British civil servant

"There may not be a politician in the world who loves the crown prince more than him. Not even our own politicians in the UK."

Before meeting Menzies, Alan Wilson knew from the Governor that Prime Minister Menzies was a loyal supporter of the Standby King, so this matter might be easier.

Alan Wilson can remember that Menzies has been the Prime Minister of Australia for 18 years, which shows that the British influence in Australian politics will not dissipate for a long time.This is simply great news.

If he can't turn British Malaya into a fortress within 18 years, I'm sorry for Menzies' 18-year tenure.

After knowing that Menzies had reverence for the crown prince, Alan Wilson mentioned in a ambiguous manner that his fiancée was Pamela Mountbatten. Subsections are worthless in the face of national interests.

The Indonesian issue is of course the main issue Alan Wilson talked about. He said that the arrangement for Indonesia has almost been completed. British Malaya and Dutch Kalimantan will suppress from the north, and Dutch New Guinea will become Australia's barrier.

As for facing Java, there is Portuguese-controlled Timor and Christmas Island, part of British Malaya, closely watching.

But we have to consider Indonesia's own population advantage, followed by a clichéd population overflow. Australia itself has a population of less than 900 million, and Indonesia's population is ten times that of Australia.

"Everything shows that Indonesia's Sukarno and the Soviet Union are getting closer." Alan Wilson talked about the threat of the Soviet Union in front of the Australian Prime Minister. Prevent Indonesia’s strong national power from supporting an aggressive foreign policy. There is a ready-made place for support, which is British Malaya. This must be supported by the Australian government.”

"The UK is worried about Australia's geographical environment. If Australia itself had enough population, London would not be so worried, but Australia's livable conditions determine the upper limit of population, which has to be worrying."

The current idea of ​​Australia is actually similar to Alan Wilson's previous idea of ​​flying on both wings.The Australian version of flying on both wings is to help the United Kingdom maintain its traditional influence in Asia while recognizing the superiority of the United States.

For this reason, support any European power to stay by your side, whether it is the Netherlands or Portugal.In this pursuit, Australia is not even willing to listen to the United States.

Menzies gave a warm response when he hoped that Australia could help with the currency reform of British Malaya.Said that Australia has no reason not to help the United Kingdom.

It really is the loyal dog of the Empire, Alan Wilson said silently with a knowing smile.

Chapter 568 The Proud America

Regarding maintaining the traditional influence of the British Empire in Asia, Alan Wilson said that London hopes that Australia can take the initiative, and London is also happy to see the leadership shown by Australia.

Menzies said that his government also has this intention, and now with the help of the UK, it is even more confident.He knows in his heart that the interests of the United Kingdom and the United States are not completely consistent, but national security is the greatest national interest. Britain, Portugal and the Netherlands want to keep their colonies and protect Australia.

Under such circumstances, Australia must of course choose to follow the United Kingdom, rather than the United States, which seems to have a more promising future.

"In many areas, Chifley and I have opposite views, but there is one thing we have a common understanding." Menzies said very sincerely, "That is, we both believe that the traditional relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom is invaluable , whether it is the Liberal Party or the Labor Party in Australia, they respect this relationship very much. This will not change because of the change of government, and the Liberal Party even cherishes this relationship more than the Labor Party.”

"Traditional relations will also have new developments, just like Canberra, and they will definitely get better and better." Alan Wilson used Canberra, the capital of Australia, as an example.

Compared with the two traditional Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney, the current Canberra is still relatively inferior.What Menzies is currently focusing on is the construction of Canberra.

A considerable number of Australians in this era consider themselves British, which also includes Canada and New Zealand.In fact Australia and Canada still have some powers in London.

Both the constitutional power and the constitutional amendment power are in London. Alan Wilson remembers that when Australia and Canada regained these two powers, it happened to be the period when Mrs. Thatcher was in power.

Let Alan Wilson comment on these Conservative prime ministers. The so-called major crime of the Labor Party is to distribute benefits, but the Conservative Party continues to distribute benefits when they come to power. However, the Labor Party has not done what the previous Conservative Party governments have done.

The Labor Party has long been described by the Conservative Party as a Soviet spy, but the Conservative Party cabinet does not say that every term of the Conservative Party can create a big basket that will cause serious damage to the United Kingdom, but almost two Conservative Party governments can make a British national government once. Shake the big thing.

Alan Wilson even believed that during Mrs Thatcher's administration, she ignored the existence of the Commonwealth and acted desperately to cash out, which was the reason why Queen Elizabeth disliked her.

In the eyes of Mrs. Thatcher, the Commonwealth is nothing but an inefficient, costly, and disorganized organization. This organization only reflects a ridiculous imperial complex. Policy, when necessary, she does not hesitate to confront the entire Commonwealth of Nations.

"Parties in London sometimes only care about their own interests. After all, Australians do not have the right to vote." Alan Wilson expressed his feelings, "In fact, Whitehall does not like this style of work, but we are not the party in power. , even if you don’t like it, you can only execute it.”

"Oh, Alan, your fiancée has expressed apology for World War II many times." Menzies heard Alan Wilson's overtones and said, "It was indeed an unpleasant experience, and we all hope that he will stop reappeared."

"I believe that Prime Minister Attlee will not be the same as Mr. Churchill." Alan Wilson replied reservedly.

The Labor Party is dominant, and Britain may slowly decline, but if the Conservative Party believes that it maintains the United Kingdom, Alan Wilson will have to prevent the British Empire from performing a fancy free fall.

At present, he is working bit by bit to get Britain off the track of free fall.

Ask yourself, is there a commissioner in the British colonies who is almost working like him?Not at all, Alan Wilson himself believes that if Whitehall has an example to set, there is no second candidate except himself.

After a pleasant discussion with Australian Prime Minister Menzies, Alan Wilson sent a power call to London, expressing the idea of ​​maintaining and consolidating British influence in Asia, which received a warm response from Australia.Believe that the implementation is absolutely not a problem!

In the telegram, Alan Wilson also reported that Australia hoped to set up a commissioner in British Malaya, whether the Commissioner's Office in London agreed.

Soon Alan Wilson received a call back, asking him the opinion of the commissioner of British Malaya. For this reason, Alan Wilson said that the commissioner's office could be established in Singapore or Penang, which belonged to the original Straits Settlements.

Regarding economic and development support for Asia, Alan Wilson received instructions that it is best to coincide with the Imperial Preference System.

Alan Wilson understood it in seconds, and began to negotiate with Australia to help Southeast Asia achieve political stability through economic growth, thereby maintaining regional security in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Australia has a large land area and a sparse population. There is no shortage of capital and technology, but resource development is limited.But Southeast Asia has a large population and a huge market potential.Through its assistance to Southeast Asia, Australia not only opens up the local market, but also promotes the country's energy exploitation and industrial upgrading by utilizing the abundant local labor resources.

You must know that even British Malaya has a population of 1000 million, and Australia's population is just over 900 million.What's more, it can radiate the surrounding area through the important throat position of British Malaya.

Alan Wilson also answered some questions about Australia, such as how Australia believes that a hostile country like Indonesia can occupy the market.

"The planned economy of the Soviet Union can't solve all the problems, let alone Indonesia. From the perspective of market laws, high-quality and cheap products are far from a problem that can be solved by tariffs." Alan Wilson thought to the people in Australia They didn't want to say, "Once this happens, it will only bring rampant smuggling."

"Indonesia is an island country. The cost of preventing smuggling is huge. I don't see any good way."

Indonesia is also the most concerned issue for Australians because it involves national security.Alan Wilson, of course, took the initiative to express concern about this issue, and there has been an ongoing effort to overthrow the Sukarno regime.But the time is not yet ripe.

The operation led by the United States in history can be said to be a great success. Alan Wilson is willing to share the worries of the United States, but for the interests of the British Empire, failure is success.

Of course, simple Australians don’t need to know this kind of thinking. Although the United States’ action to kill the Indonesian Communist Party was successful, it did not change Australia’s situation.It just appeared with another face. After all, Java Island has a population of [-] million compared to Australia's large area and sparse population and rich resources. It will not disappear because of Sukarno's downfall.

Finally, the two parties agreed that after the approval and review by their respective governments, the agreement will be formally signed in Kuala Lumpur at that time.

Australia promised to soon export iron ore to Europe and British Malaya, which would not be part of the export ban.This marks that the steel industry in British Malaya will usher in a good news.

After all, with the support of the world's mines, it is a huge boost to the steel industry planned by Allen Wilson.British Malaya does not have a large amount of iron ore, so it is impossible to transport 30.00% iron ore from the British mainland, right?

"This alone has a ten-year advantage over Japan." Alan Wilson pinched his waist and sighed. This is the background of the so-called old imperialism. Although it cannot completely replace the role of money, it can indeed save money of.

Japan lacks everything, and naturally iron ore, but Australia has it.Japan can only slowly save money from the textile industry, and only when it has a certain amount of funds can it intervene in the steel industry. There is no shortcut in this process.

However, because of the relationship between the United Kingdom and Australia, British Malaya can omit this step and get Australia's support to develop the steel industry, which is incomparable.

Australia is even willing to invest 1000 million pounds to help the development of the steel industry in British Malaya.Alan Wilson also made a promise on this point, willing to communicate with his fiancée about it.

Alan Wilson, who had achieved his goal, was directly sent back to Kuala Lumpur to prepare for the arrival of the Foreign Secretary in Kuala Lumpur.And London is at the same time contacting the former colonies in Asia to work together.

While the UK is busy with its own affairs here, the smug Emperor Mai, under the guarantee of the US Seventh Fleet and the British Pacific Fleet, started his planned amphibious landing.

The vanguard of the U.S. Tenth Army landed on Green Beach in the northern part of Moonmi Island. The landing force included nine M26 Pershing tanks from the [-]rd Battalion of the [-]th Marine Regiment and the [-]st Tank Battalion, one of which was equipped with a flamethrower and two others. Vehicles equipped with bulldozers, the landing force used tank landing ships designed and manufactured during World War II to land, and the entire island was occupied before sunrise.

Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army guarding Busan, heard the news, and at the same time led his troops out to counterattack the enemies outside the Pusan ​​defensive circle.

Alan Wilson, who was preparing for the Kuala Lumpur meeting, knew the news of the successful landing in Incheon the next day. After all, Emperor Mai is a very high-profile person, boasting that his strength is countless times stronger than his own.

Moreover, unlike in history, this time the United Kingdom also expressed doubts about the combat effectiveness of the United States. Naturally, the Americans cannot let go of the fact that the amphibious landing battle has won a complete victory this time, which proves that the United States is invincible. It's called leading the world.

If the Korean War this time is compared with the navy and air force, Britain has dealt with it more than in history.But resolutely not to dispatch ground troops, let the Americans remember.

"Even if the British want to share the glory of victory, we don't need it anymore." The report of the New York Times has a sense of déjà vu that you looked down on me yesterday and look down on you today.

Chapter 569 I Didn't Make a Misjudgment

The battle broke out at dawn, with heavy bombardment from American destroyers and British and American cruisers.The captains of the destroyers bravely sailed up the strait under the guns of the enemy.

Marine Corps Corsairs strafed the beachhead of the island.At 45:[-], the landing force made a violent assault on the beachhead, crushed the disoriented enemy, and captured the island within [-] minutes.As for the main landing battle is over!

Listening to Alisa who just returned from vacation, reading the New York Times report, Alan Wilson yawned, "Then let's see what happens next."

Alan Wilson would not consider betraying American intelligence. In the final analysis, he must put the interests of the British Empire first, and treat other countries based on interests. That kind of stupid and outrageous internationalism will not be in his appear in the mind.

"Commissioner, if the United States is in such a state, will it appear that we, the United Kingdom, are very embarrassed." Alisa's loyalty to the British Empire is enough, even though she is a Scot.

"Embarrassing, the Americans still think about whether they can control the Philippine marshal who is interested in politics! It's embarrassing." Alan Wilson snorted, "What can the Americans do to us? It's nothing more than complaining and weird words." That's all. The Americans still want our help on the issue of forming a German coalition government and military alliance. There will be no substantive actions. As for the future, we will wait and see. I wish the American soldiers that the war can end before Christmas .”

In history, although North Korea has been invaded and enslaved by surrounding powers, it has always existed as an independent country in the minds of its own people.And, for centuries, North Koreans have harbored a desire to run their own country.

At this time, the North Korean army, which has been chasing and beating the U.S. military for two months, is desperately trying to break through. Their retreat has been threatened by the U.S. landing forces. During this breakout battle, there are also many epic stories. Under the pincer attack, the North Korean army will not sit still.

At the moment when the charge was launched, there was still a trace of fear and fear in my heart.But when everyone rushed out of the trenches on the hillside, they had already pinned their heads to their belts.The person in front falls, and the person behind rises.Fall down by yourself, and then the people behind will top you.Large intervals and multi-level skirmish lines are almost impossible to effectively defend under the serious shortage of ammunition and the lack of support from aircraft and artillery.

"Also, the U.S. Army Command in Japan contacted Lieutenant General Bilton and expressed the hope that Malaya would release the prisoners of war. Japanese Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida is working hard for this."

Alisa immediately took out Shigeru Yoshida's information and handed it to Alan Wilson.

This news made Alan Wilson sober a little, but in terms of timing, this is not the best time.Because from the standpoint of the United Kingdom, it is better to handle this matter after the scale of the war is out of control.

After receiving Shigeru Yoshida's information, Alan Wilson read it carefully. The most recent major event involving this person is that Shigeru Yoshida sent Hayato Ikeda to visit the United States in April and told the United States that after Japan and the United States reached peace, they would request Keep U.S. troops in Japan.

It also wrote about the grievances between Shigeru Yoshida and the Hatoyama family. When Ichiro Hatoyama's Liberal Party captured territory in Congress and was about to form a cabinet, Hatoyama himself was released by the Allied Command, and Yoshida was temporarily appointed by Hatoyama.

"Inform the Japanese side that the Malaya Administration will convey the Japanese side's opinions to London." Alan Wilson said with a half-smile, "Although we are in Kuala Lumpur, we still follow London's instructions."

"Understood, I will report to London according to the procedure." Alyssa said understandingly, "This matter will appear in the report document next month. As for the reply to Tokyo?"

"Agree first." Alan Wilson said without changing his face, "At present, we still have to deal with the Asian economic development plan, and other things can wait first."

In fact, what was conveyed to London was unnecessary, because the foreign minister was coming to Kuala Lumpur soon.

However, Alan Wilson forwarded it to London for approval, and the dismantling of the warehouse complied with procedural justice, and no one could say anything.It's just that the time to convey it happened to be that the foreign minister would come over, which was just a coincidence.

In this regard, Allen Wilson can only say that this is all an arrangement of fate. Anyway, the Japanese are not in a hurry, and this matter is not very urgent.

After Alisa left, Alan Wilson still looked at Shigeru Yoshida's information, and finally said to himself, "I don't care what other countries think, but the loss of British Malaya cannot be wiped out by a group of prisoners of war."

He remembered that Japan did not compensate Southeast Asian countries for their losses in the San Francisco peace treaty. Alan Wilson did not dare to do so in other places. He is now the High Commissioner of British Malaya.

And he has enough reasons to do so, not to mention who is the main ethnic group in British Malaya.Alan Wilson's respected father-in-law, Mountbatten, hated Japan very much, and it was completely reasonable for him to express his anger for his father-in-law.

At the San Francisco Conference, Southeast Asian countries strongly demanded that Japan pay huge war reparations, and demanded that Japan's domestic industrial equipment be demolished to these countries as compensation.

Shigeru Yoshida told the representatives of Southeast Asian countries that it would be detrimental to both Japan and you to ask Japan to "spend out all the money to compensate, or to dismantle all the belongings."The best way is to be regulated by Japan's assistance in development.Taking into account the difficulty of independently engaging in economic construction, Southeast Asian countries agreed to Shigeru Yoshida's plan after the San Francisco meeting.

First of all, he has to contact these countries and stick to the issue of compensation. If he can’t do it, he can find a way to solve the problem of prisoners of war. Japan has 10,000+ disabled people, which is not good for social stability anyway.

The relationship between Shigeru Yoshida and MacArthur is very good, and this time the message was passed on through the Occupation Army Command.You don't need to think about Allen Wilson to know that MacArthur must have approved it.

After a long period of consideration, Alan Wilson felt that it would be most appropriate to formally respond to the issue of prisoners of war after October.

After the Incheon landing, the major newspapers in the United States started to praise MacArthur for a long time. The words were so nasty that they almost thought it was the resurrection of Caesar. Mushy.

This is not a problem that can be solved by shielding, because he has been in frequent contact with Australians recently. Obviously, the brilliant victory of the United States has also caused a slight change in the mentality of Australians.

It seems that MacArthur, who has entered the role of the No. 1 general in ancient and modern times, played a game of landing in Incheon, and it really shocked everyone around the world.

In this case, it really seems that the British tried their best to avoid sending ground troops before, which was too conservative and timid.

Although he is far overseas, Alan Wilson can also think that his name should be mentioned in London, and it is definitely not a positive impression.

It should probably be a stumbling block on the Bright Continent belonging to the special relationship between Britain and the United States, and it was mentioned in such an environment.

The imperial foreign secretary, Herbert Morrison, arrived in Kuala Lumpur at a time when the world was paying homage to MacArthur, and at a time when some American newspapers were expressing the connotation of British cowardice.

Unfortunately, as the number one executive of British Malaya, Alan Wilson had to receive the arrival of the Foreign Secretary.In the current environment, it is estimated that some connotations are indispensable.

And he did not escape the connotation. After arriving at the Malaya Administration, Herbert Morrison mentioned the military masterpieces that have spread all over the world.

The United Kingdom avoided sending ground troops, but it was ridiculed by the Americans. The last time Alan Wilson returned to London, he mainly provided analysis work. big effect.

"It seems that the Americans are indeed on the verge of victory." Herbert Morrison commented after talking about the current situation.

"Countries without history always think that moments are eternity." Alan Wilson said with a humble tone, without changing his face, "Just as we would never have imagined that the US military on the Korean Peninsula would be beaten so badly by the army of a new country. Hiding behind the line of defense and struggling hard, no one would have thought of today. In fact, it was only a month ago that the U.S. military was in disgrace, so regarding the direction of this war, it can only be said that everything is still early."

Herbert Morrison was a little surprised, and asked with a smile, "Alan, it seems that you don't think you made a mistake in your judgment."

"Dear Foreign Secretary, there was no mistake. The previous report did not mention what happened to the small North Korean Congress." Allen Wilson nodded. "It is still too early to predict the direction of the war."

"Okay!" Herbert Morrison showed a friendly side, not because Alan Wilson was evaluated by Whitehall as promising, but because he wanted to save some face for General Mountbatten.

Now, outright victory seems to be at hand.It is like a golden apple, which will represent MacArthur's glorious military career. Success is in sight, and MacArthur will not consider or accept other people's advice.

Compared with the U.S. military on the Korean Peninsula, it seems that the atmosphere on the Malay Peninsula seems to be too flat from one victory to another. Even if the meeting to support the Asian economy and development is indeed carried out in an orderly manner under the care of London preparation.

The purpose of this meeting is to establish a British-led economic organization whose core is the pound.

Just before the meeting was still in preparation, Alan Wilson, in the name of the colonial government of British Malaya, officially announced the British Malaya currency plan. announced.

5 Chapter [-] Outcomes of the Kuala Lumpur Conference

The participating countries of the meeting to support the Asian economy and development plan are the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Ceylon and Burma, New Zealand and British Malaya, a total of seven countries plus the Malayan colony.There are also two countries that are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Portugal and the Netherlands, which have colonies in the region.

In fact, there is no need for any instructions from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Alan Wilson knows very well that the core is the British pound, and most of the participating countries are also Commonwealth countries.

In the next few days, representatives from participating countries arrived one after another. After all, except for British Malaya, they are all former British colonies. This meeting has a strong color of the Commonwealth, which is probably equivalent to a variant of the Colombo Plan in history.

After all, South and Southeast Asian countries have become independent, and the interests of all countries are not consistent. The members of the British delegation who arrived in Kuala Lumpur also understood that it would not be like the glorious age, when the UK can say whatever it wants, and it must go through long-term discussions and compromises.

Even the relationship between Myanmar, India and Ceylon is enough to embarrass the host country. For example, Britain has a defense agreement with Myanmar. However, it is particularly interesting that most British officials believe that Myanmar is not very important for British defense. important.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to provide military aid to Myanmar, lest Yangon use it to suppress the Karen people who have long maintained friendly relations with Britain.Similarly, the UK itself is in financial difficulties, and other countries with internal turmoil should be prevented from following the example of Myanmar and asking for help from the UK

Alan Wilson came to Malaya by himself, and he has always promised that he will not care about the Ministry of Finance asking for a penny. He is almost paying for the development of this place out of his own pocket. Thanks to the small success of reverse practice, Malaya is sparsely populated. He stabilized the situation with a land distribution bill.