On the one hand, London has not yet come up with a unified opinion on the question of the ownership of the Saarland, on the one hand, it has expressed its moral understanding of France's actions in the face of Germany's provocation of two world wars in a few decades.

But at the same time, Britain was also afraid of changing the balance of power between Germany and France, resulting in a situation in which France was the dominant power in Europe. This conflicts with the mainland's equilibrium strategy, and the idea of the-stirring stick is so tangled and hesitant.

As a member of the gentlemen, Alan Wilson can also understand this entanglement, after all, France has De Gaulle, and in the end it must be the pursuit of political and military independence, if the Saarland is annexed to France, in the face of a France with greater industrial strength because of the annexation of the Saarland, Britain may not be able to play.

France must have been much more difficult to deal with than the Federal Republic of Germany, with a bunch of occupying forces on its own territory, which is why Britain hesitated on the Saarland issue, expressing moral understanding of the French proposition, but refusing to publicly express its support.

However, the final solution to the Saarland problem evolved into the European Steel Community, France and Germany revolved around the Saarland ownership issue, considering the future of Europe, France and Germany felt the need to establish a common market for coal and steel, and the idea of establishing a common market for coal and steel is also called the "Schuman Plan".

Later, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed a treaty, and the key industrial sectors of the Federal Republic of Germany's rearmament were brought under the joint management and supervision of the six countries, which brought hope for peace in Europe, and the European coal and steel consortium became the prototype of the European Union.

However, Britain has no plan for what steel community it is, and although this meeting is also a meeting of six countries in Brussels, the focus is on the colonial issue, and the share of the European economic revival plan is not nothing, but it is far less important than the colonial plan.

Eventually, in the face of Nino Bertrand's questioning, Alexander Cadogan kicked a ball and said that the Americans should be asked.

This meeting was convened in the name of a plan for the reconstruction of Europe, in order to avoid the participation of the Americans, and at this time, the permanent secretary of foreign affairs of the British Empire reminded the Americans again.

said that without the approval of the Americans, this matter would be very difficult. And getting the recognition of the Americans requires constant mediation and communication, which may not be effective in a short period of time.

Finally, he turned the subject to the colonial question and said, "The Dutch are in a hurry now, the native elite of the Dutch East Indies has declared independence, Nino, needless to say, you and I understand that this is a very dangerous sign." ”

"This is a very dangerous sign!" Coincidentally, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan, who was strolling in the gardens of the Belgian royal palace, said the same thing to Georges Pierdouer, the foreign minister of the French Fourth Republic, referring to the changes in the Dutch East Indies: "European interests in Asia may cause irreparable harm if they cannot be stopped, if they are not stopped." ”

"Yes, Paris also believes that this is a harbinger of the collapse of order, and that it must be dealt with mercilessly." Georges Pierdouer gave Ernest Bevan a very relieved gesture that France was uncompromising on the colonial question.

This is exactly what London wants the French to do, and the resolute repression of France is beneficial to the British Empire, and Ernest Beven, in his briefing yesterday, heard Alan Wilson expecting the French to return to Vietnam as soon as possible.

The advantage of this is to look at the determination of the colony to become independent, if France can't do it, it will definitely need a certain degree of help from Britain, British Malaya can become a base for France to fight in Vietnam, driving the local economic development, and similarly, the Dutch suppression of the Dutch East Indies also has this benefit.

Georges Pierdouer was the leader of the resistance movement in France during World War II, and during the war, he started the resistance movement in the south and published underground publications.

Soon became a leading member of the battle and established ties with the Free France. In Lyon, he was commissioned by Moulin to form a press and press bureau to publish news about the domestic resistance, to promote the unity of the various resistance forces, and to support de Gaulle as the leader of the resistance.

Knowing that this man was now France's foreign minister, Alan Wilson knew that he was stable, and assured Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan that the French would show a tough attitude on the colonial issue, and Alan Wilson gave the reason that George Pierdouer was a French leader who had grown up in the war.

But in fact, because the establishment of the Fifth Republic at Charles de Gaulle ultimately chose to allow Algeria to become independent, Georges Pierdouer established the National Council of Resistance and joined General Sur Salan in advocating terror to prevent Algeria's independence. And went underground, declaring the de Gaulle government illegal.

Eventually, the plot to overthrow the Fifth Republic was crushed by de Gaulle, and Georges Pierdour began to live in exile.

How could such a person, now Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government, not show a tough attitude towards the colonies.

The six-nation meeting was officially held on the second day, the delegations of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal walked into the venue, and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan delivered a speech on the opening of the meeting, "This is an era of reconciliation, we must focus on the future, seek common ground while reserving differences, and look back on the past, it is precisely because European countries lack a unity and usually tend to solve problems by force when solving problems, which led to two tragic world wars, and I hope that this Brussels conference, It was the beginning of the European nation's march towards unity. ”

There is no doubt that modern society was founded by Europe, and the British Foreign Secretary was relatively modest about this, not saying that it was founded by his own country, but mentioning the contributions of other countries, and as for the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula, he can only mention the contributions of the Age of Discovery.

The fact that Spain was brought together at this meeting was also out of the general perspective of maintaining the unity of the colonial empire.

After the Spanish-American War, when the Spanish Empire became a stepping stone for the United States to enter the world stage with a new attitude, Spain's colonies were almost completely lost, leaving only a limited number of colonies in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea.

Spain's colony is now the last of the six nations at the Brussels Conference. Not to mention that compared with Britain and France, it is also inferior to Belgium and the Netherlands, and even far inferior to his neighbor Portugal.

Portugal now has colonies mainly in southern Africa, larger than the Belgian Congo and the Dutch East Indies.

Not to mention that the current ruler of Spain is still Franco, who was ambiguous during the war and Germany.

In fact, Franco in Spain and Salazar in Portugal should be liquidated as an alliance between Germany and Italy. However, Germany had already been defeated by this time, and considering that Britain still needed the solidarity of the two countries on the colonial issue, it sent an invitation to the Brussels Conference.

The British Empire was still strong, and its relations with Spain and Portugal were relatively harmonious, even though Spanish Gibraltar was still occupied by the British and had never intended to be returned.

In fact, Germany did have a plan to attack Gibraltar, but the scheming Franco would not risk the fate of the country in this undivided war, and Spain, after years of war, was weakened and unfit to be involved in an all-European war.

And in the meeting with Hitler, Hitler, who was famous for his speeches, was at a loss.

After all, the two little comrades, Franco and Salazar, were young, and the mistakes they made were not unforgivable, and this was the current attitude of the British Empire towards Spain and Portugal. It may be when Portugal and Spain will be counted on to act as thugs when Britain cannot afford to do so.

In fact, the Brussels Conference was no different in nature from the Berlin Conference of 1884. It's just that at the Berlin Conference more than sixty years ago, it was the partition and occupation of the colonies by European countries.

And this Brussels conference is at this moment when the future is uncertain, to discuss how to protect the vested interests in hand, the most powerful colonial empire has always been, the British Empire has also put aside the arrogance in its heart, and is willing to sit down and discuss with other colonial countries, which is not an easy thing.

The heads of state expressed their solidarity with each other in principle, on the issue on which the colonies could be most easily agreed upon.

When the heads of state moved their mouths, the diplomats of various countries were about to break their legs, and the heads of state set a principle of unity, and under this premise, the diplomats began to negotiate around the preservation of the order of the old era.

As he spoke, Alan Wilson greeted the Portuguese representative and said, "Mr. Olivia, it's a pleasure to meet you, I've been to Goa before, I've been to Goa and I've never been able to get back to the local beauty, it's a great place, and I have a good relationship with the local commissioner, Pedro." ”

"Thank you to the British Empire for its respect for the sovereignty of Goa." Olivia responded positively, "It is well known that the military power of Portuguese Goa would not have existed until now without the goodwill approval of the British Empire. ”

"The British Empire has always respected Portugal's rights and interests, and we are gentlemen of the civilized world." Erin Wilson opened her mouth with a reserved expression of friendliness, and then changed the conversation, "But some people may not be as good as we are, and these people from backward areas are really incomprehensible. ”

Alan Wilson did not expect that this time the Brussels meeting would not be the first to seek support from the anxious Dutch, not the French who were inspired to return to Asia, but the first issue to be discussed was the issue of Portuguese Goa.

However, this problem, which is the right professional counterpart for Alan Wilson, can be said to give him room to play.