Chapter 1027 The Year of African Independence

Alan Wilson expressed his absolute championing of the Foreign Secretary at this point in time, it was now nineteen-sixty and the good old days of the leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, the ally of the Third World, were numbered for India.

Indeed the battle for the roof of the world had already begun, only the apparent friendliness still masked the differences. After this year, India, feeling good about itself, will have to be on guard not to let one of the major powers seize the opportunity.

From Britain’s point of view, it is of course in everyone’s interest that a former colony does not get on too well.

Alan Wilson has even been looking forward to the war, the United Kingdom can come to a wave of price increases to inventory, and India to reach a win-win result.

In order that this wonderful vision can be realized, Macmillan visited India, once encountered the border problem is best to play deaf and dumb, including but not limited to the northern border issue, and Portuguese Goa.

Delaying the Goa issue as long as possible might not change the final ownership of Portuguese Goa, but losing Goa now would not be right for Britain, and Goa, positioned similarly to Shankar, would be best retained for as long as possible.

The matter of trying to buy as much time as possible for Portugal, Allen Wilson also told Macmillan in no uncertain terms, “If this is not possible, a five-year roadmap can be drawn up based on the Nigerian model, so as not to lead to war because of the Goa issue.”

All the colonial countries in Europe should be thankful for the existence of Allen Wilson, not that he blew, the most conscientious official in the field of British diplomacy in a hundred years, who else?

So some details of the problem, or to Macmillan to hand over a bottom, or may be asked by Nehru at a loss for words, such as if the Goa region has a folk rumor, Britain in the local stockpile of nuclear bombs.

“Is there even such a thing?” Macmillan was stunned that he was the British Foreign Secretary who didn’t know such a thing.

“Of course it’s not, the nukes are in the Malayan colonies. But such unsubstantiated statements are also put out by the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office, who prefers to remain anonymous. To secure the path for dumping British products on India.”

Alan Wilson reasoned, with a fistful of patriotism, “Britain can show its support for India in every way except on the issue of disputed territories.”

Eventually Macmillan’s visit to India was scheduled for the middle of the year because, according to public information, the Prime Minister of a major country would be visiting India, and then it would be a better time for Macmillan to visit India afterward.

Alan Wilson believes that Macmillan’s visit is certainly fruitful, relying on years of hard work, and now the whole of India in addition to the population, other aspects of the Malayan colonies are far from being left behind, the United Kingdom is certainly the face of the United States and the Soviet Union is not able to do so, but in front of India can still be posed in front of the suzerainty frame.

Britain’s total economic output is only one-third that of the United States, but it is still the only country in this world, other than the United States, with an economic output of more than one hundred billion dollars in size, and it is crushing all the major European countries by a factor of three to four.

Have this kind of economic volume is the reason why Britain this time hard against the United States pressure, but also in the Iranian issue does not let go.

But for the U.S. Secretary of State Dulles’s visit, Britain is still extremely important, Britain’s economy to get rid of the aftermath of the war, but the U.S. that is called the day, the U.S. economic total of more than 500 billion, more than three times the British, to the economy in addition to the United Kingdom, are ten times the gap.

Even with the addition of the UK, the total economic output of the whole of Europe is only a little more than half that of the US. Why else does Alan Wilson feel that at the end of the day, there is still little hope for Britain to retain its Iranian interests. If he were in Britain’s position, he would also have the confidence to force other countries into line.

“When is Vietnam going to be fought.” Alan Wilson can not help but sigh, only the Vietnam War began quickly in order to allow Britain to have a respite, although he has worked very hard, but the face of the United States of America in this era as a day, or can feel that suffocating general pressure.

What is certain is that the first half of the British diplomatic field, will be lively, personally grasp the diplomatic issue of the Prime Minister Aidan is preparing for the visit of Dulles, the Foreign Secretary is preparing for a visit to India, Alan Wilson is ready to focus on more unnoticed colonial issues.

Cameroon’s trusteeship had actually expired, it wasn’t the first day of 1960 that Cameroon must become independent, the British and French were still a bit facetious on some issues, and theoretically Cameroon’s independence could be on any day of the year as long as it didn’t go beyond this year.

France, which had been fighting in all the major colonies after the war, was clearly engaged in a process of reflection, ready to learn from Britain’s prostrate retreat and to preserve its influence by political means instead of military action. Then Cameroon’s independence cannot be hasty, even with some cooperation with Britain because of British Cameroon’s presence.

To France’s common enemy, which had never been seen in nine hundred years, Allen Wilson, the pro-European permanent undersecretary, of course could not be indifferent, and took the information from the Colonial Office and prepared to prepare for the issue of Cameroon’s independence.

Can not be because the British Cameroon’s area is not big and think that it has nothing to do with the United Kingdom, Britain this year, there is also a colony to the trusteeship years, is British Somalia, British Somalia’s area was not big, but Italy because of the defeat in World War II, the whole of Somalia by the British trusteeship, the total area of six hundred and forty-thousand square kilometers.

But now the colony belonging to Britain is only 170,000 square kilometers, because a few years ago when the trusteeship time was not yet up, Britain handed over the part of the original Italian Somalia to the locals.

After adulterating Cameroon’s independence, Allen Wilson had to travel to British Somalia on the ground to make sure that British Somalia did not merge with the current government of Italian Somalia after independence.

The merger and partition was at his whim as the Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office, and in order to weaken the Igbo in Nigeria, British Cameroon should have been merged with French Cameroon.

In order to retain influence in the Horn of Africa, British Somalia should be established independently of Somalia, all for the sake of Britain’s interests, nothing noble or despicable.

Allen Wilson, who is obliged to fight for his country, stayed at Vivien Leigh’s place before he left to ensure that there was no logistical crisis.

Vivien Leigh said something that made him haunting words: “Alan, your body hides a life, I’m not good enough not worthy to draw it out, my power is too small to reach it. I feel sometimes that you have been here for a long, long time, longer than a lifetime, and you seem to have once lived in a hidden place that none of us could even dream of. You frighten me, even though you are gentle with me. If I don’t struggle to control myself when I’m with you, I’ll feel like I’ve lost my center of gravity and never recover.”

“My God. Vivian, I simply feel like I’m having a crisis in my knowledge base.” Alan Wilson savored Vivienne’s words, could driving be so literary now?

“Be gentler next time, it’s about to break my back.” Vivien Lei was a bit exasperated, seemingly complaining about the man’s lack of understanding.

“Didn’t I understand when you said that earlier.” Alan Wilson apologized with a look that he would do it again next time.

This can’t be blamed on him, Feiwenli’s body type in the white people is considered very petite kind, when together Allen Wilson always want to show a little bit of their man’s strength, some car skills on the basis of Feiwenli’s condition, it’s a little difficult to reach.

This is definitely not the same as the Swedish car test drive experience, Allen Wilson sometimes suspect that he will be thrown off by the Swedish car.

“The conditions in Africa are tough, make sure you take care of yourself when you arrive.” Vivienne lay on the man’s chest, shredding like a wife, “Remember to be safe, Vivienne is still waiting for you in London.”

“I will!” Alan Wilson kissed Vivienne’s forehead, “Nurture David well, I will contact you when I need you.” With that said, there was another verbal sparring match.

The African Independence Year would surely leave a colorful mark in history because of Allen Wilson’s intervention.

This dark continent, which people think of in a general sense, will find the sky deeper and higher in time.

While Allen Wilson was rushing to Africa, the Prime Minister was receiving Dulles and the Foreign Secretary was meeting Nehru in India. For his part, he was in Lagos investigating how independence in Cameroon could be achieved without rippling through the stability of Nigeria.

There was something else, too, as Alan Wilson, strolling through the Nigerian Autonomous Territorial Prison, took in the claustrophobic and somewhat macabre surroundings, with dots on the walls that seemed to speak of the indomitable defiance of the African people over the years.

“And we’ve been ignoring this.” Alan Wilson, accompanied by Ingram, strolled in the middle of the cell passageway, “We don’t take positions on specific issues, and we don’t want diplomatic disputes to spill over into the Commonwealth, especially among the colonies that have just gained independence or have yet to do so.”

“And these people?” Ingram pointed to some of the dying prisoners in the cells, mostly Chinese faces.

“Mr. Chang should know how to live within his means.” Alan Wilson bent down and looked at the imprisoned Cannon Party people, “I’ve never seen them before, and they’ve never been to Nigeria, and this part of Africa is so dangerous that God disappeared without a trace, do I need to explain?”

Ingram understood, he already understood what it meant, Allen Wilson turned away not to pay attention to the fate of these people, “This incident has given me a wake up call, I shouldn’t continue to ignore this problem, Africa is generally backward and easily bribed by petty favors, all colonies should erase these potential dangers.”

Although a few months later than it would have been, Cameroon moved towards independence under the focused interest of Allen Wilson, who notified the British representatives at the United Nations to ensure that British Cameroon was reintegrated with French Cameroon, citing the maintenance of the integrity of Cameroon’s territorial sovereignty.

During this time he also conferred with the French, articulating the benefits of the merger, the division of the intact Cameroon into an English-speaking and French-speaking zone, which would facilitate France’s future involvement, “Federalism is most appropriate, and we hope that independent Cameroon will safeguard the rights and interests of the English-speaking community, and preferably lead to self-government.”