Chapter 840 Economic and trade changes into arms sales
The uranium mine was discovered in the Northern Territory of Australia, which covers an area of less than 1.5 million square kilometers. The entire Northern Territory has a permanent population of less than 100,000. The most important port and city is Darwin.
Although Australia is vast and sparsely populated, the Northern Territory has clearly reached another level. Whether the local population is larger than the resident crocodiles is a question.
With such a sparse population, the Northern Territory is a territory directly under the Australian government. Alan Wilson cannot talk to a local governor, but can only talk to Canberra, unlike in Western Australia, where he can just talk to Governor Ross McLarty.
Perth's local newspapers and radio stations paid a lot of attention to the news of Princess Margaret's arrival in Perth. There is no doubt that Princess Margaret's status as a royal princess and her unique temperament attracted the attention of Perth people.
Many residents of Perth were British citizens only a few years ago and came here with the dream of finding a relaxing place to live. They still regard themselves as British in their hearts.
The image of Princess Margaret is played on the TV, and her charming style is very eye-catching.
While facing the TV, Alan Wilson was having a verbal dispute with Her Royal Highness, and one hand had already taken the high ground. He was blaspheming Her Royal Highness, who was very popular in Perth.
After a long time, the two of them were breathing heavily before they separated. On the screen, Princess Margaret was saying something like she liked Perth very much.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is so popular in Australia." Even if his hands didn't stop for a moment, Alan Wilson did not forget to give advice to the princess on the screen.
"You bad thing." Princess Margaret looked at the man tenderly, "If people know that you treat me like this, you will be finished, and your life will be extremely dark."
"So? Will Her Royal Highness the Princess let this happen?" Pulling Her Royal Highness into his arms and looking at each other at close range, Alan Wilson's question seemed a bit aggressive.
"Of course... no, no!" Princess Margaret stammered a satisfactory answer.
"Very good, this is a fascinating reaction." Alan Wilson was very happy. He felt that there might be a breakthrough this year, although he did not dare to do anything to Her Royal Highness in the UK.
But in this free world, it is not difficult to find a safe zone to fill the princess's emotional emptiness.
Judging from the princess's current reaction, she definitely does not object to having her emotional emptiness filled, and is completely interested in being a concubine.
Alan Wilson was satisfied that he had tested Her Royal Highness the Princess's bottom line. He was in a happy mood and felt that there was no reason why this trip to Australia could not be a complete success.
A few days later, the family of three, including Her Royal Highness the Princess, took a flight to Canberra, the capital of Australia.
On the Comet 1, looking through the window at the endless Gobi desert below, Australia is incompatible with other places on the earth. Even judging from later satellite photos, the color is completely different.
It is almost like an alien land has been attached to the earth. Billions of years of wind and sun have made this land very different from other continents.
"The biggest advantage of this desolate land is that all the minerals are buried very shallow. God is still very kind to Australia." Alan Wilson finally understood why Trisolaran placed humans here.
"It's really strange. Australia seems to be the flattest continent." Pamela Mountbatten shook her head and said, "Even the mountains are very short."
"Perhaps many millions of years ago, the mountains in Australia were also very high. Maybe they were just shortened by the wind and sun." Alan Wilson answered his wife's question.
He remembered that the oldest rocks on the surface of the earth were in the Murchisand Mountains of Western Australia and were about four billion years old.
It wasn't until we arrived not far above Canberra that the khaki color on the ground turned into a little bit of green. Needless to say, this is another decent place in Australia, the southeastern corner of Australia where Canberra is located.
After getting off Comet 1, the group went directly to see William Joseph Slim, the current Governor-General of Australia.
When it comes to issues related to Malaya, you can also talk to the Marshal. Lieutenant General David Sconce, who is about to take office, was once a subordinate of Marshal Slim. For Marshal Slim, he is the one who comes.
people.
At the same time, Marshal Slim also paid tribute to Her Royal Highness the Princess for her visit. The uranium mine matter involves confidentiality. Although Marshal Slim is an important general in the British military, this matter should not be known to him.
It's just that on some issues, the Governor-General still needs to communicate with the Prime Minister of Australia. Marshal Slim thinks there is no problem with this. Since he came to Australia as Governor-General, there has been no friction in the relationship between Britain and Australia.
"Moreover, I also found that Australians attach great importance to safety issues." Marshal Slim told his findings.
"That's easy." Alan Wilson was full of confidence. He was going to start with the Bamboo Curtain threat and explain it from a security perspective to let Australia understand the importance of helping Britain stay in the British colony of Malaya.
It all depends on what Australia wants. Anyway, Alan Wilson feels that no matter what Australia wants, as long as it pays for it, there is nothing that Britain cannot sell, even nuclear bombs.
Don't forget that the UK is still using Australia's space center to test blue light missiles? Although short-range missiles have been successful, short-range missiles are not enough for the UK. The UK needs intercontinental missiles.
Even the original blue-light missiles in history are not enough, because the United Kingdom cannot place missile silos on its own soil. And in Australia, the original historical range is obviously not enough.
Because of the high requirements on range, although the blue-light missile project has received greater attention, the progress has not improved at all and is still under research.
The current Prime Minister of Australia is still Robert Gordon Menzies, the Prime Minister who has always admired the Queen.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Alan Wilson feels that this may be the benefit that the Queen brings to Britain. Who doesn’t like a Queen like Britain?
Although the Queen doesn't come often, doesn't the Princess come from time to time? It helps maintain Australia's centripetal force towards Britain.
The next day, Alan Wilson took Princess Margaret, who looked similar to the Queen, and arrived at the Prime Minister's Office with this business card. He was ready to have a good talk with Australia about military cooperation including but not limited to uranium mines.
A few years ago, Prime Minister Menzies did one thing, but failed, which was to legislate to ban the activities of the Communist Party of Australia. Through this incident, we can understand what kind of political outlook this prime minister has.
Alan Wilson talks up the Bamboo Curtain threat while suggesting that close cooperation between Australia and Britain is vital to the free world.
"Many people here believe that Australia's special characteristics prevent us from ignoring the dangers Australia is in. Although Europe and many countries believe that the UK should choose between the Commonwealth and Europe. But so far, the UK has withstood this
This kind of pressure." Alan Wilson, with a face full of national sentiments thicker than water, narrowed the relationship between the two parties in front of Menzies.
He absolutely did not lie. It has been ten years since the war. If other European countries could not see it at the beginning, no one can see it today that Britain has become a colander of the European Community.
How were the textiles from the Malayan colonies sold to the European market? Wasn't it the UK, the gatekeeper of the European Community, who let them in? Although the UK increased the price again during the process and sold it after raising the price, it was still cheaper than in Europe.
Textile prices are lower.
Britain's move is much more despicable than the U.S.'s move to support Japan's textile industry. The U.S. is opening up its own market. Although the U.K. is also opening up its own market, it is more open to the markets of European Community countries and is a part-time referee and goalkeeper.
France was the first to criticize it, but since the war, France has been fighting wars in various colonies, so it needed support from Britain in order to unite the old imperialists, so it has been holding back.
There are only a few countries in Europe that can say no to Britain. Germany and Italy have been defeated. If France does not speak out, there will be no opponents. Britain has been selling the same skin twice. Otherwise, how could it get out of the debt vortex so quickly?
France has more important things to do. Instead of quarreling with the European Community and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom will concentrate on the Commonwealth. The two wings of the European and Communist parties will fly together. Of course, the beneficiaries will also include Australia, which is also a member of the Commonwealth.
After the discovery of iron ore in Western Australia, the economic and trade relations between Australia and the United Kingdom that were supposed to be replaced by the United States have transformed into another form. British investment in Australia has increased, and at the same time, as part of the close economic and trade ties between Australia and the United Kingdom,
Beginning to be replaced by the British Colony of Malaya.
On the surface, it seems that the dependence between Britain and Australia is declining. In fact, it is just a change of approach, from a bilateral relationship to a tripartite relationship.
Since this relationship exists, Australia should of course meet some of the British requirements, and this is not a given.
Apparently Prime Minister Menzies thinks so too, because of the influx of British immigrants into Perth, as well as the fact that he himself is a loyal supporter of the Queen, and the role of economic and trade relations, he very much agrees with Alan Wilson's view.
After a few years, Australia also realized the importance of British Malaya. Australia itself was not suitable for industrial development. Now Australia relies on British Malaya for the supply of many daily necessities.
"London believes that in the field of security cooperation, Britain and Australia still have many common languages. If both parties jointly maintain the prosperity of the Malayan colony, they must strengthen cooperation." Alan Wilson said with a pro-Australian look, "Even France
Even if people are dissatisfied, they must persevere.”
Menzies was silent for a while and then suddenly asked, "We believe in the importance of Britain's security issues, and security has always been our core concern. I wonder if the Queen-class heavy aircraft carrier can be sold to us."
Alan Wilson was startled. The Queen-class heavy aircraft carrier is actually the current name of the Malta-class aircraft carrier.