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As for the source of funds, I bought stocks myself, and I always asked Pamela Mountbatten for help, and went to Canberra to ask for Australia's support.Even he dared not ask London for money, let alone Burma.

Myanmar did not get what it wanted from London, so it found the neighboring Commonwealth countries, Yangon found Indian Prime Minister Nehru, and proposed to sign a defense and economic agreement with India, Pakistan and Ceylon.But Nehru believes that because of the Kashmir issue, India-Pakistan relations are currently very tense.Moreover, it is impossible for Ceylon to participate in such an arrangement.From this point of view, it is difficult for the Burmese side to implement the idea for the time being.

As for relations with the North, Myanmar and the Commonwealth of Nations in Asia have similar attitudes to the United Kingdom.In a stage of swinging left and right, Myanmar has first established diplomatic relations after it was determined that Britain has no intention of severing relations.

Not only is this the case in Myanmar, but independent Ceylon and India have shown wavering, just like the current United Kingdom, facing different objects and speaking different words.

The first day of the meeting was almost spent talking to one another, even discussing the ongoing war.

"India opposes the US's adventurous expansion of the Korean War. This is the same in New Delhi and London. Prime Minister Nehru believes that the current military actions are dragging the entire world into the war."

Listening to the righteous words of the Indians, Alan Wilson glanced over the representatives of other countries, stretched out his hand and scratched his scalp. If it was normal, he might not be able to help connoting the impressive big country.

But on this matter, the current reactions of India and the United Kingdom are consistent, and the person who returned to London specifically to submit an analysis report was none other than Alan Wilson, so whether it is national interests or personal interests, he Neither can object.

"Prime Minister Nehru's demeanor is very awe-inspiring." As soon as the Indians finished speaking, Alan Wilson first applauded and agreed, "The world needs different voices. After independence, India has already had extensive international influence."

Since Nehru said it, it represents the attitude of India as a country, because Nehru is not only the prime minister of India, but also the foreign minister of India. Nehru's words are India's foreign policy.

After the outbreak of the war, India only endorsed US intervention at the first United Nations General Assembly, and has continued to sing the opposite. Now, in the eyes of Washington, Nehru is already an out-and-out pro-Soviet element.

Although at the meeting, Alan Wilson, as the local chief executive of Malaya, once again found the feeling of being in British India, and praised India's self-reliance and self-improvement attitude in an all-round way without dead ends.

But it doesn't mean that he thinks so in his heart. In addition to India, the leading non-aligned countries include Egypt, Yugoslavia and Indonesia. Egypt is currently the base camp of Britain's operations in the Middle East.Yugoslavia has become a staunch ally of the Soviet Union, and Indonesia has been directly divided. In theory, the land area of ​​200 million was directly divided in half, and it was surrounded by Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Australia on all sides.

If India wants to lead the Non-Aligned Movement, it must find a suitable country to assist it.

"New Delhi doesn't think that its northern neighbor will be a good assistant, right?" Amidst the applause for India, Alan Wilson suddenly thought, if other countries might not be so confident, as for India?Very likely!

But having said that, Alan Wilson does remember that throughout the war, Nehru did continue to run for it, and made the United States very angry several times. At the same time, because Nehru praised the Soviet Union a lot when he was young, it was turned out. Washington left the impression of leaning towards the Soviet Union.

"The current world peace is the mainstream!" Alan Wilson began to try to end the discussion of war under the signal of Foreign Secretary Morrison. I understand that it is also important to be committed to local economic development, and London expects India to play a significant role."

India understands the relationship with the United States at this time. After the contraction of the United Kingdom, Nehru made a five-year plan, and another one that did not rule out socialism, which made the United States, which was preparing to fill the vacuum, doubtful. With the diplomatic tradition of supporting the weak by the strong, the United States naturally follows suit, focusing on supporting Pakistan.

This makes the big and powerful countries very dissatisfied. For various reasons, the relationship between India and the United States will not get better.

At this Kuala Lumpur meeting, there are Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, countries with the same language and the same race.Once again, India has made its position known.

It was not easy for Alan Wilson to bring the meeting back, otherwise it would have become a denunciation meeting for a big power to criticize US imperialism.

Although under the background that Britain did not intervene in the war, India's statement also shows that it is consistent with Britain's attitude towards the war.But both Canada and Australia participated in the war.

Necessary statements suggest the UK is not alone in its move to not step in, but to say it all the time would undermine the unity of the Commonwealth.

Therefore, Alan Wilson's attitude is to affirm India's important influence on international affairs, and at the same time bring back the theme of the meeting.

The history of the Colombo Plan was full of political implications from the very beginning.In fact, the purpose of this plan is to counter the expansion of the power of the United States and the Soviet Union in East Asia, and to continue to maintain the influence of the Commonwealth in Southeast Asia.

The purpose of the Kuala Lumpur meeting this time is also the same, it is still to maintain the influence of the British Empire.

With the support of Canada and Australia, the United Kingdom, in the name of the Commonwealth, plans to spend 600 million pounds to support British Malaya, Burma and Ceylon.

The Netherlands and Portugal provided military protection because of the previous five-nation defense, and the purpose of inviting India was not to support India, but to express transparency to India, saying that this meeting did not mean to exclude India.

Compared with the historical result that the UK took out 800 million pounds and then was washed away by hundreds of millions of dollars from the United States, this meeting is more concrete.

Especially before, Alan Wilson had already settled Australia, not only allowed Canberra to release the iron ore ban, but also got a promise of 1000 million pounds.Not included in the £600m Commonwealth grant.In addition, the United States currently does not have military power in Southeast Asia, so it can still fight.

To put it simply, the theme of this Kuala Lumpur meeting is that the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand provide financial support and military protection to British Malaya as the center, including Ceylon and Myanmar.However, military protection is concretely reflected in the previous five-nation defense.

This is not the result of Alan Wilson opening his mouth to London, but London himself wants to do this.

After several days of discussion, while the US military continued to march northward, the Kuala Lumpur meeting generally came up with a consensus, just waiting for a signature.

"Alan, who do you think is the main opponent of British Malaya." Foreign Secretary Morrison asked the local chief executive on the eve of the completion.

"The U.S. dollar, Japan, or the Philippines. The former is held hostage by the U.S., and the latter two are pro-American countries nearby. There may also be Thailand. If I were the U.S., I would try to include non-Commonwealth countries in this meeting. , to dilute the Commonwealth color of this organization."

Alan Wilson told the truth that this is also the response strategy of the United States in history. He asked for help, "The European market must open a back door for Malaya products. Actually, I have some ideas."

With financial support, Alan Wilson's goal is to do everything possible to increase the importance of British Malaya to the United Kingdom.That is to say, all the foundations for the current take-off of British Malaya are in place, and he wants to start production ahead of Japan.

On October [-], the U.S.-South Korea coalition forces cleared the regular armed forces in South Korea and began to cross the pre-war dividing line. On the same day, the Kuala Lumpur Conference closed.

The major newspapers in British Malaya disclosed the details of the meeting, arguing that Malaya's good days were at hand.

Chapter 571 Enthusiastic

For the current Malaya, it is quite normal for Alan Wilson, as the chief executive, to pay attention to potential competitors. In addition to Japan, there is also the Philippines that is close at hand.

After the independence of the Philippines, the Americans did not leave the Philippines alone. After all, the Philippines and the United States have a special relationship.

The United States has not only provided a lot of aid to the Philippines, but also made huge investments in the Philippines.Americans have invested and opened a large number of factories in the Philippines.

In fact, Alan Wilson still has a certain degree of confidence in dealing with the Philippines.And he still remembers one thing, that is, Japan actually tried its best to avoid compensation from World War II, but the compensation from the Philippines was not lost.

This is the benefit of the special relationship between the Philippines and the United States. On the issue of compensation to Japan, Alan Wilson can even be a good friend of the Filipino people. Anyway, he was already an old friend of the Indian people before, and he is not bad for the Philippines.

Although he is not a chief executive who is particularly knowledgeable about industry, Alan Wilson still knows how to bite back and eat. If time is not urgent, he will not be so eager.

But knowing that the population of British Malaya and Japan is simply incomparable, they formulated a very bold development plan.Realize as much as possible the remaining influence of the United Kingdom in Asia.

After the formal meeting, Alan Wilson invited representatives from India, Burma, and Ceylon in private.He said that on the issue of nationalization, due to the attitudes of Canada and Australia, the United Kingdom could not express support in formal meetings.

However, the United Kingdom does not reject the nationalization-led industrialization in Myanmar and India.And hope that India and Myanmar can properly help the development of British Malaya.

As for Ceylon, the United Kingdom stated that Ceylon's independent status will not be disturbed by foreign forces, and it is happy to see Ceylon and Myanmar develop relations. This is a complete scene. Ceylon has a British naval base.

The successive victories of the United States have not had any impact on Southeast Asia, at least not to Alan Wilson.It's just that he doesn't know that the expansion of the war will have another negative impact on the United States in the next six months.That is the Mysore iron ore that he sold to the United States before he left.

But now, he is in a state of excitement about the development of Malaya, and he collects intelligence on the Philippines when he has nothing to do.Then I discovered the commonality of the two places. It turns out that using prisoners of war to threaten Japan for compensation is not just Alan Wilson thinking so.

The Philippines has publicly stated several times that if Japan does not compensate the Philippines for its losses during the war, it will kill all the 10,000+ prisoners of war in the Philippines.

"It's really a hero who sees the same thing!" Alan Wilson picked up the phone and said, "I was able to express to Mr. Elpidio Quirino through some unobtrusive channels that the issue of compensation in British Malaya , stand with the Philippines. I believe there must be such a channel.”

Alan Wilson put down the phone and felt that it was possible to conduct some public opinion manipulation on the issue of military prostitutes.It can even bring Australia and the Netherlands together, after all, these two countries are both victimized countries.

Although it is immoral to rub salt in the wound on women's issues, and it is completely inconsistent with his demeanor on the streets of Paris a few years ago.But things have come to this point and I can't take care of so much. As a gentleman of the British Empire, he should have a flexible moral bottom line.

Japan must not be allowed to go into battle lightly. He even wanted to make Japanese prisoners of war disabled before sending them back.Moreover, cultivating an anti-Japanese environment is an important part of the development of British Malaya, which can be regarded as a balance between public and private.

With the future clearly defined, Alan Wilson was full of energy, as if he had returned to New Delhi after the end of World War II, thinking like a spring, with endless energy, but the object was changed from British India to Japan.

And the difficulty is not the same, although the population of British India is larger, but the British is a direct colonial government.It is the United States, not the United Kingdom, that has this status in Japan.

Hate is something that, as long as someone keeps mentioning it, it will never be forgotten, but once no one mentions it, it will be forgotten very quickly.

Public opinion manipulation, especially for Australia, Alan Wilson needs the help of Pamela Mountbatten, and Pamela Mountbatten, who raised a new round of financing with the help of her real mother, also agreed immediately. The team arrived in British Malaya to search for oil and gas resources near Brunei.

For the two main helpers of the United States in Asia, Alan Wilson does not feel that he cannot compete with the Philippines, but Japan is indeed a difficult opponent.Well, since the Philippines is biting Japan because of the issue of compensation, then the Philippines at this time must be in great need of someone who can uphold justice to come out to help.

Although there is no way to help clearly, Alan Wilson does not want to appear on the bright side. Traditionally, good deeds are anonymous.

This is all to defend against the United States. In the past, the United States has taken two measures against the Colombo Plan. One is to lead the formation of the organization. The form, function and nature of the organization are basically consistent with the United States’ claims Second, it contributed to its evolution according to the wishes of the United States, making it change from a Commonwealth organization dominated by the United Kingdom to a non-Commonwealth organization dominated by the United States.

In the end, the United Kingdom lost control of the Colombo Plan, and the United States' penetration of the Colombo Plan was mainly done through Japan and the Philippines.

Under the current premise that the Philippines is biting Japan, Allen Wilson must take the initiative to attack and keep ahead of Japan in everything.

At the beginning when the United States began to transfer to the textile industry, Japan did not take off much. After all, the profits of the textile industry were really not in hand. Japan really started to take off five years later, about [-], after the accumulation of the textile industry, Beginning to enter the stage of high development.

Therefore, the plan of British Malaya is to develop the iron and steel industry first with the support of Australia, and at the same time seize the textile industry, because the former is easy to create jobs.At the same time, bite the issue of Japan's compensation and delay Japan's entry into Southeast Asia.

This issue can support the Philippines’ claim. If the compensation issue still cannot stop Japan, let’s talk about Japan’s tariff barriers. Japan, like South Korea, relied on tariff barriers in the early stages of development to only export and not import.

If British Malaya can get ahead of Japan, it will have to bite the tariff barriers. Once Japan opens the tariff barriers, it will use the industries that Malaya already has by then to dump Japan.

Together with the 600 million pounds allocated by the Kuala Lumpur Conference in the name of the Commonwealth, Alan Wilson placed orders for the steel and textile industries in the UK. Passed through the Panama Canal.

The rest of the money was used as the reserve fund of British Malaya, which served as an anchor for the Asian pound.

The development of the Japanese government after the war was focused on support, limiting enterprises to purchase coal and steel at low prices, and the resulting price difference was subsidized by the government.This gap subsidy is very large, even accounting for a quarter of the fiscal budget.

Such policies have driven the development of the coal and steel industries. In addition, Japan’s factories and social infrastructure were completely destroyed during the war, allowing factories to introduce the most advanced production equipment at the time as soon as possible and improve production efficiency. Japan’s heavy chemical industry was able to develop.

Alan Wilson did the same thing, except that it was directly supported by the current pro-British Prime Minister of Australia and the excellent iron ore already controlled by Pamela Mountbatten.This eliminates the need to pass financial subsidies from Malaya, avoiding the resulting financial pressure.

Here I have to mention the role of India. The textile industry center of British India is in the Bengal area with the Kolkata industrial area as the core. Since the partition of India and Pakistan, it has belonged to India and Pakistan respectively.

Among them, East Pakistan, which was later Bangladesh, was the production base of the textile industry, but what is the relationship between India and Pakistan now?

Alan Wilson started the Malaya Commissioner Radio and began duplicating the broadcasts in Newfoundland, explaining British and Commonwealth support for British Malaya.Mentioned the help of Canada and Australia, very skillfully stated that the British Empire is still a great empire that survived two world wars.

From financial support to industrial support, as well as the resources and climate of British Malaya itself.The development policy of the textile industry and the steel industry has been formally determined. As for the advantageous industries, free competition is adopted, but tin ore and rubber are not allowed, and the purchase price cannot be higher than the London government's purchase price.

"It's hard to say that the citizens of Malaya have the foundation to accept these industries. The British Empire is ready to help Malaya, but whether Malaya can accept it is also a matter worth studying. The 1000 million British Empire in Malaya The subjects of the empire must accept the guidance of the government from now on, put aside trivial matters, and become a part of modern civilization."

At the same time as the agricultural and animal husbandry seeds arrived in Malaya, Alan Wilson's first major project began, a large fertilizer plant.

When the High Commissioner arrived at the site to indicate that he would break ground, the smug MacArthur took the Allied Supreme Command plane and stopped in the Pacific Ocean and the island where the president met. Here he and President Truman and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bradley Discuss the situation of the Korean War together.After ensuring that everything went well, he said in a speech full of confidence: "The current war has actually been won, and the formal resistance of the entire peninsula will end before Thanksgiving."

The next day, Alan Wilson, who was holding a newspaper about the MacArthur Declaration, flew to East Malaysia's port in Sarawak to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for the steel plant.A week later, at the port of Penang, he took the commissioner of Penang, Everett, to receive the textile machinery that had been floating at sea for several months.

Chapter 572 The Japanese want to visit

Shigeru Yoshida is short in stature and unattractive in appearance, but he is married to Yukiko, a well-known lady.This Yukiko, who is ten years younger than him, is the granddaughter of Toshimichi Okubo, one of the "Three Heroes of the Restoration", a well-known Meiji hero, and the eldest daughter of Makino Nobuaki, an important minister favored by the emperor.It is said that the big media is actually a female chess player who often plays Go with Makino.

Goodwill between Japan, Britain, and the United States has been a long-term national policy pursued by the Japanese government since modern times. Japan benefited from this national policy and continued to expand its power and seize huge rights and interests in the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the First World War.

Shigeru Yoshida's father-in-law, Nobuaki Makino, is a representative of the pro-American faction in the Japanese court, and his political views have a decisive influence on Shigeru Yoshida.

After a difficult period after the war, Shigeru Yoshida felt relieved about the current Japanese economy, although he was lucky to be prime minister because Hatoyama was suspected by the occupying forces.However, relying on his goodwill with the Americans, especially MacArthur's good relationship, he quickly secured the position of prime minister.

The results of the world war have made Shigeru Yoshida understand that there is no good end to confronting the United States. Before the war, Japan should have maintained good relations with Britain and the United States, instead of self-inflating and joining the war against Britain and the United States.

News of the victories of the US military on the Korean peninsula made Yoshida Shigeru think that he had made the right choice. At the same time, he also paid attention to the meeting held by the United Kingdom in Kuala Lumpur.

The defeat deprived Japan of China, the largest overseas market before the war, and economic revival was inseparable from a huge market.

If Japan wants to develop, it must need a huge market as support, so Shigeru Yoshida is very concerned about the situation in Southeast Asia, and has his own ideas about the Kuala Lumpur Conference initiated by Britain, the pre-war world leader.

When Shigeru Yoshida was considering how to revive Japan's conditions, his close assistant Hayato Ikeda entered his office and greeted his life mentor with a respectful gesture.

Ikeda was born in Yoshina Village, Toyota County, Hiroshima Prefecture, in a relatively well-to-do family of brewers.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University, he entered the Ministry of Finance and worked in the Ministry of Finance. Japan was defeated and surrendered, and Ikeda began to emerge.played an important role in the process of economic recovery.Because of the appreciation and reuse of Shigeru Yoshida, he is recognized as an excellent assistant of Shigeru Yoshida and is deeply trusted.

"Ikeda, come and sit down." Shigeru Yoshida looked at his favorite student and said with a smile.

Hayato Ikeda nodded, "Prime Minister, did you call me here?"

"Ikeda, it's like this. The current military operations of the US military have allowed Japan to develop. We should also take advantage of the opportunity to support the US to repair the current relationship, such as in Southeast Asia." Yoshida Shigeru said seriously, "Lose the mainland After the market, Southeast Asia is extremely important to Japan. At the same time, we also need to get the understanding of the British. After all, the British Empire is also very powerful in Southeast Asia. It can also be seen from this Kuala Lumpur meeting that Britain still has a huge influence. , India and other newly independent countries, as well as traditional British supporters Canada, Australia and so on.”

Hayato Ikeda agrees with the idea of ​​a life mentor, saying that he also means the same thing, "However, the problems in Southeast Asia are very complicated. The Philippines is very embarrassing because of the casualties during the war.

"The key lies in the United Kingdom. According to the news we have learned at this stage. The United Kingdom is based in British Malaya and has carried out a lot of construction. Another thing is that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Australia, and the Netherlands that follow the United Kingdom have huge prisoners of war. If If these countries can release prisoners of war to return home, I believe it will put pressure on the Philippines."

The most important thing for the Philippines after independence is to demand war reparations from Japan.Alan Wilson also realized after in-depth understanding that he still has people in the same way.

It is not a secret at all that Japan, which is clinging on, has already been pursued by the Philippines many times.

Hayato Ikeda pondered for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Can you get the support of the United States?"

"This matter will continue to be handled, but I hope you can go to Kuala Lumpur, which can be regarded as an ice-breaking trip. It is best to get the understanding of the British." Yoshida Shigeru said that I am very optimistic about you, expressing the hope of Japan's revival The responsibility fell on Hayato Ikeda.

"The iron and steel industry is extremely important to a country. It is inappropriate to put it in West Malaysia. It is more reassuring to put it in Sarawak."

At this moment, he still doesn't know that there is a visitor who has never thought of himself coming to the door. Alan Wilson is still in Kuching and East Malaysia Commissioner Edel, inspecting the steel base that has started construction.

Because the two parts of British Malaya are actually not balanced. Even if the Kra Isthmus is annexed, the area of ​​West Malaysia is still smaller than that of East Malaysia, while the population of East Malaysia is far less than that of West Malaysia. Only the Malay Peninsula one-third of.

For the sake of long-term peace and stability, and also for the sake of untenable division, the industrial layout must be focused. The Malay Peninsula has a large population, and the sea transportation is more convenient. The textile industry base must be placed there.

As for tin ore and rubber, they are all developed according to the current basis, and there is no distribution problem.No one can move the tin mine away, can they?The rubber industry can balance the balance.

Then the industries placed in East Malaysia are very important in terms of reliability. I believe that any country understands the significance of the steel industry to a country.After all, this is a hard indicator of whether a country is a strong country.

The iron and steel industry must be placed in Sarawak. As for the importance, it can be seen how enthusiastic France is to Alan Wilson’s proposal of a coal and iron community. For any country, steel lives up to its name, with the skeleton of a country exist.It is almost a confidence to speak to the outside world.

Similarly, there is the oil and gas industry in British Malaya, including mining and refining.Don't think that oil refining has no technical content. Even in the 21st century, many Middle Eastern countries export oil and import oil products. Many countries cannot even refine gasoline.

The profits of the oil refining industry are very high now, and one of the most important reasons is the pricing mechanism.However, the cost-plus pricing mechanism cannot be maintained for a long time. In the future, the pricing mechanism of refined oil products will become market pricing, which is an inevitable trend.So be sure to be mentally prepared.

Compared with simply selling oil, the oil refining industry is an industry that utilizes the characteristics of oil, and it is not enough to just sell raw materials.

Although in today's world it can even be said that the United States was already a giant in oil refining when Standard Oil first appeared a long time ago, Britain is at least not far behind in this regard.

As for steel and oil refining, Alan Wilson has already decided in his heart, and put them in the reliable Kingdom of Sarawak.Pamela Mountbatten also knew this.

After walking around with East Malaysia Commissioner Edel, Alan Wilson felt a little hungry, so he found a place to eat something, and then returned to the Kingdom of Sarawak to rest.

Nominally, this royal palace has nothing to do with High Commissioner Alan Wilson, but this does not delay him from disturbing for a moment.