For the time being, the Congress Party will not disturb the tranquility of the Government House during this period. Governor Mountbatten enjoyed a moment of peace and asked Alan Wilson and Sir Barron what they thought of this matter.
Sit and watch! Sir Barron and Alan Wilson both replied in their hearts. Sir Barron was the first to speak, "At such a sensitive moment, it would be better for the Government House not to express its position. After all, this is India's own matter.
If we participate, based on past lessons, the backlash caused by such interference will eventually feed back to ourselves."
Alan Wilson's role is much simpler, with a look of admiration. If he still needs to speak, he can only hold out his thumb and say, "High, really high."
"The matter of British India has been dealt with, and the next step is Burma. At present, we have not much progress left. It is nothing more than the international trade settlement issue of sterling." Alan Wilson flipped through the conditions sent by London and solved the problems.
Of course there are many more, the most important of which is the pound issue.
As long as the pound issue is resolved, the remaining issues are actually not that important. The Government-General's opinion is to use the positioning of a princely state in exchange for India's commitment to settling international trade in pounds after independence.
This matter is the most important thing in London. If there is a petroleum currency in this era, the U.S. dollar will not be involved.
Most of the oil in the Middle East is still in the hands of the United Kingdom. Without petrodollars, there will only be petropounds.
But right? The United States has nuclear bombs, but the United Kingdom does not yet have them. Even if it occupies the position first, it cannot maintain its national strength if it is not strong enough.
At this time, the United States will definitely not think of such operations as petrodollars, not only because the Braston Woods system itself is relatively beneficial to the United States, but also because the United States is an oil exporting country.
In the process of converting the U.S. dollar into petrodollars, the landmark event was the first oil crisis.
Beginning with Charles de Gaulle's return of gold, in the 1960s and 1970s, the international financial market sold U.S. dollars in large quantities and snapped up gold and other hard currencies, causing the U.S. dollar's international credit to be shaken.
The main reasons for the dollar crisis are: the weakening of the United States' external economic strength, the deficit in the balance of payments for consecutive years, the loss of a large amount of gold reserves, the lack of external credit guarantee for the US dollar, and the serious inflation in the United States, which has led to the continuous depreciation of the US dollar internally.
In order to resolve the selling frenzy led by Britain, France and Germany, before the first oil crisis, the London-New York financial group no longer regarded the U.S. dollar as the currency standard, the United States canceled the gold standard, the Bretton Woods system began to collapse, and various countries implemented floating exchange rate systems.
In order to solve the dilemma of the US dollar, Dr. Kissinger proposed the "recycling of petrodollars" plan, which was essentially to launch a huge attack on world industrial growth and tilt the balance of power back to the side of US financial interest groups and the US dollar.
Of course, any adjustment comes at a cost, and the U.S.'s already powerful oil industry is at the expense of this.
In the 1970s, the United States began to implement an oil export ban to prevent domestic oil from entering the international market and interfering with prices to protect the interests of Middle Eastern oil-producing countries after the oil crisis.
Until the president abolished the ban, the United States controlled domestic oil, either not to exploit it or controlling access to the international market, in order to bind the oil-producing countries in the Middle East.
At present, the Braston Woods system is still solid, and the United States cannot afford to make adjustments.
At least for twenty years, the Braston Woods system will still be in effect. As for twenty years later, it will depend on how much British national strength is left. If all the colonies are lost, the pound currently existing in the Middle East will still be replaced by the dollar.
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As long as the national and military strength is not good enough, it is inevitable that the British pound will eventually be wiped out by the US dollar. After thinking about it, Alan Wilson still thinks that nuclear bombs are more important. The Royal Navy, which is still considered a powerful force on the earth, does not know if it will be able to survive by then.
How much success is left?
If it still ends up with a few broken ships, Britain still cannot avoid the fate of being a follower. This kind of thing is like this. Anyway, Alan Wilson believes that anyone who has it is not as good as his own. Who wants to be a follower if he can have the right of independence?
The blood between Britain and the United States is thicker than water. He, a British man, does not want his country to become a subsidiary of the United States. It is best to do the other way around.
In the afternoon, Alan Wilson received the telegram from Hyderabad, put it away calmly, and then went back to read after get off work. Vivien Leigh had dealt with the marriage change and was now in the United States.
Ellen Wilson can feel her sincere thoughts from the telegram. Vivien Leigh said in the telegram that she was promoting a movie shot in British India with members of her best friend group, "India's Daughter", and she was very busy every day.
Alan Wilson almost forgot that he also helped accumulate materials to enhance India's international influence.
If politics interferes with art in Hollywood, this documentary will definitely win an award, but it’s hard to estimate what award it will win.
He felt that it would be best to wait until British India became independent before releasing the documentary, so that it would not interfere with the current work of British India.
Regarding the rumors of marriage change, Vivien Leigh said that she had terminated her marriage to Mr. Oliver. Although there were occasional twists and turns, it was still a peaceful breakup. Vivien Leigh will devote her remaining time to the equal rights movement and charity. Of course, she has not given up on her film career.
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Finally, he said that he was in a confused state in life and very much hoped to receive practical guidance from Alan Wilson.
When he saw this, Alan Wilson simply couldn't control his fiery heart and immediately gave guidance to Da Yingbao.
It is a pity that the matter of British India is not over yet. I can only express in my reply that British India cannot leave Ai Zhongtang's teachings for a day. It involves the future of hundreds of millions of people and it really cannot leave now.
The Governor's House was calm as usual, while the Congress party was still in the midst of reconciliation and separation, understanding and quarrels. In disrepute were several important leaders of the Congress party and Ali Jinnah.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Gandhi is undoubtedly at the center of the storm. Alan Wilson has a small wish, hoping to see the saint ascend to heaven before leaving British India.
, I don’t know if this little wish can come true.
Late at night, Gandhi sat on a straw mat and lamented to his grandniece Manu: "Now I am alone. Even Nehru thought I was wrong. They thought that once the partition of India was over, peace could be restored. In their
It seems that as the years have passed, I have become a little confused. They may have a point, but I am struggling in the dark in vain.”
Manu looked at Gandhi and said: "Don't think so much. Others have abandoned you, but I am still here. You snatch me from the hands of death. I will not leave you, even though all your followers have left you."
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Gandhi hissed, "Soon I may die in the West and will not experience this disaster personally. However, if the suffering I worry about befalls India and threatens India's independence, then future generations should know that an old man in his dying years will never die.
Thinking of these unfortunate disasters, he felt so depressed and sad."
Alan Wilson didn't know that Gandhi had such a request. If he knew, he believed that the saint's wish would definitely move God. However, he did not dare to get rid of the saint, but he could create some opportunities to shock those who wanted to.
It is convenient for people in the world.
Religious conflicts are all about the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother. He believed that the news that Gandhi proposed to let Ali Jinnah manage independent India would definitely arouse the hostility of many people.
At this time, London also experienced very important changes for the British Empire's civil servants. Edward Bridges officially resigned from the position of Cabinet Secretary, and the head of the British Empire's civil servants became Norman Brooke.
In fact, even before World War II ended, Norman Brooke was already a powerful figure in the Whitehall civil service.
This time, Edward Bridges actually did not retire completely. Instead, he became the nominal head of the civil service, but he did not have such great power as the civil servant. In fact, Alan Wilson was quite familiar with this operation, and Mape was a duo.
Edward Bridges has only stepped down from the position of cabinet secretary, and is still far from his true retirement.
However, Alan Wilson was not familiar with the new cabinet secretary and asked Sir Barron for advice.
"There is no difference. For us officials, we cannot say that stability is more important than anything else, but it is certainly much more stable than politicians who come and go. Sir Norman has also been working in Whitehall for a long time. He has been in contact with Sir Edward for a long time.
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Sir Barron thought for a moment and replied, "It's hard to say what will be different. Except that Sir Norman is relatively close to politicians, the rest should not change."
While the two were discussing high-level changes in London, Norman Brooke's first telegram as cabinet secretary was sent in by Commissioner Edel. Sir Barron took the telegram and read it, and at the same time said to Alan Wilson,
"The candidate for deputy prime minister of British India has basically been decided on Nehru. It will be officially announced in a few days!"
"Look at it, I said there is no change, it's just that the positions of the two people's signatures have changed."
This telegram was sent in the joint names of Norman Brooke and Edward Bridges, with Norman Brooke's name at the front and Edward Bridges's name at the back.
Alan Wilson took the telegram, looked at the contents, and said, "Before the formal appointment, should we take the initiative to contact Nehru and sell him a favor?"
"Is it like we helped him become the Deputy Prime Minister of British India?" Sir Barron suppressed a smile and said, "He knows our British politics very well."
"It's because we understand it!" Alan Wilson said calmly, "We pretended to have contributed to this matter, and we have nothing to lose by claiming so."