"Intelligence about Kosygin's reforms in Moscow." Richard White, the head of MI6, arrived at the Cabinet Office and took out the information Alan Wilson needed.

"Oh, thank you. Let's see what good stuff our enemies have come up with. Maybe we can learn from it too." Alan Wilson smiled and expressed his gratitude, then looked very interested and pointed to the corner.

, "There's coffee over there, Richard, just make it yourself."

"Thank you!" Richard White is no stranger to having a water dispenser in the most authoritative office. It also has a heating function and is very novel in design.

Of course, this kind of water dispenser was designed by him. It was often used in school in his previous life. He has applied for a patent in the UK and has now become a mass product in the world of marketing. If the hair loss rate in the UK drops, it will really

We should thank him for this supreme authority.

"Secretary-General, you have always been concerned about the developments in the Soviet Union." Richard White took the coffee and helped himself to enough food and clothing, and did not forget to talk to his immediate boss.

"For such a powerful country, it would be a dereliction of duty for us not to care about it." Alan Wilson flipped through the documents. In fact, the Soviet Union in this era had a good reputation.

Of course, there are black spots, and they are talked about over and over again, but they are innocuous. The most basic reason is that the Soviet Union is still alive.

If the Soviet Union were to perish tomorrow, then we in the free world would be rude. The innocuous black spots will inevitably turn into irreversible black spots. There is a TV series that says, "Why don't we support Afghanistan, because the Soviet Union is too strong?"

Already."

The difference in national power resulted in treatment. Both Britain and the United States hated the Soviet Union, but as long as the Soviet Union said it wanted to relax, Britain and the United States would definitely say that relaxation was correct and avoid direct confrontation with the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviet Union was not able to defuse by moving toward detente. At least it was impossible for the Soviet Union to stop problematic countries in the same camp, such as a certain major country that had been disobeying orders.

At present, the relationship between a certain major country and France, a problem country in the free world camp, is advancing by leaps and bounds, and there seems to be a trend of convergence. Especially recently.

Take the Vietnam War as an example. Although the United Kingdom did not send troops, it still supported the United States at the diplomatic level. Take a look at French President De Gaulle's attitude towards Vietnam? De Gaulle delivered a speech strongly condemning the United States' aggression in Vietnam, and then urgently summoned former French Prime Minister Etc.

Degas Faure and asked him to visit various countries to explain France's position.

France's blatant opposition to the United States' Vietnam policy was summed up in the eyes of Washington in one sentence: France is opposing the United States in all fields and at all levels.

The Soviet Union is undergoing reforms. This is a fact that can be made clear from public channels. The UK is also very concerned about this matter and can learn from each other's strengths. What's more, it is now a Labor government and is also carrying out some nationalization initiatives, such as the water supply, which is now being steadily advanced.

Nationalization of the system.

After Brezhnev came to power, he made clear requests to the Soviet economic community, hoping that they would start discussions on how to revitalize the Soviet economy. With Brezhnev's support, the Soviet economic community responded enthusiastically, the most prominent of which was undoubtedly

Lisichkin published the article "Revisions of Life". The article believed that it is extremely unreasonable to regard planned economy as the only means of national economic development. Only by combining planning with the market can sustainable economic development be achieved.

Just combine planning with the market? Look, isn't this similar to the way we combined the advantages of the two systems during the Attlee period?

With the support of Brezhnev, Kosygin, Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, began the economic reform of the Soviet Union. The economic reform of the Soviet Union presided over by Kosygin has been carried out in full swing in the Soviet Union. It is reported that at that time, there were a total of 43,000 people in the country.

Thousands of enterprises adopted the New Economic Policy, accounting for 94% of the total industrial output value of the Soviet Union, which is not insignificant.

Enterprises have the autonomy to use funds for large-scale production and at the same time establish enterprise funds for their own disposal. On the other hand, the economic reforms presided over by Kosygin allow enterprise members to obtain material satisfaction through the reform of the salary system of enterprise members.

And a completely accounting policy that is completely close to the market.

Of course, if the Soviet Union did this kind of thing, it would be called Soviet revisionism, but if it were done by another country, it would be different. It would be called reform and opening up. The so-called double standards are everywhere.

"Can we think of ways to create new economic growth points in Eastern Europe?" Alan Wilson had to frown. Britain's current economy has once again reached a bottleneck. The colonies in its hands that are worthy of development have been developed, and there is no hope for a thankless future.

will change.

Once the economic growth is insufficient, you can see that former Prime Minister Eden worked so hard on diplomacy and the voters did not buy it, and you will know that economic problems are the fundamental issue. When Harold Wilson came to power, he had to focus on the economic card. After all, the status of a world power

It cannot be eaten as food.

This time Kosygin's reform was obviously an opportunity. Alan Wilson told Richard White, "There is still a lack of information on the economic exchanges between Italy and the Soviet Union in recent years."

"I'll have someone send it over right away." Richard White nodded. The economic exchanges between Italy and the Soviet Union are an open fact, but what does the supreme authority want from this?

Naturally, it emphasizes the role of expanding economic ties with the Soviet Union. If Britain wants to go further, it must try to return to its traditional sources of raw materials, such as Eastern Europe.

The current situation is very simple. France and the Soviet bloc are not clear about it. Italy and the Soviet bloc are secretly communicating. The Germans have not made any move, but Alan Wilson knows that the Germans will soon promote the Eastern Policy, because Western Europe has begun to develop on its own.

Peaked.

The per capita incomes of European countries and the UK are getting closer and closer, and the UK cannot sit aside and watch indifferently.

This problem cannot be solved by relying on nationalization alone. Furthermore, the Soviet Union has begun to reform. Can't Britain achieve a win-win situation through the Soviet Union's reforms?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Italy did not dare to provide technical equipment to the Soviet Union in a big way. They kept the cooperation between the two parties within a controllable range. The cooperation between the two parties was mainly concentrated in the field of civilian industry. Italy put refrigerators

, automobiles, steel pipes and other products were exported to the Soviet Union, and part of the production technology was transferred to the Soviet Union, in exchange for huge amounts of foreign exchange and abundant resources from the Soviet Union.

The most typical one is the Soviet automobile industry. It can be said that most of the Soviet automobile industry is due to Italy. The most famous Lada car prototype in the Soviet Union is the Italian Fiat car. In return, the Soviet Union not only paid a large amount of real money to Italy.

Gold and silver, purchasing a large amount of goods and technology from Italy, and also exporting oil, natural gas and other resources to Italy at preferential prices.

France is not far behind in this regard. Many technical standards in the Soviet Union are French. With these two countries competing to sell out the free world, the UK will just watch?

"Of course we want to rebuild economic and trade relations." Harold Wilson pondered for a moment and said, "Does Kosygin's reform mean that the Soviet Union has started to turn to some extent?"

"This cannot be judged immediately, but France and Italy have continued to export technology to the Soviet Union. In recent years, the country's development speed has been approaching that of the United Kingdom. It would be foolish for us not to have any movement." Faced with the Prime Minister's question, Alan Wilson replied

, "It is a pity that we do not have a Xiangjiang in the Soviet Union, but there are not without roundabout ways. For example, through Finland, the Prime Minister also knows that Finland is very close to Leningrad, the economic center of the Soviet Union. We can cooperate with Finland.

Establish economic and trade relations in the economic center of the Soviet Union."

"The problem now is the United States. In fact, we all know that the United States also contained the United Kingdom after the war. For a period of time, we were very hard. But after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the degree of containment seemed to be smaller, and since Charles de Gaulle

After coming to power, the target of the United States' containment in the free world has obviously turned to France. Currently, France and the United States are at loggerheads over the issue of the US dollar. In this case, there may be a way.",

Harold Wilson was very interested in any method, but of course he couldn't make it too obvious. After all, this was an internal struggle in the free world.

"It is a fact that France and Italy have developed economic and trade relations with the Soviet Union. We use this to accuse the two countries and see how the Americans react. If the United States adopts a default attitude, there is no reason for the United States to ignore France and Italy and continue to fight with the United Kingdom alone.

Already."

Taking advantage of the current bad relationship between France and the United States, and adding fuel to the fire, if the United States appeases at this time, the United Kingdom will be welcome. The United Kingdom also wants the Eastern European market. The United Kingdom will not go too far. France and Italy can provide civilian technology.

Yes, it is not impossible for the UK to provide it.

Harold Wilson had a change of heart. The Conservative Party resigned because of poor economic development. Eden worked for a long time to mediate the war between India and Pakistan, and to contain Indonesia, but it didn't work. He still lost the election this time.

Almost a hundred seats?

"We really cannot act rashly!" Harold Wilson agreed with the Cabinet Secretary-General. "Then let Washington give an explanation for France and Italy's betrayal of the free world."

If there is no explanation for this statement, then if the two can do it, why can't the UK do it? It just so happens that the UK is still having a verbal war with France over France's currency remarks. It is not impossible to continue to expand the war of words.

France says Britain is America's Trojan horse in Europe, and Britain says France undermines the unity of the free world.

Now is the time to escalate this war of words. While the big brother of the free world is busy with the war, Britain's criticism of France has suddenly reached a new level. British newspapers have connoted that France is the invisible ally of the Soviet Union and has handed over countless technologies to freedom.
Chapter completed!