Chapter 1260 Future Challenges

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Although the United States is dissatisfied with France's actions, Washington cannot guarantee what will happen if it takes drastic measures. The American ambassador really has an idea, but it's not for France.

"Sir Wilson, in fact, Washington urgently needs that the United Kingdom and the United States adopt a common position on one matter." Donald's face was solemn, and his tone was unprecedented.

"With the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, there is nothing that cannot be said." Alan Wilson's heart sank, feeling that the United States must be holding back some bad water somewhere.

"If, and I mean if, King Pahlavi expels the unreasonably large number of diplomats in Iran. We hope that the United Kingdom will be on the side of the United States by then." Donald said quite solemnly.

"I'm afraid that the situation may intensify. Northern Iran has been infiltrated by the Soviet Union for many years. I mean, there may be a risk of civil war." Alan Wilson answered with a solemn expression.

To be honest, no one understands Iran better than him. After all, this is one of the countries that he betrayed with his own hands, and even today Alan Wilson has no regrets. Isn't it good that there are two forces in a country, the United States and the Soviet Union, that are wary of each other?

It is better for the United States and the Soviet Union to stare at each other with big eyes and small eyes than to put their excess attention elsewhere.

Using Iran as a chessboard to let the United States and the Soviet Union consume themselves is not a bad thing for the United Kingdom, but it is obvious that the United States does not want to continue like this, but is looking for ways to drive the Soviet Union out.

This is not impossible, because Iran is a unified country, and King Pahlavi is the legal ruler. In order to ensure the integrity of Iran's sovereignty, it is completely reasonable for him to expel the Soviet infiltration forces in the north.

In fact, in the face of such anti-Soviet behavior, the Soviet Union did not have much to do. He couldn't even stay away. Alan Wilson thought of an example, which was Egypt's transformation from a pro-Soviet country to a neutral country favoring the United States during the Sadat period. You must know that there were 4,000 Soviet soldiers in the Egyptian army at that time. Advisors, Soviet advisors have been decentralized to the battalion and company level. It can be said that the entire Egyptian army is under the influence of the Soviet Union.

But when Sadat ordered the expulsion of Soviet advisers and ended the relationship between the Egyptian army and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union had no choice but to withdraw thousands of military advisers from the Egyptian army.

In fact, to be honest, is the control of the Suez Canal important? It is no less important than the Persian Gulf in the Middle East. The Soviet Union will not fail to realize this. By controlling the Suez Canal, it has grabbed the throats of European countries. This greatly increased the manufacturing costs of the industrial countries in Western Europe, but the Soviet Union still evacuated thousands of military advisers in the Egyptian army.

It can only be said that when the two powers of the United States and the Soviet Union coexisted,

Both countries really have a certain bottom line, but the Cold War is over, and each country has set a lower limit than the other. The winners become more and more shameless, and the losers become more and more rogue. Therefore, the United States may succeed in expelling the Soviet Union's influence in Iran.

If the United States had already made a deal with King Pahlavi to protect Iran, and Pahlavi dared to think and do it, if the Soviet Union did not withdraw, it might launch an anti-Soviet wave in Iran, and even go one step further and create a proxy against the Soviet Union. The war bled the Soviet Union, just like the country of actors.

For a moment, Alan Wilson was confused when faced with the situation he had created by himself. Could there be two proxy wars at the same time, one in the Middle East and one in Southeast Asia?

If this happens, the Cabinet Secretary will also feel that his brain cells are not enough, if two large-scale proxy wars occur at the same time. This world is completely unfamiliar!

Alan Wilson has never wanted the world to become too unfamiliar. He hopes to make profits for Britain within a roughly unchanged historical pattern. He is also afraid of historical trends that are too unfamiliar.

"Secretary-General, what do you mean by Prime Minister?" Donald asked again when he saw that Alan Wilson had not spoken for a long time.

"I will ask about this matter when I have the opportunity. Of course, Washington must be patient." Alan Wilson came back to his senses and assured him unintentionally, "It's just that the Middle East is different from other regions after all. The UK definitely hopes to be confident enough." As we move forward, intelligence work is extremely important. The existing conditions may not be enough."

Alan Wilson promised to help, but after the US ambassador left, he looked disgusted. The familiar history felt strange, which was a very bad feeling.

There are several possibilities now. The Soviet Union tolerated Iran and the United States continued the Vietnam War.

Or the United States will fight the Vietnam War, but the Soviet Union is also conducting military operations in Iran. Once such consequences occur, world peace will be really threatened.

The third possibility is that the Soviet Union could not bear to start a war in Iran first, and the United States ended the war in Vietnam instead. This result was the most unbearable result for the United Kingdom.

Valley pendulum

In fact, the prospects for the second possibility are also very poor. The Soviet Union fights Iran and the United States fights Vietnam. Both wars are fought on their own terms. The risk of a world war will increase sharply.

Only the first type, or a combination of the first and the second type, the Soviet Union either did not respond or responded slowly. At least after the Vietnam War started while the United States was busy threatening Pahlavi, the situation would be relatively less bad. , in short, the immediate crisis should be resolved.

It must be admitted that Alan Wilson is confused. He is thinking about Britain's current national strength. Once the United States is unable to take care of itself, will Britain be able to compete with the Soviet Union in at least one direction? If the UK can't do it on its own, can it be done by adding France?

It is now the beginning of 1964. Since the Algerian War has ended less than two years ago and is in a state of stability under high pressure, France's military strength seems to be quite large. Although the French army is not as large as during the Algerian War, it still has eighty soldiers. Fifty thousand active military personnel.

Britain's long-term disarmament plan is to reduce the size of the British army by 595,000. This figure refers to the size of soldiers in the UK and does not actually include soldiers recruited from Nepal, Malaya and the South Pacific. .

Even if the disarmament is reduced to less than 600,000, plus these colonial troops, Britain can still pull out an armed force of 700,000 to 800,000. Together, Britain and France are equivalent to two-thirds of the U.S. army, which seems quite large. It's not bad. If it's placed in Iran, can it have the effect of stopping the Soviet Union from acting rashly?

It’s funny to say that before the US ambassador talked about Iran, he was still there suggesting that the United States should strike hard at France. Now I think about whether the military strength of France’s allies and the United Kingdom combined can make the Soviet Union take a high look.

If it weren't for Germany's status as a defeated country, he would have wanted to add the Germans, Iran, and the interests of the Hellmann family.

"What are you afraid of? Can a nuclear war start?" Alan Wilson, who was confused, couldn't think about it anymore. Isn't it just smashing the pot? Anyway, he is a naked official, so he is not afraid of a fight. The most that can be done is to inform ladies with the same status as their wives to hide in Australia.

His ordinary brain cannot deduce a foolproof strategy. If he wants to calculate the percentage of war risks, it will definitely not work without a supercomputer.

Alan Wilson was upset, so he took out the playing cards directly from his pocket, closed his eyes and twitched. After get off work, he was going to have a good chat with his sister-in-law to relieve the depression in his heart.

"I'm pregnant." Princess Margaret's first words made Alan Wilson even more depressed. "Does Turing know?"

"He knows what's the use. Apart from being able to stand for convenience, what's the difference between him and me?" Princess Margaret rolled her eyes at the man, as if she was laughing at such a problem.

"That's not what I meant. The point is that he is your husband after all. People naturally think that if you are pregnant, it must be his child." Alan Wilson looked at his sister-in-law's expression of confusion and quickly added, "I actually hope that this child will be his." Born, Margaret, I am just afraid that some pressure that should not be carried by children will appear on our children."

This sounds like human language! Princess Margaret calmed down a little and said distressedly, "But you know, I have nothing to do with Turing at all, and it is not easy for him to admit this child."

"It won't be that difficult, we are all adults." Alan Wilson opened his mouth and said, "But you can only have a verbal commitment with her. In my capacity, I am not suitable to come forward."

Although the Secretary-General of the Cabinet believes that he has a favor for Turing, who knows what Turing thinks about this kind of thing. If he comes forward and the talks collapse, it will not end well. It is still suitable to give my sister-in-law some advice behind the scenes and let Her Royal Highness and Turing have a good talk.

Princess Margaret muttered dissatisfiedly, "At this point, I'm looking forward and backward. I didn't hesitate at all when I took off someone's clothes."

This is slandering the Cabinet Secretary. Even now, Elu Wilson will not hesitate, but Her Royal Highness has a temper during pregnancy, and this time he is not as knowledgeable as Princess Margaret.

Princess Margaret also felt that her brother-in-law was in a bad state and asked what happened, "You look very annoyed. What happened?"

"The United States wants to expel the Soviet forces in northern Iran, which may cause conflicts." Alan Wilson slumped with a boneless look, holding his forehead and said helplessly, "You don't understand even if I explain it to you. At the juncture of a major event, it may be very beneficial to the UK in the future, but it may turn unfavorable after this incident. We must be careful to deal with it.”

Now it seems that it is wise to keep Philby. Some information exchanges can be carried out when it is inconvenient. Since we are going to launch an attack in Iran, it is normal to dispatch MI6 to clarify Iran's intelligence information, right? The loyalty of foreign agents has always been a top priority, and it is only normal to emphasize this with the head of MI5.

"The United States is now very worried about the toppling of dominoes. It seems that it has tolerated the rotten situation in South Vietnam to the limit." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and looked concerned about the country and the people. He said to several intelligence chiefs, "How to deal with it? Britain's future matters."