilson nodded, but even if it was, this fleet certainly had battleships and aircraft carriers. The Royal Navy’s large carriers were on the mainland and in the Mediterranean, but carriers built in the middle of World War II were still present in both places, at least for the time being, and hadn’t been decommissioned.

He was, after all, the son-in-law of the Admiral of the Mediterranean Fleet, and had some knowledge of the current Royal Navy.

There was nothing more to be said after a few moments of negotiation, and in a few hours the warships in Malacca and Penang left port, they would enter the South China Sea to join the warships in Xiangjiang to form a task force to patrol Tokyo Bay.

It must be said that many of the ships in the Pacific Fleet, currently homeported in Malayan ports, are relatively old, and although they are still formidable weapons for the Third World, they do need to be well-maintained once they are deployed.

In the aftermath of World War II, Britain was faced with the awkward situation of having many warships still under construction. Not to mention the warships that have been in service, some of them are still under construction, not yet completed, but already facing the embarrassment of being outdated.

In any case, the Royal Navy is still deployed, held in Tokyo Bay military exercises to deter self-conscious North Vietnam.

At this moment, when the war of words in Europe and the war in Asia has not stopped, Alan Wilson is also very busy, several actresses are actually very busy, Hedy Lamarr and Ingrid Bergman have been the boss, it is impossible to leave their own company for a long time.

Marilyn Monroe is even less of a free agent, although she is the current dream girl of the American public and can’t stay away from work for long.

Alan Wilson had a great tolerance for these beautiful women and respected them in the colonies he managed. The chest thumping look of reluctance as he saw off Hedy Lamarr and Ingrid Bergman on their return to Paris was a great source of consternation for even Marilyn Monroe.

“Can’t tell you’re popular.” Marilyn Monroe bristled, “I’ve seen a lot of men like you who reveal their nature.”

“I’ve never been a nice guy, even your American stars say so.” Alan Wilson said with his hands on his hips, “At least I shouldn’t have been rude during the time you were a guest.”

Marilyn Monroe admitted as much, then nodded, “It’s been a good experience for me, always staying in the US would probably lack insight.”

“With that kind of realization, you really don’t look like an American.” Alan Wilson was astonished, was this still the blindly arrogant American in his eyes? Surprisingly, he was still humble.

Marilyn Monroe was indignant, she now felt that this Englishman had a preconceived notion of America, similar words she had heard more than once.

Sure enough, it was the hypocritical and arrogant Englishman, her evaluation of this man was no different from the Americans in Alan Wilson’s mind, it was simply a cycle.

“It’s actually good to return home, the current local situation is a bit delicate.” Alan Wilson already knew that this dream girl in the eyes of the Americans had booked a return date.