Chapter 58: Friends of Yugoslavia
This trip to Rome had little to do with Alan Wilson, who naturally had no experience as a diplomat, but still hoped that Carl and the others would act smoothly and successfully recover the stolen money.
Compared with the cost of the entire British Empire in World War II, the treasure hidden by a small Croatian puppet regime can be described as a drop in the bucket, which can only be said to be better than nothing. But for Britain today, any amount of money is very valuable.
Britain during the First World War, before the Battle of Somna, could still be said to have put the Franco-Russian alliance at the front, but it only moved with all its strength when it saw that the allies were no longer good.
World War II was a different story, and in the face of Germany's comeback, Britain, especially Churchill, almost began to exert all their strength. Britain's distrust of the Soviet Union was true, but at the same time as the distrust, there was no ambiguity in supporting the Soviet Union. As soon as the Soviet-German war began, Britain did not say a word, and devoted all its strength to support the Soviet Union with materials.
Not only did Britain exert its strength in World War II, but even the colonies under its jurisdiction were all desperate. In addition to the British mainland, Australia had a population of 7.5 million, and 950,000 people were mobilized to fight the war. Canada, with a population of 12 million, mobilized 1.5 million people to fight the war.
By 1945, the per capita wealth of American citizens was twice that of British citizens. It's not the aggregate economy, it's per capita, and at this time Alan Wilson certainly can't benefit from it.
The Croatian depositor, who had travelled to Italy with MI6, was quickly found. Karl took the men directly and got on the plane again and flew to Rome.
Alan Wilson and George came to the airport to see them off, and watched the military transport plane accelerate to take off, before George spoke, "Liaison officer, the MI6 people have gone to Rome, I thought you would go with you." β
"What am I going to do? Divide a lump sum? Alan Wilson smiled, he wasn't short of money, he just couldn't say where it came from.
Shaking his head, Alan Wilson cautiously advised, "Of course, there are many opportunities to make a fortune during the period of post-war reconstruction, but you are a public official, so you should be careful." We have time, but we still have to dream. β
"Liaison officer, what are your dreams?" George also knew that Alan Wilson had good intentions, and must have seen that he had received the benefits of the Croats.
"Of course I'm doing my part for the UK." Alan Wilson snorted a haha and said a wordy in neutral words, of course he has a dream.
At least we can't watch the British Empire, which was still the world's largest colonial empire in 1945, gradually become a shame for the P5, right? And then being ridiculed for why not give up the place of the UN to India?
Alan Wilson did not expect his existence to single-handedly wipe out the strength of the United States and the Soviet Union. But at least it should be better than the historical Britain as a follower of the Americans.
For Britain, having won the war and lost its wealth, and as a former hegemon, it is impossible for the United States to trust Britain, and on the surface Britain can get the superficial respect of the United States because of the history of its predecessor.
Alan Wilson, who did not follow MI6 to Rome, continued to plan his own covert operations in British-occupied Austria. During the second meeting with Mikhailovich, he put forward a condition.
"Now the border areas, whether Serbs or Croats, Slovenes, immediately lay down their arms. I will liaise with the troops in the British occupation area to collect these weapons. Alan Wilson said to Mikhailovich, "We're going to hand over these weapons to Tito's men and ostensibly make steps that have already been settled." β
"Hand over your weapons?" Mikhailovich was a little hesitant, he felt that once the weapons were handed over, the Yugoslav Fatherland Army would no longer have the slightest bargaining capital.
"Mr. Mikhailovich, you are not qualified to refuse. Things have come to this point, and you can only trust the UK. As he spoke, Alan Wilson took the written document given to him by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although it was for the Croats, but it didn't matter if he showed it to Mihajlovic at this time.
Seeing this British written document, Mikhailovich relieved his heart and nodded in agreement, "I hope London will do what it says." β
"It's up to you to meet General Patton." Alan Wilson's voice changed, "As long as you get the opportunity to arrange a meeting with some former German soldiers for you, you can test it according to what I say." The joint military parade in Berlin is on June 24, and I want to go back to Berlin, because on June 17, the British army will first hold a military parade in Berlin. If you communicate well with General Patton, then it is better to start the day before June 24, and cross the border when the joint military parade begins, so that some of the high-level leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France are in Berlin, which is a good opportunity. β
Alan Wilson also had just received the news and immediately asked Mikhailovich to write it down.
He hoped that the development would be that before the British military parade, there was a tendency towards a dΓ©tente on the Yugoslav border. And at the time of the joint military parade, it suddenly took a sharp turn. Such a joint military parade is imminent, and the heads of the Allied forces may not have time to react.
Mikhailovich had contact with the former military groups in Germany, and now in southern Germany, because General Patton did not hide his hostility to the Soviet Union, some local German public opinion was singing praises to General Patton, what General Patton protected the essence of Western civilization and resisted the Soviet Union's ambition to enslave Germany.
I don't know if the German prisoners of war in the Rhine camp will agree to these touts.
But this was good for Mikhailovich's trip to Munich, and in this way, after this meeting, Mikhailovich, the leader of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, disappeared.
Alan Wilson confiscated all kinds of armed weapons from Yugoslavia in the border area, and optimistically said to the negotiators sent by Tito, "Recently, we in Britain have been persuading people on these borders, and the results are still very remarkable." It is believed that as long as they return home with assurances that there is no danger to their lives, the matter will be resolved soon. After all, who wants to leave their homeland? β
"Mr. Allen, we have all seen your work recently, and you are worthy of being a friend of the Yugoslav people." Dekovic shook Alan Wilson's hand and thanked him.
"When we've collected everyone's weapons and returned them to you, you'll just have to take them when the time comes." Alan Wilson, who has been upgraded to an old friend, said that this is what he should do, and the relationship between Britain and Yugoslavia will develop more vigorously in the future.
On the border of Austria and Slovenia, armed men of countless different organizations, threw aside their weapons. They were dejected, many of them had a look of struggle in their eyes, and many of them believed that the countdown to deportation had begun.