British civil servant

Now that even the citizens of West Berlin are almost gone, the purpose of demonstrating the superiority of capitalism is naturally out of the question.No one can show superiority by lighting a candle.It can be seen that the strategic position of West Berlin, which was not very big, is now even smaller.

But even if there are only three garrisons left in West Berlin, Britain, the United States and France will not withdraw.Once you evacuate, you are showing weakness. If you abandon West Berlin at this time, it is likely that the people in Western Europe will lose confidence in the confrontation. As we all know, if the hearts of the people are scattered, the team will not be able to lead. Therefore, no matter what, the free world cannot choose Abandon West Berlin.

It doesn't matter whether there are citizens in West Berlin or not, and it doesn't matter whether West Berlin has a strategic position or not.But the free world must demonstrate its uncompromising resolve.

Prime Minister Attlee could not make any promises in this regard, and any concessions involving West Berlin would be regarded as weak.

"Our British attitude is very simple, and the current situation will not change in any way if we continue to confront." Alan Wilson concluded, "This is a matter of position, which involves the unity of NATO. The current situation can also be maintained by relying on airlift garrisons Go on, unless the Soviet Union launches an attack, but once the Soviet Union launches an attack, it will trigger NATO's collective defense mechanism."

Since the Soviet Union cannot go to war, there is no point in persevering, and the garrisons of the three countries will not retreat if they continue to blockade them.

In fact, in the Berlin crisis in history, the Soviet Union started with a relatively advantageous situation, and then let the United States abruptly use its powerful air force to move back to the disadvantaged situation. In the end, the United States took the upper hand.

Through the Berlin crisis, the United States relied on air transport to support West Berlin. When the Soviet Union lifted the blockade, there were more supplies in West Berlin than before the blockade.In this way, a disadvantageous start was completely reversed.

And in this time and space, there is an additional power interruption, together with the early exit of the Berlin Wall.It completely changed the Berlin crisis. It is no problem for the United States to transport consumables by air, but the infrastructure of big cities cannot be transported by the United States.There are power outages inside, walls are being built outside, and all West Berliners have run away.

It can be said that the Soviet Union has embarrassed the free world. The evolution of the Berlin crisis in this time and space is that the Soviet Union won but not completely.And the free world lost, but not entirely.

Britain did not hide it, and directly set the bottom line. No matter what the three countries' garrisons in West Berlin will not retreat, only the garrisons are left, and the pressure on air transport is still small. As long as the Soviet Union does not use force to expel them, there will be no Method.

Compared with the beginning of the negotiations, the negotiations between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union around the Berlin crisis are moving towards a tense direction, but this is something that can’t be helped. Sometimes the two sides want to have a good talk, but there will be such an evolution .

"We have already exchanged opinions. As for what will happen in the end, we should not be impatient." Molotov raised his wrist and glanced at the time. "Next, we have to communicate with brother parties."

"Very good!" Prime Minister Attlee nodded with a smile. He was not prepared to get the desired result in the first round of talks.

The group returned to the hotel where they stayed, discussed today's negotiations, and compared the meeting minutes to judge the attitude of the Soviets.I can't wait to smell every fart repeatedly to see what it smells like.

"Generally speaking, at least we have no problems with diplomatic etiquette, and the same is true for the Soviet Union." Prime Minister Attlee was not pessimistic about the results, and encouraged his entourage, "Allen, tell me honestly, this time What's the best outcome."

"This? Lifting the ground blockade is the best result." Alan Wilson opened his mouth and said against his will.

If you ask him what he really thinks, of course it is best to quit Berlin, which is very beneficial to Britain.That is, the difficulty of reunification of Germany will increase.

A bit lost the hinterland of West Berlin, which is deep behind enemy lines, and there is no comparison of the two different systems within the Greater Berlin City.Many problems can be easily solved.The citizens of the GDR cannot see the West Germany, and the citizens of the West Germany cannot see the situation in the East Germany. It is much easier to gradually become old and dead.

Such a link between the two Germanys is severed, and it will not be so easy for Germany to unify.It is of course a good thing that Germany cannot unify the United Kingdom, especially in this time and space, the United Kingdom has become the leading country of the European Community.

But the current results are more acceptable. West Berlin has become a purely military stronghold, and its role in living standards has been greatly reduced. The comparison window status of the two systems does not exist, which also contributes to the long-term division of Germany.

Losing the meaning of people's livelihood, if it is simply used as a military base, the meaning of West Berlin has become important.Especially in the context of the Cold War, if NATO takes the initiative to launch an offensive, West Berlin is a good frontier.

If the Soviet Union took the initiative to launch an offensive, West Berlin would also be the first to get the wind and grass.

If the Soviet Union has established its absolute advantage over NATO, it will be too late to give up.What was sacrificed was only the lives of some garrisons. In general, the disappearance of West Berlin's role in people's livelihood is good for Britain to prevent the reunification of Germany.The retention of the military role helps to monitor every move of the Soviet Union.

There is absolutely no way to withdraw troops, so in the next two days, when Molotov mentioned withdrawal again, the attitude of the British side was unmoved. Any changes, the garrison in West Berlin was to remain.

After the talks this time, the two sides did not communicate for three consecutive days. Of course, during this period of time, there was no good news released. It was nothing more than the Soviet Union's recognition of Britain's efforts in ending the Korean War.

With regard to the Berlin crisis, it is only said that the two sides had a very frank communication and the talks were beneficial.

As for the public opinion in the UK, it has turned to the stage where Prime Minister Attlee is fighting the Confucians with words, and he has no fear in the face of dozens of political parties that support the Soviet Union.Although there are tens of millions of people, the atmosphere that I will go is already highlighted.

In this public opinion environment, Prime Minister Attlee will not receive any criticism even if he has not achieved any results this time.What's more, the turning point has already appeared!

There will be no progress, and Maurice Torres and Palmiro Togliatti, the leaders of the French and Italian Communists, will be under pressure, both of whom believe that the current special situation allows them to participate In an event that ends a major crisis, this helps to increase the support rate of the two and the parties behind them.

Under the mediation of Maurice Torres and Palmiro Togliatti, the new Soviet leadership is also under great pressure, speaking from the leaders of the two largest fraternal parties in Western Europe.

Even the matching of the two has appeared in the maintenance of Italy and mainland France, if they are strongly rejected.Maybe these two fraternal parties in Western Europe will criticize the Soviet Union, which is something that no one wants to see at present.

"Even if it is to end the ground blockade of Berlin! We can also say that it was the suggestion of Maurice Torres and Palmiro Togliatti that led us to make decisions out of class feelings." Beria Speaking of this, he looked at Khrushchev and said, "Comrade Khrushchev, is that so?"

Before Khrushchev could speak, Molotov sighed, "But the British will definitely think it's Attlee's credit."

"Then we have no choice! Obviously, the Berlin crisis that has lasted for so long has no value in continuing to operate, and the attitudes of the Italian Communist Party and the French Communist Party must be taken seriously." The interrupted Khrushchev said Expressing his own point of view, "It can only be said that the opportunities that the British are looking for are too good."

On March [-], British Prime Minister Attlee had arrived in Moscow for a week, and Moscow had also attracted the attention of the world for a week. After this round of talks, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union reached a consensus. The two countries announced at the same time that Berlin The ground blockade will be lifted.

Soon, the news spread all over the world, and major newspapers reported on the statements made by the leaders of the two countries in Moscow under the headline of the end of the Berlin crisis.The person at the center of widespread acclaim is, of course, the current British Prime Minister Attlee.

Chapter 7 and Seven

"The credit is not the prime minister's, who else could it be? Could it be the Soviets?" Alan Wilson looked as expected, and the British Empire was widely praised by the world's public opinion, reflecting the responsibility of a responsible big country. The report is very satisfactory.

This time I came to Moscow, although there were some risks, but in the end there was no danger. In addition to the event of resisting the storm surge, I believe that the support rate of the Labor Party cabinet will not need to worry in the short term.

Compared with the Labor Party, which at most only distributes benefits, the Conservative Party, which always holds back big moves, seems to be more patriotic, but it is always not very reassuring. In any case, during the Berlin crisis from the beginning to the end, the United Kingdom has responded very well. very good.

When the Berlin crisis first started, it rushed to express its position before the United States, and now it has contributed to the end of the Berlin crisis.Obligations to European countries have all been shown.

Today, Prime Minister Attlee should be praised by the public opinion of all countries as a matter of course.

Of course, before leaving Moscow, Prime Minister Attlee expressed his gratitude to Palmiro Togliatti and Maurice Thorez, the leaders of the Italian and French Communists who spoke out in the process of reaching a consensus.

As for the two largest fraternal parties of the Soviet Union in Western Europe, the UK certainly hopes to lead the two parties to the line of parliamentary struggle. At present, this work has not been completed.The Italian Communist Party has never declared that it will renounce armed struggle!

Although the French Communist Party once stated that it would not seek to turn France into the Soviet Union, it did not change its party constitution to a peaceful parliamentary struggle.

If these two largest pro-Soviet parties in Western Europe do not formally announce their renunciation of armed struggle for a day, and make changes at the party constitution level, people will always feel uneasy.

By dissolving these two Western European parties, the hidden dangers of the free world will be greatly reduced, and the strength of its own superiority can be brought into play.

On the last day in mid-March, Attlee and his party, who ventured to visit the Soviet Union, also boarded the flight back home.

At this time, newspapers in Britain and various European countries highly praised Prime Minister Attlee's trip to Moscow. The Berlin crisis, which had lasted for a year, finally saw the dawn of an end at this time.

Of course, it is not so easy to end, but the general trend is good, so the result is good.

At the same time, Palmiro Togliatti and Maurice Torres, leaders of the Italian and French Communist Party, left for home.

The power of public opinion that does not belong to the free world, that is, the dictatorship headed by the Soviet Union Pravda, is also touting the credit of the two men, delusional to share the credit for ending the Berlin crisis from the great Prime Minister Attlee.

Of course, such a shady move is impossible to succeed. The BBC was the first to refuse. Public opinion in the free world is obliged to let the people in the free world know the truth of the matter. The role of Rees Thorez, because the free world still hopes to introduce the parties of the two into the parliamentary struggle.

To retain Prime Minister Attlee's important role in alleviating the Berlin crisis, and at the same time to recognize the role of the leaders of the Italian and French Communists to a certain extent, this is a very basic test, and only the BBC has the ability to take care of it.

After returning from Moscow and landing at London Airport, reporters from major newspapers were already waiting there, ready to grab first-hand reports.

"I brought back a generation of peace!" Alan Wilson murmured in his heart. If there were a little more people, it would be very similar to the scene where Prime Minister Chamberlain returned from the Munich meeting.

But at this moment, in a sense, it is also like that moment, the heated scenes are similar.When Prime Minister Attlee got off the plane, he also accepted a few questions, expressing in a tone neither humble nor overbearing that Britain has never given up its efforts to save peace.

"I am invincible in the world!" Alan Wilson could feel the joy of the current Prime Minister of the British Empire, although this mood was well concealed.

In this Berlin crisis, Britain's performance can be said to be perfect. From the positive response at the beginning to the last opportunity to ease the situation, it was impeccable. It is only natural that Prime Minister Attlee received such a welcome.

After returning to London, the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly became busy again. On the one hand, it was communicating with the United States and France. Britain absolutely did not make any form of concessions to the Soviet Union.At the same time, it also expounds the concerns of European countries about the prolonged continuation of the Berlin crisis.

Alan Wilson also took the time to supervise the reconstruction plan of the East District, which is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Alan Wilson, who was single-minded and dual-purpose, also expressed the idea of ​​Britain wanting to disintegrate the enemy from within and bring the Italian and French Communists into the parliamentary struggle when communicating with McCarthy.Hope to get the understanding of the United States, especially McCarthy himself.

"My friend Joseph, whether we can cut off the hidden dangers will be extremely important to the free world in the future. After all, we cannot openly deal with these two pro-Soviet parties. There is a strong alignment of interests on an issue that I should not have discussed in our private correspondence."

Of course, the United Kingdom picked two peaches in a row during the Berlin crisis, and Alan Wilson did not deny it.But is it?Isn't the United States busy with the Korean War?Out of the consideration of the special relationship between Britain and the United States, it is understandable for Britain to help.

After sending a telegram, Alan Wilson went to Whitehall No. 70, the office of the cabinet secretary, and Norman Brooke was waiting for him.

Norman Brook mainly wanted to inquire about the entire negotiation process.Of course, Alan Wilson knew everything, and he also said that it was true to win over the Italian Republic and the French Communist Party. Bringing the two parties into the scope of the parliamentary struggle should be the biggest diplomatic task at this stage.

Anyway, Alan Wilson told the truth that the so-called free world composed of Europe and the United States will be divided into two parts.The situation in the United States is a purely capitalist country.But the situation in Europe is hard to say that it is far from Eastern Europe.

Whether it is Britain, France or Italy, there has been a strong nationalized economy for a long time in terms of economic model.Even at certain times, France's state-owned economy is almost no worse than that of Eastern European countries.

If this distinction is made, France can be included in a socialist country.The situation in Italy is even more extreme. Even the constitution has strong socialist elements.

At this time, the role of propaganda outlets is explained, when the economic model is not much different from that of the Soviet Union.Public opinion in the free world refers to countries with the Soviet political model as communist countries, and uses the term socialism for countries in Western and Northern Europe where the Socialist Party of the Second International exists.

In fact, the Soviet Union never called itself a communist country. This title was imposed on the Soviet Union by the United States.Turn the socialist countries in Eastern Europe into a bunch of communist countries.Continuing the Cold War confrontation is what the United States has been doing during the Cold War.

As long as you are sincere enough when you lie and stick to it, it will always be effective, judging from the experience of later generations.Western European countries have also accepted this argument.

"Actually, the United States is not satisfied with the Prime Minister's visit this time!" Norman Brook said after listening to the report. "As for the reason, everyone understands."

"Understood, it's nothing more than a sense of loss." Alan Wilson said with a malicious smile, "Americans think that the current world situation is up to the United States. But it's not us, the United Kingdom, who persuaded the United States to fight the Korean War." , on the contrary, we tried our best to prevent it.”

"Go to Paris and arrange the work of the evacuated occupying army authorities in Berlin." Norman Brooke gave Alan Wilson a new task after finishing the conversation, "Now that even the citizens of Berlin have run away, Eifel and their work It doesn't make sense either, joining NATO's working representatives is their way out."

"I see, sir!" Alan Wilson agreed without hesitation, and at the same time, he brought out a list of recent imports of raw materials from Malaya. He had just returned to London and contacted the locals in Kuala Lumpur.

He is also the commissioner of British Malaya, and he must never forget his own job, and remote command is also command.

Eifel was a local civilian official of the British occupying forces in Berlin. Alan Wilson remembered that Eifel seemed to have been working in Berlin and had never moved.But with the beginning of the Berlin crisis, and later the escape of the Berlin crisis.

There are no Berlin citizens in Berlin now, so his representative in Berlin is naturally meaningless.

The future West Berlin will be a purely military stronghold, and its role in people's livelihood will no longer exist.It is foreseeable that in West Berlin in the future, a group of garrison commanders will have the final say.

Norman Brook let these people stationed in Berlin continue to work in the NATO chain of command.It's not difficult, Lord Ismay is the current Secretary-General of NATO, and he is British.

In principle, the Secretary-General of NATO cannot be held by an American, which was also won by Britain and France when NATO was founded.So the current NATO framework is that the Americans are the commander-in-chief, and the British are the deputy commander-in-chief and secretary-general.

Eifel, as well as British officials in West Berlin, will be evacuated from Berlin to go directly to the French capital, Paris.Of course, this has to be assessed by MI[-], whether it is confused by Soviet thinking.

Alan Wilson was just a receptionist. Before Eifel and the others returned, he was squatting in the Woodpecker headquarters building, holding the first 007 series in his hand and shouting, "I got it back."

"I have already contacted the author Ian Fleming through the Jamaican commissioner. Of course, when negotiating the price, you may have to negotiate by yourself. I am not suitable to come forward!"

"It really bothered you!" Heidi Lama took off the man's coat and hung it up tenderly.

"It's nothing to worry about, I just like helping beautiful ladies!" Alan Wilson raised his wrist and looked at the time. "There is a flight from British Jamaica. If it is the fastest, he should arrive in Paris in four days."

Chapter 7 and Eight: The New Commander of the French Army

In fact, Paris is also very lively recently, because the leader of the French Communist Party, Maurice Thorez, returned to Paris.His return was warmly welcomed by the citizens of Paris, and the traditional constituency supporting the French Communist Party has become a sea of ​​red.

Partly because of the role played by the Franco-Italian Communist Party as the final understanding of the Berlin crisis claimed by the Soviet Union.Another aspect is that Maurice Thorez has been away from France for three years.

After the outbreak of the Korean War, Maurice Thorez went to Moscow in the name of medical treatment, and has not returned to France until now. If Alan Wilson judges, Maurice Thorez must have felt the threat to his life back then. Only in the name of medical treatment did he live in Moscow without returning.

Otherwise, what disease takes so long to treat?And Stalin can come back just after he died of illness?Could it be that the departure of the loving father took away the pain of Maurice Thorez at the same time.

Maurice Thorez must be healthy, and now that he is back, Moscow must have considered the danger of Maurice Thorez returning to France to be small, so he was sent back.

But this has nothing to do with Alan Wilson. His current job is to receive colleagues who have retreated from Berlin. Eifel, who has not moved for many years, once traveled across the sea to work in Europe together.

Eiffel should not be unfamiliar with Paris. Many years ago on the streets of Paris, the two rescued French women together.

During this meeting, Ai Fuer has matured a lot, and there is a sense of vicissitudes in his eyes.Obviously, the outbreak of the Berlin crisis made him, an official on the front line of the Cold War, worry a lot.

As an old acquaintance, Alan Wilson, of course, would like to say that he dragged his tired body out of Woodpecker Films and accompanied Eifel around Paris, "Alan, you seem very tired?"

"Because you always work overtime?" Alan Wilson said weakly, trying to force himself, "There is no other way but to serve the empire. There is nothing to say about it."

With the current situation of wolves like tigers, it is difficult for people to have the slightest respite.Eifel also nodded in recognition of Alan Wilson's words, but he was thinking about the situation in Berlin.

But Alan Wilson didn't think about it. What he thought about was that she was as beautiful as a wolf and a tiger, disintegrating people's will, not to mention touching, but he couldn't even think about it.

Soon Eifel regained his optimistic attitude. He had been working in Berlin for many years, and he just started working with a progressive heart.

But now it is different. The Berlin crisis caused citizens to flee, and he was also transferred from West Berlin. If he can work in NATO and change the environment, he might be able to regain his enthusiasm for work.The only thing that may be inconvenient is that in Paris, it may not be as convenient as it was in Berlin before, and it will be more difficult to greet the beautiful ladies.

Hearing what his colleagues said, Alan Wilson said that he can rest assured that Paris is, after all, a world-renowned capital of romance.As long as Eifel shows the temperament of the pound falling out of his pocket involuntarily, everything is not a problem.

Moreover, there is still a big gap between France's economy and the UK's. After all, France still bears the military expenses for military operations in Vietnam, although the bulk is military aid from the United States.And this part of the military aid flowed into the circulation of British Malaya through military orders.

The reason why British Malaya was able to develop well is that France, which has been fighting in Vietnam, certainly has a share of credit. No one can deny this.

Even this year, based on the development of previous years, whether Malaya can achieve a revenue of more than [-] million pounds for the first time depends on whether France can make up its mind to make a big one in Vietnam.

He still doesn't know that in Paris at this time, not only the French Communist Party is celebrating, but the current French government, as he thought, is preparing for a big attack, using an offensive to crush the resistance of the Vietnamese.

The historical wheel of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu is already rumbling. The French who took military means as their first choice after the war will not listen to the advice of any country, not even the United States, let alone Britain.

When the MI[-] sent by London to interrogate Ai Fuer and others, the extra person shocked Alan Wilson, Philby?

"Why are you here?" Alan Wilson remembered that this Soviet spy was not from MI[-]?

"I may be transferred to the fifth office soon." Philby replied very calmly, "MI[-] shoulders the heavy responsibility of counter-espionage, so I have to accumulate experience to prevent mistakes in future work .”

"Oh!" Alan Wilson nodded in a daze, the British Empire really knows how to choose people?Looking for a Soviet spy to go into MI[-] counterintelligence?Then must not be infiltrated into a sieve?

For a while, Allen Wilson sighed that he was concerned about the country and the people. He has done so much for this country, but it seems that he has not made much progress.

Eiffel returned this time and also got the help of the ambassador to Germany, Burgess, who was also a Soviet spy.Now another Soviet spy came to inquire. He now doubts whether Eifel, who has worked in Berlin for many years, has defected.

At this critical moment, as a British patriotic official, Alan Wilson should have reported these traitors lurking in the body of the empire, but he had no evidence!This sentence is very embarrassing!

I can only suppress the mood of reporting, and return to the woodpecker headquarters building to sigh alone.

But before parting, Alan Wilson remembered one thing, "Philby, do you know Ian Fleming?"