Chapter 1329 Soviet Commodity Exhibition

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The war of words between Britain and France is particularly noticeable in Europe at this time because of the recent attack on the US dollar by France.

Washington has also noticed the recent war of words. While thanking Britain for its help, it also stated that the free world would not give up on France until the last moment.

As for the French de Gaulle government's intention to drive away NATO, the United States is already preparing to form a negotiation team to have a good talk with the de Gaulle government on this matter. Didn't De Gaulle give a deadline before the end of the year? At the end of the year, the United States will come specifically to win over France.

"It's nothing more than delay." After listening to MI6's report, Alan Wilson said calmly, "Maybe the Americans think that they must have more face than the British. If our persuasion failed, it doesn't mean that the United States will too. Failure, I really don’t know where the confidence comes from.”

Richard White didn't say anything. Although he was the head of MI6, he still didn't want to make subjective judgments in this situation.

"The easing strategy is that when the United States is currently being held back by Southeast Asia, the government should extend an olive branch to the Soviet Union for the stable development of the situation in Europe. MI5 may be very busy recently, and the opening of the Soviet products exhibition does not mean that we should Bring the KGB in, Philby, and the job will be yours."

Alan Wilson told the head of MI5 that the response to the de-escalation strategy was a prerequisite for this Soviet product exhibition. All one of the Cambridge Five needs to know is this.

The deeper purpose is to use this exhibition to judge the technical level of Soviet industrial products, and to judge the level of Soviet industry. If the results are optimistic, the UK will export some civilian technologies. It’s also more certain.

Of course, there is still no need for Philby to know about this deeper purpose. The United Kingdom also needs to take into account the thoughts of the United States. Otherwise, why else would it have been scolding France and Italy recently? With the tone of the spokesperson of the United States in Europe, giving advice to these loyal but not absolute allies?

As for the holding of the Soviet commodity exhibition, it is not surprising at all. It is a routine operation. After giving instructions to the two intelligence chiefs, Alan Wilson raised his wrist to look at the time, "It's half past five. It's time to get off work. It's another fulfilling day."

After get off work, Radwich sent Alan Wilson to the Windsor Castle Hotel, where he was going to take a rest. In the presidential suite on the top floor, the supreme authority stood motionless by the window, overlooking the magnificent mountains and rivers below, and his heart was full of pride. , the female CEO Ms. Ingrid Bergman, who came to the UK for a shopping trip, turned around and kissed the man behind her.

Alan Wilson's life is always full and busy. He lights a cigar and leans on the bed, staring directly at the warming effect of the Swedish luxury car. His proud expression has not completely faded away.

Ingrid Bergman was already used to this kind of complacency. This man was a moral slump. What could she do? With a red mark on her chest, the queen of luxury goods fell next to the man, "The growth of my two daughters is the thing that makes me the happiest now. Many musicians said that the melody you brought is good, my idea is , first push them to the catwalk stage, and indeed many brands value their two temperaments."

"When it comes to temperament, my daughters must have inherited it from you, and it has nothing to do with me. I am just a person in a sea of ​​people who will not notice my existence. Yin Sabella and Yin Sta are only so young, and they have already attracted attention from all parties. I can only give me the melodies of two songs. I can’t help with anything else.”

The two daughters are outstanding, but Ellen Wilson behaves very modestly. This is all caused by Ingrid Bergman's own excellent genes. This actress is famous for her good genes, which has continued even to her granddaughter. Having a face to eat is completely different from the mediocre offspring of many amazing celebrities.

The two daughters are only fourteen years old this year, but they have already followed the same trajectory as their mother. What's wrong with catwalk shows? They were born to eat this kind of food. He has prepared several songs to release to his two daughters when they become adults.

It also includes llig, which is originally a Swedish song.

"Recently, public opinion in France has been very unfriendly to you, Britain." Ingrid Bergman said with a smile, "I haven't felt an outbreak of anti-British sentiment for a long time."

"You say that the United Kingdom is the spokesperson of the United States in Europe? You can't be wrong. The United Kingdom does act like this now." Alan Wilson stretched his waist and said nonchalantly, "France considers itself the leader of Europe. Some people are dissatisfied with the lack of cooperation on EC issues. But we also have our own difficulties. To be honest, there is not much space in the current two-power structure. If France makes such a fuss, the UK needs to be involved. A thousand words can be said. , France is not strong enough for Britain to side with France."

Even if France's strength is only a quarter of that of the United States, even if it is only one quarter, and Britain is slightly less than one-third of the strength of the United States, it is not a bad idea to cause trouble. But France's total economic volume is only 17% of that of the United States. In fact, it is 16.7%. If the United Kingdom is included, it is only over 40%. What nonsense is this?

That is to say, while the United States is fighting in Southeast Asia, France has room to make trouble. If the United Kingdom and France make trouble together, the Americans may weigh it and simply stop fighting, and go back and settle the two internal thorns first.

What will France do then? Can it withstand the U.S. counterattack? Therefore, Britain does not stand with the French. On the contrary, it still stands with the United States, which is also resisting the United States. Alan Wilson believes that the Vietnam War is obviously more harmful to the United States than France's run on gold. France is just wandering around without attacking, while Vietnam is the main force in the fight against the United States.

The Vietnam War could turn American society upside down. Can France do the same? No, Britain didn't really target France, it just cursed a few words.

Before the opening of the Soviet Commodity Exhibition, Alan Wilson still had two meetings to hold, which were to discuss work with the two departments of the British Grain Reserve Committee. The theme of the first day's working meeting was to strengthen the security of British food. The second The focus of today's meeting was on several methods of destroying food.

One department is responsible for storing food, and the other department is responsible for destroying food. Both departments are very important. After all, food has a shelf life. How to deal with expired food?

For example, if a drought breaks out in India, Britain, as the former sovereign country, should provide appropriate assistance. India’s staple food is rice, but that doesn’t mean they don’t eat wheat.

Keeping fresh reserves for yourself and releasing expired or soon-to-expire food to countries in need are the core of these two meetings. This is not considered low morals, but a bunch of stinky beggars jumped on it? It would be nice to give it to them. In the UK, these grains can be used to refine ethanol.

From a macro perspective, there is no shortage of food in the world, but like everything, some people have it and some don't have it, and food is certainly no exception. So in theory there is no shortage of food in modern society, but no matter what year it is, many people around the world do not have enough to eat.

"All the goods for this Soviet Commodity Exhibition must be purchased." Before the Soviet Commodity Exhibition, Pamela Mountbatten, who had gone to Zurich, returned to London. This conversation happened when the couple were walking together.

"All of them, it's not that I can't afford it, but I need to find a few more agents, otherwise it may arouse suspicion." Pamela Mountbatten agreed without asking further.

"The Secretary-General of the Cabinet, with the hundreds of thousands of civil servants under his command, is not as important as my wife." Alan Wilson immediately praised him.

Naturally, the purpose of doing this was to determine where the industrial level of the Soviet Union was and to have a low level in mind before convincing the Prime Minister to develop economic and trade relations with the Soviet Union.

The country under the Soviet system was not perfect. It was a planned economy. Every product produced had a purpose. There was no need to consider sales like in the free world. This caused a problem. Enterprises would not carry out risky new technologies. Application, many products in the Soviet Union prove that I can do it, but can I say it is done well? I can’t say there aren’t such products, but most certainly aren’t.

Alan Wilson's judgment is not entirely correct. For a country as powerful as the Soviet Union, some products must be very competitive. The benchmark for later generations of the United States to verify supersonic passenger aircraft was the Soviet Union's Tu-144, not the British and French Concorde. The vertical takeoff and landing technology used was inspired by the Yak 141 rather than the British Harrier fighter.

A certain big country invested the most energy in the study of controllable nuclear fusion in later generations, but the first one to propose controllable nuclear fusion and start manufacturing it was the Soviet Union in 1954, called a Tokamak device.

The United Kingdom showed great sincerity for this Soviet commodity exhibition, which was a good thing for the Soviet Union, which was promoting relaxation and reform. After communicating with Moscow, the other party immediately expressed that it attached great importance to this exhibition and would definitely take advantage of it. Bring out the best products for exhibition.

This may have to be praised by the current Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Labor Party Prime Minister came to power and gave the Soviet Union some expectations for the United Kingdom. Naturally, it attached great importance to this exhibition.

While the U.S. military was directing the Korean and South Vietnamese troops to conduct mopping up operations, this time the Soviet Commodity Exhibition in London opened. Countless plainclothes people came to the venue with visiting citizens. Many people felt that the products used by people on the other side of the Iron Curtain were all different. Very curious.

The Soviets were also happy to show this, and maybe they would be reminded of the Moscow kitchen debate many years ago. This played into Alan Wilson's wish, and he wanted to know what stage the Soviet technology was at.

He would ask his wife to buy these exhibits, and then look for similar products in Western Europe for comparison. At that time, a report will be made and given to the Prime Minister, which will be used to judge the standards for doing business with the Soviet Union.