"Of course this is a good thing, and I believe Truman should be happy about it." Prime Minister Attlee replied in a flat tone, with no joy in his tone, "Maybe our former prime minister is also very happy, but this has little to do with us." ”

Then he looked at Alan Wilson and said, "Allen, from your answer just now, we can see that we have betrayed Eastern Europe to the Soviet Union, isn't that so?" ”

Forehead! Alan Wilson brainteased and said, "The so-called betrayal is just an exchange of interests, which can be said to be another way of saying diplomacy, but in fact, the word "betrayal" is not very meaningful. In essence, the British Empire was a global colonial empire, and European affairs were of course very important, but the reality reminded us that Eastern Europe was already under the control of the Soviets, and that it is not entirely a betrayal to admit that control. ”

"There is no doubt that Europe has now attracted the prying eyes of the USSR and the United States, and we have to admit the reality of this. From the perspective of global interests, the most important thing for the British Empire at present is to stabilize its position and protect the interests of other parties, because on the European side, at least we have the United States and France on the same front, and the problem is much more complicated from a global perspective, and the roles of enemies and friends may be reversed. ”

"In the foreseeable future, the Soviet Union may look for trouble in Eastern Europe, and Mr. Churchill foresaw that. After a thorough consideration, Poland was exchanged. But on a global scale, the Soviet Union's maritime power was better than nothing, and it was unlikely to have an impact on the global interests of the British Empire for a decade, but the other country was not. ”

The other country that Alan Wilson spoke of is undoubtedly the Americans. Only the Americans now have a more powerful sea force than the British Empire to infiltrate the British Empire's colonies scattered throughout the world.

Now the question is to protect Eastern Europe or the colonies? Needless to say, many people want to be insured both, but in reality this is not possible.

"In other words, in the previous negotiations, the British Empire really betrayed Eastern Europe?" Prime Minister Attlee was not caught up in Alan Wilson's rudimentary rhetoric, and still asked without changing his original intention.

"Honourable Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary. The word betrayal is a bit too negative, and that's what diplomacy is. Theoretically, we have to have them all, but once the negotiations begin, there will inevitably be some people and some people who will not. "We don't have the power to stop the Soviets from doing anything, but we can try to keep the influence of the Soviets within a certain range." ”

"For example?" Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan asked, "Where else could the Soviet Union threaten?" ”

"Turkey in the Near East, Iran in the Middle East." While Alexander Cadogan was thinking, Alan Wilson had already answered, "It is no secret that the Soviet Union was a continental country and had a long-standing pursuit of ice-free ports. However, neither the Soviet Union nor its predecessor, Imperial Russia, achieved their goal, so we agreed to the Americans for help on the previous war against Japan, hoping that the Soviet Union would find a port in the Far East and restrain it. ”

"Turkey is around the issue of the right of passage in the Black Sea straits, and we will not talk about this matter, and the Americans will also help. The most important thing is the Iranian problem, in fact, the status quo is already the greatest thing that can be done, if Iran arouses the greed of the Soviet Union, we cannot stop it, so in the private dealings between Britain and the Soviet Union, we must obtain guarantees for Iran's security from the Soviet Union. ”

During the war, Turkey pursued a policy of neutrality, maneuvering between the three major powers of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and Germany and Italy, trying to protect its own interests without offending any major power.

Eventually, however, relations with the Soviet Union became increasingly tense over the war against Germany and the Black Sea straits. The deterioration of Soviet-Turkish relations in the later stages of the war became an important trigger for the outbreak of the Cold War.

Britain co-opted Turkey in World War II as part of the British Empire's Balkan program. It was hoped that Turkey would enter the war and avoid retaliation from the Soviet Union after the war. The initiator of this plan was Churchill, who had just stepped down.

But Churchill was eventually swept away by the Turks, who took the British Empire's weaponry and aid, but refused to go to war against Germany. It has to be said that for Churchill alone, Turkey was definitely his political bitterness.

As early as the First World War, Churchill, as the Minister of the Admiralty, pushed the Ottoman Empire into the camp of the Central Powers because of two battleships, causing the Allied Imperial Russia to be completely surrounded on the Eastern Front. In the end, the oil ran out, and the lamp dried up first!

In World War II, Churchill may have learned the lessons of the First World War and has always been extremely enthusiastic about Turkey's entry into the war, for which he has sent many delegations and acted as a major leader in many injustices. Even Foreign Secretary Robert Eden, the Conservative's second-in-command, was appalled by Churchill's wishful thinking.

When Alan Wilson went to the British-occupied zone in the past few days, the Soviet Union pursued the Turkish issue fiercely. The previous Prime Minister Winston Churchill took a reserved position, while US President Harry S. Truman was even more ambiguous, because the Turkish issue had always been renegotiated between Britain and the Soviet Union, and the United States was in a secondary role.

Truman also did not help Britain, so as to vent the intrigue between Britain and the United States during World War II.

"The Austrian question must be resolved immediately, and it can be exchanged with the Soviet Union on the Dardanelles issue." Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin listened to Alan Wilson's briefing for a long time...... Finally, he said, "As for the Iranian question, we must do everything possible to resolutely preserve the interests of the British Empire, what do you think, Clement?" ”

"Written assurances will not work, the Soviet Union must be made to publicly declare that it will not change the status quo in Iran and declare to the whole world that it will not do anything to overthrow the Iranian regime." Prime Minister Attlee stood up and took two steps back and forth, emphasizing, "The Soviet garrison in northern Iran must be reduced, and Britain and the Soviet Union will adopt bilateral negotiations on the size of the garrison." ”

Can the Turkish Straits issue be discussed? In exchange for Iranian withdrawal negotiations and the disarming of the Soviet Red Army in Austria? Alan Wilson was shocked, as if historically on the issue of the Dardanelles, the Soviet Union had finally returned with a feather, and at the same time British interests in Iran had been taken over by the United States.

Really! Civil servants selling the country are just trying to have fun, and if they really sell the country, the prime minister has to come out in person! He can already think of the joke that the Labour Party has misled the country.

"It's definitely not a mix-up, it's the prime minister's own decision." Alan Wilson thought silently.