Chapter 102 Three Questions
The oil in the Middle East is extremely important to the British Empire, and Prime Minister Attlee's attention is justified. If the Soviet Union can guarantee Iran's security, it will certainly be beneficial to the current British Empire.
If the Soviet Union calmed down, there would be no reason for Britain to seek help from the United States, and finally give up its interests in the Middle East step by step.
Alan Wilson can fully understand this point. As for the Turkish issue, considering the feud between the Soviet Union and Turkey, the relationship between the two countries is destined not to be too good.
And the style of the Soviet Union can also prove this point from the side. Even if you get a military base in Turkey, it is impossible for Turkey to lead to the Soviet Union. In the final analysis, a base is not enough.
Many people actually exaggerated the role of separate military bases. Later generations of Ethiopian Sultans also annoyed the United States when there were US military bases in Turkey. This shows that separate military bases have limited influence.
As for Japan and Germany, that is another question. Japan is pinched to death by the United States. In the final analysis, there are many American military bases on Honshu Island with Tokyo as its core.
It's not a problem in Okinawa at all. If the United States only had a military base in Okinawa, the Japanese's dog leash would have been broken long ago.
This can be proved by the example of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany was amalgamated from the occupied areas of Britain, the United States and France. Many NATO countries have troops stationed in Germany. Under such circumstances, Germany cannot be truly independent.
The Plaza Accord is mainly targeted at two countries, one of which is Japan and the other is Germany. Normally, Germany should be the same as Japan, never recovering from a fall. But the collapse of the USSR saved Germany!
The collapse of the Soviet Union gave up the Eastern European market and gave Germany a chance to regain its autonomy. The Soviet garrison withdrew from the GDR, and there were no foreign troops stationed in the entire GDR territory. Germany seized the opportunity to relocate despite the poor economic conditions of the GDR. Dublin, henceforth the heart of the German state, was far from the grip of foreign garrisons in the west.
Since then, Germany and Japan have been completely different. Germany has become the core of the European Union, while Japan is still a plaything in the hands of the United States. If you look at the distribution map of Germany's foreign troops, you can find that there are no foreign military bases in the original GDR.
When there was a problem in the Soviet Union, Britain and France actually discovered the possibility of Germany regaining its autonomy. They almost came to the Soviet Union with banknotes. It didn’t matter if there were economic problems. Ge Tutu, who was about to commit suicide, was not stopped.
Britain and France wanted to save the Soviet Union decades later, and they had the same desire to guard against the United States just after World War II. The Soviet Union is certainly an enemy, and the United States is definitely not a good friend. Once the enemy disappears, the so-called close allies will only ride on their own heads and feed shit.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the status of Britain and France in the eyes of the United States declined rather than rose. Britain was soon attacked by the United States financially, and France was listed as the second competitor after the Soviet Union.
Seeing that something was about to be done to France, in the years at the turn of the century, life for the French was actually quite difficult.
The matter at hand is that Prime Minister Attlee and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin believe that former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and former Foreign Secretary Robert Eden have not done their job. On the contrary, they betrayed Eastern Europe and haven't gotten anything back.
They kept discussing in the room how to bring Austria back and how to put pressure on the Soviet Union. The two believed that the United States would not be satisfied with what the Soviet Union did.
But this is not necessarily true. Alan Wilson has already seen in Potsdam that Truman's level is actually relatively average. The reason why it seems to have more initiative than Churchill is entirely because of the support of the national strength of the United States.
If Truman were the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he might be directly played by Stalin in the applause, not as good as Churchill, who can still say that there is no way to bring back the sky by killing thieves.
As the direct executor of the black-box operation, Alan Wilson was fortunate to know the expectations of the new prime minister and foreign minister for the Potsdam Conference. He wanted to find a way to unite with the United States to bring Austria back to ensure that Iran was free from the Soviet Union's security threat. Concessions can be made on the right of passage of the Dardanelles when necessary.
In the final analysis, Prime Minister Attlee, who has just accused the Conservative Party of betraying Eastern Europe, still needs to operate in the dark to ensure the interests of the British Empire, but the focus is different.
Of course, Alan Wilson will go through fire and water for the benefit of the British Empire. He also believes that Iran is more important than Turkey. As for the Austrian issue, if Austria is not restored to its original state, it is estimated that the Potsdam Conference will not end.
It is quite normal for the two prime ministers to look at things differently. Even when one person is smart, before Germany attacked France, Churchill thought that once the Soviet Union went to war, if Germany did not go well, Britain should assist Germany.
Germany attacked France first, and Churchill could only sell blood to aid the Soviet Union against the conscience of imperialism.
Because of the airborne arrival of the new prime minister, the Potsdam meeting has undergone changes to a certain extent, and the impact will be revealed in the next few days.
In fact, to be honest, the Potsdam Conference has progressed much faster than in history, which reflects the necessity of black-box operations.
Alan Wilson, who had received a new assignment, walked out of the Prime Minister's room with Alexander Cadogan, secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"What do you think is the difference between our new Prime Minister and Mr. Churchill?" Alexander Cadogan asked.
"If Mr. Churchill is the Prime Minister of the war against Japan, it is still possible in theory. As for Prime Minister Attlee, there is no theory at all, and we will definitely not join in." Alan Wilson replied after a moment of silence, "The new Prime Minister He obviously pays more attention to his own problems than Mr. Churchill, and I wonder if there will be twists and turns in British India in the future."
"This is what Sir Edward is worried about!" Alexander Cadogan sighed, "Mr. Churchill may be more in line with our expectations on the issue of British India."
It is only possible! Alan Wilson thought to himself, he could only continue to prepare to meet Fultseva.
To be honest, he didn't want to continue to sell his interests at all. He manipulated the refugee issue before to strengthen the Soviet Union's unfavorable geographical disadvantages. Yugoslavia has a high probability that it will lead to the Soviet Union due to a large number of foreign opposition forces. He thinks this is all right.
Wouldn't the Soviet Union become more difficult to deal with if it gained control of access to the Black Sea? I can only pray that the Soviet Union will fight smoothly against Japan, get a good port from Japan, and divert its attention from Europe. In the final analysis, I still did not expect that the refugee problem would become so big that it would be caught by the Soviet Union.
Austria, Turkey and Iran are the main homework of Alan Wilson's black box operation this time. Unlike before, he is not going to let Fultseva take advantage of it smoothly, and neither can Maomei.