Chapter 1328 There Is a Mole in the Free World

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"Intelligence about Kosygin's reforms in Moscow." Richard White, the head of MI6, arrived at the Cabinet Office and took out the information Alan Wilson needed.

"Oh, thank you. Let's see what good stuff our enemies have come up with. Maybe we can learn from it." Alan Wilson smiled and expressed his gratitude, then looked very interested and pointed to the corner. , "There's coffee over there, Richard, just make it yourself."

"Thank you!" Richard White is no stranger to having a water dispenser in the most authoritative office. It also has a heating function and is very novel in design.

Of course, this kind of water dispenser was designed by him. It was often used in school in his previous life. He has applied for a patent in the UK and has now become a mass product in the world of marketing. If hair loss rates in the UK are going down, we have this supreme authority to thank.

"Secretary-General, you have always been concerned about the trends in the Soviet Union." Richard White took the coffee and helped himself to enough food and clothing, and did not forget to talk to his immediate boss.

"For such a powerful country, it would be a dereliction of duty for us not to care about it." Alan Wilson flipped through the documents. In fact, the reputation of the Soviet Union in this era was still good.

Of course, black spots exist and have been talked about over and over again, but they are innocuous. The most basic reason is that the Soviet Union is still alive.

If the Soviet Union were to perish in a flash tomorrow, we in the free world would be rude, and the innocuous black spots would inevitably turn into irreversible black spots. There is a TV series that says, "Why don't we support Afghanistan, because the Soviet Union is too strong."

The difference in national power resulted in treatment. Both Britain and the United States hated the Soviet Union, but as long as the Soviet Union said it wanted to relax, Britain and the United States would definitely say that relaxation was correct and avoid direct confrontation with the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviet Union was not able to de-escalate. At least it was impossible for the Soviet Union to stop problematic countries in the same camp, such as a certain major country that had been disobeying orders.

At present, the relationship between a certain major country and France, a problem country in the free world camp, is advancing by leaps and bounds, and there seems to be a trend of convergence. Especially lately.

Take the Vietnam War as an example. Although the UK did not send troops, it still supported the United States at the diplomatic level. Are you looking at French President de Gaulle's attitude towards Vietnam? De Gaulle delivered a speech strongly condemning the US aggression in Vietnam, and then urgently summoned former French Prime Minister Edgar Faure to visit various countries to explain France's position.

France's blatant opposition to the United States' Vietnam policy was summed up in one sentence in the eyes of Washington. France was opposing the United States in all fields and at all levels.

The Soviet Union is undergoing reforms. This is a fact that can be clearly seen from public channels. The UK is also very concerned about this matter and can learn from each other's strengths. What's more, it is now a Labor government and is also carrying out some nationalization initiatives, such as the water supply that is now being steadily advanced. Nationalization of the system.

After Brezhnev came to power, he made clear demands to the Soviet economic community, hoping that they would start discussions on how to revitalize the Soviet economy. With Brezhnev's support, the Soviet economic circle responded enthusiastically, the most prominent of which was Lisichkin's article "Proposed Revisions of Life". The article believes that it is extremely unreasonable to regard planned economy as the only means of national economic development. Only by combining planning with the market can sustainable economic development be achieved.

Just combine planning with the market? You see, isn’t this similar to the way we combined the advantages of the two systems during the Attlee period?

With the support of Brezhnev, Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers Kosygin began the economic reform of the Soviet Union. The Soviet economic reform presided over by Kosygin has been in full swing in the Soviet Union. It is reported that at that time, a total of 43,000 enterprises across the country adopted the New Economic Policy, accounting for 94% of the total industrial output value of the Soviet Union, which was not insignificant.

The autonomy of enterprises in using funds for large-scale production also established enterprise funds for their own disposal. On the other hand, the economic reforms presided over by Kosygin allowed the reform of the salary system of enterprise members,

Provide material satisfaction to corporate members. And a completely accounting policy that is completely close to the market.

Of course, if the Soviet Union did this kind of thing, it would be called Soviet revisionism, but if it were done by another country, it would be different. It would be called reform and opening up. The so-called double standards are everywhere.

"Can we find ways to create new economic growth points in Eastern Europe?" Alan Wilson had to frown. The British economy has once again reached a bottleneck. The colonies in hand that are worth developing have already been developed, and the thankless future will not change.

Once the economic growth is insufficient, you will know that the economic problem is the root cause if you look at how hard former Prime Minister Eden worked on diplomacy and the voters did not buy it. When Harold Wilson came to power, he had to focus on the economic card. After all, the status of a world power cannot be eaten by others.

This time Kosygin's reform was obviously an opportunity. Alan Wilson told Richard White, "There is still a lack of information on the economic exchanges between Italy and the Soviet Union in recent years."

"I'll have someone send it over right away." Richard White nodded. The economic exchanges between Italy and the Soviet Union are an open fact, but what does the supreme authority want from this?

Naturally, it emphasizes the role of expanding economic ties with the Soviet Union. If Britain wants to go further, it must try to return to its traditional sources of raw materials, such as Eastern Europe.

The current situation is very simple. France and the Soviet bloc are not clear about it. Italy and the Soviet bloc are secretly communicating. The Germans have not made any move, but Alan Wilson knows that the Germans will soon promote the Eastern Policy, because Western Europe has begun to develop on its own. Peaked.

The per capita incomes of European countries and the UK are getting closer and closer, and the UK cannot sit aside and watch indifferently.

This problem can't be solved by relying on nationalization alone. Furthermore, the Soviet Union has begun to reform. Can't Britain achieve a win-win situation through the Soviet Union's reforms?

Italy did not dare to provide technical equipment to the Soviet Union in a big way. They kept the cooperation between the two parties within a controllable range. The cooperation between the two parties was mainly concentrated in the field of civil industry. Italy exported refrigerators, cars, steel pipes and other products to the Soviet Union, and transferred part of its production technology to the Soviet Union, in exchange for huge amounts of foreign exchange and abundant resources.

The most typical one is the Soviet automobile industry. It can be said that most of the Soviet automobile industry is due to Italy. The most famous Lada car prototype in the Soviet Union is the Italian Fiat car. In return, the Soviet Union not only paid large sums of real money to Italy and purchased a large amount of goods and technology from Italy, but also exported oil, natural gas and other resources to Italy at preferential prices.

France is not far behind in this regard. Many technical standards in the Soviet Union are French. With these two countries competing to sell out the free world, the UK will just watch?

"Of course we want to rebuild economic and trade relations." Harold Wilson pondered for a moment. "Does Kosygin's reform mean that the Soviet Union has started to turn to some extent?"

"This cannot be judged immediately, but France and Italy continue to export technology to the Soviet Union. In recent years, the country's development speed has been approaching that of the United Kingdom. It would be foolish for us not to have any movement." Faced with the Prime Minister's question, Alan Wilson answered , "It is a pity that we do not have a Xiangjiang in the Soviet Union, but there are not without roundabout ways. For example, through Finland, the Prime Minister also knows that Finland is very close to Leningrad, the economic center of the Soviet Union. We can cooperate with Finland to Establish economic and trade relations in the economic center of the Soviet Union.”

"The problem now is the United States. In fact, we all know that the United States also contained the United Kingdom after the war. For a period of time, we had a very hard time. But after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the degree of containment seemed to be smaller, and since Charles de Gaulle After coming to power, the target of the United States' containment in the free world has obviously turned to France. Currently, France and the United States are quarreling over the issue of the US dollar. In this case, there may be a solution."

Harold Wilson was very interested in any method. Of course, he couldn't make it too obvious. After all, this was an internal struggle in the free world...

"It is a fact that France and Italy have developed economic and trade relations with the Soviet Union. We use this to accuse the two countries and see how the Americans react. If the United States adopts a default attitude, there is no reason for the United States to ignore France and Italy and continue to fight with the United Kingdom alone. ”

Taking advantage of the current discord between France and the United States, and adding to the fire, if the United States appeases at this time, the United Kingdom will be welcome, and the United Kingdom will also want the Eastern European market. The UK is not exaggerating. France and Italy can provide civilian technology, and the UK is not unable to provide it.

Harold Wilson had an idea. The Conservative Party resigned because of poor economic development. Eden worked for a long time to mediate the India-Pakistan war and contain Indonesia, but it didn't work. Didn’t he lose nearly a hundred seats in this general election?

"We really cannot act rashly!" Harold Wilson agreed with the Cabinet Secretary-General. "Then let Washington give an explanation for France and Italy's betrayal of the free world."

If there is no explanation for this statement, then if the two can do it, why can't the UK do it? It just so happens that the UK is still having a verbal war with France because of France's currency remarks. It is not impossible to continue to expand the war of words.

France says Britain is America's Trojan horse in Europe, and Britain says France undermines the unity of the free world.

Now is the time to escalate this war of words. While the big brother of the free world is busy with the war, Britain's criticism of France has suddenly reached a new level. British newspapers have connoted that France is the invisible ally of the Soviet Union and has handed over countless technologies to freedom. The enemy of the world.