Chapter 1070 The Suspicious Frenchman

"Is there a new mission?" Pokina asked as soon as the man put down the phone, "To deal with the Soviet aerospace threat?"

"If the cabinet knows that there are two spies next to me, it will definitely regret making this call." Alan Wilson reached out and touched Bokina's cheek, "I lost a West Berlin on you."

"Do you still remember this?" Anna next to her said with a look of aggrieved face, "Isn't it just West Berlin? It's not your British place."

"Such an understatement really has the attitude of the world's largest territorial country." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said it easily. It was a semi-international city with a population of more than two million.

What now? In a ghost town with more than 10,000 troops stationed there, Alan Wilson didn't know if the troops stationed by Britain, the United States and France would have nightmares. Anyway, if he had a choice, he would definitely not go to West Berlin again even once.

But today, he is not afraid of the dragoon sisters betraying him again, unless the sisters' belief in evil has reached the point where they are willing to sacrifice their lives. Alan Wilson does not deny that there are such people, but such people are indeed not There are many, especially women.

"I don't deny that the Soviet Union is indeed ahead in the aerospace field, but the United States is not easy to deal with. With the current economic situation and remaining power of the United Kingdom, it is not impossible to follow up. But there are so many areas of competition. If the United States and Sulin each In any confrontation, the UK will have to follow up. We do not have such great capabilities, so we must integrate European power."

On an industrial basis, Europe is still strong, and its traditional industrial capabilities are still higher than those of the United States. But this so-called industrial capacity is distributed in various countries and is not concentrated in the UK.

Today, the UK is following suit in the aerospace competition. Should the Air Force follow suit? Should the Navy follow suit? How can the UK have the national strength to follow up? The United States has built a strategic bomber that is more expensive than the same amount of gold. Will the United Kingdom also build one?

As long as the UK proves that it has this kind of thing, the current three-V bombers are enough, and there is no need to continue to follow up.

"Will the United States agree to integrate European countries?" Anna was a little worried. "The United States' new border policy is to treat Europe as a defense line that obeys the United States. Even we can see this."

"Of course I can see it, but I can only take one step at a time." Alan Wilson did not say much about this topic.

The fact is that he really doesn't have much to do. Even though the income of British citizens is the same as that of the United States, the national strength is still only one-third of the United States. National strength has little to do with per capita. What matters is the total amount.

The UK has Malaya as its production base.

Does the United States still have Japan in its hands? Without a good opportunity to weaken the United States, the United States is still invincible to Britain.

At the end of 1960, Alan Wilson left London again and went to Paris for negotiations, nominally to persuade France to re-understand NATO, because France had indeed divested many of the rights to use NATO military facilities in France.

But secretly, he came to talk to the French. What do the French think about the establishment of the European Space Agency?

France did build a space center in the desert of Algeria, called the Hamakil Launch Center. However, Algeria is not yet safe, and the space center has not been used much.

At this time, Britain's aerospace technology is still stronger than France, firmly ranking third in the world. The space center in Australia was established very early and is already in operation.

But Alan Wilson did not think that this matter would definitely succeed. De Gaulle did not trust either Britain or the United States.

It just shows that he distrusts the United States even more. He will not hand over the dominance of European aerospace to the United Kingdom. After all, competition in the aerospace field is now related to the face of a country. It is difficult to trust a suspicious ally in this matter.

But even so, the plan he proposed on behalf of the UK is still full of sincerity, and the development of the European aerospace industry has embarked on a path of cooperative development. This is a path of diversity and unity, demonstrating the synergy of complementary advantages, unity and cooperation among European countries.

The European aerospace industry generally has a diverse structure: aerospace technology and industrial strength are evenly distributed at the three levels of the country, intergovernmental international organizations and the European Community. Among them, the UK's comprehensive aerospace strength is in a leading position, representing the cutting-edge level of European countries' aerospace technology; as an intergovernmental international organization, the European Space Agency, however, European aerospace is one: the European Space Agency is like the leader among them, combining different The melody is organized into a harmonious movement.

In order to reflect the strengths of different European countries and take into account everyone's interests, the main agencies of the Space Agency are evenly distributed among several European countries. Different countries play different roles in different considerations. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and Italy are all among them, and they look like they want Europe to be united and independent.

This plan was actually closer to reality when it was proposed by the French, but when it was proposed by Alan Wilson? It's like I got the wrong script.

De Gaulle's government was quick to discuss the establishment of the European Space Agency over an unsolicited olive branch from a dubious ally.

"The British expressed that they can open the Wumera launch site to serve European countries." Georges Pidour exchanged views with Jean Monnet on this issue.

Jean Monnet is an important supporter of the European integration process. Of course, his support is useless. De Gaulle is not very supportive. De Gaulle himself meant to turn the European Community into an institution for France to lead Europe.

This is the same as Alan Wilson's belief that the European Community should be led by Britain. As for European integration, he is not really concerned about it.

Jean Monnet is different. In the original history, Jean Monnet should have been the first Speaker of the European Parliament, but now there is Britain in the European Community, and Britain's economic strength is far stronger than France, so naturally There will be no European Parliament.

In this regard, Jean Monnet is not dissatisfied with the United Kingdom. He feels that the United Kingdom is not really leading Europe towards unity. This suspicion is of course true, but now that the United Kingdom is in the European Community, it is easy to send God away. It's difficult, even Jean Monnet can't kick Britain out. He can't do it, and France can't do it either.

"The so-called opening of the Wumera launch site by the UK is just a move to share the cost of operating the launch site. Who doesn't know the relationship between Australia and the UK? If the time comes to exclude us, it will not be a matter of London saying a word, Canberra will Are you going to refuse orders from London? Not at all!"

Jean Monnet expressed pessimism about this, asking Georges Pidour, "What does Charles think?"

"The president is not optimistic either. He feels that this seemingly comprehensive plan has hidden secrets." George Pidour did not hide it. "We should deal with any plan proposed by the United Kingdom with caution. No one knows the United Kingdom better than us." How cunning people can be.”

"We still don't know what the UK's views on Europe are. The UK is obviously relying on the Commonwealth and the European Community for development. It has to be said that they see further than we do, maybe before the independence of British India, or even before the war. Before it is over, a place has been chosen that can support the British. It has supported Malaya for many years, and now there is a trend of revival."

Jean Monet sighed, and today he must admit that Britain's strategic vision is indeed higher than France's. It seems that the situation after the world war has been foreseen and the layout has been started directly.

However, it is not certain whether this is a good thing for France, because Britain has an ambiguous attitude towards the Commonwealth and the European Community. It's hard to say which one I prefer.

"That's why we must do our best to preserve Algeria." Georges Pidour looked serious. "Otherwise, France will still be subject to the existence of the United Kingdom for a long time. Only when we become stronger can we offset the British presence in the European Community. influence.”

If Algeria was an option for France before, but now that Britain has stabilized its decline, retaining Algeria has become a must for France.

It is not that we should, but that we must keep Algeria. Only in this way can we maintain France's foundation as a great power.

Alan Wilson still didn't know that the two French big shots had such high regard for Britain's so-called strategic vision.

Without its own existence, Britain has Mao's strategic vision. After the end of World War II, it was as if it had lost its soul. If it were not for itself, it would now be in the embarrassing situation of being shut out of the European Community by France, and almost being squeezed out of Europe by Italy economically. The top three still have strategic vision?

"What are you doing?" Hedy Lamarr pushed the door open and angrily scolded the man who had done something inappropriate.

"What are you doing? I finally came here." Alan Wilson looked up from Ingrid Bergman's warm embrace, looking very unhappy. What did he do? Not even pro-Europeans?

"It's so hard to come here? Just to do this kind of thing?" Hedy Lamarr glanced sideways at Ingrid Bergman, whose face was flushed. Wasn't it just that she had two extra pieces of meat on her chest? Is it so attractive?

"He wanted to relax and relieve the psychological pressure." Ingrid Bergman was dissatisfied and asked Hedy Lamarr to take care of the overall situation. She finally came here and didn't make her angry.

This trip to France was not considered a success, and Alan Wilson had to admit that not only did he not achieve a win-win attempt this time, it was simply a lose-lose. This was the first time since he had balanced public and private matters. Fortunately, his two daughters were very obedient and allowed him to experience the warmth of family.

De Gaulle's government politely rejected the European Space Agency plan, saying there were still some details that needed careful consideration.

Alan Wilson's job back in London became assessing why France said no. And whether there is a possibility of France surrendering to the Communist Party, "I believe President de Gaulle would not do this. Aren't the previous visits between the two countries very friendly?"

When de Gaulle visited Britain, Alan Wilson was in Africa, but he also heard about the grand welcome ceremony in Britain, and the welcoming British citizens crowded Waterloo Bridge.