British civil servant

As a leader who builds a centralized government, Salazar will pay more attention to protecting the colony.

It can even be said that it is more attentive than the electoral system. It was not without reason that the Portuguese colony was not lost until Salazar died.

As for what happened after Salazar's death, there are still 20 years to go. If the United Kingdom kneels down and becomes the follower of the Americans within 20 years, then no one can blame anyone.

Alan Wilson has always believed that a country that has shrunk back to the British Isles in the 21st century is patriotic no matter what he does. A person who scored zero in the test is no worse.

This Brussels meeting, still in the name of restoring people's livelihood and vigilance against Germany, is talking about colonial issues.

From the very beginning of the meeting, it entered the stage of Alan Wilson pointing out the country, because he had just returned from British India, he was considered an expert on the front line, and he knew the situation of the colonies better than these diplomats in Europe.

As soon as I opened my mouth, no one knew the colonies better than me, and I introduced Britain's position on British India. Avoiding the Partition of India and Pakistan was just a dream that the Congress Party didn't want to wake up and deliberately pretended to be asleep.

In fact, countries with colonies in Europe know that the division of British India into two is inevitable, because these countries are all concerned about what the British do. The bystanders are clearer, at least clearer than the Congress Party who pretends to be asleep.

"Considering the contradiction between the religion of peace and Hinduism, it is highly probable that war will break out after British India is divided into two. Although the British Empire has been trying its best to avoid such a future, there is little hope for now." Alan Wilson at this time Turning to the representative of the Netherlands, Armand, "Mr. Armand, the actions of the Netherlands in the East Indies are not decisive enough. From the perspective of an outsider, I would like to explain my views on the East Indies?"

"Mr. Allen, please speak!" Armand nodded. He knew that Allen Wilson had stayed in British India for almost two years, and he must be more qualified than them to talk about colonial issues.

"In the long run, our European countries are bound to shrink, which is why the British Empire let go of its colonies." Alan Wilson paused, "Of course, the situation of each country is different, like France is willing to send troops to maintain it. Wrong, but whether it is contraction or maintenance, once a decision is made, you must make up your mind. The current situation in the East Indies is quite complicated, and I would like to give two opinions."

"The military still focuses on controlling the entire East Indies, but the Dutch nationals in the East Indies must immediately evacuate to Kalimantan. Once the situation in Java is out of control, the largest island in the East Indies, Kalimantan, can be retained." Part of the island is also in the hands of the United Kingdom, and our two countries can support each other and retain a part of the territory. This is extremely important for our post-war recovery."

Chapter 368 Partition and Conquer Discussion

"When I was in British India, I kept an eye on what was going on in the East Indies. I did a little work, too."

Allen Wilson took out the prepared materials and distributed them to the representatives of various countries. "What you are seeing is the population distribution of the East Indies. It can be seen that the core of the entire Dutch East Indies is two adjacent islands. Java and Sumatra. This is the heart of the East Indies, and both are where the resistance is strongest."

At present, the population of the East Indies must have exceeded 8000 million, not to mention whether there are [-] million or not.

Among them, the population of Java Island is approaching 5000 million, accounting for about 500% of the population of the East Indies.There are [-] million people in Sumatra, accounting for one-fifth of the total book population of the East Indies.

Excluding the 500 million book population, the remaining 500 million book population, Sulawesi ranks third, and the populations of Kalimantan and New Guinea can be said to be larger than the previous three islands. sparsely populated.

The current population distribution of the East Indies is consistent with that of later generations. Java Island dominates the overall situation, Sumatra Island is auxiliary, and the remaining islands belong to the islands under jurisdiction.It is not a small number for European countries, but it is completely sparsely populated in Asia.

While the representatives of various countries were looking at the materials and illustrations, Alan Wilson's words attracted their attention again, "If there is any experience worth learning from the work experience in British India, it must be that the scale of the colony must not compare Compared with the mainland of the British Empire, the population of British India is too large, and it is too big to drop today."

"I hope countries can learn from their mistakes and not make mistakes on similar issues."

Many people, including Almand, nodded. In fact, there are similar plans in the Netherlands. Now the British have taken the initiative to speak out, making the plan more feasible.

Of course, among those who nodded, there was no French representative Nino Bertrand. France's understanding of the colonies was no worse than that of Britain, and even clearer.However, the choice was to resolutely suppress rather than allow the colonies to become independent.

The French are full of martial arts, and Alan Wilson is embarrassed to stop them if they insist on going up to make gestures. Britain and France, at least for now, have the same general direction of treating colonies, but there are some differences in the means of handling them.

However, out of the friendship between the colonial empires, Alan Wilson began to take the initiative to show his favor, "Mr. Nino, in fact, the Indochina Federation is under the leadership of France. Although I believe that France has the power to quell the resistance of the Vietnamese. But the remaining It’s not a bad thing to have some second-hand players.”

"Mr. Allen can speak out what you think, and we would also like to thank the United Kingdom for sending the Royal Navy to help the expeditionary force reach Asia." Nino Bertrand nodded upon hearing this, indicating that Allen Wilson had something to say directly.

"I mean, the partition strategy is also applicable to French colonies in Asia." Alan Wilson crossed his fingers and clubbed his elbows on the table, "For example, divide the land in southern Vietnam close to Cambodia and assign it to Cambodia Management. The number does not necessarily need to be large, and [-] to [-] square kilometers is enough to cause conflicts. If there are too many, the Vietnamese may react greatly, but if it is too small, it will not be enough to trigger conflicts.”

Alan Wilson shared the experience of colonial division with other countries, and stated without a doubt, "The current world order is still the world order established by Britain and France before the war. This order is the colonial system. It is true that the British Empire France and France are the biggest beneficiaries of this system, but you are also the beneficiaries of it. Think about how small our European countries are, but the territory under our name is so vast. How do the United States and the Soviet Union see it? They don’t need raw materials and markets Is it?"

This time Nino Bertrand nodded. As early as the world war was still going on and the Free France was still resisting, the Americans mentioned the colonial system many times, and France also expressed dissatisfaction with the US's remarks many times.

Alan Wilson also knew this, because when the United States made national self-determination remarks on French Asian colonies, Alexander Cadogan, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, once said, "The Americans just didn't say it clearly. It says France, but in fact there is also England."

"Soviet?" Armand muttered to himself, as if there was nothing he could do about the huge country in the east.

"No, it's the Americans." Alan Wilson and Nino Bertrand spoke at the same time, correcting the Dutchman's thinking.

"The Red Navy of the Soviet Union is weak and cannot reach our overseas territories. The United States can do it. It will take at least ten years for the Red Navy to develop, and the threat to the overseas territories within ten years can only come from the United States." Alan Wilson resolutely Said, "Choosing one of the United States and the Soviet Union, we naturally prefer the United States, but on the issue of overseas territories, we must guard against the United States rather than the Soviet Union, at least for a short period of time."

In fact, the East Indies finally became independent, and it was indeed the Americans who finally judged that Indonesia's independence could be won over.

It was only to put pressure on the Netherlands, but this process almost overturned, and the Susino period was more inclined to the Soviet Union.

"At present, Kalimantan and New Guinea are sparsely populated and have a large area, which is feasible. I must say that we should prepare now." Alan Wilson reminded Armand, "With the strength of the Netherlands, Just like the predicament we are facing in Britain, the size of the colony is too large, and the cost of suppressing it will increase sharply, resulting in all domestic expenditures on military expenses. In the end, we have to give up, but the situation faced by the Netherlands is still worse than that of British India. Much better. That is, the East Indies is an archipelago, with uneven population distribution, almost no local Indonesian navy, and now most of the resistance is concentrated on Java and Sumatra."

"If Kalimantan Island is cut out of jurisdiction, it will be much easier than the British India. As for New Guinea, Australia's understanding must be obtained, and the Australians must understand that once Indonesia becomes an independent country, the population will increase. Speed ​​can quickly become a threat to Australia."

"If Australia can understand the situation after the East Indies become Indonesia, and understand the division of New Guinea by the Netherlands, it can be regarded as a line of defense. In this way, Kalimantan Island can be supported by British Malaya, and Dutch New Guinea has Australia. help, resources are still not a problem."

How could Alan Wilson forget Australia, which most believes that blood is thicker than water?

Australia has participated in almost all wars initiated by the United Kingdom and the United States. It can be said that it has devoted itself to the Five Eyes Alliance. Whether it is the United Kingdom or the United States, as long as a war is launched, the Australian army must participate.

In fact, just looking at the same geographical location, you can know that Australia is in the most densely populated area in the world, and Australia itself is sparsely populated. The population of Indonesia is a natural pressure on Australia itself. There are China in East Asia, India in South Asia, and people who are not from our own race. Australia is a country that faces this pressure head-on.

Unlike Canada and the United Kingdom and New Zealand, the United Kingdom has Europe blocking the population pressure of Africa.As long as European countries can handle it, the British will not feel threatened.

Canada's firewall is the United States. As long as the United States can withstand Mexican immigrants, Canada is safe.New Zealand's firewall is Australia, only Australia has no protection and can only monoclonal antibodies.

As soon as the later generations understood Wang came to power, the Americans began to be unable to handle the problem of illegal immigration, and Australia immediately responded to understand Wang's policy because Australia's population is small, facing the massive population of these local countries.

Australia has always been the most sensitive country in the Five Eyes alliance to external threats, and it alone hangs overseas.Even after the CIA settled the situation in World War I, destroyed Indonesia and turned Indonesia into a pro-American country, the relationship between Australia and Indonesia has always been poor.

The most direct evidence is that Australia has always adhered to the White Australia policy and resolutely rejected non-European immigrants.The White Australia policy persisted until the 70s, and it was not abandoned ten years after the United States had abandoned the apartheid policy.

As long as the Netherlands can make Australia understand that the efforts of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to protect Australia, Australia will definitely reciprocate. Alan Wilson has sufficient confidence in this.

"Indeed, as Mr. Allen said, the Netherlands has ignored Australia's feelings. Although it has communicated, it seems that the communication is not enough. On the issue of New Guinea, if there is Australia's support, there is a lot of room for maneuver. many."

Armand nodded solemnly and said, "Of course, this matter will definitely require the help of the UK. With the close relationship between Australia and the UK as a bridge, the Netherlands is willing to have a sincere negotiation with Australia to determine the future direction of the East Indies."

"Of course we are willing to help." Alan Wilson nodded. "As long as the Netherlands is willing to negotiate sincerely, this matter has a great possibility of success."

At least before the 60s, the influence of the United States on Australia could hardly be said to have completely suppressed the United Kingdom.Because after the United States entered the role of world hegemony, it began to move around the colonies of European countries,

Under such circumstances, the "Colombo Plan" advocated by the United Kingdom for the development of South Asia and Southeast Asia is not only the result of the United Kingdom's maintenance of its traditional influence in Asia, but also the product of the United Kingdom's policies in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

The Colombo Plan was proposed by the Australian Foreign Minister on behalf of the United Kingdom. It can be seen that before the 60s, Australia still trusted the United Kingdom more.

After the 60s, Britain even handed over its nuclear weapons. Can Australia and Canada treat themselves like they did before?

Chapter 369 Supplements

The issue of the East Indies was the first important topic of the meeting on this day. Alan Wilson explained the partition plan, and the role of the Netherlands in facing Australia, and analyzed the psychology of Australians.

Armand said that the Dutch government has indeed been planning a partition plan. Once the situation on Java Island gets out of control, the Netherlands will divide the sparsely populated island. It just so happens that the Dutch government also prefers Kalimantan Island. As for the Netherlands New Guinea, That was never about Java.

"Oh, hehe! Sorry, not joking about Holland. We all know that New Guinea has nothing to do with Java, but the independence of the East Indies will inevitably claim the sovereignty of New Guinea. Everyone knows that I just returned from British India, and you know India What do people think of India? Those native Indian elites want to hand over all the rights and interests of the British Empire in South Asia to India, including suzerainty over the nearby British colonies.”

Alan Wilson couldn't help mocking, "It seems that the British Empire has waged so many wars in the past 300 years, and fought with countless countries including your country, just to build a powerful India? I won't say anything else, East India The local elites in the channel must also have this kind of greed, they don’t care whether they rule New Guinea, because the Netherlands ruled New Guinea, so in the future New Guinea must be part of Indonesia after independence.”

"Why don't they grab it?" All the representatives were indignant, very indignant at this greedy idea.

"Nino, it's not just about the Netherlands. If you send a telegram to Vietnam, you will find that the local rebels in Vietnam think the same way. It's not difficult to prove." Alan Wilson looked at Ninobe Trump then said solemnly, "The problems faced by the British Empire in British India will be encountered by France and the Netherlands. This is the purpose of this meeting. The United Kingdom is willing to share some experiences and lessons to prevent you from made the same mistake in his own country. After all, the colonial system involves most of us here.”

If it is easier to say where France and the Netherlands are than Britain, except for the fact that India is too large in size and population.The leaders of the colonial rebellion were not so difficult to deal with.

Alan Wilson is not looking down on the leaders of Indonesia and Vietnam, they are really inferior to Nehru.It is true that India is much stronger than Vietnam and Indonesia, and the British Empire is also much stronger than France and Holland.

And unlike Indonesia and Vietnam, India is an original ecological civilization with a heavy historical burden, just like the end of many dynasties are not without insightful people, but in the end those insightful people can't do anything.

The India that Nehru took over is equivalent to a cultural country that has never changed dynasties. The problems that have appeared since the beginning of Brahmanism have accumulated until now.

Gandhi was just a saint who wanted India to become a big farm. Nehru had a strong interest in large-scale industrialization from the very beginning. Nehru carried Gandhi's opposition and forced the rapid large-scale industrialization of the Soviet model. , emphasizing modernization and heavy industry, planning large-scale agricultural modernization, and building large-scale agricultural irrigation facilities.

Nehru believed that India was an independent, socialist secular democratic republic. Nehru's definition had a profound impact on India, and he carried out a series of constructions on India.

Including India's religious freedom, legal equality, abolition of the untouchable system, socialist nationalization, mixed economy, import substitution strategy, and protection and subsidies for national strategic industries such as steel, coal, and electricity.

India itself is very decentralized, which is completely different from China. China is a country with a centralized system for thousands of years. It is really difficult to reform the society, that is, a patriarchal system. The patriarchal system can be compared with the caste system. than what?

Regarding the major religions in India, Nehru's evaluation is, "I don't want to take religion as a refuge, I would rather take the risk of stormy seas. I am not interested in the afterlife and the situation after death. The problems of this life have made me Busy enough. The traditional Chinese view, which is basically moral rather than religious, or tinged with religious skepticism, appeals to me."

The reason why Nehru tolerated the CPI all the time was mainly because he judged that the CPI could not have an impact on the Congress Party.

"The Communist Party of India doesn't understand the countryside, and has little contact with the countryside. Although industrial workers are important, they have to give way when compared with farmers, because the problem in India today is the problem of farmers. Scattered throughout the countryside, the Congress Party necessarily developed into a broad peasant organization under normal circumstances, and the peasants were seldom revolutionary after they had achieved their present goals,"

But Nehru's understanding of India is so deep, even as deep as a Chinese sees India's shortcomings, but it can't change that India is a religious country and a loose country with its own way.

In Nehru's autobiography, there is a full understanding of India's deep-rooted shortcomings, but India's environment is like that.The caste system has existed for thousands of years, and more than a tenth of the population follows another religion.That would be close to a third of the population if Pakistan hadn't become independent.

In the battle of Indian independence, Nehru led the Congress Party and the British Empire to a draw in history.

Even now that Alan Wilson has planted a lot more mines, he is not sure that Nehru can be settled.

Maybe it is just a few more years of hard work for Nehru, and in the end it will make India the leader of the third world.

Sometimes Allen Wilson wants God to replace Nehru with the old fairy Modi, so that no one can stop him from tearing India into pieces. Nehru in this era is really too difficult to deal with.

As for Armand's later mention of the Netherlands' suppression of local resistance forces, Alan Wilson put forward his own views. It must not be said that these people who pursue independence are nationalists.

Alan Wilson urged that it is best to change the mind of the Dutch army as soon as possible. "No matter what race or belief, the Dutch army all identified it as the resistance of the Indonesian Communist Party after the suppression. We absolutely do not recognize nationalists. Only the Soviet Union Follower. If it is defined as a nationalist, Americans will not be too disgusted. It is not the same if it is defined as a vassal of the Soviet Union."

"Let me make an analogy. If the United States finally judges that Indonesia is unlikely to become a Soviet Union, and asks the Netherlands to make the East Indies independent and make Indonesia a country, what will the Netherlands do?"

Facing Alan Wilson's question, Armand thought for a while and said, "What if we disagree?"

"Kick the Netherlands out of this European reconstruction plan." Alan Wilson said without thinking, "Once the United States threatens to terminate the aid, will the Netherlands let go or not? So if you deal with one, you will be labeled as a Communist Party of Indonesia." Well, the rebels in Dutch East Indonesia have no nationalists, and they all claim to be vassals of the Soviet Union. Even if it is fake, they must focus on the Indonesian Communist Party. Moreover, the Indonesian Communist Party itself is powerful, so it is not wronged them.”

Seeing Adelman's silence, Alan Wilson tilted his head and said, "This is actually a problem faced by Britain and France. Portugal and Spain don't need to be too excited. With the current state of the governments of your two countries, the assistance is not complete. No, basically no."

"Spain, the new president of Mexico has come to power now. Instead of being anti-American, he has concentrated his efforts on attacking Spain. I believe you are clear about it." Alan Wilson sighed, "Learn from the United States. The United States now wants to After accepting the world order in the hands of Britain and France, Mexico followed suit and found Spain to be the leader of the Spanish-speaking world in Latin America. Therefore, we cannot understand Spain's current situation, and even empathize with it."

If you don't empathize with each other and feel good about yourself, this meeting will not happen.

At this moment, these newspaper groups of colonial countries that have not yet withdrawn from the stage of history are warming up. Alan Wilson is really sensible and emotional. In terms of perspective, conduct one-on-one counseling.

Expressed to the Netherlands that they want to make long-distance and short-term attacks, contact Australia, and at the same time put on an uncompromising posture on the surface, and secretly concentrate all forces other than military power on Kalimantan and Dutch New Guinea. The former shares Kalimantan with the United Kingdom. , the latter can warm up with the Australian Interest Group.

With regard to the French military action, it means to consider from the worst point of view, while the situation is still under control, change the administrative planning of the three countries under the rule, and divide and rule. This is the experience gained from British India.

This was followed by dialogues with Portugal and Spain, both of which are similar to military governments. Although the international environment is relatively poor, it is not without benefits. For example, both countries can implement long-term plans.

At present, the colonies of Portugal and Spain are mainly concentrated in Africa, and they can be safe in a short time, but they will be targeted sooner or later.If we make a long-term plan now, we can keep certain overseas territories when something really happens.

For example, the immigrant population, in the name of local construction, attracts the black population to a colony.At that time, if the momentum is not right, independence will be allowed directly, and the colonies with a majority of native immigrants and native whites will be preserved and exist in the name of overseas provinces.

Whether the representatives of Spain and Portugal listened or not, Alan Wilson didn't know.What he also didn't know was that the one who listened most seriously was the French representative Nino Bertrand, an Algerian in this time and space, destined to fight more bravely.

Alan Wilson, the colonial expert, set up very steadily. The sun has gone down, and the representatives of various countries are still listening.Even Norman Brook, the cabinet secretary, has come several times, and the prime minister is still waiting for his daily report.

"It's already nine o'clock. Due to time constraints, I'm here for the time being. Friends, I want to go back and think about it. If there is any problem, I will talk about it tomorrow. I will go back and think about it to see if there is anything else I can add. of."

Alan Wilson finally ended the talks with the big colonialist family, which relieved the translators around him. The translators have paid too much for this country, and their mouths are parched.

Chapter 3 Seventy The Shock of the Cabinet Secretary

Norman Brook could only take the minutes of the meeting and wanted to report to Attlee, and sighed while reporting. No wonder Alan Wilson has always been interested in working in the colonies, and he was able to talk about it in one breath when he talked about the countermeasures with representatives of various countries. At nine o'clock in the evening, it was still carried out with almost no preparation materials.

Facing France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal, they can analyze it clearly and logically. It seems that all their talents are focused on the colonies.

"It's really full of whimsical ideas. Even dealing with the United States has been considered. In fact, there are some reasons, isn't it?" Attlee was listening to the cabinet secretary's report. At this moment, Alan Wilson knocked on the door and pushed Enter the door.

It was quite embarrassing at this time, he came in to report the progress of the meeting, but the cabinet secretary was holding the minutes of the meeting.It seemed impolite for Alan Wilson to leave, and it seemed inappropriate to stay.

When he was in a dilemma, Norman Brook pointed to the seat next to him in his busy schedule, and Alan Wilson sat on the side knowingly, like a student watching his class teacher correcting his homework with his own eyes. This feeling is indescribable in words.

The contents dictated by the cabinet secretary are all Alan Wilson’s rambunctious remarks about the colonial countries, how the French Southeast Asia should deal, how the Dutch East Indies should deal, how the Spanish and Portuguese African colonies should deal, and so on.

"Population migration, this is a long-term project." Prime Minister Attlee couldn't help chuckling when he heard the suggestions for Spain and Portugal, "Allen, do you think it will be successful?"

"To be honest, the success of the British colonies is extremely difficult." Alan Wilson felt that something was wrong when he said this, and then said, "Actually, South Africa can try to migrate the black people to Namibia, which is under trusteeship, or even a larger black territory. It doesn't matter, even if South Africa is evenly divided, considering the population of the white ethnic group, it will be a fair half of the family at that time, and the white ethnic group will still earn."

Namibia in the mouth of Allen Wilson, originally called Southwest Africa, borders Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana and South Africa to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.The coastline is 500 kilometers long.Most of the whole territory is at an altitude of [-] meters.The western coastal and eastern inland areas are deserts, and the northern part is plains.

In World War I, South Africa sent troops to occupy Southwest Africa.After the war, the League of Nations "commissioned" South Africa to rule the land.

The most important thing is that Namibia has an area of ​​80 square kilometers. Together with the area of ​​South Africa itself, South Africa has directly ruled 200 million square kilometers, which is almost half of the area of ​​British India now and two-thirds of India after independence.

If South Africa is willing to carry out a backup plan that will definitely take more than ten years, the black ethnic group will be relocated to Namibia, and even half of the country will be given to the black ethnic group to keep control of half of the territory.In the future, they might be able to keep their own country.

Even in the 21st century, Namibia's population is very small, only 200 million.Compared with the land area of ​​80 square kilometers, what is this concept?It can be a resource country that sits and eats.

Namibia is almost ten times smaller than Australia, and it will live well as a resource country.

But the key point is that the relationship between South Africa and the United Kingdom is very delicate, and they may not be very obedient. Even if London gives advice, the local Boers may not necessarily listen.

The reason why the Dutch would listen to the current advice of the United Kingdom is because the Netherlands is close to the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands does need the support of the United Kingdom, but the Boers don't necessarily think so.

However, since the Boers are descendants of the Dutch, if necessary, see if they can help the Boers with the Dutch. Now the Netherlands can be regarded as asking the United Kingdom, and there is room for cooperation between the two countries.

Once upon a time, the British Empire also began to talk about soft power more, not only talking about soft power, but also talking about the soft power of the Netherlands.

"Alan, you can answer the questions about other countries' colonies, so what about our own questions." Prime Minister Attlee himself didn't know why he asked this question, but he just asked it out, and he wanted it very much. Get the answer, "Let's talk straight, how to keep our interests."

Alan Wilson's face suddenly became more serious, and a thought flashed across his face before he said, "I don't dare to say."