"Britain has always had a heartfelt admiration for the sacrifice shown by France during the First World War." Probably knowing that he had made a mistake, Alan Wilson immediately took a remedy by extolling the sacrifices made by France during World War I, as well as remembering the comradeship in the trenches.

France still has to be co-opted, and with Britain itself, it will soon be crushed in the cracks between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson was really a European, hoping that the British Empire would avoid the fate of being reduced to a follower.

Nino Bertrand burst into tears when he said this, and the diplomats around him applauded thunderously, toasting to the comradeship between Britain and France who fought side by side during World War I.

On the last night in Brussels, there was an atmosphere of solidarity and deep hope for a better tomorrow.

Edward Bridges, the secretary of the cabinet, sat on the side with the attitude of a spectator, watching the lively drinking party, which, his age, should have stayed away from such occasions, tasted whiskey when there were few people.

After the reception, Edward Bridges had Alan Wilson called to his room, for no particular reason, that is, he was going back to London to-morrow, and he would talk to a few people tonight.

There are only a few people who can talk, and most of the topics are official affairs, from colonization to reconstruction, time passes little by little.

"But then again, there is one thing that our Prime Minister is very much in agreement with Mr. Churchill, and that is the evaluation of General de Gaulle, which is surprisingly consistent, this nasty ghost." Alexander Cadogan shrugged and said, "Why does this general have so many problems and always embarrass us." ”

"His stubbornness is more conspicuous than his height." Edward Bridges said quietly, "If the leader of a country is a little skeptical, it will certainly not be openly proclaimed, but De Gaulle always expressed doubts about London's intentions, which is somewhat incomprehensible." There is no doubt that from our point of view, this brigadier is a nuisance. ”

"Dear Sir Edward, Sir Alexander, General de Gaulle is indeed a difficult character to deal with. But we don't have to be overly anxious, the Fourth Republic is also a parliamentary state. Perhaps there are countless people within France who are willing to draw the attention of this French hero. Alan Wilson expressed his opinion after both of his immediate superiors had spoken, and the fortress was breached from within.

The current French political system, but the parliamentary system of the French Fourth Republic, and the political instability in France can be said to be not a matter of the twentieth century, but can be traced back a century.

Paris is known as the old revolutionary area, and Paris itself is definitely a dominant position in France. Since modern times, Paris has been a unique economic, political, cultural and artistic center in France.

Lyon, the second largest city, could not be matched by any kind, and in such a situation it was natural for Parisians to develop a certain arrogance, and almost from the end of the Bourbon dynasty, the provincials became their slightly mocking name for all French people outside Paris, considering them rustic.

The arrogance of the Parisians made them very dissatisfied with almost all governments, and at some point these grievances would turn into anarchist riots, or even revolutions, and overthrow a dynasty.

This is not the first time in the history of France, the French Fourth Republic, which has just been established, seems to have had 22 governments in 12 years, and Alan Wilson has the impression that this is faster than the Japanese changing prime ministers.

If it weren't for the fact that French politics had been in a state of instability for two hundred years, either revolution or restoration, and internal strife after internal struggle, Britain would not have suppressed France so easily.

"I hope that those mature politicians in France can be like our British politicians, and let de Gaulle return to a quiet life as soon as possible." Edward Bridges said helplessly with his glass, "Mr. Churchill is much more lively now, and after becoming a backbencher again, he is almost ten years old, and Congress can always hear his angry shouts." ”

"That's right, I heard the Foreign Secretary say that the diplomatic field is the most dissatisfying area for Mr. Churchill at the moment." Alexander Cadogan echoed with a smile, "He accused the Labour government of being an agent of the Soviet Union." ”

"Oh, what do the voters think?" Edward Bridges was intrigued and asked with anticipation.

"The situation is more complicated, the Conservative newspapers say the prime minister is in the service of the Soviet Union, and the pro-Labour newspapers say that the former prime minister is in the service of the United States." Alexander Cadogan said with a laugh out of his voice.

"In fact, there are so many problems, if the Soviet Union wants to get news from London, it can just find two backbenchers of the British Communist Party. Pollit would have told Stalin everything he knew. "Of course we don't get involved in the partisanship, and let these dissenting legislators solve the problem on their own." ”

At present, there are more than 50,000 members of the Communist Party of Britain, and in the 1945 election, two members of the Communist Party of Britain entered the parliament and became backbenchers.

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However, the relationship between the British Republican and the Labour Party is not bad, and Prime Minister Attlee also claims to be a socialist, and at present, the voice of the Conservative Party in Britain advocating a tough line against the Soviet Union is still within the controllable range.

Regardless of the discord between the first and second figures of the Labour Party, Edward Bridges feels that the Labour Party should not encounter any difficulties in the short term, and of course it depends on whether the international environment is favorable to the Labour Party's governance.

On 23 September, the Brussels Conference, which aims to preserve European unity, officially closed, and all that remained was an appeal except for a six-nation joint declaration that no one could fault with.

But when it comes to defending Europe, a small step at the Brussels conference is a giant leap for the people of Europe. Britain dragged France into not joining the European Foreign Legion, and at the same time to see how the United States and the Soviet Union reacted.

The reaction of the Soviet Union was indifferent, and the reaction of the United States is not worth studying, but the current attitude of the United States and the Soviet Union can only be said to be superficial, and the United States, which has suddenly ascended to the top of the world, is facing many things.

It takes time to build any power, not to mention the fact that there is no consensus within the United States on the world leadership in the new situation, and this has not yet taken into account the role of bureaucrats who often spend months coming up with mature plans in procrastination.

The American beacon of humanity has only just begun, and the situation in Europe seems to be relatively stable compared to Britain and France, which still retain some strength, but the world's largest civil war is already brewing, and the Americans are showing their first show of world hegemony in the Far East.

The Far East has indeed involved a lot of the United States' current energy, and the Soviet Union and the United States have been constantly engaged in friction over the Korean Peninsula and Hokkaido issues, and these are all things that cannot be resolved in a short period of time.

Although the world war ended, for the governments of 1945, the itinerary was still full.

Take the immediate matter as an example, Britain, which has just concluded the Brussels Conference, has to witness the founding of the United Nations and rush to San Francisco to formally sign the UN Charter.

As early as the previous meeting, the United States and the Soviet Union had already engaged in a confrontation over the operating mechanism of the United Nations.

As everyone knows, the one-vote veto is the cornerstone of the United Nations, and it is precisely because of the one-vote veto power that the five permanent members can conform to the principle of unanimity among the major powers when it comes to substantive resolutions of the Security Council other than procedural ones, thus maintaining stability in the international landscape.

However, because the weight of the veto is too heavy, some powerful countries have rushed to the status of permanent members, while others have simply proposed that the veto be abolished.

The one-vote veto was determined by the Soviet Union, because all other countries could be regarded as allies of the United States, and the Soviet Union felt that it was alone in the United Nations, and it must win the right of veto.

At the Yalta Conference, both Britain and the United States agreed to the claim of a veto.

After the Brussels meeting, all the participating countries, except Spain, are preparing their schedules to travel to San Francisco.

Alan Wilson returned to the British occupation and began to prepare for the handover, while wiping his ass clean during this time. Prevent latecomers from being idle and exposing the fact that they have taken advantage of the occupation zone.

"I heard that the Soviet Union sent a singing troupe to start a visit to Paris, I wonder what the French and Soviets are doing?" In the British-occupied zone, the deputy secretaries-general of the two trade committees still have the leisure to care about the affairs of another country.

Alan Wilson, who had just returned to Bonn, had been busy destroying his criminal record for the past few days, and there was no such thing as air control, such as now that he was doing business, because the first month's profits of the Heilman tobacco factory had come out, and he was looking to see if his colleagues in the Board of Trade were clean and not to swallow the share of British India.

"Allen, at the Brussels Conference, was there a resolution on the British occupation zone?" Seeing that Alan Wilson was unresponsive, Tim Brand turned to another question.

"As a matter of principle, there is no comment." Alan Wilson flipped through the accounts and replied without thinking, "Regarding the status and management of the British-occupied zone, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary mean that the trade commission will directly manage it, cooperate with the London allocation agency, and draw in the complementarity of British India and the British-occupied zone, and the two wings will fly together to promote local employment." As a confidential-minded person, I don't have much to say. ”

"Very confidential." Harold slapped his thigh and praised him without hesitation.