British civil servant

The Labor Party has more factions than the Conservative Party. Attlee is unwilling to take a tough stance against Morrison when the support rate is no longer dominant. This may cause the Labor Party to split and lose the general election.

If he has to decide who will lead the Labor Party in the future, he still hopes that the chancellor of the exchequer Gatzke can shoulder the responsibility.

There was nothing Norman Brooke could do about matters within the Labor Party, and he could not help the Prime Minister on this matter.

However, although the appointment and removal of civil servants is in his hands, if the foreign minister himself does not approve, it will be a real trouble. Norman Brooke doesn't like Morrison, the foreign minister, for a simple reason. Brooke's own style matters.

He has always maintained a very close personal relationship with the former prime minister, but if the prime minister happens to have a delicate relationship with a minister, he doesn't even need to think whose side the cabinet secretary will be on, which leads to Norman Brooke and Morrison The relationship between them is relatively unfamiliar because of Attlee.

It's also a good thing that Attlee is not an arbitrary person. If he had a style similar to Churchill, Morrison would never have been the foreign secretary for such a long time.

However, there is a premise that the Labor Party continues to be in power. If Attlee feels that the Labor Party's ruling status will become a thing of the past, Morrison's good days will come to an end.

Of course, all of this is Norman Brook's own judgment, and he also believes that his judgment is correct.

Pamela Mountbatten and Princess Margaret are finally going back to Asia. Vivien Leigh's eyes full of resentment made Alan Wilson feel a little guilty, "Vivian..."

"She is your wife, what am I?" Vivien Leigh murmured self-pityingly, making her feel distressed.

"Don't say that, you are my lover." Alan Wilson whispered while hugging the delicate body of the British treasure, "We have a very cute and smart child, have you forgotten? Of course there are many good memories, It belongs to the two of us."

"Okay, I didn't ask for anything." Vivien Leigh looked directly at the man, and Scarlett Scarlett's eyes appeared again.

No one can withstand this gaze, and Alan Wilson is no exception. He will give everything for this gaze.

Just back to the love nest with her husband, Pamela Mountbatten revealed something. "The French are borrowing money by issuing Eurobonds, on the order of half a billion dollars. They are using investment banks as underwriters. And the job of the investment banks is to sell the bonds to investors; meaning that the bonds can be sold to Investors from all over the world, and deciding whether to buy it is something I'm considering."

"Nine point four percent is a very good yield," he continued. "Ten-year Italian bonds yield [-] per cent, and no one thinks Italian bonds are as good as French bonds. Canadian bonds are more telling, yielding only [-] per cent, it's hard to think too much Well, this bond is going to go up, see what I mean? Shall I buy you some?"

Even in the best market conditions, Pamela Mountbatten's enthusiasm is very high.

Now that she has sufficient funds to operate, she is even more excited than ever.However, what she said also made sense.Hit a few keys on the calculator.Buying the bond quickly at the original offer price would be a tidy profit for any investor.

Of course, if the bond issue fails, the investment bank will have to lower the selling price until the yield on the bond is high enough to attract buyers.

It is indeed a very tempting big cake, but how could Alan Wilson not know that the French franc depreciated several times after the war, and asked directly, "My dear, you can guarantee that France can win the Algerian war What? What is certain now is that the funds raised by France must be raising military expenditures for the war, and such a large scale shows that the French have made a big move. This big move may succeed or fail. If it fails, what will be the consequence? "

Pamela Mountbatten froze, knowing that she had been dazzled. Once the franc depreciated sharply, it would end in nothing. Even if she couldn't do anything about it, it would definitely be a stain on her business.

Chapter 935 Extraordinary Prime Minister Wilson

"There are risks, and it is not so easy to deal with guerrilla warfare."

Alan Wilson reminded his wife, "In December 50.00, the franc depreciated by 40.00%30.00, and in January 80, it devalued again by [-]%[-]. More than a year later, in [-] In September [-], the depreciation was [-]%. The franc has depreciated three times in a row, which is a lesson learned. Of course, since that time, the value of the franc has been stable for ten years, but now the war in Algeria has not stopped, and France supplies [-] troops in North Africa. Military spending is an astronomical figure."

"Even with the oil that you handed over to the French to support the war, the financial pressure on France is enormous. If you buy these bonds, we assume that the war goes well, and there is still a risk of the franc depreciating. You forget that after the war , what did Australia, New Zealand and Canada say about Britain when the pound was devalued?"

"Didn't the UK know that this would hurt the interests of the pound zone? Yes, but it still did it, because at that time the UK had no choice but to use the depreciation of the pound to save itself. They are all countries founded by British immigrants, blood thick Yu Shui, once the French war goes wrong and leads to a financial crisis, will the franc be devalued?"

Listening to her husband's explanation, Pamela Mountbatten's face was uncertain, "Then I won't buy it, as I don't know about it."

"I'm not trying to stop it. What I said just now is just my personal opinion. The right to decide is still yours. In the final analysis, I don't want to affect your decision." Alan Wilson corrected in a very gentlemanly manner, "The right to decide is still yours hand."

In other words, Pamela Mountbatten is an independent person, and Alan Wilson cannot always interfere in business decisions. If his wife insists, he will not object.

This time the French bonds are of course profitable. After all, the yield of more than [-]% is not low.But if the franc depreciates by more than [-]% by then?Don't think that the face of a country is very valuable. An example is that after the war, Britain devalued the pound despite opposition from Australia and other places.

"I listen to you, you haven't missed it yet." Pamela Mountbatten's eagerness to move has been extinguished, and she chose to listen to her husband's opinion on this matter again.

"Hey, I let you think about it yourself." Alan Wilson didn't care, even if he lost money, it was impossible for the Mountbatten Group to be hurt.

The world is unfair. Some people can keep falling and get up again. For ordinary people, it takes a lifetime to pay for a failure. Pamela Mountbatten is the latter.

Allen Wilson is just helping his wife to give advice. If his wife thinks it is okay to try, he will not object.

Just when he was about to say something, the phone rang, and he had to get up to answer it, "Just let them come."

"What's the matter?" asked the sister-in-law who had just listened to her brother-in-law's exclusive analysis.

"Su Yang and the others are here to collect foreign investment certificates." Alan Wilson did not hide anything, and revealed the whole matter of investing in Myanmar, transferring some low-profit industries to Myanmar, and using the advantage of low human rights to boost the industrial upgrading of Malaya. .

"It's a good thing, and we need to prove it? I don't understand what they think." Pamela Mountbatten was full of astonishment, why did these Chinese businessmen seem reluctant to listen.

"Industrial transfers to the UK are no strangers. But this is the first time they have encountered them. It is normal to be timid about going to sea. If I have time, I will slowly persuade them, but the project of the oil refining center is coming to an end. I just Being able to force them to go out, take this foreign investment certificate, and shape the public opinion that rare goods are livable to the outside world, but at the same time, the benefits to us are also huge. The industrial transfer cannot be disorderly, and it must be controlled within a reasonable range.”

Although the industries are distributed throughout the Malayan colonies, almost all big compradors have permanent residences in Kuala Lumpur.

This is the so-called capital advantage. As the colonial capital, Kuala Lumpur is the starting point of the policy and can perceive the latest changes.

Administrative resources themselves are part of the advantages of the administrative center. Of course, there are also certain disadvantages. The administrative center is generally the hardest hit area of ​​the map, so Kuala Lumpur will definitely be treated like Singapore in the future.

Alan Wilson could already imagine that kind of grand occasion, but it must be as good as God being set on fire.

The dispute between the administrative center and the economic center of the imperial capital and the magical capital is also because the imperial capital has long been the administrative center.In the four ancient capitals, they are always targeted. As long as there is enough leisure, any comparison can turn into a war.

Allen Wilson has been on the government network for many years. In his impression, the imperial capital was seldom supported. It was not when Xi'an and Nanjing were set on fire by the four ancient capitals.

In view of this, he taught Evered how to bind the four major cities in West Malaysia, which all depended on the key government reserves of the previous life.Although in his eyes this is a fight between immortals, he lived in a small town in his previous life.

From his perspective as the Colonial High Commissioner, the conflicts in the colonies are too great, and ethnic conflicts will always provoke British rule, so he cannot be too provocative.

The destructive power of regional conflicts is not bad at all, but usually the people involved will not be resolved by force.Within the scope of non-violent resolution, regional conflicts are more effective than ethnic conflicts.

Soon, Su Yang and others came to the door collectively. When they saw Pamela Mountbatten and Princess Margaret, they hurriedly said hello, "His Royal Highness, Mrs. Wilson."

The English proficiency of the compradors is too average, and Princess Margaret, who has grammar problems, is almost in full bloom.Because this kind of address is like addressing her directly.

"I just came back too, you guys are busy." Pamela Mountbatten went upstairs directly, dragging the royal princess up by the way.

"Sooner or later, you will know that I am doing it for your own good." Alan Wilson, who gave the foreign investment certificate to everyone, bewitched these bitter faces, "The world is so big, don't you want to become famous in a larger scope? Just in Malaya, there will be no development."

Even if the compradors are willing, Alan Wilson is not willing. These compradors are crowded in the Malaya colony to cut leeks, which will cause the ceiling of the colony to lower, and ordinary people can easily feel the existence of the ceiling.Thus losing the belief in struggle, how can we rely on the textile industry to push the ceiling up?

Industrial upgrading is necessary, and it cannot be diverted by the ideas of these compradors. Sooner or later, these people will thank him for forcing them out. Alan Wilson firmly believes in this.

Alan Wilson was surprised by the spread of the slogan of surpassing France and catching up with Britain, but thinking that the steel production capacity centered in Kuching is already slightly higher than that of the British mainland, that is to say, he accepted this new slogan instead of surpassing Britain and catching up with the United States.

France's steel output is 400 million tons. This goal is not difficult, and it is easier to surpass France than England.

Allen Wilson is in a good mood to drive these big compradors out of Malaya with hard and soft measures. The idle labor force can almost play a role after the Asia-Pacific oil refining center is completed.

"I heard that there is news about the oil off the coast of Angola." Alan Wilson teased his sister-in-law, "His Royal Highness, it will become another myth of wealth, which is really enviable."

"Look at your wife, what is there to envy." Princess Margaret said with some embarrassment.

"Speaking of oil, I have one thing. I want to order a batch of oil refining equipment from the mainland." Alan Wilson tilted his head and looked at his wife. "I want onshore oil refining equipment to serve colder places."

"You wouldn't go to the Soviet Union to dig for oil, would you?" Pamela Mountbatten was a little strange. The point of this condition made it easy for others to doubt her husband's reliability.

"I don't have the ability to go to the Soviet Union to dig oil. But it's almost the same, you should prepare for South Korea." Alan Wilson's mysterious sub-low voice, "Honey, prepare secretly according to my words, land mining and oil refining Equipment, adapted to severe cold climates, must work normally in minus thirty to forty degrees of weather, that’s all.”

"It's okay to have a temperature similar to Norway. I'll find a solution with the equipment supplier that provides oil in the North Sea." Pamela Mountbatten believed in her husband without reservation, and immediately agreed.

This batch of equipment will serve Daqing. If my sister-in-law hadn't talked about oil, he almost forgot that Daqing oil was about to be discovered.

Before the 60s, the location, scale and processing capacity of Daqing Oilfield in China were strictly kept secret.Japan urgently needs to know the location, scale and processing capacity of Daqing Oilfield in order to determine whether it can make a deal with China on oil refining equipment.

To this end, the Japanese intelligence agency collected a large amount of relevant information from Chinese publications, and after strict qualitative and quantitative processing of the collected information, it obtained accurate information on the location, scale and processing capacity of the Daqing Oilfield. .

In a series of information such as the Japanese's public photos, the local climate and approximate location were determined through Wang Jinxi's clothes, the production capacity was determined through railway transportation, and they began to involve oil refining equipment for the local climate.

It can be deduced from this: "China will inevitably feel that there is a shortage of oil refining equipment in recent years. It is entirely possible to buy Japanese oil refining and cracking equipment. The scale and quantity of equipment to be purchased must meet the daily needs of [-] tons of oil refining."

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has made a judgment that China must introduce a large number of oil extraction and refining equipment.Mitsubishi immediately gathered relevant experts and technicians to comprehensively design the equipment suitable for China's Daqing Oilfield and make full preparations for winning the bid.

Sure enough, not long after, the Chinese government sought oil extraction equipment from the international market, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries designed the equipment that best met China's requirements at the fastest speed, and won the bid in one fell swoop in the fierce international competition.

Alan Wilson doesn't have to be so troublesome. Will he feel unfamiliar with the climate of his hometown?

He summed up two experiences in the work of the chief executive of Malaya. The decision-making must be earlier than that of Japan.

Japan does not need to thank him as a non-staff prime minister. He has helped so many countries, and he does not mind helping Japan.

Chapter 936 Institution Reform

"I have two things to complete now, one is already in progress, and the other is about to start." Alan Wilson stroked his forehead, thinking about work arrangements.

"Withdraw the post that has too much contact with the colonists? Give it to the locals?" Pamela Mountbatten asked. If there is one more thing, it is this. Britain has always ruled the colonies indirectly, and direct rule is a last resort. Under the circumstances, the means to be adopted, the situation in Britain after World War II was already very bad, so it had to do so.

Even Alan Wilson, who has always advocated direct rule, only regards this as an emergency measure, not a necessary one, which is not in line with the consistent British tradition.

"Well, that's right. Our sense of existence is too high, which is beneficial and harmless to the stability of the colony. After all, we are not French, and we can tell blacks that our ancestors are all Gauls without blushing."

Britain is at a very poor level in terms of assimilation or national integration.Although the promotion of English exists objectively, it has never deliberately changed any deep-seated things.

After all, within Europe, the French are more educated than the British, and have produced a bunch of great writers.In the United Kingdom, we can only turn Shakespeare upside down and transfer the past mentions.

Language is only a small part of the process of assimilation, and the UK can't even handle Ireland and Scotland for a long time, let alone other things.

Reverting direct rule to indirect rule would not necessarily destabilize the colonies, and even returning to indirect rule would be on a completely different level than the original rule of nothing but taxation.

The only thing Britain can do in the colonial field is tax collection. Before World War I, Britain took about [-] million pounds from British India a year, and then maintained this figure for a long time. How much is this equivalent to? After some conversions, It is roughly equivalent to [-] million taels of silver. All the unequal treaties of the Qing Dynasty added together may not have this amount.

The professionalism in the field of tax collection allows British India to reincarnate the Qing Dynasty from [-] until its demise every year. From this point, we can know why Britain can be the long-term world financial center.

If it is replaced by the current Malayan colony, the issue of the times must be taken into consideration.Britain never wanted to build British India, if the railways for the convenience of transporting raw materials count.

On the one hand, the British strictly prohibited the colonies from having their own industries, and the supported industries could only meet basic needs.Another aspect is to manage the colony with the most professional taxation system.

In other words, a purely agricultural country is matched with the modern taxation of the United Kingdom. It is not surprising that there will be major famines in India from time to time.

The current situation is different. Britain needs a place to help itself stabilize its position in the world. In terms of reliability, it is best to be a colony, so it chooses to support Malaya's industry.

The value created by industry is completely different. Now the tax contribution of the Malayan colony is no less than that of India, but the tragic situation of the former British India will never appear again.In the final analysis, technological progress can lead to different results.

Reducing the colonial color of Britain is the second thing Alan Wilson does. The first thing is to hide the faces of white people in various places and departments. If it cannot be done, it will be centralized.

With the start of investment in Myanmar, this matter can also start. Investment in Myanmar can be regarded as a change in the economic level, and the latter can be regarded as a change in policy.

Alan Wilson, who was preparing to make policy adjustments to the colony, received the arrival of Heidi Rama, "Student movements and protests in France seem to be more frequent this year. I heard that the financial burden caused by the Algerian war is very heavy."

"Oh, that's right." Alan Wilson was full of surprise, never mentioning that he had discovered clues from his wife's bonds before, and asked insincerely, "Is there any political change? The attitude towards Algeria."

This was the time when the Fifth French Republic appeared. De Gaulle finally came to the center of the political arena after years of dormancy. Unfortunately, Heidi Rama didn't know about this and shook her head in confusion.

"Okay." Alan Wilson also knew that for a big star whose biggest advantage is his appearance, national events are indeed a little farther away.

He only remembered that the political movement of the late Fourth Republic had a great relationship with the Algerian War.

Because of the ferment of anti-war rhetoric, the French foreign group and the African French army based in Algiers, followed the example of their predecessors in supporting Napoleon III, and forced the Fourth Republic, expecting Charles de Gaulle to come out to preside over the overall situation and continue the Algerian war.

With the breath of Heidi Rama, Alan Wilson, who returned home, still wanted to find his wife who had a good relationship with the French elite to ask about this matter, "I heard that there have been a lot of protests and demonstrations in France this year?"

"I've heard about it." Pamela Mountbatten nodded, and then asked suspiciously, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"Once the political situation in France becomes unstable, you have to know that the United States has always been very concerned about the situation in North Africa and tried to intervene in every possible way."

Alan Wilson pointed out this point, "France is at war, and the situation is not very stable. And Algeria is not far from the French mainland. Washington must be worried that France has really turned North Africa into the mainland. I am a little worried about this. You Ask my friends, and the current understanding of Algeria in France, is it firm?"

For the French, the change of government does not affect their determination to persist in the Algerian war. A parliamentary system is much easier to interfere than a presidential system. Algeria’s vested interests can easily buy their voices in the National Assembly. One of the frameworks of traitors, let the new government continue to support the war.

However, this trick is not a one-way test. Once the public opinion is reversed, the French immigrants in Algeria will not be able to compare with the local citizens. Therefore, the public opinion is still important, and the most important thing is what the French citizens think.

Of course France wants to get rid of the influence of the United States and act independently, but objectively it is impossible.

Paris is the headquarters of NATO. Alan Wilson rescued the United Kingdom and avoided the influence of the US garrison. He was not capable of saving France, and he also caused troubles to cause France to bear the pressure of the British garrison.

Of course, it is impossible for the United States to explicitly oppose France's policy. This will arouse France's resentment. The United States can't beat France because of decolonization, so the United States' solution is to assist France to suppress Algeria, and at the same time assist Algeria through the garrison of Italy. Rebel against France and keep the war going, draining France's will to war.

"France has been negotiating with the Americans to put Algeria within the framework of NATO. I know this." Pamela Mountbatten mentioned the thoughts of some French people when talking about the Algeria war.

"This is impossible, the French really dare to think." Allen Wilson shook his head slightly, "Many rebels in Algeria can freely enter the United States. Who gave those passports? But now it seems that it is mainly a question of funds. , if the French did not lie in the battlefield situation, there is still a chance of success."

"Let me ask carefully." Pamela Mountbatten agreed flatly, "Do you want the real public opinion of France on the war now?"

"Well, yes." Alan Wilson rubbed his chin and said, "I'm going to have a meeting with the District Commissioner recently, you can help me keep an eye on it, if there is any unexpected move, just tell me."

Letting his wife keep an eye on the situation in France, Alan Wilson himself started to prepare for the meeting, and all the regional commissioners of the Malaya colony will come, because this involves policy adjustments for the entire colony.

"Singapore's oil refining center is about to be completed, and the colony's industries will also undergo some adjustments."

Alan Wilson of the Colonial Administration of Malaya looked at the district commissioners who came from all over the country, as well as the heads of various departments, pointed at the table with a pen in his hand, and then said something very unexpected, "The civil servants of the colony The scale will be reduced, and everyone must be prepared."

"What..." The entire conference room caused a mess of debate because of the words of the immediate boss. It was obvious that everyone was dissatisfied with the words of the immediate boss.

"If the size of the civil service is small, the colonial color will be diluted." Alan Wilson blocked the voice of dissatisfaction.

"That's true, but reducing the size of civil servants?" Edel persuaded with a solemn face, "Commissioner Wilson, this will be the end of our civilization."

"Edel, don't be impatient. The contact between the direct management agency and the colonists is too frequent, and there will be some conflicts, which are unavoidable. We will shrink to some more important areas." Alan Wilson waved his hand, " And this matter is also simple, you just don’t need to call them civil servants. For example, the operation of the oil refinery center, doesn’t it need reliable people? The oil refinery center is not an administrative department, so isn’t it normal not to be called civil servants?”

The voice of dissatisfaction disappeared, and Alan Wilson continued, "Industries similar to oil refining centers, we changed them into public institutions, so that employees of public institutions are not civil servants. But they are still the same people. It’s the same thing, with the support and salary of the colonial government, the civil servants who enter public institutions will not be lowered because of this, as long as we don’t recognize it, everything will remain the same.”

"However, it is completely different from the perception. For the vast majority of our colleagues, their treatment is not high, and some work conveniences are far less than the negative impact of conflicts. After entering the public institution, still It will be financially supported by the colonial government, and it will be more hidden, which is a good thing."