British Civil Servants Chapter 1661 Sanctions Package
After Jordan and Sudan severed diplomatic relations, they then came to North Africa. The Kingdom of Egypt issued a diplomatic note, fiercely criticizing the Khartoum regime, including but not limited to changing the beliefs of Arabs, and so on.
The Kingdom of Egypt and the Kingdom of Libya successively severed diplomatic relations with Sudan. At this time, the only Arab countries that still maintained diplomatic relations with Sudan were Yemen and Syria.
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Although Yemen and Syria can be regarded as Arab brothers, they obviously cannot help the current situation. Saudi Arabia's severance of diplomatic relations became the last straw that broke the camel's back. It really made Sudan feel unprecedented isolation. The world has changed.
Now, the Soviet Union’s deterrence power can no longer provide a guarantee for pro-Soviet countries, especially pro-Soviet countries in Africa.
On this day, Alan Wilson was spending his weekends. He watched a masterpiece of Hong Kong movies called Blood Drops with great interest. He took the time to answer a call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "I'll be there later."
The last point is left. After witnessing the murder of Yong Zheng by Lu Siniang in the Hong Kong film era, the supreme authority stood up and turned off the video recorder. In his eyes, the three pro-Soviet countries in Northeast Africa can be regarded as one
Overall, there is no need to specifically distinguish who comes first and who comes last.
This area of less than 4 million square kilometers, if placed in Europe, is larger than the area of Eastern Europe except the Soviet Union. Except for the Soviet Union, the total area of Eastern European countries is less than 2 million square kilometers.
The area of the three horned countries is almost three times that of Eastern European countries.
The Arab countries are united to deal with Sudan, and the UK mainly puts pressure on Ethiopia, which has the most complicated domestic situation. The remaining Somalia, it would be best if they can defect, if they insist. The worst is to let Somalia go first, anyway, Somalia is the smallest among the three countries.
, British maritime power can easily deal with such coastal countries.
"Sanctions on the Mengistu regime." Coming to Whitehall, Alan Wilson informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the next steps, "to impose sanctions on Ethiopia through a United Nations resolution. I will discuss this with the Prime Minister later and inform the Ambassador to the United Nations first.
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After directing the work of the Foreign Office, Alan Wilson walked directly to No. 10 Downing Street. At this time, the Prime Minister was having lunch with Mr. Thatcher and was very impatient at the interruption of the uninvited guest.
"Dear, don't keep the Cabinet Secretary waiting too long." Mr. Thatcher expressed his support for his wife. Mrs. Thatcher nodded apologetically, "You know, the Secretary-General of Whitehall is far away.
More than any opponent I have ever encountered."
Alan Wilson waited with his hands in his trouser pockets for the Prime Minister to appear, without wasting any time, hoping to impose sanctions on Ethiopia, nominally on the grounds that human rights outweighed sovereignty.
"I wonder if this will be effective." After the beginning of her second term, Mrs. Thatcher became very interested in appearing on the international stage and immediately replied with interest.
"In the past few years, Ethiopia suffered from successive famines, which happened to coincide with Brezhnev's death. Although Mengistu could rely on the army to tide over the difficulties to a certain extent, the low-intensity civil war has never stopped. Now Ethiopia's economy is still very fragile.
Yes, if extensive sanctions can be launched and pressure is exerted through neighboring countries, I believe this country will soon fall into turmoil."
"Of course there is a price, and the famine that has just subsided may return again, causing millions of deaths, but everything is worth it for freedom."
Alan Wilson's tone was as objective and neutral as ever, and he did not hide the consequences of widespread sanctions. In his eyes, these were all small scenes. Many years ago in British India, he personally promoted the more exciting ones. You see now
Isn’t India living a good life? People in India must pay a price first if they are given a great responsibility from heaven...
Although Ethiopia is the water tower of East Africa, it is actually not important in the eyes of the supreme authority, let alone a battleground for military strategists. They just happened to choose this country and think it is suitable for causing trouble, that's all.
"This will definitely require the cooperation of the United States." Mrs. Thatcher nodded. With the help of the United States, the sanctions will be effective more quickly.
The resentment of being interrupted for lunch had not gone away, and the Prime Minister was still very vindictive. He immediately expressed the hope that for the sake of the overall situation of the special relationship between Britain and the United States, he hoped that the Cabinet Secretary could make a trip to the country, which could also show Britain's sincerity.
Alan Wilson squinted his eyes and took a deep look at the Iron Lady, and nodded in agreement, because this matter should not be difficult to win for Reagan, the anti-Soviet devil.
Why choose Africa? Isn’t the most basic reason that Alan Wilson believes that this continent, which is generally only stronger than Antarctica in terms of strategic position, is easier to do?
The walking British-American special relationship set off directly. Soon he arrived in Washington, and then was left alone for two days. Alan Wilson self-guessed that it was Reagan who was harassed again and again because of his amnesty to illegal immigrants.
After all, Reagan was just as vindictive as the Iron Lady.
However, with his biological daughter Cheryl taking him around, Alan Wilson's life is not boring. He even has time to flirt with old American ladies. Even if they don't meet often, many of his friends have their own families, but after all
Have you ever had an unforgettable memory and just forgotten the favor of Barbie?
Otherwise, we should make good friends and be nice to our friends so that we won’t be unable to find a temporary place to stay at the critical moment. Lana Turner was so happy that she said, “I’ve never seen you in such a mess.”
"Huh? Don't ruin your image in my mind. I still have a good impression of you." Alan Wilson has no self-consciousness about being a guest, but is proud of having friends all over the world. "I don't think Ronald can just hang around."
For too long, I have only opposed his amnesty for immigrants."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This kind of political secret was told by Alan Wilson without any scruples. The fundamental reason is of course that the supreme authority believes that he is right. It is purely a matter of different political opinions. Reagan
It would be sheer stupidity if this incident affected the special relationship between Britain and the United States.
He himself also believed that Reagan was better than Tutou. After all, most of Reagan's actions only had negative effects after the new century.
Just like Alan Wilson's self-evaluation, Reagan only gave him a small shoe to put on, so as not to sever the friendship that had lasted for decades.
Under normal circumstances, civil servants cannot meet the president, but because of the irreconcilable relationship between the two, Alan Wilson, in his capacity as Cabinet Secretary, could talk to Reagan.
Of course, this is only when Reagan is in the country. If he attends any international conference, Mrs. Thatcher still needs to come forward to reach a common position with Reagan.
You're welcome, Alan Wilson came up with his own grand blueprint for communication in the name of Britain, a plan to clear out three pro-Soviet African countries covering nearly 4 million square kilometers in the northeastern corner of Africa.
With an area of nearly four million square kilometers, no one in the world can say that this number is insignificant. Even the United States is considered to be a vast land with abundant resources, which is almost half of the United States.
Reagan took a breath and lamented that old-style imperialism was invincible. Although he also focused on improving the Vietnam War and the United States' damaged self-confidence after taking office, he struck hard in Greenbada and Nicaragua.
I should have used Gaddafi to show that the United States is invincible, but in this world, Libya is still a kingdom, and I couldn't find a place to be a hero no matter how hard I looked.
Looking at the British side, they directly formulated subversive plans against three countries, which can be described as a big deal. Obviously, the British are much more enterprising than the hardliners who have little advantage even in the United States.
For a time, Reagan's evaluation of the United Kingdom rose to more than one level, and the United Kingdom still had a powerful opposition party, the Labor Party.
If Alan Wilson knew that after Reagan saw the plan, he suddenly had unrealistic expectations for Britain, a thing of yesterday, he would definitely regret coming too late. Is he a hard-liner like Mrs. Thatcher?
When he came up with the plan at No. 10 Downing Street, he didn't see anything about the Iron Lady's toughness.
For Reagan, anti-Soviet was the most important thing. He even wanted to defeat the Soviet Union during his term of office. Of course, most people and even his staff believed that the president was dreaming.
"Very good." Reagan did not hide his interest at all, and even found many reasons to justify it. When the human rights issue came out of his mouth, it proved that Britain and the United States had reached an agreement on this issue.
reached consensus.
"But will this delay the nuclear weapons reduction negotiations signed by the two countries?" Of course Reagan wanted to give the Soviet Union a hard time, but Europe was still very concerned about the nuclear negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States.
"Dear President, isn't this a good testing opportunity?" Alan Wilson replied simply, "Only by starting from the position of strength can we test the true bottom line of the Soviet Union."
Are you kidding, you just know the bottom line of Map Head, otherwise Alan Wilson would not dare to formulate such a plan. When other Soviet leaders, he was also afraid of being slapped in the face.
Now that President Reagan has given his approval, the next step is logical. Under the guise of human rights, the United Kingdom and the United States jointly pushed for unprecedentedly severe sanctions at the United Nations against Ethiopia, a country that had just ended famine and was still very economically fragile.
The effect is immediate. The smaller the country, the less able it is to withstand such extensive sanctions, not to mention that the public opinion attack on the Mengistu regime will begin immediately.
"Should we set up a no-fly zone?" Alan Wilson thought hard, wondering if it was too early, or if he should come to the United States and get the full package.
In the end, he decided to wait and see to see how powerful this package was. Alan Wilson turned around and returned to London to report on the results of his visit.