Chapter 97 The General Election

Allen Wilson didn’t expect anything to happen with Foltseva, the other party was a member of the Soviet delegation after all. Breaking through national taboos to have a little in-depth communication might put a great future on the line, which was not a wise choice for Allen Wilson, who was bent on progress.

And the other side is not good to fool, now Germany’s countries sub-occupation area is a wreck, the west side of the British, French and American occupation area suffered a big bombing, it looks even more miserable than the agricultural area in eastern Germany. He would like to show the Soviets the prosperity of capitalism, but at present there is really no such condition.

On the military plane to the British-occupied zone, there was a somewhat awkward atmosphere between the British representatives and those sent by the Soviet Union. Finally Alan Wilson had to say a few words to Foltseva, at least on the surface we are still allies, Japan has not surrendered before this is not conducive to the unity of the allies.

Arrived in the British-occupied areas of the Soviet representative of the first impression, is the British-occupied areas of the German soldiers, Foltseva dissatisfied said, “you rearmed the German soldiers?”

“To the point of not talking about arming, but only released prisoners of war to be organized into auxiliary forces to maintain the stability of the British-occupied zone.” Alan Wilson acknowledged Foltseva’s accusation, pulling the United States down the drain in the meantime, “Ordinary prisoners of war fought as they were ordered to, and the liquidation can’t be liquidated on them, and if the Soviets have some knowledge of the American-occupied zone, they will know that a large number of German officers in Bavaria have regained their freedom, and it’s only over there that they’re even more over the top. You can send your men to see ……”

The British Empire’s hostility to the Soviet Union was just a figure of fun, and the real anti-Soviets would have to say the Americans. Sure enough, under the foil of Allen Wilson’s more than lousy tactics, the Soviets’ hostility immediately shifted to the Americans.

Regarding the liquidation of German criminal organizations, Allen Wilson raised his hand in favor of the U.S.-occupied zone is the base camp of former high-ranking German officials, and Himmler’s beautiful daughter is also there. Let the Soviets bite the United States, the British Empire could take a friendly and neutral attitude and watch.

“The British Empire has fully complied with the Geneva Conventions, and as to whether and how much you Soviets and Americans will comply, each country is different, and we cannot interfere.” Alan Wilson was darkly sarcastic to Foltseva.

“Do you mean that we, the Soviet Union, deliberately mistreated the German prisoners of war and let them disappear naturally?” Foltsevar asked with a disgruntled sniff, “And you imperialist countries have your hands clean? What a joke.”

“To be precise, my words refer only to Britain, excluding the United States. It’s your freedom to make people disappear, but if we’re the ones operating it, the final decision will be made after a democratic discussion to come up with a resolution.” Allen Wilson raised an eyebrow, this was already British Occupation, he didn’t have to be a fence sitter like he was in Berlin.

The lives of the prisoners of war in the British Occupied Zone were guaranteed, which wasn’t a bad thing, preserving enough labor force, the British Occupied Zone had the foundation to take off in the first place, which would allow the UK to occupy a greater say in the future when the merger took place.

In terms of foundation, the British-occupied zone is still very advantageous, Germany’s important industrial zone, the most densely populated place, or the area with the most ports. By preempting the first recovery in the other occupied zones first, creating a siphon effect, Britain would have benefited greatly.

The siphon effect exists everywhere, even in South Asia, India is the richest country in South Asia for a long time, don’t look at the eyes of the people in other places, India is poor, but India around the Pakistan Bangladesh, Nepal, each are poorer than India.

The siphon effect once occupied first hand later it is difficult to catch up. Not to mention the British-occupied area itself is the most populous part of Germany’s essence, once the first to get rid of the depression, can have an impact on the United States-occupied area and French-occupied area. When the time comes, Britain will also be in a better position to negotiate with the United States on the German issue.

It was still slightly too early to think about this, and Allen Wilson brought Foltseva and the other Soviet representatives to the British Command for identification.

Because Montgomery was enjoying the welcome and applause in various European countries, he was only a nominal head of the British Occupation until the celebrations were over, and the specific duties of the British Army Command were the responsibility of Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks.

Alan Wilson last time he came to Hamburg, and Ronald Weeks Lieutenant General met, the other party still retains the impression, learned of the purpose of the visit questioned, “is the Soviets? Come to receive a German merchant marine convoy?”

“I’m afraid so!” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders helplessly, “I just came over to assist the Soviets in their takeover efforts, it was the American side that pressured us to exchange the German fleet for concessions from the Soviet Union on some of the issues.”

“The Americans just don’t do good things.” Ronald Weeks didn’t look very pleasant either when he heard that. Just because everyone was wary of the Soviets didn’t mean that over here the United States, Britain, and France were all in one piece. There was as much nastiness as there should be, it just didn’t show so obviously.

“There’s no way around it, the Soviet Union is the obvious enemy, the US is the dubious ally, and both have our vast British possessions on their minds.” Allen Wilson said bad things about the United States as well as he saw fit, for the sake of the future of the British Empire, he also had to make a gleeful appearance, the German flotilla into the hands of the Soviets.

Now Allen Wilson has not in Potsdam when so resistant, in fact, the German fleet to stay, but also can only play the role of icing on the cake, give the Soviets the same benefits.

Britain’s own shipbuilding industry is well developed, Germany lost these merchant ships, but the demand for Germany as a whole is still there. It might be a boon to the British shipbuilding industry as well, and it might even give Britain deeper control over the British-occupied territories.

Now Britain survives eighteen million tons of fleet, even if there is no German fleet to replenish, the same can speak of colonial products around the world transported to Europe, and does not delay the reconstruction of Europe.

For the citizens of Britain, the first post-war election was more important than the European side. The glory of the British Empire was important, but the series of consequences brought about by the war could not be diluted by the glory of the British Empire alone.

At the same time that Alan Wilson was leading the Soviets to point fingers at the German flotilla, it was also the same time that Prime Minister Churchill was at the Potsdam Conference like an armchair but unable to do anything about it. The first post-war general election in Britain officially kicked off, with the ruling Conservative Party, which had led the British Empire to victory in World War II, on one side, and the Labor Party, led by Clement Airdrie, on the other.

Clement Airdrie challenged Churchill, who was at the Potsdam Conference, in his advocacy of restoring happiness to British citizens and nationalizing important industries, and on July 5, the first post-war general election began.