It is no lie that half the life of the British Empire lies in Malaya. In terms of basic industries, Malaya's production capacity has exceeded that of the mainland. This is true for coal, iron and oil. This is the lifeblood of a country.
The UK's domestic steel output last year was 23 million tons, and Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, was 35 million tons. In total, it was 60 million tons. The United States last year was close to 90 million tons. The UK's cement output was 1,500 tons.
One million tons, Malaya has 30 million tons. Malaya itself does not have much coal. Although it has been explored, it has always relied on Australian supplies. The British mainland consumes 200 million tons, which has the upper hand in this regard.
The British domestic industrial production capacity cannot support the current settlement share of the British pound. In fact, even if Malaya is added, it will not be able to support it, but it will change a lot. From the British perspective, if there is world peace,
The pound can still stay afloat thanks to inertia.
However, Alan Wilson knew in his heart that once the United States lost too much blood due to the Vietnam War, it would focus on the pound.
The fundamental reason why the settlement amount of the pound dropped sharply in the 1970s was that the British mainland could not support such a large settlement share. Once the United States took action, the United Kingdom had no ability to resist. The currency needed physical support, and it had the production capacity of the Malayan colonies to support it.
There is more to grasp than relying on inertia.
No matter what happens, Britain cannot withdraw its troops from the Middle East and strangle the remaining protectorates in the Middle East. In addition, the production capacity of British Malaya is at least stronger than that of Russia during the Great Empire. Russia only has resources and production capacity but no finance.
The UK has everything it wants, but every aspect is slightly worse than the US.
As the high commissioner of such a colony, Richard's position is of course being watched. Who doesn't want to go to the Pearl to be the supreme authority? Even the African colonies need to replace the high commissioner, and everyone is rushing to go.
After all, currency must be linked to physical objects. If Russia's territorial conditions are similar to Niger, will it dare to treat the U.S. dollar as waste paper? In fact, the U.S. dollar will be in the same predicament in the future as the British pound now. The U.S. production capacity cannot support the U.S. dollar's settlement share. For the U.S. dollar
Since it has the largest settlement share, even a 1% drop will be felt back to the United States.
It’s just that now that the U.S. dollar is pegged to gold, Americans will not consider other options, but Alan Wilson must prepare for the next step. If France can pull out the CFA franc zone, can the UK really not even be able to maintain the pound zone? Compared with France
With such efforts, Britain seemed to be paralyzed.
"If, Secretary-General, if as you say, the United States will escalate the situation, will it need our assistance?"
Richard deeply feels the great responsibility. He is actually very happy to be the High Commissioner to Malaya. It depends on whether he is willing to be replaced by a permanent deputy minister. But he also knows that Malaya’s economic foundation is based on women.
The richest man and the four families united with the nobles and the local compradors in Malaya. The man behind the richest woman was his immediate boss and the supreme authority of Whitehall.
"Assistance, with the current public opinion, it is unlikely that the cabinet will agree to even a little military support. We did not participate in the Korean War! To say that assistance is nothing more than logistics supply, I have just told you, as for bigger? At most, it is only
Can we promise to open Singapore’s hospitals to receive wounded soldiers?”
The supreme authority put his hands in his trouser pockets, with an impatient look on his face, "Even so, I don't want to open up. Who doesn't know the virtues of American soldiers? If something happens, it's lucky that they are just accepting wounded soldiers."
"Huh?" Richard didn't know how Alan Wilson came up with such a sentence. Fortunately, he was only receiving wounded soldiers.
"If something goes wrong, wipe your ass. He is a wounded soldier in the first place. Can he be cured or not?" Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said with a knowing look, "We know that Malaya's importance to Britain is of no priority.
As long as the locals are satisfied with the location, we can do anything but let them become independent. A group of cannon fodder had better understand this, otherwise they may also be attacked by the Malayan Communist Party."
Does the Malayan Communist Party exist in Malaya? Is it a climate? It is not a climate, but it can become a climate when necessary.
In short, Richard's mission in the future is to use a geographical location that is more convenient than any other country, get part of the overflow of US military spending, and push Malaya to a higher economic level. Now is not Indonesia, which has hundreds of thousands of people to take care of their families.
Are immigrants coming here? They can't all be extremely rich, they are also high-quality labor force.
In fact, during the Vietnam War in history, it was not that the Chinese did not reap dividends. Singapore was one of them, and South Korea was naturally the first to bear the brunt. As the Vietnam War became increasingly fierce, the U.S. military's demand for war supplies increased day by day, and South Korea received a large number of U.S. troops.
Military orders, helping the US military produce cans, tents, raincoats and other military supplies.
Since then, South Korea's national economy has been greatly stimulated and began to develop rapidly.
The remaining ones are Thailand and Singapore, but now Malaya's foundation is obviously better than Thailand. Even if it cannot be used as a rear base, it can still make a lot of money by relying on the siphon effect. The Philippines, which did not reap the dividends in the Vietnam War, is actually at a loss.
It was originally the one who should have made war fortune, but when the opportunity came, it was useless.
"Secretary-General!" At this moment, Dixon walked in, nodded to Richard and then reported, "Moscow has agreed to reduce the size of the consulate in northern Iran and ensure Iran's neutral status."
"Oh!" Alan Wilson smiled and said to his two subordinates, "Since the beginning of Russian history, this period of time in the Soviet Union is a rare and reasonable period."
Alan Wilson was actually prepared for this result. After all, during the Brezhnev era, which was known for its toughness, Egypt was in trouble, and Moscow also withdrew the Soviet advisory group from Egypt. It was a few thousand people in size. Could it be that
Are you saying that the Suez Canal is not important? The Soviet Union still left.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's really unexpected." Dixon also hurriedly expressed his opinion in agreement with the supreme authority, although he didn't know where the surprise came from.
In fact, Alan Wilson didn't know either, but he remembered that it was this year that Khrushchev was ousted.
This Soviet leader has no problem as a person, and the problems he sees are also problems that exist in the Soviet Union. It is better than Brezhnev thinking that the Soviet Union has no problems. To say that there are problems, there is indeed a problem with the level.
I don’t know if this time Khrushchev stepped down because of another accusation. Maybe a storm is brewing in Moscow now.
Thinking about it, this year has been quite exciting. Khrushchev stepped down, a certain major country entered the nuclear club, the Gulf of Tonkin incident broke out, and the Vietnam War began.
Indeed, Xie Leping returned home without saying a word, with a stern expression that everyone could see. There are already many members in the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union who have different aspirations. Xie Leping believes that he is definitely not the only one, but he must be brought down.
The supreme authority of the Soviet Union, there is one department that cannot be circumvented, the KGB.
The relationship between Semichasny and Shelepin is simply that Shelepin stepped up to a higher level, and Semichasny took over the next. Starting from the secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, the two had this kind of relationship. Until Shelepin took over as chairman of the KGB, the Soviet Communist Youth League
The position of Secretary of the Central Committee was left to Semichasny, Shelepin joined the Presidium of the Central Committee, and Semichasny became the chairman of the KGB.
During this period, Semichasny briefly served as the second secretary in Azerbaijan, which did not overlap with Shelepin’s official career trajectory. In the eyes of others, Shelepin and Semichasny could be regarded as brothers and sisters, and their relationship was recognized as good.
of.
The KGB is the defense force of the Kremlin. As long as this department exists, no one can bypass Lubyanka and pose a threat to the First Secretary. Although the KGB cannot control people at the level of members of the Central Presidium, the KGB’s backer is Khrushchev.
Husband, coupled with the deterrent effect on the level of Central Committee members, theoretically speaking, Khrushchev's position is impregnable.
"Now the imperialists must be very happy with our compromise." Shelepin had no conspiracy in front of Semichasny and expressed his dissatisfaction with Khrushchev.
Semichasny did not speak. He was only forty years old this year. In fact, he became the chairman of the KGB at the age of thirty-six. The backbone of this circle is Shelepin. "How many supporters do you have?"
"Many people, look at the past few years, the leaders of the workers and peasants have used hundreds of tons of gold to fill the loopholes of the corn movement, not to mention the humiliation of the Cuban Missile Crisis." Sheleping replied in a deep voice.
Semichasny shook his head and analyzed, "We alone cannot do it, and Suslov is not enough. We must understand Brezhnev's attitude. Since Comrade Kozlov suffered a stroke, Brezhnev
He’s the second-in-command, so we can’t lead a group of senior city officials to launch an attack.”
"Fortseva is a woman who is not worthy of attention. If her son has only grown up for twenty years, it would be almost the same. But it is best to understand her movements, Shurik. Do you still remember that many years ago, Fortseva came forward?
She persuaded Zhukov and dispatched military planes to send Central Committee members from all over the country to Moscow. She personally spent a day and night at the Moscow airport to convince most of the Central Committee members and let Khrushchev make a comeback. Be careful of the Ukrainian gang, they are a very powerful force.
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The Ukrainian Gang has nothing to do with Brezhnev. There are other people in the current Ukrainian Gang in the Soviet Union, who are united around Podgorny. First Secretary of Ukraine Sherest, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine Korotchenko, and Podgorny
People like Liyansky.
"Fortseva dotes on her son so much, it's not difficult at all." Shelepin said with a smile, "Alekseev is still in Jakarta, she is definitely not willing to take risks. It is impossible to do it for more money like last time.
She is already a member of the Central Presidium, does she still want to be the first secretary?"
"If there are no problems with the above, then we have to wait until Khrushchev is not in Moscow to finalize the matter." Semichasny nodded, "The fact that the First Secretary is in Moscow is completely different from not being there."