"Is there a new mission?" Pokina asked as soon as the man put down the phone, "To deal with the Soviet aerospace threat?"
"If the cabinet knows that there are two spies next to me, it will definitely regret making this call." Alan Wilson reached out and touched Bokina's cheek, "I lost a West Berlin on you."
"Do you still remember this?" Anna next to her said with a look of aggrieved face, "Isn't it just West Berlin? It's not your British place."
"Such an understatement really shows the attitude of the world's largest territorial country." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said it easily. It was a semi-international city with a population of more than two million.
What now? A ghost town with more than 10,000 troops stationed there. Alan Wilson didn't know if the British, American and French troops stationed there would have nightmares. Anyway, if he had a choice, he would definitely not go to West Berlin again even once.
But today, he is not afraid of the dragoon sisters betraying him again, unless the sisters have reached the point where they are willing to sacrifice their lives for their faith. Alan Wilson does not deny that there are such people, but there are indeed not many such people. Women
Especially few.
"I don't deny that the Soviet Union is indeed ahead in the aerospace field, but the United States is not easy to deal with. With the current economic situation and remaining power of the United Kingdom, it is not impossible to follow suit. But there are so many areas of competition. If the United States and the Soviet Union each
In every confrontation, the UK has to follow up. We do not have such great capabilities, so we must integrate European power."
On an industrial basis, Europe is still strong, and its traditional industrial capabilities are still higher than those of the United States. But this so-called industrial capability is distributed in various countries, not concentrated in the United Kingdom.
Today, in the aerospace competition, the UK is following up. Should the Air Force follow up? Should the Navy follow up? How can Britain have the national strength to follow up? The United States has built a strategic bomber that is more expensive than the equivalent of gold, and the UK will also do the same?
It is enough for the UK to prove that it has this kind of thing. The current three-V bombers are enough, and there is no need to continue to follow up.
"Will the United States agree to integrate European countries?" Anna was a little worried. "The new border policy of the United States is to treat Europe as a defense line that obeys the United States. Even we can see this."
"Of course I can see it, but I can only take a step and see it step by step." Alan Wilson did not say much about this topic.
The fact is that he really doesn't have many options. Even though the income of British citizens is the same as that of the United States, the national strength is still only one-third of that of the United States. National strength has little to do with per capita. What matters is the total amount.
Britain has Malaya as its production base, but the United States still has Japan? There is no good opportunity to weaken the United States. The United States is still invincible to Britain.
At the end of 1960, Alan Wilson left London again and went to Paris for negotiations, nominally to persuade France to re-understand NATO, because France had indeed divested many of the rights to use NATO military facilities in France.
But secretly, he came to talk to the French. What do the French think about the establishment of the European Space Agency?
France did build a space center in the desert of Algeria, called the Hamakil Launch Center. However, Algeria is not yet safe, and this space center has not been used much.
At this time, Britain's aerospace technology is still stronger than France's, firmly ranking third in the world. The space center in Australia was established very early and is already in operation.
But Alan Wilson did not think that this matter would be successful, and de Gaulle did not trust either Britain or the United States.
It just shows that he distrusts the United States even more. He will not hand over the dominance of European aerospace to the United Kingdom. After all, competition in the aerospace field is now related to the face of a country. It is difficult to trust a suspicious ally in this matter.
But even so, the plan he proposed on behalf of the UK is still full of sincerity. The development of the European aerospace industry has embarked on a path of cooperative development. This is a diversified and integrated path, showing the complementary advantages between European countries.
The result of unity and collaboration.
The European aerospace industry generally has a diverse structure: aerospace technology and industrial strength are evenly distributed at the three levels of the country, intergovernmental international organizations and the European Community. Among them, the UK's comprehensive aerospace strength is in a leading position, representing the aerospace technology of European countries.
Cutting-edge level; as an intergovernmental international organization, the European Space Agency, however, European spaceflight is one: the European Space Agency is like the lead singer, organizing different melodies into a harmonious movement.
In order to reflect the advantages of different European countries and take into account everyone's interests, the main agencies of the Space Agency are evenly distributed in several European countries. Different countries play different roles in different considerations. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and Italy all
In it, it looks like it wants Europe to be united and independent.
This plan was actually closer to reality when it was presented by the French, but when Alan Wilson presented it, it was as if he had picked up the wrong script.
De Gaulle's government quickly discussed the establishment of the European Space Agency and the olive branch offered by suspicious allies.
"The British expressed that they can open the Wumera launch site to serve European countries." Georges Pidour exchanged views with Jean Monnet on this issue.
Jean Monnet is an important supporter of the European integration process. Of course, his support is useless. De Gaulle is not very supportive. De Gaulle himself meant to turn the European Community into an institution for France to lead Europe.
This is the same as Alan Wilson's belief that the European Community should be led by Britain. As for European integration, he is not really concerned about it.
Jean Monnet is different. In the original history, Jean Monnet should have been the first Speaker of the European Parliament, but now there is Britain in the European Community, and Britain's economic strength is far stronger than France, so naturally
There will be no European Parliament.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In this regard, Jean Monnet is not dissatisfied with the United Kingdom. He feels that the United Kingdom is not really leading Europe towards unity. This suspicion is of course true.
Yes, but now Britain is in the European Community. It is easy to ask God to send God away, but it is difficult to send God away. Jean Monet cannot kick Britain out. He can't do it, and France can't do it either.
"The so-called opening of the Wumera launch site by the UK is just a move to share the cost of operating the launch site. Who doesn't know the relationship between Australia and the UK? If the time comes to exclude us, it will not be a matter of London saying a word, Canberra will
Refuse London’s orders? Not at all!”
Jean Monnet expressed pessimism about this, asking Georges Pidour, "What does Charles think?"
"The president is not optimistic either. He feels that this seemingly comprehensive plan has hidden secrets." George Pidour did not hide it. "We should deal with any plan proposed by the UK with caution. No one knows the UK better than us."
How cunning people are.”
"We still don't know what the UK's views on Europe are. The UK is obviously relying on the Commonwealth and the European Community for development. It has to be said that they see further than we do. Maybe before the independence of British India, or even before the war
Before it was over, a place had been chosen that could support the British. It had been supporting Malaya for many years, and now it is showing a trend of revival."
Jean Monet sighed. Today he must admit that Britain's strategic vision is indeed higher than France's. It seems that he has foreseen the situation after the world war and started planning directly.
However, it is not certain whether this is a good thing for France, because the UK has an ambiguous attitude towards the Commonwealth and the European Community. It is difficult to say which one it prefers.
"That's why we have to do our best to preserve Algeria." Georges Pidour looked serious. "Otherwise, France will still be subject to the British presence for a long time. Only when we become stronger can we offset the British presence in the European Community.
influence."
If Algeria was an option for France before, but now that Britain has stabilized its decline, retaining Algeria has become a must for France.
It is not that we should, but that we must keep Algeria. Only in this way can we maintain France's foundation as a great power.
Alan Wilson didn't know that two French big shots had such high regard for Britain's so-called strategic vision.
Without its own existence, Britain has Mao's strategic vision. After the end of World War II, it was as if it had lost its soul. If it were not for itself, it would be in the embarrassing situation of being locked out of the European Community by France, and almost being squeezed out of Europe by Italy economically.
The top three still have strategic vision?
"What are you doing?" Hedy Lamarr pushed the door open and angrily scolded the man who had done something inappropriate.
"What are you doing? I finally came here." Alan Wilson looked up from Ingrid Bergman's warm embrace, looking very unhappy. What did he do?
"It's so hard to come here? Just to do this kind of thing?"
"He wanted to relax and relieve his psychological pressure." Ingrid Bergman was dissatisfied and asked Hedy Lamarr to take care of the overall situation. She finally came here and didn't make her angry.
This trip to France was not considered a success, and Alan Wilson had to admit that not only did he not achieve a win-win attempt this time, it was simply a lose-lose. This was the first time since he had balanced public and private matters. Fortunately, his two daughters were very obedient.
, allowing him to experience the warmth of family.
De Gaulle's government politely rejected the European Space Agency plan, saying that there were still some details that needed careful consideration.
Alan Wilson's job back in London became to evaluate why France refused and whether there was a possibility of France surrendering to the Communist Party. "I believe President de Gaulle would not do this. Aren't the previous exchanges of visits between the two countries very friendly?"
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When de Gaulle visited Britain, Alan Wilson was in Africa, but he also heard that Britain had prepared a rather grand welcome ceremony, and the welcoming British citizens crowded Waterloo Bridge.