Chapter 1,052 The Insidious Britain (United States)
"Wow!" A strange expression appeared on Alan Wilson's face. This is the benefit of cultivating self-respect. Let's see what the respected American allies say. Are they willing to participate in the Six-Party Talks?
You must know that the United States has always avoided this negotiation and has not expressed its position. Now it is willing to talk.
"This kind of mature idea based on absolute rationality is what the UK has always been looking forward to." Although Smith was right next to him, Alan Wilson didn't care if there were bystanders and once again performed the stunt of changing his face.
"The friction between the two countries must be controlled, which is why I came this time." McCarthy was very satisfied with the reaction of his old friend, and further said, "Allen, I think you should persuade Mr. Macmillan to be positive about the United States' suggestions.
Respond."
"Of course!" Alan Wilson patted his chest and added, "It is obligatory! Joseph, I have been looking forward to this round of friction for a long time. To deal with such a powerful enemy as the Soviet Union, the free world should unite. We have already recognized the United States
Leadership in the world only pursues economic interests. Now the United Kingdom no longer poses a leadership challenge to the United States. The two countries can face threats together while remaining in peace."
Alan Wilson has always hoped that the United States could retreat in spite of difficulties and not be afraid of coming back to make up for the damage if his own father is not dead.
To be fair, his idea is not greedy, but obviously the United States does not think so.
Even if McCarthy came in person this time, it still did not dispel Alan Wilson's suspicion. Who knows if this is another delaying strategy thought up by Washington?
First, asking the United Kingdom to come forward to confront the Soviet Union in the Congo, to cover the United States hiding behind it, and to maintain the United States' image of supporting colonial independence is like killing someone with a borrowed knife. Once the situation is relieved, will the United States return to its old ways?
From history, Alan Wilson can know that this is almost certain. Once the United States has passed this special period of trouble, it will come back. He will not act sincerely just because McCarthy comes personally.
I believe that the United States is really sincere.
This is indeed the case. McCarthy himself was sincere when he came in person, but Washington really hopes that Britain and France, especially the United Kingdom, will settle down first and not cause trouble for the United States during the election.
If the Soviet Union had done this, at the critical moment of the election, the candidates of the two parties should now be competing to see who was tougher. Unless the Soviet Union used its ability to be tougher than the United States.
But in the past year, it has been the United Kingdom that has been in trouble. Although the United Kingdom does not seem as scary as the Soviet Union, its relationship with the United States is destined to prevent the United States from falling out with the United Kingdom.
The relationship between Britain and the United States has both advantages and disadvantages for Britain. The same is true for the United States. There are constraints and advantages.
Both good and bad are two-way, but in normal times, the United States can take advantage of it because of its strong national power.
But at a critical moment like the general election, the United States cannot exert its national strength. If it really shows its attitude towards the Soviet Union, the relationship between Britain and the United States will be in a mess. The next government will have to spend time repairing the relationship between Britain and the United States.
After all, the old father hasn't completely laid down yet. He can still kick his legs from time to time, so he can't be in a hurry to inherit the family property.
Alan Wilson guessed what the United States was thinking, but if the United Kingdom achieves pretty good results this time, it will only be more confident in dealing with the United States' attempts to extract wool.
Although they have their own agendas, Alan Wilson and McCarthy are much more familiar with each other than before. It seems that the special relationship between Britain and the United States has returned from the low point after the Iranian oil crisis, at least on the surface.
The news that the United States was willing to sit down and have a good talk and join the six-party talks reached London via telegram from Lusaka.
Finally, at the critical moment of the U.S. election, with the full firepower of the Democratic Party, the aggressiveness displayed by the Eisenhower administration in the late period once again returned to the remaining isolationism of the Republican Party.
The tail of isolationism has been caught this time, and there will be no such good things in the future. Once the dust settles in this election, the last trace of isolationism left by Eisenhower will disappear from the Republican Party.
The Republicans and Democrats are even ready to change sides, and there will be no such thing as isolationism in American politics in the future.
This news reached London, making Prime Minister Eden and Foreign Secretary Macmillan very happy. After persisting for so long, they still got the answer they wanted. This was gratifying for both of them.
"Finally we have a result we can accept." Aiden breathed a sigh of relief. Britain has been under considerable pressure from the United States for a year, but fortunately it has finally come to an end.
"Yes!" Macmillan was equally relieved, "Fortunately, the result is good, and the United States is finally willing to talk."
It is really not easy to make the United States sit down calmly. This son who came from behind has a really bad temper. Compared with the United States now, the United Kingdom was considered very kind at the time.
The question now is nothing more than when to give the United States a positive response, immediately or wait a few days to wait and see. This is already a matter of details and does not affect the overall situation.
"Allen also had doubts and questioned whether the United States had evil intentions in allowing the British leadership to intervene in the situation in the Congo." Macmillan asked Eden, "It is not impossible, if it causes a financial burden?"
"Even if the United States wants to maintain a non-interventionist persona, it must at least provide financial support. Otherwise, the United Kingdom can only guarantee the stability of British East Africa. It will not invest precious funds into a bottomless pit. But not everyone is the same.
The Gold Coast is worthy of the UK's focus on construction." Aiden instantly regained his composure and rational thinking reoccupied his brain. "Every fund is precious. The results of developing Africa are very gratifying, but investment is also needed."
It is a bit hard to build a country through real estate, but it is not impossible under the colonial system. Anyway, the Overseas Assets Management Committee does a good job. Some colonies may not have much property, but it will help maintain Britain's influence after being converted into debt.
What's more, the foundation of most colonies is still good. Britain is not France. Although France occupies a larger area in Africa, Britain undoubtedly occupies better territory. After the consumption of two world wars, Britain has been lying on its back to make money.
, and now I am starting to earn my hard-earned money on my own.
Under the rain of blows from the colonial commissioners, the residents of the colonies were not unable to work hard.
Today is different from the past, and the British Empire has no surplus food. It is not impossible to protect the United States from the front, but what about money?
Alan Wilson in Lusaka got the news from the country and was going to have a good talk with McCarthy on this issue. How on earth was the account split? Is it true that the gentry's money was given in full? What about the rest?
If it was before World War II, Britain would naturally be shouldering the responsibility, but now Britain can no longer continue to be taken advantage of. The exclusive treatment of world hegemons currently falls on the Americans.
"If the UK had no financial problems, it would not cling to Iran." Alan Wilson spoke sincerely, expressing the UK's current funding difficulties, "You see, the UK's annual military expenditure is less than 2 billion pounds.
To pay back the debt of the United States, which is saved from military expenditures, and then invested in the confrontation between Congo and the Soviet Union, may lead to a deterioration of the financial situation."
Alan Wilson, who is already a senior bureaucrat, is very familiar with telling lies with his eyes open. The US debt was obtained in exchange for the independence of the seven million square kilometers of colonies. However, after the war, Britain has indeed been controlling military spending.
Compared with the United States, the United States' military expenditure has been ten times that of the United Kingdom in recent years. Compared with the patchy United Kingdom, the life of the American military is too comfortable, but Alan Wilson knows that it can be even more comfortable.
For example, fighting in Vietnam.
There are three main categories of military spending: personnel funding, combat and maintenance funding, and equipment procurement funding.
Among them, the proportion of personnel funds is relatively fixed, and other small expenditures are ignored. Therefore, operations and maintenance and equipment procurement have become the two most important subjects. They are respectively responsible for the cost of responding to "current" threats and "future" threats.
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For the U.S. military, they are definitely not willing to spit out the fat they eat. Therefore, people have seen a situation that is often overlooked in U.S. military expenditures: equipment procurement funds, which have never been reduced. Military expenditures
If military spending does not rise, it will rise even faster.
Americans are so rich, so it is not too much for Britain to ask for some financial help to solve the Congo problem for the United States. After all, the former world hegemon still has to pay some labor fees.
Alan Wilson fully demonstrated the style of old-style imperialism, saying that he could go through NATO's accounts, and even said that Britain could contact Belgium and Portugal to formulate a joint combat plan.
Then he took this plan and asked McCarthy for support. After McCarthy communicated to the country, he categorically rejected the plan listed by Alan Wilson, "NATO's duty is only to protect Europe."
McCarthy did not understand this. The American think tank in Washington could see at a glance that the old man Britain was worse than France. If this intervention in the Congo expanded the coverage of NATO, these colonial countries would follow suit and use the United States'
They used money to protect their colonies, and the excuse was the so-called Soviet threat.
It's just that France, under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle, openly said this to the United States. The United Kingdom secretly used a plan to trick the United States. If they agreed without knowing what was going on, Portugal, the Netherlands and other other countries would follow suit in the future.
They say that NATO's coverage applies to one's own colonies.
Doesn’t this mean that the United States has paid money to protect the colonies of these European countries? At this time, the United Kingdom is still using these conspiracies and tricks.
Alan Wilson also knew that deceiving the United States had not succeeded, so he directly blamed it on the cabinet, stating that he was only the executor, "The Six-Party Talks, the news given to me by London is that they will be held in Basra, the important town in southern Iraq, in October. We hope that the United States and Germany will express their sincerity."
, endorse this location.”
The United Kingdom is also a master of not letting go of hawks when it sees rabbits. The United States and Germany must immediately announce their participation in the Six-Party Talks, otherwise this round of Anglo-American diplomatic friction will not be over yet.