Chapter 1210 Fruitful Results

To sum up, Kennedy's threat to use the United States' gold reserves to turn the pound into useless paper is nothing short of fart.

The British side, with a friendly attitude, did not directly say that Kennedy's threat was not worth mentioning, but simply ignored it.

Regarding the United States' obsession with gaining command of the nuclear weapons of Britain and France, Alan Wilson proposed a solution for the United States on behalf of the United Kingdom: increasing the size of the U.S. military stationed in Germany would reassure European allies.

As for the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe, and even the extravagant attempt to deploy nuclear weapons in the UK, it is completely unnecessary.

In front of U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Rab Butler emphasized that the only way to make up for Europe's insecurity was not to increase nuclear weapons. At the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear weapons were not a way to reassure European countries. , the method is to increase the number of hostages under the nose of the Soviet tank army in Europe, that is, the size of the US military stationed in Germany.

If the United States used "massive retaliation" to deter the Soviet Union from attacking the United States, this threat would be more credible to the Soviet Union. But if the same threat was used to deter the Soviet Union from attacking Western Europe, credibility would be reduced…

In order to enhance the credibility of this threat, in terms of conventional armed forces, the United States must station troops in Western Europe as reassurance. The United States must keep enough hostages in Europe to make European countries feel safe.

Rather than nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons will only increase uneasiness. This is also the reason why the French must study nuclear weapons and believe that the US nuclear umbrella is an empty talk.

"The United States has been protecting Europe." Dean Rusk flatly refused. "This will increase U.S. military spending."

"As for the fact that the United States has been protecting Europe, it may be because of the garrison of troops in individual countries. The U.S. military stationed in Germany is the largest overseas garrison of the U.S., but if the U.S. troops stationed in Japan and the U.S. troops stationed in South Korea are added together, the number of troops stationed in Europe exceeds that of the U.S. troops stationed in Europe. "The United States keeps saying it protects Europe, but the reality is that there are more U.S. troops in Asia than in Europe. How can this convince European countries of the sincerity of the United States in protecting Europe?"

Alan Wilson retorted calmly, "If the size of the US military stationed in Germany is larger than the combined size of the US military stationed in Japan and the US military in South Korea, I believe it will be more conducive to the security and stability of Europe."

One of the most interesting things during the Cold War was that although the United States pursued a strategy of confronting the Soviet Union with Europe as the core, in fact the main force of the US military was deployed in Asia for a long time. This had a huge impact on U.S. global military strategy.

For the Federal Republic of Germany, before the establishment of the Bundeswehr, NATO's military strategy was to abandon the entire territory of West Germany and form a defensive line along the Rhine, which was called a retreat strategy.

After West Germany established the Bundeswehr, NATO adopted a tripwire strategy, which was to retreat from the border area when the Soviet army came over and use tactical nuclear weapons to block and consume the Soviet army.

But whether it is a "retreat" strategy or a "tripwire" strategy, Germany is the most unlucky, because its homeland will become the largest battlefield between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

After pulling over France and pulling over Germany, the United Kingdom continued to use air chips. Militarily, the United Kingdom took European security as its criterion and refused the United States to increase the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe. It also rejected NATO's unified command nuclear strategy.

Instead, they hope that the United States will increase the size of the U.S. military stationed in Germany and use the lives of American soldiers to prove that the United States will protect Europe instead of adding more emotional nuclear bombs.

Economically, the United Kingdom hopes to open its market and increase its strength, so that the United Kingdom can help the United States stabilize the European defense line and contain the Soviet threat.

When Alan Wilson made conditions on behalf of the UK, it was an act of great righteousness. The United States should regard all the claims of the United States as nonsense. As for the claims of the United Kingdom, the United States should accept them in full.

During this period, all threats issued by the United States were refuted. Using gold reserves to short the pound was digging one's own grave. What was destroyed was the entire Breston Woods system.

If the United States wants to dismantle the colonial system, war is the best place for foreign expansion, as Lumumba is proof.

Both Britain and the United States admitted that this might be the most intense negotiation in their lives. Dulles, who had not shown up for several days, approached Allen Wilson and hoped that the permanent secretary would come forward to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States. "If your wife knows that you Maintained close personal relationships with Lana Turner and Joan Bennett."

"Yes, Cheryl is actually my daughter. What's wrong!" Alan Wilson said in an unscrupulous tone, "Lana loved me very much and gave birth to the child of love for me. Not only did I have sex with them We have a close relationship, and Miss Monroe even went to London to see me, but this time, as one of the negotiators, I had to live up to Miss Monroe's enthusiasm."

The relationship between Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe has become known to the American public with the Happy Birthday incident. Alan Wilson was not threatening, after all, everyone loved the sexy goddess, and he could understand.

If something unexpected happened to Kennedy one day, he would be physically available to help take care of Jacqueline, not to mention Marilyn Monroe.

Now, Marilyn Monroe was indeed in London, while Kennedy was in Nassau, so when Dulles used the information he had to secretly threaten Allen Wilson, Allen Wilson in turn reminded him that this matter was relatively underhanded. No mention of Marilyn Monroe.

"Allen, in fact, Britain and the United States still have many common interests." Dulles smiled dryly and changed the subject, "The two countries should stand together."

Gu Hu/span> "Indeed!" Alan Wilson nodded solemnly, "On the Brazilian iron ore matter, the Mountbatten Group and the United States Steel Company have had a very good cooperation. If the country's affairs can be like doing business, Just keep it simple.”

The Deputy Secretary-General told the other party that it was not that the two sides had no contact, in fact the contact was quite close.

Only on the issue of nuclear weapons, the differences between the two sides are still too great. Although Alan Wilson is a walking member of the British-American special relationship, he is only an affairs officer after all and cannot affect the government's understanding.

I'm very sorry, he really can't be of much help, "It's such a complicated network of relationships."

December 21st was the third day of the Anglo-American summit. After three days of talks in which both sides spoke their own words and had more differences than consensus, both the United Kingdom and the United States understood that the so-called unity event was impossible.

The two countries have very different understandings of many issues. Of course, what makes the United States especially unhappy is that after the failure of the Korean War, the United Kingdom actually doubted the combat effectiveness of the United States and used the Korean War as an example several times during talks. At the end, the Bay of Pigs operation was used as an example.

At this point, both parties admit that they really cannot convince the other party to consider the issue according to their own ideas.

"How do we tell success?" This vigorous summit meeting turned out to have such a result. Aiden couldn't help but wonder how to tell the media.

"The government has resolutely safeguarded international interests and defended Britain's status as a world power." Alan Wilson took a sip of wolfberry. He had been spitting a lot these days.

"There is no consensus on the right to use nuclear weapons and European security." Rab Butler asked.

"The United States recognizes that the core source of the strength of the free world." Alan Wilson thought as he thought, "It lies in the great strength of the European countries themselves. As the defender of Europe, the United States recognizes this."

"The economic receipts are the most troubling. The United States has not agreed to any of them." Eden wanted to use this meeting to explain the shortcomings of his tenure, which was lackluster compared to the Attlee cabinet. The economy has improved some results, but it has not been as expected.

"With the steady economic development, even Americans admit that Britain has completely escaped the haze of World War II." Alan Wilson said without thinking, "This way there will be no problem. In fact, we have nothing to ask of the United States. Anyway, As the production capacity of Malaya's industrial base increases, the operation of the Imperial System of Preferences is strengthening rather than weakening."

Of course, there are other issues. Regarding the British request for the United States to increase the size of the US military stationed in Germany, you can write a book about it when you go back, especially emphasizing the role of hostages.

Such emphasis will help Europe's overall demand for the United States. This time, the United Kingdom is negotiating with the United States on behalf of Europe. If the United States does not increase the size of the U.S. military stationed in Germany, the United Kingdom will not lose anything, but other European countries may not lose anything. It's like the UK is so open-minded.

After some polishing, the above is what the UK has achieved at this Anglo-US summit.

"But having said that, we have hidden all contradictions in public information." Rab Butler said honestly, "This is also to prevent the Soviet Union from misjudgment and thinking that the contradiction between Britain and the United States is great."

"The threat of the Soviet Union cannot be overstated, my minister!" Alan Wilson expressed his agreement with Rab Butler's words. Europe still needs the United States, not to mention the Soviet Union, even when facing Russia.

Even decades later, Alan Wilson wondered how many countries in Eastern Europe were anti-Russian.

Except for the three Baltic countries and Poland, they are really anti-Russian. Bulgaria is definitely not anti-Russian, with a pro-Russian ratio of over 60% all year round. Romania will be lower but not much lower.

Because the countries in Southeast Europe are, first of all, Slavs, and second, they are Slavs who were rescued from the Ottoman Empire by the Russian Empire. There is no doubt about the strength of NATO. What if one day NATO fails? Will Southeast European countries make a grand turn?

Not to mention these new countries that have joined NATO, Greece has already joined NATO and is not anti-Russian.

Hegemony can suppress the real thoughts of friends. What if one day the hegemony is no longer there? During the Cold War, Poland was so anti-Soviet, wasn't it as quiet as a chicken? It didn’t jump like this after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This summit meeting, which could be described as unhappy, has come to an end, and Kennedy has returned home. Eden is also packing his bags and preparing to go to Paris to talk to De Gaulle.