Chapter 1404 Ambassadorial Diplomacy

The most suitable person to be promoted to ambassador to China is actually the Supreme Authority himself. However, he has other things to do. Richard, who is in charge of Socratic affairs, is also a suitable candidate.

However, it is not a good thing for someone who is too professional to be responsible for things that he understands too well. It is more appropriate to find someone who seems to understand but not understand to be the ambassador to China. This can avoid being too clear-minded and acting too arbitrarily, and asking Whitehall for advice on many matters.

John Mansfield had been one of Prime Minister Attlee's private secretaries when Alan Wilson was Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and was now recalled as Ambassador to the Philippines. Perfectly meeting the criteria of understanding but not too much, he is a good candidate for ambassador to China.

In the British civil service system, the rank of ambassador abroad is very high. John Mansfield, who received such a promise, readily accepted it and looked forward to his next job.

"Judging from the data they released, your new job cannot be regarded as a job in the Philippines. In many industrial indicators, they are already on par with the UK. Although this is not reflected in currency." Alan Wilson said reminded.

There is a saying that goes beyond Britain to catch up with the United States. Although in this world it has become a case of surpassing France and catching up with the United States, the meaning is the same. In terms of heavy industry, a certain big country is already on an equal footing with the United Kingdom. This is waterless data because a certain big country is not integrated into the international economic system.

As for some comparisons in the energy sector, the UK is even further behind. The UK is so big, so it is impossible to compare with some countries with vast territory and abundant resources.

All it relies on is the capital of an empire on which the sun never sets. The Daqing oil field can offset the North Sea oil. In fact, for a period of time, a certain big country positioned itself as a resource country, and its slogan for getting rich was Ten Daqings.

"The world is so unequal. Unless you are in some extreme areas, such as the Sahara Desert where drinking water is a problem, large countries really work. The reason why the Soviet Union is difficult to deal with is that it has the largest territory in the world. It has all the resources of existence, inexhaustible and inexhaustible.”

John Mansfield nodded. This is what many countries in the free world recognized as the most difficult part of the Soviet Union. What the Soviet Union may lack most is tropical products. Since Indonesia fell to the Soviet Union, this problem no longer exists, and North Vietnam could also solve some of this problem.

"We respect their size, so just treat them as another Britain. Be respectful when communicating. Tell Whitehall if anything happens."

Alan Wilson smiled and said, "Détente is the mainstream of the times. Didn't you see that Brandt also went to Warsaw to kneel last year? Although I don't understand how the Poles had the nerve to accept it on behalf of the Jews, but never mentioned themselves. He helped the Germans capture the Jews in the country."

If you look at the statistics, it seems that Poland suffered heavy losses in World War II. But if you break down the data, you will know the reason. There were only tens of thousands of Jews left in Poland out of the 3.5 million after the war. The number of Jews in Poland The number of deaths exceeds the number of deaths in Poland.

Of course, Brandt's kneeling did not actually have much influence. The show also requires changes in the international environment. Now the United States has just begun to sweat. The mainstream opinion is still that we have the advantage. The free world does not need to ease up with the opponent camp. Brandt It is not the mainstream opinion to kneel down, but the two camps pretend not to have seen it, and will bring it out when publicity is needed.

To put it simply, as long as the Federal Republic of Germany still regards the Democratic Republic of Germany as part of a complete Germany, there will be no need for propaganda until it really recognizes that the Democratic Republic of Germany is another country.

Bibi murmured for a while that the general environment was relaxing, and expressed the correctness of the British promotion of the charge d'affaires to ambassador. John Mansfield understood instantly, and at the same time he felt that the task was arduous.

"It happens to be meal time, let's go have a meal together." Alan Wilson felt empty in his stomach, so he called John Mansfield to the canteen together.

“The Prime Minister is inferior to us in this regard.

joked John Mansfield, who went out to lunch with Alan Wilson.

"The Prime Minister has money to hire a chef, so that's not a big problem." Alan Wilson replied with a smile. Harold Wilson's book "Labor Government" earned a lot of royalties. Of course, Alan Wilson asked Hong Kong and Malaya to share it. out, but it cannot be denied that the Prime Minister has made a lot of money and can support his own expenses.

Many of the pillars of Whitehall were already enjoying lunch in the restaurant. They all nodded in greeting when they saw the supreme authority. Alan Wilson responded with a smile, and he and John Mansfield found a room with a TV and entered. At this time, the TV , is showing news footage of Vivien Leigh calling for donations for Bangladeshi children in the civil war.

"Our British national treasure will also grow old one day." John Mansfield listened quietly for a while and gave his own evaluation. He and Vivien Leigh are of the same age. It can be said that Vivien Leigh is the representative of all British men in John Mansfield's era. Dream lover.

John Mansfield's job-killing speech made Alan Wilson's face change. He wrote all the content that was none of your business. I didn't even think he was old, so I said in a neutral tone, "There is no law of nature. There is nothing to say, in fact we are not young anymore.”

"That's true, Secretary General." Although John Mansfield did not realize the seriousness of the matter, he could also feel that the supreme authority was reluctant to talk about the age issue, so he changed the subject and said, "But younger stars, who Who can still get the same support from the public as she does, Hepburn or Taylor?"

"It's all okay." Alan Wilson didn't expect that John Mansfield was still a very gossipy civil servant. Why did he always mention a lady who had the same status as his wife? Did you find something?

John Mansfield did not know that he almost missed the position of ambassador to China because of this. If he talked for a while, Alan Wilson would put my advice to mind his own business into action.

After lunch, he went to No. 10 Downing Street with John Mansfield's information. Although he had the power to make appointments, the promotion of acting ambassador still required the Prime Minister's approval.

"In principle, we'd better not postpone the matter until next year. It's just an escalation that doesn't require much time to consider. Colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believe that it's best to complete it before New Year's Day." Alan Wilson explained that since he wants to jump ship , then don’t drag your feet. The UK and Scam Island have little to do with each other, and the interests are with the US, not the UK.

"Once diplomatic relations are fully upgraded, the economic and trade between the two countries will definitely experience explosive growth. Colleagues from the Ministry of Finance believe that it can be increased to 300 million pounds within three years. The data is still quite optimistic." Alan Wilson spoke eloquently , indicating the complementarity of traders between China and Britain.

In fact, Japan and South Korea are lucky to a certain extent. When the industries of the two countries were upgrading, a large country next to them happened to open up and become a labor cost depression, sharing a lot of social pressure between Japan and South Korea. Industrial upgrading cannot be accomplished by relying on oneself; a good international environment is also needed.

Take Japan as an example. Japan's investments in Asian countries are all settled in Japanese yen. This has reduced Japan's financial pressure after the Plaza Accord. After the Plaza Accord, a certain big country happened to be at the peak of Japanese goods.

In terms of distance, it is unlikely that Britain will receive dividends in a big country. Hong Kong is indeed too small, but now that it has Malaya in its hands, Britain's basic base in Asia will not be much worse than that of Japan and South Korea.

How can the UK not be more powerful than Japan? Isn’t the pound more liquid than the yen? Accepting Japanese yen will buy you nothing but Japanese goods, while accepting British pounds will help you puff up your chest in many places, at least for now.

"Patrick, do you think this makes sense?" Harold Wilson asked the Foreign Secretary for his opinion in order to show his democratic side.

Foreign Secretary Patrick said: Who are you asking? Didn’t the Orientalist authority just say that? It has to be said that Alan Wilson's people have set up a very stable situation. Although Patrick's mind was empty, he replied with a mature attitude, "Indeed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' opinions on this issue are almost unanimous."

"The Foreign Secretary's views are always so accurate." Alan Wilson nodded with a smile and continued, "We can conclude that the expansion of economic and trade relations will inject vitality into the British economy."

Expanding economic and trade relations is definitely beneficial. When it first entered international trade, it was really a purely deficit country, which lasted for more than ten years. The biggest beneficiary is Japan, which is the closest country. Japan has little ambitions and is opposed to returning to the United Nations. We, Britain, are thousands of miles away and are more suitable for distance to produce beauty.

In terms of competition in the industrial chain, future threats will come later. Japan has now formed competition with the United Kingdom. Being ahead of Japan and making arrangements can lead to a trade-off between the two.

Turning around, Alan Wilson took the appointment letter and handed it to John Mansfield, "Go and take office. Within a week, the government will issue a statement to upgrade diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level."

On November 1, the United Kingdom issued a diplomatic communiqué, establishing diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level with a certain major country. The contents of the communiqué cannot be detailed, but that’s it anyway.

At this time in the UK, the next hot topic in major newspapers was the increasingly fierce Pakistani civil war and its impact. Returning to the United Nations was regarded as a timeline in a sense by Alan Wilson. He remembered that the India-Pakistan war officially broke out in the Shortly after returning to the United Nations, after the votes were cast, the actual shaping of public opinion began.

Images of widespread human rights violations during the Pakistani civil war have appeared in British reports, and documentaries produced by Vivien Leigh have also begun to enter major British cinemas. Maybe James Bond will have a movie based on this India-Pakistan war in the future.