British Civil Servant

"Oh, young Alan, what's the matter?" Edward Bridges was a little surprised by Alan Wilson who suddenly appeared in front of him, he hadn't encountered such a thing for a long time, "It's the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Take it easy, you know, when it comes to foreign affairs, your job is limited to public relations, hospitality. There's nothing difficult about it, maybe Barron hasn't taught you that."

Edward Bridges showed an attitude of keeping everything under control. He spoke calmly, and did not behave rudely to Alan Wilson and lose his gentlemanly demeanor.

"Sir Edward, did something happen?" Alan Wilson expressed an anxious look and organized the language, "There is something that none of us want to happen, but it happened, subjectively we should try our best to prevent it, but in fact There is nothing we can do, we should show our attitude, but it is better to pretend not to know, we should play the role of the British Empire, but it is better to let it go, which is very embarrassing."

"Wow, I said that Barron is good at discovering talents." Pointing to the chair in front of him, he motioned for Alan Wilson to sit down, and Edward Bridges, who had afternoon tea in his hand, asked calmly, "What happened? matter?"

Alan Wilson immediately reported the matter of the Yugoslav refugees who had crossed the border to the north and waited for the instructions of Edward Bridges. Edward Bridges held the hand of the afternoon tea motionless and gave Alan Wilson a sideways glance. , said without a trace, "This is a big event, especially at such a moment, when the Potsdam Conference is about to be held, and now there will be an election in the country. If the Potsdam Conference cannot be held because of this, the great Prime Minister may be very unhappy. ."

"Yes, Sir Edward, we don't want any setbacks at this time." Alan Wilson's panic was not entirely fake, and deep down he was equally afraid of what happened.

Although the probability of this is not high, nothing is 100%, and you have to bear the consequences when you do things.

"You can see the seriousness of the matter, which is very rare. I remember you have been to Vienna specifically?" Seeing Alan Wilson's discoloration, Edward Bridges stretched out his hand to signal for peace of mind, "We can at any time We must all avoid being anxious and speak with emotional agitation, which is what politicians do, and as a successful civil servant, we must maintain a calm and calm attitude at all times, but it does not mean that your matter is not serious."

Edward Bridgeston paused and continued, "Strictly speaking, these refugees crossing the border is an emergency, and we do not want the consequences that may cause the Potsdam Conference to be cancelled at this important moment. As a result, if the Soviets caught the problem, maybe even if this matter has nothing to do with you, as a party, you may inevitably be affected, so now it is a problem of malfeasance."

"Sir Edward, I'm very wronged." Alan Wilson defended somewhat without saying anything...

"It's just an assumption, without any prejudice." Edward Bridges stretched out his finger and shook his indifferently said, "So the current consequences depend on whether it affects the holding of the Potsdam Conference and the purpose of these refugees. Where is the land going, if they happen to not disturb the order of the British occupation, you are safe."

When the dawn of peace appeared, there was such a thing that might damage the unity of the current Allied countries. Of course, Alan Wilson couldn't guarantee that he would retreat. In fact, even an ordinary cabinet secretary would be in a hurry by this incident.

But Edward Bridges is an exception. He is a cabinet secretary who has experienced the entire war period. From Prime Minister Chamberlain's coping mistakes, to Prime Minister Churchill, who is generally a bullfighter and German shopping, various operations during the war period, including Major mistakes have been seen by him.

Although the incident of Yugoslav refugees crossing the border this time is not a trivial matter, it is not a very big one. And the consequences haven't been seen yet, and since the consequences haven't come, it's too early to deal with Alan Wilson.

After Alan Wilson left, Edward Bridges closed his eyes and said to himself, "Barron, this can really cause me a problem!"

The Barron in Edward Bridges' mouth is naturally Sir Barron, the head of the civil service in British India. In terms of the importance of British India to the British Empire, of course, as a cabinet secretary, he must have a reliable representative in British India. subordinate.

Usually, Sir Barron, and of course Edward Bridges, carried some local products of British India.

However, with the emergence of the refugee tide in Yugoslavia, how could Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the US military, be frightened by the new Soviet tanks and attract attention? The Daily Mail and The Times, with sensational headlines, reported on the new Soviet heavy tanks at the joint military parade.

Some public opinion is actually very enthusiastic. Currently, the United States and the Soviet Union are entering into a fierce confrontation.

The Yugoslav refugees, like fellow army ants, quickly crossed the small Austria~www.NovelMTL.com~ and appeared on the border between Germany and Austria. By night, the news of the Yugoslav refugees crossing the border had completely spread.

The high-level officials of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France have all known about it, and General Eisenhower has finally learned of the destination of these refugees, Bavaria, Germany, where General Patton is located.

"Let them come here!" General Patton ordered aggressively. He didn't know about the new Soviet tanks that appeared at the Berlin military parade during the day.

I don't know the reason. Maybe Eisenhower wanted to determine the movements of these refugees, whether to stay in Austria or something. If they stayed in Austria, it was the problem of the British, because the US-occupied area was to the north of the British-occupied area.

Eisenhower did not contact the Bavarian Chief Executive Patton immediately, because he made up for the gaffe during the day, repaired his image, and thought that the British-occupied area that faced these refugees would deal with it. He made a big fuss.

General Eisenhower, who had this idea, knew that these people were just refugees without weapons, including women and children, and felt that the British in the British-occupied area could easily handle this problem.

This is the disadvantage of the coalition army, so often the coalition army will cause catastrophic consequences because the friendly army is surrounded by mountains.

The most important thing is that Eisenhower never dreamed that General Patton would actually order these refugees to be taken in. After he knew it, it was too late to send a telegram to stop them.

On the southern border of Germany, countless unarmed refugees crossed the border. The American soldiers who had been informed of the situation looked at each other, and no one knew whether they were going to shoot at these teams full of women and children.

General Patton's order freed these entangled soldiers and made way for these refugees to enter Germany.