British Civil Servant

Chapter 86: US requirements

It is hard to imagine that when the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union pose for the camera, there is such a scene in the conference hall of the Three Kingdoms, but basic mathematical logic and the history of the Three Kingdoms have proved this point, that is, the triangle has stability .

Breakthroughs are hard to come by when they're talking to themselves.

"Our diplomats had a candid exchange with the United States and the Soviet Union, and all countries came up with constructive opinions." Alan Wilson changed the conversation and kept his hands on his chest with a document bag between his hands, facing the diplomatic corps. Minister Robert Eden said, "Our first proposal that was rejected by the United States and the Soviet Union was the proposal to coerce the Soviets by occupying areas occupied by the Soviet Union."

"It's not surprising that the Soviets actually opposed it." Foreign Secretary Robert Eden gave a wry smile. He didn't agree with Prime Minister Churchill's blatant coercion, but Churchill was Prime Minister and both of them were in the Conservative Party. .

"Um! To be precise, it is the Americans who are opposed. The Americans express respect for the division plan of the Yalta Conference, and oppose the one-sided, irrational and unilateral demands of the British Empire that undermine the spirit of unity." Alan Wilson recalled the Americans saying The wording, while repeating unchanged.

"I knew that the Americans were untrustworthy, they were humiliating us." Robert Aiden couldn't help but complain when he heard it. He thought that the first objection would definitely come from the Soviet Union, but he didn't expect it to come from the Soviet Union. In the United States, just yesterday, President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a great talk in Berlin.

Alan Wilson remained silent. The two young men from the United States and the Soviet Union did not talk about martial arts. They attacked the British Empire, an old comrade who has ruled the world for more than 300 years. However, from the point of view that heretics are more hateful than pagans, it is not incomprehensible.

There is nothing new under the sun, Alan Wilson just listened to the foreign secretary's complaints, and Robert Eden must have just talked, because the Suez Canal War proved that a person can fall into the same pit twice.

"Minister, the topic that the Americans talk about the most is the issue of the Soviet Union's war against Japan." Alan Wilson said that occupying a Soviet-occupied area was just a small issue, and should not be the focus of discussion at the Potsdam Conference at all, reminding him "I heard that in the just-concluded battle of Okinawa, the Americans suffered a lot. Okinawa is not strictly Japanese mainland. The tragic casualties have already made Americans feel lingering fears. If they attack the Japanese mainland, the American casualties cannot be estimated. Judging from a round of meetings, it was the United States that wanted the Soviet Union. So it is not a good idea to insist on attacking the Soviet Union first.”

In fact, the Battle of Okinawa had just ended a few days ago. The landing battle lasted 82 days. The attacking side was the American army and the defending side was the Japanese army. Although the US military finally wiped out the 100,000 Japanese troops guarding the island, it also suffered nearly 80,000 casualties.

That's an appalling number for the United States. You must know that although the previous battles of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima were equally fierce, the US military lost less than 20,000 people in total.

What shocked the U.S. military the most was the fact that before and after the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese army launched Operation Kikusui, which mobilized ten death squads successively and became the pioneers of peace religion. The U.S. military before and after the Battle of Okinawa was shocked by the suicide attack method that killed them together!

Although the battle was finally won, the Americans had a deep fear of the irrational madness and death of the Japanese soldiers.

Traveling all over the world, the U.S. military has never encountered such an opponent. A small Okinawa has already been like this. If it does land on the Japanese mainland, the United States, which has not been seriously damaged in the world war, will lose how many soldiers?

"Alan, the American representative wants us to attend a cocktail party together." At this moment, a British diplomat pushed open the door and entered and invited, "The Americans should have some communication with us."

"Uh!" Alan Wilson looked at Robert Aiden, got the latter's approval, turned around and replied, "Of course we can't refuse our close ally."

When the door was closed again, Robert Aiden said, "It should be hoped that we will give support in the war against Japan."

"If nothing else, it should be like this." Alan Wilson nodded with a smile, "Today the Soviet Union mainly mentioned the issue of European rights and interests, and seemed to have no interest in the Far East. It seems that the Soviet Union is paying more attention to Europe now."

"You just go and see what the Americans think, come back and tell me." Robert Aiden sighed, as the foreign secretary, in fact, Robert Aiden's position is very embarrassing.

This is not the problem of the UK itself. The problem comes from the United States. The United States does not actually have a secretary of state now. Originally there was, but recently, for some unknown reason, a vacancy for Secretary of State just happened.

Prime Minister Churchill showed solidarity with Truman in the United States and Stalin in the Soviet Union. Robert Eden could only compete with Molotov on a one-on-one basis. If the United States now has a secretary of state and comes to Germany, he will now face The situation will definitely be much better.

After all, it is still the honeymoon period of the Allied countries. Potsdam has no shortage of receptions that symbolize celebration. Although the positions of the three countries are not completely the same~www.wuxiamtl.com~ On the big side, it is still passable.

It's just that compared to the downstairs hall for politicians, the atmosphere in the small hall on the second floor with representatives of various countries is somewhat inferior. There is no way to do this. Germany can hardly find a complete palace. Although the Zerzlienhof Palace is not imposing enough, it can only be used improvised. There are small advantages, and some information exchanges can be carried out.

boom! Having a cup of tea with the US Secretary of State's staff, Alan Wilson asked, "James, why didn't your US Secretary of State come to Germany? This will make us in the UK lose an extra help during the negotiation, adding some that would not have been necessary. hindrance.”

"Alan, I actually don't know why. On June 27th, Secretary of State Edward Stetinius was fired by the president." James Jones shrugged helplessly, "There is only one acting government now. Joseph Crewe, actually I heard that James Burns was very vocal as Secretary of State, but President Truman did not wait for the Secretary of State to be appointed, and went directly to Germany.”

Alan Wilson nodded clearly. He didn't know if this kind of thing had happened before, but it was too coincidental to appear at this time, but it happened ten days earlier than in history.

"Of course, we still hope that Britain will support the United States' position, especially on the issue of the war against Japan. We can solve other issues later. The most important issue now is to end the world war, Allen, what do you think?" James Jones said very much. He spoke with sincerity.

"Yeah!" Alan Wilson took a sip from the glass, not knowing what he was thinking. The issue of the United States' war against Japan is more urgent than expected.

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