British Civil Servant

Field Marshal Montgomery, who had just received the Soviet Victory Medal, was in a happy mood. Indeed, for any general of the Allied forces these days, he was in a happy mood.

They both abandoned their political differences and immersed themselves in a long-lost peace, and mutual visits and mutual praise became the theme of that time. Montgomery received the priceless Soviet Victory Medal, as well as various honorary titles awarded by various countries, and he was busy and happy.

But in the Foreign Office's office in Berlin, Foreign Secretary Alexander Cadogan was revising the Foreign Secretary's claims and discussing with his diplomats how to deal with the Soviets and Americans after the meeting.

"The Prime Minister's intention is to use the Soviet-occupied areas of the Yalta Agreement we occupied to bargain with Stalin." Alexander Cadogan raised a question, and then changed the subject, "but the United States does not seem to be ready to support us."

The current divisions of the occupied areas of various countries and the Yalta Conference do not completely overlap. Generally speaking, the United States and the United Kingdom each occupy a small Soviet-occupied area. The Soviet Union demanded that the Western Allies return the Soviet-occupied areas still occupied to the Soviet Union, but Prime Minister Churchill did not agree.

In Churchill's view, this was the best bargaining capital with the Soviet Union, especially before the Potsdam Conference, and it was impossible to withdraw. It not only suppressed the momentum of the Soviet Union, but also showed that Western countries had "zero tolerance" for the penetration of Eastern forces.

"What do you mean by the Minister of Foreign Affairs?" Eiffel asked the head of the civil service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Of course the Foreign Secretary supports the Prime Minister's resolution!" Alexander Cadogan sighed and said helplessly, "That's how ministers are. They don't know diplomatic skills and pay more attention to their exposure."

"It's not surprising, as long as they don't come out and sabotage the diplomatic achievements." Alan Wilson, who was taking notes, fiddled with the pen in his hand and said embarrassingly, "If there is no American support, the prime minister will occupy the Soviet-occupied area for the purpose of Negotiations can basically be understood as being unreasonable, as for the attitude of the Americans..."

"Here!" Eiffel took out a stack of documents, flipped through it quickly, and read it in the conference room, "General Eisenhower has stated that as long as the Soviet Union formally requests, the U.S. military will immediately withdraw from the Soviet-occupied areas occupied by its troops. Land, respect the division of the Yalta Conference."

"To be more precise, the United States has withdrawn its troops from the Soviet-occupied areas, just after the military parade of Marshal Montgomery on the 17th." The diplomat sitting in the corner added, "If the prime minister wants to pass the occupation of a piece of Soviet-occupied land , to force the Soviets to submit, we can only rely on our own strength in the UK.”

There was a buzzing sound in the conference room, and everyone whispered. Alan Wilson tilted his head and said to Ai Fuer, "Our British Empire has always betrayed others, and it is rare to be betrayed by others."

"Those hillbillies are not even as credible as Hitler!" Eiffel said with a gloomy and dissatisfied face. "There is still a process for Hitler to turn his face. Eisenhower didn't even notify us and immediately withdrew the US troops in the Soviet-occupied area."

Alan Wilson blinked, who's to blame? The blue is better than the blue. America, the renegade son, didn't learn it from his father, and now he uses everything he learned on his father.

"Then this issue is put on hold for the time being!" Alexander Cadogan directly skipped the topic, "Let's talk about the compensation issue proposed by the Soviet Union, which the Soviet Union hopes to confiscate the assets of the Soviet-occupied areas in Germany and the corresponding German foreign investment. Satisfied, what do you think?"

"As far as we know, Germany had a lot of investment before the war, especially in South America, and the history of these investments even goes back to before the First World War." Alan Wilson replied, turning his pen, "Let's not mention what we will do Think, Americans have always regarded South America as a private land of the United States, which will allow the Soviet Union to start foreign investment in Germany?"

During World War I and World War II, German capital poured into Argentina frantically. Foreign capital played an important role in Argentina’s economy. Half of Argentina’s economy was propped up by foreign capital. About half of Argentina's pre-World War I financial reserves were in foreign hands.

The United States was naturally wary of European capital at that time, especially German capital. Before World War II, the competition between the United States and Germany over South America was nothing new at all.

Now that Germany has been defeated, how can the Americans allow a Soviet Union, which is more difficult to deal with than Germany, to accept German overseas investment?

"If the Americans object to the Soviet Union's acceptance of some German foreign investment, of course, they may not object to all of them, but to accept investment within the Americas. Then it should be limited to Germany's domestic compensation as a concession." Eiffel brought in From the American point of view, he said while thinking, "It is foreseeable that the United States should compensate for part of the industrial products in the areas occupied by the United States, Britain and France. It should be conceivable."

The surrounding diplomats nodded in approval~www.NovelMTL.com~ But this is nothing. Compared with the Soviet Union receiving German overseas investment, this is acceptable. For the safety of their own backyards, Americans are guarding against the influence of the Soviet Union. machine appeared in America.

Britain has nothing to lose either. Now is not before World War I. Since the outbreak of World War I, British investment in America has shrunk, and its status has long been replaced by American investment.

Since there is nothing to lose, of course, you can stand on the side of the United States and give the Americans a favor, but you must also ensure that it cannot be given in vain.

"At present, the proposition of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary has been confirmed, but Marshal Montgomery currently has a good relationship with the Soviets. How should we deal with the issue of the occupied area, or take an offensive and coercive posture against the Soviet Union, it seems that the two sides are not the same attitude." Allen Wilson scratched his head a little. "To be honest, the election is coming up soon, and many things are crowded together, and the work is really arduous."

"Actually, we can all see that Marshal Montgomery focused on stability for the German citizens in the British-occupied areas. Now the biggest problem in Germany is the food problem, and the situation in Berlin is not obvious. In the vast German territory in the west, the food problem It's very important." Eifel said with some embarrassment, "You can't always bring grain from the country, which will affect the reconstruction of the country."

The conference room was silent for a while, and Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows without anyone noticing, this seemed to be an opportunity, and he said, "Our mainland is an island, and we are not strong in agriculture, but India is a country with If you have to transport food in traditional places, I suggest finding a way to do it in India."

"Allen is right, the war has also affected the country." Upon hearing this, Alexander Cadogan agreed with Allen Wilson's method of letting the Indians die first.