British Civil Servant

v1 Chapter 357: betray the country

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There is a real win-win in trade, and at this time, Alan Wilson is not particularly pessimistic. There are actually substitutes for rubber resources and tin mines in the Soviet Union. In terms of mineral resources, a country like the Soviet Union does not lack any minerals, which of course also includes tin mines. Is the largest country in the world just vain?

As for rubber resources, this is entirely the reason for being trapped in congenital conditions, a typical pain in high latitudes. Just as the Soviet Union can never surpass the United States in mango production, because there is no place in the Soviet Union where mangoes can take root as a tropical fruit.

The same is true in the rubber field, but the difference is that mangoes cannot be synthesized artificially, but the technology of synthetic rubber has already appeared, which happens to be the strength of the Soviet Union.

In terms of military machines, today's Soviet Union is a beast that has never appeared in human history. Rubber is an important industrial resource with good physical properties and has a very wide range of industrial uses, such as manufacturing sealing materials, various Tires and shock absorbers, etc.

As a high-latitude country, the Soviet Union has a very developed industrial system. During World War II, the Soviet Union produced a large number of weapons, which undoubtedly required a lot of rubber resources, and rubber products will age and cannot be reused after returning to the furnace like steel. So here comes the problem. The Soviet Union is a relatively isolated country, and most of the Soviet Union's territory is located in high latitudes, and there is no natural rubber resource at all. At that time, many parts of the tropics were colonies of Europe, and the Soviet Union developed industry. Rubber must break through this unfavorable situation.

Alan Wilson is no stranger to preventing being stuck in the neck through technological progress. Preventing being stuck in the neck is not unique to the Soviet Union, and a major country often calls for it.

After the rubber tree is cut, the unprocessed sap condensed is called raw rubber, while the Soviet Union, as a high-latitude country, basically relies on imports of natural raw rubber.

In fact, the Soviet Union was very short of natural rubber resources. Because of this, as early as the 1920s, shortly after the Soviet Union was born, they began to develop synthetic rubber. As early as 1931, the Soviet Union had successfully synthesized the first batch of experimental products, sodium butadiene rubber.

In this field, the Soviet Union is ahead of the United States and Germany, and is the absolute leader in the field of synthetic rubber. In the 1940s, the Yerevan Synthetic Rubber Factory in the Soviet Union produced neoprene for the first time by mass polymerization. The neoprene molecule contains chlorine atoms. Because of this, its anti-oxidation performance is excellent, and it is resistant to oil, solvent and acid. Strong alkaline, the most important thing is that it is not flammable, and can self-extinguish after fire. This is also the only oil-resistant rubber produced by the Soviet Union during the war. This rubber is widely used in various sealing materials and fireproofing in the Soviet military industry. on the material.

Technically, because the Soviet Union is the leader of synthetic rubber, the British Empire no longer has the possibility of getting stuck in the neck of the Soviet Union. Then, since there is no ability to get stuck in the neck of the Soviet Union, it is necessary to change the method and use cheap rubber to occupy the Soviet market. It just so happens that British Malaya has this condition.

In the report, Alan Wilson elaborated on the need to open up the Soviet market with tin and rubber. It is meaningless to show that the neck is stuck. The top priority of the British Empire is to restore its national strength as soon as possible. The US market is the most important, and the Soviet market is the most important market after the US market.

In the report, Alan Wilson also used Napoleon's continental blockade as an example to show that the so-called blockade is meaningless. When Napoleon arrived in Berlin and ordered the whole of Europe to come up with a continental blockade, the British industry was in a turmoil for a while, but who was the final winner?

The Soviet Union has passed its worst time, and is now reducing Soviet hostility to prevent another war in Europe. It is beneficial to the current British Empire, and it can also restore its national strength as soon as possible through trade with the Soviet Union.

Since the Soviet Union now wants to buy Rolls-Royce engines, the United Kingdom can take the opportunity to ask the Soviet Union to open the market, so that tin ore and rubber in Malaya can enter the Soviet Union without barriers.

"If you don't buy a large number of engines at one time, or buy out the patents, then this transaction will have no value. The main problem of this negotiation is the Soviet Union's indifference to intellectual property, which believes that intellectual property is used by imperialism to exploit the world. A weapon, so one must be wary of being deceived."

Stalin read Alan Wilson's report cadencedly, with a very interesting expression on his face, then looked at Beria and said, "Does this Englishman seem to know a lot about our country?"

"Comrade Stalin, I will focus on the investigation." Beria solemnly assured, "It is my responsibility to dig out the hidden enemy of the people by imperialism."

"It's not particularly urgent. Of course, we all know that even an incompetent bureaucratic group like the United Kingdom will occasionally show one or two useful people. At least it can be proved that the transaction can still continue, and the sky of the motherland needs the People's Air Force. Come to guard, this time communication is very important." Stalin set the direction of this matter, "Dividing imperialism is the current priority. On the one hand, Prime Minister Attlee's attitude is not extreme, at least more than that bulldog. The hostility to the Soviet Union is much smaller. On the other hand, the current national strength of the United Kingdom is all based on the accumulation of the past, and it is impossible for the colonies to continue to exist for a long time. The main enemy is the United States, of course, we must not publicly state it.

"In this world now, the main thing is to get the United States, and everything is done, and all the problems will no longer exist."

"Do our best to prevent the formation of the imperialist encirclement network against us. If we can't do it, we will postpone it. What's more, we are not at a loss in this transaction. The motherland's tin mines are concentrated in the Far East, and the cost of synthetic rubber is also much higher than Imports, of course we can't give up our own resources and technology, are needed, but if imperialism wants to sell the noose? Why should we refuse?"

"Why not?" At No. 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Attlee also made a statement on the report. Isn't it normal that the Kremlin got the news before 10 Downing Street?

But this did not delay Prime Minister Attlee's pleasure. Due to the current law, the government should not interfere in the trade of enterprises. After all, Rolls-Royce itself is willing to facilitate this transaction.

Aaron Wilson suggested raising the difficulty and testing the bottom line of the Soviet Union. Attlee strongly agreed. Although currently Malaya's tin ore and rubber are mainly exported to the United States, why should the Soviet Union object to it if it needs it?

And it is no secret that the Soviet Union has synthetic rubber technology. Since the Soviet Union has such technology, what is the point of the blockade?

As the Prime Minister of the British Empire today, Attlee has no interest in thinking about nonsense romantic love stories. He only wants to make money now. Nationalization requires huge investment. Now that British India is about to become independent, the expenditure on maintaining British India has been reduced at the same time. , and it must be possible to make money at will, as before.

If the Soviet market can open its arms to the British Empire in a sense, it can be cushioned to a certain extent.

Attlee's cabinet has been trying to broker the deal, given the huge amount of government spending now. Although the British Empire must be wary of the Soviet Union, it does not mean that the ruble should be hated.

So Alan Wilson set out from London, ready to have a good fight with the Soviets, and the final destination was Greater Berlin. But Alan Wilson briefly stopped in Bonn halfway through.

In today's Germany, the occupied areas of the four countries still exist, all under the control of their respective military committees. The currencies of the major occupation areas are also different. The United States and France have issued temporary currencies in their respective occupation areas.

The Soviet Union is very active, using the Reich Mark of the Third Reich to continue to be the currency of circulation.

As for the British-occupied area, it is quite special at present. It is not that there is no currency, but the rationing system is mainly implemented. In fact the present Germany is no different from the Germany just after the war.

Although the United States invested far more money than Britain and France, it did not have much effect. Because the British-occupied area is the main industrial area in Germany, and many companies have restarted operations, the partial recovery of the industry has created a siphon effect to a certain extent. The same is true of the population and wealth, so although the United States has invested a lot of money, it has been absorbed by the partially restored industries in the British-occupied areas.

Today's British cabinet is the Labour government, and after so many years of training Mazhe, he has also gained some enthusiasm. In the end, the United States invested more money in the US-occupied area, but it was still similar to the British-occupied area. A little bit of vicissitudes, but the British-occupied area is much stronger than it was two years ago. At present, Alan Wilson's working relationship has been transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the level of Deputy Secretary-General.

After arriving in Bonn, Pokina was taken aback, but she immediately let Alan Wilson stay, prepared food that men like and asked, "Is there a job this time? Or come to see us?"

"It's hard to say anything." Alan Wilson opened his mouth and shook his head helplessly. This time his job was to betray the country, but it was not easy to tell the two dragoons about it.

After eating, Alan Wilson went to Anna's bedroom to visit his son. Not surprisingly, his dog-licking instinct broke out and apologized for what he had done to Anna before.

The raw rice has already been cooked, and now apologizing is not a price to pay. Although Anna is sitting on this man's lap, her face is full of grievances, and tears are rolling in her eyes, "What can I do? You are British, I'm just a girl from a defeated country, how can I have any dissatisfaction?"

"I'll be nice to you, I swear." Alan Wilson prayed, "you have to forgive me, for Hans' sake, please, okay?"