"Sir came to Berlin, there must be a lot of things to be busy, I don't know what I can do." Arnold said very kindly, "I believe that Whitehall is very concerned about the progress of the privatization of the GDR. I would like to Unreserved details."

"These things are of course to be concerned about. We are more concerned about the new atmosphere of the Democratic Germany. You know, Arnold. For many British people, Soviet cameras and Chinese film are also childhood memories of the public."

Middleton also said enthusiastically, "I hope that the Democratic Germany can also provide the goods that Britain desperately needs."

"Just as the plains of Russia are our cornfields, Canada and the Baltic our forests, Australia our pastures, Peru our silver mines, South Africa and Australia our gold mines, India our tea plantations , the East Indies are our sugar cane, coffee, spice plantations."

After listening to Arnold, Middleton corrected, "It seems that North America has been forgotten, but it doesn't matter, technology has advanced, and there are still many places that can play a role, just like Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are our oil depots, Rhodesia is our granary , Australia is our mine, Malaya is our industrial base, and the GDR is ours?"

"It's also an industrial base." Arnold laughed, "The secretary-general of the cabinet hopes that we will build the GDR into a dumping base facing Eastern Europe, just like Malaya's role in Southeast Asia. It will even radiate the entire South China Sea, obviously. Now the GDR cannot become such a role, and it still needs to continue to work hard.”

"I don't worry about your work." Middleton patted Arnold's shoulder and said, "In fact, the Secretary-General has always placed high hopes on you, and of course I do too."

Arnold nodded and asked what his father was doing, and Middleton didn't hide it, "The secretary-general is holding a meeting of economic experts and introducing an economic concept called real purchasing power. The application of ppp purchasing power is an old concept of Swedish economists. But we have to recognize the value of some of it. This is very suitable for the economic evaluation of Eastern European countries."

PPP purchasing power parity has existed for a long time, but it is true that it has been neglected for a long time. After all, the concept of GDP is only more than 20 years old. Now that the Cold War has ended and Europe is no longer a friend-or-enemy relationship, this concept is very suitable for promotion. Come out to appease the fragile self-esteem of Eastern European countries.

Allen Wilson discovered the huge value of maintaining stability from PPP purchasing power parity, but this set of concepts actually has loopholes, that is, it will greatly magnify the economic capabilities of countries with large populations.

This depends on the concept of PPP purchasing power parity. Whether other countries have accepted it or not, different countries will adopt different attitudes. They use it when they want to maintain stability, but they don’t believe it in their hearts.

For example, a big country and a famous big country have shown different attitudes towards ppp purchasing power parity in different time periods.

The difference is that after surpassing Japan, a certain big country soon stopped taking ppp purchasing power parity seriously. It seems that the famous big country can’t get rid of the concept of ppp purchasing power parity in a short time. This concept can at least make the famous big country like this thing.

At this stage, Alan Wilson wants to use this concept of economics in the political field, which is actually to maintain the stability of Europe. As for the huge amplitude effect on populous countries, he can't take care of it now.

"If the Mexican peso halved relative to the dollar, then GDP in dollars would also be halved. However, this does not mean that Mexicans are getting poorer. If income and price levels in pesos remain the same , and imported goods are not important to the standard of living of Mexicans, then the depreciation of the currency will not bring about a deterioration in the quality of life of Mexicans. This problem can be avoided if purchasing power parity is used.”

There must be an economic gap between Eastern Europe and Western Europe in Europe. No one denies this. This concept can make the economic gap in Europe not so large, so that it will not impact the psychological expectations of most Western European people. Let’s compare it now , to send a signal to this economic reform.

Regarding the position of leading Europe's future economy, the United Kingdom must do its part, although French President Mitterrand certainly disagrees, thinking that France is the country that leads Europe.

The two countries also have differences on how to lead Europe. Alan Wilson, listening to France, seems to want to carry out the eastward expansion of the European Community. Isn't this another opportunity to practice the special relationship between Britain and the United States?

The United Kingdom firmly opposes the eastward expansion of the European Community. Anyway, it is impossible to achieve it in a short period of time. It hastened to hit the French with a signal flare on the head to make the Americans pay attention to this rebellious boy.

When the cabinet secretary knows the economy better than me, the current trade war between Europe and the United States is still at a stalemate, and the French are firmly opposed to making concessions on agricultural and animal husbandry subsidies. Mrs. Thatcher called the Secretary-General of the Cabinet who pretended to be an economic expert, and asked for the opinions of professionals.

"I have no objection. The conditions proposed by the French were exchanged by the British at the beginning."

Alan Wilson shook his head, and heard the Prime Minister ask what the specific conditions are, "It is the scope of application of the trade treaty. The French must count the territory of North Africa. At the same time, the British conditions are similar, but because of the specific industry, the exchange provided The conditions are different. For example, Newfoundland was added to the fisheries agreement by the UK, and Rhodesia was added to the minerals and energy. The UK is at a disadvantage when it comes to commodity tariffs, and the Malaya part was not negotiated at the beginning.”

It's normal if we haven't talked about it. First of all, Malaya really has nothing to do with the framework of the European Community. If the French even agree to this point, it is basically the same as my Qing Dynasty. Of course, Britain still allowed France to give Malaya the same treatment for some commodities, which cannot be counted on.

When it comes to agriculture and animal husbandry, Britain can be said to have suffered some losses. Since Britain has suffered losses, if Britain helps the United States to compromise with the European Community under the current conditions, isn't that right?

The United Kingdom didn't even negotiate its own conditions at the beginning. If it helped the United States achieve its goal, would the previous agreement signed by the United Kingdom have to be reconsidered?

"It seems to make sense." Mrs. Thatcher nodded, and she touched on another topic, "What do you think about the popularity of Prince Alexander in Yugoslavia?"

"Of course I'm happy to see it come true. He was born in the UK. From the perspective of the UK, at least he will not object to him having a certain influence. As for the perspective of Yugoslavia? He is also a consensus of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia There is not much consensus.”

Of course, even if this is the case, Alan Wilson feels that it is still unlikely to restore the monarchy, unless the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom have a common position on this matter.

This common position, akin to the surrender of the Soviet Union to Britain with all remaining spheres of influence, was no easy feat.

On the Lithuanian issue, it was reported that the top Soviet leaders were planning to use force to solve the problem. Of course Mrs. Thatcher opposed it. Alan Wilson agreed that the use of force was extremely stupid. If you don’t come, then order the Soviet army to conduct military exercises in Lithuania, and if it doesn’t work, surround Lithuania with landmines, which Grace did in Rhodesia, and the effect is very good.”

"Should I say that it's a good thing you're not from the Soviet Union?" Mrs. Thatcher rolled her eyes. "What bargaining chips do we have to prevent the Soviet Union from solving the problem by force?"

"Apart from scolding them with newspapers, there is essentially no bargaining chip." Alan Wilson was not embarrassed. This was asked by the Prime Minister. Of course, he could only tell the truth. Otherwise, Mrs. Thatcher thought about it, what can Britain do? In fact, she couldn't think of it.

So sometimes, Alan Wilson hates these politicians very much. He obviously has nothing to do, and he still wants to go up? Isn't that asking for trouble?

"However, I also agree that you can follow the progress of the matter secretly, but there is no need to express the British position at the official level. After all, it seems that the Soviet Union has the upper hand, and we have nothing to do."

It’s okay to give money, but you can’t give too much. What the United States pays, Britain gives one-tenth of it. Public opinion can pay attention to it. As for other things, everything has a price, including justice.

"I suggest that we tentatively communicate with France and communicate with Moscow to see if the West Berlin garrisons of the two countries can appear in Berlin." Alan Wilson said that he can pretend that Britain is busy, and of course we must act together with France, so that There is an alibi.

"In order to show that we have no time to pay attention to Lithuania, so the British army should appear in the capital of the GDR?" Mrs. Thatcher couldn't help laughing~lightnovelpub.net~How did the other party think of bombing Warsaw?

"After all, we were allies in World War II and the Soviet Union. Isn't it okay to celebrate the end of the Cold War? As long as Moscow agrees, there is nothing that cannot be successful. There are not many reasons. It is not impossible to celebrate the October Revolution. The key is the British army. It should appear on the land of the GDR. The last visit by the prime minister was not enough. Once our military power can appear in the GDR. There will be one more way to prevent the reunification of Germany, and the military power is still reliable."

"By concentrating power on the GDR, we can avoid having to resort to acts that widely offend the citizens of the West Germany, as they did during the last energy crisis."

"Don't you offend the Federal Republic of Germany?" Mrs. Thatcher raised her eyebrows. "Well, if you can convince the Soviets."

Since Mrs. Thatcher did not object, Alan Wilson would not mind using some light industrial goods to buy the Soviet Union. To be honest, there is also a backlog of goods in Malaya. It depends on the opening up of a certain big country, otherwise the dividends of technology transfer would have been eaten up long ago.

(end of this chapter)

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