British Civil Servant

The emergence of the French-occupied area was greatly facilitated by the United Kingdom. At present, the war has not officially ended. And the United States, which is the strongest at present, is not as prepared as the future world hegemon.

It is still in the stage of smearing how much the world will gain in the future, and even Alan Wilson can guess whether the United States is targeting the former world hegemon, the British Empire, or swallowing Eastern Europe with a big victory. The book USSR? It's hard to talk about this.

Given that both Britain and France still have a large number of colonies, such hesitation within the US decision-making circle is quite normal. After all, no one can see the world in a few decades, and formulating policies is also a step-by-step approach.

This is also the reason why Churchill vigorously improved the status of France, and even urged France to enter the United Nations as a permanent member. To say that he is very optimistic about de Gaulle, neither the United Kingdom nor the United States have such thoughts, but as I said before, if they are not optimistic about de Gaulle, no one can suppress the French Communist Party.

The French Communist Party has nearly one million members and spreads all over the society. It is the undisputed largest party. Together with their family and friends, the potential force is a huge force in France, which has a population of just over 40 million.

As the representative of France, what I first started to discuss with Alan Wilson was the expected division of the French-occupied area, and when it would be possible to enter the occupied area.

"Pierre, we must restore a certain post-war order to Germany, right? Otherwise, it is useless to go in. At present, what we need to do in the two countries and the United States is to maintain the basic economic operation of the occupied areas." Alan Wilson crossed his fingers to talk about his difficulties, "Otherwise we will walk over, everything will go in, will the soldiers go in to graze? Military administration also needs time to restore order, even the Prime Minister and President Roosevelt can't do it."

"Well, while you were still at sea, President Roosevelt died of illness, and now the President of the United States is Truman." Eiffel, who was beside Alan Wilson, coughed softly and reminded in a low voice.

"The truth is still the same." Alan Wilson proved with practical actions that as long as he didn't feel embarrassed himself, it was others who were embarrassed. He was still at sea and didn't get to London at the time. I don't know how normal it is for the United States to change its president.

The French representative across the table did not pay attention to what was going on here. , we have one more thing, which is also a very loud voice in the government at the moment, if this matter can get the support of the United Kingdom, France will be very grateful."

"Pierre, please say it." Eiffel glanced at Alan Wilson and said encouragingly to the French across the table.

"On the issue of the Saar protectorate, the government strongly believes that the potential for war after Germany should be completely destroyed. This is the opinion of most people. On the matter of the French-occupied area, the United Kingdom is on our side and believes that Our allies will not refuse this," Pierre Le Mans said, staring at the reaction.

Alan Wilson glanced at each other. This topic was unexpected. He didn't know where the Thrall Protectorate was. Eifel asked someone to bring in a map. The British representative here was the only one Found what the other party said.

At the end of World War II, France's attitude towards Germany was exactly the same as at the end of World War I. Simply put: Germany must die! The main focus of France's post-war punishment of Germany was the disposal of the German Saar and Ruhr regions. And strongly opposed the establishment of a new German central government.

If you find a suitable template from history, you can also find it, which is the state before the reunification of Germany. The way the Holy Roman Empire is, is in the best interest of the French.

The Saar district is on the German-French border, next to the famous Alsace Lorraine. This place is very small, only less than 2,500 square kilometers, but it has a population of nearly one million. More importantly, it has nearly 10 billion tons of coal reserves and an annual output of 10 million tons. Once it is assigned to France, The production capacity of France in steel and coal will be comparable to that of Germany before the war, and the two countries will be on an equal footing in terms of industrial scale.

Even France is ready to speak. When France was strong in history, Germany’s predecessor, the Holy Roman Empire, suffered greatly. The Saar region has been occupied by France many times. The talk of occupying the Saar region has been since ancient times…

"Uh, Mr. Pierre." Alan Wilson turned his head and quickly organized the language, "As we all know, although Britain and France have not always appeared as allies, in the past 100 years, we have dealt with many wars together. Threats, from the Far East to Crimea, not to mention the two most recent world wars, so I don't want to say much about the relationship between the two countries. It's just that the issue of the Saar region is beyond my current authority. Foreigners must submit French comments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and wait for a reply, which is a necessary process."

"As Allen said, it's all necessary." Eiffel immediately took over the words and continued, "and this issue can be said to be very complicated. The main resistance at present is not London. London and Paris have blood. Friendship forged, but we don't know what the Americans mean. According to the negotiations at the Yalta Conference, the occupation of the partition, including Bavaria in southern Germany all the way to the German-French border, was under the control of the US military, and now the US military There is nothing we can do if we want to help.”

"In the final analysis, it may be necessary to communicate more with the Americans." Alan Wilson finally said a summary sentence, meaning that it is useless to tell us that the Saar area is currently occupied by American soldiers.

The U.S. military, not the British, is responsible for the occupation of the Saar region, and political incitement in the region is strictly prohibited. On the other hand, France's status among the Allies after World War II was far inferior to that of France at the end of World War I among the Allies.

Even if the UK is now trying hard to prove to the US and the Soviet Union that France is worthy of the status of a victorious country, it has achieved little.

Of course, the matter is not completely unsolvable. The other party just wanted to seek the understanding of the United Kingdom. Alan Wilson said, "It depends on whether General de Gaulle can win over the Saar area during the establishment of the French occupation area."

"I understand." Pierre Le Mans nodded. The French-occupied area was formed by dividing the British-occupied area and the American-occupied area. The British asked France to fight for it in the process. When the French-occupied area was divided, the The local area is assigned to the French occupation area.

For Alan Wilson and Eiffel, they were happy to push the issue to the Americans, who were hated by the Germans.