Chapter 1402 Obsession with Power

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Nelson Rockefeller nodded, and then asked his assistant to take Alan Wilson to visit the Rockefeller Center. He had the idea in mind that he would let the guests see his country.

Rockefeller himself was the leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, and since Taft's defeat during the Eisenhower years, McCarthy had become the leader of the conservative wing.

Of course, this does not mean that the Taft family has lost its influence. Alan Wilson, who visited Rockefeller Center, remembered that the governor of Ohio in the 21st century was a descendant of the Taft family.

Regardless of the fact that the United States is an electoral country and the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, there are many political families in the United States that are more than a century old. There may not be many presidents from the two generations of Bush and his son, but there are too many focusing on the governors and congressmen. .

Conservative leader McCarthy and moderate leader Rockefeller had a great chat. At the same time, he did not forget his friends who went out to visit. "Allen came to the United States this time because of the situation in South Asia."

"I know!" Rockefeller had already heard what Kissinger said, and then got the same answer from McCarthy, saying that he already knew the purpose of coming. "The British actually have the basis for intervention. Malaya is not far from South Asia, but look Considering the positions of India and Pakistan, the UK still tries to side with India, which is different from us."

Discussion of the situation in South Asia was not the focus of the two factions. Rockefeller was still more concerned about domestic cooperation. Strictly speaking, Nixon was a conservative flag, but he was nothing compared to McCarthy.

It was only because of McCarthy's original remarks that the election committee supported Nixon. As for Rockefeller, the moderate leader, as he himself said, many people are still afraid of the surname Rockefeller.

In the 1970s, the era of the five Rockefeller brothers, the Rockefeller family was far more powerful than its old rival Morgan.

It can be said that the Rockefeller family has never established such a big advantage over the Morgan family. This is also related to the general leadership ability of this generation of the Morgan family, but no one denies that the influence of the five Rockefeller brothers is indeed strong enough.

This is exactly the opposite of what happened when Morgan Jr. led the Morgan family into its heyday during the Great Depression, but it was precisely because of this reputation that many obstacles appeared on Rockefeller's path to the presidency.

In fact, Rockefeller was even more surprised when he heard the suggestion to join if he couldn't beat him. In his understanding, McCarthy was even harder to talk to than himself. Although he had achieved results in the southern states in the election against Lyndon Johnson, he was still unable to change the Republican Party. The election committee should be reluctant to recommend him.

"Actually, after my conversation with Allen,

It's not impossible to do this. He is the leader of Whitehall and has watched many general elections from an objective perspective. "McCarthy did not hide Alan Wilson's suggestion. Although the British political system is different from that of the United States, it can be used as a reference.

After listening quietly, Rockefeller also felt that it made sense. Nixon was already the current president. Without any important changes, there was no possibility of anyone challenging Nixon within the Republican Party.

McCarthy had comforted himself that he was no longer obsessed with the president, but he didn't. He still wanted to give it a try, even if he was the vice president.

In terms of wealth, as the contemporary leader of the Rockefeller family, he naturally possesses incalculable wealth, but he lacks the authority to stand at the highest level in his life.

This is different from McCarthy who came from an ordinary family and had to work hard at every step. Rockefeller was born with wealth, so he was particularly keen on political status.

Alan Wilson knew this mentality. Historically, Rockefeller happily accepted Ford's appointment as vice president, which shows that being president has almost become Rockefeller's obsession.

Otherwise, with Rockefeller's status as the governor of New York State, there is no need to be a mascot in people's eyes.

How many powerful vice presidents are there in the United States? Anyway, after thinking about it, Alan Wilson found that only Cheney during the George W. Bush era became the de facto vice president because of his harmonious relationship with Bush.

Under normal circumstances, the vice president is a mascot, so it was natural for McCarthy to directly refuse and express his disinterest.

After visiting Rockefeller Center, Alan Wilson returned to Rockefeller's office and saw the two of them smiling. It seemed they had a good conversation. This further confirms the previous judgment that Rockefeller was almost going crazy if he wanted to achieve political achievements. He could not do it at the top level, but he could also do it at the deputy level.

In this way, if the Watergate incident still exists, then the person who takes over Nixon's position will be Rockefeller. In fact, for Rockefeller, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The laws of history will not cause major setbacks just because one person changes. The over-issuance of hundreds of billions of dollars will still be a big problem at that time.

Just as Alan Wilson asked himself about the contrast of later generations' memories, he also had to watch the independence of British India and package up the colonies piece by piece for cash. Doesn't he want to maintain the sphere of influence of the British Empire? Of course he does, but it's not impossible. He can only scrape the territory ruthlessly to ensure a smooth transition in the homeland.

The debt of more than 2 billion US dollars is almost driving the United Kingdom to hang itself. Alan Wilson is really driving the Indians to hang themselves. What's more, the current over-issuance of US dollars is on a scale of 400 to 500 billion.

"Allen, you have a good friend." Rockefeller was obviously in a good mood and expressed his good attitude toward cooperation with the Mountbatten Group for McCarthy's sake.

Rockefeller was an American, and everything he accepted was American. In his eyes, wealth was more important than power. It was just that he was born with wealth, so he particularly pursued power.

Although he himself is special, he thinks that Alan Wilson also accepted the instructions from the richest woman and came to discuss cooperation.

"I believe Pamela will be very happy." Although Alan Wilson is also a person who values ​​power more than wealth, but people have misunderstood, so let's misunderstand him.

He really wanted to know how the world would be different the day Rockefeller became president, but he estimated that the impact would be limited. After all, he was the Republican candidate and would definitely adopt contractionary policies.

In fact, it is very simple. Just look at the four wars with the highest casualties that the United States participated in, namely World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and you will know who is in power.

They are Wilson, Roosevelt Jr., Truman and Lyndon Johnson. What they have in common is that they all came from the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is far more radical than the Republican Party in waging war with foreign countries. They do not fight small wars, but only pick big ones.

Until he left Rockefeller Center, Alan Wilson was still thinking about whether the world situation would change significantly if Rockefeller became president. In the end, he was still confused, "Forget it, the Watergate incident may not happen yet. If it does, we will continue." think."

"Follow you out, but you don't see anyone." Opening the door, Monroe trotted into the man's arms, her mouth full of complaints, and asked Alan Wilson where he had gone.

"I went to talk to American diplomats about returning to the United Nations." Alan Wilson lied seriously. He did not talk about a word because the other party was not Kissinger. After all, he is also the Secretary-General of the British Joint Intelligence Committee, so he has some sense of confidentiality.

What's more, Monroe had an opinion about McCarthy. Although this was not prejudice, McCarthy's image was indeed that, but Alan Wilson and McCarthy were friends, so he had to hide the fact that he met McCarthy.

"To be honest, for a country with a population of 800 million, the United States always blocks it out, which is really unjustifiable. Sometimes I hate the U.S. government." Monroe said with emotion.

Alan Wilson's mouth twitched and he smiled bitterly, "You know, you are lucky to live in the UK, otherwise I really can't imagine what you would face."

"You said you could protect me." Monroe raised her head slightly and came close to Alan Wilson. Their cheeks were only one finger apart, and they could feel each other's breath.

"Of course!" Alan Wilson answered resolutely. He wanted to seize the power of the world and get drunk in the lap of a beautiful woman. This was just his tacky pursuit.

The United Kingdom is now following up on the diplomatic work of two major Asian countries at the same time. After returning to London, Alan Wilson received reports from South Asia about the reforms of the Indian Army by the Indian Chief of Staff. His main concern was to improve the welfare of the Indian Army. "This Isn’t it the policy that Lao Xian worked so hard to abolish?”

He couldn't help but think that Modi had abolished the long-term service reform of the Indian army. Indian soldiers had a long history of long-term service, but many special welfare policies were formulated by Sam Manekshaw. Of course, judging from the results of the India-Pakistan war, the care for the army was effective and ensured the victory of this India-Pakistan war.

During a visit to the shipyard with Sir Charles, Chief of the Defense Staff, Alan Wilson also discussed India's military preparedness, asking what this made to the current British commander-in-chief.

"India actually still has such financial resources?" Marshal Charles was very surprised. This was not consistent with the India he had in mind.

"Such a big country. How can we squeeze out spending? Just like the current shipbuilding industry, with the current shipyard facilities, we can start construction of eleven aircraft carriers at the same time. But there is no need!" Alan Wilson With a look of pride on his face, this is better than the United States. American military shipbuilding is all American shipbuilding, and there are no civilian shipyards to use.

In today's world, another country that can use civilian shipyard facilities to build heavy-duty aircraft carriers to share costs is Japan, but Japan simply cannot do this. Japan's military shipbuilding industry is gone, and the United States cannot convert its military to civilians because There is no people.

Japan cannot convert civilians into the military because it has no experience in military shipbuilding. Only Britain can do this.

"Alan, don't worry. Although I am from the Air Force, I will not block the construction plan of the escort fleet, although I don't know what the shield ship you are talking about is." Marshal Charles heard the hidden meaning and expressed that he There is absolutely no problem here, the main thing depends on what the government says.