Out of some common position on the Soviet Union, the British and American diplomatic representative team still had a brief communication before the Soviet delegation arrived, and it was considered to know each other's basic bottom line, especially the bottom line in the face of the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson is not a direct negotiator, but his role is similar to that of his previous role, as a liaison between Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden and negotiating diplomats, including Eifel.

In other words, it is a messenger who conveys the intentions of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary to the diplomats who are directly involved in the negotiations.

Alan Wilson cherished this opportunity very much, as if inspired by the glorious years of the British Empire for 300 years.

For example, the relationship between elected national civil servants and politicians should not be too rigid.

If a politician wants to tear his face, he can do it to the cabinet secretary, but he usually doesn't do it.

Photographs of Churchill and Truman standing side by side will soon appear on the pages of major British newspapers. Alan Wilson had no doubt about this, and Churchill would not let go of this opportunity when the general election was imminent.

"As a matter of fact, the Americans are still most concerned about the issue of war against Japan, and they have communicated with us on this issue, hoping that we will take a common stand here and promote the Soviet Union's war against Japan." Alan Wilson reported the first-hand information to Foreign Secretary Robert Eden.

"As I thought, this should be the main requirement of the United States for the USSR at this stage. It can be expected that the Soviets will not agree so easily. Robert Eden nodded, "Sir Edward said that you have a keen understanding of the Eastern question, what do you think?" ”

It depends on what exactly is the Eastern question? The East is big! Although he thought so, Alan Wilson replied without pause, "It seems that the Soviet Union does not have decent sea power, can it swim to Japan?" ”

"yes, that's the problem." Robert Aiden smiled and said, "You'll know when you negotiate." ”

Alan Wilson nodded, the general trend of the Potsdam Conference on the war against Japan in history was actually that the United States begged the Soviet Union at the beginning of negotiations, and after the successful explosion of the nuclear bomb, the Soviet Union begged the United States.

On the subject of war against Japan, Britain was happy to see it happen, but it did not pay special attention to it. Of course, Alan Wilson knew that General Mountbatten, who was still in British India, was very interested and advocated an invasion of the Japanese mainland and a complete liquidation.

Churchill and Robert Eden were other claims, and they had no interest in attacking the Japanese mainland, but they could morally support the Americans, and the huge casualties caused by the attack on the Japanese mainland could make the Americans pay a little more.

I just want to think so, but I can't say that I hope that Japan and the United States will fight to the death, and that the United States and the Soviet Union will attack Japan together, which is the future that the British Empire wants.

As for the thinking of the Americans, if they want Japan to surrender, they must deal a major blow to Japan militarily, otherwise Japan will not surrender. The main countries fighting against Japan were China and the United States. The United States has the ability to counterattack, but the price to pay is too great, and the United States is not willing to do so.

There is also the fact that Britain also fought in the Far East and Japan, but failed. Britain, which had just finished the European theater, was not capable of fighting in the Far East and Japan. Therefore, the United States can only ask the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan at this time, so as to reduce its own pressure and make Japan surrender as soon as possible.

On the issue of war against Japan, Britain hoped that the United States and the Soviet Union would attack Japan, and the United States also hoped that the Soviet Union would help it share the burden.

On the train to Berlin, in the carriage of Stalin himself, Molotov carried a stack of documents that the Soviet Union had prepared to state at the Potsdam Conference.

"Comrade Molotov, the attitude of the United States at the beginning must have been very anxious on the issue of dealing with the Japanese war. We've decided to get involved, but we can't say yes easily. We mainly emphasize the division of Europe, diverting Truman's attention. Stalin said indifferently, "Beria said that with our current merchant naval forces, it is actually very difficult to support the war against Japan, and we cannot let the Americans transport our soldiers to Japan, so we will lose the initiative." ”

"I think we can figure out a way from Germany!" Molotov thought for a moment and said, "Ask the British and Americans to deliver all the remaining German merchant ships to the Soviets as reparations." ”

The USSR was really not good at sea power, and before the outbreak of the war there were 1.3 million tons of commercial transport ships, and now after the end of the war it has become 1.4 million tons. Not to mention that it cannot be compared with Britain and the United States, it is not a level compared with the German, Italian, and Japanese Axis groups, each with a tonnage of four or five million.

The war continued for many years, and the commercial transport ships of Germany, Italy, and Japan were almost lost, and perhaps the Axis countries, which each had a fleet of four or five million tons before the war, were not as good as the current Soviet Union.

"Good idea, although this is our purpose, but pay attention to the way and method." Stalin nodded approvingly and said, "In this way, with the addition of the German fleet, the transportation capacity for the war against Japan should probably be enough." ”

The first communication between Britain and the United States on the Berlin side has been completed, and it is impossible to know what the Soviets who are still on the road think.

However, on the issue of the tonnage of this fleet alone, Alan Wilson is really clear, and Germany still has 800,000 tons of ships that can still be used, which is more than 80 percent compared with the scale of nearly 5 million before the war, but it depends on how it is used.

Whether the Japanese Navy still has refueling is a problem, the warships are not supplied with fuel, what do the warships have to dump?

On June 28, the train carrying the Soviet delegation arrived in Berlin, and then Stalin and Molotov led the Soviet delegation to Potsdam and arrived at the Ceciline Hof Palace, where Stalin arrived at the Potsdam Conference.

On the lawn of the Céciline Hof Palace, the Allied triumvirate, Stalin, Churchill and Truman, stood side by side, smiling for the reporters around them to take pictures.

"Gracious father of all nations!" Alan Wilson, not far away, twitched the corners of his mouth and said something that only he could hear.

At the same time as the leaders of the three countries accepted a group photo to show the unity of the allies, negotiators from the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union also walked into the venue. The Potsdam Conference officially began.

The first round of talks began, and in short, each side said its own thing, because the different issues raised, the division of camps also changed at any time, and the United States did not side with the British on all issues. The previous special Anglo-American relationship was wiped out after the start of the conference.

Britain and the United States were against the Soviet Union, the United States and the Soviet Union were against Britain, and Britain was against the United States and the Soviet Union, and the first day of the meeting was basically without progress.