The British Empire was invincible, and Alan Wilson, who was still in Africa, couldn't help but exclaimed that he had never thought of dragging India into the water, but Macmillan did just that. After this time, he must reflect, and he can't do it because India is not
Colonies have no value anymore.
After several minutes of thinking, Alan Wilson gave up the idea.
There are only two years left before the war in which India reaches rock bottom. Once India is completely defeated in the war, the leaders of the Third World and the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement will all say goodbye. In other words, the value of the international status that India boasts will only be effective at best.
In the next two years, I won't need it anymore.
He even had an idea now. This idea took root and sprouted involuntarily as soon as it appeared, and the hand that was setting Hedy Lamar's bones stopped involuntarily.
"Be serious." Hedy Lamarr said with aggrieved voice. She traveled thousands of miles to Africa to provide logistics support, but this man was so careless and wasted her true love.
"Sorry, I remembered some trivial matters." Alan Wilson bent down and kissed Hedy Lamarr's red lips. You can think about those trivial matters later and let's get down to business first.
The general plan for the independence of Cameroon has been decided. The British Cameroon side is divided into two parts. The northern British Cameroon tends to join the Dominion of Nigeria, while the southern Cameroon tends to join the French Cameroon.
First of all, this is exactly the purpose of Alan Wilson. This survey report is very gratifying. The reason for this difference lies in the development of the Niger River Delta. The early construction of any project is difficult and difficult, and the same is true for the development of the Niger River Delta.
For the Igbo elite, this will increase the strength of the nation, which is of course the best.
But it is not them who pay the price, but the ordinary Igbo people of the Niger River. Ordinary people make up the majority, and this is the case all over the world.
In order to meet the construction deadline, the Dominion Army strictly monitored the progress of the development, which even led to resistance by the local Igbo people.
After all, this kind of thing is just like building the Great Wall. Qin Shihuang, who is famous throughout the ages, paid the price for it and the vast working people paid the price.
Future generations will not see how painful it was for most people when they paid the price. They will only see Qin Shihuang's great talent and rough strategy.
For the Igbo people of the Niger Delta, they are the ones who pay the price.
Even if some people in the Igbo people formed the idea of learning from advanced civilization during the process of being colonized, such people are only a minority among the minority after all. The vast majority of people cannot understand why they cannot live their own lives independently.
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This made the ethnic groups in British Cameroon resistant to joining Nigeria. On the other hand, the northern part of British Cameroon was not affected by the strong labor brought by development, and was more willing to stay with the Hausa people of the same faith.
This was exactly what he wanted and coincided with Alan Wilson's idea. However, in order to ensure the success rate, Alan Wilson still discussed with the French to let French Cameroon become independent first. British Cameroon had to make some preparations to ensure the success of the idea.
If French Cameroon becomes independent first, it must be stated in the constitution that it is a federal country. It is best to be relatively fragile in the political structure. He even hopes that Cameroon after independence will be similar to the French Fourth Republic. If nothing happens, he will change the prime minister or something.
Unfortunately, with de Gaulle in charge of France, saying this may make the French mistakenly believe that they are insulting the law.
After finalizing the future of Cameroon, in April 1960, Alan Wilson sent a telegram to London. Subsequently, London and Paris announced at the same time that Cameroon's trusteeship had officially ended and recognized Cameroon's independence.
French Cameroon is directly independent as a federal republic, and the ownership of British Cameroon, through the British representative at the United Nations, proposed a model of absolute future ownership in the form of a referendum. There are two referendums, joining the Federal Republic of Cameroon or becoming independent, and there is no joining.
Options for the Dominion of Nigeria.
Of course, on the surface, this will help maintain the integrity of Cameroon's sovereignty. As for Nigeria's sovereignty, just because British Cameroon speaks English, it cannot be considered a part of Nigeria.
Britain's attitude is supported by most countries, even the United States.
"This will even help territorial disputes." Alan Wilson received news from the United Nations and was relieved to know that most countries recognized the British proposition. If anything happens in the future, it will not be the responsibility of the United Kingdom, but the responsibility of the United Nations.
It is the responsibility of most countries in the world.
At this time of universal celebration, the whole world was immersed in the joy of the birth of a new country. The family of the international community had a new member. The US government responded very quickly. It recognized Cameroon that day and started preparing an embassy. The Soviet Union also
Showed the same attitude.
Alan Wilson, who was exchanging information with Grace, laughed when talking about this matter, "If the British colonies were independent and the United States and the Soviet Union were so impatient to intervene, the United Kingdom might not say anything. But France is different. The United States
It was a wrong judgment for the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union to believe that Cameroon's independence can establish influence. The French will not simply let their influence in the colonies be replaced by other countries."
"It would be great if the UK could also learn from the French attitude." Grace actually admires the French ideas.
"Grace, the UK can only choose one between national development and colonial influence. Under normal circumstances, it will not use force against colonies that are not particularly important. To be honest, in terms of London's emphasis, Africa is far from comparable to Asia. The Middle East and
The Far East is ahead of Africa."
Alan Wilson couldn't help but shook his head and said, "We are not the French, and we are even less likely to expand our standing army and fall into an endless low-intensity war. Even if we suppress the rebels, we will still choose new collaborators to have a good talk."
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Continuous changes of governments will not affect France's suppression of weak countries, but it will be unable to cope with Britain at the same level.
"We have communicated with the Belgians. The independence of the Belgian Congo will be in June. I will go back to London first. I will discuss the issue of the Belgian Congo with my colleagues in China. You can wait for my good news."
"Sir, you want to go back to London? Then I will wait for your good news in Northern Rhodesia." Grace's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Then we are ready to sign a treaty of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen."
Alan Wilson's words were half true and half false. He wanted to go back to discuss the Congo issue with others, but not with people at home. How could he not be present when the cultural czar visited London? Regarding the fact that he betrayed Poland and then betrayed
Iran, this time, is also preparing to sell out the Congo, which can only be done face to face.
What happened to the betrayal of the Congo? Once the Congo changes color, Britain can legitimately maintain its colonies in British Africa as much as possible.
It can be seen from the fact that Britain persisted for so long on the Iran oil crisis and still refused to let up, and even extended an invitation to the Soviet Union to visit, that complicating the situation is not necessarily detrimental to Britain.
If he had not betrayed Iran, only Britain and the United States had influence in Iran, and the United States could squeeze Britain out in a few months. How could he have persisted until now?
It is precisely because of the existence of Soviet power in northern Iran that Britain now has the opportunity to use diplomatic means to resist and make the Iranian oil crisis so complicated.
Ai Zhongtang is betraying his country again. He has already thought clearly about the specific steps to fight the United States during the manned space flight with Hedy Lamarr.
At the threshold of Cameroon's independence, Alan Wilson arrived in Paris with a certain international movie queen whom he met by chance and whom he was completely unfamiliar with. This is normal. After all, French Cameroon is large in area and British Cameroon is small. Collect some
It is a matter of course that the information is returned to China.
During this period, he fought day and night in Africa for the interests of Britain, and his whole body lost weight.
After a short period of collecting information in Paris, Ai Zhongtang's health became worse day by day.
There is no doubt that his trip to Africa is successful. He has learned some advanced experience from the French and is learning from each other's strengths. He must always take into account both the needs and goals. He must also take into account the national conditions of the UK and combine the advantages.
Only in this way can we go far and beyond.
For example, the fact that France asked independent colonies to convert France's construction over the years into national debt gave him a lot of inspiration, although he never saw what France's construction actually meant from beginning to end.
But he knew that the capitals of every British colony were prospering through real estate, and these colonies, especially British East Africa, would still need Malaya's production capacity to continue to support construction.
Returning to London this time, Alan Wilson discovered something unusual about the Iranian oil crisis lasting so long.
This has led to some changes in public opinion in the UK. The British may not have resented the pressure on the United States at first, but as the Iranian oil crisis has persisted for so long, some anti-American voices have gradually spread.
Returning to London, Alan Wilson immediately reported to Whitehall and the Cabinet on Cameroon's independence work. At the same time, he expressed support for an independence referendum in British Cameroon and gave predictions based on first-hand information.
When he met Macmillan who had returned from his visit to India, Alan Wilson expressed his admiration to Macmillan. The idea of wanting to win over India was promoted by Macmillan alone, and Alan Wilson did not expect this at the time. Looking back now, this is a
Make good moves.
"I have a half-baked idea." Alan Wilson discussed the current diplomatic situation in front of the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, "Why don't we try to facilitate a six-party talks on the Iran issue?"