British civil servant

If you don't consider the probability, if Vietnam is part of China?The Pearl River Delta region must be the most affected place. One can tell that the Honghe Plain has a much better geographical environment than the Pearl River Delta. The area of ​​the Pearl River Delta Plain is not large. Once Vietnam becomes part of China, the economic center of the south will definitely be transferred to Red River Plain.

This answer gave Richard a reassurance, and the conversation between the two ended here.Alan Wilson asked Richard to spend a few days with the Sultan and the compradors, and the appointment would be read in a few days.

Then Allen Wilson went to Vivien Leigh to discuss manned spaceflight. Manned spaceflight is so important and should be discussed frequently.

"Are you going back to London?" Vivien Leigh sat in the man's arms, stroking the man's back with both hands, and whispered with her head on his broad shoulders, "I want to go back too, I don't want to leave you."

"Vivienne, of course you can't leave me. Otherwise, my life will lack a lot of happiness." Alan Wilson, who didn't know why, said while enjoying the graceful figure of the female Buddha, "Behind a busy man, there should be a good man. Women do logistical support, so that they can work with peace of mind."

"It's a pity that you don't only have me as a good woman for logistical support." Vivien Leigh lightly bit the man's shoulder, but she relaxed her strength when the matter came to an end, fearing that this man with the same status as her husband would be hurt.

A few days later, under the witness of the sultan and the compradors, Alan Wilson announced the appointment of Whitehall, and Richard officially took over as the High Commissioner of the Colonial Malaya. Malayan economic miracle continues, "Good days are yet to come."

"There are more and more judges these days." Alan Wilson shook his head slightly, looking at the former subordinate who was at the center. It is not correct to say that, as long as he returns to London, Richard will still be his subordinate.

Obviously, the feeling brought by the full-time job is definitely different. Richard's smile at this time is more sincere than ever before.

Desperate people who have lost their souls can only bring the hydropower operation contract of the Malaya colony, pack their bags in dejection, and prepare to return to London. Let Richard be happy first, and soon he will find out how Sir Barron was treated.

Before heading home, Great Britain Treasure, who had already put on sunglasses and a headscarf, set off first, and returned to London, where he had not lived for many years and felt a little strange.

A few days later, through Paris, which protested from time to time, Alan Wilson returned to the British capital.

Alan Wilson, who had already handed over the colonial work, went straight to the Foreign Office building, showing his determination to dedicate everything to the United Kingdom, and had another handover with Sir Ismay.

"Alan, are you the new executive secretary?" Harold Wilson expressed his welcome very happily after seeing the person coming, "I thought there would be a guy who is not easy to contact, if so, I will Suggest a replacement to the Prime Minister, but since it is you, you will naturally not have to do so."

"Minister Harold, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are already the Minister of Foreign Affairs. I seem to see that the diplomacy of the British Empire is coming to the Wilson era." Alan Wilson also extended his hand and shook the other party with a smile on his face. He, Wilson, pointed It’s myself, like Reaganomics, referring to Wall Street’s Secretary of the Treasury, Donald Reagan, not the actor.

9Chapter 17 Loyalty!

Both of them are completely newcomers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a new foreign minister and a new permanent deputy minister of the foreign ministry. The test is the same, and they need to face it together.

After a brief exchange, both of them agreed that although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the three major ministries, it is a thankless department. Nowadays, both the United States and the Soviet Union advocate decolonization. That said, the external situation is still quite grim.

"Just like France now, the protests have lasted for a long time." Harold Wilson pointed out that the difficulties in France now are due to the high investment in the Algerian war and the factors of the economic crisis, which led to this crisis.

"I also agree with the Minister's opinion." Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "It seems that this will be the first difficult problem for the Minister after taking office. I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should first find out the internal trends in France before making a decision. .”

This is the case for the foreign secretary, but is it not a test for Alan Wilson?The first thing is to figure out the current situation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been working overseas for a long time, and he must change his way of working after returning to London.

Edward Bridges also agrees with this point. Working in London is very different from working overseas, and it is most obvious in the degree of freedom. Alan Wilson also understands this. This may be the difference between the so-called Beijing officials and the border officials.

"We must safeguard the interests of our own department and at the same time establish a good relationship with the minister. If we cannot become friends with the minister like Norman, at least we must live in peace."

Edward Bridges said in the tone of a person who has experienced it, "Unless you have a conflict with the minister under normal circumstances, unless it is a mistake that leads to serious consequences, but different people have different ways of dealing with it, I will argue with reason, Norman face The same choices may not be made for the same things."

Homeland is different from overseas, at least for the current Alan Wilson, he can't think of replicating the deeds of Kuala Lumpur in London.

"I will adjust my mentality." Alan Wilson replied gratefully, just like most people who write about the Internet think that they have great potential, and at the very least, they are underappreciated.

But it doesn't delay 90.00% of the writers, who can't earn a penny. After all, there is a gap between ideals and reality.

"You have to think about it. The minister has just taken office and is actually not familiar with diplomatic work. Now is the time to formulate a set of diplomatic concepts for the minister." Edward Bridges smiled gently, "Let Ministers have a platform on which to play."

"Indeed, this is the top priority now." Alan Wilson slapped his head. He has been doing administrative work in the colony. Now he should change his view and formulate a plan that is said to let the minister display a grand blueprint that does not exist.

At least in name, the United Kingdom is still a global empire, and its foreign policy is to cover the whole world. The three-ring diplomacy that is declared in name, or the two wings fly together in reality, are not the gains and losses of one city and one place.

The reason why the British Empire can become the British Empire is of course that diplomacy is too important.For hundreds of years, the United Kingdom has been trying to maintain a balance of power between the countries of the European continent: whichever side is weak, the United Kingdom will help it, and whichever side is strong, the United Kingdom will contain it.

As long as there is such a balance, countries on the European continent will automatically check each other, and Britain can sit back and relax.

But balanced diplomacy is only a rule, not the essence of diplomacy. Britain does not have the ability to plan for the distant future. In fact, it means taking a step-by-step look at the current situation.Because you are not sure about the distant future, it is impossible for you to find the precise position of that equilibrium point in advance.This equilibrium point can only be determined according to various current situations and conditions.

If there is currently one person in the UK who has this ability, he is a mere incompetent, and he is the permanent deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who has just taken office.

"It's time to be knighted." Seeing her husband come back and start throwing himself into the sea of ​​government again, Pamela Mountbatten put down her son and decided to launch a new route.

The youngest son squirmed towards his father on his stomach, successfully attracting Alan Wilson's attention with his clumsy appearance.

"My son." Alan Wilson, who picked up his son, had a kind face on his face, grimacing at the little guy.

Hmph... Pamela Mountbatten let out a low hum for no reason, with a look of apprehension on her face, "It's the son that matters, right?"

"This kind of accusation is unreasonable, you are as important as Pamela." Alan Wilson rejected the dirty water poured over, and said in self-defense, "I have always attached great importance to family, and you are an existence that cannot be measured by anything to me. .”

"I know it sounds good!" Pamela Mountbatten rolled her husband's eyes, and then hugged her son who stretched out her little hand, "In the second week of May, I found a lot of people. You must know a hereditary The title is not easy to win, and many families have asked for help, but you don't seem to care."

"My heart is full of gratitude, and I clearly feel my wife's passionate love for me." Alan Wilson swore, with two words written all over his face, loyalty...

Immediately afterwards, he devoted himself to the formulation of foreign policy. Adapting to circumstances is the concept of British diplomacy. The most intuitive example is the Vienna Peace Conference after Napoleon's defeat.

In the later period of the Napoleonic Wars, France was doomed to lose, but the conflicts among Britain's three major allies, Russia, Prussia and Austria, intensified.

When Russia pursued Napoleon, its power had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Europe, and it was likely to replace Napoleon as the hegemon of the European continent.And Prussia wants to rely on Russia's power to expand its territory while suppressing Austria, so the possibility of forming a new alliance between Russia and Prussia after the war is increasing.In this case, the equilibrium point in Britain has changed.

Therefore, after defeating Napoleon, the European powers held the Vienna Conference to arrange post-war affairs, and British diplomacy underwent relatively large adjustments.The first is to no longer oppose France, but to insist on leniency towards France: France's status as a continental power must be preserved.

In this way, the allies of Britain were afraid and did not dare to move immediately.There is no need to completely defeat the enemy, but to keep them useful.

In addition, the weakest of the allies of the United Kingdom is Austria, and it is also particularly worried about the alliance between Russia and Prussia, so the United Kingdom has established a particularly close cooperative relationship with Austria, so that the United Kingdom has a helper to compete with Russia and Prussia .

In the end, through the Vienna Peace Conference, Britain formed a balance that was beneficial to Britain.

However, in Alan Wilson's view, adapting to changing circumstances is already a matter of the last era, and the current diplomatic work must make long-term planning.

First of all, a basis must be established, that is, it is almost impossible for wars between major powers to break out.Because no country can afford the consequences of a nuclear bomb, and Britain especially cannot.

Since a world war will not break out, the basis for today's allies and tomorrow's enemies will not exist. The current situation will definitely be maintained for a long time, so it is not possible to consider adapting to the situation in a short period of time. Instead, it is necessary to clarify a diplomatic framework for what the UK needs, and then used for decades to come.

From a macro perspective, taking history as a mirror, the diplomacy of the British Empire in the nineteenth century was essentially centered on ensuring the security of British India, so a peripheral defense system was built.

Now that the Malayan colony has replaced the role of British India, and it can still make use of the surrounding Netherlands and Portugal, the strategy in the direction of Asia, since it is an inheritance of the protection of British India, is only replaced by Malay Ya.

Harold Wilson also agreed with this point. Britain has transferred so many industries and used the pound zone to support it. When it is time to start harvesting, other countries must not allow other countries to separate the Malayan colony from Britain.No matter who is ready to strike!

"It is even possible to use Malaya as a base to carry out offshore balancing in Asia. During the time I worked in Malaya, I realized that maybe the Soviet camp is not as monolithic as the Americans said. Our side Judgment is correct, China is not a vassal relationship with the Soviet Union."

The specific content is in the one-pound report, and the foreign minister can read it slowly by himself.

"Of course, the far east is not urgent at the moment." Alan Wilson changed the subject, "Compared with other directions, Europe is still the top priority, and the current situation in France is quite worrying. We really I do not hope that there will be a repeat of [-], which will have unpredictable effects on the whole of Europe."

The world economic crisis that started last year caused France's industrial production to drop by 5.00%.The United Kingdom continued to increase, and in terms of finance, France's total expenditure last year was 550 billion francs, with a deficit of more than 100 billion francs.

The huge fiscal deficit is naturally due to the need to support Algeria's military expenditures for the war, which has led to conflicts between the left and right factions in France. Since March, protests and marches have occurred from time to time. If there is no accident, France will change the government again.

"You mean, France may lead to the Soviet Union?" Harold Wilson questioned, full of disbelief.

"It's not that serious, but I'm very complicated about the current situation in France. The French can help Britain attract attention." Alan Wilson said with mixed feelings, "If the war ends so easily, the pressure will be all on Britain."

Whether to help the French is a difficult problem for Alan Wilson. If France is taken care of, Britain will not be able to support it.

"My dear, the Communist Party of France should be very complicated. Is there anyone I know?" After returning home, Alan Wilson asked Pamela Mountbatten. At the critical moment, his wife's contacts were more practical.

"You want to vote for the Communist Party?" Pamela Mountbatten gave a look of doubting whether her husband was reliable.

"How is it possible, I am one of us." Alan Wilson almost exploded in the face of this suspicion.

Chapter 948 An Old Friend of the French

"Then why are you asking about the situation of the French Communist Party?" Pamela Mountbatten's eyes flashed with doubts, she tilted her head and said, "They are both the executive deputy ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Get MI[-]."

The key is whether MI[-] is reliable?Alan Wilson thought to himself, compared to the entire French Communist Party and the Cambridge Five, who is not necessarily more valued?

"It is mainly because the position of the French Communist Party is suitable for doing this kind of thing. Although I have just returned to Europe, I can be sure that judging from the previous position and the influence of the Soviet Union, the French Communist Party should advocate abandoning the colonies. Some words borrowed More plausible, they said."

"Talk about it!" Pamela Mountbatten knew immediately that her husband was making bad news again. The so-called proposal was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

"Algeria is the largest European immigrant community in Africa. There are millions of French immigrants. I don't believe that France has not won over a support group for so many years. Berbers are a minority, and some of them should have a good relationship with French immigrants. Well, even if France has only one million supporters, that's two million people."

"Algeria has been fighting all these years. The population growth should not be large, and the growing population can't reach adulthood so quickly, because most of the people who died in the war were able to fight with guns. France's attitude towards colonies is well known, especially the French regard Algeria is homeland, and it treats the rebels very cruelly, and some sources put the death toll in the millions over the years."

"Then let's make a calculation. Among the total population of 900 million, there are 200 million French immigrants and supporters. The remaining 700 million deduct women and children, and the remaining 300 million men have already been wiped out. The rebels in Algeria, in fact, have little potential to mobilize.”

"There is no place in this world where men can be wiped out in a war. There is always a limit to the so-called unyielding fighting spirit. The current strength of France in Algeria is no different from the total number of potential mobilized rebels." Far. Right?"

"I haven't heard any similar news, but Algeria's oil production areas have always been firmly in the hands of the French." Pamela Mountbatten thought for a while, "Is this a proof?"

"The oil-producing areas have always been firmly in the hands of the French, which can be regarded as evidence." Alan Wilson thought for a long time and said, "I hope that the French Communist Party can point out from a humanistic point of view that the French government is now carrying out genocide during the anti-war protests." , and using the data as evidence, it shows that the Algerians are on the verge of extinction, and out of pure goodwill, let the Paris government give up Algeria and let the local independence."

"Ha..." Pamela Mountbatten heard this, and looked at her rotten husband, "Are you afraid that the French will stop and use the French to drive out the Algerians?"

"You can't say such ugly words. What is genocide?" Alan Wilson denied it flatly. "It's obviously a Gobi French. It's too ugly to use ethnic cleansing words for France's internal affairs."

Alan Wilson did not deny that disseminating such remarks during the protest march may serve to remind the French that if they work harder, the potential soldiers of the Algerians will be wiped out.

But this can't be said to be a bad thing, after all, he is a person who thinks he has the talent of a prime minister. He can live a life of drinking and singing, while massacring cities, which is what the prime minister should do.And it's not the UK that does this. If the French want to kill people, what does it matter to the UK?

The French were ruthless against the colonies, and they might be able to win a little strategic space for Britain.The responsibility belongs to the French, but Britain may benefit, why not do it?

"Why don't you remind the French through diplomatic channels?" Pamela Mountbatten squinted at her husband, knowing that this matter was not an honor at all, but pushed herself to find a way.

"My dear, I am the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If I get involved, it may be mistaken for representing the attitude of the United Kingdom. We all know that we are different from the French and have always been open to colonial independence."

Alan Wilson straightened his back, looking like an old-fashioned British gentleman, as if he wasn't the one who just harbored evil intentions.

This matter is difficult to say, because France is currently at a special node, because the financial pressure brought about by the Algerian war has overwhelmed France.This led to fierce conflicts between the left and the right in France.

Regarding the colonial issue, there have been two opposing attitudes in France from the very beginning: the French Communist Party and its supporters advocated the independence of the colonies and opposed the government's colonial policy; the right-wing and centrist forces advocated the continuation of the colonial rule.

The United States, which belongs to the Western Alliance with France, has promoted neo-colonialism under the banner of "anti-colonialism" in order to compete with the old colonial empires for interests in Asia and Africa, and does not approve of France's tough colonial policy.

Moreover, due to the US-Soviet Cold War, the United States is extremely concerned about the strength of the Cold War front in Western Europe.However, the foreign colonial war had to divert a large part of French resources to the colonial plan, resulting in the emptiness of France's domestic strength. This was not in line with the purpose of the United States to strengthen the strength of the Western Alliance to counter the Soviet Union, which caused tension between France and the United States.

However, in order to get rid of the predicament of the colonial war, France had to further turn to the United States for economic and military help, as well as political and diplomatic help from the United States, and was reduced to a small partner of the United States.The French people opposed the intervention and control of the United States and demanded that the government end the colonial war.

This is not counting the factors of France's garrison in Algeria. The military will continue to fight.

So many reasons have led to a grand occasion in France where supporters of each are gathering, and this kind of street politics is an excellent place to spread speech, not only fast, but also deep enough.

That's why Alan Wilson asked his wife to see if he could add fuel to the current street politics in France.

As for whether the French Communist Party will win the final victory in this street political showdown.

That is absolutely impossible. The more extreme the idea is, the easier it is to spread in the environment of street politics.Extreme speech is always easier to get supporters than rational speech, which is a feature of street politics.

In the confrontation of street politics, if the French Communist Party resolutely ends its rule over Algeria, it is likely to become the second Jaurès. Jaurès was the leader of the French Socialist Party before World War I and an eloquent peacekeeper. Those who have great confidence in the Second International regard it as the mainstay.

When war loomed, he called for its containment and was assassinated by a nationalist fanatic.

"Actually, I would like to see what would happen to Americans seeing such a scene?" Alan Wilson said imaginatively with his arms around his wife's shoulders, "From the perspective of dismantling French colonial influence, Americans should Supporting the political force to end colonization, but this political force is the French Communist Party, this choice must be interesting.”

"I've just returned to London, so I'm playing tricks." Pamela Mountbatten muttered angrily, "It depends on whether you can motivate me. My body has always been weak lately."

"Want to ride a rocket?" Alan Wilson laughed straight, "Your husband will definitely let you experience the joy of manned spaceflight."

"In a few days, I will be Baroness Wilson." Pamela Mountbatten hooked her husband's neck, moaning, "I want to help you do bad things, you should work hard."

For Allen Wilson, knighting is not something worth preparing for. He also understands in his heart that this baronet is not just awarded to him, it is better to say that it is the same as Mrs. Thatcher, because it is not easy for a woman to seal it directly. , so it was sealed to Mrs Thatcher's husband.

Isn't the fundamental reason still the same, Pamela Mountbatten is now the real richest man in Britain, and has tied up many nobles to open up Australia?This wave created a trend, and as a result, Alan Wilson alone now knows that there are at least ten heirs of the Earl and Duke who live in Australia for half of the year.

If it were not for the seats in the House of Lords, it is estimated that there would be more nobles living in Australia.After all, although the land can't run away, it doesn't need to be looked after at all times, which is not the case for newly developed minerals.

With the consciousness of this Mountbatten family pendant, Alan Wilson was manipulated by his wife at will, and under the witness of a group of dukes and earls, he became one of more than 600 secondary barons in the UK.

In fact, as long as his wife is happy, it is nothing. Who told him that the richest woman in Britain was cultivated by his words and deeds from a young age? Some sour remarks can be attributed to jealousy.

"Tell me that I eat soft rice, and you can eat it if you have the ability." Alan Wilson, who had finished his knighthood, pinched his waist with both hands, and held Pamela Mountbatten's hand confidently. The expression on his face said everything.

"Thank you for coming today. My husband and I are very grateful." Pamela Mountbatten knew her husband's thoughts too well. "As Mrs. Wilson, I will remember the guests who came today in my heart."

"Is this the connection of the richest man in Britain?" Maggins squeezed over with great difficulty and said in amazement, "Now you are like me, Alan."

"It's not the same, you are a lord. Dear Lord Sheffield!" Alan Wilson said that this is fundamentally different, from a baron to a commoner, otherwise he would not accept it at all.

British politics has a large presence of baronets, especially in the Conservative Party.

Since the beginning of the year, he has been knighted by Pamela Mountbatten, and it has finally come to an end.Early the next morning, a piece of news came that the French government announced that the franc would depreciate by [-] points.

"Honey!" Pamela Mountbatten hugged her husband for a long time, her eyes full of admiration, "If it weren't for you, I would have suffered a big loss this time. The French really devalued the franc so much that they were almost killed by them. Harvested."

Chapter 949 The Road Never Imagined

"Hey, I lost my skin." Facing his wife who was like a woodpecker, Alan Wilson looked indifferent. This situation is an excellent occasion to show the inscrutability of the head of the family. A good opportunity to establish a position.

The adoring British richest woman has inspired Alan Wilson's innate PUA skills, and now is the time to turn the offensive.

Moving his wife's body in his arms and putting his hands where they should be, Alan Wilson followed the temptation, "At your current level, you must always pay attention to the political situation, and you can't be like those small compradors who take one step at a time. That way you can take your destiny into your own hands.”

"I've always been obedient." Pamela Mountbatten narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling a pair of big hands wandering around her body.