Chapter 92 The Great Killer
“Once the Polish government-in-exile people return to Poland, is it not up to you Soviets to say whether they go to Siberia to build socialism or not, and then it will have nothing to do with us.” Otherwise it wouldn’t have been agreed to exchange Greece for Poland, something Allen Wilson was fully aware of having been instructed by the Cabinet Secretary before coming here.
Britain recognized that Poland was owned by the Soviet Union, but keeping the Polish government-in-exile in London was the equivalent of an opposition in the hands of an adversary, which could be very different from the Yugoslav problem that had just arisen.
The difference was that Poland would certainly have been garrisoned by the Soviet Red Army, whereas Yugoslavia was still in the hands of Tito, the leader who had started the war, and the Soviet Union certainly did not want to have an opposition in the hands of its rivals in a country that was completely under its control.
And with Yugoslavia now falling into the category of a dubious ally for the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was happy to have such a country with an opposition on the opposing side that could only be relied upon to maintain its own security.
“Even so, Mr. Allen, don’t you think that the sincerity of the British side is still insufficient?” Foltseva was not confused by Allen Wilson’s words, as long as it is a country, the words are similar, asked rhetorically, “The war against Japan is the most expected thing for the United States, the United Kingdom has taken the initiative to be willing to help, and even for this reason to put the Polish government-in-exile on the negotiation table, in the end, why is it?”
I didn’t realize that I had already offered to let the Poles go to Siberia to plant potatoes, and still couldn’t impress the woman in front of me.
Still lionizing her? Alan Wilson sighed in his heart, he still underestimated the greed of the Soviets, opening his mouth to ask a rhetorical question to rhetorical question, “Ms. Foltseva, the Soviet Union still has any requirements can be straightforward.”
“We expect to get the German flotilla reparations, otherwise we Soviet Union do not have the sea capacity to do landing, this request is not excessive, right? Japan is an island nation, isn’t it?” Foltseva looked levelly at Alan Wilson, not feeling that her request was excessive.
“A German flotilla to fight in Japan? This reminds me of the Russo-Japanese War, does the Soviet Union want to sail for two hundred and twenty days before landing in Japan? I’ll be honest, by the time the Soviet Union reaches Japan, Japan will have already surrendered. With my knowledge of the Americans, the Americans, with the advantage of dominating the navy and air force, would not share even one square meter of land with the Soviet Union by then.” Alan Wilson analyzed unhurriedly, “And the Soviet Union doesn’t have the slightest possibility of countering, the navy is too weak.”
“Don’t look at me with skepticism, Truman has just come to power and desperately needs to make some achievements, it’s true that he’s turning to the USSR for help now, and once he realizes that he doesn’t need the USSR’s help anymore and flips his face, that’s also true. A president like this, who has just come to power, or who succeeded to the presidency as vice president, but who lacks prestige himself, is simply unpredictable in his behavior. As I’m sure you know, Ms. Foltseva, the U.S. Secretary of State did not show up for this important meeting.”
“In fact, on June 27th, the former Secretary of State was just reassigned, and really only had to wait a few days. The new Secretary of State would have taken office, but Truman couldn’t wait to come to Berlin, doesn’t this prove that he desperately needs to accumulate honors?”
Have come to such a time, Allen Wilson could not care less about what the special relationship between Britain and the United States, as long as it is possible for the British Empire to get a respite, he cared about the United States to die? Anyway, the U.S. mainland is not damaged by the war, the family is big enough to carry the reckoning.
Claiming that I do not speak a word of Russian Allen Wilson, chattering to Foltsevar big talk, the latter at first can still fight over, turned to noon.
Eat a little something Allen Wilson, seems to replenish a bit of energy, Foltseva but found that this negotiation of the whole high energy has just begun. In order to get the Soviet Union to agree to start fighting against Japan right away, Allen Wilson had sold the United States short, so to speak.
Before coming Edward Bridges, also gave Allen Wilson a certain degree of authorization. For example, it can be promised to the Soviets, the use of British sea power in Asia, to complete the landing operation.
In fact, even if this, Edward Bridges felt that coupled with the betrayal of the Polish government-in-exile, the Soviets are not necessarily agreed, because this is, after all, to put their lives on the line in the war, not a child’s playground, the war is to die.
By virtue of the negotiations to get the Soviets to conduct a landing battle, which the Soviet Union was not supposed to be good at, there was really not much hope.
On the evening of June 29, in the Séchirinhof Palace, Alan Wilson reported in a moderate voice on the course of the day’s backroom maneuvers.
Almost simultaneously, Foltseva did something not unlike Allen Wilson, reporting on Stalin himself, and referring to Allen Wilson’s high-energy chatter throughout the day after noon.
Hearing that Britain was prepared to make the Polish government-in-exile conditional, Stalin acted noncommittal.
Upon hearing the suspicions about the massacre of the Katyn Poles, Stalin’s mouth twitched slightly, and in his heart he felt that the aftermath of this matter should still be dealt with cleanly, and that no evidence should be allowed to remain in the world to be used by the enemy for their own purposes.
When he heard Britain’s offer that it could repatriate the Yugoslavs, Stalin finally couldn’t help but smile, he simply didn’t want those opponents to return to Yugoslavia, and asked, “Any other interesting suggestions, speak slowly, I’m not in a hurry.”
“Yes, Comrade Stalin, this man really said a lot of things, I’ll be sure to give a full report.” Foltseva, as she recalled, began to repeat the conversation that had been high energy throughout since noon.
“The only world power today that has not suffered a single bit of damage is the United States itself, which now has great economic and military power.” With Foltseva’s words, Stalin made a gesture of listening sideways, his mind judging the veracity of these statements.
“The United States is perfectly capable of utilizing its vast economic power to dominate the reconstruction of Europe, something that neither the other countries nor Britain and France have the ability to resist, economic reconstruction inevitably brings with it military and political clout, and although this is only a hypothetical, it is not something the Soviet Union would like to see.”
“The Soviet Union shouldn’t want Britain and France to weaken too much, once Britain and France weaken to the point where they have no resistance in the face of the United States and end up in a subordinate position, no matter whether in the end Britain and France are willing or unwilling to do so, in the end, they will inevitably become part of the blockade of the Soviet Union.”
This is very possible! Although it was only a hypothesis, Stalin, outwardly motionless, recognized the idea.
Foltseva concluded, “Comrade Stalin, before he left, he said that the United States had a never-before-seen weapon in its final stages, and that if the Soviet Union did not respond now, when this weapon was successfully developed, the Soviet Union would lose all its bargaining capital, which in my opinion is blackmail.”
Stalin’s gaze froze, a needle fell in the middle of the room, and it was only when Foltseva became a little uneasy that he finally heard Stalin’s command, “All that has been said today will always remain a secret, Comrade Foltseva.”