It is hard to imagine that when the leaders of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union were posing for the camera, there was such a scene in the conference hall of the Three Kingdoms. However, basic mathematical logic and the history of the Three Kingdoms have proven this, that is, the triangle is stable.
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It is difficult to achieve breakthrough progress when each is talking to itself.
"Our diplomats had frank exchanges with the United States and the Soviet Union, and all countries also came up with constructive opinions." Alan Wilson changed the subject, holding a document bag with his hands folded across his chest, and faced the diplomats
Minister Robert Eden said, "Our first proposal that was opposed by the United States and the Soviet Union was the proposal to use the area occupied by the Soviet Union to blackmail the Soviets."
"It's not surprising that the Soviets are actually opposed." Foreign Secretary Robert Eden smiled bitterly. He didn't agree with Prime Minister Churchill's blatant threats. However, Churchill was the Prime Minister and both of them were in the Conservative Party, so they could only let it go.
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"Well! To be precise, the opposition is from the Americans. The Americans express their respect for the division plan of the Yalta Conference and oppose the British Empire's one-sided, irrational and unilateral demands that undermine the spirit of unity." Alan Wilson recalled what the Americans said.
wording, while repeating it unchanged.
"I knew the Americans couldn't be trusted. They were simply humiliating us." When Robert Eden heard this, he couldn't help complaining. He thought the first objection would definitely come from the Soviet Union, but he didn't expect it to come from the Soviet Union.
In the United States, just yesterday, President Truman had a very pleasant conversation with Prime Minister Churchill when he arrived in Berlin.
Alan Wilson remained silent. Two young men, the United States and the Soviet Union, who did not care about martial ethics, attacked the British Empire, an old comrade who had ruled the world for more than three hundred years. However, from the perspective of heretics being more hateful than heretics, it was not
Can't understand.
There is nothing new under the sun. Alan Wilson only listened to the foreign secretary's complaints, and Robert Eden must have just talked, because the Suez Canal War proved that a person can fall into the same pit twice.
"Minister, the topic that Americans talk about most is the Soviet Union's war against Japan." Alan Wilson thought that occupying a Soviet-occupied area was just a minor issue and should not be the focus of discussion at the Potsdam Conference. He reminded
, "I heard that the Americans suffered heavy losses in the just-concluded Battle of Okinawa. Strictly speaking, Okinawa is not the Japanese mainland. The tragic casualties have left the Americans with lingering fears. If they attack the Japanese mainland, the US military's casualties will be incalculable. From today's first
Judging from the first round of meetings, it is the United States that wants something from the Soviet Union. So insisting on attacking the Soviet Union first is not a good idea."
The Battle of Okinawa actually ended just a few days ago. This landing battle lasted for 82 days. The attackers were the U.S. Army and the defenders were the Japanese. Although the U.S. Army finally wiped out the 100,000 Japanese troops defending the island, it also suffered nearly 80,000 casualties.
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This is a shocking number for the United States. You must know that the previous battles of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima were equally fierce, but the U.S. military lost less than 20,000 lives in total.
What shocked the U.S. military the most was actually the Kikusui Operation launched by the Japanese army before and after the Battle of Okinawa. It mobilized ten death squads and became the pioneer of the Peace Sect. The U.S. military before and after the Battle of Okinawa was greatly shocked by the suicide attack method that led to the same death.
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Although the battle was finally won, Americans were deeply afraid of the Japanese soldiers' irrational madness and common death.
Traveling all over the world, the U.S. military has never encountered such an opponent. A small Okinawa is already like this. If it really lands on the Japanese mainland, how many soldiers will the United States, which has not been seriously damaged in the world war, lose?
"Alan, the American representative wants us to attend a cocktail party together." At this moment, a British diplomat pushed in the door and invited, "The Americans should have some communication with us."
"Uh!" Alan Wilson looked at Robert Eden, received the latter's approval, turned around and replied, "Of course we cannot refuse our close allies."
After the door was closed again, Robert Eden said, "It should be that we hope to support the war against Japan."
"If nothing else, it should be like this." Alan Wilson nodded with a smile, "Today the Soviet Union mainly mentioned the issue of European rights and interests, and it seems that it has no interest in the Far East. From the psychological point of view, what is emphasized will be lacking.
It seems that the Soviet Union is paying more attention to Europe now."
"Go first and see what the Americans think, and come back and tell me." Robert Eden sighed. As Foreign Secretary, Robert Eden's position is actually very awkward now.
This is not a problem in the UK itself. The problem comes from the United States. In fact, the United States currently does not have a Secretary of State. There used to be one, but recently, for unknown reasons, a vacancy of Secretary of State happened to appear.
Prime Minister Churchill showed unity with Truman of the United States and Stalin of the Soviet Union. Robert Eden could only compete with Molotov on an equal footing in a one-on-one contest. If the United States now has a Secretary of State and comes to Germany, he will now face
The situation will definitely be much better.
After all, it is still the honeymoon period of the Allies, and there is no shortage of cocktail parties in Potsdam to symbolize celebration. Although the positions of the three countries are not completely consistent, on the whole, they are still acceptable.
But compared with the hall downstairs that belongs to politicians, the atmosphere in the small hall on the second floor where representatives from various countries are located is a bit inferior. There is no way around it. There are almost no intact palaces in Germany. Although the Cetzlienhof Palace
It's not impressive enough, so it can only be used as a makeshift one. There are advantages to being small, as it allows for some information exchange.
Bang! After having a drink with the staff of the U.S. Secretary of State, Alan Wilson asked, "James, why didn't your U.S. Secretary of State come to Germany? This will deprive us of the British an extra boost during negotiations and add some original
Unnecessary obstacles."
"Alan, actually I don't know why, on June 27, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius was fired by the president." James Jones shrugged helplessly, "Now there is only one acting secretary of state.
Officer Joseph Crewe, actually I heard that James Burns was highly favored as Secretary of State, but President Truman came directly to Germany without waiting for the Secretary of State to be appointed."
Alan Wilson nodded clearly. He didn't know if this kind of thing had happened before, but it was such a coincidence that it happened at this time. It was just ten days earlier than in history, and such a thing happened.
"Of course, we still hope that the United Kingdom will support the United States' position, especially on the issue of fighting Japan. We can solve other issues later. The most important issue now is to end the world war. Allen, what do you think?" James Jones said very
He spoke sincerely.
"Yeah!" Alan Wilson took a sip from the wine glass, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart. The United States was more anxious about the war against Japan than imagined.