"The death of Prime Minister Shastri is a sad day. All India and even the world should remember the departure of such an outstanding leader. Shastri and I met in 1942," Marshal Mountbatten said.
He started this speech with a sad face.
The young couple in the VIP seats below were already tired of being together. Pamela Mountbatten turned a deaf ear to her father's words and asked about the whole story of the wounded soldier incident.
Alan Wilson hugged his wife's delicate body grandly and whispered, "There are Americans here too, but they have not been announced. The guidance of public opinion before leaving was still successful. We also punished the criminals, which is a great achievement.
It was such a shock that the victim’s family also received hush money and treatment arrangements.”
Malaya was used to replace British India. This cannot be taken lightly. If this colony is lost, Britain can consider being a follower. Being a follower in this world may be more important than the world in Alan Wilson's mind.
Unfortunately, France swallowed up Algeria in one go. Although the livable land is not large, by comparison, if the UK does not have the same control over a place, it will be unable to cope with France. This is also the consensus of Whitehall and the two governments.
"But I heard that the U.S. military's military operations in South Vietnam were not very effective. Will it affect us?" Pamela Mountbatten was still a little worried. This is the case from the British perspective. Of course, in the face of the U.S.'s covert efforts, Britain would be stymied.
It's dissatisfaction, but what if the United States fails miserably?
"Don't worry. From a domestic perspective, the Soviet Union has always threatened us. Now that it's reached this point, what else do we need to worry about?" Alan Wilson looked at it very broadly. "The free world controls far more places than the Soviet Union. There is only one threat worth it."
Pay attention, that is, the top three most populous countries in the world are in the same camp."
Only in this way can the balance of power be changed, but this has never happened in history. Ever since India hit the mountain, this may not have existed. Although the relationship between the Soviet Union and China and India was very good for a certain period of time, they did not take advantage of this situation.
to adjust the border issues between the two countries for a period of time.
Then again, the Soviet Union may not be able to do it. When it comes to bad things like the border issue, it is wrong to stand on the side of any country.
Even if Alan Wilson was a Soviet, he would probably side with India, because no one would have thought that countries in the same camp would turn against each other. Even Tito's Yugoslavia did not reach the level that a certain major country later did.
But this is the trouble of the Soviet Union. When a certain big country jumps ship, as a humble social instrument of the free world, Alan Wilson will lend the British hegemony of public opinion to the Soviet Union. To speak for this enemy, you yourself will go to war.
Now that we have met, isn't the UK still allowed to sow discord? We will strive to prevent the two countries from getting closer in the future.
India is a powerful country. Although Indians have not reached the standards of an industrial power and can only fight one wave of wars, no one can deny that there are very few countries that can withstand India's wave of wars. The problem is
The reason is that its two neighboring countries happen to be within this range.
If India were to side with the undivided Soviet bloc, it would be a big headache for the free world.
Even if the United States is superior in strength and can withstand its enemies on both sides of the Eurasian continent, who will resist India in the Indian Ocean direction? You won’t count on Pakistan, right? Pakistan, which has not yet become independent in East Pakistan, can resist it for a while. If Pakistan becomes independent in Bangladesh, it will be able to resist it.
Not living in India
It is a top priority not to let India get too close to the Soviet Union. At least at this time, India still has value in wooing it.
"A great country like India with a long history and a strong gene should of course become one of the permanent members of the United Nations." While the couple bit their ears, Marshal Mountbatten, the last Governor-General of British India and the representative of the British royal family, had already waved his hand.
Hold on to the air chips and draw a pie for the Indians.
The upper class people in India all understand English. As soon as Mountbatten's air chips came out, they were most afraid of a sudden silence in the air, but immediately, thunderous applause and cheers surrounded Marshal Mountbatten.
"Look, isn't this very effective?" Alan Wilson looked like he has the upper hand. His soul is a person from a big country who often plays a key role in the politics of India. His current identity is a British citizen of India's former suzerainty, two major powers.
Is it a small blessing to be able to serve Indians from different angles?
In the future, at the United Nations, the British representative will use the Standing Committee to seduce India from time to time without actually asking for aid. Maybe this bait can also allow India to benefit from Britain from time to time, which can be said to be a win.
Shastri's funeral and Mountbatten's speech occupied the center of Indian public opinion in the next few days.
Such an enthusiastic response also surprised the Mountbatten father and daughter. They did not expect it to have such a great effect. Pamela Mountbatten spoke for her husband in front of her father, "If he had worked before World War I, Britain would be truly lucky.
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Yesterday, Alan Wilson just explained the air chips to the country from the embassy. He said that this statement was just to fool the Indians. Although Marshal Mountbatten is very famous, he does not belong to the current British government after all. It is more appropriate to use it to express his position.
I believe the cabinet also understands how difficult it is for India to join the permanent membership.
India's entry into the UN and the return of a certain major country are not the same difficulty, and the time to catch up is quite good. Although a certain major country has already had conflicts with the Soviet Union, it has not officially revealed its rebellious intentions. It did not appear when Allende died and
Other Soviet allies made contrary statements and did not fight a large-scale war with Vietnam.
Otherwise, given that the Soviet Union's momentum in the 1970s surpassed that of the United States, if there is a stumbling block, it may not be possible to permanently stop it. It should not be a problem to delay it for a few years.
This is mainly due to the fact that neither group has any major objections, rather than the result of African brothers bringing it in. These are conditions that India does not possess.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! India still has quite a lot of problems. India is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic country. The census five years ago recorded 1,600 languages. Mainly
There are eighteen languages. Hindi is the largest language, but its speakers are only one-third of the country's population.
When the British ruled India, provinces were divided without considering language factors, and the same language area was divided into fragments. In order to facilitate the promotion of national autonomy, the Congress Party proposed the intention of dividing states based on language before independence. After independence, it considered resolving the princely states.
As for the issue of belonging, state boundaries should not change too much. After the trauma of the partition of India and Pakistan, it has become a consensus to be wary of regionalism.
Nehru Patel and Sitaramaiah formed a language committee and decided to wait at least ten years before implementing this work. Many local leaders and people were dissatisfied with this and turned it into a mass movement.
Local and central confrontation. The government promulgated the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, and the Indian administrative regions were reorganized into fourteen central states and six central territories according to language distribution. Each state uses the main language as the official language of the state. Regarding national official
The issue of language has been debated endlessly. In the Constituent Assembly, Hindi was designated as the official language with a slight advantage, while English was retained as the official language and continued to be used for fifteen years.
However, there was strong resistance in the southern states, with mass protests against the forced introduction of Hindi, and eventually the exact time for Hindi to replace English was revoked.
Now in India, with the death of Shastri, who will lead India next has become the most concerned issue. Therefore, Alan Wilson asked for leave from the Prime Minister who had returned to London, saying that he wanted to see the future of India.
Harold Wilson, who had trouble persuading an armistice, agreed.
The internal elections of the Indian National Congress Party have been scheduled. Before the family left New Delhi, the major candidates were in full swing. Pamela Mountbatten took the opportunity to visit Indira Gandhi. In fact,
If Pamela Mountbatten is just the daughter of a retired marshal, then of course she is of little value.
But Pamela Mountbatten herself was a wealthy man in the UK. Although her father had retired from the army, her husband was still the supreme authority in the UK, so she naturally gained the attention of Indira Gandhi.
"Indira didn't say anything useful." After Pamela Mountbatten came back, she said to her husband with a bad face. Alan Wilson worked for the government. How to avoid the main question? Pamela Mountbatten
Button knew it all too well.
"If you believe me, she is the Prime Minister of India. Let's make a bet." Alan Wilson said this and whispered in his wife's ear.
"What are you bragging about?" Pamela Mountbatten blushed, her heart pounding, and she reached out to slap her husband's chest, always wanting to offend the richest woman.
After Shastri's death, Desai, as the most senior veteran, believed that he had to do his part. But the Nehru family believed that this was a good opportunity for Indira Gandhi to come to power. The decisive factor was the Syndicate faction. They fully supported Indira.
In the party caucus election, Indira Gandhi defeated Desai with an overwhelming majority and became the third Prime Minister.
Indira Gandhi's coming to power confirmed Alan Wilson as a great prophet, but he murmured in his heart, "This Iron Lady is no ordinary person."
Although Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher were both iron ladies, Indira Gandhi dismembered her old enemy Pakistan, while Mrs. Thatcher killed Argentina, a country that even in Latin America ranks behind Brazil and Mexico. Whose?
The higher gold content is obvious.
"Things here have come to an end, and it's time for me to return to China." Alan Wilson stretched. The weather in London has turned cold now. Mountbatten and his daughter are going back to Perth, so they say goodbye here.
After the incident in India is over, Alan Wilson will continue to return to his country to be a loyal and reliable civil servant. If you think about it carefully, it seems that Britain will enter a period of stability and concentrate on its own reforms.
Nationalizing the water supply system, nationalizing steel, and nationalizing coal, Whitehall still has a lot of work to do, and it has to cooperate and fight with the cabinet. This must be the main theme of Harold Wilson's term.
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I had a bad fever yesterday, but I'm fine today. But I don't know if it's the sequelae of the fever. One of my teeth hurts a lot today, but I won't delay writing.