Many cabinet ministers spoke one after another to elaborate on several major issues such as the domestic and foreign affairs of this government.
Alan Wilson's role is much simpler. Just calculate what arms sales can do in Whitehall. Australia has been selling mines for so many years, and it is really generous. It is simply not inferior to Saudi Arabia in later generations.
Converting 400 million pounds into U.S. dollars, that is more than one billion pounds. 400 million pounds is also one-fifth of the current British military expenditure. It is an absolutely large arms sales order. Even if it cannot increase, it will at least consolidate the support of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party
It is reasonable to emphatically promote it in the House of Commons.
In fact, the most important thing is that the United Kingdom is really willing to sell it. It is not like the United States is afraid to sell the latest weapon system. This kind of weapon system does not refer to small things, but large items.
At the end of the next House of Commons question, the three aircraft carrier battle groups deployed as planned have also begun to set off and will be included in the operational sequence of the Royal Pacific Fleet. As the core of curbing Indonesia's unrealistic ideas about Australia
Power, of course this is not true, but Australia will feel valued.
Markins came to an apartment. He didn't know what Alan Wilson wanted to see him for. What could it actually be? It was nothing more than a personnel transfer issue.
"When did you buy the property here?" Makins looked around, as if he had discovered a new world, commenting on the furnishings of the room, but he did not realize that the property did not look like it was inhabited.
"Don't make trouble. How can a free-spirited social servant like me have the money to buy real estate? Don't you know how poor I am? How many orphans and disabled people have I supported? I even donated a small amount of subsidies to the Paleontology Association and the Semiconductor Research Institute.
." Alan Wilson spread his hands, and the thank-you notes he received could be plastered all over the wall.
"Haha." Makins expressed his true thoughts with this kind of laughter, "I really don't understand the poverty-stricken life of the husband of Britain's richest man. What do you call me?"
"Sir Coster, the Permanent Under-Secretary of Defense, is about to complete his glorious civil service career and is looking for a place to use his remaining energy." Alan Wilson sat down, poured a glass of whiskey for Markins, and said seductively, "Sir Coster's Whitehall
Career is great, it's amazing, do you know what that means?"
"Meaning, honorary professor, lifetime member of the club, director of an old shipyard, honorary consultant of an arms company." Makins said in a bored tone, "These are all routine operations."
"You don't want to take over as the Permanent Under Secretary of Defense?" After taking a sip of whiskey, Alan Wilson looked at Lord Sheffield longingly and said as if he was very optimistic about you.
This was beyond Makins' expectations. "Of course I hope to be the permanent undersecretary, but I am not familiar with the Department of Defense."
"There must be no beginning. Lord Hanson, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, is still far from retirement age. The Ministry of Home Affairs, like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, are in positions that are not very active. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can say more,
Don't you know that the Treasury and the Home Office, for Whitehall, are often the source of resistance to authority?"
Since taking over as Cabinet Secretary, Alan Wilson has not made drastic adjustments to the civil service system. Anyway, he himself is less than forty years old, and he still has plenty of time for a career of supreme authority.
But now that he has caught up with the revolving door of the permanent secretary of defense, he would be derelict in his duty if he turned a blind eye. The traditional three major ministries are the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Due to Prime Minister Eden’s personal preferences, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefly welcomed
The glorious days have come, but if Prime Minister Eden was not in office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not be as good as the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Interior.
If there is another department besides the three major ministries that is considered to be of high authority, it is the Ministry of National Defense.
Defense Minister Profumo, after the Soviet espionage case, was already one of his own, but Marshal Mountbatten was about to reach retirement age. Alan Wilson naturally believed that his father-in-law had made arrangements, but he also had to have his own
According to arrangements, the position of ministers relies more on elections. Each of these elections is so close, and Profumo is not reliable. If the election fails, he will be replaced.
So the Deputy Secretary of State in the eyes of some foreign people and the Deputy Secretary of State in the eyes of Whitehall are extremely important. Now that Coster himself wants to retire, Alan Wilson hopes that Magkins can take over.
"Wow, if the Cabinet Secretary trusts me, I should naturally do my best. But what about Trend?" Makins made a look, and the meaning was self-evident.
"I respect Leonard very much. As the Deputy Secretary-General of the Cabinet, he has extensive connections. I will discuss it with him, although I don't have to do so." Alan Wilson said with a smile, "The key is you, my
Sir, if you can open up the situation in the Ministry of National Defense, you will naturally convince others."
Now that Markins has made preparations, the rest is naturally left to Alan Wilson. He wants to invite Sir Coster, who is about to enter the revolving door, for a relaxed and pleasant meeting.
Sir Coster was delighted when Alan Wilson invited him to his house for dinner in the evening. Alan Wilson was determined to win this power game as long as he was in London.
Sir Coster knew very well that this meant getting closer to Alan Wilson.
Moreover, he found that the loyalty of the cabinet secretary's other assistants was more impressive than their analytical skills. He felt that as the conversation progressed, he gradually gained Alan Wilson's trust. Sir Coster also had
It can be seen that Alan Wilson's status in Whitehall is growing day by day.
At this time, Alan Wilson was completely different from when he was first helped up by Norman Brook. He seemed to have supreme authority in every move he made, and he still had plenty of time for this supreme authority.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Alan Wilson asked Sir Coster some brief questions, and they were not only related to the Middle East but also to Southeast Asia.
"If you don't mind, in addition to proposing that Marks take over as the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, I have another request for Sir." Alan Wilson said in a low voice, seeming a little embarrassed.
"The Secretary-General can just say that I am retiring soon, and I don't know where else I can help." Sir Coster agreed immediately. He believed that this was a favor owed to him by the Cabinet Secretary-General, and he would definitely pay off in the future.
of.
There is definitely a reward. Alan Wilson is drafting an analysis of the people behind Indonesia's discoloration, which will be handed over to the United States through the Five Eyes Alliance as a touchstone for allies. A professional and widely recognized person is needed to increase his authority.
, no one is more authoritative than the Permanent Under Secretary of Defense.
"Can the Secretary-General give me a framework?" Sir Coster knew as soon as he heard this that he was trying to contribute some residual energy before retiring.
This is indeed the case. In fact, according to Alan Wilson's earlier plan, after the Indonesian affairs intervened, the High Commissioner of Malaya, Richard, was ultimately responsible for taking the blame and serving as the scapegoat for Indonesia's discoloration.
However, a powerful miracle from the Soviet Union disrupted this idea. Britain was not prepared at all, and Indonesia changed its color. Although the lives and deaths of nine pillars of the country were unknown, there was actually no loss.
After thinking about it for the past few days, Alan Wilson felt that it was extremely important to reshape the origin of Indonesia’s discoloration. Since Sir Coster asked, he had nothing to hide, “I want to emphasize that in the matter of Indonesia, China and the Soviet Union
important role, remember, at least let the two countries have equal status."
Alan Wilson knew that this matter had nothing to do with a certain big country, but from the British perspective, it was not okay to have nothing to do with it.
The public opinion in Europe and the United States after the Korean War was that the image of a certain big country was similar to that of Russia after the Ukrainian War, and all it took was for the Sleeping King to name an international pariah. The population explosion, militarization, and the beating of India further deepened this impression.
The second child in a camp is often more impulsive. Now a certain big country meets this standard, so how can it be okay? There must be at least one of the masterminds behind it.
This investigative report will be analyzed jointly with the United States. Alan Wilson actually knows that the Americans will cause trouble themselves without any need for him to do anything. He is just in the special relationship between Britain and the United States and provides the United States with some evidence to make the Americans more aware.
Dare to think and dare to do.
"Got it, Secretary-General." Sir Coster already understood the meaning of supreme authority. He didn't think it was wrong. Does the UK need evidence if it wants to frame a country? Not at all! What's more, it's just an analysis report. He started after he left.
As the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Defense, I exerted my last remaining heat.
He sent a draft of the discussion to Alan Wilson for evaluation by the supreme authority, and then sent another copy after revision. At the Ministry of Defense meeting, he attached great importance to referring to the framework provided by Alan Wilson and conducted discussions based on this.
However, it is not all smooth sailing, and there are still many doubts.
These officials tried to exclude the deputy secretary of state, whose Whitehall career was on the cusp of his career, from several important meetings and put an end to such nonsense discussions, but failed.
From Sir Coster's point of view, these are good signs. If this game is to be played seriously in the officialdom, then he is willing to play along. Anyway, he doesn't have much time to be a public servant.
Sir Coster is not just a grunting country bumpkin. He has suffered hardships for his opponents on the battlefield, and he will also suffer hardships for his opponents in the Ministry of Defense. And it is not just competition or competition that drives his thoughts.
Thirst for power, he is already retiring and is just using his last time to complete the arrangement of supreme authority.
This is a matter of principle. The Prime Minister is more concerned about social security than national security, and yet Alan Wilson is here fighting a just battle, a battle worth fighting with all his heart.
Sir Coster finally got back a logical investigation report. The discoloration of Indonesia was the result of the cooperation between the two major powers of the Soviet bloc. Alan Wilson was moved by this conclusion.