British civil servant

The problem is that Britain really knelt to the end after World War II, just like at the end of the Cold War, Mrs. Thatcher told Go Map that the UK is willing to pay to help the Soviet Union tide over the difficulties. As long as it does not withdraw its troops from Germany, Go Map is still Can't comprehend the meaning.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union was just another decline in the status of the United Kingdom. Perhaps Mrs. Thatcher at that time, just from the trajectory of Britain's decline after World War II, saw the history of Britain's decline in status repeating itself.

I came to the Indian Affairs Department to report, but I just came back to report on my work, and soon someone came to Alan Wilson on his own initiative.

"It's not the time of war, why is it you again." Alan Wilson looked at Philby of the Cambridge Five, and after chatting for a few words, he heard that Philby had been promoted, and congratulated him, "Your progress is really impressive. Very impressive."

"It's the same with each other, you are the same." Philby showed his well-informed, and revealed the news that Alan Wilson may also be promoted. "By the way, how are McLean and Burgess?"

"Fortunately, Commissioners of Ceylon and Burma, what's wrong with managing such a large place." Alan Wilson replied, "So where am I going now?"

"This stumps me. It may be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Department of Federal Relations. According to your work, it should be the latter, but according to some unproven sources, it seems to be the former." Phil Bi paused at this point, "This question can only be answered by yourself."

"I think I should go to the Commonwealth Relations Department." Alan Wilson thought for a while, and felt that his work had more to do with the colonies, so he should go to the Commonwealth Relations Department as a matter of course.

Then Alan Wilson, who ran for nothing for a day, went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building to report the next day. In fact, it is not far away. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Indian Affairs, the Ministry of Colonial Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior are all within one block. Spend the day in circles at the headquarters of the Ministry of Indian Affairs.

Diplomacy is an invisible art that determines how a country gets along with the world.Similarly, art exists in every corner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: exquisite murals, gilded ceilings, lifelike sculptures, and luxurious marble.

Art knows no borders and does not require language, and has become one of the most effective ways of cultural communication.The artistic decoration in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the embodiment of the diplomatic image of the United Kingdom, and it is also the bearer of its historical status.

A building more gorgeous than a stage, carrying a history more exciting than a drama, this is the magnificent headquarters hall of the British Foreign Office, and the decoration style of the Ministry of Indian Affairs is completely different from that of the Ministry of Indian Affairs, which is decorated in a Mediterranean style The representative, Alan Wilson, also did not know why the Ministry of Indian Affairs was decorated in a Mediterranean style.

"Welcome back to London, Alan." George Milton, director of the personnel department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the arrival of Alan Wilson. He first emphasized the eagerness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek talents, and then said seriously, "After the cabinet secretary's Personally care, Alan Wilson is at the level of Deputy Secretary-General, which is very surprising, and very rare in non-war periods. Of course, I also know that Alan, you just got engaged, and two happy events came, I believe you are very happy Right. I wanted to give you a gift in the name of giving away, but due to the regulations of Whitehall, I can only forget it."

British civil servants are also restricted in accepting gifts.They can only accept low-value gifts such as notebooks, calendars, and pens that can be used for office work, and alcohol is strictly prohibited.

The return of the gift is accompanied by a civil servant's letter of polite refusal.If returning a gift would offend the donor, accept it temporarily, but gifts must be reported and kept only in the office.

However, this regulation has never been seriously implemented. Alan Wilson does not believe that a director of the personnel department will not be able to come up with a solution, but he has no intention of sending it, but expresses his heart verbally.

"I thought I would report to the Department of Commonwealth Relations." Alan Wilson frowned, "Dear Director, it's not that I am indifferent to the importance of the Empire, but that I want to be able to give full play to my expertise. Obviously, my experience is Accumulated in the colonies, similar to diplomatic work, but not quite the same."

"It's not completely inconsistent." George Milton changed his tone and returned Alan Wilson's words again. "Diplomacy is an invisible art. It determines how a country gets along with the world."

Listening to the typical words, Alan Wilson is not good at farting, but just said, "But we colonial officials are used to talking with naval guns, and we are not used to talking with other countries on an equal footing."

Coincidentally, George Milton, who was waiting for Allen Wilson's words, directly took out a prepared document and said, "Don't worry, it's definitely not an equal gesture. This job is more suitable for you."

what?With such doubts?Alan Wilson opened it and watched George Milton blurt out, "This is not a joke with me. Negotiating with the Soviets is indeed not equal enough. It seems that our side is more weak."

"You can't say that, the British Empire is no worse than the Soviet Union." George Milton said seriously, reminding Alan Wilson not to make political mistakes. I am rich in the world, so why can't I be compared with the Soviet Union?

If it weren't for the high regard for this young and malleable civil servant, George Milton wanted to directly ask whether this civil servant is reliable.

Alan Wilson looked directly at George Milton with inexplicable eyes, really want to ask, do you believe this?If it is still the mainstream that the UK and the Soviet Union are equal, how did the UK kneel to the end?

"Alan, you are very important to the higher authorities. Don't let us down." George Milton solemnly said, "You are ours, and you will be able to complete the task satisfactorily. After all, the audit work itself is what you suggested , you are so concerned about it in India, and it is very reasonable for you to handle this matter now."

Chapter 356 The Soviet Union's Lifelong Enemy

Isn't this forcing Lao Tzu to betray the country?Alan Wilson asked himself, out of his loyalty to the British Empire, he suggested not to be deceived by the Soviets, and to get more benefits from the Soviet Union, but this hot potato fell on him?

Alan Wilson felt sad. Sometimes patriotism is so difficult to love. Now there is a sense of deja vu that I love Daying and Daying doesn't love me. What's wrong with him?

I just want to remind you not to be tricked by the Soviet Union, and then I returned to London and had to negotiate with the Soviets.

With the gold belt of murder and arson, the five elite Soviet spies in Cambridge are now doing well one by one. He worked for the country so much, but ended up like this?The comparison between the two is depressing.

"Temporary mission?" Alan Wilson was still fighting for favorable conditions at the end, and asked George Milton, if it was the incident last night, he could do anything then?

"The reason for letting you be the Deputy Secretary-General is also out of motivation." George Milton thought for a while and said, "Try to fight for the interests of the British Empire, and you can't take advantage of the Soviets. That's what you said."

"Of course." Alan Wilson nodded solemnly, "But where is the negotiation venue?"

"You are very familiar with that place, Berlin, the capital of Germany." George Milton took out the materials of the previous negotiations with the engine and said, "I hope you can remember the glorious era, the mature diplomatic skills of the British Empire, and achieved admirable results."

"I'll try my best." Alan Wilson curled his lips, with a look of lack of confidence. The key is that the cabinet still hopes to be able to negotiate and make money from the Soviet Union.If it weren't for the cabinet's expectation, he would have directly proposed conditions that the Soviet Union could not agree to, and just messed things up.

At the whitehall civil servants reception in the evening, Alan Wilson squeezed his glass and complained, "What do you say, Philby? I don't think the Soviet Union can be trusted. To be honest, I really want to mess up this business. The Soviet Union will never want to get the engine. , at least not in my hands, I cannot allow this to happen."

"Oh, poor Allen." Philby calmly comforted him and asked, "But it seems that the cabinet is looking forward to it."

"This is exactly what troubles me. There are many senior diplomats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but they let me go. This is obviously not paying attention to General Mountbatten." Alan Wilson carried his father-in-law out drunk. It's all in the tone of complaining when General Mountbatten comes back.

"Oh, that's really an exciting scene." Philby dealt with the drunk in front of him meticulously, not without contempt for him as a human being.

Since it was directed by the major actresses in Hollywood, especially after the guidance of silent film queen Greta Garbo.

Alan Wilson's double-faced life has made great progress, and it is different now, even Philby can't see the flaws.

"I will write a plan. Since it involves national interests, it shouldn't be too much to let the country get some benefits. If the Soviet Union disagrees, this deal will naturally fail." Alan Wilson smiled drunkenly , said in a mysterious tone, "If you complicate simple things, the responsibility is not on me."

At this moment, as at that moment, the life of the head of the cabinet is no different from that of ordinary civil servants, except that there are very few guests on Norman Brooke's side, pouring a glass for Edward Bridges, "Little Allen seems to be interested in work I’m not particularly satisfied yet, it was George who said he wanted to break free from the vortex of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

"Maybe the fish in the river sometimes want to break free from the shackles of the river, but can it do it?" Edward Bridges took the wine glass, took a sip and said, "Always go to the colony to work, look Is not long enough, which colonial officials can be like you and me? Long-term vision can even go beyond."

"But you also know that now little Allen is the son-in-law of the vice king. We must pay attention to the method and method of our work." Norman Brook put forward a hypothesis, "What if he really doesn't care about diplomatic work?"

"Then add part of the administrative work to the diplomatic work." Edward Bridges said with a mysterious face, "If he can't handle the administrative work well, it proves that he has no talent in administrative work, and he will be honest in the future. It is good for him to actually do diplomatic work, and junior civil servants need a certain amount of tempering."

"Is there such a place?" Norman Brook leaned forward, why didn't he remember that there was such a place that had the best of both worlds?Able to combine administrative and diplomatic work.

"Yes!" Edward Bridges whispered conceitedly, solving Norman Brook's doubts.

Hehe... After a while, the two laughed, and the narrow private room was filled with laughter.

If Alan Wilson is still unwilling to do diplomatic work, then the two will assign him a place where it is not easy to do administrative work, and let him release his talents, so as to prove with practical actions that diplomatic work is more suitable.

Of course Alan Wilson is unwilling to do diplomatic work. Who would choose to do diplomatic work in a country that is going downhill? The British Empire, which had a warship diplomacy at its peak, has countless diplomatic classics. Compared with its predecessors who had glorious years , Isn't Alan Wilson trying to contrast his incompetence?

Of course, he can make use of his knowledge of history to make more profits for Britain, but the citizens will only compare with the peak era of the British Empire, how can they understand the current difficulties?

Citizens hope that the country will be as tough as possible, but the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just the opposite, and they are always accused of being weak.How could he be willing to go if he did a lot of things and was not understood?

But even though he was reluctant, he still went because he once claimed that the Soviet Union was nothing more than that.If he was directly disgraced by the Soviet Union in the diplomatic field, his previous remarks would become a joke.

Everyone who kills must be killed, and if there is nothing to do, he will govern. In the end, Alan Wilson was also included in his previous remarks.

"There will never be a third time." Alan Wilson wrote vigorously, making a plan to join, muttering that he would not fall into the same pit three times.

The first time was actually an anti-Tito person in Yugoslavia who was rescued by him.

As a result, those who were destined to die in World War II turned into survivors and started killing in Northern Rhodesia. In other words, news in the interior of Africa is easy to block, and even the United States has no time to care. This one is indeed professional, so it passed with such a thrill.

In the 60s, when Africa had become a battlefield between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was absolutely no way to hide it.

Since the cabinet expects the deal to be concluded and earn a fortune from the Soviets, Alan Wilson will play a bigger role.

Adding the tin mining and rubber industries of British Malaya asked for concessions from the Soviet Union on this issue.At the same time, the first order quantity of [-] engines must be killed, and the full payment must be paid.

In this way, it can be said that [-] engines is the bottom line, otherwise he would rather not reach the deal.

"I'm exhausted today, so I asked my sister to accompany me to register an exploration company." Pamela Mountbatten pushed the door and entered. There was nothing wrong with it. The two lived together, at the home of Alan Wilson.My parents are still in British India, my sister is married, and Pamela Mountbatten can't live alone. It's pitiful to be alone in such a big city.

As for the previous iron boxes of the Wilson family, they have been properly kept. If Pamela Mountbatten really saw it with her own eyes, she might think of the large number of iron boxes that this man carried when he left British India for the first time.Now the iron box is nowhere to be seen, but a large number of Indian books are placed on the shelves.

Alan Wilson put down his pen, kissed his fiancée to express his hard work, and then asked, "It went well."

"Well, at least it's much faster than ordinary people." Pamela Mountbatten claimed credit, "My father has a good relationship with the Minister of Trade. Although he belongs to the Labor Party, his friends are not limited to the Conservative Party. Mother actually I also know it, and I have more contacts than my father. So this matter was completed in one day. According to what you said, it is called Mountbatten Exploration Company, and its business is mineral and oil exploration. "

"Isn't that very good." Alan Wilson praised generously, but he didn't have any objection to the company's name. It couldn't be called Wilson Exploration Company. He would still be in the civil service system in the future.

It's normal for his wife to do business, and the Mountbatten family has a rich family background, so why can't he be a civil servant to do business in person?I all want to sound domineering, but you can't be so direct in the UK.

"This is the first step. Afterwards, you can contact some aristocratic friends and charge a nominal fee to become a shareholder." Listening to Pamela Mountbatten's words, Alan Wilson nodded with satisfaction and guided, "I believe they will agree."

The British aristocrats who have gone through two world wars are now saved by him, a civil servant.

It's ironic to say it, but it has to be done. Confrontation between civil servants and politicians is ultimately powerless. If you encounter a politician like Mrs. Thatcher who doesn't follow the routine, it will be really troublesome.

When the hostess came back, Alan Wilson put down his work first, and he had to talk about his troubles. He mainly mentioned that he had been promoted to Deputy Secretary-General, and he was already a middle-level and high-level civil servant, which made Pamela happy.

"But I don't think you were very happy just now?" Pamela Mountbatten also came to the kitchen, working with Alan Wilson, and asked what was going on.

"I'm going to compete with the Soviets." Alan Wilson said in a confident tone with his head held high.

Although the appearance is very encouraging, it is true that he has no bottom in his heart, but he believes that the Soviet Union has no bottom than him.In the matter of the engine, it should be the Soviet Union begging the United Kingdom, not the other way around.

Chapter 357

There is a real win-win in things like trade. At this time, Alan Wilson is not particularly pessimistic.The Soviet Union actually has substitutes for rubber resources and tin mines. In terms of mineral resources, countries like the Soviet Union do not lack any minerals. Of course, this also includes tin mines. Is the world's largest country worthless?

As for rubber resources, this is entirely due to innate conditions, a typical high-latitude pain.Just as the Soviet Union could never surpass the United States in mango production, because there was no place in the Soviet Union where mangoes, a tropical fruit, could take root.

The same is true in the field of rubber, but the difference is that mangoes cannot be synthesized artificially, but the technology of synthetic rubber has already appeared. It just so happens that this is the strength of the Soviet Union.

In terms of military machines, today’s Soviet Union is a beast that has never appeared in human history. Rubber is an important industrial resource with good physical properties and has a wide range of uses in industry, such as making sealing materials, various Tires and shock absorbing facilities, etc.

As a high-latitude country, the Soviet Union had a well-developed industrial system. During World War II, the Soviet Union manufactured a large number of weapons, which undoubtedly required a large amount of rubber resources, and rubber products would age and could not be reused after returning to the furnace like steel.So here comes the problem. The Soviet Union is a relatively isolated country, and most of the Soviet Union’s land is located in high latitudes. There is no natural rubber resource at all, and many places in the tropics were European colonies at that time. The Soviet Union’s industrial development Rubber must break through this unfavorable situation.

Alan Wilson is no stranger to such a move to prevent being stuck through technological progress. Preventing being stuck does not belong to the Soviet Union alone. A certain big country often calls for this.

After the rubber tree is cut open, the unprocessed product that condenses the sap is called raw rubber, and the Soviet Union, as a high-latitude country, basically relies on imports of natural raw rubber

In fact, the Soviet Union was very short of natural rubber resources. For this reason, as early as the 20s, shortly after the birth of the Soviet Union, they began to develop synthetic rubber.As early as [-], the Soviet Union had successfully synthesized the first batch of experimental products butadiene rubber.

In this field, the Soviet Union is ahead of the United States and Germany, and is the absolute leader in the field of synthetic rubber.In the 40s, the Yerevan Synthetic Rubber Factory in the Soviet Union produced chloroprene rubber for the first time by bulk polymerization. Chlorine atoms are contained in the chloroprene rubber molecule. Because of this, it has excellent oxidation resistance, and is resistant to oil, solvent, acid and alkali. Strong resistance, the most important thing is that it is not flammable, and it can self-extinguish when it catches fire. This is also the only oil-resistant rubber produced by the Soviet Union during the war. This rubber is widely used in various sealing materials and fireproof materials in the Soviet military industry. superior.

Technically, because the Soviet Union is the leader of synthetic rubber, the British Empire no longer has the possibility of getting stuck in the neck of the Soviet Union.So since we don't have the ability to pinch the neck of the Soviet Union, we have to use a different method to use cheap rubber to occupy the Soviet market. It just so happens that British Malaya has this condition.

In the report, Alan Wilson expounded on the need to open up Soviet markets with tin ore and rubber.It is meaningless to show that the neck is stuck. The top priority of the British Empire now is to restore its national strength as soon as possible. The US market is the most important, and the Soviet market is the most important market after the US market.

In the report, Alan Wilson also used Napoleon's continental blockade as an example to show that the so-called blockade is meaningless.When Napoleon arrived in Berlin and ordered the whole of Europe to issue a continental blockade, the British industry was in turmoil for a while, but who was the final winner?

The Soviet Union has passed the most difficult time, and the hostility of the Soviet Union is currently reduced to prevent another war in Europe.It is beneficial to the current British Empire, and it can restore national power as soon as possible through trade with the Soviet Union.

Now that the Soviet Union wants to buy Rolls-Royce engines, the UK can take the opportunity to request the Soviet Union to open its market so that Malaya's tin ore and rubber can enter the Soviet Union without hindrance.

"If you don't buy a large number of engines at one time, or buy out the patent, then this transaction is worthless. The main problem in this negotiation is that the Soviet Union ignores intellectual property rights and believes that intellectual property rights are a way for imperialism to exploit the world. A weapon, so it must be guarded against being deceived."

Stalin read Alan Wilson's report in cadence, with a very interesting expression on his face, and then looked at Beria and asked, "Does this Englishman seem to know our country very well?"

"Comrade Stalin, I will focus on the investigation." Beria assured with a serious face, "It is my responsibility to dig out the latent enemy of the people of imperialism."

"It's not particularly urgent. Of course, we all know that even the incompetent bureaucracy of the United Kingdom occasionally has one or two useful people. At least it can prove that the transaction can still continue. The sky of the motherland needs the People's Air Force Come to guard, this communication is very important." Stalin set the direction of this matter, "Dividing imperialism is the top priority at present. On the one hand, Prime Minister Attlee's attitude is not extreme, at least better than that bulldog The hostility towards the Soviet Union is much smaller. On the other hand, Britain’s current national strength relies entirely on its past accumulation, and it is impossible for the colony to continue to exist in the long run. The main enemy is the United States. Of course, we must not publicly explain it.”

"Now in this world, if the United States is mainly taken care of, everything will be taken care of, and all problems will cease to exist."

"Try to prevent the formation of the imperialists' encirclement network against us. If we can't do it, we will postpone it. What's more, we don't suffer from this transaction. The tin mines of the motherland are concentrated in the Far East, and the cost of synthetic rubber is much higher than Imports, of course we cannot give up our own resources and technology, which are already needed, but if the imperialists want to sell the noose? Why should we refuse?"

"Why not?" At No. [-] Downing Street, Prime Minister Attlee also expressed his opinion on the report.Isn't it normal that the Kremlin received the news earlier than No. [-] Downing Street?

But this did not delay Prime Minister Attlee's happiness. Due to the current law, the government should not interfere with the trade of enterprises. After all, Rolls-Royce itself is willing to facilitate this transaction.

Alan Wilson suggested increasing the difficulty to test the bottom line of the Soviet Union, and Attlee strongly agreed.Although currently Malaya's tin ore and rubber are mainly exported to the United States, if the Soviet Union needs it, why should it be against it?

Moreover, it is no secret that the Soviet Union has synthetic rubber technology. Since the Soviet Union has this technology, what is the point of blockade?

As the current prime minister of the British Empire, Attlee is not interested in thinking about shitty romantic love stories. He only wants to make money now. Nationalization requires huge investment. Now that British India is about to become independent, the expenditure for maintaining British India will be reduced. , and it is definitely possible to make money as you like before.

If the Soviet market can open its arms to the British Empire in a certain sense, it can get a certain degree of buffer.

Attlee's cabinet has always wanted to facilitate this deal, after all, the current government expenditure is huge.Although the Soviet Union and the British Empire must be vigilant, it does not mean that the ruble should also be hated.

So Alan Wilson set off from London, preparing to compete with the Soviets, and the final destination was Greater Berlin.But on the way Alan Wilson made a short stop in Bonn.

In today's Germany, the four-nation occupation zone still exists, all under the control of their respective military councils.The currencies of the major occupied areas are also different. The United States and France have issued temporary currencies in their respective occupied areas.

The Soviet Union is very exciting, using the Reichsmark of the Third Reich as the currency in circulation.

As for the British-occupied area, it is special at present. There is no currency, but the rationing system is mainly implemented.In fact, present-day Germany is no different from Germany just after the war.

Although the United States invested far more funds than Britain and France, it did not have much effect.Because the British-occupied area is the main industrial area in Germany, and many enterprises have reopened, and the partial recovery of industry has created a certain degree of siphon effect.This is true for the age population and wealth, so although the United States has invested a lot of money, it has been absorbed by the partially restored industries in the British-occupied areas.

Today's British cabinet is the Labor Party government. After so many years of practicing Ma Zhe, it has become a bit hot.In the end, the United States invested more funds in the American-occupied area, but it was still similar to the stingy British-occupied area. If you really want to use data to evaluate, the vitality of the British-occupied area is even higher.

Although there are still some vicissitudes, the British-occupied area is much stronger than it was two years ago.At present, Alan Wilson's working relationship has been transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the level of Deputy Secretary-General.

After arriving in Bonn, Bokina was very surprised, but immediately let Alan Wilson stay, prepared food that men like and asked, "Is there a job this time? Or come to see us?"

"It's hard to say." Alan Wilson opened his mouth and finally shook his head helplessly. This job is to betray the country, but it's not good to talk about it with the two dragoons.

After eating, Alan Wilson went to Anna's bedroom to visit his son. Unsurprisingly, his dog-licking nature broke out, and he apologized for what he had done to Anna before.

The uncooked rice has been cooked, and now apologizing is not a price to pay. Although Anna is sitting on this man's lap, her face is full of grievances, tears are rolling in her eyes, "What can I do? You are British, I'm just a girl from a defeated country, how can I have any dissatisfaction?"

"I will be good to you, I swear." Alan Wilson begged, "Forgive me, for Hans' sake, please, okay?"

Chapter 358

Poor Allen, he was played and applauded by Maomei, mainly because the other party captured Allen Wilson's son.Every time he saw the hostage in Anna's hands, how could he have any doubts?