Although he had not witnessed the grand occasion with his own eyes, Alan Wilson could still imagine what kind of scene it was. After all, he was the last man in France, so he had all the cards he should have.
"I hope that when I'm not in the country, I can be consulted on some matters." At the internal meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alan Wilson looked solemn, and his eyes made people afraid to look at them. In the end, he personally
Ending the solemn atmosphere, he said, "Let's forget about Iceland. I don't want it to happen again."
Due to maritime delimitation issues, Iceland was banned from fishing by Alan Wilson in the European Community. It has indeed been a long and hard time, and it has lost its market in the European continent. Iceland is living in poverty by holding on to dried salted fish.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Newfoundland updated its fishing equipment in large quantities and used larger and farther fishing boats to bring greater fishing volume and seize the European market. As for the North American market, Newfoundland has been enjoying a very prosperous life in the past few years.
This can be regarded as a benefit created by his former chief executive for Newfoundland. However, with the lifting of the ban, Newfoundland fishermen now have to bend down to pick up money, ending the good days of lying down and making money.
"Inform St. Johns that this time the ban was lifted because the UK was under political pressure from the United States." Alan Wilson can only try his best to remedy the situation and skillfully shift the blame to the United States.
However, Newfoundland's problem should not be big. In the past Rome Olympics, the Soviet delegation performed amazingly and crushed the United States. The upset result also made Newfoundland's sports lottery full of money.
Financially, Newfoundland has no problem, and Newfoundland's fishing equipment has been updated in recent years, living up to its former glory. Newfoundland is not the United Kingdom, and there is no reason to give way to Iceland in the conflicts in the North Atlantic waters.
, there was a collision in Newfoundland that directly sank an Icelandic fishing boat, killing twenty Icelanders at sea.
Only after this incident did the United States take action to mediate fishery disputes in the North Atlantic. If Alan Wilson had not been busy dealing with the independence movement in African colonies and the Six-Party Talks this year, he would definitely be dilly-dallying with the United States.
Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to say anything. Alan Wilson skipped the topic and asked Dixon, the Foreign Secretary's chief private secretary, "Does the minister have any schedule? Let's discuss it."
Dixon, who finally got through the secret passage, answered, "The minister is preparing to launch the independence project for British Guiana. Do you want to allow a buffer time of five years?"
"According to my previous assessment report, British Guiana was deemed worthless. Direct independence without buffering!"
Alan Wilson answered without thinking, and then continued with a sudden pause, "But there are still some details. Through rumors, we said that the original intention was that the UK was going to return British Guiana to Venezuela, but it was blocked by
pressure from the United States, so it was finally allowed to establish an independent country."
"The merger of Malawi only happened recently, so it is somewhat convincing."
As for why the United Kingdom did not give Guyana to Venezuela in the end, it was of course under pressure from the United States and could not allow Venezuela to become stronger. Although Alan Wilson did not know, how strong could Latin American countries be?
The reason for this is due to the dual consideration of the history and reality of British Guiana. Historically, Venezuela and Guyana, which currently belongs to Britain, France and the Netherlands, belonged to the same place called Spanish Guiana.
This area was originally a Spanish colony, but after repeated struggles by various Western countries in history, it actually belongs to Venezuela, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, French Guiana and Brazil and other countries and regions.
In Venezuela, the term "Spanish Guyana" refers specifically to the area on the west bank of the Essequibo River in Guyana. Venezuela has never given up its territorial claim to this area. This is the largest territorial dispute in the world, with the disputed area covering an area of 160,000 square kilometers.
, accounting for more than 60% of the national territory of Guyana.
At the end of the 19th century, Venezuela asked the United States to invoke the Monroe Doctrine because of pressure from the United Kingdom. Of course, before World War I, the United States was nothing in the eyes of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom gave the United States face and gave one-tenth of the disputed area to Venezuela.
The matter ends here.
But does Alan Wilson know that Venezuela will still cling to it in later generations, and now he can give Venezuela an excuse.
Then leave Guyana's territorial dispute to the United States to handle. America is the Americas of Americans, and it should be handled by the United States.
Alan Wilson is an orthodox British gentleman. Laying mines before leaving is a necessary skill, and he treats everyone equally and will not look at him differently just because America is now dominated by Americans.
"Just tell the MI6 people like this." Alan Wilson said to Dixon, "I think if the Foreign Secretary goes to Guyana to celebrate independence, he will definitely encounter similar problems. The Minister can also be firm
To refute it would also help maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States."
"I understand, Deputy Secretary." Dixon nodded, his face full of support for absolute authority.
After becoming the Permanent Secretary, Alan Wilson naturally wanted to appoint some diplomats who had similar ideas to his own. He secretly asked people with special relations between Britain and the United States to step aside, so that it would be easier to gain consensus when formulating foreign policies.
This is nothing, just like Mountbatten’s biggest task in recent years is to promote officers with aristocratic backgrounds. This is all for the long-term stability of the United Kingdom. Only an army in the hands of aristocratic officers can be reassuring.
Only by filling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with objective and neutral diplomats can Britain not lose its coolness in dealing with foreign affairs because of the illusory special relationship.
"Any news from the Australian High Commissioner and the New Zealand High Commissioner?"
"No, Deputy Secretary." Wick answered, pulling out the recent telegrams from the two countries. "Everything is calm."
"We adhere to the concept that the European Community and the Commonwealth are equally important. As a boost to the UK's take-off, the results have proven to be pretty good. Before encountering bottlenecks, we adopted a conservative attitude in formulating foreign policy." Alan Wilson summarized the meeting.
, and then said, "The meeting is over!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Alan Wilson can understand the unfriendly climate of the Foreign Secretary at the end of the year and wants to go to the warm Caribbean for vacation to witness the independence of Guyana.
work. For this reason, he naturally wants to create favorable conditions.
It happened that I had nothing to be particularly concerned about, so I told my wife that I was going to Perth for a couple reunion.
"It's true that I was born to work hard." In the early morning, as he was about to pick up his pants and leave, Alan Wilson lamented that he had paid too much for Britain.
"You are really too busy." Hepburn pulled the quilt to cover her coveted body, and seemed to be mocking the man's greed.
"I really don't want to leave you for a day." Alan Wilson turned around and kissed Hepburn on the cheek. "But there are indeed many things going on in Britain right now, especially in the diplomatic field. I'm sorry. I also want to accompany my Tiffany."
Around me, but there’s really no other way.”
"I know, you are busy with your business." Hepburn sighed quietly and warned, "Take care of yourself and contact me at any time."
This is naturally no problem. Even if Hepburn didn't say so, he would do it. Who can refuse the affection of Qiu Hua? Anyway, he can't do it. Hedy Lamarr and Ingrid Bergman can't be rejected either.
, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, etc...
A few days later, Alan Wilson arrived in Perth, Australia's fastest-growing city. "Every time I take a plane, I feel like my body is being hollowed out."
"Just take a rest and you'll be fine." Pamela Mountbatten knew that her husband didn't like airplanes, so she comforted him.
Algiers, the capital of French Algeria and the headquarters of the Foreign Legion, was crowded with people on the first day of 1961. Countless French soldiers with live ammunition took to the streets. The whole of Algiers was in order. Algerian citizens came from their homes.
Get out, head to the polls and cast your fateful vote for Algeria's future.
Whether to become an independent country or to be a glorious part of France, everything will be clear after today.
Not only Algiers, but citizens in cities across Algeria were also notified to go to voting locations.
France had made secret preparations before, and finally chose to hold a referendum on the Algerian issue on this day.
"The Algerian referendum that started yesterday has ended. The Paris authorities announced the results. Fifty-eight percent of the people were in favor of Algeria remaining in France, and 42% demanded independence. The De Gaulle government has recognized the validity of this referendum.
sex, and respect the choices of local people.”
"However, some countries in the Soviet bloc have questioned the results of this referendum, believing that the Paris authorities manipulated the referendum. Countries that have protested against the referendum results include the Soviet Union, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Asia..."
Listening to the news broadcast by the Australian host on the TV, Pamela Mountbatten glanced at her husband who was attentive.
"What are you doing? If you want to ask anything, just ask." Feeling his wife's gaze, Alan Wilson said with a smile.
"Italy? How can you express your stance with a group of socialist countries?" Pamela Mountbatten shook her head and said, "It's so magical."
"You can tell by looking at Italy's position. Italy also wants to build its own Mediterranean economic circle." Alan Wilson curled his lips, "They are all considering their own country, there is nothing worth saying, and the strong strength of the Italian Communist Party is also a reason."
"I didn't expect that the Algerian referendum would still favor staying in France? It's quite surprising." Pamela Mountbatten was a little puzzled. "After so many years of fighting, the French still have such support."
"Who knows whether those people are Algerians? French immigrants from all over French Africa have been gathered into Algeria. As for the real Algerians, maybe they don't know about this referendum at all." Alan Wilson smiled sarcastically, "Things are getting worse.