Chapter 86 The U.S. Request
It is hard to imagine that when the leaders of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union posed for the camera, there was such a scene in the Three Kingdoms Chamber, but the basic mathematical logic and the history of the three countries have proved this, that is, the triangle has stability.
It's hard to make a breakthrough when you're talking to yourself.
"Our diplomats had frank exchanges with the United States and the Soviet Union, and all countries came up with constructive suggestions." Alan Wilson turned to Foreign Secretary Robert Eden, "Our first proposal, which was opposed by the United States and the Soviet Union, was the proposal to blackmail the Soviets with the occupation of the Soviet-occupied area. ”
"It's not surprising that the Soviets actually objected." Foreign Secretary Robert Eden smiled bitterly, he didn't quite agree with Prime Minister Churchill's blatant blackmail, but Churchill was the prime minister, and both were in the Conservative Party, so he could only let it go.
"Huh! To be precise, it is the Americans who are against. The Americans expressed respect for the division of the Yalta Conference and opposed the unilateral demands of the British Empire that were one-sided, irrational and undermined the spirit of unity. Alan Wilson repeated exactly as he recalled the wording the Americans had said.
"I knew that the Americans were not to be trusted, and they were simply humiliating us." When Robert Eden heard this, he couldn't help but complain, he thought that the first objection would definitely come from the Soviet Union, but he did not expect it to come from the United States, and just yesterday, President Truman, who arrived in Berlin, had a very happy conversation with Prime Minister Churchill.
Alan Wilson was silent, and the two young people of the United States and the Soviet Union did not speak of martial virtues and attacked the British Empire, an old comrade who had ruled the world for more than 300 years. But it is not incomprehensible that heretics are more hateful than heretics.
There is nothing new under the sun, and Alan Wilson will listen to the complaints of the foreign secretary in front of him, and Robert Aiden must be just talking, because the Suez Canal war proved that a person can fall into the same pit twice.
"Minister, the topic that Americans talk about the most is the issue of the Soviet Union's war against Japan." In the view of Alan Wilson, occupying a piece of Soviet-occupied territory was just a minor issue, and should not be the focus of discussion at the Potsdam Conference at all, reminding, "I heard that in the just concluded Okinawa campaign, the Americans suffered heavy losses, and Okinawa is not strictly speaking the Japanese mainland, and the tragic casualties have already made the Americans feel uneasy, and if they attack the Japanese mainland, the casualties of the American troops cannot be estimated. Therefore, it is not a good idea to insist on attacking the USSR first. ”
In fact, the Battle of Okinawa had just ended a few days ago, and the landing battle lasted 82 days, with the attacking side being the American army and the defending side being the Japanese army. Although in the end, the U.S. army completely annihilated the 100,000 Japanese troops defending the island, but they also suffered nearly 80,000 casualties.
This is a staggering figure for the United States. You must know that the previous battles of Kuah Island and Iwo Jima, although equally fierce, the US army lost less than 20,000 casualties.
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, and mobilized ten death squads successively, becoming the pioneer of the Peace Religion. The suicidal attack method that ended up with the same end shocked the American troops before and after the Battle of Okinawa!
Although the battle was won in the end, the Americans developed a deep fear of the irrational madness of the Japanese soldiers and their common destruction.
Traveling all over the world, the US military has never encountered such an opponent, a small Okinawa is already like this, if it really lands on the Japanese mainland, the United States, which has not suffered major damage in the world war, how many soldiers will it lose?
"Alan, the U.S. representative wants us to attend a drinking party together." At that moment, a British diplomat pushed the door open and invited, "The Americans should be trying to communicate with us." ”
"Huh!" Alan Wilson looked at Robert Aiden, got the latter's approval, turned and replied, "Of course we can't refuse our close allies. ”
It was only when the door was closed again that Robert Aiden said, "I think I want us to support us in 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 there is no interest in the Far East. Psychologically, in terms of what is emphasized, the more something is missing, it seems that the USSR is now paying more attention to Europe. ”
"You just go and see what the Americans think, come back and tell me." Robert Aiden sighed, as Foreign Secretary, Robert Aiden's position is very awkward.
This is not the problem of Britain itself, the problem comes from the United States, which now does not have a secretary of state. Originally, there was, but recently, for unknown reasons, there happened to be a vacancy for the secretary of state.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed solidarity with Truman in the United States and Stalin in the Soviet Union, and Robert Eden had to compete with Molotov in a one-on-one battle, and if the United States had a secretary of state and came to Germany, he would be in a much better situation now.
After all, it was still the honeymoon period of the Allies, and Potsdam had no shortage of celebratory receptions, and although the positions of the three countries were not completely identical, they still had to get by on the whole.
It's just that compared with the downstairs hall belonging to politicians, the atmosphere in the small hall on the second floor is a little inferior. There is no way to do this, Germany can hardly find a good palace, although the Zeitlienhof Palace is not grand enough, it can only be improvised, small also has small benefits, can carry out some information exchange.
Bang! After a glass with the U.S. Secretary of State's staff, Alan Wilson asked, "James, why didn't your U.S. Secretary of State come to Germany?" This will give us the UK an extra boost when negotiating, adding some unnecessary obstacles. ”
"Allen, I don't know why, on June 27th, Secretary of State Edward Steptynius was dismissed by the president." James Jones shrugged helplessly, "There is only one acting political officer, Joseph Crewe, in fact, I heard that James Burns has a high voice as secretary of state, but President Truman did not wait for the secretary of state to be appointed, and came directly to Germany." ”
Alan Wilson nodded knowingly, he didn't know if this kind of thing had happened before, but it was too coincidental to appear at this time, but it was held ten days earlier than in history, and he encountered such a thing.
"Of course, we still hope that Britain will support the position of the United States, especially on the issue of war against Japan, and we can solve other issues later, and the most important issue now is to end the world war, Allen, what do you think?" James Jones said sincerely.
"Hmm!" Alan Wilson took a sip of his glass, not knowing what he was thinking. The United States is more anxious than imagined about the issue of war against Japan.