"Britain has always sincerely admired the spirit of sacrifice that France showed during World War I." Perhaps knowing that he had made a mistake, Alan Wilson immediately took a remedial attitude, praising France's sacrifice during World War I, and at the same time remembering it.
The comradery that began in the trenches.
France still has to win over. With Britain on its own, it will soon be crushed to pieces between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Alan Wilson is really a European, hoping that the British Empire will avoid the fate of being a follower.
His words brought tears to Nino Bertrand's eyes, and the diplomats around him burst into applause, toasting to the comradeship between Britain and France who fought side by side during World War I.
On the last night in Brussels, the cocktail party was filled with an atmosphere of unity and deep hope for a better tomorrow.
Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges still sat aside and watched the lively drinking party with the attitude of a bystander. At his age, he should stay away from such occasions and taste whiskey when there were few people.
After the cocktail party, Edward Bridges had Alan Wilson called to his room. There was no particular reason. He was going back to London tomorrow and wanted to talk to a few people tonight.
There were only a few people to talk to, and most of the topics were business matters, from colonization to reconstruction, and time passed by little by little.
"But having said that, our Prime Minister and Mr. Churchill agree on one thing, and that is their evaluation of General de Gaulle. They are surprisingly consistent. This wretch." Alexander Cadogan shrugged. "Why does this general have so many
problems and always embarrass us.”
"His stubbornness is more conspicuous than his height." Edward Bridges said calmly, "If he is the leader of a country, even if he has some doubts in his heart, he will definitely not
Publicly announced, but de Gaulle always expressed doubts about London's intentions, which is somewhat incomprehensible. There is no doubt that from our point of view, this brigadier general is a disgusting person."
"Honorable 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. Maybe there are countless people in France who are willing to involve this French hero.
Attention." Alan Wilson expressed his opinion after both his immediate superiors had expressed their opinions. 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 a matter of the 20th century. It can be traced back a century.
Paris is known as the old revolutionary district, and Paris itself has a dominant position within France. Since modern times, Paris has been France's unique economic, political, cultural, and artistic center.
Lyon, the second largest city, cannot even compete with it. Under such circumstances, Parisians will naturally develop a certain kind of arrogance. Almost from the end of the Bourbon dynasty, provincials have become their slightly mocking reference to all French people outside Paris.
To call them that, they think they are rustic.
This arrogance of Parisians makes them very dissatisfied with almost all governments, and at some point, these dissatisfactions will turn into anarchist riots, or even revolutions, overthrowing a dynasty.
This is not the first time this has happened in French history. The newly established French Fourth Republic seemed to have had twenty-two governments in twelve years. In Alan Wilson's impression, this was more than the Japanese changing prime ministers.
quick.
If French politics had not been in an unstable state for two hundred years, with either revolution or restoration, and repeated internal battles, Britain would not have suppressed France so easily.
"I hope that the mature politicians in France can be like our British politicians and let De Gaulle return to a leisurely life as soon as possible." Edward Bridges said helplessly, holding a wine glass, "Mr. Churchill now
He is much more lively. After becoming a backbencher again, he has lost ten years of age, and the Congress can always hear his angry shouts."
"That's true. I heard from the Foreign Secretary that the diplomatic field is where Mr. Churchill is currently most dissatisfied." Alexander Cadogan agreed with a smile. "He accused the Labor government of being an agent of the Soviet Union."
"Oh, what do the voters think?" Edward Bridges became interested and asked expectantly.
"This situation is more complicated. Conservative newspapers said that the prime minister served the Soviet Union, while newspapers supporting the Labor Party said that the former prime minister served the United States." Alexander Cadogan said, holding back laughter.
"In fact, there are not so many problems. If the Soviet Union wants to get news from London, it can just find two backbenchers from the British Communist Party. Pollitt will tell Stalin everything he knows." Edward Bridges
At this point, he changed the subject and said, "Of course we don't want to get involved in parties and let these congressmen with different opinions solve the problem on their own."
There are currently more than 50,000 members of the Communist Party of Britain. During the 1945 election, two party members entered Parliament and became backbench members. Just like Churchill’s role now, they were backbench members who created obstacles for the ruling party.
the greatest pleasure.
However, the relationship between the Communist Party of England and the Labor Party is relatively good, and Prime Minister Attlee also claims to be a socialist. At present, in the UK, the Conservative Party's voice in advocating a tough stance on the Soviet Union is still within control.
If we ignore the disagreement between the number one and two figures of the Labor Party, Edward Bridges feels that the Labor Party should not encounter any difficulties in the short term. 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 safeguarding European unity officially concluded. Apart from a six-nation joint declaration that no one could find fault with, all that was left was an appeal.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, on the issue of defending Europe, a small step for the Brussels Conference is a giant step for the European people. Britain is pulling France's plan not to join the European Foreign Legion, and at the same time
Also to see how the United States and the Soviet Union react.
The Soviet Union's response was mediocre, and the United States' response was not worthy of study. However, the current attitudes of the United States and the Soviet Union can only be said to be superficial. The United States, which has suddenly reached the top of the world, has many things to face.
It takes time to build any power, not to mention that the United States has not yet reached a consensus on world leadership under the new situation. This has not yet taken into account the bureaucrats who often take months to come up with mature plans.
function.
The road of America as a human beacon has just begun. Compared with Britain and France, which still retain certain strength, the situation in Europe seems to be relatively stable. However, the civil war involving the largest number of people in the world is already brewing. The Americans are showing the world for the first time in the Far East.
The art of hegemonic leadership.
The Far East indeed involves a lot of energy from the United States. The Soviet Union is also constantly having friction with the United States over the Korean Peninsula and Hokkaido issues. These are matters that cannot be resolved in a short period of time.
Although the world war was over, the governments of various countries in 1945 still had a full schedule.
Take the immediate events as an example: Britain, which has just concluded the Brussels Conference, has to witness the founding of the United Nations and rush to San Francisco to formally sign the United Nations Charter.
As early as the previous meeting, the United States and the Soviet Union had already started to compete on the operating mechanism of the United Nations.
As we all know, the veto power is the cornerstone of the United Nations. It is precisely because of the veto power that the five permanent members of the Security Council can comply with the principle of unanimity among major powers when it comes to substantive resolutions of the Security Council other than procedural ones, thus maintaining the stability of the international pattern.
Stablize.
However, because the veto power is too powerful, some powerful countries are eager to become permanent members of the Security Council, while other countries that lack strength simply propose to abolish the veto power.
The Soviet Union insisted on establishing the veto power because other countries could be regarded as allies of the United States. The Soviet Union felt that it was alone in the United Nations and must win the veto power.
At the Yalta Conference, Britain and the United States both agreed to the idea of a veto.
After the Brussels Conference, all participating countries except Spain are preparing to travel to San Francisco.
Alan Wilson returned to the British-occupied area and began to prepare for the handover. At the same time, he wiped his butt clean during this period to prevent latecomers from being idle and exposing the fact that he had taken advantage of the occupied area.
"I heard that the Soviet Union sent a singing group to visit Paris. I wonder what the French and Soviets are doing?" In the British-occupied area, the deputy secretaries-general of the two trade committees still have time to care about another country.
things.
Alan Wilson, who has just returned to Bonn, has been busy destroying criminal records these days. He has no time to take care of such trivial matters. For example, he is doing business now, because the first month's profit of the Hellmann Tobacco Factory has come out.
, he was looking at his colleagues at the Trade Commission to see if they were clean and not to swallow up the share of British India.
"Alan, at the Brussels meeting, was there a resolution on the British-occupied areas?" Tim Brand saw that Alan Wilson didn't respond and asked another question.
"Out of principle, I have no comment." Alan Wilson flipped through the accounts and replied without thinking, "As for the status and management of the British-occupied area, the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary meant that it would be directly managed by the Trade Commission.
Cooperate with the deployment agencies in London to promote the complementarity between British India and the British-occupied areas, and work together to promote local employment. As a person with a sense of confidentiality, I have nothing to say."
"He has a great sense of confidentiality." Harold patted his thigh and praised him without hesitation.