British civil servant

The changes in the Soviet Union have just begun. On the other side of the free world, Alan Wilson is on a business trip in France to discuss the specific attitude of jointly supporting the United States. The French have always been disobedient, especially in this world, where France is still firmly grasping North Africa. The frequency of disobedience increased markedly.

"People who don't know think that the world is divided into two emperors?" Listening to the voice emphasizing Europe and French interests, the corners of Alan Wilson's mouth twitched, noncommittal.

Even at some point, did Alan Wilson regret covering France?

At least the current strength of the United Kingdom still surpasses that of France. If it weren't for the fact that the French would be able to demonstrate the unique status of the United Kingdom every time they wanted to be more independent and independent, the supreme authority would have arisen a long time ago.

But conversely, are the French also taking advantage of the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States to demonstrate their united front value on the Soviet issue?

French President François Mitterrand is a left-wing leader who has a great cooperative relationship with France. The strategy he advocates is the balance between the East and the West. He deeply understands that only between the two balances can France maximize its expansion. One's own autonomy, not a follower of the Americans.

Alan Wilson said that the problems of the United States are indeed very big. Once the United States does not solve its economic problems, it will not be able to support Europe. It is still difficult for Britain and France to fight against the Soviet Union.

Besides, Germany and Japan were sacrificed. As long as Britain and France are united, they can ensure that they will be safe and sound during this economic adjustment.

"Even if they are in the European Community, what the two countries say is better than what the three countries say, and Germany should indeed be weakened. Germany does not pose a threat to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has never been an army power. But Germany and France They are all on the same continent, so it should be balanced.”

Regardless of the Soviet Union, in addition to the United States and Japan, the three countries of Britain, France and Germany are in the third, fourth and fifth places in the world. Although the United Kingdom has been thrown away by Japan, it has always dominated France and Germany in this world.Germany ranks fourth, and France ranks fifth, because many industries in France are indeed not very profitable.

It can be understood that the policy of the British Labor Party during the Labor Party period is that maintaining employment is more important than profit.This is not the case in Germany. The German Communist Party has never been successful. From the very beginning, the Federal Republic of Germany has been in pure capitalism. This has caused German industries to be more export-oriented than Britain and France.

Once the German currency has to appreciate, it will also be beneficial to Britain and France, and the pressure of industrial competition in Germany will be much reduced.At this time, there are only these cakes in the world, and there is no talk of European unity, and Germany is the most suitable target.

well said!Mitterrand praised in his heart that if the United States has to absorb a large amount of life energy and sublimate it to the maximum, then it is better to do this to Germany and Japan than to Britain and France, "But Britain and France must be united, no matter where the meeting is Both countries must take a common position.”

"Of course, there is no doubt about it." It was not easy to fight for this common ground. Alan Wilson felt that his mouth was about to foam, so he quickly found a place to rest and recover his energy.

620th [-] Chapter Three Plaza Accord

Of course, a stern attitude should be taken with regard to the blood-enhancing package of the United States. In fact, Japan, which is completely controlled by the United States, has always been a sharp weapon against Britain and France.

This is why Alan Wilson has been yelling about unfair trade, exchange rate manipulation and other rhetoric for many years, but the United States still turns a blind eye.

The United States is using a country that can be fully controlled to give eye drops to the previous version of the hegemony of Britain and France. Both the United Kingdom and France are well aware of this fact. Now that the United States wants to bleed the blood bag, why do the two countries oppose it? ?It's long overdue.

Of course Mitterrand has no objection to forming a group with the UK. Of course he also hates the UK in his heart and thinks that the UK is a traitor in the European Community. But at this time, of course the two countries must unite.The reason why they didn't care before was just to let Britain take the initiative to show its sincerity.

Changing to Mrs. Thatcher will definitely not let the French succeed, but Alan Wilson has never been stingy to make two extra trips, and besides, he does not have a place to live in France.

In fact, the record deficit in the United States is mainly due to its own problems. It used to have a deficit problem, but it is far less outrageous than the past year. This is not because of interest rate hikes. The root cause is inflation. With the policy of the Great Society Plan, the debt pressure in the United States has continued to increase, and inflation has intensified.

After that, Paul Volcker took office as the chairman of the Federal Reserve and continued to raise interest rates in the United States. At the highest point, the interest rate in the United States exceeded 20.00%, becoming "the highest interest rate since the birth of Jesus".

Tight monetary policy quickly brought inflation under control in the United States, and the dollar strengthened.At first, the United States was happy to see the success.President Reagan's favorite slogan is: "Strong America, Strong Dollar".Paul Volcker was dubbed an "anti-inflation fighter".

However, the dollar is too high, so that the US exports, especially manufacturing exports have been hit hard.After more than 20 years of rapid development, Japan has become the main source of the US trade deficit.

Obviously, the United States eliminated inflation through a strong dollar, but the negative impact is that it has severely damaged its own exports. What the United States thinks now is that eliminating inflation is good, but the deficit problem must also be resolved. If it cannot be resolved by itself, it will find a scapegoat solve.

Basically, both Britain and France have reached a consensus on this point, so there is no problem, waiting for the meeting to agree that the United States should punish unfair trading countries that should pay the price.

Family affection is precious. Even if the film queens are indeed gone now, Alan Wilson still likes to stay in Woodpecker Films, even if it is good to sit and chat.

On the marriage issue of the next generation, he definitely has no right to speak. He can't even control his daughter Pamela. It's just that Arnold said that he will be accompanied by a man of the same status as his husband, but he has no intention of getting married for the time being.

Ingrid Bergman's two daughters don't need to worry so much. It is reported that they already have a sweetheart. They seem to be descendants of orthodox aristocrats. The gold content of these French aristocrats is quite low. deceive.

The person in the United States who is now in charge of making Germany and Japan take care of the overall situation is White House Chief of Staff Baker. Baker is a lawyer and has no opinions from various schools of economics.He is a pragmatist who pays attention to dealing with problems in the most direct and effective way.

After receiving the support of Britain and France, there is no need to delay anything. The White House has released rumors that it will resolve the balance of international trade at the meeting of the finance ministers of industrial countries.This time the meeting was held in Japan. During the negotiation process, Baker adopted a "divide and conquer" strategy, first reaching an agreement in principle with Japan, and then went to Europe and told European countries that Japan had promised us.

When European countries also agreed, the United States returned to Japan and beat Japan with European cooperation, demanding that Japan accept even harsher conditions.

Lawson, the chancellor of the exchequer, also received a vague notice from the United States. After discussing with Mrs. Thatcher, "It seems that the Americans have persuaded Japan and Germany."

"That means the strong dollar is over. Americans may play games with words, not to say that the dollar should be devalued to promote the balance of imports and exports, but that other countries' currencies should appreciate."

Alan Wilson came in and said, "It's just a face-saving argument. Inflation has come down and the time to raise interest rates has passed. We have to adjust accordingly. If the dollar depreciates, the corresponding pound will appreciate. This is for the UK. It's also disadvantageous."

Mrs. Thatcher and Reagan used a routine to absorb inflation by raising interest rates. Even the UK did it earlier, because Mrs. Thatcher came to power earlier, and now the inflation problem in the UK has been solved. Obviously, such a high interest rate is not fit.

Lawson's trip to New York is actually just to confirm the signing of the Plaza Accord. The talks have already been finished, and even the documents have been prepared, just waiting for the finance ministers of the relevant countries to sign.Alan Wilson has even read the documents of the Plaza Accord, and learned how to use words and sentences by the way.

For example, the expression "dollar depreciation" does not have this reference throughout the text, but it is said from another direction to be "appreciation of non-dollar currencies".In essence, there is no difference. This is just to save face for the United States, which has been shouting "a strong dollar" before. At least in words, it will not make people feel that the US monetary policy has made a 180-degree U-turn.

"I heard that the German side has a lot of complaints about Japan. Seriously, the root cause this time is that the Japanese are too greedy." Mrs. Thatcher smiled, and she was certainly happy to see the Germans deflated.It is very uncomfortable that a defeated country has become the leader of European manufacturing industry.

"That's the case." Alan Wilson nodded. "Maybe it's because you feel uncomfortable with Germany and Japan as scapegoats. Who can't have the right to complain?"

Among the five countries in the square meeting, Germany has always had a grudge against Japan.Because in the United States' roll call, Germany and Japan are the only two "trade surplus countries" that were named.To put it bluntly, these two countries are earning money from the world.

Those who earn a lot of money will naturally spend more money and efforts in this joint intervention, and will be more negatively affected by the Plaza Accord.

Japan is the largest exporter and a country with a trade surplus, so there is nothing to say about it.Germany, with a much smaller surplus, was reluctant to go along with it.In fact, the statements in the Plaza Accord that Japan and, to a lesser extent, Germany’s current balance of payments had a surplus were put forward by the United States. The purpose was also to appease Japan and prevent it from appearing isolated.

Not as much as the Japanese earn, especially if they don’t earn as much US dollars, but they still have to be picked up by the Americans as a model. Of course, the Germans are not happy. The Germans think that they have been implicated by Japan.

At the last round of finance ministers' meeting, the German representative objected to this: "How can small animals and elephants ride in the same boat?" The American representative responded immediately: "Of course small elephants and elephants have to ride in the same boat."

When the United States is hungry, it will bleed. However, it depends on the current relationship between Mrs. Thatcher and Reagan, and the strength of the United Kingdom, so the amount of natural bleeding is naturally different. This time, the treatment of currency appreciation It belongs to the mark and the yen, and has nothing to do with the pound franc. As for the joint intervention in the financial market to promote the devaluation of the United States, each country also has its own share.

Japan is a country with the same status as the United States. The United States and Japan each have a share of 30.00%. As for the other unlucky Axis powers, Germany is 20.00%. The remaining 15.00%, France has 5.00%, and Britain The share is [-]%.

This has all been determined, so the task of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lawson, is to arrive in New York to sign.The United Kingdom has been promoting the signing of the Plaza Accord, also for the sake of the early quelling of its own strikes.

Although Alan Wilson has made up his mind that if the Plaza Accord is not signed, the strike in the UK will not end, but wouldn't the losses of the UK be smaller if he signed it earlier?

How to choose international capital?Of course, it is selling dollars to buy yen. Alan Wilson, a civil servant, certainly cannot directly operate this matter. Fortunately, Britain does not lack professional financial talents.

Compared with the original history, the Plaza Accord was signed three months earlier. On June 22, the finance ministers of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, and Japan signed such an agreement at the Plaza Hotel in New York, USA. , opened the prelude to the appreciation of the yen and the mark.

This also caused the movement of international capital. Of course, Pamela Mountbatten has already completed the operation of buying and selling, and is waiting to see the rising number. Heartbroken."

"According to public information, this is indeed the original intention of the United States, but the dream can be bigger." Alan Wilson looked like a prince. At first, the United States really believed that a 15.00% depreciation of the yen would solve the problem.

But it must be said that Japan's industry in this era is quite strong. As a result, although the yen has appreciated by 15.00%, the product exports of the United States still cannot beat Japan.

Not only did the deficit not shrink in the first year, but it led to the appreciation of the yen, making Japan seem to be getting better and better. So the cycle began, and the United States continued to increase the appreciation of the yen, which resulted in a [-]% appreciation of the yen.

When the Plaza Accord first started, not only did Japan seem to be unaffected, but it became more and more fierce. Only then did the United States see clearly that Japan was really raised by itself and should strike hard.

Of course Pamela Mountbatten is happy. After only one day, he has gained 5.00%, which is 50% of the scale of 5.00 billion pounds, and only one day has passed, and there is such an exciting harvest in just the beginning , even the richest woman can't help but be moved.

The first thousand and 620 chapter four Moscow business annual meeting

"This is just the beginning, we still need to calm down." Alan Wilson still has great expectations for the bubble economy, and stopped the conservative idea of ​​​​the richest woman who is a little rich.

In the era of bubble economy, what is the name of the Japanese stock market?[-] points in the stock market is just the beginning, and [-] points is not the end. Within two years, the Japanese stock market will rise to [-] points.Of course, after this sentence was acquiesced by the Japanese government, the Japanese stock market crashed.

Japan must have lived a good life for two years. In this era, Japan's industry is really strong, and it is by no means comparable to being hanged by a car in the 21st century.

A slight appreciation of the yen will do little harm to Japan's powerful industries, and the benefits of the appreciation of the yen are felt by all Japanese.

On the one hand, Japanese products still impact American products, and on the other hand, the appreciation of the yen has caused Japan's data to skyrocket, making the United States even more bleak.

The trade surplus for so many years has allowed the Japanese government to have money, and the Japanese have a high savings rate. It is also the world's number one saving country. Both the government and the people have money. If these wealth are not completely consumed, Japan is indeed a country that is difficult to knock down. s country.Alan Wilson thinks, can Japan say no?

If you have time to care about what is going on in Japan, why not revisit the episode of The Minister, Pamela Mountbatten hummed and refused to watch, "I feel that this drama has shaped your Whitehall too rigidly. My husband is a What a talented person, not just a bureaucrat playing tricks."

"It's my wife." Allen Wilson put his arms around Pamela Mountbatten's body, and said after a bit of a verbal dispute, "However, when it comes to art, you always have to consider the audience. The audience likes to watch it. First and foremost, other aspects are not important."

Rajiv Gandhi's visit to the UK opened the door to the traditional friendship between the UK and India. After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi became the new Prime Minister of India without any surprise.

The visit of the Indian Prime Minister is a good thing, but there is one thing that is difficult to handle. India intends to buy an aircraft carrier.

After all, even the Kingdom of Iraq has an aircraft carrier battle group, and a powerful country must not be left behind, but this matter?Britain does not have a model suitable for India now, so is it okay to sell battleships?

Of course, if India is willing to place an order, Britain can build one for India. This is not a problem, but aircraft carriers of different tonnages must have different prices. Can India afford the money?

Of course, the matter is not completely unsolvable. If India doesn't mind the Centaur class, then there is no need to worry about this issue. I am afraid that India will not look down on the tonnage of the Centaur after Iraq.

Many times, there are two options in front of you. No matter which one you choose, it is very stupid. What is even more stupid is not to choose both, just saying that you still have to think about it. Rajiv Gandhi immediately said that you should think about it again. The problem is that it is not necessary to use an aircraft carrier.

Alan Wilson is really not very enthusiastic about buyers like India who don’t have much money and pay a bunch of shit, and the kickbacks are exploding. Do they really take Britain for the Soviet Union?Sighing that there are still too few high-quality buyers like the big dogs in the world, the two sides stopped discussing the aircraft carrier.

After clocking in and leaving work, Alan Wilson is still working step by step. This is completely incomparable with the fiery Japan. The yen can be exchanged for more dollars, and wealth has grown in a short period of time.

Japanese men have also experienced happiness. They are more prosperous financially, and they are also rich when they pursue their sweethearts. Business opportunities are immediately captured by merchants who are moved by the wind. There is also a proper term, love capitalism, but for the rich Japanese For now, this kind of irony is useless.

The appreciation of the yen is a salary increase for all Japanese. Who would object? No one would object. It just depends on how long the US dollar reserves in Japan’s hands can withstand. The dream will eventually wake up, but I believe many Japanese are unwilling to wake up. Come.

Arnold took the time to go to Tokyo once, and then described what he saw and heard with his father. Alan Wilson said that everything was as usual, and he was preparing for the annual business meeting with the Soviet Union with the richest woman.

There are annual business meetings every year, this time is the Ninth Annual Business Meeting of Yingsu No.60, and the scale varies at different times.

This year's annual meeting has been taken seriously because the Soviet Union has replaced a leader who does not seem to be so aggressive, so the British side has also begun to show some sincerity.The greatest sincerity is that Ms. Pamela Mountbatten from the United Kingdom decided to go to Moscow to participate in this annual meeting to investigate the investment environment in the Soviet Union.

The British "Times" reported that the UK will invest in a total of two petrochemical plants, a factory that manufactures process control machinery and a new truck factory.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Tikhonov attached great importance to the chamber of commerce this time, and delivered a speech in person, which was also an expression of courtesy to Pamela Mountbatten. Some people said that this woman is the real richest man in the world, although most Soviet people I don't know what this concept is, even if I know it, I will only criticize the evil capitalism, but it is undeniable that Pamela Mountbatten's signboard is still very loud.

Watching the richest woman on TV, Fultseva was in a bad mood, and for no reason, she conceived to Hao Daer, "It is really unreasonable for these capitalists to come to Moscow to show off."

"Yes, that's right." Alekseev could clearly feel that the cultural tsar's attack contained a lot of personal grievances, but he could only pretend that he didn't hear it, and stood firm on his mother's side , "What is money, forever is power."

Only then did Fultseva's expression soften. Although she may not be as wealthy as this woman, her son is a talent. He is now the head of the Moscow Security Bureau, definitely better than this woman's son.

British entrepreneurs, including Pamela Mountbatten, pledged to invest more than one billion pounds at this annual business meeting, which surpassed previous scales.This also made the map leader who had just taken office breathe a sigh of relief, and his tone of relaxation became much higher.

It seems that if he hadn’t been on the stage with his map head, there wouldn’t be such a large investment. In fact, it really makes sense. If it weren’t for him, Mrs. Thatcher really wouldn’t let so many British companies come to participate in the annual business meeting. Pravda immediately responded that this successful annual business meeting between the two countries will strengthen bilateral relations and help build an atmosphere of international trust.

Did you see that the moment the map leader came to power, the suspicion between Britain and the Soviet Union was broken. If there were no great map leader to lead us, would this atmosphere of trust exist?The conclusion is definitely not.

The first thousand and 620 five chapters of the country of gentlemen and gentlemen

The Anglo-Soviet Moscow Business Annual Conference, is it possible that the cultural tsar and the richest woman will meet?

This possibility is naturally there, but Alan Wilson still feels that the chance of it happening is not high, so naturally he will not be suspicious, thinking about it as if he is guilty, how busy Whitehall is, and it must be busier than the same period in history.

At the same time in history, the UK has already laid down, and it will certainly not pay attention to African issues at this time. Who cares who cares, the UK does not care anyway.

But now, because of the existence of the Rhodesian royal family's territory, it is inevitable for Britain to care about the situation in Africa.

Half of Africa belongs to France. Britain will not follow France's direct intervention in Africa, but France is also well versed in the routine of killing with a knife, and it always binds Britain.

"After the coup d'état, the country of gentlemen seems to be moving closer to the Soviet Union. The French are dissatisfied with this? But to be honest, the reason why French Africa is always in turmoil is not the problem in Paris? Look at the English-speaking countries. There are no coups from time to time, every time there is news of a coup in Africa, the blind guess must be a French-speaking country.”

A place that Britain doesn't care about at all, just because it is not far from Nigeria, the French want to use this to bind the United Kingdom to act together?It just doesn't make sense.

However, Alan Wilson still cared about the political situation in Burkina Faso with compassion, and lamented the fate of this country. This country is not considered rich in French Africa, and it is different from Niger and Chad. difficulties.What a fool of a man like Thomas Sankara.

The point of lament is that if Thomas Sankara led the country in the 70s, with the help of the huge aid from the Soviet Union, Burkina Faso might not have been able to make good changes.

But what if the coup came to power in [-]?Who do you ask for foreign aid?Looking for the Soviet Union?The map headers are now all on stage.

Now that the two strongest countries in the Soviet system are like this, it is naturally impossible for Burkina Faso to have any foreign aid support. The country goes to heaven.

From a personal point of view, he really wants to help the other party. After all, it is too difficult for an African country to have a good leader. Besides, Thomas Sankara was born in French Africa, so he can give the French eye medicine.

"France is too strong in Africa, so we should find a way to weaken it." Alan Wilson harbored evil intentions. Now that the Soviet Union is about to perform a free fall, France should also be weakened appropriately.

Isn't it somewhat inappropriate from a British perspective to support a revolutionist?No matter how you look at it, even now, the relationship between Britain and Nyerere is good.Although in international affairs, Nyerere sided with the Soviet Union and a certain big country most of the time.

Anyway, the UK has a thick skin, and it doesn’t matter if Nyerere scolds as much as he wants. Don’t really do anything to the interests of the UK. The UK can tolerate Nyerere’s anti-colonial persona.

But how to intervene?We must first know Thomas Sankara’s ruling strategy, and ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bring Thomas Sankara’s ruling ideas, such as the idea of ​​the Paris Commune, and remove the influence of the October Revolution, to see if there are any specific actions .

Indeed, Sankara first proposed the idea of ​​building a "Green Great Wall", that is, to build a green belt across the east and west coasts of Africa in the south of the Sahara Desert to curb the increasingly serious desertification in the Sahel region. The Three-North Shelterbelt System formally formulated years ago is similar. I don’t know if Sankara has learned much experience from it.

But this project, if Alan Wilson wants to evaluate it, it is very, very white left!Especially in Africa, he happens to have a daughter, who is becoming the target of the British Green Party.

This project is very suitable for the appetite of white leftists. Alan Wilson decided to help Sankara with this project, and at the same time strive for political benefits for his daughter. I don’t know if Pamela will succeed if she follows the politician route. After all, the Green Party It's not very reliable, but as a father, he has to help anyway.

Projects such as afforestation, which are very face-saving, are not blamed if they fail. If they succeed, they will definitely bring a huge positive image, which is very in line with the core ideas of the Green Party.

My daughter manages the gaming industry, and I really need some projects that firmly occupy the moral high ground to dilute the traces of too much ill-gotten wealth. First of all, Alan Wilson called David to come back. How can there be such a thing in the UK? Professionals, but the countries that implement the Three-North Shelterbelt have rich experience.

Pamela was very interested, "This is very compatible with the core ideas of our Green Party, but isn't that a country that has already revolutionized?"

"Who can really distinguish the difference between the Second International and the Third International?" Allen Wilson asked with a smile, and then went to the topic, "Through cooperation with Eastern countries, it can penetrate into French African countries. Advantages, first of all, as you said, Thomas Sankara is a revolutionary leader. He must be extremely vigilant against France, but he does not trust Britain, but he has a natural affinity for countries with the Soviet system. Favorability. So we need to borrow the reputation of being gay in their eyes to reduce their suspicion of us."

The matter of Burkina Faso is very simple. In order to firmly occupy the moral high ground, Alan Wilson can pay, after all, to shape the image of his daughter. If the two countries have their own gains, they will not lose anything if they fail to do so.

Pamela agreed with her father's plan very much, "My father, I really don't know how to thank you. In fact, it's no problem for you to be a politician."

"Such a career with a sense of accomplishment is still suitable for my daughter." Alan Wilson praised with a half-smile, "You are really not suitable for other industries."

David had already returned to London before the richest woman finished her business talks. Young people are so good, they always have unlimited energy, just like the supreme authority back then, constantly running around in Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Bonn, Stockholm and Between London, I am not tired at all, and sometimes I even have to go to the United States.

Alan Wilson was very happy when he came back, and asked directly, "How is the cultural exchange between the two places? The market has already opened up. We must be good at using this influence."

"Many seminars have been held, and we have funded the publication of a large number of books." David replied triumphantly, "At first we thought it would be too difficult to make the Soviet Union's reputation so bad, but later found out that we thought too much Now, the various declassified books about the Soviet Union are now published very well, and we have also given stern warnings to the literati in Xiangjiang to prevent the dissemination of discordant speeches, and instead focus on sowing relations."