Chapter 1034 Americans Are Too Naive

"The idea is very beautiful." Fortseva was silent for a moment as if to judge the authenticity of her lover's words, and then said, "Except for other places, I don't believe that the United States is not interested in such an important golden waterway as the Strait of Malacca."

"Even if the relationship between Britain and the United States is bad, they will not go to war, especially considering the existence of the Soviet Union." Alan Wilson shrugged and said with a smile, "The main pressure comes from the economy. Fortunately, we have escaped from the quagmire of World War II and started from the war. Until now, 7 million square kilometers of land have escaped British control, and there are still 6 million square kilometers left. There are still independent colonies, but there are several key areas that must be preserved. For the sake of Malay For the safety of this industrial base in Asia, let alone doing business with the Soviet Union, even if it is doing business with aliens, I will do the same."

After comprehensive consideration, this is the only British colony suitable for sharing defense responsibilities.

Although British East Africa was larger in area, it relied on the black uncles in East Africa? Although he also admitted that black people in East Africa are more reliable than their counterparts in West Africa, the risks are still huge and time is too precious for Britain.

As for the remaining reasons, he could not reveal them to Fortseva. He had no interest in being a prophet in front of senior Soviet officials, saying that the deterioration of the situation in Vietnam would definitely lead to the end of the United States.

That night, the two only talked about the Belgian Congo. The Belgian Congo was very important as Alan Wilson said.

But compared with Britain’s grand plan of sucking blood from Africa for ten or eight years, it is not important.

The reason has been mentioned more than once. The interlocking situation in the Cold War was beneficial to the colonial countries.

Even without Lubumbashi, Congo's rich minerals would still increase the Soviet Union's strength.

But the stability of Northern Rhodesia will also increase the strength of the United Kingdom. Northern Rhodesia will be loyal to the Queen with peace of mind, and Southern Rhodesia, Botswana and other places will also develop in a direction conducive to the United Kingdom.

Whenever he thinks of the end in which Britain and all its territories were completely lost, Alan Wilson firmly believes that no matter who he unites with, it will not be worse than history. Britain in future generations has fallen to the bottom, no matter what it does now. In salvation.

"Congo." Fortseva also whispered. Even if the south of Lubumbashi is lost, the remaining Congo is still the center of Africa with more than two million square kilometers. If she really helps the Soviet Union get it, it will be much easier for the Soviet Union to implement its African strategy, and she will also benefit.

The Soviet Union had an African strategy, and the main promoter of the African strategy was Khrushchev himself. Taking advantage of the disintegration of the colonial system in Africa, Khrushchev was keen to promote a "peaceful transition to the Soviet system" and was bent on carrying out reforms in Africa. Come up with several examples of peaceful transition. To this end, Khrushchev focused on a few countries in North and West Africa and worked hard. The main policies adopted are: providing international diplomatic and economic support, plus some necessary weapons assistance.

Of course, it is true that there are no results at present. North Africa is what Khrushchev values ​​most, but Britain and France cover each other to prevent the Soviet Union from taking advantage of the loopholes. The Soviet Union's assistance to Algeria was intercepted by the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet.

Penetration into the British sphere of influence was also unsuccessful. Alan Wilson could not wait to go to Arab countries every year. He concentrated on hiding his merits and fame, giving all his achievements to the local royal family, and using his hegemony of public opinion to sing praises to the monarch every day.

Therefore, so far, the Soviet Union's penetration into the British and French spheres of influence has not achieved particularly significant results. The Arab countries have only captured Syria, and Africa has not made any achievements.

When the Soviet Union became really powerful, it had to wait for Brezhnev to come to power and formulate two strategies: the world's oil depots and the world's mines. The former refers to the Middle East and the latter refers to South Africa. Even if it cannot win, We must also prevent these two places from being exploited by the free world. When the United States fell into the predicament of the Vietnam War and domestic neo-isolationism emerged, the Soviet Union expanded aggressively in Africa.

At that time, the Soviet Union made extensive contacts with African countries and established formal diplomatic relations or bilateral relations with almost all independent African countries.

However, although the Brezhnev period made great progress in the Middle East, it failed to capture Saudi Arabia, the largest oil depot.

The two places with the richest mineral resources in Africa, South Africa has always been a member of the free world, and Congo has finally made no progress because it missed the opportunity. But now, Alan Wilson is willing to give Fortseva a big gift. One of the large mines can be given to the Soviet Union, although not all of it, because some of it still needs to be digested by Northern Rhodesia.

Of course, if the Soviet Union successfully established its influence in Africa in the Belgian Congo, would the Angola War also capture South Africa? This question is too far away. Alan Wilson cannot care about it now. He can only try his best at this stage. Preserve Britain's interests and leave the rest for later. Isn't diplomacy all about adapting to circumstances?

He can now communicate secretly with the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union becomes aggressive, Britain and the United States can also show unparalleled unity. This is what Britain has done for the past nine hundred years.

"Ekaterina, you just need to remember one thing." Alan Wilson brought Fortseva's thoughts back, "When Lumumba calls for help and takes action, we don't like independent leaders. According to your words It is called neocolonialism, and the colonies are only allowed to be independent in name. Leaders like Lumumba who want independence will definitely be suppressed, but they will not necessarily die. But as long as Lumumba asks for help from the Soviet Union, his death date almost there."

"Otherwise, the Soviet Union will ignore Lumumba's request for help and adopt a supportive attitude. Even if the armed personnel arrive in Kinshasa secretly, they must ensure Lumumba's safety. Otherwise, if Lumumba dies, Congo will fall to the United States. In hand."

"Our leaders are sometimes too idealistic." Fortseva used idealistic to describe Khrushchev. She would never dare to say this in the Soviet Union, but she said it in front of an Englishman. .

"You need a reason, right?" Alan Wilson hesitated for a moment. "The first commotion in Africa was on the British Gold Coast. Kwame Nkrumah's plane disappeared, right? It was me who took action. This reason is enough. It’s not enough. If Kwame Nkrumah can disappear, so can Lumumba.”

"Did you do it?" Fortseva's eyes were full of shock. Was the murderer her own man? Bah, what about her own man? She has a husband who is obviously an imperialist.

"Are you going to arrest me?" Alan Wilson tilted his head and asked with a low confidence, "Ekaterina, I have also helped you a lot. This time the Congo incident is successful, your position will be more stable. And I As a reminder, it is best to have Brezhnev’s support, but with his personality he will only support you after your proposal, so you have to be the first to do it.”

The Cultural Czar's heart was touched. The person who cared about her the most in her life turned out to be a foreigner. When the man's hand pressed her head down, she obediently put down her pride as the Cultural Czar.

"Huh..." The permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an ecstatic look on his face held his head high. With more than two million square kilometers of land, the Soviet Union would not lose if the cultural czar obeyed.

"I'll come back tomorrow." Late at night, Furtseva heard this sentence after taking her coat and putting it on Ellen Wilson.

There is a saying that if you want to escape from this Shura field, you have to change your job.

Alan Wilson finally remembered that this was a line from a movie called Very Rich, but it was very much like Britain today.

In order for Great Britain to have the best chance of living a second life, he sold out the colonies, especially the colonies of other countries, without any hesitation. The next night, he talked with the Cultural Czar about Italy and In Turkey, the U.S. nuclear missile base has developed. When I asked Furtseva about her response, she naturally received no answer.

A day later, the topic turned to whether India, the jewel of the British Empire, was worth supporting. He was an expert on this. “Whether the Soviet Union supports India or not, the innate self-confidence of Indians will not be affected in the slightest. "

Although the real identity is that the enemy and we are two extremes and cannot coexist peacefully, but after the two-phase verification, Fortseva feels that she has gained a lot. This is of course. Ai Zhongtang has almost been hollowed out by the cultural tsar, just to see if others are good. It's easy to come here before gritting your teeth and persisting.

The only time for the Belgian Congo to take action is to wait for Lumumba to ask for help from the Soviet Union. Of course, before that, Northern Rhodesia must formally annex Lubumbashi's land.

In London, the capital of the United Kingdom, the chorus stage of the Red Flag Song and Dance Troupe was sold out, and the visiting Soviet actors were also featured in British newspapers.

With her beautiful image, Fortseva expressed her friendly attitude at British universities. At the same time, British Ambassador to the United States Armstrong informed via telegram that Washington was extremely concerned about the Soviet Union's visit.

“What the United States should be concerned about is Mossadegh’s pro-Soviet element.” At No. 10 Downing Street, Alan Wilson curled his lips and shouted, “Instead of talking such useless nonsense, the United States They mistakenly believed that Mossadegh could be won over, but instead sided with him. If the oil crisis is finally resolved, it must end with the lives of Mossadegh's family."

In front of Alan Wilson, even Macmillan, whose mother is American, no longer seems so pro-American.

"But the attitude of the United States seems to have not changed, and it has not expressed its intention to support the UK in handling the Iranian oil crisis." Macmillan held the telegram. Since he did not support it, he was opposed.

"Americans are naive and don't understand diplomacy as thoroughly as we do." Alan Wilson sighed and changed his attitude mellowly, showing his flexible moral bottom line. "If you still have wrong views, then after the Soviet cultural delegation leaves, After that, we formally prepared for the Six-Party Talks, holding two meetings in the first and second half of each year. Without clear results, Iran’s blockade can’t be lifted.”

"If the United States still has such an ambiguous attitude one week after the Soviet delegation left London, then we will release the news of preparations for the six-party talks." Prime Minister Eden said decisively, "Although we don't want to do this, we have no choice. choose."