"Just to retain Northern Rhodesia and Newfoundland is close to 1.5 million square kilometers of land. If we include the mainland, we will not suffer as much as the French. The available land in Algeria is not as good as ours."
At the Whitehall gathering, Markins shook his glass and talked about the major breakthrough just announced. That is, the impact of the Rhodesian royal territory. Of course, it is not without doubts. "It's just that it's isolated overseas, and control is also a problem."
"Control is not about shouting slogans. First of all, we must ensure that the local economy is much better than that of surrounding areas. Then there are issues with the political structure. Just like Newfoundland does not have an army, and Northern Rhodesia does not have a parliament."
Alan Wilson took a sip of whiskey and said calmly, "As far as the population of Northern Rhodesia is concerned, there is no need to worry about independence in twenty or thirty years. Hundreds of thousands of people are independent. What's more, independence is also a landlocked country. It is surrounded by
Black Country.”
"Speaking of which, are there no ideas from Southern Rhodesia?" Markins asked. If there were, Alan Wilson must know. His guess was correct, but even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.
"The most important thing is that the Malayan Colony, Newfoundland, and Rhodesia can't help much." Alan Wilson was also a little distressed. "Newfoundland has no industrial support except fishing. Northern Rhodesia is inland.
, apart from mining and farming, it also provided limited help to the British. Whether the British could maintain a relatively aloof status still depended on whether Malaya was safe."
Britain has lost British India, which was once its market, but as long as Malaya remains, it will still be close to the two most populous countries. What's more, Southeast Asia itself has a large population, and the foundation supporting Britain's international status will still be there.
Now is the time to think about getting rid of the colonies of little value and fully safeguarding a few key areas. Alan Wilson can promote the multi-monarchy model in the United Arab Emirates after Uganda becomes independent, which is now fragmented
The merger of the emirates.
The Middle East is still important, and British military forces still cannot withdraw from the area. This also prevents the occurrence of an oil crisis.
After all, Britain is still on the side of the Arabs, and its strategy is different from that of the United States with Israel and Iran.
The situation in the Middle East cannot be avoided by Saudi Arabia. Everyone knows that Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil producer and has a very good relationship with the United States.
Saudi Arabia's pro-American attitude can be traced back decades. Because BP's oil exploration in the Middle East started in Iran and it invested heavily at that time, it ignored Saudi Arabia's request for oil exploration.
At that time, Britain was an empire on which the sun never set, and the Middle East was ruled by Britain. Concentrating exploration and covering up the remaining oil production was conducive to controlling oil output. However, the United States picked up the leak and established a good relationship with Saudi Arabia.
relation.
Saudi Arabia is the country with the lowest oil extraction costs in the Middle East, and the second lowest is the United Arab Emirates, which was formed by the merger of a bunch of emirates. The United Arab Emirates was still in the hands of the United Kingdom, and the British troops staying in the Persian Gulf also had the purpose of preventing Saudi Arabia from becoming bigger.
Alan Wilson helped his wife look for oil everywhere in Libya, Algeria, the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, Malaya, and the British North Sea. It was not because the Mountbatten Group was untenable in the Middle East, but to prove that oil was not
is a scarce resource.
After preventing the collapse of the Braston Woods system, the United States used its relationship with Saudi Arabia to hold European countries hostage. By dispersing the share of oil-producing countries in the Middle East, it will not be easy for the United States to tie up oil.
It is easy for the United States to persuade the sheikhs in the Middle East, but it is not so easy to suppress Britain, France, Germany and Italy in Europe, and the oil production areas that Britain, France, Germany and Italy already control. These oil areas are all being exploited. Even if the oil crisis breaks out, Europe can use the resources that are not in the Middle East.
Oil put an end to the oil crisis.
"By the way, are you attending the Anglo-American summit?" Makins suddenly asked, "It seems that you have a very good relationship with the Americans, and you are about to be the cabinet secretary, so you should establish good relations with the United States.
"
"I only have good relations with some people in the United States." Alan Wilson sighed, "I have no connections with the U.S. Democratic Party. I am also preparing materials for the British-U.S. summit meeting."
As for the information, it is nothing more than how many massacres the United States carried out in the Korean War and how many women were raped in Japan over the years. Not only Japan and South Korea, but also South Vietnam and Iran. Previously, Britain and the United States collaborated to kill Mossadegh and Lumumba.
Records of attempts, etc.
If Kennedy wants to start from a position of strength, Alan Wilson should settle accounts with the Americans. Britain is a colonial empire, but the United States just does not have the name of a colonial empire, and everything it does is a colonial empire.
"I don't know what the purpose of the United States is, but it seems to hope that the nuclear weapons of Britain and France will be under unified command."
"This must be one of the purposes." Alan Wilson continued after hearing this, "Maybe he also wants to set up a military base in the UK, hoping that the US aviation industry will not compete with the US aviation industry."
"The Americans treat us as a colony?" Makins said angrily, "They are crazy."
"I don't know, I'm just guessing." Alan Wilson said nothing. Of course, his guesses have been made into reports and sent to Prime Minister Eden.
Anyway, there are several aspects at present. The first is that Britain has repaid its debts during the war.
The second is that the UK has withstood the pressure and established a triad of nuclear strikes. It has no debts held by the Americans, and it still has nuclear weapons. It does not need the technology of the United States to hold it hostage, so it should not bow its head and surrender its weapons.
But it also depends on what price the United States offers. Everything in this world has a price. If you are not satisfied, you will have to pay more.
Maybe the United States can really offer a price that Britain can't refuse? Although Alan Wilson's ordinary mind can't imagine what price he can offer.
On this day, something surprised Alan Wilson. The Eden government appointed a new Secretary of Education, and the original Secretary of Education, Macmillan, actually became the Honorary Chancellor of Oxford University.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The new Secretary of Education is not a cabinet minister, but it is surprising enough, at least Alan Wilson thinks so, because he knows this minister better than anyone else.
Mrs. Thatcher is now Chancellor Thatcher.
Although Mrs. Thatcher became a member of Parliament three years ago, there are hundreds of Conservative members, and they are not worthy of attention. But being a minister, even if you are not in the cabinet, is different.
"Appointing a woman as Minister of Education won't bring her one-sided emotions into the education system?"
In front of Norman Brooke, Alan Wilson expressed his doubts, or prejudices.
"You are a bit younger, but aren't you also very young? The age of politicians is actually younger than the average age of senior civil servants in Whitehall." Norman Brooke was surprised that his favorite successor didn't seem to like the new education.
Minister, was there any festival in the past?
"The key is that she is a woman. Our views on women are not mixed with personal prejudice, but if it doesn't work, it won't work. They are too emotional and delay making accurate judgments."
Alan Wilson denied that he had any affair with Mrs. Thatcher. It was just a social interaction when he was young and not a feud at all. He believed that the great female prime minister would not care about such trivial matters.
But when he saw Mrs. Thatcher entering the political center of Britain for the first time, he couldn't help but want to talk about her.
Thinking about how much he has worked hard for Britain over the years, I dare not say how much he has contributed, but it can be said that he has worked hard and did not dare to slack off. Today, he has only become the deputy secretary-general of the cabinet, and has not been promoted to the supreme leader.
of authority.
A woman who has not seen any contribution to the country has become a minister now? It is understandable that she is unbalanced.
But the imbalance was unbalanced. After a brief thought, Alan Wilson decided to give the new minister a chance. After all, before he was about to take over Whitehall, he would still have to have contact with the Secretary of Education in the future.
Norman Brooke is happy to see this kind of scene. He hopes that the future cabinet secretary can have more contacts with Conservative or Labor politicians, which will help safeguard the interests of Whitehall.
The Supreme Authority still doesn't know that the relationship between the future Cabinet Secretary-General he selected and the newly-appointed Minister of Education is rather complicated, and cannot be commented on in a few words.
Relying on the training of movie queens who had the same status as his wife, Alan Wilson had nothing to be embarrassed about. To celebrate the new minister, he came to the Minister of Education to express his welcome.
"Your Excellency, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Cabinet, thank you for coming." Mrs. Thatcher was startled, but quickly expressed her welcome, "I have just taken office, and I still need the help of civil servants."
"What did the minister say? We are just humble social instruments, bearing the fruits of your careful consideration."
Alan Wilson said with a smile, "I am not familiar with many things in the Ministry of Education. In fact, like the minister, I am also in the process of learning from scratch. I hope the minister can familiarize himself with the work as soon as possible."
"I will!" Mrs. Thatcher said eagerly, as if she was about to implement her grand plan immediately, "Your Excellency, Deputy Secretary-General, I may need your help in the future."
"There is absolutely no problem. I personally look forward to becoming the support behind the minister." Alan Wilson nodded solemnly, "If you need anything, you can call me at any time."
The atmosphere of the conversation between the two was quite strange. Although they maintained a certain distance, it didn't seem to be the case. Of course, the people in the Ministry of Education who didn't know the truth did not notice this at this time.
As misfortunes turn out to be blessings, Alan Wilson faced the reality calmly and decided to observe and observe first. Maybe nothing would happen and the two of them could live in peace.
Washington sent back a message hoping that the Anglo-American summit would be held in Nassau to discuss how to face multi-level major challenges in unity on the basis of the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.