Chapter 158 Confidentiality Awareness

"Britain has always admired the spirit of sacrifice shown by France during the First World War." Perhaps knowing that he had made a mistake, Alan Wilson immediately took a remedial attitude, praising the sacrifices France made during the First World War, and at the same time remembering The friendship in the trenches at the beginning.

France still has to win over. Relying on Britain itself, it will soon be crushed to pieces in the cracks between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson is really a European faction, hoping that the British Empire will avoid the fate of being reduced to a follower.

Nino Bertrand's eyes were filled with tears when he said those words, and the diplomats around him burst into applause, cheering for the friendship between Britain and France who fought side by side during World War I.

On the last night in Brussels, the reception was filled with an atmosphere of unity and deep hope for a better tomorrow.

The cabinet secretary, Edward Bridges, still sat on the sidelines, watching the lively reception with an attitude of a bystander. Given his age, he should stay away from such occasions and tasted whiskey when there were few people.

After the reception, Edward Bridges asked Alan Wilson to be called to his room. There was no particular reason, but he was going back to London tomorrow, and he wanted to talk to a few people tonight. m

There are only a few people who can talk, and most of the topics are business affairs. From the colonization to the reconstruction, time passes bit by bit.

"But having said that, our Prime Minister agrees with Mr. Churchill in one thing, and that is the evaluation of General de Gaulle, which is surprisingly consistent, this bastard." Alexander Cadogan shrugged, "Why does this general have so many problems and always embarrassing us."

"His stubbornness is more conspicuous than his height." Edward Bridges said calmly, "If you are the leader of a country, even if you have a little doubt in your heart, you certainly won't It is incomprehensible that de Gaulle always expresses doubts about London's intentions when it is publicized. There is no doubt that from our point of view, the brigadier general is a nuisance."

"Dear Sir Edward, Sir Alexander, General de Gaulle is indeed a difficult character to deal with. But we are not necessarily too anxious, the Fourth Republic is also a parliamentary country. Perhaps there are countless people in France who are willing to involve this French hero. Pay attention." Alan Wilson expressed his opinion after the two immediate bosses had finished expressing their opinions, and the fortress was breached from the inside.

The current French political system is the parliamentary system of the Fourth French Republic. It can be said that the political instability in France is not something that happened in the twentieth century. It can be traced back a century.

Paris is known as the old revolutionary base,

Paris itself is definitely a dominant position in France. Since modern times, Paris has always been the unique economic, political, cultural and artistic center of France.

Lyon, the second largest city, could not be compared at all. In this case, Parisians naturally have a certain arrogance. Salutation, think they are rustic.

This arrogance of the Parisians made them so dissatisfied with almost all government that at certain moments these discontents turned into anarchic riots, and even into revolutions, which overthrew a dynasty.

This is not the first time in the history of France. The newly established French Fourth Republic seems to have 22 governments in 12 years. In Alan Wilson's impression, this is faster than the Japanese changing their prime ministers. quick.

If it weren't for the fact that French politics has been in an unstable state for two hundred years, either revolution or restoration, and internal struggles again and again, Britain would not have suppressed France so easily. Update the fastest mobile terminal::

"I hope those mature politicians in France, like our British politicians, can let de Gaulle return to a leisurely life as soon as possible." Edward Bridges said with a glass of wine helplessly, "Mr. Churchill is now He's much livelier, almost ten years lighter when he's back on the backbench, and he's always heard shouting in Congress."

"That's right. I heard from the Foreign Secretary that Mr. Churchill is most dissatisfied with the diplomatic field." Alexander Cadogan echoed with a smile, "He accused the Labor Party government of being an agent of the Soviet Union."

"Oh, what do the voters think?" Edward Bridges asked expectantly when he heard the interest.

"The situation is more complicated. The newspapers of the Conservative Party said that the Prime Minister served the Soviet Union, and the newspapers supporting the Labor Party said that the former Prime Minister served the United States." Alexander Cadogan said with a smile.

"In fact, there are so many problems. If the Soviet Union wants to get news from London, they can just find two backbench members of the British Communist Party. Pollett will tell Stalin everything he knows." Edward Bridges Speaking of this, he changed the subject, "Of course we don't want to get involved in the party, and let these MPs with different opinions solve the problem by themselves."

At present, the British Communist Party has more than 50,000 members. In the 1945 election, two party members entered the Parliament and became backbench members. Just like Churchill's role now, they are backbench members who add obstacles to the ruling party. the greatest pleasure.

However, the relationship between the British Republican Party and the Labor Party is not bad, and Prime Minister Attlee also claims to be a socialist. At present, in the UK, the voice of the Conservative Party advocating a tough line against the Soviet Union is still within a controllable range.

Regardless of the discord between the No. 1 and No. 2 figures of the Labor Party, Edward Bridges believes that the Labor Party should not encounter any difficulties in a short period of time. Of course, this also depends on whether the international environment is favorable for the Labor Party to govern.

On September 23, the Brussels Conference aimed at maintaining European unity officially closed. Except for a six-nation joint declaration that no one can fault, the rest is appeals.

But on the issue of defending Europe, one small step at the Brussels conference is one giant leap for the European people. Britain pulled France's plan not to join the European Foreign Legion, and at the same time it was to see how the United States and the Soviet Union would react.

The reaction of the Soviet Union was flat, and the reaction of the United States was not worth studying. However, the current attitudes of the United States and the Soviet Union can only be described as superficial phenomena. The United States, which has suddenly reached the top of the world, has many things to say.

It takes time to build any power, not to mention that the United States has not yet reached a consensus on world leadership in the new situation. role.

The United States has just begun the road to the human beacon. Compared with Britain and France, which still retain a certain strength, the situation in Europe seems to be relatively stable, but the civil war involving the largest number of people in the world is already brewing, and the Americans are showing the world for the first time in the Far East. The wrist of hegemony leadership.

The Far East has indeed involved a lot of the energy of the United States now. The Soviet Union and the United States are also constantly at odds with each other on the Korean Peninsula and Hokkaido issues. These are things that cannot be resolved in a short period of time.

Although the world war is over, for the governments of various countries in 1945, the schedule is still full.

Take the immediate event as an example. The United Kingdom, which has just concluded the Brussels Conference, has to witness the establishment of the United Nations and rush to San Francisco to formally sign the United Nations Charter.

As early as in the previous meeting, the United States and the Soviet Union had already started a confrontation on the operating mechanism of the United Nations.

As we all know, the one-vote veto power is the cornerstone of the United Nations. It is precisely because of the one-vote veto power that the five permanent members can comply with the principle of unanimity of major powers when it comes to substantive resolutions of the Security Council other than procedural ones, thus maintaining the international order. Stablize.

However, because the veto power is too important, some powerful countries rush to the status of permanent members, while other countries with insufficient power simply propose to abolish the veto power.

The one-vote veto was insisted on by the Soviet Union, because other countries can be regarded as allies of the United States. The Soviet Union felt that it was alone in the United Nations, and it must win a one-vote veto.

At the Yalta Conference, both Britain and the United States agreed to the idea of ​​a veto.

After the Brussels meeting, all participating countries except Spain are planning to go to San Francisco.

Alan Wilson returned to the British occupation area, began to prepare for the handover, and wiped his ass clean during this time. To prevent latecomers from being idle, and to expose the fact that they have plundered in the occupied areas.

"I heard that the Soviet Union sent a singing group to visit Paris. I don't know what the French and the Soviets are doing?" In the British-occupied area, the deputy secretary-general of the two trade committees still has time to care about another country things.

Alan Wilson, who has just returned to Bonn, has been busy destroying criminal records these days. There is no trivial matter like air traffic control. For example, he is doing business now, because the first month's profit of the Hellmann Tobacco Factory has come out. , He is looking at his colleagues in the trade committee, are they clean, and don't swallow the British Indian share.

"Alan, at the Brussels meeting, was there a resolution on the British-occupied area?" Tim Brand saw that Alan Wilson didn't respond, and asked another question.

"Out of principle, there is no comment." Alan Wilson flipped through the accounts and replied without thinking, "As for the status and management of the British-occupied area, what the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary mean is that it will be directly managed by the Trade Commission. Cooperate with the deployment agency in London, pull in the complementarity between British India and the British-occupied area, and fly with both wings to drive local employment. As a person with a sense of secrecy, I have nothing to say."

"Very confidential." Harold slapped his thigh and praised him without hesitation.