Both of them are completely newcomers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a new foreign minister and a new permanent deputy minister of the foreign ministry. The test is the same, and they need to face it together.

After a brief exchange, both of them agreed that although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the three major ministries, it is a thankless department. Nowadays, both the United States and the Soviet Union advocate decolonization. That said, the external situation is still quite grim.

"Just like France now, the protests have lasted for a long time." Harold Wilson pointed out that the difficulties in France now are due to the high investment in the Algerian war and the factors of the economic crisis, which led to this crisis.

"I also agree with the Minister's opinion." Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "It seems that this will be the first difficult problem for the Minister after taking office. I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should first find out the internal trends in France before making a decision. .”

This is the case for the foreign secretary, but is it not a test for Alan Wilson? The first thing is to figure out the current situation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been working overseas for a long time, and he must change his way of working after returning to London.

Edward Bridges also agrees with this point. Working in London is very different from working overseas, and it is most obvious in the degree of freedom. Alan Wilson also understands this. This may be the difference between the so-called Beijing officials and the border officials.

"We must safeguard the interests of our own department and at the same time establish a good relationship with the minister. If we cannot become friends with the minister like Norman, at least we must live in peace."

Edward Bridges said in the tone of a person who has experienced it, "Unless you have a conflict with the minister under normal circumstances, unless it is a mistake that leads to serious consequences, but different people have different ways of dealing with it, I will argue with reason, Norman face The same choices may not be made for the same things."

Homeland is different from overseas, at least for the current Alan Wilson, he can't think of replicating the deeds of Kuala Lumpur in London.

"I'll adjust my mentality." Alan Wilson replied gratefully. It's like the vast majority of people who write online novels think that they have great potential, and at the very least, they are underappreciated.

But it doesn't delay 90% of the writers, who can't earn a penny. After all, there is a gap between ideals and reality.

"You have to think about it. The minister has just taken office and is actually not familiar with diplomatic work. Now is the time to formulate a set of diplomatic concepts for the minister." Edward Bridges smiled gently, "Let Ministers have a platform on which to play."

"Indeed, this is the top priority now." Alan Wilson slapped his head. He has been doing administrative work in the colony. Now he should change his view and formulate a plan that is said to let the minister display a grand blueprint that does not exist.

At least in name, the United Kingdom is still a global empire, and its foreign policy is to cover the whole world. The three-ring diplomacy that is declared in name, or the two wings fly together in reality, are not the gains and losses of one city and one place.

The reason why the British Empire can become the British Empire is of course that diplomacy is too important. For hundreds of years, the United Kingdom has been trying to maintain a balance of power between the countries of the European continent: whichever side is weak, the United Kingdom will help it, and whichever side is strong, the United Kingdom will contain it.

As long as there is such a balance, countries on the European continent will automatically check each other, and Britain can sit back and relax.

But balanced diplomacy is just a rule, not the essence of diplomacy. Britain does not have the ability to plan for the distant future. In fact, it means taking a step-by-step look at the current situation. Because you are not sure about the distant future, it is impossible for you to find the precise position of that equilibrium point in advance. This equilibrium point can only be determined according to various current situations and conditions.

If there is currently one person in the UK who has this ability, he is a mere incompetent, and he is the permanent deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who has just taken office.

"It's time to be knighted." Seeing her husband come back and start throwing himself into the sea of ​​government again, Pamela Mountbatten put down her son and decided to launch a new route.

The youngest son squirmed towards his father on his stomach, successfully attracting Alan Wilson's attention with his clumsy appearance.

"My son." Alan Wilson, who picked up his son, had a kind face on his face, grimacing at the little guy.

Hmph... Pamela Mountbatten let out a low hum for no reason, with a look of apprehension on her face, "It's the son that matters, right?"

"This kind of accusation is unreasonable. You are as important as Pamela." Alan Wilson rejected the dirty water poured over and defended himself, "I have always attached great importance to family, and you are an existence that cannot be measured by anything to me. .”

"I know it sounds good!" Pamela Mountbatten rolled her husband's eyes, and then hugged her son who stretched out her little hand, "In the second week of May, I found a lot of people. You must know a hereditary The title is not easy to win, and many families have asked for help, but you don't seem to care."

"My heart is full of gratitude, and I clearly feel my wife's passionate love for me." Alan Wilson swore, with two words written all over his face, loyalty...

Immediately afterwards, he devoted himself to the formulation of foreign policy. Adapting to circumstances is the concept of British diplomacy. The most intuitive example is the Vienna Peace Conference after Napoleon's defeat.

In the later period of the Napoleonic Wars, France was doomed to lose, but the conflicts among Britain's three major allies, Russia, Prussia and Austria, intensified.

When Russia pursued Napoleon, its power had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Europe, and it was likely to replace Napoleon as the hegemon of the European continent. And Prussia wants to rely on Russia's power to expand its territory while suppressing Austria, so the possibility of forming a new alliance between Russia and Prussia after the war is increasing. In this case, the equilibrium point in Britain has changed.

Therefore, after defeating Napoleon, the European powers held the Vienna Conference to arrange post-war affairs, and British diplomacy underwent relatively large adjustments. The first is to no longer oppose France, but to insist on leniency towards France: France's status as a continental power must be preserved.

In this way, the allies of Britain were afraid and did not dare to move immediately. There is no need to completely defeat the enemy, but to keep them useful.

In addition, the weakest of the allies of the United Kingdom is Austria, and it is also particularly worried about the alliance between Russia and Prussia, so the United Kingdom has established a particularly close cooperative relationship with Austria, so that the United Kingdom has a helper to compete with Russia and Prussia .

In the end, through the Vienna Peace Conference, Britain formed a balance that was beneficial to Britain.

However, in Alan Wilson's view, adapting to changing circumstances is already a matter of the last era, and the current diplomatic work must make long-term planning.

First of all, a basis must be established, that is, it is almost impossible for wars between major powers to break out. Because no country can afford the consequences of a nuclear bomb, and Britain especially cannot.

Since a world war will not break out, the basis for today's allies tomorrow's enemies will not exist. The current situation will definitely be maintained for a long time, so it is not possible to consider adapting to the situation in a short period of time. Instead, it is necessary to clarify a diplomatic framework for what the UK needs, and then used for decades to come.

From a macro perspective, taking history as a mirror, the diplomacy of the British Empire in the nineteenth century was essentially centered on ensuring the security of British India, so a peripheral defense system was built.

Now that the Malayan colony has replaced the role of British India, and it can still make use of the surrounding Netherlands and Portugal, the strategy in the direction of Asia, since it is an inheritance of the protection of British India, is only replaced by Malay ya.

Harold Wilson also agreed with this point. Britain has transferred so many industries and used the pound zone to support it. When it is time to start harvesting, other countries must not allow other countries to separate the Malayan colony from Britain. No matter who is ready to attack!

"It is even possible to use Malaya as a base to carry out offshore balancing in Asia. During the time I worked in Malaya, I realized that maybe the Soviet camp is not as monolithic as the Americans said. Our side Judgment is correct~lightnovelpub.net~China is not a vassal relationship with the Soviet Union."

The specific content is in the one-pound report, and the foreign minister can read it slowly by himself.

"Of course, the far east is not urgent at the moment." Alan Wilson changed the subject, "Compared with other directions, Europe is still the top priority, and the current situation in France is quite worrying. We really I do not hope that there will be a repeat of 1789, which will have unpredictable effects on the whole of Europe."

The world economic crisis that started last year caused France's industrial production to drop by 5%. The United Kingdom continued to increase, and in terms of finance, France's total expenditure last year was 55.4 billion francs, with a deficit of more than 10 billion francs.

The huge fiscal deficit is naturally due to the need to support Algeria's military expenditures for the war, which has led to conflicts between the left and right factions in France. Since March, protests and marches have occurred from time to time. If there is no accident, France will change the government again.

"You mean, France may lead to the Soviet Union?" Harold Wilson questioned, full of disbelief.

"It's not that serious, but I'm very complicated about the current situation in France. The French can help Britain attract attention." Alan Wilson said with mixed feelings, "If the war ends so easily, the pressure will be all on Britain."

Whether to help the French is a difficult problem for Alan Wilson. If France is taken care of, Britain will not be able to support it.

"My dear, the Communist Party of France should be very complicated. Is there anyone I know?" After returning home, Alan Wilson asked Pamela Mountbatten. At the critical moment, his wife's contacts were more practical.

"You want to vote for the Communist Party?" Pamela Mountbatten gave a look of doubting whether her husband was reliable.

"How is it possible, I am one of us." Alan Wilson almost exploded in the face of this suspicion.