"We sent people to make secret diplomatic contacts with the German side, asked about the German side's asking price, and even inquired about the Soviet-German peace, which was very surprising and very frustrating. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" In Roosevelt's hospital room, Harry Hopkins sighed, "The only good news is that Robert Jr. is still alive, and the Germans have learned his identity, and even brought the relevant photos and letters to Geneva for Joseph to see." The Germans even graciously offered to release Robert on the sly, but Joseph did not accept it, believing that it would be detrimental to Robert's future political future, and Robert himself seemed reluctant - he thought it would be humiliating to abandon his companions and men and sneak away, but he said that he would never surrender to the Germans. ”

Roosevelt nodded and sighed, "A good boy, I owe Joseph so much." ”

The Joseph mentioned by Hopkins refers to Joseph Kennedy, a descendant of Irish immigrants who finally gained a foothold in the United States after two generations of struggle and made a lot of money by engaging in various speculative transactions. After amassing hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, Joseph became obsessed with politics and bet all his treasure on Franklin Roosevelt, believing that he was the leader the country needed and that helping Roosevelt run would help him enter politics.

During Roosevelt's first presidential campaign, Joseph not only made large political donations himself, but also spared no effort to help Roosevelt raise funds and accompanied Roosevelt on many campaign trips. However, after Roosevelt was elected president, he did not entrust him with important responsibilities, but only appointed him as chairman of the newly established securities regulatory commission (Joseph himself engaged in securities speculation and knew all kinds of insider trading and loopholes, so arranging this position was undoubtedly a good person), but Joseph, who had a higher heart than the sky, favored the position of secretary of the treasury. Despite this, Joseph remained faithful, and in 1935 he asked a reporter to ghostwrite a book in his own name, "I Support Roosevelt," which described the campaign process in detail, and praised Roosevelt in the book, and finally sent the book to Roosevelt for a round of sycophancy.

The latter only replied with a text message: "The book is good, I'm very happy." Joseph, however, regarded this reply, which was just a slip, as a treasure, and framed it and hung it in his home, boasting about it whenever a guest came. In 1937, during Roosevelt's second term, Joseph Kennedy, who continued to support him, was offered the post of ambassador to England, something that would have been unthinkable for a descendant of Irish Catholics. However, although Joseph Sr. was good at making money, foreign affairs, especially the treacherous European politics before the outbreak of the European War, were clearly beyond his circle of competence. Soon after the outbreak of the war in Europe, he was recalled after less than three years as a diplomat, and has not held any important positions since.

Of course, Roosevelt would never say such nonsense as "incompetent," but found another excuse -- as a descendant of Irish descent, Joseph was very pro-German, and the German Führer was more attractive to him than the British prime minister. And after the outbreak of the European war, the US foreign policy was obviously to unite Britain against Germany, so it was "natural" for Joseph to lose his position. But after all, Joseph had been in the diplomatic circle for a while, knew the diplomatic situation and had a certain degree of popularity, and it was very suitable for Joseph to carry out secret diplomacy with Germany while being unofficial and lightweight, and at the same time sticking to the signboard of Roosevelt's confidants. In fact, Germany was quick to take note of the situation, and with the help of the Swiss ambassador, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop personally held secret talks with Joseph.

Robert refers to Joseph's son, Robert Kennedy, who served as captain in a PT torpedo boat and participated in the Battle of Cape Verde, but unfortunately the results were not satisfactory, and he was eventually coerced by the army and became a prisoner of war for the Germans. Joseph was bent on expecting his sons to get ahead and even become presidents in the future, so he spared no effort in their training, and he sent his sons to the army to be gilded, but he did not expect to become prisoners of war without gold.

"Let's talk about it, what are the specific conditions of the Germans?" Roosevelt thought for a moment, "First of all, the conditions for Soviet-German peace are good." ”

"The general conditions are basically the same as what we have explored before, mainly including three main points:

First, the Soviet Union agreed that the republics, which are now independent, would withdraw from the Soviet Union and recognize their independence;

Second, on the basis of the existing line of fire between the two sides, a 500-kilometer retreat will be the territory controlled by the new Soviet power, and in view of the fact that the current battle lines are intertwined, it is actually intended to agree that the Ural Mountains will be the boundary, and at the same time, 500 kilometers to the west of the Ural Mountains will be set aside as a buffer zone, and in the future, East and West Russia will stand side by side, and they will be collectively called the Russian Confederation Republic. Among them, Western Russia is called Russia (Mensheviks), and Eastern Russia is called Russia (Bolsheviks), in order to take care of Stalin's face, the nominal leaders of this confederation republic are concurrently served by the leaders of Eastern Russia, but in fact, the military, politics, economy, diplomacy, and currency of East and West Russia are independent, except that they are all called Russia, there is no connection, East and West Russia establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing, and do not subordinate to each other or interfere in each other's internal affairs;

Third, West Russia joins the European Union, East Russia is regarded as an Asian country, the axis in the early days of West Russia about 1 million troops, and then gradually decreased, West Russia's own armed forces are no more than 1 million, East Russia armed forces can not be more than 2.5 million, the buffer zone can not be entered by both sides for 30 years, and after 30 years to seek a solution.

In addition, there are some prisoners of war transfers, economic compensation, etc., which are not essential, and Germany probably will not mention the conditions that make it impossible for East Russia to survive. ”

Roosevelt nodded: "The conditions are harsh enough, but the Bolsheviks can survive, right?" ”

"Then it will become a second-rate or even third-rate country. We have calculated that the Bolsheviks would still control more than two-thirds of the territory they controlled during the Soviet Union, but the population would fall to only 50 million or less - depending on whether the population would move with the border after the demarcation of the border. The only thing that was certain was that the Bolshevik regime would survive, and that Hitler did not seem to be in any attempt to exterminate it, contrary to his previous propaganda. ”

"It used to be just political propaganda, but now it's the sophistication of politicians." Roosevelt sighed, "What does Stalin think?" ”

Stalin admitted that the two sides were in secret contact, and refused to admit the word peace, saying only that an armistice would be discussed. In addition, he has repeatedly warned that this is forced, and if he can get sufficient US aid supplies, he is willing to continue fighting. But if the whole world abandons him, he will have to take care of himself. ”

"Does he know the news?" Roosevelt didn't say it, but both knew that "he" was referring to Wallace, who is currently acting president.

"I know, but I don't think so, I think that Stalin has to kneel with or without aid, and it is better to stay and build by himself than to waste the money." Hopkins explained, "Because of this attitude, I did not tell him about Joseph and the information I heard about Su De's peace, so as not to cause more trouble"

"You are doing a good job, Joseph is my man, not a government representative at all, there is no need to report to him. As for the rest...... He couldn't keep it a secret anyway, so he didn't need to inform him. ”

Lehi interjected: "Actually, I think it is possible to continue to provide aid to the Soviet Union, we have communicated and adapted with the Soviet side to the greatest extent, and the American aid fleet was handed over to the Russians in the Aleutian Islands, and since then it has been the property of the Soviet Union, and whether or not to pay Japanese tolls has nothing to do with us, it is an agreement between the Soviet Union and Japan." Moreover, the Soviet side believes that no matter what Horiyoshi's position is, it cannot shake his current position as the actual controller of the Japanese Navy, and his words have a decisive impact, and what he promised is credible to a large extent, and we will be fooled at most once. ”

"I guess he won't say yes, and if he does, he's not Wallace."

"Yes, as you might expect, he not only refused, but he also got into a hysterical fight with us, thinking that we were fooling the people and deceiving Congress." As soon as he mentioned this incident, Lehi became a little annoyed and angry, "He doesn't want to think about it, he has to lose more than half of the supplies to Britain, and often can't even bring back the ship with people, although the protection fee paid to Japan is nominally ugly, but it is all done by the Soviets, what does it matter to us?" With only 40 per cent and people and ships preserved, wouldn't it be a more cost-effective multiple-choice question? Moreover, the Soviet side also negotiated an additional condition with Japan, agreeing to release a number of detained Chinese citizens, expatriates and captured soldiers (the kind that were injured and could not continue to participate in the war) after receiving the first batch of protection money, the number of which was not less than 300. He kept saying that for the sake of the country and the people, why didn't he want to get our people back? Why didn't he criticize the fact that the Jews had paid protection money to Germany in exchange for the opportunity to escape? ”

"It's a good thing to be naïve when you're a child, and you're so naïve when you're an adult, what do you think I'm going to do?" Roosevelt smiled wryly.

His logical starting point is that there is no need to aid the Soviet Union, and even to the British! Field Marshal John Deere, chairman of the British Joint Chiefs of Staff, was very nervous about this matter, and had come to me many times and told me solemnly: If the United States refuses to continue to aid Britain, Great Britain will not be able to hold out for a day, Churchill's cabinet will soon fall, and Edward VIII will be restored to power at that time. Don't expect the British to fight to the last soldier, Great Britain has sacrificed enough for this war! ”

Roosevelt's mouth hung with sarcasm: "Britain doesn't have to help?" Great! So, does Australia want help? Does New Zealand want aid? What about South Africa? What about Brazil? What about Canada? Is it that the United States only needs itself and does not care about its allies? ”

"That's what it means! He thinks that we can just retreat back to the North American continent behind closed doors, reach an understanding with Germany, and at most bring Japan to its knees......"

"Bastard!" Roosevelt slapped the table in a rage.

"It's hopelessly stupid to still be immersed in isolationist dreams." Hopkins scoffed, "Do you want me to tell you two about Germany's terms?" ”