Chapter 916 European Unity and Equally Shared Interests

"It's really unexpected that the UK is willing to come up with such a plan to protect the interests of all parties." Constantine shook his head and sighed, "This protects the interests of all our countries, and it is simply not like what you, the UK, provide."

"Oh, really?" Alan Wilson said noncommittally. The thing was simple. At the peak of the British Empire, there was no inland sea in front of the Royal Navy. Britain could go wherever it wanted, and no one could interfere or accuse.

What was the two hundred nautical mile exclusive economic zone at that time? The whole world's waters belong to the UK, so what's the point?

But haven’t times changed? Now that the most powerful navy in the world has become the U.S. Navy, and Britain has become a former vested interest, it is now necessary to protect its former vested interests.

We cannot do this on our own. We must bring many countries from the past era together to do this, otherwise it will appear too obvious.

"Oh, by the way, the current plan is currently limited to the division of the Gulf of Guinea. Our view is that we should not rush to promote it to the whole world, at least not before testing the US attitude."

Alan Wilson explained to Constantine, "I believe you French people also understand the attitude towards colonies. In 1945, the United States raised objections to Vietnam's status."

It is no secret that the United States wants to weaken Britain and France. The United Kingdom is retreating in an orderly manner and releasing a colony every once in a while. France is obviously unwilling to do this.

Alan Wilson also asked about the current war situation in Algeria. Constantine said that France had taken the absolute initiative. Alan Wilson felt that this was half true and half false. Only the French knew how much it meant.

However, France does have a heavy stockpile of troops in the oil-producing areas of Algeria, and local oil pipelines have been under construction. It seems that it must be much stronger than it was in the original history.

"France is lucky, at least it is not as big a difficulty as Britain faced after the war." Alan Wilson expressed congratulations to Constantine.

Constantine was stunned, not understanding the true meaning of Alan Wilson's words.

His words are of course based on facts. In order to stabilize the situation against the Soviet Union, and considering that the world was in a mess and the risk of global redness, the United States adopted a supportive attitude towards the countries at the forefront of the Soviet Union. One of the important things was to allow these countries to Keep the exchange rate low to promote exports, but this does not include the UK.

The United States has never been prepared to let Britain take a break. For the United States, the pound is either worthless, or it must maintain a strong monetary policy and simply not depreciate.

Even the previous depreciation of the pound from 1:4 to 1:2.8 was only achieved by the British forcibly announcing the devaluation, regardless of the interests of the Commonwealth.

When Alan Wilson was in British India,

I have used every trick I can think of. They even endured the Great Famine and scraped the land. Fortunately, the Indians before independence were intimidated by the British and did not dare to intensify the conflict with the British.

He even transformed into an outstanding cadre of the Soviet Union, allowing Britain to survive the most difficult stage.

Fortunately, the four million square kilometers of British India temporarily allowed the United States to relax. The independence of the Dominion of Nigeria has entered the de facto stage, which is also a continuation of the above policy, but that is where it ends.

If France wins the Algerian War, Britain will have to think carefully about the next steps.

It is certainly unrealistic to retain the colonies in black Africa for a long time, but the British needs must be met before other considerations can be made.

Soon, both the Franco government in Spain and the Salazar government in Portugal brought back positive feedback. The consensus on the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea is already certain, but there is no rush to sign a formal agreement.

It must be determined at a meeting of the European Community Foreign Ministers. At the same time, France will also propose to block Icelandic cod from entering the European Common Market. The time is the twelfth of next month.

While he was busy with the demarcation issue in the Gulf of Guinea, the United States was still making unremitting efforts to catch up with Soviet missile technology. The Atlas strategic missile conducted two more test launches, one exploded in the air, and the second launch was successful.

This is the first successful test launch of the Atlas strategic missile. This success has boosted the morale of the United States. So it was decided to keep trying, and the fifth test failed again when it exploded.

"The United States really spares no expense." Alan Wilson was also shocked by the high frequency of test launches by the United States. The mentality of the United States in this era is really different from that of the country in the 21st century.

There are simply two countries, one ambitious and one sluggish. It is hard to imagine that the same country looked different in fifty years.

The surprises are that one by one, there are slight differences from history. Khrushchev faced the attacks of Malenkov and Molotov a few months late, but the result did not change.

Committee members from all over the country rushed to Moscow, and under the escort of military planes arranged by Marshal Zhukov, they helped Khrushchev make a comeback at the Moscow Congress, turning defeat into victory and ousting competitors such as Malenkov, Kaganovich, and Molotov, and established Khrushchev's Xiaofu's unique position in the Soviet Union.

This was an internal struggle within the Soviet Union, and the free world only learned of the changes at the top of the Soviet Union after the dust had settled.

Alan Wilson, who was enjoying a rare leisure time in Paris, thought of Furtseva for no reason. He remembered that Furtseva was a major contributor to Khrushchev's comeback. If Furtseva had not been running up and down, mobilizing committee members from all over the country to enter Moscow. By supporting Khrushchev, Khrushchev, who was already in dire straits, could not turn defeat into victory.

"She is about to enter the top level of the Soviet Union." Alan Wilson felt quite complicated. From this time on, it was also the time when Fortseva Ekaterina III was resounding throughout the Soviet Union.

When Greta Garbo walked in, she saw a naked bureaucrat, pretending to be in a deep daze, and couldn't help but wonder, "What are you thinking about? Can you put on your underwear?"

"Oh, it's not like I haven't seen it before. Don't you like it too?" Alan Wilson laughed, quickly turning from a primitive savage into a well-dressed beast. "Look, I finally stayed in Paris for a while. You always look like this, do you know how difficult it is?"

"The UK trained you to have such profound knowledge in time management?" Greta Garbo sighed angrily, "I didn't think about how you could contribute to the UK, so I just kept busy doing that."

"It's human nature that my little brother is busier than me." Ellen Wilson followed Greta Garbo step by step. Although the time in Paris was comfortable, it was also very tiring.

The comfortable days are over. The four countries of Britain, France, Spain and Portugal still managed to escape the scrutiny of the United States through the European Community Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Brussels. Alan Wilson was called to experience the atmosphere of the European Community Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

In Brussels, he happened to meet the female head of the Hellmann family who came to Brussels to discuss business. By the way, he negotiated a large deal worth hundreds of millions with Pokina. Both of them were satisfied with the conclusion of the deal.

The four countries that successfully got rid of the constraints of the United States in the European Community directly announced the delineation of the two-hundred-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Guinea. In adjacent waters, the principle of the middle line will be adopted. If there are islands with clear sovereignty, the island sovereignty will be used. Mainly, and a series of division methods.

Although Greece is not a member of the European Community, no matter which European country it is, it is well aware that Greece is the cradle of European civilization. On the one hand, island sovereignty is really beneficial to colonial countries. On the other hand, the territorial waters of Greece and Turkey have also been taken into account. question as a reference.

After World War I, although Turkey won the war of national independence and successfully recovered Eastern Thrace, Izmir and Western Armenia, and abolished the consular jurisdiction and financial supervision rights of European and American powers, Turkey was also forced to It made concessions in some places. For example, its territory in the Aegean Sea was limited to no more than three miles from the country's coastline.

This established a pattern in which Greece controlled most of the Aegean Sea. Turkey was dissatisfied with this and wanted to change the status quo. In addition to territorial disputes, another major dispute between Greece and Turkey surrounding the Aegean Sea is the width of their territorial waters.

Alan Wilson told Foreign Secretary Morrison and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sir Ismay that this time the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea will definitely have consequences, and many countries will rush to follow suit.

Alan Wilson of other countries could not guarantee that China would react quickly to the twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. Historically, in 1958, when the Cod War began, Iceland began to implement the twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. China immediately followed up on the two-hundred-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone claim.

Now, before Iceland takes action, he uses the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea to take action first, but this will not change anything. China will not fail to follow up on this demarcation plan just because it is a bunch of colonial countries.

In the final analysis, there is no hatred of imperialism, but the law that hating oneself is not imperialism exists.

As long as you think you can take advantage, who cares whether the first country to propose is a colonial country?

Belgium did not participate in the previous negotiations in Paris because Belgium had long known that this matter would be discussed at the European Community Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and it was perfectly late to join the discussion in its own capital.

After the five countries of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and Belgium reached a consensus and announced the results of the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea. In accordance with its previous agreement, France banned Icelandic cod from entering the French market on the grounds that Icelandic waters were polluted.

The mainland blockade order came as scheduled. France's proposal was immediately approved by the United Kingdom, and then Spain, Portugal and Belgium all recognized it. It was almost immediately passed at the European Community meeting, and Europe was united and its interests were equally distributed.

In this way, the cod ban against Iceland was passed with amazing speed. At the end of the European Community Foreign Ministers' Meeting on October 3, it became a joint resolution of the European Community member states, just like the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea.