Chapter 763 – Blessings and Woes

“It’s more than a fair idea.” U.S. Under Secretary of State Smith rushed to state his position, singing praises for Britain’s proposition.

In fact, this time the Geneva conference, the main convening country is Britain, used to discuss the current world’s main contradiction problem, except that although Britain is the promoter, the United States and the Soviet Union stole too much of the limelight.

This Allen Wilson also helpless, later mentioned the Geneva conference, certainly still the United States and the Soviet Union occupied most of the famous scene, China also emphasized its role. But pretty much Britain’s role has been forgotten, but it can’t be helped, who let Britain has completely declined.

But obviously at this moment, Smith remembered the role of the United Kingdom, before the North Korean issue of the United States has been and the opposite camps do not get along, and now should strive for a conciliatory attitude, the United Kingdom rushed to the front is more than appropriate.

And this proposal, also happens to be very consistent with the interests of the United States. Washington does not want to just end the Korean War immediately in the Central and Southern Peninsula to fight again, to be able to stabilize the Central and Southern Peninsula even if only a temporary peace, is also considered a victory.

And this is also in line with the United States in the post-war has been advocating national self-determination, help to establish the United States similar advocacy promotion.

With Britain and the United States standing together and France not objecting, the Group of Sixteen immediately took a common position to clarify the issue of the development of the political entity after the independence of the French colonies.

“We have to think about it!” Molotov had a feeling that the rhythm of the meeting seemed to have something that the Soviet Union did not understand.

It had to be said that Molotov had very sharp senses and did not realize that several heavyweight players involved in both camps had already communicated on their own before informing the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

“If we had known that this is what India would look like after independence, we should have fragmented it.” Foreign Secretary Morrison after the meeting was adjourned, and the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Smith so stated, “Now Nehru’s India, there are some parts of the country is not very reassuring, but also has been looking for Portugal’s trouble, the world is already very complicated, India’s lack of clarity is very worrying.”

Morrison said this, but also from the side to imply that once the French colonies as a whole independent, if it becomes a country. It might upset the balance of Southeast Asia, the three countries of the French colonies, if merged, are a country with an area of 800,000 square kilometers and a population of 40 million.

Among the independent countries in the world today, it’s not small in terms of population or area. Europe, except for the Soviet Union, doesn’t have a country that big, let alone Southeast Asia.

And now that North Vietnam is very vocal in defeating France, it could lead to overall chaos in Southeast Asia if they are not satisfied with their current interests, and it would be too late to take a containment stance if that prospect arises.

“The threat is indeed one to be wary of.” Smith also had a heavy face, something similar was not unheard of, the Korean War that had just ended was similar, although the Korean War had done no harm to America’s national strength, tens of billions of dollars in military spending had been spent.

If it was replaced with an area involving a much larger area, the United States would have to invest more money, wouldn’t that be even more?

“If we exit colonies that are like Korea and Vietnam, then don’t do anything else for the next few decades.” Morrison sighed slightly, at this time he was no longer the same as when he first became Foreign Secretary, and he did not blush in the slightest when he bullshitted.

While the free world was communicating with each other and sticking to their guns, the Soviet bloc was also unifying their voices and preparing for the next fight. But the enemy was ugly and cunning, and it was also important to be prepared to fail to achieve its goals.

“How come I didn’t know that Newfoundlanders like this stuff? I’ve been the local administrator.” Saying that though, Alan Wilson wasn’t being subtle; this was, after all, what his wife had had sent over, and Pamela Mountbatten knew that her husband was a glutton for punishment and quite a fussy eater.

Salmon caviar, in the fall and winter. The large, hard-shelled salmon eggs were laid in shallow troughs full of gravel, which the mothers had dug at the bottom of the river. During the cold winter months, the eggs are slow to develop, and, according to their rules, the young hatch only when spring melts the forest streams completely. At first, they hide among the rocks at the bottom of the river, and the minnows are only half an inch long.

They don’t eat and live only on a large protein sac. It is not until this protein sac is absorbed that the minnows begin to go out into the stream to find small insects to eat.

It wasn’t much of a treasured item to the Newfoundland locals, except that Alan Wilson had gotten to the point where he was repulsed by the sight of seafood and didn’t try much of it, and now that he looked at it it actually tasted pretty good.

“It tastes just okay!” Princess Margaret commented in a salty manner.

Princess Margaret was already not surprised by the bounty of Allen Wilson’s logistics, Pamela Mountbatten always had her business partners from all over the world to ship over the local delicacies, it seemed like this had become a habit.

“That would be jealousy, jealousy of our relationship as a couple.” Alan Wilson said in his heart that he really didn’t think it was good enough to eat, he just tasted it, but at this time in his mind he silently recited his loyalty and retorted to Her Highness’s remarks.

He was now waiting for his wife to return in triumph, one day without seeing her would be a problem if he was separated for long. But as far as a few North Rhodesia company executives said, his wife’s days are still very boring, only after this part of the busy period, they have already indicated that they want to come back.

In the midst of mutual correspondence, the two of them also knew each other what they had been busy with lately.

After enjoying his wife’s love, Alan Wilson took out the Sir Ismay telegram that had just arrived, and a glance at it showed that the negotiations were still at the stage where every day there was no progress. At first it was Korea, now it was Vietnam.

The optimistic tone of the telegram was still evident, Sir Ismay said there was little problem in achieving consensus.

Alan Wilson just couldn’t understand, obviously all want to carry out the Munich conspiracy, and in public have to make a big deal about it, wasting so much time for every detail of the talks? But when one thinks about the fact that perhaps the work of the Foreign Office is of this nature, it can’t be helped.

In fact, this kind of time-consuming and long-lasting negotiations, each day is really boring, unlike the countless details that are brainstormed in public opinion, the two sides of the Geneva talks are just routinely talking to themselves every day, and then going back and analyzing each other’s words, and then repeating yesterday’s stance again on the next day, and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and finally feeling that there is no room to fight for it, and then moving on to the next small detail.

This is the reason why the Panmunjom negotiations have taken so long, compared to the former, the Geneva meeting to the present more than a month is not really long.

Of course some trends can be seen by now, about the durability of the Vietnam War. France was not wanting to get into that quagmire again, and likewise neither did any of the major powers. And Britain supported France, and Britain and France took a common position that eventually convinced the US that the current kit was best.

As for the Soviet Union, whose eyes are currently blind to tiny North Vietnam, then some trends involving the final outcome are unmistakably evident from this point on.

The President of the French Council of Ministers, Mendès Frans, then also rushed to Geneva to make France’s attitude clear. The United States, Britain and France, the two generations of the Group of Sixteen, put forward a final proposal for the independence of the four French colonies and said that this was the bottom line.

Things have come to a head Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov also felt that this was the final outcome of this talk.

Now all that was left was the roll out of a consensus, which might take a while, and in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the British Malayan colony and the Malay Peninsula, Alan Wilson, who had already received the news from Geneva, was taking a walk with his wife, who had made a grand entrance.

“I heard there was a lot of excitement here a while back, a lot of stars?” Pamela Mountbatten seemed to be very interested in this matter, and had just returned and kept asking questions.

“There is such a thing, it’s the colonial government that wants to create a heavyweight award that will be used to dismantle the resistance from the realm of ideas.” Alan Wilson, who had prepared for this in his mind, spoke about this topic endlessly.

“Oh, I was just asking.” Pamela Mountbatten laughed softly, she had already asked Princess Margaret, her own husband was quite honest and didn’t act too abnormally.

However, the matter that Vivian Li and Yachigusa Kaoru and Natsume hadn’t left yet, Pamela Mountbatten didn’t know about it, but she had heard from her husband’s mouth that the islands were sold, “Is this as a thank you?”

“For one thing, selling some of the islands eases the financial problems. Giving it to these big stars might attract over some rich people and increase the economic vitality of the colony.” Alan Wilson, who was grasping his wife’s small hand, let out a long breath, “Apart from these things lately, it’s left to help the foreign ministry in poking around, and I have a feeling it’s not over yet.”

“In what way? Isn’t it almost over?” Pamela Mountbatten tapped her head lightly as she said this, as if she had just remembered something, “By the way, there is no need for the French to be depressed, I have received news from the oil company that oil resources have been discovered in Algeria, and I believe this news will make the French happy.”

Alan Wilson opened his mouth for a long time before saying, “I don’t know if the Algerians are happy or not.”

“Why don’t you ask what the cost of extraction is like?” Pamela Mountbatten frowned slightly, feeling that her husband was missing the point, and spoke, “The French are interested in putting up a sum of money to take a larger share.”

“Let’s see!” Alan Wilson knew that his wife was thinking about how to maximize the benefits, but he was thinking about whether or not the local area was safe.

The war in Algeria was expected to become very brutal if the French didn’t learn from their mistakes, and Alan Wilson remembered that Algeria’s oil resources were only discovered after independence.

The discovery of oil resources at this time now would not be good for Algeria, which was not yet independent.

In later years, the United States of America on the oil and gas rich countries to fight are not spared blood, the French to think so, the Algerians will be out of luck.