General Eisenhower, who received President Truman's telegram, breathed a sigh of relief. He finally had a chance to deal with this unruly and thorny subordinate. Due to General Pershing's relationship, if it were normal times, Eisenhower would really be right.
There is nothing this subordinate with a lower rank than him can do.
From this point of view, General Eisenhower even felt that the refugee crossing was not entirely a bad thing. As long as he ensured that future events would not involve him.
Therefore, Eisenhower agreed with the British definition of this incident as a purely coincidental and isolated incident, and had already determined in his mind that this was the truth of the entire incident, and there was no need or need to launch an investigation into the incident.
Removing General Patton was the best result, and everyone was very happy! It must be said that the politician side of General Eisenhower played a leading role, and he understood President Truman's thoughts very well.
Before Truman arrived in Europe, General Eisenhower announced new appointments and dismissed General Patton from his post as administrator of Bavaria on the grounds that General Patton was not good at domestic affairs.
The position of commander of the U.S. Third Army has been retained, but this is only a temporary reservation. When the opportunity comes, Eisenhower will find a way to put Patton in a retirement position without the opportunity to cause trouble in front of him.
By the time General Patton was dismissed from his post as Chief Executive of Bavaria, all parties were competing to participate in the blaming contest for the trouble caused by refugees crossing the border, and finally someone took the blame.
In terms of qualifications and reputation, General Patton was a natural candidate. Who made him meet General Eisenhower, his direct superior with strong political attributes, and someone who urgently needed to show up at an important international conference and get rid of the influence of President Roosevelt?
new president.
The new president's ruthless betrayal, coupled with the actions of his immediate superiors to avoid suspicion, resulted in General Patton becoming the one to take the blame.
Moreover, General Patton is also the most suitable person. Most people cannot afford to take the blame. Even if Alan Wilson is willing to take the initiative to stand up and admit his dereliction of duty, the Soviets will only think that this is because Britain and the United States are not sincere and they just hired a temporary worker to deal with it.
The Soviet Union, so sometimes its low status is not a bad thing.
Before the great Prime Minister and the distinguished Foreign Secretary arrived in Berlin, diplomats were still making final preparations for the British Empire to negotiate for its own interests.
Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges was in attendance, allowing Foreign Office Secretary Alexander Cadogan to preside over the meeting, while he gave guidance. Similar meetings were not without reference in past history.
At the end of World War I, the Paris Peace Conference between the United States, Britain and France was similar to the upcoming Potsdam Conference. Listening to Alexander Cadogan and many diplomats discussing the upcoming conference, Edward Bush
Riches spoke slowly, "To find out the positioning of the British Empire, we can judge the attitudes of the United States and the Soviet Union from the attitudes of the other two parties at the Paris Peace Conference."
"So who is in a similar situation to France now?" Alexander Cadogan turned to look at the waiting diplomats.
"After several years of fierce fighting on the homeland, the country was severely damaged. The Soviet Union was in a similar situation to France." Alan Wilson answered this question, paused and said, "We can speculate about the Soviet Union from the attitude of the French at the Paris Peace Conference.
Attitude."
"The Paris office said that Paris newspapers have not reported news about the Potsdam Conference at all in the past few days." Eful mentioned the news and said, "Several newspapers have reported it, and they don't seem to be friendly."
"The French are not surprised! There are no French people in this meeting. They may feel uncomfortable." Alexander Cadogan took the topic back. "It can be thought that the Soviet Union's attitude towards Germany was different from that after the First World War.
France has a similar attitude towards Germany, and our attitude is not to allow the tragedy of Germany's comeback after World War I to repeat itself."
After speaking, Alexander Cadogan turned his attention to Edward Bridges. The latter did not speak, but nodded, indicating that this was what all members of the cabinet meant.
The situation faced by the Potsdam Conference was very similar to the Paris Peace Conference. The difference was that the original France was replaced by the current Soviet Union. Due to the lessons learned from the past, both the United States and the United Kingdom were very worried about a recurrence of the tragedy. The United States believed that the settlement of German compensation after World War I
There are serious problems with the solution in question.
Although the "Dawes Plan" reduced Germany's burden, it ignored the fact that Britain and France also owed huge debts to the United States.
It is equivalent to the United States paying reparations for Germany to finance the compensation to Britain and France, and Britain and France then use it to pay the United States. Therefore, German compensation did not help Europe's recovery at all, but on the contrary aggravated the political turmoil in Europe.
The United Kingdom and the United States have similar views, but from different angles. The British view combines economic development and strategic planning. Out of concerns about the expansion of the Soviet Union to Western Europe, the United Kingdom, just like after World War I, did not want Germany to be overly weakened.
Therefore, it is imperative to rebuild Germany.
That is to say, Britain is more eager to rebuild Germany than the United States, but it just doesn't have the money now.
"In other words, how we treated France at the beginning is how we will treat the Soviet Union now." Eiffel felt that he had understood the key.
"Actually, the United States was the role of our British Empire. The Soviet Union was in France's environment, but in terms of strength, we may be more suitable this time with France at the Paris Peace Conference." Edward Bridges shook his head and pointed at these.
Diplomat, "In this case, balancing the opinions of the United States and the Soviet Union is a very test of ability. Okay, let's adjourn the meeting first."
The conference room was empty. Alexander Cadogan accompanied Edward Bridges to leave, followed closely behind and said, "Sir Edward, it is the first time for these diplomats to face such an important international meeting. Some things are beyond their imagination."
It’s understandable to be thoughtful.”
"Of course it's understandable!" Edward Bridges kept walking and said without looking back, "Do you think I'm worried about their inexperience? That's not important. I'm worried about our Prime Minister, and I thought it was nothing more.
It is a simple repetition of the Paris Peace Conference, blindly persecuting the Soviets regardless of the current domestic situation."
"What you just said is that we are more like the French people before, you mean the Prime Minister?" Alexander Cadogan was a little surprised, he really didn't think of this level.
"Otherwise? You wouldn't think that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary would meet from morning to night every day at the Paris Peace Conference." Edward Bridges looked back with a very unprofessional look, "It's not just us.
The diplomats went to negotiate, but the negotiation only gave politicians a chance to sign."