Chapter 116: Backstabbing from an ally

Alan Wilson felt that it was nothing more than an alliance between Britain and the United States, and it was enough to talk about it for two days and say a little official article. However, after going back, I was about to pack up and go back to Berlin.

Alexander Cadogan, the secretary of the Foreign Office, appeared and said to Alan Wilson, "The Americans want Britain to find a place to house those Yugoslavs." ”

"Why don't the Americans settle themselves?" Alan Wilson was furious, and his patriotic heart couldn't help but burst out, this is the problem of the Americans, why should this problem be left to the British.

Although the first problem was caused by Alan Wilson, who knows? No, did the Americans find clues? Alexander Cadogan's words dispelled his doubts, "Yes, this is an insult to the British Empire by the Americans. The Americans didn't have the slightest reason to do that, but they did. Prime Minister Attlee was furious! ”

In fact, Prime Minister Attlee was indeed very angry, but not because of such a small problem as Yugoslav refugees, who were just talking about it in passing when Truman and Attlee were chatting.

It was only because a head of state said such a thing that Prime Minister Attlee asked Edward Bridges to arrange it. There are other reasons that really make Prime Minister Attlee angry.

"Winston, this is what you call an ally with a special relationship." Prime Minister Attlee looked at Churchill's bulldog-like face and sneered, "I really didn't expect that the Soviet Union, which had always been vigilant, had not yet attacked, and the first stab came from your close ally, the Americans were treacherous, I don't know what you think about Winston?" ”

Prime Minister Attlee had reason to be angry, because in his conversation with President Truman, he mentioned that the United States should share information about the nuclear bomb, but Truman refused.

You must know that Britain itself has a nuclear bomb program, Attlee was still the deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom at that time, and he knew something about the alloy tube program, as early as when Germany blitzkrieged Poland, after Britain and France declared war on Germany, Britain began to secretly develop new weapons to deal with the first.

British scientists have long discovered that by enriching natural uranium, it is possible to create a powerful nuclear bomb.

At the end of 1939, a research group was secretly set up in Liverpool to study the feasibility of building a nuclear bomb, which was the top-secret project codenamed Alloy Tube.

As time passed, great progress was made in the development of the atomic bomb. In the experiment, scientists found that a neutron can only be caught if it is within the effective target range of the nucleus.

By this time, the UK was already a world leader in research. At the same time, the United States, which is also secretly developing nuclear bombs, is still exploring the theory of atomic reactors, and the concept of nuclear explosive devices is still very vague.

Soon after, Britain began preparations for the creation of a nuclear bomb. It should be said that as long as Britain continues to work hard at this time, it is capable of developing a nuclear bomb very quickly.

It was only as the scope of the war expanded, especially after the fall of France, that Britain itself was no longer safe.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also soon held a meeting with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After careful negotiations, the two sides signed the "Quebec Agreement": British nuclear scientists will go to the United States to develop an atomic bomb together with American scientists in order to avoid the air raids of German bombers, and the British alloy tube program will be merged into the Manhattan project of the United States, and the atomic bomb development projects of the two countries will be integrated and led by the United States.

Attlee remembers that Churchill, then Prime Minister, swore that the Americans promised to share all the results of their research. But his current request for Truman to share information was denied.

"Truman is indeed a man of perfidy." Churchill was no longer as aggressive and unruly as he had been at any other time on this issue, "What did Roosevelt promise me at the beginning?" ”

"Roosevelt?" Attlee pouted, "At that time, it was incorporated into the Manhattan Project, and you strongly advocated it. But now? Truman rejected me outright and wanted to keep the bomb research materials for himself. The United States can use it against Japan, or the Soviet Union, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be used to blackmail us in the future. ”

"Let our scientists return home immediately, I don't believe that we can't build a nuclear bomb without the Americans?" Regardless of Churchill, who was rarely in a state of shame, Attlee coldly left a sentence, he was ready to go back to London.

Reviving the British economy, this time with the restart of the alloy tube plan, is far more important in his eyes than the Potsdam Conference.

Alan Wilson did not know that the first backstabbing of Britain by the United States after the war was a little earlier than in history.

Originally, the United States officially refused to share nuclear program information with Britain only after Japan's surrender, giving Attlee, who had just come to power, a stab in the back.

Unexpectedly, at the Potsdam Conference, after Prime Minister Attlee learned of the success of the US nuclear test, he opened his mouth to inquire about the original agreement, which made Truman's refusal a few months earlier.

On this side, Alan Wilson is still suffering from the gains and losses of Yugoslav refugees, but he does not know that Churchill, who is already the former prime minister, is more embarrassed than anyone else at this moment, and he is also connotated by his former deputy Attlee.

"Sir Edward, what is to be done? Placement in the British-occupied territory, from my personal point of view, this is an impudent request. Alan Wilson approached Edward Bridges to complain that "Americans should treat their close allies like this." ”

Edward Bridges didn't move, and said secretly in his heart, "Haven't you seen anything more rude?" ”

It is impossible to know the rank of Alan Wilson about Prime Minister Attlee's rejection by Truman, but as a cabinet secretary, Edward Bridges is naturally clear. I know that the current prime minister is very dissatisfied with the treachery of the United States.

Alan Wilson naturally did not know about this backstab, but he knew that the time that was coming, the same month that Japan surrendered, the United States stopped financing and lending to Britain in the name of the end of the war.

"The placement of the Yugoslavs in the British-occupied zone will only bring chaos to the currently fragile British-occupied zone." Edward Bridges shook his head and said, "The Americans are pushing their problems to us, and we have to accept it." As you said, this is an impudent request. ”

"How about sending these people to the colony?" Alexander Cadogan suddenly spoke, "It's out of sight and out of mind, and maybe it can be used." ”

"Oh, good advice." Edward Bridges nodded with an approving gaze, "Where is the best fit." ”

"Rhodesia, white immigrants have been issued scale." Alexander Cadogan thought as he said, "Or British Malaya, don't the French and the Dutch all have to go back?" We should also add some Malayan power. ”