The U.S. president Kennedy met in the Oval Office of the White House, aged older than the man he had seen a few months earlier, with thinner hair and looser skin, drooping eyelids, reading a telegram from the U.S. military mission to the Soviet Union.
When the president heard footsteps, he looked up and saw Colonel Caton leading Hopkins and Kennedy in, and he raised his hand and pointed to the two chairs across from his desk: "Sit down." ” Kennedy and Hopkins sat down, both with their eyes on the president.
"Mr.
President, Ambassador Kennedy has agreed to run as Senator Truman's partner," Hopkins said. ” Roosevelt looked at Kennedy and smiled: "That's great, Joseph, you will become the best vice president in the history of the United States, and you will have a chance to become president in the future." ” Kennedy, "Mr.
President," felt that he should say something grateful to Roosevelt, but suddenly felt a tremendous pressure fall on him, and his good mood disappeared at once.
"Joseph," Roosevelt smiled bitterly at Kennedy's changing expression, "I think you know it's not a good job, who left me with a mess, and I'm going to be the worst president in the history of the United States of America." ” He paused and sighed, "But at least not the last" "Sir," Kennedy asked, "I'm not going to be the last vice president."
Roosevelt tilted his head and said, "Actually, this possibility exists."
He handed the telegram in his hand to his adjutant, Colonel Caton, "to Ambassador Kennedy." ” "Yes, sir."
The telegram copy reached Kennedy, and he found that it was only a short sentence.
According to reliable sources: the Red Army's Warsaw Army Group drove out of Warsaw on May 18 and surrendered to the German forces besieging them Another 50.6 million Soviet troops are about to become Russian troops, Kennedy's heart is sinking, he is now an expert on European issues, and of course he knows what the great surrender of the Red Army means The current Soviet-German war has turned into a Soviet-Russian civil war.
For the vast majority of Soviet officers and soldiers, what difference does it make to replace the red flag with a sickle and hammer for the Russian tricolor, and the fatherly leader with the little mother Olga Therefore, once the overall situation of the war is clear, the defection incidents will certainly be staged one after another like dominoes.
The "Soviet Russian Civil War" will also be quickly divided into winners and losers because of the large number of Red Army defections to the White Army.
"Leave it to us," Roosevelt said, "no, I think there is not much time left for you, and there is not much bargaining chip in the hands of the United States." ” "There's still some chips," Kennedy mused.
"What is it?"
Roosevelt asked, "is it the North Pacific route to the Soviet Union?"
"It's just a bargaining chip."
Kennedy said, "As things stand, it doesn't seem to matter. ” In fact, Germany does not want the United States or Japan to pinch this lifeline of aid to the Soviet Union at all, otherwise there will be too many Russian lords in the European Community "What about Australia and New Zealand," Roosevelt asked, after a pause, "I have heard that there was an agreement between Germany and Japan to give it to Japanese rule." ” "There's such a thing," Kennedy looked at the president with some surprise, "Mr.
President, where did you hear the news?"
Roosevelt shrugged his shoulders and did not answer Kennedy's question, but continued to ask: "So what do the Germans think of Japan and Australia, how big is Japan in their ideal world map, and who does Australia belong to?"
Kennedy thought about it, he was ambassador in Europe for peace negotiations with the European Community and the Roman Empire.
The main focus was not on the East, but he had heard a lot about the future of the world from the Germans or the Romans.
"In the minds of the Germans, Japan could get the Philippines, French Indochina, the Dutch East Indies, British Burma, Siam and up to Malaya."
Kennedy pondered and replied, "Not only Australia and New Zealand can't give Japan, but also New Guinea and all the islands in the South Pacific can't give Japan." ” Roosevelt smiled imperceptibly: "Is it a neutral zone there?"
"No, it's the territory of the European Community," Kennedy replied in the affirmative.
"Germany supported Japan's invasion of Australia before Britain turned to Germany, but then Germany's position quickly changed and it became its responsibility to defend European territory in the East."
"That's not a responsibility, it's hegemony and interests," Hopkins chimed in, "Before taking Britain, Germany was only looking at Europe, and after Britain succumbed, Germany wanted to dominate the world."
Now Germany wanted not only to unify Europe, but also to inherit the global hegemony of the British Empire. ” "Is that so," Roosevelt asked Kennedy.
"I think so."
Kennedy replied.
"So what position will Japan have in a world ruled by Germany," Roosevelt asked.
"Japan must obey," Kennedy said.
"Perhaps, as they did before under the rule of the British, perhaps Germany will be a better master than the British."
Kennedy, who was at the center of European diplomatic activity, could certainly feel the changes in Japan-Germany relations after 1943.
From the time Hirschmann proposed the European version of the Lend-Lease add-on, Germany sought to dominate Japan rather than treat Japan as an equal partner.
At the same time, after Britain formally became a member of the European Community, Germany's position on Australia was reversed, retracting the Cairo Declaration's position of allowing Japan to get involved in New Zealand, and not forcing the government in London to sign the peace treaty proposed by Japan.
In other words, from a legal point of view, Japan and London, England, are still at war After Olga returned to Petrograd and made clear Russia's position on European integration, relations between Japan and Germany became even colder.
It is clear that with the prospect of acquiring the eastern territories of Russia and the British colony of Australia, the German-led European Community will no longer be a European country, but will become a world empire that has never been seen before in human history.
Japan can only become a vassal of this world empire, not a partner that can fight against each other.
Roosevelt sneered and asked, "If we make a condition of withdrawing from Australia and New Zealand in exchange for Japan withdrawing its troops from the Hawaiian Islands, and making peace between Japan and the United States."
What will Germany think" "What Mr.
President, you want to make peace with Japan" Kennedy was taken aback by Roosevelt's words.
At present, the mainstream public opinion in the United States hates Japan to the core, and the issue of negotiating peace with Germany can be openly discussed, and it cannot be defeated anyway, but making peace with Japan is almost taboo, and Roosevelt would be committing political suicide if he wanted to do so.
"Joseph, I'm asking how Germany will view the two issues of peace between the United States and Japan and the withdrawal of the United States from Australia."
Roosevelt asked in an accentuated tone.
"Germany, Germany will be against."
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Kennedy said, "Germany will firmly oppose Japan's independent peace, and at the same time will declare that the sovereignty of Australia and New Zealand belongs to the European Community." ” "What if Japan attacks Australia after we withdraw from it," Roosevelt asked with a laugh.
"Japan doesn't dare."
Kennedy shook his head.
"Why" "Because Germany will threaten war" "Will it be" Roosevelt raised an eyebrow with an interested expression.
"Sure," said Kennedy, "is more than 7 million square kilometers of fertile land, and it is absolutely impossible for the Europeans to cede to Japan."
Moreover, the white people of Australia and New Zealand would not accept Japanese domination, preferring to speak German rather than Japanese. ” It would be very easy for the European Community to bring Australia and New Zealand under its banner, which was originally a British Dominion, and once the United States withdrew, then Australia and New Zealand would have to rely on Europe for security, otherwise it would fall into the hands of Japan sooner or later.
And if the Australian and New Zealand whites were to choose a side between Germany and Japan, they would of course support Germany Roosevelt craned his neck and laughed, "So do we, we can also speak German as a second language after English."
In fact, a lot of Germanic blood flowed in the veins of the Americans.
Even my ancestors were lowland, Germanic, Holland and Belgian, and if the Germans could see the Slavs as part of Europe, then we Germans and Anglo-Saxons-Saxons were actually descendants of the Germanic people, and of course part of Europe.
We can speak German, but Japanese people can't.
Japan and Germany belong to two different civilizations, and this is a confrontation of civilizations, just as the confrontation between European Christians and the Middle East for the past 1,400 years. ” He looked at Kennedy, "Joseph, do you understand my thoughts now?"
"I see," Kennedy nodded, "you want Japan to remain de facto neutral in the event of a decisive battle between us and Germany." ” Speaking of this, Kennedy's brow furrowed again: "But we negotiated peace with Japan, and also made a condition to give up Australia and New Zealand, even if it is false, we will give it to others." ” Roosevelt smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Joseph, the United States is not as inflexible as you think.
Whether it is the Republican Party bigwigs or the Wall Street tycoons, they now know that once the Soviet Union is finished, even if the war is lost, if they don't really want to learn German, the United States now has to think about how to get out of the war with dignity and keep our rights and interests in the Americas.
So they're going to be confused on this issue, or they're going to impeach me, the president who is going to step down in a few months, and put themselves in the position of probably the last president or congressman of the United States of America." t1706231537: