The core of the so-called economic revitalization plan is that the British Empire will never surrender until India's blood is shed. Of course, this only refers to the part that belongs to the United Kingdom, and also involves parts of other countries.
The European colonial community hurt the feelings of other regions and nations too much. In fact, this generalization is wrong.
It just happened that the country the British Empire wanted to contact happened to be a colonial country. By a very coincidence, everyone had common interests, so they sat down quietly and talked about how to restore law and order in Europe.
The basis of the economic revitalization plan is what Alan Wilson said to establish the connection between British India and the British-occupied areas of Germany, adopt a dual-track price system, restore and utilize Germany's industrial strength as soon as possible, supplement the lack of local production capacity in the United Kingdom, and use British India
The market serves as a dumping ground for German products.
Of course, in principle, the British Empire sacrificed its own interests to help Germany regain its vitality, and it is not excessive to receive some meager rewards from it. This is very reasonable.
The United States has not been affected by the war and now has strong funds. The Soviet Union is vast and has vast resources and has overwhelming advantages in conventional military and administrative power. So for Western European countries, they can only find advantages within themselves.
From Alan Wilson, a civil servant who desperately wanted to make progress, to Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges, and finally to British Prime Minister Attlee, this European economic revitalization plan, later known as the Attlee Plan, has been around for a long time.
Getting closer.
As for the gossip at the Potsdam Conference, Alan Wilson, the Indian Affairs Office's liaison officer to British India, conveyed the instructions of Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges to Lord Barron in New Delhi.
The fall of the Japanese Empire is not far away. Although the Soviet Union's war in the Far East basically has nothing to do with the British Empire. However, according to some intelligence, it can be known that the Soviet Union has already attacked Hokkaido.
The part related to the British Empire lies in the battlefield in Southeast Asia, which was divided according to the Potsdam Conference. Except for the Japanese troops in the Philippines and North Vietnam, all Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia, also known as the Japanese Southern Army, will surrender to the British Empire.
The person who surrendered, Alan Wilson, can think of it with his eyes closed. He must be Pamela Mountbatten's father. Most of the nearly 800,000 Japanese Southern Army will fall into the hands of the British Empire. This size is about fifty or sixty
Thousands of people.
In the telegram to New Delhi, it was stated that in view of the destruction of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia and the idea of participating in post-war reconstruction to atone for sins, this is not new. There are currently 400,000 German soldiers in the UK to repair bridges and roads. What the British Empire is happy to show is
The humane treatment of German soldiers in the British-occupied areas of Germany, rather than the German prisoners at home, should show flexibility on the moral level, rather than being pedantic.
After the paragraph about the internment of Japanese soldiers to participate in reconstruction, Alan Wilson added statistics on the proportion of Chinese and Malay populations in British Malaya after returning to British Malaya.
Of course, we have not forgotten that since the Netherlands may not be able to arrive in Jakarta on time, the British army can control the situation in Jakarta first and wait for the arrival of the Dutch army before handling it.
After the paragraph about the treatment of Japanese prisoners of war, there is content that belongs to Thailand. People in the UK may not understand this, but the civil servants in British India have a clear understanding of Thailand’s role. They treat Thailand as a defeated country and carry out some level of
Sir Barron must understand the appropriate punishment.
The civil war and military intimidation against Thailand have begun now. Thailand has always been resentful of France's seizure of Laos and Cambodia, Thailand's two long-term younger brothers. In the eyes of many Thais who care about politics, imperialist countries are precisely
It is British and French and has nothing to do with Japan.
However, the enemy facing Thailand in punishing it is not Japan, but the United States, which appears as its current ally. The pro-Japanese Luang Phibun government fell and was replaced by a civilian government.
All this has a lot to do with the "Free Thailand Movement" launched by the ambassador to the United States. Thailand gave up the northern Malay, Shan State and other places allocated by Japan, and was willing to repay the losses of British and American interests in Thailand during the war.
In addition, Luang Phibun himself was the tyrant who expelled the seventh generation and manipulated the eighth generation. The US government stated that this military government did not represent the Thai people and advocated giving up further liquidation of Thailand. The interest behind this is that further punishing Thailand will only make the British
To expand in Southeast Asia, the United States needs a Thailand that can check and balance the British and French colonial systems and has a deep affection for itself.
Alan Wilson had made it clear in the telegram that the new Prime Minister Attlee's attitude towards British India was not as tough as that of Prime Minister Churchill. Once he judged that he could not suppress the wave of resistance in British India, he might abandon British India.
Then the next 100,000 civil servants in British India will become unemployed overnight. The British mainland cannot accept so many civil servants, so whether it can cede land from Thailand is related to the potential of British Malaya in the future.
The telegram stated the seriousness of the matter, which was related to the re-employment of 100,000 civil servants. I believe Sir Barron would take it to heart. Moreover, the war is not over yet, so it is a good opportunity to act in the name of liquidating Japan.
In fact, in the last few days of the Potsdam Conference, representatives from various countries had nothing to talk about. As for the British side, Prime Minister Attlee, who has always wanted to save costs and restore local prosperity, has even stopped meeting in recent days.
The affairs of dealing with the United States and the Soviet Union were left to Churchill, who had no official position and only had the title of consultant.
Prime Minister Attlee himself discussed the post-war economic revitalization plan with Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges. Specifically, the European Colonial Community.
"France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal." Attlee talked about the surviving colonial empires in Europe. At the same time, he was very interested in the dual-track price system in which the British dominated the British-occupied Germany and British India.
"Will this cause dissatisfaction among the Germans?" Attlee had some doubts. The world hegemon still wanted to save face.
"The Germans have lost everything, and they are lucky to be alive now. Compared with the prisoner of war camp at Camp Rhine and the no-man's land in Siberia, what else do the Germans have to be dissatisfied with?" Edward Bridges said earlier
He was prepared and said, "I am saying that this is temporary, good for British India, good for Germany, and appropriate but insignificant good for the British Empire."
"Then let's find an opportunity to talk to the French. Once the French are dealt with, other countries won't have much of a problem." Prime Minister Attlee nodded, officially approving the economic revitalization plan. "Arrange a time for everyone to talk together.
.Hey, how can we get the French to side with us?"
"You can support the French to return to Asia. They have already done so. I believe they will not refuse their support for the British Empire." Edward Bridges gave a sincere suggestion.