Chapter 102: Three Questions

Oil in the Middle East is extremely important to the British Empire, and Prime Minister Attlee is rightly concerned, and it would certainly be beneficial for the current British Empire if the Soviet Union could guarantee Iran's security.

If the Soviet Union had calmed down, Britain would have no reason to turn to the United States for help and finally cede its interests in the Middle East. This is completely understandable Alan Wilson, and as for the question of Turkey, given the feuding relations between the USSR and Turkey, relations between the two countries are not destined to be too good.

Moreover, the style of the Soviet Union can also prove this from the side, even if it gets a military base in Turkey, it is impossible to let Turkey lead to the Soviet Union, in the final analysis, one base is not enough at all.

Many people actually exaggerate the role of individual military bases, and later generations of Ethiopian Sultan also made the United States extremely annoyed by the existence of US military bases in Turkey, which shows that the influence of individual military bases is limited.

As for Japan and Germany, that's another issue, because Japan is pinched to death by the United States, and in the final analysis, there are many American military bases on Honshu Island, with Tokyo as the core. It is not Okinawa's problem at all, if the United States had only a military base in Okinawa, the Japanese dog chain would have been stretched long ago.

This can be demonstrated by the example of Germany, which was formed by the merger of the British, American, and French occupation zones. Many NATO countries have troops stationed in Germany, and in this case, Germany cannot be truly independent.

In fact, there are two countries that are mainly targeted at the Plaza Accord, one of which is Japan and the other is Germany. Normally, Germany, like Japan, should have been in a state of collapse. But the collapse of the USSR saved Germany!

The collapse of the Soviet Union gave up the Eastern European market, but also gave Germany the opportunity to regain its autonomy, the Soviet garrison withdrew from the GDR, and there were no foreign troops in the entire territory of the GDR.

Since then, Germany and Japan have been completely different, Germany has become the core of the European Union, and Japan is still a plaything in the hands of the United States. If you look at the map of the distribution of German troops abroad, you can see that there were no foreign military bases in the former GDR.

When the Soviet Union had problems, Britain and France actually found the possibility of Germany regaining its autonomy, and almost came to the door with money to ask the Soviet Union, it didn't matter if there were economic problems, Britain and France were willing to take money to help the Soviet Union tide over the difficulties, but in the end they did not stop the suicide of Go.

Britain and France wanted to save the Soviet Union a few decades later, just as they did to guard against the United States just after World War II. The USSR is certainly an enemy, and the United States is definitely not a good friend, and once the enemy disappears, the so-called close allies will only ride on their heads and feed.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Britain and France's position in the eyes of the United States declined rather than rose, Britain was soon attacked financially by the United States, and France was listed as the second rival after the Soviet Union.

Seeing that something was about to be done to France, the French were actually quite difficult in the years of the turn of the century.

The matter at hand is that Prime Minister Attlee and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan believe that former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and former Foreign Secretary Robert Eden have not done their part. On the contrary, it betrayed Eastern Europe and did not return in return.

In the room, there was a constant discussion about how to get Austria back and how to put pressure on the Soviet Union, and the two believed that the United States would not be satisfied with what the Soviet Union had done.

However, this is not necessarily, Alan Wilson has already seen in Potsdam that Truman's level is actually relatively average. The reason why it seems to have more initiative than Churchill is entirely because the national power of the United States has propped it up.

If Truman were the current prime minister of Britain, he might have been directly toyed by Stalin between applause, and he would not be as good as Churchill, who could still say that he had the intention to kill the thief and was powerless.

As the direct executor of the black-box operation, Alan Wilson was fortunate to learn of the expectations of the new prime minister and the new foreign secretary for the Potsdam Conference, and to find a way to unite with the United States to get back Austria and ensure that Iran was free from the security threat of the Soviet Union. Concessions can be made on the right of passage in the Dardanelles if necessary.

In the final analysis, Prime Minister Attlee, who has just accused the Conservative Party of betraying Eastern Europe, still needs to operate in the dark to ensure the interests of the British Empire, but with a different emphasis.

Alan Wilson, of course, had to go to war for the benefit of the British Empire, and he also considered Iran more important than Turkey, and as for the Austrian question, it is estimated that the Potsdam Conference would not end without restoring Austria to its original state.

Before Germany attacked France, Churchill thought that if the Soviets and Germany went to war, if Germany did not go well, Britain should assist Germany.

Germany attacked France first, and Churchill could only sell his blood to aid the Soviet Union in defiance of the imperialist conscience.

Because of the parachuting of the new prime minister, the Potsdam conference has changed to a certain extent, and the impact will be revealed in the next few days.

In fact, to tell the truth, the Potsdam Conference has progressed much faster than in history, and this is the necessity of black-box operation.

Alan Wilson, who had been given a new assignment, walked out of the prime minister's room with Alexander Cadogan, the secretary of the Foreign Office.

"What do you think is different from our new Prime Minister and Mr. Churchill?" Alexander Cadogan asked.

"If Mr. Churchill were to be prime minister, there was still a theoretical possibility of war against Japan. As for Prime Minister Attlee, there is no theory at all, and we will definitely not join it. Alan Wilson was silent for a moment and replied, "The new Prime Minister is obviously more concerned with senior issues than Mr. Churchill, and I wonder if there will be any twists and turns in British India in the future." ”

"That's what Sir Edward feared!" Alexander Cadogan sighed and said, "Mr. Churchill may be more in line with our expectations on the question of British India." ”

It's just a possibility! Alan Wilson secretly said in his heart that he could only continue to prepare to meet Fortseva.

To tell the truth, he didn't want to continue to sell his interests at all, he had manipulated the refugee issue before, and strengthened the already unfavorable geopolitical disadvantage of the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia was already very likely to turn to the Soviet Union because of a large number of foreign opposition, and he thought that this would be fine.

If the Soviet Union gains control of the Black Sea, will it become more difficult to deal with? One can only pray that the Soviet Union will have a smooth war against Japan, get a good harbor from Japan, and turn its attention away from Europe. In the final analysis, I still didn't expect that the refugee problem would end up being so big, and the Soviet Union would get the handle.

Austria, Turkey and Iran are the main lessons of Alan Wilson's black-box operation this time, and unlike before, he is not ready to let Fortseva take advantage of it, and neither can Mao Mei.