British civil servant

Recently, Washington has been troubled by many things, including the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation and the lack of progress on the Iran issue.France's mobilization order and so on, the world has not gone to peace, and the city on the hill still needs to show leadership.

The most important thing is that the two old rulers who have been judged to be waiting to die are unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history.France, in particular, made Washington quite embarrassing.

Fortunately, London has announced that when the Nigerian Dominion officially becomes independent this year, the United Kingdom will express its blessing.And the establishment of diplomatic relations at the first time, Britain's sense of current affairs finally made the United States breathe a sigh of relief.

It didn’t take long for the US observers in Lubumbashi to report the fact that the Northern Rhodesian armed forces were involved in the Congolese civil war to Washington. This is no longer a question of whether the UK wants to hide it.Americans have seen it.

"Are these Balkan Slavs controlled by Britain?" Kennedy was surprised. How much loyalty did these Slavs have to Britain, and why did they come there?

Dulles also smiled wryly, "It's a long story, starting with General Patton as the Bavarian administrator. At that time, some military voices were very hostile to the Soviet Union, and these Yugoslav anti-Tito armed forces crossed the border and were captured by Patton. The general took him in, which made us extremely passive at that time..."

"We have no reason and can't take these people in, so we communicated calmly with the UK. Let the UK accept these people, but the UK doesn't want these people to enter the UK mainland, so we chose a colony for these people to live in."

"What happened in the past is no longer important." Kennedy waved his hand. "The problem is that now France is restless, Britain is also joining in the fun, and the Soviet Union is watching. Britain and France are still unwilling to accept the leadership of the United States willingly."

Britain and France have been sublimated to the utmost one after another, directly entering the dark forbidden area, which makes the current United States very embarrassed.I don't know if these two countries have negotiated, and they have taken action together in Africa.

The most urgent task now is to determine whether it is a coincidence or whether Britain and France communicated in private to act together.Without clarifying this issue, the United States will not be able to make further arrangements.

The inquiry from the United States is naturally a special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The Deputy Foreign Minister solemnly announced that the United Kingdom is also investigating the purpose of Northern Rhodesia's intervention in the Congolese civil war, and the possibility of local people walking alone is not ruled out.

After the investigation results come out, he will definitely keep in touch with the United States to tell the truth about the matter.

The truth of the matter is that the Red Beard tactical nuclear bomb has arrived, and Alan Wilson is busy with the cooperation between the tsr.2 attack aircraft and Sweden.

The tsr.2 attack aircraft project has made the Ministry of Finance a little concerned because of cost issues.Is the promotion of British military projects after the increase in military spending this time a good thing?Nominally, of course.

Why in name, wouldn't increased military spending bring more progress?That's absolutely not!

If you observe these military projects carefully, you can easily find that after the increase in military expenditure, the cost of these military projects has also magically increased.

The project is still the original project, and it has indeed received the support of the Ministry of Finance, but it does not seem to have an immediate effect on increasing the strength of the British army.

But the tsr.2 attack aircraft project is, after all, a fairly advanced project at the technical level. Alan Wilson decided to find a solution to the Scandinavian countries, especially the Swedes, to see if they were interested.

Sweden has the fourth largest air force in the world, and uses the strength of the air force as its trump card to deter the Soviet Union.But it is not easy to update an air force with a scale of thousands of aircraft, and Sweden also needs help from other countries.

Sweden's requirements for fighter jets must also have ground-to-ground capabilities. Allen Wilson began to work on the cooperation between the two countries on the tsr.2 attack aircraft, and there are already some eyebrows. The tsr.2 attack aircraft project is indeed quite bluffing technically.

And it is also a good platform for throwing tactical nuclear weapons. Sweden has been trying to develop nuclear weapons, at least it has not given up on this effort. The tsr.2 attack aircraft is very suitable for this task.

As for whether Sweden will succeed, Alan Wilson is not worried. If it succeeds soon, the United States will definitely turn its face before the United Kingdom.

Chapter 98 Reaction stop incident

The proliferation of nuclear weapons does not require Britain to worry about. All nuclear-armed countries have tacitly understood this. The end result is that except for the permanent members, other countries will be contained.

In fact, the United States is now curbing Sweden's nuclear program, believing that the country's nuclear proliferation has threatened the stability of the European situation.The United States and Sweden signed an agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation.The parties agreed to exchange information on the construction, operation and development of the reactor.

The swedish government has committed to provide aec with information on swedish nuclear energy developments.The agreement also implies that the U.S. nuclear umbrella will protect Sweden, so Sweden does not need to equip itself with nuclear weapons.

And as an electoral state, there is too much room to manipulate the means against nuclear development.

Various opposition groups launched a petition against Sweden's nuclear weapons development program, which was signed by 10 people and submitted to Prime Minister Eland. " etc. have also caused great trouble for the Swedish government in opposing the development of nuclear weapons in Sweden.

"Tag Erlander, I have a pretty good relationship with him." Greta Garbo was invited and said directly, "He is a center-left politician, and has the same attributes as your British Labor Party."

"That's right, the party of the Second International." Alan Wilson nodded, "But Sweden's armed neutrality is a national policy. No matter what party it is, the difference lies in the details."

Alan Wilson did not ask how Greta Garbo knew the prime minister, but in terms of popularity, Greta Garbo is still above this prime minister.

"Do you need my help?" Greta Garbo asked proactively. "My child is in the same school as his granddaughter. That girl is still going to be my student."

"I'm a tool person here with you. I'm so grateful to be loved this time." Of course Alan Wilson would not refuse, but he was also a little worried, "Can your contacts influence government decision-making?"

"It's okay to control a single person, but it's too much thinking to control the government." Greta Garbo replied noncommittally, "I didn't say it would be useful, but I was willing to give it a try."

This is enough, and Alan Wilson himself did not expect to have any unexpected gains.He has been planning this matter with sincerity, but if he can get extra help, he will definitely not object.

The tsr.2 attack aircraft can be used to carry out nuclear missions, which is a good start for the military cooperation between the United Kingdom and Sweden.As for the platform, how to deal with nuclear weapons in the future depends on the Swedes themselves.

The most important thing is that Sweden's economy is sound now, with per capita income twice that of Germany and France, and [-] times that of Italy.In the current Europe, it can be regarded as a fairly strong economy.And it has close economic ties with the UK.

Known as the offshore balancer, the UK has fought wars with almost all European countries, and there are only about [-] countries in the world that have not been declared war by the UK.But the UK has never been at war with Sweden, and the UK and Sweden have the same attitude towards the European Community.

On the contrary, the United Kingdom and Sweden have cooperated with each other to carry out offshore balancing many times when European powers emerge.The UK is the main force in Europe's offshore balance, and Sweden is next to it.

Gibraltar is a disputed area with Spain, and few countries will take a stand on the ownership of Gibraltar.

Sweden has set up a consulate general in Gibraltar to show its support for the British overseas territories.

To resist the Russian-speaking countries in the east and the German-speaking countries in the south, Sweden will inevitably need the support of Britain.

Alan Wilson remembers that when Germany and France established the European Community, the first thing Britain thought of was to draw Sweden to establish a European Free Trade Area to deal with it. Later, when Britain was still in the EU, the British pound was used instead of the euro. Sweden, like the UK, uses its own national currency.But this world doesn't need it anymore, the UK is in the European Community.

"It's really not possible. If the age difference is not far away, you can consider marrying the prime minister's granddaughter." Alan Wilson slapped his thigh and felt that he was a genius.

Greta Garbo patted Ellen Wilson directly, "It's not like you and I have such a big age difference, but it's better for my son not to be too like you."

What is this called?Alan Wilson is very dissatisfied, Greta Garbo's son is not like himself, that's not an accident.

But he doesn't dare to turn against the Queen of Sweden now, and the military cooperation projects between the two countries still need the help of Greta Garbo.He came here with full sincerity, hoping to build a closer relationship with Sweden.

Alan Wilson, who was traveling for London and Stockholm, received news from the United States after returning to London that Aramco was returned to Saudi Arabia by the United States and became a company wholly owned by Saudi Arabia.At the same time, the United States gave up the 50.00% share previously stated with Saudi Arabia.

"What a big deal!" Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh. Last year, Saudi Arabia produced 6000 million tons of oil.The United States returned the oil company to Saudi Arabia and abolished quota profits at the same time, which is not something ordinary countries can do.

Although the Mountbatten Group did this before, the Mountbatten Group did not allow other British oil companies to follow suit.Moreover, Britain's oil share in the Middle East is no longer as good as that of the United States.

While sighing, Alan Wilson couldn't help but wondered whether this incident had something to do with Kennedy.Historically, Aramco was owned by Saudi Arabia, and it was also during the Kennedy administration, but it was not until after the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later.

"Is Kennedy's killing related to this incident?" Alan Wilson couldn't help wondering whether this incident had something to do with Kennedy's assassination. At least the oil group didn't like Kennedy.

There is no doubt that the pressure on Britain in Iran negotiations will increase. By giving up oil quotas, Britain has shown that interests are not a problem, but Iran must be sanctioned.

The United States has also given up its oil quotas and returned Aramco oil to Saudi Arabia. It also shows that it supports a more equitable oil distribution. It seems that the means are the same, but the meaning is absolutely different.

Now that the United States has given up its oil share, the United Kingdom must no longer cling to Iran under any excuse.This will be what the US will say next to the UK.

Sure enough, just two days later, there was talk of resolving the Iranian issue from Washington, telling London that the talks on the Iranian oil crisis should be restarted, and that it was best to come up with a result.

Alan Wilson expressed concern to Foreign Secretary Macmillan, "In this way, the UK has little reason to continue to maintain sanctions. It is no longer morally tenable."

Morality is very important to the UK. The reason is that the UK’s national strength is not as good as that of the United States. It can’t treat morality as fart like an empire when the sun never sets. If you really want to play gunboat diplomacy, you can’t pass the US.

"The United States is indeed a difficult opponent." McMillan smiled wryly after hearing this. "Our relationship with the Americans is like the Greeks seeing the Romans."

If it weren't for the Conservative Party always turning out traitors, Alan Wilson would not change his face with very professional control.

But when I heard Macmillan's Greek and Roman arguments, I couldn't beat it.You can't be the Prime Minister from the looks of it.

"We have safeguarded the interests of the UK as much as possible, and I believe that citizens will see all the efforts." McMillan is still moved by himself, saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done its best.

"I'm going to prepare the documents for the meeting." Alan Wilson turned around directly, not wanting to see the Greek.

"He still thinks it's okay?" Norman Brook, who met Alan Wilson in his office in the afternoon, said helplessly after hearing Macmillan's Greek-Roman analogy, "He didn't know this diplomatic failure at all. What kind of end will I face, I think the position of Minister of Education is more suitable for his scholarly atmosphere, Greece, it is better to do academically well."

"We have to be careful of the sugar-coated shells of the Greeks." Alan Wilson snorted, "With such a minister here, I think it is best for us to do nothing. If our national strength is not as good as that of the United States, we will just admit defeat, but we are not the Soviet Union now. opponents, the next time we meet the interests of the Soviet Union, are we admitting defeat to the Soviet Union?"

"Speaking of the Soviet Union, can't the Congo affairs be used to exchange for the understanding of the United States on the Middle East issue?" Norman Brook asked Alan Wilson if he could operate it.

"I want to do this too, but it may not be very meaningful. The importance of the Middle East and Africa is still not easy to compare." Now it is Alan Wilson's turn to be a Greek, and he said with a wry smile, "We know that the Middle East is very important , the United States knows it, the Soviet Union knows it, and there is no country that does not know it.”

"That's true!" Norman Brook shook his head. The United States directly sent Aramco oil to Saudi Arabia, which really put the United Kingdom in an extremely embarrassing situation.This is the difference in national strength. Compared with bloodletting the body, the United States can also bleed more, so that the United Kingdom cannot keep up.

"This time at the Basra meeting, after Dean attended the meeting, he persuaded the British not to continue making trouble. The United States will naturally come up with a plan that caters to the interests of all parties. But it is as impossible as before."

In Washington, the capital of the United States, Kennedy, who was in the White House office, called Secretary of State Dean Rusk, hoping that the other party would explain the position of the United States to the United Kingdom. The colonial era has passed, and the Soviet Union should not take advantage of it, especially in the Middle East.

"I will try my best to persuade the British!" Dean Rusk nodded and said, "Since I attended the Basra meeting, the foreign ministers of various countries should also attend to resolve this matter together. I will communicate with Macmillan personally."

"This is the best way!" Kennedy wanted to say something more, but the phone on the table rang, and Kennedy had to answer the phone first, "There are a lot of deformed children in various places? Almost every state has them. How could this happen? Have you found out the source?"

Chapter 99 American Disease

"Let the FBI investigate and find out what the reason is." Kennedy said with a serious face, "If Director Hoover has time, let him come to the White House."

Dean Rusk overheard the conversation, and when Kennedy put the phone down he asked, "What happened."

"In recent months, a large number of deformed children have been born, which has attracted the attention of the media." Kennedy took a long breath to calm down, "You should follow up on the Iran issue and not be disturbed by domestic affairs."

At the Whitehall meeting, Alan Wilson left with the documents blankly. A large number of deformed children in the United States have been reported in the newspapers. As an executive deputy minister who often reads newspapers, he naturally knew about it.

But is this enough to mess up the United States?It is impossible, even if the number of victims in the United States is three times that of Germany, it is only [-] to [-].Things are big and small, and if you want to ignore them, you can ignore them.

The epidemic is about to cause millions of deaths in the United States. Has the United States been affected a little?It's just a little inflation.

Alan Wilson knows that the United Kingdom is not an opponent of the United States in any aspect now, and it is the Soviet Union that is really going to hit the United States hard. If the United Kingdom can protect itself, it will be regarded as overfulfilling the task.

"You're about to go on a business trip. But did you hear that something happened in the United States?" The world is such a small place. After seeing his friend, Maggins talked about the reaction stop incident in the United States.

"I know, may God bless the United States." Alan Wilson said casually, and then said, "The Ministry of the Interior did not check to see if there is such a thing in our country."

"No, the proportion of deformed children is in line with that of previous years, and there is no obvious increase." Maggins has obviously paid attention to this matter. No country can guarantee the health of all newborns. There are indeed born disabled people, but It is obvious that the UK has not changed from previous years. "If you don't check which countries are they, are they affected?"

"I'm also waiting for news." Alan Wilson replied calmly. He is the secretary-general of the Joint Intelligence Committee, and it is normal to express concern. "Fortunately, this tragedy has nothing to do with Britain."

Maggins also felt the same, and he was short of singing God Save the Queen, Great Britain is indeed a sacred place, but when he looked up, he saw Alan Wilson with a thoughtful look on his face.

Maggins swore how evil Alan Wilson's expression was at this time, and couldn't help blurting out, "What are you thinking?"

"We must dig deep inside and know what the source of this incident is. European security still depends on the United States." Alan Wilson said righteously, "In order to prevent similar tragedies from happening again in the UK, this incident is necessary, I respect Sir Sheffield."

"Just say what you have to say." Hearing Sir Sheffield's name, Maggins' teeth were itchy, and he showed great discomfort.

"I just think that the BBC should play a positive role. Make special documentaries to wake up British citizens." Alan Wilson said wholeheartedly, "After all, you can't rely on luck every time, can you?"

"It's a good idea. I'll talk to them." Maggins pondered for a while, saying that he could give it a try.

MI[-] is just a department under the Joint Intelligence Committee. As the leader, Alan Wilson, it is completely reasonable to have a good talk with Mr. M about the investigation.

Then he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed with Macmillan how Britain could fight for its interests at the Basra Conference.

"Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a short time." Alan Wilson walked out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building and decided to go home to discuss logistics support with his wife. With the foreign minister accompanying him, he was number two.

The number two person is not like before, casually bringing a lady with the same status as his wife to support the logistics.What if you get caught?He doesn't care, but he also needs to consider what the lady thinks.

"Why do you think you are a little pessimistic." Pamela Mountbatten couldn't help but feel a little distressed after seeing her husband's disguised desolation, "Is it difficult to deal with?"

"The United States is obviously impatient. Our cards have already been played. Obviously, the United States has not been frightened." Alan Wilson shrugged helplessly, showing that there were not many ways to do it. "The United States directly gave up the interests of Aramco. achieved a higher moral high ground, and then forced us to give up our previous interests."

"Then do we have a solution, how about uniting the Soviet Union?" Pamela Mountbatten said, and came up with a suggestion that was so wide that it almost startled Alan Wilson, and he wondered if his wife had been taken away. , said dumbfoundingly, "If you are facing imperial Russia, it is not impossible, but the anti-colonialism of the Soviet Union is more direct than that of the United States."

If it could be done, wouldn't Alan Wilson try it? In fact, he actually asked the Prime Minister's permission to try it out.If Brezhnev was in power, maybe it would be.But Khrushchev did not respond.

Alan Wilson didn't have much confidence in uniting the Soviet Union. During the Brezhnev era, there were problems at that time. It was the peak period of the Soviet Union. If the United Kingdom wanted to conduct secret operations with the Soviet Union with that kind of national power, it would probably lead wolves into the house.

When her husband rarely lacked confidence, Pamela Mountbatten decided to accompany her husband to Basra.During the meeting in the past few days, Alan Wilson hopes that the country can give firm support to the Basra meeting, and try all means except war.

Naturally, the reaction stop incident was also arrested and made a fuss. MI[-] began to follow the clues to investigate how many countries have experienced a surge of deformed children similar to the United States. After the investigation, they could not help but be shocked.

But before the British intelligence agencies announced the results of the investigation, the British public opinion led by the BBC had already one-sidedly, arbitrarily, and very irresponsibly attributed this large-scale deformity to the United States.

This kind of report that whoever discovers it is the responsibility is very irresponsible, and it aggravates the stereotype that Americans are all country bumpkins. Alan Wilson personally firmly opposes it, but he is the executive deputy secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and cannot interfere with the media. According to the statement, that is the job of the Ministry of the Interior.

And he didn't have time to interfere, because it was the American media that reported on his country's affairs first, and the British media only followed up the report, at best they were regarded as an accomplice.At most, the words may need to be considered carefully.

After this turmoil is over, it is a big deal to issue an apology statement, but it cannot be issued now.

The British Lancet magazine, the medical authority also expressed concern about the large number of births of deformed children.

"It's really terrible." Pamela Mountbatten carried the suitcase and followed her husband in fear, "How sad those mothers must be."

"Yeah, a complete tragedy." Alan Wilson also looked grave, but the reason for his solemn look was because the speculation was confirmed, and this kind of thing really has no effect on the United States.

Seeing the figure of Foreign Secretary Macmillan appearing and striding forward, this dignified look became more intense.

Pamela Mountbatten blatantly infiltrated the team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a private person, but no one felt that something was wrong. After all, our country has its own national conditions, and the rules are used to restrain ordinary citizens. Just find a way , there is always someone who can break away from this constraint.

Alan Wilson, who was leaning on his wife, had already arrived in Basra in a half-dream and half-awake, when he heard Pamela Mountbatten ask whether he should stay at the Windsor Castle Hotel or let the staff here arrange a place of residence.

"We have no problem, Madam Sir arranged, and we will definitely not treat us badly." Several diplomats were full of respect for the wife of their immediate boss.

"Then I won't be polite." Pamela Mountbatten greeted the pick-up staff, and began to arrange the residence of the British diplomatic team, as if everything should be like this.

French Foreign Minister Maurice Courve Demville, Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko had arrived in Basra, and American Secretary of State Dean Rusk had not yet arrived.As for who Germany and India will send, whoever loves is who.

But when Nehru arrived in Basra, Alan Wilson was quite surprised. He really admired the attitude of the Indians, and Nehru came over in person.

The heavyweights gathered, and the Kingdom of Iraq also expressed its great importance. The security force of the entire Basra has been raised to another level, and sufficient security forces have been arranged for all countries.

As for Pamela Mountbatten, she was chatting and laughing with Princess Badia, talking about whether money or power is important in the world, which has been the most concerned issue of careerists throughout the ages.

Alan Wilson didn't want to accuse anything, but he was uncomfortable seeing McMillan expressing kindness to Dean Rusk, the US Secretary of State who had just arrived, and expressing sympathy for the deformed child incident.