Chapter 1047 – Kozlov

The result was that no fewer bullets were fired and fewer men died. Such was the case with low-intensity warfare that often the greater casualties were not manifested on the battlefield, but off it.

At the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street in the British capital, London, Norman Brooke came to Prime Minister Aidan with a report on the preliminary inquiry into the death of Duncan, the Secretary of State for the Commonwealth, after having spoken to Field Marshal Mountbatten.

Both men agreed that in the British political tradition, once a minister’s death was linked to the military, this could destabilize the political ecology of the UK, which would set a very bad precedent, which in turn would lead to the government and the military being at odds with each other.

With such dire consequences in mind, Norman Brooke recognizes that Duncan’s death was a sudden, fortuitous, isolated incident that should not be read too much into.

The killer, though not yet caught, could only be a local Somaliland nationalist.

And also considering that Somaliland is now nominally independent, the UK, out of maintaining relations with Somaliland after independence, should take an internal approach to Duncan’s death to dilute the impact.

“Of course this incident is a wake-up call that while it may increase the cost of diplomacy, it is advisable for ministers on their way to the third world to have a range of security guarantees including, but not limited to, fighter escorts to ensure their safety.”

Norman Brooke, holding a document as thick as the palm of his hand, was ready to explain to the Prime Minister in detail, the new security regulations for diplomatic work and what specification of security force would apply to the Prime Minister himself.

“Security is very important indeed, and what happened to Duncan was a wake up call for us all.” Aiden said with a sullen face, “His wife was noisy and very unpleasant, but the death of a relative is not something I cannot understand. But there’s a bunch of things going on right now and I don’t have time to appease him, where’s Macmillan, what’s he doing?”

“In contact with various countries to finalize the timing of the six-party talks, which seem to be set for October.” Norman Brooke followed the Prime Minister’s train of thought and glossed over Duncan, “The US has its hands full right now as well, as the situation in the Congo is trending towards civil war.”

“What does the Foreign Office have to say about the situation in the Congo?” Aiden inquired with a sigh of relief, even though Macmillan wasn’t here he still wanted some advice from Norman Brooke.

“Some Foreign Office voices are overjoyed.” Norman Brooke smiled haughtily, “The glory days are back!”

“How’s that?” Prime Minister Aiden asked rhetorically with a slight frown, while it was true that the Foreign Office’s job was to be the only one in the world, it was too much to say so bluntly?

“For a long time now, we have been trying our best to prove that there should be an orderly contraction of steps with regards to the colonies, to ensure that the colonies are not infiltrated by the USSR even after they become independent. Propaganda has focused primarily on the Soviet threat, and the brutality of the French war against Algeria.”

Norman Brooke spoke eloquently, turning the tables, “But the Americans did not accept this argument, seeing the Algerian War as a matter of French policy, and have been demanding that we pull out of the colonies and put our military forces in Europe to resist the Soviet threat.”

“The Foreign Office’s argument would be more tenable if there was a second colony, in a different country, that had seen chaos and even war after independence, so this part of the voice sees the deterioration of the situation in the Congo as a good thing, at least for Britain, and believes that the high commissioners of the colonies will now speak of bringing public opinion back from the Algerian War, focusing on the Congo as an example to stabilize their respective jurisdictions.”

For Britain now, the Congo situation could be said to be just in time, and Norman Brooke even relayed how many people did not want the Congo situation to calm down so that maybe the Americans would agree to participate in the Six-Party Talks and would be cool and calm at the Six-Party Talks.

It was a card that had simply fallen from the sky out of nowhere, and it was only right that Britain should make good use of it.

“I would like to know who are the main advocates of this voice?” Prime Minister Aiden half-listened, why a familiar formula?

“The Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office, that little fellow Allen.” Norman Brooke replied with a grin, “He’s in Lusaka, chairing a meeting of overseas commissioners, and is believed to be discussing the matter with his colleagues.”

The conditions in London were, after all, far too good to be found in distant Africa, and it was in the absence of communication links, by ear and nose alone, that the Congolese armed forces loyal to and opposed to Lumumba fought until nightfall.

During this period there have been some lost team, like ghosts and monsters seem to appear in the forest, but as soon as they see the enemy, see the smoke-filled battlefield quickly slipped away, in the darkness of the dense forest shrouding everything disappeared without a trace.

Toward evening the artillery behind ceased its bombardment. The cannons on the right and left flanks were silent.

The gun on the front edge fired its last shell loudly and also fell silent. The captain of the gun had perhaps fired all his shells, or perhaps had been sacrificed in his battery.

Below, as if in the valley just below their feet, two mortars refused to stop and kept on blasting away.

And in the evening these two mortars were still standing motionless in their positions like two stumps in a felling field. The machine guns roared intermittently, and the various firearms customarily used by the infantry blazed into a mishmash of sound, striking with bursts of fire and bullets flying about.

Bang …… a series of crisp ringing sounds, unlike the fighting inside the Congo, this sound is so beautiful, Allen Wilson for his colleagues to make an example, after drinking the red wine dry to raise his glass to show, “Greeting gentlemen over is not anything important, but just with the simple desire to wish everyone keep up the good work.”

The Overseas Asset Management Board has suffered nominally a huge loss because of the listing of the Nigerian Oil Company

So much so that the total assets under management this year are in line with last year’s, and there is no nominal growth, which will require colleagues to work harder at.

This is not as efficient as some private companies, such as the Mountbatten Group, such as if Kennedy came to power as expected, the United States of America’s silver appeared to be good news, it is estimated that the world’s number one woman, Ms. Pamela Mountbatten, that is, his wife, the assets will appear another round of expansion.

Unfortunately, this matter of silver, Alan Wilson after some consideration, at least advance layout of this step is not to inform colleagues, although some colonies also exist silver mine, but the silver mine in Africa does not have a cost advantage, the world in addition to the abundance of silver in the Americas, there is only what mines are in the ground in the surface of the Australia has this cost advantage.

Going to the trouble of mining out the silver doesn’t necessarily pull much wool over the eyes, and if you lose money? Then Allen Wilson can’t be blamed, might as well wait until things are clear and see which way the wind blows. With the country’s money is more scrupulous than with the woman’s money.

Nothing serious Allen Wilson, but also in a relaxed environment and colleagues to discuss, should be the Congo’s misery to make a big fuss, “this world has we Britain so benevolent sovereign? I can responsibly say that there is not one, and it is a blessing to be a colony of the British Empire, though some nations may not think so.”

“Some prestigious powers think that if they lead the world, the world will be in the midst of peaceful coexistence, each in their own way.” Richard opened his mouth to sneer, “Nothing more than empty words assuming their nation is superior to others.”

“The last person I remember saying that led Germany to start a world war and killed six million Jews.” Ingram hemmed and hawed, “Excellent peoples are so excellent at killing people.”

A few men sang along, causing a burst of laughter, Alan Wilson pursed his lips and took a sip of his red wine, how could he not know who Richard was talking about, Nehru, who was enthusiastically preparing for the six-party talks, “We can use him now, I’m sure someone else can take care of them later.”

Aren’t there people who can handle Nehru? For example, a major power that is slamming the Soviet Union’s metamorphosis into a social empire has joined in the imperialist bullying of Iran. This kind of bashing Alan Wilson is just for fun, the point is that it was not invited to the Six-Party Talks, and by inviting it it would not be bashing, it would have to show that it is a responsible great power.

People who bash imperialism just hate themselves for not being imperialist. Alan Wilson smiled as he discussed the Congo situation with his colleagues, “Actually, what happens in the Congo has nothing to do with Britain, we are more interested in seeing what happens to the United States?”

This time the various overseas commissioners from all over the dark forbidden zone came to Lukasa, set to set off dark unrest in the Congo, united with the French emperor, Portuguese emperor and other great empire extremely sublimated and the current U.S. empire to fight a fight.

At the United Nations headquarters in New York, twelve days after the Congo nominally gained independence, Britain and the United States finally extended the series of diplomatic battles caused by the Iranian oil crisis to the United Nations.

The British representative to the UN, Andrew Cohen, and the French representative, Georges Abel, jointly voted against the US push to send a UN peacekeeping force to intervene in the Congo.

The common position of Britain and France took the United States by surprise, and Anatoly Dobrynin, the UN Under-Secretary-General who had been known to oppose colonialism, and who represented the Soviet Union’s attitudes, was for once very moderate, “We propose to work privately on persuasion, to hear what the British and the French have to say.”

The Americans, who were preparing for a frantic output to Britain and France, were all of a sudden very embarrassed, he was waiting for the Soviets to spew their words, and he himself followed up later, but as a result, this time it turned out to be such a situation, and he could only say that he would take care of the interests of Britain and France to have another dialog.

“Congo is an African mine, if Lumumba asks for help, if the Soviet Union is indifferent, it is indeed impossible to account for.”

Brezhnev followed behind Kozlov, the number two man in the Soviet Union, and slowly elaborated his opinion, “Participating in the Six-Party Talks has already gotten us criticized by our foreign comrades, and if we don’t take some effort to show leadership, it could raise questions. At a time when Britain, France, and the United States are not quite at peace, it is indeed a good time.”