Chapter 30: Trouble (11)
"God, am I hallucinating or is the world out of order?" Donovan exclaimed, "The Germans want to build a state for the Jews? Aren't they in a hurry to kill the Jews as quickly as possible? β
When I looked back, I saw that Roosevelt and Hopkins were both frowning and thoughtful. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After a while, Roosevelt asked in an uncertain tone: "I remember that the goal of the Zionist Organization was to establish a state in Palestine, and they looked down on it anywhere else?" β
"There is indeed such a saying."
"Then how can they accept to go to Zambia for statehood? I remember that when Britain proposed the Uganda plan or the Madagascar plan, they were all opposed without exception? β
"Yes, and then there was the Balfour Declaration...... But that's not the point, the point is that now they ......," Hopkins sighed, "I don't know what the Jewish community in our country will think, but I can assure you that it is very attractive to Jews in Germany, Poland, and Russia." β
Roosevelt nodded and said unwillingly: "The Nazis started by being anti-Semitic, and now that Hitler dares to do this, the extent to which he controls the party or the entire country can be seen." β
Roosevelt, Hopkins, and others obviously saw the significance behind the event, but they were not aware of Hoffman's psychological expectation of promoting Jewish independence - the Stockholm syndrome, when Jews were brought out of concentration camps for hard labor, their fears would be much less, and when they heard that the most active members of the labor force could be given priority to end their labor and go to Zambia to live in Zambia, who would be foolish enough to say that they had to go to Palestine? As soon as the news broke, the Ministry of Armaments and Speer were delighted to find that the efficiency of the Jewish labor force had increased exponentially.
Palestine is now firmly under the control of the Arabs, and the nearly 600,000 Jews who moved here after the First World War were naturally transformed into part of the Middle East oil pipeline army after the arrival of German troops. Whether in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, or Najd, all said that "the Arab and German nations naturally have a common interest in the matter of anti-Semitism!" β
Sometimes, Hoffman also finds it strange that Britain and the United States want oil in the Middle East and hope for stability in the Middle East, and on the other hand, they want to stuff Jews who are not liked by Arabs, which is simply a split personality.
After defusing the Jewish ticking time bomb, even the most dissenting Juncker officer in the army applauded it, saying it was a perfect and decent ending. The SS officers, who were fiercely anti-Semitic, argued that the Jews had paid the price for their "crimes" and that there was no need to exterminate them.
Roosevelt finally said in a deep voice: "It seems that London must fly to the United States, and tell Winston about this matter, at least the Jews in the British and American allies cannot be fooled by this, and we must expose the hypocritical nature of Hitler." β
On August 1, the same day that the Combined Fleet shelled the XN, the preoccupied Donovan and Hopkins stepped on the plane, and although the C-97 looked no different from a normal transport aircraft on the outside, the interior facilities were luxuriously renovated, and it was one of the few business jets on the strategic transport route.
Before they got on the plane, they got another not-so-good news: the German fleet had been spotted in the YH area, and most of the main warships were there! In order to find out this news, Donovan's agents lost 7 people, and finally relied on Menzies's talents to pass on the news, and after repeated attacks by the Gestapo, the intelligence network left by Britain and the United States in the Middle East became more and more crumbling.
Due to the jet lag, it was late afternoon when the two arrived in London, and in order to have enough energy for tomorrow's talks, the two of them quickly went to bed.
But at 11 o'clock in the evening, something happened to Hopkins' consternation, and the secretary called him: "Prime Minister Churchill is about to arrive at the hotel, and if you are convenient, he would like to see you in his room in 15 minutes." β
"Something you're in a hurry?" Hopkins met with Churchill in his pajamas, but soon realized that something was wrongβthe doors and windows were closed tightly, and the temperature in the room slowly began to rise.
"There are indeed 100,000 urgent matters." Churchill looked at Hopkins and said, "Harry, I know that you are President Roosevelt's confidant, and you will convey to him exactly what I say to you, right?" β
"Of course, what happened?" Seeing Churchill's hesitant face, Hopkins was also very nervous, "There is very bad news? β
"Yes, do you know anything about the Duke of Windsor?"
"As you know, the President is very concerned about this, and he has authorized me to convey to you the following observation: The United States will provide you with all possible support."
Churchill nodded heavily, took another long puff of his cigar, and finally hesitated for a long time, and then opened his mouth: "I need your selfless help in this matter." β
"You mean?" Donovan next to him made a gesture with his hand, "I hope we can solve this problem......
"Including him."
"Including......" Hopkins carefully recalls the word, as a master of speech, Churchill's vocabulary is so rich that he does not simply use the word "including".
But Hopkins is also a smart man, and he didn't ask, "Who else?" Just ask, "What else do you need for support?" β
"Shall we use all the resources of the United States which are currently stationed in Great Britain?"
"Of course, they're all under your command."
"Including the use of the army?"
Again, "including ......" Hopkins was still recalling the meaning behind the word, and Donovan, who had many years of skilful experience of "subversion" in South America, stood up in shock - he understood exactly what Churchill meant, and this scene was exactly the same as the tone of the militarily powerful minds of the small South American countries when they asked for help - if anything, can I count on assistance from your country?
As soon as the American side nods, it won't be long before there will be a "revolution" or a military coup.
"It's just, it's ......"
"It's unbelievable, isn't it?" Churchill smiled wryly, "I never thought it would end up like this." They had agreed to announce the relocation of the king and government to Canada at the right time, and then to organize a new regime on the home soil, to withdraw Great Britain from the war, and to return to my resistance in North America, which they had at last mercifully intended to spare my life. β
"Who's taking the lead? Can we talk to him? β
"No, they should have already made up with the Duke of Windsor, and now it's up to them to make an understanding with Hitler......," Churchill shrugged, "and they naively thought that they would be treated like Petain's regime and that I would be the Charles de Gaulle of England." β
"That's really bad news." Now that it has been said, Hopkins is no longer restrained in his speech, "The position of Great Britain is very important, it is the most critical link in the entire Allied system, although we are in a difficult situation at present, but the strength of the United States has not been fundamentally weakened, and when the warships on the slipway are built and the domestic army is trained, we can launch a counteroffensive at any time, and the British Empire has resisted hard for four years, and it cannot fall before dawn in any case." β
"If that's the case, you can't simply rely on these troops, they haven't done anything like that." Once the course was decided, Donovan began to come up with ideas in earnest, and he had a say in that.
"You need a capable Einsatzgruppen, the number does not have to be large, 200-300 people are enough, the army controls the situation, the Einsatzgruppen operates, and the task is completed in one night, in this field, I think there are ready-made examples to learn."
"Who?"
"The Night of Hitler's Long Knife Purge of RΓΆhm!" Donovan said in a tone of envy, "Crisply, neatly, thoroughly, and later purged Goering's 'traitorous group' very quickly, Hitler is very talented in doing this!" β
Now it's Churchill's turn to gasp!
Hopkins glared at Donovan dissatisfied, and the latter immediately stopped saying something - how could the president hastily express his support before he expressed his approval or disapproval? Afraid that the world will not be chaotic? Misjudged who it was.
Of course, Hopkins did not dare to speak out about his concerns, and it was clear that the Prime Minister was ready to take a risk, at least as an alternative, and he could not speak against it. The United States cannot afford to lose Britain in any case, and once Britain withdraws from the war, not to mention that President Roosevelt's re-election will go wrong, perhaps the war against Germany will not be able to continue. The people in the country are already turbulent, thinking that a war in Europe is unnecessary, and if Britain withdraws, it will be completely over.
After Churchill took his leave, Hopkins and Donovan had not slept well all night, and when they woke up in the morning with swollen circles under their eyes, they finally understood why Churchill had summoned them to London for a consultation, which was impossible to telegraph. The two were not afraid to send a telegram back to China, and when they said that they would stay in London for one day and return to HSD tomorrow for negotiations, Churchill took the trouble to throw out two questions
The first is to ask why the United States did not declare war on France;
The second is to ask the United States for its opinion on the establishment of a Jewish state.
Aiden, who accompanied the meeting, was surprised - why did the prime minister rush to bring in Hopkins and Donovan when these diplomatic issues were clearly the purview of Secretary of State Hull? His eyes were full of doubt.
"On the question of declaring war on France, the president, after careful consideration, does not consider it appropriate at the moment. First of all, France did not declare war on us, and made a request for neutrality, a desire that we, as a traditionally friendly country, could not ignore; Second, the declaration of war needs to be approved by Congress, and many members of parliament are currently French or pro-French, and it is very difficult to pass it; Last but not least, France supported us in the Revolutionary War, the Statue of Liberty was given to us by France, and the American people generally have a favorable opinion of the French people, and the press is not very optimistic about the poll......s" (to be continued). )