Chapter 1030 The Six-Party Talks Envisioned

The British Empire is invincible, still in Africa Allen Wilson also can not help but exclaim, he would never think of pulling India down, and Macmillan did so, after this time he had to make introspection, not because India is not a colony has no value.

After a few long minutes of reflection, Allen Wilson gave up the idea again.

Two years left from India’s rock-bottom war, once the war India a defeat, what the Third World leaders, the Non-Aligned Movement allies will all say goodbye, that is to say, India blew up the value of international status, the effectiveness of at best two years left, and will not be able to use it in the future.

He even had an idea now, which had just appeared and couldn’t help but take root, and the hand that was righting Hedy Lamarr’s bones couldn’t help but stop.

“Be serious.” Hedy Lamarr let out a voice with aggravation, she had traveled thousands of miles to come to Africa to do logistical support, this man was so unattentive, wasting his own piece of true love.

“Sorry, remembered some trivial things.” Alan Wilson bent down and kissed on the red lips of Hedy Lamarr, those trivial matters can be thought of later, the first thing to do in said.

The general scheme regarding the independence of Cameroon had been settled, and on the side of British Cameroon, it was divided into two parts, the northern part of British Cameroon tending to join the Nigerian Autonomous Dominions, while the southern part of Cameroon tended to join French Cameroon.

First and foremost this is exactly what Alan Wilson was aiming at, this survey report is very reassuring, the reason for this discrepancy lies in the development of the Niger Delta, the early construction of any project is difficult and arduous and so is the development of the Niger Delta.

For the Igbo elite, this will add to the strength of the people, and that is of course as good as it gets.

But it is not they who are paying the price, it is the ordinary Igbo of the Niger River, and ordinary people make up the vast majority, as is the case all over the world.

The strict monitoring of the progress of the development by the Autonomous Territorial Army in order to meet the deadline has even led to a revolt by the local Igbo.

After all, this kind of thing is like the construction of the Great Wall, where the famous Qin Shi Huang paid the price for the vast masses of toilers.

Future generations will not see how much most people suffered when they paid the price at that time, they will only see Qin Shihuang’s majestic genius.

For the Igbo people of the Niger Delta, they were of the kind that paid the price.

Even if the Igbos had developed the mindset of learning from advanced civilizations in the process of being colonized, such people are after all only a minority among the minority, and the vast majority of them are unable to comprehend why they have to be independent of their own lives instead.

This made the communities on the British Cameroon side to resist joining Nigeria. The northern part of British Cameroon, on the other hand, was more willing to stay with the Hausa of the same faith because they were not affected by the powerful labor brought about by the development.

This was just what was desired and coincided with Allen Wilson’s idea, but to ensure success, Allen Wilson still discussed with the French to let French Cameroon become independent first, with some preparations on the side of British Cameroon to ensure the success of the idea.

French Cameroon first independent, then must be written in the constitution as a federal state, preferably in the political structure of the performance of the more fragile, he even hoped that the independent Cameroon and the French Fourth Republic is similar, nothing to change the prime minister and so on.

Unfortunately, in the reality of de Gaulle’s rule in France, saying so might be mistaken by the French as insulting them.

The future of Cameroon was finalized, and in April 1960, Alan Wilson sent a telegram to London, which was followed by simultaneous public announcements from London and Paris that the trusteeship of Cameroon had officially ended and that Cameroon’s independence had been declared recognized.

French Cameroon became directly independent as a federal republic, while for British Cameroon, the model of absolute future belonging in the form of a referendum was proposed through the British representative at the United Nations. The referendum had two options, membership in the Federal Republic of Cameroon or independence, and there was no option of joining the Autonomous Dominions of Nigeria.

Of course on the face of it, this would help to preserve the integrity of Cameroon’s sovereignty as far as Nigeria’s sovereignty is concerned, and just because British Cameroon speaks English, it cannot be assumed that the place is part of Nigeria.

The British attitude is favored by most countries, even the United States.

“This would even help the territorial dispute.” Alan Wilson received news from the UN side and was relieved to know that most countries endorsed Britain’s claim, and that if anything happened in the future, it would not be Britain’s responsibility, it would be the UN’s responsibility, and it would be the responsibility of the majority of the world’s countries.

At this time of celebration, the whole world is immersed in the joy of the birth of a new country, the international community has a new member of the family, the U.S. government reacted very quickly, recognized Cameroon the same day, and began to prepare for the embassy, the Soviet Union also showed the same kind of attitude.

Allen Wilson, who was exchanging information with Grace, laughed when he talked about this incident, “If it was a British colony that became independent, the United States and the Soviet Union were so eager to intervene, Britain might not say anything. But France can be different, and it was a misjudgment on the part of the United States and the Soviet Union to think that Cameroon’s independence would be enough to establish influence. The French would not so simply let their influence in the colony be replaced by another country.”

“The French have an attitude that England would do well to learn from.” Grace did appreciate the French philosophy.

“Grace, national development and colonial influence, Britain can only choose one, and will generally not move against colonies that are not particularly important, and to be honest, Africa is far from being comparable to Asia in terms of importance to London. The Middle East and Far East are both ahead of Africa.”

Alan Wilson couldn’t help but shake his head, “We’re not the French, much less expanding our standing army to get caught up in endless low-intensity wars, and even if that means suppressing the rebels, we’ll still choose new collaborators to talk to properly.”

Britain with this trait, in fact, in the middle of the fight with France for the colonies is at a disadvantage, but who let France from the Sun King after the love of revolution, constant change of government, will not affect France’s suppression of the weak countries, but in the face of the same level of the United Kingdom, the force is not enough.

“We have communicated with the Belgians that the independence of the Belgian Congo is in June, and I am going back to London first. Discuss the question of the Belgian Congo with my colleagues at home, and you can wait for my good news.”

“Sir is going back to London? Then I will wait for your good news in Northern Rhodesia.” Grace brightened at the news and said, “Then we are ready to sign a treaty of allegiance to Her Majesty.”

Alan Wilson’s words were half-true, he was going to make a trip back to discuss the Congo with someone else, but not with someone at home, how could he not be present when the Culture Tsar visited London? The thing about him selling out Poland, then Iran, and this time preparing to sell out the Congo, can only be done face to face.

What’s wrong with selling out the Congo? Once the Congo turns color, Britain can rightfully maintain its British African colonies as long as possible.

From the Iranian oil crisis Britain insisted for such a long time still do not let go, even to the Soviet Union made a visit to the invitation can be seen, to make the situation complicated is not necessarily to the United Kingdom is unfavorable.

If he did not sell out Iran in the first place, the mere existence of British and American influence in Iran, the United States can be sidelined by the United Kingdom in a few months, which is possible to hold out until now?

It is because the Soviet Union’s power exists in northern Iran, only to have the United Kingdom is now exerting diplomatic maneuvers section resistance, the Iranian oil crisis to make such a complicated opportunity.

Ai Zhongtang is going to sell out again, and he has already thought through the exact steps of the next struggle with the US in the course of his manned spaceflight with Hedy Lamarr.

Taking advantage of the Cameroonian independence juncture, Alan Wilson arrived in Paris with a chance meeting, a certain international movie queen he didn’t know well at all, which was normal, after all, French Cameroon was large and British Cameroon was small, so it was only logical to gather some information to return home to resume his duties.

During this period of time for the interests of Britain, he fought day and night in Africa, the whole person has lost a circle.

After a short period of collecting information in Paris, Ai Zhongtang’s body was even worse than one day.

There is no doubt that his trip to Africa this time is successful, in the French to learn some advanced experience, is in the midst of taking the long and making up for the shortcomings, both also the goal has always been to take into account, but also to take into account the situation of the United Kingdom, combined with the advantages so that the long term and even beyond.

For example, on the French let the independent colonies of France over the years of construction folded into the national debt this matter has given him a lot of inspiration, although he did not see from beginning to end, the construction of France in the end refers to what.

But he knew that the capitals of each of the British colonies were in the process of estate building, and that these colonies, especially British East Africa, would then need the capacity of Malaya to continue to support construction.

This time back in London, Alan Wilson found a hint of unusual places, the Iranian oil crisis for such a long time.

Lead to some changes in public opinion in the United Kingdom, the pressure on the United States, the British people may not have anything against the beginning, but so long the Iranian oil crisis heat does not dissipate, some anti-American voices also gradually spread.

Back in London Allen Wilson immediately reported to Whitehall and the Cabinet on the work of Cameroon’s independence, and at the same time expressed a referendum on independence in British Cameroon, and gave a prediction based on first-hand information.

On meeting Macmillan, who had returned from a visit to India, Allen Wilson expressed his admiration for Macmillan. The idea of drawing India in was pushed by Macmillan alone and Allen Wilson did not think of it at the time. In retrospect, it was a good move.

“I have an immature idea.” Alan Wilson discussed the current diplomatic situation in front of the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Cabinet Secretaries, “Why don’t we try to broker a six-party talk on Iran?”