After several transitions, Alan Wilson returned to Kuala Lumpur, where he had been away for several months. At the same time, he also brought with him the gains from this trip, which was the market he found for the industrialization of Malaya.
At least he found an export market for the colony he administered through negotiations with Iran.
There are also the British African real estate strategy that has been launched to rejuvenate the country, the airport project in the Middle East, and the Aswan Dam project that currently only has one idea. These are all good things that can promote the industrial development of Malaya.
At present, Alan Wilson could not think of any external conditions that could be achieved. A few days later, a meeting of the British Malaya Colony Commissioners was held to discuss the needs of other colonies.
"Even if these colonies eventually become independent, we need to establish a superstructure that is stable enough and obedient. Otherwise, these colonies are likely to become countries that tend to favor the Soviet Union in the future."
When talking about the African real estate strategy to rejuvenate the country, Alan Wilson explained its importance to the British Empire.
As for the direct evidence in hand to convince subordinates, it is the fourth five-year plan of the Soviet Union, which is also the first five-year plan after the war. Britain is doing its best to get rid of the sequelae of the war, and the Soviet Union is of course the same, and has recovered more than the United Kingdom.
quick.
Of course, Alan Wilson knew in his heart that the recovery of the Soviet Union could not be learned by other countries. Nearly 30 million people were killed in the war, and seven years is not a long time. If we use the metaphor of trauma, the Soviet Union sprinkled gunpowder on the wound to forcefully stop the bleeding after being injured.
, instead of choosing to rest slowly.
In fact, the Soviet Union could not rest. After all, hostility between the two sides had already emerged in 1946 after the war. If Britain had not been trying its best to get out of the financial crisis and had been avoiding confrontation, NATO would not have waited until 1955.
It only appeared two years ago.
While his subordinates were observing the results of the Soviet Union’s post-war five-year plan, Alan Wilson continued, “For eight years, our original intention in working from British India to British Malaya was to try to solve the financial problems encountered in the country.
Difficulties. Today, there are generally no financial problems. The problem is that relying solely on the local area will only make us farther and farther away from the United States and the Soviet Union. For our development, we need a second place that can share the pressure on the local area. This is the third time that the UK has made a decision.
Choice, if it fails again this time, we should just watch the British Empire become a thing of the past."
The long-standing problem of the British is that when building the imperial armed forces, all resources come from the mainland. Once they want to find colonies to share the burden, they often fail. The British initially asked the thirteen states in North America to share the imperial defense costs.
Then the United States became independent.
Later, British Canada was chosen, but the Canadians were unwilling. In the end, they relied on the support of British India to maintain the military power of the empire on which the sun never sets.
From this point we can see how important British India is to Britain. Once India becomes independent, Britain's military pressure will increase greatly. With Britain's own finances, it is impossible to maintain the existing 800,000 standing army.
"Are the data released by the Soviet Union accurate? The size of the Soviet Union's economy is already twice that of the mainland?" Edel looked at the five-year plan report in his hand and asked with suspicion, "Are the Soviets lying?"
"Let's just treat this as true." Alan Wilson wondered, "Do you think the Soviet cadres are British civil servants?" Or he explained, "In any case, if the economies of the two countries are the same size, when will Britain need to strangle a weak country through an alliance?
rival."
The current situation is actually very simple. The economic size of the United States is more than twice that of the Soviet Union, and the economic size of the Soviet Union is already about twice that of the United Kingdom. Moreover, the potentials of the two countries are completely different. The lives of British citizens are definitely far better than those of Soviet citizens.
, but growth will also be much slower.
"The necessary development of Malaya requires the full support of the mainland. The price is that the colonies we manage must bear military expenditures, and we cannot let the mainland bear the expenses alone. If we cannot do this, the current 800,000 standing army of the empire will not be preserved. Once it falls into a vicious situation
cycle, we will not have enough power to maintain the stability of the colony. For this reason, with the intensity of industrial transfer, Malaya will receive more care than the original India. At the same time, starting from next year, the financial expenditure of British Malaya will
Part of it will be included in local military expenditures."
"Commissioner, please give us a few years, otherwise it will cause turmoil here." Alyssa said with some worry, "At first, the thirteen states in North America were taxed, and finally they fought for independence."
"Through industrial transfer and export markets, I believe this feeling can be diluted. The sharing of military expenditures must be carried out from the beginning. Otherwise, when the development reaches a certain level and this expenditure is increased, people here will not agree even more.
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"It seems that we need to put more effort into the accounts." Edel fiddled with the pen in his hand and shook his head slightly. "It depends on whether this year's export data looks good. If it looks good, it should be fine."
"This is the purpose of trade. The development of Malaya will gradually consolidate the empire's preferential system. And over time, it will also help maintain Britain's influence in the colonies."
Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows when he said this and said, "Okay, at the beginning of the year I said we would need 10 million tons of steel. The goal remains unchanged. As long as we can produce it, we will have a way to sell it."
The main purpose of this meeting was to share military expenditures and complete the replacement of British India by British Malaya. If there was a need for real estate to prosper the country, Malaya would export it.
The only bottleneck that can limit the current bottleneck of Malaya is actually the population problem, but it doesn't matter, there are a lot of people nearby.
During Alan Wilson's absence, the news in Asia was that the Korean War had entered a stable stage. Another thing was that the Philippines filed a compensation demand against Japan, demanding an amount of US$8 billion.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "My biological son and my godson are fighting." Alan Wilson's mouth formed an o-shaped shape, thinking about how to express support.
If he, a colonial commissioner, did this, his position might be too clear, but if it could create a stumbling block for Japan, why not do it? Those Japanese social beasts would have to work hard for a while longer.
Elpidio Quirino is the current president of the Philippines. During World War II, his wife and daughter were killed by the Japanese army. It is understandable that such a person as president would advocate for compensation.
Malaya has already released its prisoners of war, and it is unreasonable to ask for it to be included in the compensation now. However, side support can still be provided on this matter, for example, by talking about the issue of Australian prisoners of war.
His wife Pamela Mountbatten is still in London, but will soon go to Western Australia to wait for her childbirth to avoid the upcoming severe weather in the country. Alan Wilson sent a telegram, on the one hand to report that she was safe, and on the other hand to let his wife think about it.
Find a way to organize the families of Australian prisoners of war who were tortured to death during World War II and form a lobby group to pressure the Australian government to demand compensation from Japan.
Once this is done, the UK can express its support behind Australia.
It is a pity that the United Kingdom cannot join the ranks of demanding compensation, because Germany and the United Kingdom, which caused greater damage to the United Kingdom, have expressed their understanding. If they only hold on to Japan, they will easily fall into trouble. Australia does not have this problem.
"I see, Japan is your competitor in managing the colony. I will help!" Pamela Mountbatten's telegram immediately agreed to help, and said she would go to Australia in a few days, and also mentioned that Princess Margaret was also
Will accompany you.
"Am I going to hide or not?" Alan Wilson said to himself in confusion when he saw the news.
When the boat reached the bridge, he stopped thinking about it and began to inspect some of the already developed industries in Malaya.
If Burgess, the ambassador to Japan, had not arrived in Malaya, he would not have stayed in Kuala Lumpur. The key is that Burgess also brought reporters disguised as MI6, and these reporters had already investigated something.
This is something that Alan Wilson has always been concerned about. He recorded the massacre by the US military not to embarrass the United States. Instead, he wanted to serve the United Kingdom. After all, compared to the old colonial empire of Britain, the current role of the United States is still quite glorious.
Although the rulers of various countries know the virtues of the United States, ordinary people are easily deceived. Especially in some colonies, the United States is always regarded as the savior.
This time the MI6 investigation gathered massacres committed by the United States and South Korean governments. The most tragic one was the "National Protective Alliance Incident" led by the South Korean government. The "National Protective Alliance" was established by the South Korean government in 1949
In 2000, it was an organization that re-educated communist sympathizers. At that time, in order to increase the number of people, many civilians who were not communist sympathizers also registered as members under coercion or inducement. Therefore, within half a year of its establishment, members of the Protective Alliance were
Up to three hundred thousand.
After the Korean Civil War broke out, the South Korean government ordered the "cleanup" of members of the Defense Alliance.
In the Jeju Island Incident, the U.S. and South Korean troops killed 30,000 local residents. There was also the Laogenli Incident, which was an incident in which the U.S. military took the lead. Investigation reports on similar massacres of civilians were brought out this time.
"Great, if these things are to be exposed, I see how Americans hold up the moral flag!" Alan Wilson held a small part of the investigation report and laughed heartily.
Then Alan Wilson realized that being so happy about such an incident was detrimental to his image, so he changed the subject to Burgess and said, "Burgess, actually you don't have to come with me. Is your work done?"
"I received an order to be the ambassador to Germany." Burgess explained with a shrug.
Whitehall really had a sharp eye and discovered Burgess's talent at a glance. Alan Wilson was deeply impressed by Whitehall's vision and opened his mouth and reluctantly said, "Congratulations."