Chapter 1334 Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement

Where to take Britain, Alan Wilson has been thinking about this issue for a long time. He also understands the importance of education, but for the sake of his family, it seems that happy education is not unacceptable. Everyone hopes that their family can face less competition.

This is just like business rhetoric. Every public speech is an innovation, but the fundamental goal pursued by every company is monopoly. Saying one thing and doing another exists in every field.

The Prime Minister's original intention of promoting public education must be good. Just like happy education, in the beginning, apart from spending a small amount of money to do big things, it does not have to train most people into waste.

For students in public schools, they provide an education that “makes the best use of materials and talents.”

Let children who are passionate about a certain subject only spend enough time on other subjects to have a rough understanding of it. For example, for ordinary people, it is enough to have a rough understanding of junior high school mathematics, but for a person who likes mathematics, it may be enough to know a little classical Chinese, and there is no need to memorize it at all.

The Soviet education method spent a lot of time learning subjects that you didn’t like and were meaningless to you. Therefore, if you are not happy, most of the knowledge you learn will never be used in your lifetime.

Just because the original intention was good at the beginning does not mean that it evolved well. The public education system in the free world eventually evolved in the direction of educating students into waste.

"It's better to be worthy of the country." After careful weighing, Alan Wilson decided to use all his strength to help the Prime Minister. However, if Mrs. Thatcher came to power in the future and dismantled the public education system, it would be none of his business. The election would be This is good, even if there is a threat, it is temporary.

This time, his name was added to the list of people who went to Moscow to sign the agreement. When he stepped off the Moscow airport, Alan Wilson was filled with emotions. He remembered Britain in the 21st century and seemed to have been deeply impressed by the British public education for a certain period of time. The system was broken, so I went to a large country to investigate and try to rebuild the public education system. The BBC also filmed a documentary.

"Inspect the education system?" Fortseva muttered in astonishment, "That's really strange. Isn't the British education system very strong? Oxbridge is a world-famous university."

Fortseva served as Minister of Education of the Soviet Union. Although she now manages the Ministry of Culture, she has the acquiescence of other members of the Central Presidium and has her own influence in the education sector.

Because of the fall of the Iron Curtain, the economic and trade relations between Britain and the Soviet Union, and because of the special partnership between France and the Soviet Union, were once again put on the agenda of the Labor government. The Soviet Union also attached great importance to Britain's overtures.

Britain's absolute power now is definitely not as good as it was in 1945. The independent colonies now cover 7 to 8 million square kilometers, but they are still not something that can be ignored.

Under the enthusiastic care of the KGB, the British economic and trade team was divided into three and went to Leningrad, Belarus and Ukraine respectively. These are the three most important places for Soviet industry. After all, in the eyes of Moscow, the Slavic brothers are more reliable. .

Many of the goods inspected this time that are allowed to enter the British market originate in the Donbass region. This place is famous and its importance cannot be overstated.

As a member with a special status in the Soviet Union, Ukraine relies on the east of the Dnieper River to survive. Unlike many people who think that Western Ukraine relies on agriculture and Eastern Ukraine relies on industry.

Most of Ukraine's black soil belt is actually in Eastern Ukraine. Western Ukraine has neither industrial area agriculture nor is it a rival to Eastern Ukraine.

The reason why we have the impression that Western Ukraine relies on agriculture is because Western Ukraine has nothing to offer except agriculture. Without Eastern Ukraine, the remaining land can at best ensure that the locals can live in Romania, and this is based on everything going well.

The British inspectors had just entered Eastern Ukraine, and they saw endless stretches of black land. After several hours of train travel, the color of the land did not change at all.

The largest black soil in the world is located in the Soviet Union in terms of area.

If divided from the inside, most of it is actually within the territory of Russia. The black soil area in Ukraine is not large, but the climate is better than the black soil in Russia. The black soil in eastern Ukraine is enough to make Ukraine a big granary.

I have to say that the Soviet Union has put all the good things in Ukraine, which can be called top-notch treatment, but isn't it? Technically, it is relatively average, especially shipbuilding, which is Britain's dominant industry. Even if Ukraine is also the shipbuilding base of the Soviet Union, it cannot challenge Britain in this field.

"I said, can the KGB respect us? It's too obvious to follow us wherever we go." During a visit to the Soviet Ministry of Education, Alan Wilson found an opportunity to complain about the cultural czar. Even if we are against imperialism, we should not go too far and treat the British economic and trade inspection team as thieves.

Several inspection groups reported that they had found unidentified people following them. Alan Wilson felt that the Iron Curtain was well-deserved. This time, nearly a hundred people came from the UK, and the movement was indeed a bit louder. But there is no need for such treatment. What can a hundred people do to the Soviet Union? They are obviously here to increase friendly relations.

"I don't know what the Secretary-General's evaluation of Soviet education is." When she was at Moscow State University, Furtseva had a business-like tone, and the KGB was not under her control. She was able to visit Moscow State University with visitors. This is already considered very sincere.

"Very good." Alan Wilson was a showman after all, and commented pretentiously, "We are shocked by the development of the Soviet Union over the years. This is a world of reconciliation. Both sides should focus on the future. Each country has its own Advantages and disadvantages, this is also the basis of international cooperation."

"Oh, a very fair evaluation. I don't know what the specific advantages are." Fortseva felt that the praise was not very sincere and wanted Ellen Wilson to be more specific.

"Except for being free, they are all advantages." Alan Wilson sneered. Britain can learn from anywhere. After all, it has a flexible moral bottom line, but as long as it is related to free, it can't learn any of them. It would rather be capitalist. We don’t want grass, nor socialist seedlings.

This is a matter of principle. At least during the day, he must defend traditional British values ​​and cannot be knocked down by sugar-coated bullets from the Soviets. Who makes him a staunch patriot?

A dark day passed, and in front of his accompanying subordinates, Alan Wilson was full of praise for all aspects of the Soviet Union. The Labor Party was in power, and the international situation was now easing. Although there was a war that had been going on for a long time, but that It's something thousands of miles away. What does it have to do with our greater Europe?

Don't think that he just took the Cultural Czar on a rocket ride, which was also fruitful. He now has a general understanding of the Soviet education system. However, just like yesterday, he still did not realize that Soviet university education is free of charge. He also sternly emphasized to his accompanying subordinates, "This matter is not allowed to spread into the country. The Soviet Union is the country with the richest resources in the world. This is a very special situation. The national conditions of the United Kingdom are different from those of the Soviet Union."

He hoped that this time the inspection team would strictly abide by the bottom line of incompatibility between Han and traitors. As for the work of complicity, he would have the supreme authority to personally pay attention to it and not bother these people who are not in charge of the staff to worry about it.

Subordinates only need to write reports. For example, there are three types of schools that implement vocational and technical education: vocational and technical schools, which recruit incomplete middle school graduates, study for 12 years, and train workers for the simplest types of work. Secondary vocational and technical schools recruit incomplete middle school graduates and study for three years to cultivate highly skilled workers while receiving complete secondary education. In recent years, the first type of schools has been gradually replaced by the second type of schools.

Technical schools recruit complete high school graduates, study for two years, and train workers and junior technicians with complex skills. Doing this kind of work well will make this trip worthwhile.

Why the concentration on vocational schools and not the Soviet university system? That's because the vocational school system can be used to integrate with the original British system to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses to train workers to contribute to society.

Based on the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement of the 1920s, Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker and Minister of State and Economic Affairs George Brown, together with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Kosygin and Foreign Minister Gromyko, signed the Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement. The trade agreement was used to increase the economic and trade relations between the two countries, and in the text that cannot be published, the United Kingdom used Finland as a transit point to conduct trade transit with the Soviet Union.

Unlike France, which vigorously promoted the concept of a Greater Europe, although the United Kingdom strengthened its economic and trade relations with the Soviet Union this time, it was also cautious. The trade agreement involves commodities such as machinery, equipment, transportation, fuel, ore and metals. Machinery, equipment and transportation account for about one-third of the import and export. If fuel, ore and metal are added, , then its import and export proportion will account for more than half.

The above areas, together with the Soviet goods that were judged to be imported at the Soviet Goods Exhibition in London, could significantly reduce the price of similar goods in the British market, formed the core of this economic and trade agreement.

"I don't know how much benefit the country will get from the signing of this agreement." After Foreign Secretary Patrick finished signing the agreement, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt somewhat relieved.

"At least we can make this judgment. Concentrating the Soviet Union's exports in such a few areas will help slow down the Soviet Union's industrial development. The Soviet factories we inspected have already concluded that it is feasible to transfer certain civilian technologies." Ai Len Wilson held the blueprint of the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement and said optimistically, "This is a great victory, there is no doubt about it."