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Chapter 1,402 Obsession with Power

Nelson Rockefeller nodded, and then asked his assistant to take Alan Wilson to visit Rockefeller Center. He had the idea of ​​​​allowing the guests to see my country.

Rockefeller himself was the leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, and since Taft's defeat during the Eisenhower era, McCarthy had become the leader of the conservative wing.

Of course, this does not mean that the Taft family has lost its influence. Alan Wilson, who visited Rockefeller Center, remembered that the governor of Ohio in the 21st century was a descendant of the Taft family.

Regardless of the fact that the United States is an electoral country and the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, there are many political families in the United States that are more than a century old. There may not be many presidents from the two generations of Bush and his son, but there are too many focusing on the governors and congressmen.

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Conservative leader McCarthy and moderate leader Rockefeller had a great chat. At the same time, he did not forget his friends who went out to visit. "Allen came to the United States this time because of the situation in South Asia."

"I know!" Rockefeller had already heard what Kissinger said, and then got the same answer from McCarthy, saying that he already knew the purpose of coming. "The British actually have the basis for intervention. Malaya is not far from South Asia, but look

Considering the positions of India and Pakistan, the UK still tries to stand on India's side, which is different from us."

The discussion of the situation in South Asia was not the focus of the two factions. Rockefeller was still more concerned about domestic cooperation. Strictly speaking, Nixon was a conservative flag, but it was nothing compared to McCarthy.

It was only because of McCarthy's original remarks that the election committee supported Nixon. As for Rockefeller, the moderate leader, as he himself said, many people were still afraid of the surname Rockefeller.

By the 1970s, in the era of the five Rockefeller brothers, the Rockefeller family was far more powerful than its old rival Morgan.

It can be said that the Rockefeller family has never established such a big advantage over the Morgan family. This is also related to the general leadership ability of this generation of the Morgan family, but no one denies that the influence of the five Rockefeller brothers is indeed strong enough.

This is exactly the opposite of what happened when Morgan Jr. led the Morgan family into its heyday during the Great Depression, but it was precisely because of this reputation that many obstacles appeared on Rockefeller's path to the presidency.

In fact, Rockefeller was even more surprised when he heard the suggestion to join if he couldn't beat him. In his understanding, McCarthy was even harder to talk to than himself. Although he had achieved results in the southern states in the election against Lyndon Johnson, he was still unable to change the Republican Party.

The election committee should be reluctant to recommend it.

"Actually, after my conversation with Allen, it is not impossible to do this. He is the leader of Whitehall and has watched many general elections from an objective perspective." McCarthy did not hide Allen Wilson's suggestions. Although the British political system

It is different from the United States, but it can be used as a reference.

After listening quietly, Rockefeller also felt that it made sense. Nixon was already the current president. Without any important changes, there was no possibility of anyone challenging Nixon within the Republican Party.

McCarthy had comforted himself that he was no longer obsessed with the president, but he didn't. He still wanted to give it a try, even if he was the vice president.

In terms of wealth, as the contemporary leader of the Rockefeller family, he naturally possesses incalculable wealth, but he lacks the authority to stand at the highest level in his life.

This is different from McCarthy who came from an ordinary family and had to work hard at every step. Rockefeller was born with wealth, so he was particularly keen on political status.

Alan Wilson knew this mentality. Historically, Rockefeller happily accepted Ford's appointment as vice president, which shows that being president has almost become Rockefeller's obsession.

Otherwise, with Rockefeller's status as the governor of New York State, there is no need to be a mascot in people's eyes.

How many de facto vice presidents are there in the United States? Anyway, Alan Wilson thought about it, and only Cheney, who was under George W. Bush, became the de facto vice president because of his harmonious relationship with Bush.

Under normal circumstances, the vice president is a mascot, so McCarthy directly refused and expressed his disinterest, so it was natural.

After visiting Rockefeller Center, Alan Wilson returned to Rockefeller's office and saw the two of them with smiles on their faces. It seemed that they had a good conversation. This further confirmed the previous judgment. Rockefeller almost wanted to achieve success in politics.

If you're crazy, you can't do it as a positive person, but you can do it as a deputy one.

In this way, if the Watergate incident still exists, then the person who takes over Nixon's position will be Rockefeller. In fact, for Rockefeller, it is not necessarily a bad thing. The laws of history will not have major twists and turns just because one person is changed.

Hundreds of billions of dollars will still be a big issue at that time.

Just as Alan Wilson asked himself about the contrast of later generations' memories, he had to watch the independence of British India and package up the colonies piece by piece for cash. Doesn't he want to maintain the sphere of influence of the British Empire? Of course he does, but it's not impossible to do it.

So, we can only scrape the ground ruthlessly to ensure a smooth transition in the local area.

The debt of more than 2 billion US dollars is almost driving the United Kingdom to hang. Alan Wilson is really driving the Indians to hang. Not to mention that the current over-issuance of US dollars is on a scale of 400 to 500 billion.

"Allen, you have a good friend." Rockefeller was obviously in a good mood and expressed his good attitude toward cooperating with the Mountbatten Group for McCarthy's sake.

Rockefeller was an American, and everything he accepted was American. In his eyes, wealth was more important than power. It was just that he was born with wealth, so he particularly pursued power.

Although he himself is a special person, he believes that Alan Wilson also accepted instructions from the richest woman and came to discuss cooperation.

"I believe Pamela will be very happy." Although Alan Wilson is also a person who values ​​power more than wealth, but people have misunderstood, so let's just misunderstand him.

He really wanted to know how the world would be different the day Rockefeller became president, but he estimated that the impact would be limited. After all, he was the Republican candidate and would definitely adopt contractionary policies.

In fact, it is very simple. Just look at who was in power in the four wars with the highest casualties in which the United States participated in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

They are Wilson, Roosevelt Jr., Truman and Lyndon Johnson. What they have in common is that they all come from the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is far more radical than the Republican Party when it comes to waging war with foreign countries. They do not fight small wars, but only pick big ones.

Until he left Rockefeller Center, Alan Wilson was still thinking about whether the world situation would change drastically if Rockefeller became president. In the end, he was still confused, "Forget it, the Watergate incident may not happen yet. If it does, let's continue."

think."

"I followed you out, but you didn't see anyone." After opening the door, Monroe trotted and fell into the man's arms. Her mouth was full of complaints and she asked Alan where Wilson had been.

"I went to talk to American diplomats about returning to the United Nations." Alan Wilson lied seriously. He didn't talk even a word because the other party was not Kissinger. After all, he was also the Secretary-General of the British Joint Intelligence Committee.

Some sense of confidentiality exists.

What's more, Monroe had an opinion about McCarthy. Although this was not prejudice, McCarthy's image was indeed that, but Alan Wilson and McCarthy were friends, so he had to conceal the fact that he met McCarthy.

"To be honest, it is really unjustifiable that the United States always blocks a country with a population of 800 million. Sometimes I hate the U.S. government." Monroe said with emotion.

Alan Wilson's mouth twitched and he smiled bitterly and said, "You know, you are lucky to live in the UK, otherwise I really can't imagine what you would face."

"You said you could protect me." Monroe raised her head slightly and came close to Alan Wilson. Their cheeks were only one finger apart, and they could feel each other's breath.

"Of course!" Alan Wilson answered resolutely. He wanted to seize the power of the world and get drunk in the lap of a beautiful woman. This was just his tacky pursuit.

The United Kingdom is now following up on the diplomatic work of two major Asian countries at the same time. After returning to London, Alan Wilson received a report from South Asia about the reforms of the Indian Army by the Indian Chief of Staff. His main concern was to improve the welfare of the Indian Army. "This

Isn’t it the policy that Lao Xian worked so hard to abolish?”

He couldn't help but think about Modi abolishing the long-term service reform of the Indian army. Indian soldiers have a long history of long-term service, but many special welfare policies were formulated by Sam Manekshaw. Of course, it comes from the results of the India-Pakistan war.

Look, the care given to the army was effective and ensured the victory of this Indo-Pak war.

During a visit to the shipyard with Sir Charles, Chief of the Defense Staff, Alan Wilson also discussed India's military preparations and asked what the current British commander-in-chief thought of it.

"India actually still has such financial resources?" Marshal Charles was very surprised. This was not in line with the India he had in mind.

"For such a big country, how can we squeeze out expenditure? Just like the current shipbuilding industry, with the current shipyard facilities, we can start construction of eleven aircraft carriers at the same time. But there is no need!" Alan Wilson

With a look of pride on his face, this is better than the United States. American military shipbuilding is all American shipbuilding, and there are no civilian shipyards that can use it.

In today's world, another country that can use civilian shipyard facilities to build heavy-duty aircraft carriers to share costs is Japan, but Japan simply cannot do this. Japan's military shipbuilding industry is gone, and the United States cannot convert its military to civilians because

There are no people.

Japan cannot convert civilians into the military because it has no experience in military shipbuilding. Only Britain can do this.

"Alan, don't worry. Although I am from the Air Force, I will not block the construction plan of the escort fleet, although I don't know what the shield ship you are talking about is." Marshal Charles heard the hidden meaning and expressed that he
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