Chapter 1007 The Prime Minister manages diplomatic work

At the same time was sent to Macmillan in front of the documents, and the Ministry of Defense jointly developed, British-Egyptian naval military exercises and the official opening of the Zanzibar military base to Egypt, the British-Portuguese military exercises in the Indian Ocean, two military exercises will be carried out in the coming year.

In terms of significance, both military exercises are very important, and the importance of the Suez Canal in Egypt to whether the British Empire is a global empire is naturally self-evident.

The significance of the Anglo-Portuguese military exercises in the Indian Ocean could not be any worse, and the resolute attitude of Portugal’s Salazar government towards the maintenance of its colonies did not know how many open shots and dark arrows it had warded off for Britain.

Therefore, at the appropriate time, Britain should also show some sincerity, to support the interests of Portugal. Britain’s Malayan colony is positioned as an industrial production base, and can still gain a lot of benefits from Goa’s presence, an excellent window to import the Indian market.

“Alan, it seems that you were the one who made the land swap treaty with Portugal in the first place.” Macmillan thought of this incident and commented meaningfully, “You were playing with this idea at the time?”

“Within India, that line of demarcation is called the Wilson Line.” Alan Wilson shirked his responsibility without a trace, “It was the Portuguese who took the initiative, when famine broke out in British India, and Portugal said it could help, all British Indian civil servants scrimped on food and clothing, and there were a lot of sob stories against the drought, and in order to save a few million lives, I agreed to Portugal’s conditions under heavy pressure, and was really compelled to do so. ”

Speaking of this Alan Wilson are justified, who is he for, but not for less death?

So that only agreed to Portugal’s land replacement conditions, more than three thousand square kilometers of Goa, into today’s nearly 30,000 square kilometers of Portuguese Greater Goa.

As for the Portuguese Hindus now that has nothing to do with themselves, who made India’s post-independence policy problematic, the Pacifists sought to get the Portuguese to protect them and changed the population ratio of Goa.

That was not a British problem, it was a Portuguese and Indian problem, as to whose problem was greater he had no idea.

The Labor government’s policy towards Egypt was one of buy and pull, and it was now 1959, almost fifteen years after the end of World War II, and the Conservatives had only just regained power. Judging by Macmillan’s attitude, the tendency is to inherit Labor’s foreign policy with only minor adjustments.

This can only be said to be partly due to the Macmillan factor, as the present Prime Minister, Aidan, was once Foreign Secretary. The current Prime Minister was originally a Foreign Secretary, so whose idea it was to inherit some of Labour’s foreign policy remains to be examined.

Macmillan, although according to history is the Prime Minister after Aidan, but Aidan is familiar with the work of the same diplomatic work, which makes the current Foreign Secretary Macmillan is very embarrassing, the Prime Minister and he has worked in the same field.

After Aidan came to power, he entrusted matters relating to the economy basically entirely to the team headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rab Butler, and sent his own energies into the familiar field of diplomacy.

Even as Prime Minister, Aidan was more willing to exert influence in the diplomatic field for reasons of work experience.

Macmillan, the crown prince is in a rather awkward position, Prince Charles is certainly the Great Britain Yinreng, but Great Britain does not have only one Yinreng.

The Prime Minister is not concerned about finances but diplomacy, so certain foreign policy documents still have to be sent to 10 Downing Street, and Aidan is waiting for approval.

“Norman, isn’t it true that in recent years, when it comes to colonial issues, it’s Louis’ son-in-law who does it all.” Aiden asked to Norman Brooke, the Cabinet Secretary, holding the two documents of the military exercise program.

Norman Brooke laughed softly and replied to Aiden, “I would actually like to deny it, but denying it is not the truth. Let’s just say that on some detailed issues, Alan has been leading the Overseas Asset Management Committee.”

“I’ve heard that the assets held by this committee are quite large.” Aiden raised an eyebrow, “Almost all the assets of the British colonies are connected to this committee? Norman, you know, I’m the Prime Minister.”

“Not that it’s particularly large! Of course, honorable Prime Minister. It’s just that when it comes to this sort of thing, it’s always going to be a case of civil servants abroad working together in the same way. Even if a minister were assigned to specialize in it, that minister couldn’t figure it out, and he wouldn’t be able to get back to London after a year even if he spent half a month in each colony.”

Norman Brooke sputtered, “And in a year’s time, there will be new changes, and will the minister go round again?”

“The good thing about Alan being in charge of this is that he’s worked overseas himself, some of the issues he sees more clearly than someone who’s been on the home front for a long time, and he’s got the work experience to back that up, with separate stints in Asia and the Americas both talked about as successes, and the affluence that the Mountbattens bring to the table has kept Alan sane and definitely not obsessed by money, and that’s is exactly what is needed to manage huge overseas assets.”

Norman Brooke is absolutely fallacious, Allen Wilson just does not embezzle himself and does not stop other commissioners from enriching themselves. And this non-corruption, he is not greedy for small amounts of money.

Norman Brooke was not defending Allen Wilson, but he was defending the interests of civil servants.

The words of Aidan just now had given him a keen sense of danger, an attempt by politicians to seize control of overseas assets.

And Norman Brooke’s response was to persuade the Prime Minister not to do so, because sending a minister just doesn’t work. There are dozens of overseas high commissioners alone, plus their subordinates, and it’s easy to hoodwink one.

Could MI6 be sent to investigate the overseas high commissioners? If so, it would turn into a confrontation between the Cabinet and Whitehall. So it was best to think long and hard about this matter.

Norman Brooke and Aidan had quite a good personal relationship, even going back to before the Second World War. Having such a personal relationship allowed him to unapologetically discuss this issue seriously with the Prime Minister.

“There is one more thing, Prime Minister.” Not wanting to get too far into this matter, Norman Brooke mentioned another matter that could be considered significant to change the subject, “It has to do with the former Prime Minister.”

Adderley? Aiden got serious, “What? Is Adderley going back out for a general election?”

Although the Conservative Party had regained the ruling power, this general election could not be talked about as a great victory, and the Labor Party still possessed considerable strength.

“Mr. Aidley is interested in making a visit to the East.” Norman Brooke said to Aiden, “It should be an attempt to build diplomatic relations between China and Britain, the Prime Minister is also aware of this, the reason why the Labor Party won two consecutive general elections has a lot to do with resisting the pressure and not joining the Korean War. Peace and development is the mainstream, and a large group of citizens are fed up with any discussion of war.”

“Of course, war is ultimately bad.” Aiden nodded, pondering in his mind whether or not to stop Aidley, but there didn’t seem to be much of a reason to do so; Aidley had left politics and was a former Prime Minister with a good reputation, and he would be very easily attacked if he were to stop Aidley’s trip in his capacity as the current Prime Minister.

Eventually Aidan realized that he could not stop Airdrie from going abroad, leaving behind an assessment of the value of the Suez Canal and the serious consequences that an outbreak of war might have on all of Europe, and the position that Britain might have to take if war broke out in Goa.

This is only a hypothetical filing of a plan, a professional assessment made by Alan Wilson on behalf of the Foreign Office and Mountbatten on behalf of the British military.

Is it not possible to formulate a plan? Developing plans to deal with various possible contingencies is supposed to be part of the job.

The importance of a handful of documents was demonstrated when, after leaving almost all of them behind, the question of the positioning of Indians in British Kenya was sent back to Foreign Secretary Macmillan. The Prime Minister would never have done it himself on such an issue where it was obvious that he might step into a hole.

“Dixon, where’s Alan.” Macmillan, who had a sad look on his face as a Great Britain Yinreng, asked his chief private secretary, holding the document on the issue of Indian-origin orientation that the prime minister had sent back.

“Sir Wilson is away on business and his wife, Lady Pamela, is in Perth expecting a baby. It just so happens that there are some Antarctic conference matters to discuss with Australia, and he may be in Perth for a while.” Dixon replied flatly.

At the time of Dixon’s reply, the Permanent Undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs had not actually left the confines of Europe, speaking to the two presidents of the Woodpecker Company about the theater, and subsequently giving the two Long Riders a chance to kiss eels in their calling pastry, before arriving at Perth, the capital of Western Australia, after a journey with stops and starts that had lasted five days.

Pamela Mountbatten, in a white nightgown with a rumbling belly, was wearing slippers to replenish the baby in her tummy, and as she ate, she said, “The Antarctic Conference is making its way to Australia through its newspapers these days. The feedback has been quite favorable so far, and the general consensus among Australians is that both the UK and the US will support Australia’s claim.”

“The US would do something without benefit? Do you see when America has ever been kind?” Alan Wilson threw away the orange peel and handed the peeled orange to his wife saying, “Australia is doomed to fail in its purpose.”

When his series of movies was finished, he would warn Australia about the lawlessness of black Americans.

Ingrid Bergman finally said that finding relevant talent for Allen Wilson, but definitely not someone with connections to Woodpecker Pictures, was the limit of what Ingrid Bergman could accept.

“How’s the silver thing going.” Alan Wilson ate the rest of the orange, it was so sour, I really don’t know how his wife could bear it. There was really a long way to go to innovate and improve agricultural technology.

“Raising your children and working for you.” Pamela Mountbatten blankly glanced at her husband and whispered, “Don’t worry, it’s all going according to plan and the silver is high quality.”

“If it works, it’ll be a gift for our third child. Hey, it can’t be helped, although I’ve struggled for many years to accumulate a bit of wealth, but with more and more children, I always have to work a bit harder to make it work.” Alan Wilson touched his wife’s belly and said, “If this one succeeds, the wealth of the Mountbatten Group will be able to go up another level.”