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At this time, Sikkim, with a population of only 10, had a company of British paratroopers and a company of US marines. Although the total number was only a few hundred, they represented two countries that India could not face.

The news of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Sikkim can be said to be a wake-up call for India, which is in a state of complacency. India is not unaware of the fragility of the Siliguri Corridor, but the secret operation of the British before they left caused India to lose its relationship with Sikkim and Bhutan. They want to infiltrate the three Himalayas but are always unable to do what they want, and now the Americans have also come in.

All of a sudden, the victory over the old enemy Pakistan has been diluted a lot. India's troubles are the Indians' business. In London, Alan Wilson still has his own business. He has Commonwealth Secretary-General John Hunter and the cabinet by his side. Deputy Secretary Burke Trend.

The relationship between Burke Trend and Alan Wilson in the early days was very delicate. After all, Alan Wilson almost stepped on his head and sat in the position of supreme authority, and no one could accept it for a while.

However, since Burke Trend's British Prosperity Fund of tens of billions of pounds, the relationship between the two has improved, and they have worked together to maintain the unity of Whitehall. Only when Whitehall is united can Britain be better.

After handing each of them a Cuban cigar, Alan Wilson said slowly, "This time, the Bengalis have suffered greatly, and the whole of Bangladesh has been shattered into ruins. There may even be a famine. Of course, Bangladesh always There is a famine."

The reason why there are always famines in Bengal is because the Greater Bengal area that includes Calcutta is the core of the rule of British India. When the empire is in trouble, it is natural that the Bengalis will go first.

Although the two had never worked in British India, they had heard about it, and Alan Wilson continued, "John, the tragedy of this war should be widely publicized from the Commonwealth of Nations. And this is also a good opportunity. The gap must be filled immediately, I give my colleagues the opportunity to make up for their mistakes, and my warning is ignored, but Fiji is a high commissioner, let's see who is willing to travel for the country."

"It's just that the telegram won't work. I should find someone to go." John Hunter shook his head slightly. "Otherwise, those high commissioners might really ignore our words."

"How about Wick, let him go and explain the matter face to face." Burke Trend took the initiative to say, "The Secretary-General has always been very optimistic about Wick and asked him to meet with the high commissioners from various places. Explain the matter clearly, the value of the materials donated to Bangladesh is not as much as we say."

"You must know that the consumption of 6000 million people is terrible. Who will check? They can't find anything."

John Hunter also agreed, "With the balance of accounts everywhere, colleagues can travel lightly. In the future, we will do our best to benefit the society. Otherwise, it will always be a hidden danger, and it will not be good to arouse the vigilance of the cabinet. Send someone to check the accounts."

"You can't check everything, if you find out something." Alan Wilson nodded, and gave the core policy of this donation, "The previous things have never happened, but we can't let them go." It goes on like this. It's our money, they take two million and Whitehall takes one million and we want to thank them?"

John Hunter and Dean Rusk were also filled with righteous indignation. The previous incidents have been exposed, but from now on, it is really time to take good care of those colleagues overseas.

"Wick, bring the documents of the Dhaka massacre. John and Burke are also here, and they just want to see you." Alan Wilson held the phone and extinguished the Cuban cigar with the other hand.

The Commonwealth of Nations is not all newly independent countries that are still controlled by colleagues or occupy a lot of influence. There are also rich countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as horses that are not independent but are clearly proud of their chests in the region. Asia, Middle East Emirates.

Now that the world wars have been fought twice, the UK naturally cannot do what it used to do, ordering a quarter of the world to fight wherever the UK dictates, but it is still possible to use some specific circumstances to leverage the situation. try.

To put it simply, the UK is ready to prostitute 6000 million Bangladeshi laborers who have to work to fill their stomachs, but they don't want to pay any cost, except for Delaru to print money.

What can be done?The common people of the Commonwealth of Nations can only suffer for a while, and the infamy of Whitehall can be borne, and it can also carry out the construction of a clean government, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

A few minutes later, Wick brought over the documents of the Dhaka massacre and the information about the US landing in Sikkim. Alan Wilson was very satisfied, "John and Burke have something to tell you, I will go to the Prime Minister."

At this time, the prime minister should be after the meal, but when he arrived, the political secretary Maria Falcond was also there, which was unexpected.

"Secretary-General, you're here, so I'll go out first." Maria Falkender said in a tone that said I would leave, and was about to leave the prime minister's office.

"It's not necessary, Maria. It's all aboveboard and public affairs." Alan Wilson shook his head, and then reported with a document, "The war in East Pakistan is over. It can be concluded that this India-Pakistan war is basically over. Now There is a piece of information that a massacre occurred in Dhaka. The University of Dhaka was slaughtered by Pakistani defenders, but now the Pakistani defenders have surrendered. According to common sense, the peace religion group that supports Pakistan should now be bloody revenge by the Bangladeshis. "

"When did this happen?" Maria Falcond raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why didn't we get any news at all?"

"It's not that I didn't get the news, but the reporter who reported the report needs to take into account the overall situation. Consider the interests of the country."

Alan Wilson smiled and said, "I suppressed this report, but now that the United States has airborne Sikkim, we have provided a step for the United States, and now it is time to handle our own affairs."

"Alan, you blocked the news of the Dhaka University massacre, which is suppressing public opinion." Harold Wilson lowered his voice, as if wanting to remind the seriousness of this matter.

"It is appropriate to steer the news in favor of the country, as we have done with Ireland."

Alan Wilson replied flatly, "According to discussions with colleagues from the Ministry of Finance, we talked about the specific operations to save the Bengalis. Now it seems that there may be a window period in the next few days. If this window period appears, we can carry out."

"Suppressing news reports, is this worthy of your conscience?" Maria Falkender frowned, deeply shocked by the actions of the cabinet secretary.

"Why should I show off my conscience at this critical moment? Maria, in [-] I had suppressed the report on the Great Famine in India. If I reported the tragedy of British India at that time, it would be very difficult for us to replace the British A scheme of Indian value is not good, without that money the UK may well have to lose more in the face of US debt collection."

Alan Wilson downplayed it, and said in a eloquent tone, "What's more, the suffering of the Bangladeshis this time was not caused by the United Kingdom. The Bangladeshis are looking for murderers and looking for Pakistanis. Expand a little to find the two permanent members who support Pakistan, but we can’t find it anyway.”

"After the signing of the good treaty between the Soviet Union and India, we discovered that there was a problem with the circulation of British pounds in India, so we are going to teach India a lesson at an appropriate time."

Alan Wilson brought out information on the settlement of bilateral trade between rubles and rupees, which was a landmark step in India's deep integration into the Soviet economic system.In other words, India has violated Nehru's promise that India's trade after independence will be settled in British pounds.

"There is such a thing." Harold Wilson was taken aback. After all, it was only four months since the Indus and the Soviet Union signed the friendship treaty, and many things were still unclear.

Part of the Prime Minister's astonishment was that Whitehall had noticed the problem so quickly, and he, the Prime Minister, didn't know anything.

"We just discovered it just now. If London has never discovered it? Maybe it will be underestimated by New Delhi? Just like the previous discussion, Britain has already made preparations to intervene in the India-Pakistan war. Prime Minister."

Alan Wilson expressed his respect for democracy, and then gave an excuse to intervene, "The British Empire must be responsible for the humanitarian disasters in the former colonies, whether it is the massacre of Bengalis in Pakistan, or the destruction of Bengal by the Indian army afterward. People bring serious suffering, human rights outweigh sovereignty, and British troops must step in immediately."

"During the process of intervention, it is best to call on the Commonwealth to pay attention to the suffering of Bangladesh and to launch a fundraising operation. It is best to reduce the cost of British intervention. Of course, all such costs will be paid back by the Bangladeshis in the end. This cannot be done. compromise."

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"Can you allocate 6000 million pounds?" Harold Wilson's reluctance was almost written on his face. It is not that Britain has not printed money after the war, but compared with the United States, it is still very restrained.

Moreover, when printing money, it can be said that the Secretary-General of the Cabinet is there, and when it comes to printing money, Whitehall is often in the position of an opponent. Of course, this opposition mainly opposes printing money locally.

Whitehall has never objected to printing money in the colonies. What is quantitative easing?

In the eyes of Harold Wilson, this should be the first time that Whitehall has offered to print money during his tenure, and then give it to places that have already become independent?

"Prime Minister, the Bretton Woods system has already existed in name only. Although his framework is still there, it cannot be exchanged for gold and is still denominated in gold?" Alan Wilson paused and explained, "In the future, whether it is the British pound or the US dollar, it will be sovereign. Credit currency, not gold. We don’t have to worry about printing too much money, and someone will come to the UK with pounds to exchange for gold.”

For the U.S. dollar, what is smashed is only the shackles, and what is obtained is the whole world, but the pound is also an international currency. Even if the pound does not get the whole world, it is good to get a part of the world.

"The value of the Pakistani rupee, which is currently in circulation in Bangladesh, will fall to the bottom after this war. Countries like India have not realized the opportunities here. But we can realize that the Pakistani rupee It can be one to fifty, or one to five thousand."

Alan Wilson talked eloquently, "Maybe Bangladesh will use a new currency. As long as the British army lands, we will not need us to reorganize the financial order of Bangladesh. We decide the currency value of this new country with a population of 6000 million. And Bangladesh is in The role of pakistan is an export base, west pakistan only imports, this is also the reason for the long-term dissatisfaction of the bengali people. now the reason for the collapse of the currency of bengal is because of this war between india and pakistan, even the bengalis themselves will not doubt it , we stepped in like angels to pull the youngest independent nation out of the quagmire."

As long as the 6000 million pounds is exchanged in Bangladesh, it can be exchanged for the value of the money in the UK in an instant. Of course, this must cooperate with the operation of British financial talents.

This kind of thing happened more than once at the end of the Cold War. The Federal Republic of Germany swallowed up the Democratic Germany, saying that it paid out so much tax, but in exchange for the wealth of the entire country of the Democratic Republic of Germany.As for the slump of the entire Russian ruble, and the exchange rate of [-] to [-] with the US dollar, the Russians still remember the consequences of integrating into the West.

"Bangladeshis are not at a disadvantage. Ten years ago, we implemented the real estate rejuvenation plan in Africa. We used a decent colonial capital in exchange for the consolidation and circulation of the pound zone. The effect is very good. It will be more effective if we replicate it now. experience, and Malaya is not far from Bangladesh, so this condition is fully in place.”

Maria Falcond did not leave from the beginning to the end, listening to the cabinet secretary's eloquence, if not the entire Whitehall leader was here, explaining a series of operations after the war with sincerity.She couldn't imagine how this chain of operations came about.

The reason for the intervention is that human rights outweigh sovereignty, and in terms of interests, it can bring 6000 million people from Bangladesh back into the pound zone, and demonstrate Britain's concern for its former colonies and reshape its influence.

Now India is obviously more inclined to the Soviet Union. The ruble-to-rupee settlement is poaching the corner of the United Kingdom. This move can also be said to be revenge against India.

Now we need an excuse for public opinion to support the government's decision-making. The excuse has already been placed in front of the prime minister. The Dhaka University massacre, the UK can use this to intervene.

"The U.S. Navy and the Soviet Red Navy are still facing off in the Bay of Bengal!" Harold Wilson was a little embarrassed, and the Bay of Bengal is still very crowded.

"The war in Pakistan is over, but the Pakistani government has not officially recognized it, but that's just two days ago."

Alan Wilson said, "The United States must be thinking about leaving. The United States is leaving. From my understanding of the Soviet Union, it will follow the US task force for a period of time. We can use this fleeting time difference, and the Andaman Military installations in the archipelago and in Malaya can do that."

This is by no means just talking nonsense, Lao Maozi's country is like this, when it is benevolent and righteous, it is especially benevolent and righteous, and when it is domineering, it is especially domineering.

Historically, after the confrontation in the Bay of Bengal ended, the US task force withdrew, and the Soviet Red Navy followed it all the way to the Philippines. It was determined that the US task force would not go back again, and the Soviet Red Navy left.

"Then what does the government need to do?" Harold Wilson is also eager to make a move. He really wants to give it a try. Only by frequent contact can he feel the precise judgment of the head of Whitehall, especially the direction of the India-Pakistan war this time. If you can intervene, you should be fine.

"The Prime Minister needs to express his sympathy for the tragic situation in Bangladesh. Finally, with the support of public opinion, he has to take action. As for the preparation work, I will leave it to me." Alan Wilson promised, patted his chest.

Now that the Prime Minister agreed, Alan Wilson couldn't continue to disturb him, and he didn't speak until he left Maria Falcond, "I usually only heard the Prime Minister talk about the work of the Secretary-General, but now it seems that he is indeed a terrible person. Not just on the Mountbatten family's side. He's pretty formidable in person."

"When it comes to the Mountbatten family, some people say that it was Pamela Mountbatten who found the key to wealth after she married him." Harold Wilson couldn't help laughing, "Of course I don't believe that God-like The guessing of the will, is it like the astrology of some countries says that the combination of two people changes the fortune."

When the prime minister and the political secretary were discussing the fortune-telling, Alan Wilson had returned to Whitehall, explained the prime minister's approval, and arranged for the work of guiding public opinion.

Wick also expressed his desire to improve. Under the persuasion of the other two giants, he decided to go on a business trip to talk to the high commissioners in various places.

All this has little to do with Alan Wilson. He drew four playing cards from his pocket and randomly drew the Queen of Spades, "Go to Hepburn today."

"The most famous university established by Britain in South Asia has been destroyed after this massacre. It is unimaginable that this atrocity has appeared in modern society..." In the TV, the hostess' voice was sad, and her eyes were tearful. Dhaka The news of the massacre of the university, the so-called blood and tears accusation is like this.

"According to the latest poll, 60.00% of citizens expressed sympathy for this tragedy, this time the survey covered 260 polls in [-] constituencies."

"It is gratifying that the first batch of supplies donated by citizens has passed through the Suez Canal, hoping to help the disaster-stricken Bangladeshis."

"According to the latest report of our station's reporter in Malaya, all walks of life in Malaya have generously donated money and goods, and business representatives have expressed..."

"Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir John Hunt said some Commonwealth countries had expressed concern about the matter and were willing to help where they could."

After the news broadcast about the status quo in Bangladesh ended, Hepburn fell on the man's shoulder and muttered to herself, "It's really terrible, the war is really terrible."

"Okay, okay!" Reaching out and hugging the ball flower into his arms, Allen Wilson softly comforted and sniffed the woman's hair, his face full of plans, "I've been paying attention to this matter to see if I can do something .I think the vast majority of Brits are like me at the moment."

In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are still many things that British citizens can do. For example, underwear and socks that they don’t wear can be donated to Bangladeshis, and the second-hand clothing trade does not exist.

Alan Wilson remembers that in his previous life in the mid-90s, second-hand clothes were also very common in his hometown. It was rumored that they were clothes taken from dead foreigners and sold in China, so many people dared not buy them. After 2000, at least in his hometown, such rumors are rare.

Of course, this does not mean that this kind of trade does not exist. Dong Wang also sanctioned African countries because of their boycott of the import of second-hand clothes.

This kind of trade looks low-end, but in fact it also has a unique role. You must know that the first step in industrial development often starts with the textile industry. The massive import of second-hand clothes is a disadvantage for countries that want to be sweatshops.

Even if the domestic market is small, at the beginning of the development of the textile industry, the support of the local people is always needed, and then the export generates income. The domestic market is flooded with a large amount of second-hand clothes, how can the textile industry be developed?

"I know you are busy for the country." Hepburn rubbed her arms in her arms, expressing her understanding for this man.

"Just like a child." Alan Wilson kissed Hepburn lightly. To be honest, he didn't know how to treat her.She is so elegant, but she is also very nervous and excited.

Hepburn blushed like a little girl, unable to look into the man's eyes.Her shyness is amusing.He tried to imagine her in the wilderness, and almost laughed out loud.

Hepburn looks fragile and exquisite like beautiful porcelain, which can only be seen from a distance and not played with.No, she couldn't have survived in the wilderness, and thank God this woman never had to take the test.

The Andaman Islands military base has received an order to closely monitor the US-Soviet fleet. This is a repeated order. During this time, this military base has been doing this.

There is pressure from the United Nations outside, and the US-Soviet confrontation in the Bay of Bengal. After discussing with various departments, Indira Gandhi also felt that enough is enough. This war of less than two months is enough for India to completely establish an advantage over its old enemy and occupy Dongba, with 50.00% of the population, 40.00% of fiscal revenue, and 60.00% of foreign exchange, will no longer exist, and will be replaced by an independent Bangladesh.

There is no need to continue the war, because India has received warnings from the United States and its northern neighbors not to destroy the integrity of West Pakistan. It has achieved the desired result. Indira Gandhi decided to accept it as soon as it was good. Twelve On April 27, the Indian government announced a ceasefire on the western front. If the Pakistani government is willing to restore peace, it will leave the state of war.

A few hours later, the Pakistani government stated to the outside world that it accepted India's proposal for a ceasefire. This time the India-Pakistan war ended, and this result made the countries concerned breathe a sigh of relief.

The next day, after learning that India and Pakistan had ceased fire, the US Task Force No. 70 received an order from the Pentagon to withdraw from the Bay of Bengal.

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The current task of the Far East Joint Operations Command is to monitor the Soviet Red Navy and the US Navy leaving the Bay of Bengal along the way, and report to Whitehall after passing through the Strait of Malacca.

In addition to reporting the end of the India-Pakistan war in the UK, it also devoted part of its energy to reporting the end of the most dangerous confrontation after the Cuban missile crisis, as if it had nothing to do with the UK.

At a time when Myanmar is calling on Britain to use its influence to stop refugees, London is playing dead, and at a time when Sikkim is calling for mediation, Britain is courting India.

During the confrontation in the Bay of Bengal, the Royal Navy did not show up. The United Kingdom, which was like an outsider from the beginning to the end, also reassured the Soviet Union. On the contrary, the Americans who plunged into the Bay of Bengal were the ones to be wary of.

Now that the India-Pakistan war is over, and the most dangerous time has passed, the Red Navy is still serious about keeping an eye on the most dangerous opponent.

It is expected that it will take some time for the US-Soviet fleet to leave the Strait of Malacca. During this period of time, the United Kingdom will still have to play dead.

After finding a time, Alan Wilson called Singapore, communicated with Worthy, commander of the British Far East, and asked about the combat readiness of the Royal Pacific Fleet.Together with the battleship Vanguard and the King George V class, a total of five battleships are ready to go to sea at any time. Penang is also the home port of the Eagle-class aircraft carrier, but the two Centaur-class light aircraft carriers are in Xiangjiang.

There are more battleships in Malaya than these, but whether the remaining three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships can go to sea is a cloud of fog. It should be no problem to go to sea. What if there is a fight?

A heavy aircraft carrier formation, a fleet of five battleships and auxiliary ships, plus the military base in the Andaman Islands, I dare not say how strong it is, but it has no problem dealing with the Indian Navy.

The Royal Pacific Fleet is indeed incomparable with the Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet. The warships in the establishment are all old warships that the previous two fleets do not want. But, apart from the United States and the Soviet Union, they can compare with the French Navy, let alone Indian Navy.

In Perth, Australia, there is another HMS Ark Royal of the Eagle-class aircraft carrier, and HMS Mountbatten, an experimental guided missile battleship. After discussion, the two decided that they do not need to be used, and the current strength is sufficient to complete the task.

Even a formation of an aircraft carrier and five battleships would have a full capacity of 30 tons. Now the Brazilian Navy ranks tenth among the top ten navies in the world, with a total tonnage of [-] tons.

India is not in the top ten at all. Today's navy is the top five in the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France, and Australia is No. 5. Except for these five countries, the total tonnage from the sixth is less than [-] tons.

Don't look at the remarkable performance of the Indian Navy this time, but in essence, the Pakistani Navy is too weak. Without the Soviet Red Navy coming, the task force sent by the United States can easily send the Indian Navy to the bottom of the sea. Although the Eagle-class aircraft carrier Not as big as the Enterprise, but the Andaman Islands itself is an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

Lieutenant General Worthy believed that it would be no difficulty to deal with the Indian Navy, but in Allen Wilson's instructions not to underestimate the enemy, he still stated that he would be ready for combat to prevent the situation where the gutter capsized.

Although in theory the Indian Navy does not dare to compete with the Royal Navy, it cannot really think according to the premise that the other party dare not.

"I heard that Pakistan laid mines before the mouth of the Ganges River. I don't know if the Indian Navy has cleaned it up. We can't ask New Delhi, otherwise it may arouse India's vigilance." After hanging up the phone with Lieutenant General Worthy, Alan Wilson once again I called Alisa's office, "Hurry up and load a boat full of worn-out shoes and rotten socks and go to the Bay of Bengal to see if the mines are clear."

The military base of the Vulcan Strategic Bomber Wing is in Australia, so there is no need to notify the Air Force. Airplanes fly fast. Wait until the operation starts to be notified and let the strategic bomber Wing station in the Andaman Islands. After a few phone calls, nothing will happen. There is a sense of pride in my authority called superiority.

"Oh, I've been wandering around these two days." At the critical moment before breaking out of the restricted area, Alan Wilson decided to let himself relax, and by the way put aside the dispute with Kissinger.

The United States is very dissatisfied with this act of insisting that Britain stay out of the matter from beginning to end, and Kissinger, who is in a bad situation, is especially dissatisfied.

But this kind of thing can be communicated. For example, if Kissinger sneaked behind the bamboo screen, if you don’t want to leak it now, it will delay Nixon’s plan to ease the situation with a certain big country.Then Kissinger should shut up and stop provoking the special relationship between Britain and the United States at this time.

If Kissinger can do this, then the United Kingdom can also act as if it does not know that Kissinger is hiding from the US Congress and making a move of a similar nature to Litong foreign countries.

Seeing that it is already [-], and it is already the election year, it is better to have more things than less things.

Regarding the position of a certain big country, Nixon must not be able to hide it, but it will definitely take time to deal with it, otherwise Night Changmeng will also be used by opponents, but obviously, at least according to public information, Nixon has not released any easing remarks.

Alan Wilson estimates that Nixon is currently assessing whether adopting a detente approach to running for president has more advantages or disadvantages. Once a judgment is made, Nixon will publicly sing praises for the detente approach.

When a ship full of donations from Malayan subjects set off with good intentions, Alan Wilson was busy to maintain his equal status with his husband among the ladies.

Others are easy to deal with, but princesses are more difficult to deal with. Especially during the New Year's Eve, the royal family always has a lot of rules, but just like fishing, the most important thing is patience. Alan Wilson has never lacked in patience. , he has worked tirelessly for decades to allow Britain to maintain its status as a world power, what if he has no patience?

"There are still so many rules in the royal family. It's better to be a commoner." Alan Wilson touched his sister-in-law's face, and he could tell from his expression how much he respected the authority of the royal family.

"If the Queen finds out, you will die." Princess Margaret threatened softly, and in turn imitated Alan Wilson's movements.