British Civil Servant

Chapter 47: South to Vienna

As for this report, Alan Wilson was prepared to leak it because he knew the existence of the Cambridge Five.

At present, after thinking about it, he feels that no matter what the outcome is, it has nothing to do with the British Empire. As for the United States, Britain in 1945 was still qualified to say no.

In fact, it can be seen from the division of the Yalta Conference that the division occupied Germany, the Soviet Union occupied more than 40% of Germany's land, and the Soviet Union occupied the largest area. The British occupation area occupies the most powerful Ruhr area in Germany, as well as the excellent coastline and ports in the northwest. The American occupation area is Bavaria in southern Germany.

The area occupied by the United States is not comparable to that of the Soviet Union, and it is not an industrial area. It is not as densely populated and developed as the British-occupied area. The Soviet Union occupied the largest land, the United Kingdom occupied the best resources and population, on the contrary, the United States was very embarrassed. Now, together with the United Kingdom, part of the land will be given to France.

As a result of this division, the United States is of course at a disadvantage, and the United States has great opinions on this plan. On the one hand, it considered the area occupied by the Soviet Union too large; on the other hand, the Ruhr area, which it was interested in, fell into British hands. As a result, the United States formulated a new occupation plan.

The new plan proposed by the Americans is simply that the US-occupied area and the British-occupied area are swapped. The British occupied southern Germany, and the American-occupied area became the current British-occupied area, which of course includes the Ruhr area.

The diplomatic confrontation between the United Kingdom and the United States in the exchange of occupied areas, from the Cairo Conference to the Yalta Conference, the United Kingdom has not made any concessions.

As for the origin of the French-occupied area, the United Kingdom put the United States on the front line of confrontation with the Soviet Union. For the purpose of drawing France in, the original intention of Britain and France to contain the United States after the war was a strategy of drawing France.

Among them, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Americans have fought with each other for many times, and they have also suffered a loss for the United States with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army. It is not something that Alan Wilson can speculate. He is still bathing in the glory of the holy cow in British India. among.

But this division of occupied areas has brought a problem. The British-occupied areas have nothing to do with the Balkans. The opponents of Tito in Yugoslavia can no longer reach the British.

This is actually an illusion, because Austria is also occupied by subregions. Austria’s subregional occupation is similar to Germany. The Soviet Union occupies the largest area, and the United Kingdom occupies the best location and population. The British-occupied area is just right, facing these opponents of Tito.

But at present, Austria is nominally occupied by divisions, but in fact, the troops in the occupied areas of the United States, Britain and France are pitifully small, similar to the undefended areas. The nominally occupied areas are completely restrained by the Soviet Red Army.

In the eyes of the anti-German factions in various countries supported by the pre-war Britain for the reason of fighting against Germany, the United Kingdom is still the world’s first colonial empire, and they do not know that the United Kingdom is exhausted and can no longer be suppressed. Both the United States and the Soviet Union should consider joining forces with France to protect themselves.

So the Yugoslav Fatherland Army and other organizations opposed to Tito still sought to surrender to Britain.

Two days after the surrender ceremony of Germany, Alan Wilson was considering whether to use a pack of cigarettes to find a German dragoon to clean his apartment, save the German women who had lost their way, and help the other party when they were just in need.

The British representative office in Vienna sent a telegram, and there were still Tito opponents gathered on the border, including the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, the Croatian Ustasha, and the Slovenian Homeland Defense Force. liquidated by Tito.

These organizations are very complex. Chetnik is mainly composed of Serbs who support the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was an anti-German armed force active in Yugoslavia during World War II. The official name is the Yugoslav Fatherland Army. The name "Chetnik" is derived from the Serbian word and, along with the King of Yugoslavia, had early British support.

Ustasha, Croatia, was established in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, with the goal of giving Croatia independence from Yugoslavia, supported by Germany and Italy. As for the Slovenian Homeland Defense Forces, it is again a German-backed organization.

Now these anti-Tito forces belong to different organizations, because the Yugoslav Communist Party led by Tito has already controlled Yugoslavia. Driven by the survival instinct, they began to flee Yugoslavia and went to the borders of Austria and Germany to seek asylum.

Smoking a cigarette and resting in his room, Alan Wilson heard footsteps outside the door, and immediately picked up the telegram sent from Vienna, looking very embarrassed.

"Alan, what's the matter?" Eifel saw Aaron Wilson's constipated expression as soon as he entered the door.

"It's about the Balkans. The Yugoslav Fatherland Army has gathered on the border of Austria. The number has exceeded 100,000. If we don't deal with it, there may be an accident." Alan Wilson said worriedly ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ There may be an accident. Immediate persuasion should be considered to bring these people back to Yugoslavia. "

"100,000 people?" Eifel said with a frown, "It's really a lot of people, we have almost no troops in Austria, and the nominal occupation of divisions is actually just the Soviet Red Army occupying eastern Austria, staying in the eastern part of Austria except for the Soviet occupation. Outside the area, the occupied areas of the other three Austrian countries do not have many troops, so they cannot be prepared at all.”

"Yeah, if these Yugoslavs break through the border, should we let the Austrian army intercept them?" Alan Wilson also appeared worried. Small omissions just after the end of World War II can lead to big problems.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest. Unlike Germany's divisional occupation, Austria's divisional occupation only existed in name. If these Yugoslav opponents made up their minds to cross the border, the British, French, and American countries did not actually have many troops to intercept them. It's quite embarrassing.

Now it just needs someone to help these people make up their minds to cross the border in an organized and planned way, not a mess.

"The Austrian representative office has been persuading these people in good faith with the purpose of avoiding the hostility of the Soviet Union. But the number of people is increasing, so we still have to pay more attention." Alan Wilson said, "Why don't I go? A trip to Vienna and a close look at it, if Vienna can persuade these people to return to Yugoslavia, it would be the best thing."

"I hope so, even if it is to coax them." Eifel nodded solemnly, very agreeing with Alan Wilson's idea, as long as these Yugoslavs go back, it is Tito's business and has nothing to do with Britain.

"Okay! I hope everything goes well." Alan Wilson agreed, coaxing? How could such an honest man do such a thing?

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