Chapter 763 Good Fortune and Misfortune Depend on Each Other

"This is a fair idea." U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Smith quickly expressed his stance, praising the British proposal.

In fact, the main convening country of this Geneva Conference was the United Kingdom, which was used to discuss the main conflicts in the current world. However, although the United Kingdom was the promoter, the United States and the Soviet Union stole too much of the limelight.

Alan Wilson was helpless at this point. When referring to the Geneva Conference in later generations, although the United States and the Soviet Union occupied most of the famous scenes, China also emphasized its role. But Britain's role has almost been forgotten, but it can't be helped, because Britain has completely declined.

But obviously at this moment, Smith remembered the role of the United Kingdom. The United States had been at odds with the opposite camp on the North Korean issue before, and now it should strive for a conciliatory attitude. It was most appropriate for the United Kingdom to lead the charge.

Moreover, this proposal happens to be very in line with the interests of the United States. Washington does not want to fight another war in Indochina immediately after the Korean War. Being able to stabilize even temporary peace in Indochina is considered a victory.

Moreover, this is also in line with the national self-determination that the United States has always advocated after the war, and helps to establish the promotion of similar claims in the United States.

Britain and the United States stood together, and France did not object. The Group of Sixteen countries immediately adopted a common position to clarify the development of political entities after the independence of the French colonies.

"We have to think carefully!" Molotov had a feeling that there seemed to be something about the rhythm of the meeting that the Soviet Union did not understand.

It must be said that Molotov's senses were very keen, and he did not know that several heavyweight players involved in the two camps had already communicated with him before notifying the United States and the Soviet Union.

"If we had known that India would be like this after independence, we should have fragmented India." After the meeting, Foreign Secretary Morrison and US Deputy Secretary of State Smith expressed this position, "Now there are some aspects of Nehru's India that are not very satisfying. Don’t worry, people are still looking for trouble with Portugal. The world is already very complicated, and India’s lack of clarity is very worrying.”

When Morrison said this, he also hinted from the side that once the French colonies become independent as a whole, they will become a country. It may disrupt the balance of Southeast Asia. If the three French colonial countries were merged, they would be a country with an area of ​​800,000 square kilometers and a population of 40 million.

Among the independent countries in today's world, they are not small in terms of population or area. Apart from the Soviet Union, there is no such big country in Europe, let alone Southeast Asia.

Moreover, now that North Vietnam has defeated France, the momentum is very high. Once it is not satisfied with the current interests, it will lead to the overall chaos in Southeast Asia. If this prospect occurs, it will be too late to adopt a containment attitude.

"This threat is indeed worthy of vigilance." Smith also looked heavy. Similar things have happened before. The Korean War that just ended was similar.

Although the Korean War did not damage the national strength of the United States, tens of billions of military expenditures were spent.

If it were to cover a larger area, wouldn't the United States have to invest more money?

"If the colonies we withdraw from are like North Korea and Vietnam, then we should not do anything else in the next few decades." Morrison sighed slightly. At this time, he was no longer the same as when he first became Foreign Secretary. , I don’t blush at all when I talk nonsense.

While the free world was communicating with each other and insisting on its own opinions, the Soviet bloc was also unifying its rhetoric and preparing for the next struggle. However, the enemy is ugly and cunning, and we must be prepared to fail to achieve our goals.

"How come I didn't know that Newfoundlanders like to eat this thing? I was the local chief executive." Although he said this, Alan Wilson was not ambiguous. After all, his wife had this sent to him by Pamela Mountbatten. I know that my husband is greedy and very picky about his food.

Salmon caviar, in autumn and winter. Large, hard-shelled salmon eggs are laid in shallow gravel-filled troughs dug by female fish on the river bottom. In the cold winter, the eggs develop slowly, and according to their rules, the young fish hatch only when the forest creek completely melts in spring. At first, they hid among the rocks on the river bottom. The small fish were only half an inch long.

They don't eat and live only on a large protein sac. It is not until the protein sac is absorbed that the small fish begin to look for small insects in the stream.

To the Newfoundland locals, this was not something they cherished. It was just that Alan Wilson was disgusted by seafood at the time and didn't try it much. Looking at it now, it actually tasted pretty good.

"The taste is just okay!" Princess Margaret commented with a neither salty nor bland taste.

Princess Margaret was no longer surprised by the generous logistics support of Alan Wilson. Pamela Mountbatten always asked business partners from all over the world to transport local delicacies. It seemed that this had become a habit.

"That's jealousy, jealousy of the relationship between our husband and wife." Alan Wilson said in his heart that he really didn't think it was that delicious, he just had a taste, but at this time, he silently thought of loyalty in his heart and refuted the remarks of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

He is now waiting for his wife to return in triumph. One day without her is like three autumns, and problems will arise if they are separated for a long time. However, several company executives in Northern Rhodesia said that their wives' days were still very boring, and they had already expressed their intention to come back after finishing this period of work.

While communicating with each other, the two of them also knew what each other had been busy with recently.

After enjoying his wife's love, Alan Wilson took out the telegram from Sir Ismay that had just arrived. After a glance, he knew that the negotiations were still at a stage where there was no progress every day. First it was North Korea, now it's Vietnam.

The optimistic tone in the telegram was still evident, with Sir Ismay saying that there was little problem in reaching consensus.

Alan Wilson doesn't understand. He obviously wants to carry out the Munich conspiracy, but he still has to act upright in public and waste so much time on every detail of the meeting? But when I think about the fact that the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may be of this nature, there is no other way.

In fact, this kind of long-lasting negotiation is indeed very boring every day. Unlike the countless details that are filled in the public opinion, the two parties in the Geneva negotiations just talk to themselves as a routine every day, and then analyze the other party's words after going back. , the next day, I repeated yesterday’s position again. After repeating this, I finally felt that there was no room for gain, so I moved on to the next small detail.

This is why the Panmunjom negotiations took so long. Compared with the former, the Geneva meeting, which lasted for more than a month, is really not that long.

Of course, some trends can still be seen now, regarding the durability of the Vietnam War. France does not want to fall into this quagmire anymore, and neither does a certain major country. The British sided with France, and Britain and France took a common position, ultimately convincing the United States that the current kit was most suitable.

As for the Soviet Union, the little North Vietnam is still invisible to the eyes, so some trends related to the final outcome have been clearly shown from this time on.

Mendès France, President of the French Council of Ministers, then rushed to Geneva to express France's attitude. The United States, Britain, and France, two generations of the Group of Sixteen, put forward the final proposal for the independence of the four French colonies and stated that this was the bottom line.

At this point, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov also felt that this was the final outcome of this meeting.

The only thing left is to reach a consensus, which may take some time. Alan Wilson, who has received news from Geneva in Kuala Lumpur, the British colony of Malaya and the capital of the Malay Peninsula, is walking with his wife who is visiting.

"I heard that it was very lively here some time ago, and many celebrities came here?" Pamela Mountbatten seemed to be very interested in this matter, and she kept asking questions as soon as she came back.

"There is such a thing. The colonial government wants to create a major award to disintegrate the resistance from the ideological field." Alan Wilson, who had been prepared for it, talked about this topic endlessly.

"Oh, I just asked casually." Pamela Mountbatten chuckled. She had already asked Princess Margaret that her husband was quite honest and did not behave too abnormally.

However, Pamela Mountbatten didn’t know that Vivien Leigh, Yaqian Caoxun and Xia Meng had not left yet, but she heard about the sale of the island from her husband, “Is this as a thank you?”

"On the one hand, selling some small islands can alleviate financial problems. Giving these big stars may attract some rich people and increase the economic vitality of the colony." Alan Wilson, holding his wife's little hand, let out a sigh of relief, "In addition to these things recently Apart from that, all that’s left is to help the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find out information, and I feel like it’s not over yet.”

"In what way? Isn't it going to end soon?" Pamela Mountbatten patted her forehead as she said this, as if she just remembered something, "By the way, the French don't have to be depressed. I received a call from the oil company." News that oil resources have been discovered in Algeria, I believe this news will make the French happy."

Alan Wilson opened his mouth for a long time before saying, "I don't know if the Algerians are happy or not."

"Why don't you ask about the mining costs?" Pamela Mountbatten frowned slightly, feeling that her husband had missed the point, so she said, "The French intend to spend a sum of money to occupy a larger share."

"Let me think about it!" Alan Wilson knew that his wife was thinking about how to maximize profits, but what he was thinking about was whether the local area was safe.

If the French had not had a long memory, the war in Algeria would probably have become very brutal. Alan Wilson remembered that Algeria's oil resources were only discovered after independence.

The discovery of oil resources at this time is not a good thing for Algeria, which has not yet become independent.

In later generations, the United States would not hesitate to fight against countries rich in oil and gas. If the French thought the same way, the Algerians would be in trouble.