The UK is currently the only major country that has not been influenced by the Soviet Union. Compared with countries such as the German Social Democrats, the Italian Communist Party, and the French Communist Party, which have many supporters, the two seats of the British Communist Party in the House of Commons are not very noticeable.
Although there were some pro-Soviet members within the Labor government as ministers before the war, they were not the same thing as the Communist Party of Britain.
Alan Wilson emphasized the importance of Britain in the United States' control of the situation on the European continent. As a country across the Atlantic Ocean, it was too difficult for the United States to confront a continental power like the Soviet Union. It had to seek help from countries it could trust in Europe.
There is no doubt that the UK is such a country. In terms of trust and national strength, it should be trusted more than other countries. There is no doubt that.
The Americans said that although what you said is correct, it is best to agree to the conditions for the United States to open its foreign exchange market. Otherwise, there may be problems with the amount of aid.
Alan Wilson's answer to this is that in terms of population, Britain deserves the largest share. In terms of national relations, blood between Britain and the United States is thicker than water. Now the Soviet bloc is watching. If the United States agrees
If the conditions are met, Britain will definitely be labeled as Finnish.
"It seems that we have to ask the country for instructions." McCall sighed, saying that he had understood the current difficulties in the UK, but the decision-making power did not lie with him, but with Washington.
Alan Wilson was extremely grateful and said that if the United States could not insist too much on the conditions of foreign exchange controls, he would be willing to talk to London and contribute a little bit on the road to European integration.
In real history, the United States supported the United Kingdom in promoting European integration. However, in the end, the United Kingdom was still burdened by history. It only followed the United States in calling for European integration without participating in it.
In the end, more than ten years later, when the empire's capital was almost exhausted, the United States forced the French to join the European Community. It ended up in disgrace. By that time, France and Germany had already developed.
Britain is not as politically appealing as France, nor is it economically a rival to Germany. It has not received many benefits, but has to bear the responsibilities.
If we do some work to integrate Europe with the support of the United States at this time, even if it is the worst, it will not be worse than history.
"Oh, Mr. Allen, it would be great if Britain could do this." McCall was obviously interested, and he finally had a less stubborn British person.
To be honest, what a great opportunity this is. With the support of the United States, it is a good thing from any perspective for the United Kingdom to integrate Europe and establish a common market. But after Washington proposed it, London has been vague about it, which makes Washington
Confused, are the British crazy?
Sure enough, the UK still needs to be appropriately coerced in order to achieve its goals more easily.
Although he thought so, McCall still showed great respect on the surface. European integration is also a good thing for the United Kingdom. The United States still trusts the United Kingdom more, and has less trust in France, which is obviously more interested in integrating the European market.
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After Alan Wilson left, the assistant came over and said softly, "Assistant Secretary, the British are obviously beggars, and they still say that blood is thicker than water. It's ridiculous."
"Currently we need the UK to integrate Europe, and opening up the European market will make our aid worthwhile. If the UK is willing to handle this matter, it might not be a bad idea to give the UK a little sweetener. The attitudes of the countries coming to Paris now are very different, and we must also keep in touch with Washington.
Contact us." McCall said calmly, "If Britain cooperates, we don't have to take off the emperor's new clothes from their bodies, otherwise it will be bad for everyone."
Alan Wilson, who left the U.S. delegation, also rushed to contact London. This money was not free, because 90% of the aid amount in the Marshall Plan did not need to be repaid.
In history, Britain naturally received the largest share, which was three billion U.S. dollars. What kind of change was this? No one knows the exact amount of Soviet aid to China, but most scholars in the United States believe that it was at least two billion U.S. dollars.
USD and above.
There is indeed no comparison between the Soviet Union and the wealthy United States. The total amount of the Marshall Plan was more than six times that of the Soviet Union's aid to China. This shows how huge the economic advantage of the United States was after the war.
Faced with the premise that the Soviet Union is eyeing it, the United States very much hopes that Europe will not follow the old path, and that no conflicts between Britain and Germany, France and Germany, or Britain and France will appear again. The establishment of the European Common Market is the United States' way to make these contradictions disappear.
It's just that the UK is not interested, and after repeated hints from the United States, it only supports from the sidelines without taking actual actions. In the end, France and Germany took the lead. The easing of Franco-German relations is something that Germany needs both economically and geographically. On this basis
, led by France and Germany, carried out some cooperation ideas for European integration. In the later period, they wanted to break away from the situation of complete submission to the United States and have their own right to speak, which led to the birth of the European Union.
Alan Wilson's idea is simple. As long as the United States does not put pressure on Britain, but puts pressure on other European countries, Britain can help the United States jointly put pressure on other European countries.
The conditions for opening up foreign exchange controls can be exchanged for supporting European integration. As long as the United States does not regret it in the future, Alan Wilson will never regret it. If you want to make money now, you will have to build another mountain in the future to rebuild the glory of the British Empire.
After all, the British mainland does not have a vast market or population. It is not certain whether the Commonwealth can avoid being stalemate by the United States.
Even if the Commonwealth can be preserved, it is not inconsistent with leading Europe. Everyone needs to walk on two legs, let alone a country. There is no reason to put eggs in one basket.
Since the United States very much hopes that the United Kingdom will support European integration, there is nothing wrong with supporting European integration in exchange for relatively favorable conditions. After all, 90% of the aid is donated. If you don't take it, you won't get it.
When the European Economic Integration Organization and the European Community were first established, the United States tried its best to promote these organizations because of the needs of the Cold War. This was mainly because of the existence of the common enemy of the Soviet Union.
Alan Wilson doesn't know why Britain has been resisting the European Community and was finally forced to join it by the United States. But now that the United States has said in front of him that it values this matter, he can use it to negotiate terms.
Alan Wilson even flew directly back to London and went straight to Whitehall after landing to explain the current situation, but the telegram could not explain it clearly.
Because he had submitted a colonial value assessment report before, Alan Wilson could submit the report directly to the Prime Minister. After all, he had done it for the first time countless times, and he already knew many civil servants in Whitehall.
The purpose of returning to London was to explain his attitude towards the current negotiations. At the same time, he talked about his understanding of the Marshall Plan. On the first day, he talked about the thoughts of various countries at the Paris Conference and his communication with the Americans.
The next day, a report was delivered to Prime Minister Attlee. Simply put, this report denied that Alan Wilson himself supported European integration. In fact, it was the two wings of the European Community and the Commonwealth flying together. It was announced to the outside world that it was
Three-ring diplomacy.
The explanation of 123 is very clear. The UK will not accept the birth of an European Community. Either its own leadership will definitely not do it, or its own leadership may not accept it. So Alan Wilson said that he does not support leading the European Community!
But flying together is different. It has been implemented once before in British India and the British-occupied Germany, and the effect was very good. The Commonwealth and the European Community can be regarded as an expanded version of flying together.
The European Community is on the left, the Commonwealth is on the right, and the United Kingdom mediates in the middle. This is a balance, which is very consistent with the traditional British continental balance policy. As for external propaganda, he copied the three-ring diplomacy of the former Prime Minister who has become a member of Churchill, which illustrates the high
The special relationship between Britain and the United States is still necessary.
As for whether the opposition member Churchill has come up with the so-called three-ring diplomacy at this time. Will he despise Prime Minister Attlee's plagiarism? That is not Alan Wilson's business. He is a civil servant, a civil servant.
Only stand on the side of the winner, and now Labor is the winner.
"Norman, do you civil servants in Whitehall look down on us elected leaders?"
In the Prime Minister's Office, he saw Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke coming in. Prime Minister Attlee asked. Unlike his predecessor, Norman Brooke had good relations with ministers in various departments.
For this reason, Prime Minister Attlee sometimes joked with Norman Brooke.
"Where to start? We are all executors." Norman Brooke sat down with a stylized smile and said, "Dear Prime Minister, is the situation in Paris a bit difficult?"
"Alan said that the Americans very much hope that Britain can play its due role in the European Common Market." Attlee frowned and said, "For this reason, Allen negotiated exchange controls with the Americans on this condition.
Question. But I haven’t thought about it yet. You have to know that once we agree, we can’t go back on it.”
"Is this?" Norman Brooke thought of many things at this time, such as selling the Mysore iron ore, such as the medical license of British India, one by one came to mind, and finally said, "We will eventually
You have to consider your own interests, and then Europe’s affairs.”
"Yes, foreign exchange controls involve our British economy." Prime Minister Attlee nodded solemnly.
At this week's parliamentary question, Prime Minister Attlee faced more than 600 MPs and emphasized the significance of post-war economic recovery to the UK. Then the topic changed and he dropped a bombshell, saying that the UK would invest more in diplomacy.
Duo's work, "mainly has three parts. I personally call it three-ring diplomacy, focusing on developing relations between the United States, the Commonwealth and Europe."