Chapter 393 Attlee 3rd Circle Diplomacy

The United Kingdom is the only major country that has not been influenced by the Soviet Union. Compared with countries such as the German Social Democrats, the Italian Communist Party, and the French Communist Party, which have many supporters, the two seats of the British Communist Party in the House of Commons are not very noticeable.

Although there were some pro-Soviet members within the Labor government as ministers before the war, they were not the same thing as the Communist Party of Britain.

Alan Wilson emphasized the importance of Britain in the United States' control of the situation on the European continent. As a country across the Atlantic Ocean, it was too difficult for the United States to confront a continental power like the Soviet Union. It had to seek help from countries it could trust in Europe.

There is no doubt that the UK is such a country. It should be trusted more than other countries in terms of trust and national strength.

The Americans said that although what you said is right, it is best to agree to the conditions for the United States to open its foreign exchange market. Otherwise, there may be problems with this amount of assistance.

Alan Wilson's answer to this is that in terms of population, Britain deserves the largest share. In terms of national relations, blood between Britain and the United States is thicker than water. Now the Soviet bloc is watching. If the United States agrees If the conditions are met, Britain will definitely be labeled as Finnish.

"It seems that we have to ask the country for instructions." McCall sighed, saying that he had understood the current difficulties in the UK, but the decision-making power did not lie with him, but with Washington.

Alan Wilson was extremely grateful and said that if the United States could not insist too much on exchange control conditions, he would be willing to talk to London and contribute a little bit on the road to European integration.

In real history, the United States supported the United Kingdom in promoting European integration. However, in the end, the United Kingdom still suffered from historical baggage. It only followed the United States in calling for European integration without participating in it.

In the end, more than ten years later, when the empire's capital was almost exhausted, the United States forced the French to join the European Community. He ended up in disgrace. At that time, France and Germany had already developed.

Britain is not as politically appealing as France, nor is it economically a rival to Germany. It has not received many benefits, but has to bear the responsibilities.

If some work is done to integrate Europe with the support of the United States at this time, even the worst situation cannot be worse than history.

"Oh, Mr. Allen, it would be great if Britain could do this." McCall was obviously interested, and finally there was a less stubborn British man.

To be honest, what a great opportunity this is. With the support of the United States, it is a good thing from any perspective for the United Kingdom to integrate Europe and establish a common market. But after Washington proposed it, London has been vague about it, which puzzled Washington. Are the British crazy?

Sure enough, the British still need to be appropriately forced to achieve their goals more easily.

Although he thought so, McCall still expressed great respect on the surface. European integration is also a good thing for the United Kingdom. The United States still trusts the United Kingdom more, and has less trust in France, which is obviously more interested in integrating the European market. .

After Alan Wilson left, the assistant came over and said softly, "Assistant Secretary, the British are obviously beggars, and they still say that blood is thicker than water. It's ridiculous."

"Currently we need the UK to integrate Europe, and opening up the European market will make our aid worthwhile. If the UK is willing to handle this matter, it would be a good idea to give the UK a little sweetener. The countries coming to Paris now have very different attitudes.

We also need to stay in touch with Washington. "McCall said calmly, "If Britain cooperates, we don't have to take off the emperor's new clothes from their bodies, otherwise it will be bad for everyone. "

Alan Wilson, who left the U.S. delegation, also rushed to contact London. This money will not be taken in vain, because 90% of the aid amount in the Marshall Plan does not need to be repaid.

In history, Britain naturally received the largest share, which was US$3 billion. What kind of change is this? No one knows the exact amount of Soviet aid to China, but most scholars in the United States believe that it is at least more than two billion US dollars.

There is indeed no comparison between the Soviet Union and the wealthy United States. The total amount of the Marshall Plan was more than six times that of the Soviet Union's aid to China. This shows how huge the economic advantage of the United States was after the war.

Faced with the premise that the Soviet Union is eyeing it, the United States very much hopes that Europe will not follow the old path and that no conflicts between Britain and Germany, France and Germany, or Britain and France will appear again. The establishment of the European Common Market is the United States' way to make these contradictions disappear.

It's just that Britain is not interested, and after repeated hints from the United States, it only supports from the sidelines without taking actual actions. In the end, France and Germany took the lead. The easing of Franco-German relations is something that Germany needs both economically and geographically. On this basis, France and Germany will take the lead to carry out some cooperation ideas for European integration. In the later period, the United States wanted to break away from the situation of complete submission to the United States and have its own right to speak, which led to the birth of the European Union.

Alan Wilson's idea is simple. As long as the United States does not put pressure on Britain, but puts pressure on other European countries, Britain can help the United States jointly put pressure on other European countries.

The conditions for opening up foreign exchange controls can be exchanged for supporting European integration. As long as the United States does not regret it in the future, Alan Wilson will never regret it. If you want to make money now, you will have to build another mountain in the future to rebuild the glory of the British Empire.

After all, the British mainland does not have a vast market or population. It is not certain whether the Commonwealth can avoid being stalemate by the United States.

Even if we can keep the Commonwealth, it is not inconsistent with leading Europe. Everyone needs to walk on two legs, let alone a country. There is no reason to put eggs in one basket.

Since the United States very much hopes that the United Kingdom will support European integration, there is nothing wrong with supporting European integration in exchange for relatively favorable conditions. After all, 90% of the aid is donated.

When the European Economic Integration Organization and the European Community were first established, the United States tried its best to promote these organizations because of the needs of the Cold War. This was mainly because of the existence of the common enemy of the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson wonders why Britain has always been resistant to the European Community and was eventually forced into it by the United States. But now that the United States is saying in front of him that it values ​​this matter, he can use it to negotiate terms.

Alan Wilson even took a flight directly back to London. When he landed, he went straight to Whitehall to explain the current situation, but the telegram could not explain it clearly.

Because he had submitted a colonial value assessment report before, Alan Wilson could submit the report directly to the Prime Minister. After all, he had done it for the first time countless times, and he already knew many civil servants in Whitehall.

The purpose of returning to London was to explain his attitude towards the current negotiations. At the same time, he talked about his understanding of the Marshall Plan. On the first day, he talked about the thoughts of various countries at the Paris Conference and his communication with the Americans.

The next day a report was sent to Prime Minister Attlee. Simply put, this report denied that Alan Wilson himself supported European integration. In fact, it was the two wings of the European Community and the Commonwealth. It was announced to the outside world that it was Three-ring diplomacy.

The explanations of 123 are very clear. The UK will not accept the birth of a European Community. It is absolutely impossible for the UK to lead it, and it is possible for the UK to not accept it even if it is led by itself. So Alan Wilson said that he did not support leading the European Community!

But flying together is different. It has been implemented once before in British India and the British-occupied Germany, and the effect was very good. The Commonwealth and the European Community can be regarded as an expanded version of flying together.

The European Community is on the left, the Commonwealth is on the right, and Britain mediates in the middle. This is a balance, which is very consistent with Britain's traditional continental balance policy. As for external propaganda, he copied the three-ring diplomacy of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, showing that it is still necessary to shout about the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

I wonder whether the opposition member Churchill has come up with the so-called three-ring diplomacy at this time. Do you despise Prime Minister Attlee's plagiarism? That has nothing to do with Alan Wilson. He is a civil servant. Civil servants only stand on the side of the winner, and now the Labor Party is the winner.

"Norman, do you civil servants in Whitehall look down on us elected leaders?"

In the Prime Minister's Office, he saw Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke coming in. Prime Minister Attlee asked. Unlike his predecessor, Norman Brooke had good relations with ministers in various departments.

For this reason, Prime Minister Attlee sometimes joked with Norman Brooke.

"Where to start? We are all executors." Norman Brooke sat down with a stylized smile and said, "Dear Prime Minister, is the situation in Paris a bit difficult?"

"Alan said that the Americans very much hope that Britain can play its due role in the European Common Market." Attlee frowned and said, "For this reason, Allen used this condition to negotiate exchange controls with the Americans. Question. But I haven’t thought about it yet. You have to know that once we agree, we can’t go back on it.”

"Is this it?" Norman Brooke thought of many things at this time, such as selling the Mysore iron ore, such as the medical license of British India, one by one came to mind, and finally said, "We will eventually You have to consider your own interests and then Europe’s affairs.”

"Yes, foreign exchange controls involve our British economy." Prime Minister Attlee nodded solemnly.

At this week's parliamentary inquiry, Prime Minister Attlee faced more than 600 MPs and emphasized the significance of post-war economic recovery to the UK. Then the topic changed and he dropped a bombshell, saying that the UK would invest more in diplomacy. "There are mainly three parts. I personally call it three-ring diplomacy, focusing on developing relations between the United States, the Commonwealth and Europe."

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