Chapter 755 Meeting the Iron Lady
The trip to Germany was not smooth. Reagan originally wanted to use the Berlin Wall incident to stir up conflicts between the German people and the Soviet Union and divert their attention. However, he did not expect that the Soviets would actually dare to open the passage in the Berlin Wall to allow the two sides to interact with each other. Moreover, the people of West Germany were more willing to stay in East Berlin!
Compared to the rise in the cost of daily necessities due to the high oil prices in West Germany, and the social security problems caused by the refugees from the Middle East, East Germany is simply a paradise! Moreover, East Germany's advanced electronic technology is also unmatched by West Germany! Now, the whole of Europe is spreading the news that East Germany is a paradise on earth! This is absolutely unfavorable for the entire Western world!
Moreover, with the opening of the channel, East German electronic products have blossomed in Western Europe. Countless people have flocked to East Germany, and some have even become middlemen. The top priority facing West Germany is how to impose tariffs on these cheap electronic products from Eastern Europe to protect its own electronics industry!
Even when American electronic products arrived in Western Europe, they could not compete with East German electronic products! Moreover, because many electronic products were patented, the United States could not copy them. The Soviet Union did not care about patents, but the United States still had to save face, otherwise it would not be able to survive in the Western world.
Reagan did not stay in Germany for long, because he played this card very badly, and the senior officials of West Germany were already full of disgust for Reagan's visit. However, Reagan still achieved his goal. After all, Germany was a defeated country and had to act according to the mood of the United States. Under the strong pressure of the United States, Germany could not express any opposition.
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On the other hand, Reagan promised to export more shale oil to Germany, and Germany would have to pay for shale oil from the United States in U.S. dollars, right? This also avoided the impact of paying in marks.
Next, Reagan went to Paris, but the negotiations with France did not go smoothly.
Back then, with the help of the United States, France was able to restore its country, and with the assistance of the Marshall Plan, France was able to regain its economic strength. However, the Gauls were the most unethical. After France recovered, they began to oppose the United States. In the eyes of the French, the United States seemed to be riding on their heads, which was unacceptable to the proud French.
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Especially since Charles de Gaulle returned to power in 1958, he has promoted the "Charles de Gaulle Doctrine" with the core of seeking independence and great power status. Therefore, France could not accept the constraints of the United States and wanted to change the pattern of NATO dominated by the United States and establish a trilateral command structure of the United States, France and Britain. Unfortunately, Britain was in the same boat with the United States at that time, and France's proposal was rejected by the United States and Britain. Therefore, in March 1959, France announced that the Mediterranean Fleet was not under the command of NATO; in June, France refused the United States to set up nuclear weapons in France and forced the United States to withdraw its nuclear bombs and bombers carrying nuclear weapons in France. In 1962, France exploded its first atomic bomb. In 1963, France announced that the Atlantic Fleet was not under the command of NATO. In 1964, France recalled all French officers serving in the NATO Naval Command. On July 1, 1966, France withdrew from NATO's military integration organization; in October, France withdrew from the NATO Military Committee. NATO headquarters moved from Paris to Brussels.
The French are independent and the most arrogant in the whole of Europe. Especially now that the United States is suffering a series of defeats in international strategy and its influence has greatly declined, France will not buy into the United States' wars even more!
Therefore, Reagan stayed in Paris for three days but did not reach any agreement. For France, using francs to settle oil could increase France's international influence and weaken the dominance of the US dollar. France was just hoping for this, so how could it bow to the threat from the United States!
After being rejected in Paris, Reagan took a special plane to London again.
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The person in power in the UK is the Iron Lady, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, famous in the West.
The first female prime minister of the United Kingdom is a famous right-wing politician in the United Kingdom. She has served as the 49th prime minister of the United Kingdom since 1979. Before she came to power, she hated the Soviet Union. After she came to power, she became more fearless and opposed GCism in a high-profile manner. Before she became prime minister, she once criticized the Soviet Union, "When we put everything before the cannon, they put the cannon before the butter." This sentence is a satire on the Soviet Union's militarism and disregard for people's livelihood. In response, the Soviet Red Star called her the "Iron Lady". As a result, the Iron Lady liked this title very much and has been using it ever since.
In addition to her hatred of GCism, the Iron Lady started a new governing philosophy after taking office. She believed in the theory of monetarism, mainly privatization. In 1979, when the Iron Lady came to power, the British government sold 19% of the shares of BP, a famous monopoly state-owned enterprise, which marked the beginning of privatization in the Thatcher era. Then, more than 1 million public housing units were sold directly to private individuals at a discount.
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When Mrs. Thatcher came to power for the second time in 1984, she was even more unbridled in her privatization efforts. The shares of monopoly giants such as British Telecom, Aerospace, Natural Gas, Steel, and Water were sold to the public, and even the Royal Ordnance Company was sold to the privatized Aerospace.
Privatization brought new life to these state-owned enterprises that were on the verge of bankruptcy, and Thatcher was more convinced that her ideas were correct. She controlled the currency, cut welfare spending, and cracked down on the power of trade unions. She was also ruthless in her domestic affairs, playing the role of a true iron lady.
Of course, an inevitable result for any British ruler to come to power is to maintain friendship with the United States. Since the decline of the British Empire in World War II, Britain has had to rely on the United States to maintain its status as a great power. Therefore, Britain has become a follower of the United States since World War II, and the relationship between the two countries is so good that they can wear the same pants.
Britain did not need to develop nuclear weapons at all, the United States gave them directly. Britain's various technologies were also directly shared with the United States. For example, the Chobham armor that Britain had painstakingly researched was only given to the United States.
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Now, the atmosphere of Reagan's meeting with the Iron Lady was quite friendly, and there was no sense of oppression like in France.
"We in the UK do not agree with the proposal by the Soviet Union and the Middle Eastern countries to use other currencies to settle oil. We believe that only the US dollar can serve as the world currency. Therefore, our British oil exports will not be accepted in other currencies but only in US dollars." The Iron Lady said to Reagan.
Unlike France and Germany, the UK is a pure oil exporter! The North Sea oil fields have a high output, so the UK has long started to export oil! At the same time, the current high international oil prices have greatly reversed the economic situation in the UK. While the whole of Western Europe is in mourning, the oil-producing countries along the North Sea coast are making a fortune. Selling to other countries at a low price out of friendship? No one is a fool. Between countries, only interests are the most important!
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Therefore, the current situation in the UK is still pretty good. Apart from the fact that some refugees in the country are difficult to manage, the economy is still very prosperous.
Moreover, why does the UK accept pounds for exporting oil? It is better to spend pounds! Only oil importing countries want to use their own currencies to settle oil. How can exporting countries do such a stupid thing! Therefore, the UK certainly supports the dollar to settle oil.
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Thinking of his situations in Germany and France, Reagan couldn't help but sigh. It seems that Britain is still better. After all, the friendship was established during World War II!
"Thank you very much for the support from the UK." Reagan raised his glass and said to Mrs. Thatcher, "Madam, let's drink this glass."
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Reagan's visit to Britain was the most comfortable. Next, he was going to discuss with Britain how to continue to increase oil production and suppress those oil-producing countries in the Middle East. At this time, he saw the Secretary of Defense John Nott walked in with a serious face and said to Mrs. Thatcher: "Madam, it's bad. Our Falkland Islands have been occupied by the Argentines!"