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But this scene fell on Pokina's eyes, but it was particularly dazzling. She hadn't realized this before.

But this time the arrival of Alan Wilson made her truly realize that because of the birth of the child, the balance was inevitably leaning towards Anna.

In fact, life in Germany was not bad. I experienced the frustration before being swept away by Alan Wilson who slept with me, and I was going to set off again with confidence, going to Berlin to compete with the Soviets.

There will be British diplomats in Berlin to meet him, and of course, MI[-] agents will also be indispensable.

The sale of Rolls-Royce engines this time is far from being naive by the Labor Party government, but has deep-seated considerations.Britain faces a financial Dunkel retreat.

With two world wars within a generation depleting the empire's currency reserves and Britain desperately needing more exports to pay for reconstruction and social security costs such as housing, health care, pensions, etc., the Labor Party won the general election.

British-made jet aircraft and jet engines are of course high value-added high-tech products that the British government desperately needs to export.The Air Ministry has therefore placed the newest jet on a "permitted export list" without any approval from any particular sector.

Although the imperial government is not as omnipotent as the Soviet government, it is still easy to stop the export of engines.As of now there is still no formal rejection but only one possibility, the cabinet wants the deal done.

Opposition voices also exist, and the first to stand up are mainly military figures, who worry that this will give potential enemies an advantage.Then a number of diplomats joined in, the most influential of which was Prime Minister Attlee's close friend, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.

The reason why Prime Minister Attlee still approved the deal in the end is because the jet engine was first exported to France before being sold to the Soviet Union. The current largest party in France is the French Communist Party.

As far as the current momentum of the French Communist Party is concerned, the cabinet believes that it will be a matter of time before the Soviet Union obtains jet engines, and it is better to obtain them from the United Kingdom than from France.

The most important thing is that the Nien engine that Rolls-Royce is going to sell is not the best advanced British technology. The next-generation jet engine is already in the research stage, and the military itself does not actually value the value of the Nien engine.

Alan Wilson believes that the reason why the UK is very stupid in this transaction is that the Soviet military aircraft shined brilliantly on the Korean Peninsula, embarrassing the Americans, and it seems that the UK is stupid in this transaction.

The British representative in Berlin, whom Alan Wilson knew well, had been Eifel's official negotiator at the Potsdam conference.

Eiffel was also very surprised to see Alan Wilson. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time. He also knew that his colleague had gone to work in British India again. The last news was because of the report of engagement in British India. Two photos appeared in the newspaper at the same time, the first was the photo of the engagement day, and the second was the classic scene of giving money in Paris.

The headline of the report that day was, "The gentleman who saved French women waited for his own happiness today."

At the same time when Allen Wilson arrived in Berlin, in Bonn at this time, Bokina was angrily scolding Anna for not being able to fall in love with the minions of imperialism, and to understand the mission of the two.

"Absolutely not. Of course I remember my promise to the motherland." Anna promised solemnly, disapproving in her heart, thinking that Pokinna was just looking for trouble and she was just jealous of having a child.

Yesterday, Alan Wilson obviously cared for her more, and praised that her face was younger than her real age, almost like a minor, but her body was so coveted.

Alan Wilson, who had already arrived in Berlin, didn't know about the dragoon sisters. He was having afternoon tea and asked about the current situation in Germany. The war has been over for almost three years, and time is healing the pain of the war little by little.

Today's Germany is occupied by the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, and the German capital Berlin is also divided into four occupied areas.Fortunately, the war has passed, and the German people finally lived a peaceful life.

Peaceful days are not good days. Alan Wilson is not in Europe, but in British India, where there are few days of winter in a year. Of course, I don’t know that Germany has just experienced the coldest winter in 100 years.

All rivers and canals in northern and western Germany were frozen and therefore unnavigable.The Elbe in Saxony was frozen, as was the river in Hamburg, and it was impossible to go there by boat.The same is true for Germany's western neighbors and the United Kingdom.Blizzards and wind-blown snowdrifts completely disrupted traffic in some places.

In Germany, the interruption of the limited communications that had come into use after the war reduced industrial production by a quarter in early [-].

Coal supplies were cut off, causing the temporary closure of many businesses, factories, schools, authorities and other state facilities.The suffering German people, who were already malnourished, were devastated by severe cold and hunger because of the lack of much-needed food.

This is also the reason why Pokina went to New Delhi, but from Pokina's mouth, Alan Wilson, who has been staying in New Delhi, of course cannot intuitively feel what is going on in Europe.

Now that Eifel mentioned the difficulties at the beginning of this year, Alan Wilson nodded thoughtfully, but he still didn't feel much. If it weren't for these bastards who started two world wars, would Britain have fallen to where it is now? ?

"The biggest dream of the Germans now may be to have a unified government of their own." Eifel finally said such a sentence.

"Unification? The Germans may be dreaming." Alan Wilson sneered twice, and bet with this colleague, "Germany can no longer be unified, do you believe it?"

Alan Wilson feels that the European Community does not need the Big Three model, because once Britain, France and Germany are in one organization.It will cause mutual disputes, because the triangle is stable.It is not established politically, but it is established from a national perspective.

He hoped that Germany would never be reunited. From the perspective of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union would do whatever it wanted with the future Democratic Germany.If the Soviet Union can do this, even if it claims that the GDR is more legal than the Federal Republic, he will support it with both hands.

There is another matter in Germany, although it did not cause discussion, but it is very symbolic, that is, Prussia no longer exists, and the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers for Military Control over Germany officially ordered the abolition of the Prussian system.

The territory of the former Prussian state was incorporated into Poland and the Soviet Union, as well as the occupied areas of Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union.The property of the former Prussian state government was divided between the Allies and the Soviet Union.

At the same time, the operation to expel the Germans has officially begun, and the Germans from Eastern Europe are pouring into the Soviet-occupied area.

From a personal point of view, Alan Wilson can express sympathy for the Germans in Eastern Europe, but considering that this country launched two world wars, it can only be said that it deserves it.

While waiting for the Soviet representative to arrive, Allen Wilson learned from Eifel whether there had been any changes in Germany in the past two years, and there were changes, such as the currency war.

The Americans once wanted to ban the mixing of cigarettes and U.S. dollars, so in [-], the currency of the U.S.-occupied area was printed exclusively in the U.S.-occupied area.It can be directly exchanged with U.S. dollars. The Soviet Union knew about this, cracked the printing technology, and then frantically printed the currency of the U.S.-occupied area to extract U.S. dollars.

"But isn't the US-occupied area still issuing currency?" Alan Wilson was very surprised. Didn't know that this kind of thing happened in Germany last year?

"That's the newly issued currency this year. Last year's currency was only in circulation for two months, and a large number of counterfeit currency suddenly appeared to cash out a large amount of dollars, and then it was terminated by the Americans." Eifel shrugged. "This set is newly issued, and it is considered a success so far."

The United States began helping Germany print a new currency.This currency is the West German mark that has been in circulation until the emergence of the euro. This time the Soviet Union has nothing to do.Because the United States has adopted a large number of anti-counterfeiting technologies, the Soviets have always been short boards in this regard.At that time, Germany was not without goods, but did not appear in the market.

With no monetary support, everyone hoarded a lot of useless goods.But even if you don't use it yourself, it still has its value, and they are waiting to be realized.Stimulated by the new Deutsche Mark, these goods began to appear. Since they can be exchanged for money, of course there is no need to store those goods that do not exist.

Allen Wilson lamented that in this regard, the Americans are still superior, and the West Deutsche Mark has already appeared.The Reichsmark of the Third Reich is still used in the Soviet-occupied areas.

On the side of the invisible dividing line, a train arrived in Berlin. Two people walked down slowly. One of the men was very surprised and kept chattering, "Shepilov, I don't understand, why should I Come on? I am not a talent for diplomatic work."

"But as an administrative officer, you can give me ideas that make my job easier." Shepilov comforted me, "The production and construction of Ukraine is extremely important to the motherland. We all deny this, and you are very interested in the local industry. Familiar with us, so that we can avoid the British from blackmailing us."

"Okay, okay, I'm here, I'll take what you said makes sense." Khrushchev sighed helplessly, "I have to explain one thing, I definitely can't stay here for too long. There's work waiting for me to finish."

"Understood, it shouldn't take too long." Shepilov followed the other party's words calmly, "This matter has been discussed for a long time, and this time it should be time for a result."

Chapter 359 You might as well grow corn

In [-], which is about to pass, Khrushchev's life was actually not good. After the war, he was the leader of Ukraine, and it was like this until Kaganovich was airborne in Ukraine.

Kaganovich is Khrushchev's peers, and the two are about the same age. This makes Khrushchev, who has abdicated from the top leader to an auxiliary position, almost see no hope for the future, especially in response to last year's drought. Losing points in front of Stalin made Khrushchev quite depressed this year.

Especially this time coming to Berlin with Sepilov made Khrushchev even more pessimistic about his prospects.

From any aspect, Shepilov is a rising star in politics. He actually completed a task with Shepilov. No matter how he thinks about it, he can't make him optimistic about the future.

Before the two arrived in Berlin, Alan Wilson also received a list of the other party for this negotiation. Of course, Khrushchev's name was not included. The Soviet representative for this negotiation was Shepilov.

The name Alan Wilson was no stranger either, the man who succeeded Molotov as foreign minister after Stalin's death.However, his time as foreign minister was very short, and he disappeared from Soviet politics.

There is no controversy, just like Shelepin, Kosygin and other high-level Soviet cadres who are quite accomplished, people who are familiar with it may just sigh: "If the country lets him manage it, wouldn't it be better?"

However, people like them cannot reach the highest position. They lack a fighting spirit, which is not the spirit of fighting against themselves, but the spirit of fighting with others.

In terms of the appointment of cadres in the Soviet Union, apart from those who were promoted through normal channels, there are two extremes. One is evergreens like Mikoyan, Gromyko, Kunayev, and Andropov. They stay in a position for as short as ten years or as long as decades, until they finally retire or get promoted.

The other is like Shelepin and Shepilov. They have knocked on the door of the central government in their thirties, and entered the decision-making level in their forties.

If Sepilov survives the Khrushchev period successfully, he is likely to become Brezhnev's political opponent.Because the two are similar in age and have very similar political trajectories, Shepilov's resume during the war was even more brilliant.

Being able to become the later foreign minister was already a big shot in Alan Wilson's eyes. He didn't know that a bigger figure than Sepilov came to Berlin, Khrushchev who was in the stage of being beaten by Stalin.

Although he didn't know Khrushchev's arrival, Alan Wilson was also very happy to know that the Soviet representative was Sepilov. Although Sepilov passed by like a comet, he promoted détente during his tenure.

In the 90s, the Soviet Union no longer existed. Shepilov, who was on his deathbed, left his last words and concluded, "I have never relied on anyone. I have my own mind to judge things."

Such an opponent is at least sensible, and Alan Wilson feels that he will not face too many unreasonable demands.

There is no doubt that he now wants to knock on the door of the Soviet market. British India is about to become independent. Of course, Britain will definitely maintain its privileges over the subcontinent as much as possible, but after all, it does not have direct rule to do whatever it wants.

If we can knock on the door of the Soviet market at this time, it will be a great boost to the already improving economy of the UK.

Trade is nothing more than learning from each other. As a high-latitude country, the Soviet Union has no reason to reject Britain.

"There will be no difficulties, right?" Eifel already knew the purpose of Alan Wilson's visit to Berlin this time. As a British foreign-related personnel stationed in Berlin, Eifel certainly knew the stubbornness of the Soviets, so he expressed his worries at this time.

"I have seen a lot of battles, from New Delhi to Mumbai, across the subcontinent invincible." Although Alan Wilson didn't have much confidence in his heart, he must not show his timidity in front of Eifel, and expressed his emotion that I am invincible in the world .

In the past two days, Allen Wilson also prepared some materials and decided to scare the Soviet Union.

He knew that the Soviet Union actually focused on its post-war vested interests in the early days after World War II, and actually did not want to fall out with the West.

The most important thing is the situation in Ukraine, which has not subsided with the end of the war. At least there are still many anti-Soviet armed forces in Ukraine. The importance of Ukraine to the Soviet Union is clear to any key politician.

In the evening, news came from the Soviet Union that the point of negotiation this time was still at the Potsdam Palace, which was equivalent to the conditions for Alan Wilson to face an away game, and the news was sent back to London at the same time.

Alan Wilson set off with a few diplomats and MI[-] agents, and the next day at Potsdam Palace, the place where the Big Three once met, revisited the old place to continue negotiations with the Soviet Union.

"Dear allies, we meet again." This is the first sentence Alan Wilson met Shepilov. At present, the Cold War has not officially broken out, and there is no problem calling the Soviets allies. At this time, The Labor government also saw the Soviet Union as a suspicious ally.

"Hello, Mr. Allen." Shepilov offered to shake hands with the other party, expressing friendship.

The few goodwill between the two sides is nothing more than that, and the following negotiations are far from as friendly as when they greeted each other.

Alan Wilson mentioned the Rolls-Royce engine contract, saying that in view of the Soviet Union's record in intellectual property rights, it is completely reasonable for the UK to review this transaction, and the Soviet Union has nothing to complain about.

Because of this, the trade issue between the two countries is unfair. Alan Wilson said that the Soviet Union should open up the import of rubber and tin ore to balance the trade between the two sides. Trade is to learn from each other's strengths rather than take advantage of one country alone.

"The Soviet Union has been exporting timber and grain to help Britain and even Western European countries complete reconstruction." Shepilov frowned, "And Mr. Allen, I personally don't appreciate your wording very much, you seem to have a condescending tone. Unilaterally making demands on the Soviet Union is not the way to solve the problem."

"Can you try to buy an engine from the United States?" Alan Wilson said disapprovingly, "Do you think the Americans care about you?"

In a country like the United States, there are some mistakes that will never be made. How many idiots like the Soviet Union are there in the world, and they have turned an agricultural country into an industrial country from scratch?Forget about civilian industries, and even help build military industries?

Regarding Shepilov's rebuttal, Alan Wilson pretended not to hear it, and just had an attitude whether you like to buy it or not.After passing this village, there will be no such store. It is the Soviet Union that regrets it.

"I heard that Mr. Allen has been working in the colonies for a long time. This time, he may have mistaken the target. The Soviet Union is a powerful country, not a colony." Shepilov sneered, "Britain is not so strong in the eyes of us Soviets. , I know that some Belarusians who have escaped are walking cowardly and cowardly in European countries. This kind of behavior is nothing more than a bereaved dog begging the owner to lose two bones. After this war, I believe that no one underestimates the strength of the Soviet Union. .”

Isn't this Stalin's response to European countries looking down on the Soviet Union before the war broke out?

"Mr. Shepilov misunderstood. Of course, I will not listen to the propaganda of some imperial Russian nobles one-sidedly like some people before the war." Alan Wilson waved his hand to indicate that he was not that kind of person, and then the conversation changed slowly. Tun said, "But I believe that a country with a core population of 2000 million killed in battle is currently incapable of resuming the war. Why doesn't the Soviet Union announce the population loss? Now we all know the number of people lost in Germany, but what about the Soviet Union? If the Soviet Union announces the figures after this meeting, it can also be regarded as a fake, official article that stabilizes people’s hearts.”

"Are you saying I'm right?" Speaking of which, Alan Wilson turned his head and asked the diplomats and agents beside him.

"Of course." For different reasons, both diplomats and military intelligence agents believed that Alan Wilson's words were correct.

On the contrary, the representative of the Soviet Union was silent. After the war, the Soviet Union did not announce the population loss.The British in front of me are so determined, it is inevitable that people will feel uncertain.

"This is nothing more than a confused guess." Shepilov said with a gloomy face. "British diplomats have always had a great reputation, but now they are very disappointing. They use unfounded information to blackmail."

"Isn't this blackmail? Is it okay to make a reasonable guess? Maybe Mr. Shepilov wants to tell me? When the German army attacked the Soviet Union, there was no one in the Soviet Union. Except for the soldiers who died in battle, no one died in the Soviet Union? The army of the aggressors loves the Soviet people as much as they see the people of their own country?"

Alan Wilson said sarcastically, "Then why do so many countries fight to the end? Let Germany rule the world, maybe everyone's life will be better."

In the first negotiation, Alan Wilson used the old routine to blackmail again.Taking the population loss of the Soviet Union as the starting point shows that at present, the Soviet Union does not have the conditions for the lion to open its mouth.

It wasn't until the end of the meeting that Alan Wilson mentioned the requirements in the engine export contract. The first batch of [-] engines had to be paid in full first, and then waited for Rolls-Royce to deliver.

Shepilov was very indignant about this, saying that this was an obvious blackmail. It would cost the UK a good contract."

"I never underestimated the Soviet Union's technology, but some things are not technical problems." Alan Wilson said disapprovingly, "It's like growing corn in the high-latitude tundra in Siberia. It's a ghost if it can be successful. Otherwise, you can try it." try?"

3 Sixty Chapters by Gentle Wilson

If he knew that the real master was in Berlin at this time, Alan Wilson would not have the guts to ridicule, but he didn't know.What are the consequences if you think it's just a regular hilarious conversation?

Ukraine played an important role in the industrial system of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev, an administrative cadre, came to Berlin to allow Sepilov to fully understand the situation in his country and make trade-offs in Potsdam.

That night, Sepilov explained today's situation to Khrushchev, and also mentioned Alan Wilson's ridicule, that is, when he planted corn in Siberia, Khrushchev was furious and clamored, "Capitalism If we can’t do it, it doesn’t mean that socialism can’t do it, we can do things that capitalism can’t do.”

Although he made a strong statement, Khrushchev still said that the overall situation should be put first. From a political point of view, Khrushchev really believed in Ma Zhe. From a personal point of view, although he was rude, he was indeed A kind man.

What should be scolded is to be scolded, and after the scolding is over, we must continue to solve the problem, saying that the aircraft industry is indeed like the British said, the Americans will never sell it, and the opportunity in front of us should be seized.

As early as the Great Depression in the United States, the Soviet aviation delegation visited the United States, hoping to purchase American aircraft and engines.But the U.S. side was quite indifferent to this, and the buyer was only a [-]-horsepower Curtiss-made engine.

But as a gesture of goodwill, an Ante-IV "Soviet State" aircraft still managed to carry out the intercontinental flight between Moscow and New York in the autumn of [-].

The journey is [-] kilometers and takes one month.The development of aviation has enabled the Soviets to enter the world stage of air competition, and also gave the Soviets the opportunity to show themselves to the outside world.

The engine is always the heart of an aircraft. Although the level of aero-engine manufacturing in the Soviet Union was lower than that of other countries at that time, research and improvement in this area have not been relaxed.

It was not until the Great Depression continued and the United States was mired in the quagmire for several years that the Soviet Union waited for a real opportunity for cooperation in [-]. Khrushchev came from that era and knew that if such an opportunity slipped away What does it mean, the last time I waited for eight years, what about this time?

Of course, today's talks also led to consequences that neither Khrushchev nor Shepilov could estimate, that is, Alan Wilson confidently stated that the number of Soviet casualties exceeded 2000 million.

The number of Soviet casualties has always been a secret. Moscow has never been prepared to announce the population loss caused by the German invasion, but now a British person is so sure that the number of Soviet casualties exceeds 2000 million.

It's okay if it's just nonsense, but if it's another possibility, it has to be worrying.

If Alan Wilson has something to say, it means that within the Soviet Union, there is a spy network colluding with foreign forces. Now that the World War has just ended, the Soviet Union has suffered heavy losses and is in a stage of suspicion.

Because of Allen Wilson's oral hi this time, Lubyanka's workload will increase again.

Comrade Beria patted his chest in front of Stalin and promised that the enemy of the people hidden in the body of the great motherland must be dug out.Don't let the imperialist conspiracy succeed.

The talks on the same day were also sent to Berlin by telegram. Due to national conditions, it was sent to Prime Minister Attlee the next day. "Does he think he is negotiating with the National Congress Party in British India?"

The telegram recorded Alan Wilson's awe-inspiring imperialism, which Prime Minister Attlee couldn't bear to look directly at.

I wonder if Alan Wilson is used to being a grandpa in the colonies, and he hasn't adjusted his mentality after returning to Europe. He spent most of the first day blackmailing the Soviet Union?

"Prime Minister, the negotiations have not broken down." Listening to the Prime Minister's worried tone, Norman Brook analyzed, "In fact, we all understand that the German army has been raging on the land of the Soviet Union for four years, and the Soviet Union must have paid a greater price than Germany. The price. At present, we know that Germany’s population loss is 800 million, a ratio of one-tenth, and it is a reasonable guess for the Soviet Union to be higher.”

"Even if the loss is really that big, the Soviets will deny it." Prime Minister Attlee said, "I wouldn't announce it if it were me."

"This shows that Allen's blackmail is real, and the Soviet Union has really suffered heavy losses." Norman Brook said in an affirmative tone.

"What if the Soviet Union announced the loss figure immediately?" Prime Minister Attlee asked quickly after hearing this.