General Eisenhower, who received President Truman's telegram, was also relieved that he finally had a chance to deal with this unruly thorn in the head, because of General Pershing's relationship, if it was a normal time, Eisenhower really had nothing to do with this subordinate of a lower rank than himself.

From this point of view, General Eisenhower even felt that the fact that the refugees crossed the border was not entirely bad. As long as you make sure that what happens after that doesn't involve you.

Therefore, Eisenhower agreed with the British side's definition of this incident as a purely coincidental isolated incident, and had already decided in his heart that this was the truth of the whole matter, and there was no need or need to investigate this matter.

The dismissal of General Patton was the best outcome, and everyone was very happy! It has to be said that the politician side of General Eisenhower played a leading role, and he understood President Truman's thoughts very well.

Before Truman arrived in Europe, General Eisenhower announced a new appointment, relieving General Patton of his post as governor of Bavaria in the name of his lack of expertise in domestic affairs.

The post of commander of the U.S. Third Army was retained, but only temporarily, and when the opportunity was right, Eisenhower would find a way to put Patton in a position of retirement, without the opportunity to cause trouble in front of him.

By the time General Patton was dismissed from his post as the governor of Bavaria, there was finally a person to blame for the incident caused by the crossing of the border by refugees.

In terms of seniority and reputation, General Patton was the obvious candidate, who brought him into a direct superior, General Eisenhower, who had strong politician attributes, and a new president who desperately needed to show his face at an important international conference and get rid of the influence of President Roosevelt.

The ruthlessness of the new president, coupled with the actions of his immediate superiors to clear suspicions, led to General Patton becoming the one who took the blame.

And General Patton is also the most suitable person, and ordinary people can't afford to carry this black cauldron. Even if Alan Wilson is willing to take the initiative to stand up and admit his dereliction of duty, the Soviets will only think that this is because Britain and the United States are not sincere, and they have come up with a temporary worker to perfunctory the Soviet Union, so sometimes it is not a bad thing to say that the status is not high.

Before the Great Prime Minister and the Honourable Foreign Secretary arrived in Berlin, diplomats were making final preparations for the British Empire to fight for its own interests in this negotiation.

Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges was in attendance, and Foreign Office Secretary Alexander Cadogan presided over the meeting, while he gave guidance on the sidelines, and similar meetings have not been without references in the past.

At the end of World War I, the Paris Peace Conference of the United States, Britain and France was similar to the upcoming Potsdam Conference. ”

"So who is France in a similar situation now?" Alexander Cadogan turned his head to look at the waiting diplomats.

"After several years of fierce fighting on the mainland, the country was severely damaged, and the situation was similar to that of the Soviet Union in France." Alan Wilson answered the question, pausing and said, "We can infer the attitude of the Soviet Union from the attitude of the French at the Paris Peace Conference. ”

"The Paris office said that the Paris newspapers had not reported the Potsdam meeting at all in the past few days." Referring to the news, Ivor said, "A few newspapers have reported it, and it doesn't seem to be friendly. ”

"Not surprising, French! This time there was no French character in the meeting, and they may have felt uncomfortable in their hearts. Alexander Cadogan took the topic back, "It can be assumed that the attitude of the Soviet Union towards Germany is similar to that of France towards Germany after World War I, and our attitude is not to allow the tragedy of Germany's resurgence after World War I to be repeated." ”

With that, Alexander Cadogan turned his gaze to Edward Bridges, who did not speak, but only nodded, indicating that this was what the entire cabinet meant.

The situation at the Potsdam Conference was very similar to that of the Paris Peace Conference, except that the former France was replaced by the current Soviet Union. As a result of the experience, both the United States and the United Kingdom are very worried about a repeat of the tragedy. The United States believes that there are serious problems with the post-World War I solution to the German reparations problem.

Although the "Dawes Plan" lightened the burden on Germany, it ignored the fact that Britain and France also owed huge debts to the United States.

It is equivalent to the United States paying reparations for Germany to finance compensation to Britain and France, and Britain and France will use it to pay the United States. Thus, German reparations did not in any way help the revival of Europe, but on the contrary exacerbated the political turmoil in Europe.

The United Kingdom and the United States have similar views, but from different angles. Britain's view was a combination of economic development and strategic planning, and because of concerns about the expansion of the Soviet Union into Western Europe, Britain, as it did after World War I, did not want Germany to be overly weakened, so it was imperative to rebuild Germany.

That is to say, Britain is more anxious than the United States to rebuild Germany, but now there is no money.

"That is to say, how we treated France then, we treat the Soviet Union now." Ivor felt like he had understood the point.

"In fact, the United States was the role of our British Empire at the beginning, and the Soviet Union was in the environment of France, but in terms of strength, we may be more suitable for France at the Paris Peace Conference this time." Edward Bridges shook his head and pointed at the diplomats, "In this case, balancing the opinions of the United States and the Soviet Union is a very test of ability. ”

The conference room was empty, and Alexander Cadogan accompanied Edward Bridges away, following behind him, "Sir Edward, it is understandable that these diplomats are not thinking well about some things when facing such an important international conference. ”

"Of course it's understandable!" Edward Bridges didn't stop walking and didn't look back, "Do you think I'm worried about their inexperience?" It doesn't matter, I'm worried about our prime minister, who thinks it's just a simple repetition of the Paris Peace Conference, blindly persecuting the Soviets regardless of the current situation in the country. ”

"You just said that we are now more like the French before us, referring to the prime minister?" Alexander Cadogan was a little surprised, he really didn't think of this layer.

"Or else? You don't think that the Paris Peace Conference is a meeting of prime ministers and foreign secretaries every day from morning to night. Edward Bridges looked back with a very unprofessional look, "It's not for us diplomats to talk, it's just that the talks have given politicians a chance to sign." ”