Chapter 1351 Chaotic Neutral

Two days later, George Blake returned to London and entered No. 70 Whitehall, "Assessing the political state of France? The Secretary-General is asking about this?"

"Otherwise, let me ask you how many people attended the Rolling Stones concert?" Alan Wilson said with a long face and a somewhat rude tone. He had nothing to comment on the most famous band in the UK. Cultural export has changed the situation in which the United Kingdom has been dominated by American music for many years.

Not only France has emerged from the impact of the war, but people born after the war have begun to seek their own right to speak. The same is true for Britain, but it is not as obvious as France.

The world's fashion center at this time belongs to Britain! Not only fashion, but also art, culture and industry, the British machine started again, and British young people began to enjoy new freedom and new air. As described by TIME magazine: "London has entered a period of rapid development. It is coming to us in a swaggering way, and it is a prosperous scene."

Jaguar has launched a new sedan, which is very close to the appearance of later generations. It has been very popular as soon as it was launched. If it were not on a different track from Land Rover, Pamela Mountbatten might be very busy now, preparing to compete with Land Rover. Talk to the Jaguar owners.

It laughs at all the old regulations and constraints; it draws on history, studies the future, travels across the entire earth, and gives humans a brand new travel enjoyment. People from all walks of life in the UK have greatly praised Jaguar, and Land Rover's off-road and pickup trucks seem to be able to support the British automobile system in the next few decades.

These good things cannot cover up the spillover effects of the Vietnam War. Why was Alan Wilson willing to promote the Paris peace talks between the United States and Vietnam? That's because Britain was also starting to be affected by the Vietnam War, and there were protests against the U.S. Embassy in March.

The scene was solemn and people kept their heads calm. Demonstrators were also worried about police horses being ridden by rumors that a group of anarchists were plotting to put balls under their hooves, with many denouncing the dirty tactic. The police were also very restrained, and many seemed to just want to avoid confrontation. A group of demonstrators, led by a communist, broke through the cordon surrounding the US Embassy and rushed to Grosvenor Square.

Police clashed with demonstrators during another march, but that failed after several hours of struggle when some people were arrested.

Another group of demonstrators handed the petition to the Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street, and then moved on to Hyde Park to give a speech, demanding that the government immediately stop the Vietnam War.

Brest, the former private secretary to the prime minister and now the permanent secretary of the Home Office, firmly committed to Britain's anti-war stance on behalf of Whitehall, and said that Britain has been promoting peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam. This is why Alan Wilson has nothing to do with me. The Secretary-General reluctantly went to Washington.

Although he didn't like the Vietnam War to end early, he still managed to make some efforts to hope that the Vietnam War would end but failed in the end.

George Blake nodded. The spillover effects of the Vietnam War had also appeared in Britain. After preparation, he started to introduce the situation in France. There was no doubt that the situation in France was more serious.

Alan Wilson expressed different opinions on this point. The more serious problem is obviously the United States. On the contrary, Asia is silent. Both South Korea and Malaya are very calm. South Korea has killed more than 10,000 people. It is as quiet as a chicken now. Park Chung-hee's The reputation of governing the country with an iron fist is well deserved.

"Then why aren't there so many opponents in Asia?" George Blake couldn't help but be curious and seemed to be very interested in this issue.

"The systems are different, and the national endurance is different. They are not an electoral country, and they will not protest over trivial matters. Moreover, the scale of the Vietnam War is not too big." Alan Wilson said heartily that the change of dynasty in a large country has Based on a 50% population reduction as the bottom line, what happened in Vietnam is considered a tragedy?

It can be heard from Alan Wilson's tone that he is opposed to the current wave of protests in various countries in Europe and the United States due to the Vietnam War.

In fact, I don’t have a cold in my heart, so what does it have to do with you? Do you have to show a ridiculous sense of justice at this time? But the free world has its own national conditions.

"It cannot be ruled out that the wave of protests in various countries has factors instigated by the Soviet Union. I heard that the protesters in France were holding the sickle and hammer flag." Alan Wilson said with a cold face, "This is evidence. This can already be proven to be the Soviet bloc. An attack on the free world was launched.”

"Well, I don't know much about this." George Blake said with an ignorant expression. "Actually, the protesters don't necessarily understand what their demands are. Most of them are ignorant."

Don’t you forget to say good things for the Soviet Union at this time? Alan Wilson thought so in his mind, but did not dwell on this issue, "Then you should know about France's attack on the British pound. Although De Gaulle's main target was the US dollar, the United Kingdom is not like the United States because of the war. The U.S. dollar is in the international market, but the pound did come under attack half a year ago. We just resisted it."

This time the run on gold initiated by France was a chaotic war. The Bretton Woods system was based on the US dollar and supplemented by the British pound.

Historically, de Gaulle launched an attack on Britain and the United States at the same time. Of course, this is because Britain has not made progress in its original historical economy and was disgraced by France.

But in this world, Britain has not issued more pounds, and its economy is far better than the same period in history. France has not been able to take advantage of it. Naturally, it cannot let De Gaulle replicate the glory of history, which forced the British gold trading market to abandon the settlement of gold in pounds and switch to the US dollar. Achievements.

"We will not pretend that nothing has happened." Alan Wilson tapped his fingers on the table gently and lowered his voice. "Are the French always so confident? Attacking two international currencies at once? They will definitely pay. At the cost, we are just looking for opportunities.”

George Black raised his eyebrows and heard an unusual meaning from the secretary-general, "Actually, this is not an unforgivable contradiction."

"Really?" Alan Wilson was noncommittal. "When the attack was at its most intense, an average of ten tons of gold flowed out of London a day. Isn't that unforgivable? What is forgivable? A world war?"

This is the reason why Britain is holding on to the Gold Coast. If the Gold Coast is still under control, the Australian gold mines are also in the hands of Pamela Mountbatten. How can the British government be calm about this short but intense attack? idle?

Britain's loss in gold was equivalent to Pamela Mountbatten's gain from this chaotic war. Of course, it is nothing compared to the thousands of tons of gold exchanged in the United States, but it is not like what George Blake said. can be forgiven.

"Everyone must be prepared, the time is not far for us to teach the French a lesson." Almost at the same time, on another occasion, Pamela Mountbatten, the British patron saint , encouraging the banker representative in front of him, "The high level of the franc will not last long, and it will inevitably fall back to its own value."

The major exercises announced by the Warsaw Pact finally began in April. The armies of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Democratic Republic of Germany, together with the Polish army, totaled 400,000 people. There were 5,000 tanks on the ground, and thousands of fighter jets and aircraft in the sky. The armed helicopter started this large-scale exercise.

An exercise of this scale has naturally aroused great vigilance from NATO. With the United States deeply involved in the Vietnam battlefield and the U.S. military stationed in Germany insufficient, any disturbance on the other side will attract NATO's attention. The Rheinland Army facing the Warsaw Pact will naturally He is the first to bear the brunt and dare not slack off even a little bit.

Alan Wilson didn't care about this kind of public flexing of muscles. After meeting the ambassador, he focused on the wave of protests in France and targeted those who appeared one after another in March. Student organizations above.

"Find out the composition of these people and see if they are influenced by dangerous red ideas." Alan Wilson had to call Richard White over and asked him to stand on the last shift. "Richard, before you are about to retire, At this time, you will actually have more freedom in activities. This is before you and John Rennie hand over, jointly leading the department to deal with this operation. Different from Britain and France, he will be responsible for the domestic situation together with the people on the 5th. You can act boldly with confidence in France. There is a principle."

"I will try my best to link these organizations to the Soviet Union." Richard White immediately understood that at this time when he was about to leave the intelligence service, he knew that the supreme authority wanted him to have a grand farewell concert.

"Okay, I'm waiting for good news." Allen Weir stood up with a smile. He had to go to No. 10 Downing Street to talk to the Prime Minister about this military exercise and to report on the assessment intelligence of the Warsaw Pact military exercise that had started first.

The Warsaw Pact was a military organization established by the Soviet Union. The style of military exercises was naturally an extension of Soviet military exercises. The military exercises of the Cold War were not defensive in nature in the 21st century. It is obvious that the previous military exercises of the Warsaw Pact were The exercises are all about how to attack, but NATO is here to practice how to defend.

This year's Warsaw Pact military exercise can be said to be the largest ever, which naturally caused tension in Western Europe. However, there is a secretary-general here who is not nervous.

"The British are more vigilant than the Americans." Andropov commented after reporting the intelligence, "But we have also made it clear that the Trotskyists have developed rapidly in recent years."

"Let's use them." Brezhnev put down the intelligence and expressed a chaotic neutral position. "They have their goals, and we also have ours. Sometimes allies and enemies are not very clear."