For a country, the importance of coal and iron cannot be overemphasized. Just look at how concerned France is about the coal and iron community. Nehru is not Gandhi who wants to turn India into a large rural area. He must be very interested in an excellent country.
The importance of iron ore is clear. How can we tolerate such high-quality iron ore to be controlled by foreigners for a long time? Even if this country is the United States.
As far as the current international situation is concerned, it can be said to be very favorable to India. The United States is trapped in the Far East and cannot move, and Europe, which is extremely important to both the United States and the Soviet Union, is still in confrontation. The current international environment is relatively favorable to India.
If Nehru wanted to take risks at this time, the risks were actually not that big. As for whether he dared or not, although the conservative leader of the Indian National Congress, Patel, had just died, the conservatives had not disappeared.
The power of Indian conservatives has always been strong. Even if Nehru had concerns, the conservatives would push him to take risks, not to mention that the risks were not as great as imagined.
Pamela Mountbatten listened to her fiancé's analysis and kept nodding, "It seems that once India grows up, it will be really difficult to deal with."
India, which has a better foundation, cannot be said to have never developed, but it has indeed not had much impact on Europe and the United States. With India first attracting attention, Europe and the United States naturally feel that China cannot develop to the point of subverting the world order.
Even after the Korean War, India's international status is still higher than China. The same is true for various national indicators!
"Now, the telegram Alim asked me to forward to you was sent by a person named Grace." The two returned to the hotel where they were staying. Pamela Mountbatten took out the telegram and handed it to Alan Wilson.
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"Oh! Let me see." Alan Wilson quickly scanned the telegram and found two things. The first thing was that Ali Khan was very interested in Sabah, and the second thing was indeed Grace's short sentence. Everything
Ready.
After reading the telegram, Alan Wilson thought for a while and said, "I am going to adjust the administrative areas of British Malaya, merge part of Sabah into Sarawak, and then allocate part of the land to Brunei. You also know that Wen
Lai has been divided into two disconnected parts, which is very inconvenient."
"Will my territory expand or shrink?" Pamela Mountbatten asked the main question directly.
"It should be a bit enlarged." Alan Wilson took off his coat and replied calmly, "Together?"
Of course, Pamela Mountbatten was willing to her fiancé's request to share a bath. She liked the feeling of being held by Alan Wilson when taking a bath, which was very comfortable.
The world news of this day is that after the first two battles, the third battle has begun without stopping.
The third battle actually didn't last long, but from the perspective of hindsight, it was the first time that a flaw appeared. Ridgway, who had just taken office, observed that the enemy's logistics could only sustain the attack for about a week. This was also the case for Ridgway.
The origin of the oral worship offensive.
Of course, this was also discovered by Ridgway after the third battle. At that time, only Ridgway among the US military command discovered this, while MacArthur and other top brass were kept in the dark.
By the time of the fourth battle, Li Qiwei verified his speculation. From then on, the U.S. military was confident about the coming battle, and there was no more hasty retreat after being surrounded. So this was the best opportunity!
On New Year's Day, Alan Wilson used a previously discussed secret code and sent a public telegram to send New Year's wishes to the subjects of the British Malayan Empire. This was regarded as a formal action signal to Grace. After receiving the signal, Grace must take action within a week.
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At the beginning of the new year, British Malaya will officially begin the repatriation of prisoners of war at the request of the Japanese government.
Afterwards, Alan Wilson sent a series of telegrams to Bonn, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and then celebrated the New Year with Pamela Mountbatten in Brussels.
On the first day of the new year, the two were busy with other things. Thanks to US President Truman's war appropriation and mobilization, US steel stocks rose sharply. Alan Wilson and Pamela Mountbatten reduced their holdings of steel stocks.
Cash out.
Originally, it was all going to be cashed out, but because Pamela Mountbatten had just received news from New Delhi that India might take back the Mysore iron ore, it was not yet possible to judge what the impact would be, so Pamela Mountbatten put the steel
Half of the shares were left.
Alan Wilson was much more hidden. After all, he had also been the Chief Executive of Newfoundland, so naturally someone helped him handle the stock affairs. Pamela Mountbatten did not know about the shares in her fiancé's hands.
Since the war, the Mountbatten family has been gradually reducing its holdings of U.S. stocks, and the cash obtained has become the source of the Mountbatten family's increasing wealth.
Today's Alan Wilson is not just the kind of son-in-law he plays in front of his colleagues in Whitehall to the Mountbatten family.
It can be said that he is very prestigious. Although he and Pamela Mountbatten are not married yet, as time goes by, Pamela Mountbatten's dependence on him continues to increase.
It was also January 1, 1951, when the two of them were looking forward to the New Year and the new atmosphere, talking about the Jade House being almost completed and choosing a date to get married.
Explosive news came from the subcontinent. Indian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nehru announced the nationalization of the Mysore iron mines, dealing a blow to Washington, which was expanding its military.
Before the war broke out, the US military had only 1.3 million troops on its books, which was not even sufficient for the defense of Europe.
It was expanded once after MacArthur's call, and Truman's mobilization order after the Second Battle began to expand on this basis. Of course, it was a signal that the United States was beginning to seriously challenge the war, and it also led to a rise in various military-related stocks.
Especially steel stocks. At this time, such a backstab from a powerful and powerful country caused steel stocks on the New York Stock Exchange to plummet. Even Pamela Mountbatten, who returned to London, complained that she should have sold them all before.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's only been a day, so I can't see the subsequent impact yet, so I'll wait." Alan Wilson comforted softly, "Nehru's
The action may only have a short-term impact. After all, the United States has no shortage of iron ore. The quality may not be as high as the Australian iron ore you have, but there is no problem in supporting the war machine."
"I didn't expect it to be so fast. I just got the news that New Delhi would announce it so quickly." Pamela Mountbatten asked with some confusion. "It is absolutely impossible for this kind of thing to happen in London."
"That's incredible India!" Alan Wilson smiled slightly,
Commissioners from each colony will return to London in the new year, mainly to prepare for the colonial commissioners' meeting at the beginning of the year.
In fact, everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed before. For the colonial commissioner, coming back this time is more like a routine vacation. By the way, the harvest of hard work in the colony is placed in a reliable place.
The joy of harvest is shown on the faces of every colleague, and they firmly believe that the coming year will be better.
Naturally, the confiscation of US-owned iron ore mines in India and the renewed war are the focus of discussion. Everyone is very excited about the disgrace of the US military in the past six months. The words are filled with the concern of a father for his son!
Alan Wilson happened to be talking to his colleagues about developing real estate and setting a benchmark in the capitals of the colonies. Don't say at that time that Britain has not developed the local economy. Regarding the matter of real estate revitalization, he thinks that we can make careful plans.
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At this moment, British Malaya seemed to be in peace. Compared with Nehru, who was still in the war-torn peninsula and surrounded by great expectations and praises, it was a quiet time.
Newspapers have published reports that Japanese prisoners of war are about to be repatriated. News that Japanese prisoners of war are about to return home has even spread to prisoner-of-war camps. This seems to be a good thing.
But it is related to the humiliation of the U.S. military in the first two battles. At this time, Japanese prisoners of war were about to return home. This caused an undercurrent that appeared a few months ago to surge again.
Thousands of miles away, the British Commissioner of Malaya did not forget to send a telegram to express New Year's wishes despite his busy schedule, allowing Grace, who was on a business trip to Asia, and the Slavs with her to make the final operational arrangements.
"I heard that the two of them were soldiers. It just so happened that we were too. We have already discussed the basic discussion this time. I wish you all the best." Grace looked at Su Yang and Tian Qianqiu, and added, "It must be reflected.
Professionalism, this is what the commissioner is very concerned about.”
At the beginning of the New Year, the British troops stationed in Malaya were relaxing. Thousands of miles away in Europe, the cold wind was blowing, but Malaya near the equator was still as hot as ever. With the arrival of the New Year, compared with the freezing weather,
The American troops were fighting fiercely and the British troops in Malaya had nothing to fault.
The garrison commander, Lieutenant General Bilton, also gave most of the British troops a holiday because of the New Year.
At this time, no one would have thought that British Malaya would soon steal the headline position of the Peninsular War and India.
But it happened so suddenly. The Chinese group, with Chinese workers as the core, launched raids on various prisoner of war camps almost simultaneously.