I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 82
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EP.82 Return of the Champion (2)
Because of the momentous matter of Britain’s entry into the war, we held meetings late into the night.
Not only key intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Security Command, but also officials from the Army, Navy, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unable to sleep, analyzing the situation and discussing future response strategies.
I kept falling asleep on the sofa and waking up.
Honestly, I was so sleepy that I couldn’t sleep and it was miserable.
Would you like some coffee?
After drinking a cup of the bitter Americano that the secretary brought me, I finally came to my senses a little.
People were still looking at the map and chatting about something, as if they weren’t tired.
“Why don’t you all get some sleep?”
“No, Your Majesty. I am still fine.”
These people had bright eyes, as if they had aged backwards.
If you keep doing that, you’ll end up dead in one room.
I sat my butt on the chair.
“What happened to the plan for disposing of the Axis powers after the war?”
Even if we discussed it with the Allies later, it was important to first organize our thoughts.
Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency Lee Kyung-ho explained.
“Yes. As for the division of Germany, we have come to the conclusion that it would be better for us to have military rule over southern Germany, for Britain to have northwestern Germany, and for the Soviet Union to have rule over the area east of the Elbe River.”
The conclusion is similar to the original translation.
When America comes in, the picture will become more similar.
Isn’t it?
“Why is the Elbe River the border with the Soviet Union?”
“It was to check Soviet influence. We concluded that if the Soviets took over the wealthy western German regions, their national power would rise to a level they could not handle.”
Well, for now, that conclusion might seem correct.
During the Stalin era, the Soviet Union’s economic growth rate was beyond imagination, and if given the chance, it would have caught up to the United States.
But my thoughts after seeing the future were different.
“The Elbe River is too far east. It’s too cheap compared to the Soviet contribution.”
If it was difficult to avoid Western containment, another method would be to plant a reliable tanker in the middle of Europe.
Of course, it was not good for the Soviet Union to monopolize Central and Eastern Europe, so coordination was necessary.
I pointed to the Weser River, west of the Elbe River.
“The western border of the Soviet Union is the Beser River.”
People were very surprised by those words.
If the Soviet Union advances to the Weser River, half of Germany will be swallowed up by the Soviet Union.
It was not surprising that he was shocked.
“Your Majesty, I think you are allowing the Reds too much.”
Of course, Stalin would not receive that much if I offered to give the Soviet Union all the German lands up to the Weser River.
However, as we gave Moscow more power, it was inevitable that the Soviet Union would take more German territory.
“Instead, the Czech Republic should do its part for the West.”
Instead of the Soviet Union protruding greatly to the west, the West also protruded to the east.
By increasing the area where their teeth meet, the numerically superior Soviet Army will have more room to exert its power.
To that extent, the West had no choice but to suffer from the threat of the Soviet Union.
“If we exchange the Czech Republic and the Weser River.”
People looked at the map again, holding up the topic I had thrown out.
“Is your Majesty’s intention a confrontation between the Soviet Union and the West?”
“These two are destined to clash anyway. Who will be laughing as their clash intensifies?”
Everyone knew the answer.
It was Korea.
Instead of giving the Soviet Union a similar industrial power as the original one, it creates more friction.
I was thinking of coordinating the before and after in this way.
“Did you have any opinions about Italy?”
“There were many opinions that it would be better to leave Italy as it is.”
I agreed with that too.
It was not because Italy was pretty, but because dividing them would have a negative impact on the post-war structure.
The only way to divide Italy is to split it into a north-south structure, but if you divide the peninsula into north and south, the Communists will take the valuable north.
Such dynamics were not very conducive to the balance of power in Europe.
I also heard from my seat opinions on dispositions of Axis members such as Hungary.
Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria nodded, thinking that it would be right to join the Soviet sphere of influence.
The problem was Greece, and these guys decided to hand it over to the British.
The next issue was about the disposition of collaborating countries that cooperated with the Axis powers.
A representative country was France.
“Everyone agreed that France should not be the victor.”
There was no particular reason.
If we acknowledge France’s position, our share will fall accordingly.
And I wasn’t close enough to Paris to support it even at the risk of losing money.
Rather, if things had gone wrong over the Indochina issue, they would have gone wrong.
“I agree with you, gentlemen. Let’s deal with the French issue.”
The Axis problem Next is the question of how much contribution we will make on the European front.
First, deploying military force was essential to obtain the target stake.
“The opinion of each army was that it would be best to deploy up to ten divisions to the Western Front.”
“Will that be enough to get our share?”
To be honest, it was too much.
Even if we can’t do that, we should send 30 divisions to get a decent share.
“We plan to make up for the shortfall by deploying troops from the Eastern Front.”
yes.
There was a way to send troops directly into the Soviet Union.
“Finally, the ‘Plunder Plan’.”
Assuming Germany’s defeat, we planned to steal technology, manpower, and industrial facilities from Europe.
In fact, if not now, there would have been no opportunity to catch up with Europe’s technological prowess.
‘Did you say that Germany suffered a loss of hundreds of billion dollars due to the plunder of talent and technology from the Anglo-Americans?’
We may not be able to swallow all of that trillion dollars, but even if we swallowed just 5%, Korea’s future would be secure.
The Security Service and the Central Intelligence Agency came to a conclusion after thinking all night about how to plunder people, technology, and factories in the process.
Those who cannot be persuaded are kidnapped.
It was radical, but it worked.
Didn’t the communists use intellectuals who don’t cooperate like this?
“That’s great.”
Applause broke out spontaneously.
After hearing the whole story, I felt reassured because it seemed like a plan for the future had been made.
Now that our position has been roughly sorted out, we have decided to send a telegram to the British side.
“Dear Prime Minister Anthony Eden. I, Lee Sung-joon, the Prime Minister of Korea, send greetings to Your Excellency. Korea is honored to stand as a staunch ally of the British Empire in this war… .”
That’s enough of the long modifiers, and here’s the main point.
“How about coordinating our positions among fellow ‘capitalist countries’ in advance?”
It was a conversation about kissing before sitting down at the table with the Soviet Union.
The British Prime Minister sent an immediate reply.
“We must not allow the image of communists gaining too much power to emerge.”
Of course, I agree.
“The Mediterranean is a vital interest of the British Empire. We want this core interest to be respected.”
“Then, please listen to our opinion as well.”
They exchanged warm interests and discussed how to speak out against the Soviet Union.
Anthony Eden.
He was a really good person.
We communicate really well.
After I finished reading the British Prime Minister’s telegram, I picked up the phone.
“I would like to send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Secretary-General Stalin.”
Unfortunately, I was a two-timing person.
If I could grow up while trusting the West, I wouldn’t have done this.
But that’s not it.
Japan, which was educated in democracy and raised as a model student by the United States, was also threatened when it grew in size, so the West immediately beat it up like a dog.
Moreover, Korea was a threatening Asian powerhouse that had no democratic education and was not even under the slightest Western influence.
Will you look favorably on me if I listen to you?
No way.
The international community does not revert to such naive calculations.
Even though I have twisted my body and twisted my arms so far, it is not enough to avoid a check such as an economic war.
So, I had no choice but to calculate my way of living in advance.
“Secretary Stalin, I would like the two countries, Korea and the Soviet Union, to make advance arrangements for the post-war period.”
Stalin was also good at talking.
The problem is that he is a communist and his words can go back and forth at any time, but he knows how to speak rationally and accept it.
“Will you consider increasing our share in Germany?”
“The Soviet Union was the country that had the largest stake in the Great German War, so it is only right that it should receive dividends.”
Instead, countries like the Czech Republic are in a difficult position.
They weren’t even an Axis power.
Oh, what about Poland, which has never been talked about before?
Well, I don’t even know if there is such a country.
The preliminary discussions with the ‘Allies’ were in fact a formality.
However, it was enough to see the outline of what kind of concept each person had and what kind of future they were looking at.
Korea showed its vision.
Not long after, we sent our foreign ministers to Moscow for a three-way meeting.
It was a new Moscow Tripartite Conference that did not exist in the original version.
As a result of the meeting, we came to the following joint position:
“There will never be a separate peace treaty with the Axis powers.”
“We demand only unconditional surrender from the Axis powers.”
“The Allies cooperate on equal footing.”
We resolved on the spot to destroy the axis.
It was a truly bizarre moment when a trinity of an authoritarian military dictatorship, a liberal democratic regime, and a communist dictatorship raised the sword of justice for the world.
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