Chapter 1055 – Warning Against the Wave of Independence

“You don’t really think that the world is eternal, do you? The old story of planting trees in Canada, which resulted in the coming of the Ironclad era, is not so quickly forgotten.” Alan Wilson teased, giving examples.

During the Napoleonic Wars, because of the continental blockade policy, the British Navy’s battleships had a big problem, and the battleships were giant beasts devouring top-grade timber.

Take Nelson’s “Victory” as an example, its keel is made of teak and all other parts are made of oak. A total of more than two thousand five hundred trees consumed more than a hundred years of giant trees, need to cut down two hundred and forty thousand square meters of forest area.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Britain lost the import of timber from the continent and had to use indigenous timber, resulting in the felling of almost the entire country’s oak, even the saplings were not spared.

Luckily, after the Battle of Trafalgar, the British Navy won maritime supremacy. The British navy in order to maintain their fleet size in the world planting trees, they will be the northern Europe and other places of the forest all round, but also in Canada for decades of oak planting.

As a result, the age of sail has passed, and Britain’s moves to maintain sea power have become a true public service.

It’s not as if the United States doesn’t have cards to play when it participates in the Six-Party Talks. For example, if the United States wants to undermine its own interests, it can absolutely offer to give the oil back to the host country, which in the Six-Party Talks would be giving it back to Iran.

Britain can naturally refuse, but necessarily this is not good to talk about, of course, if before World War II, Britain can choose from a position of strength, the U.S. proposal as a fart.

But now from a position of strength is the United States, the United Kingdom itself is not as strong as the United States, morally untenable, even if the six-party talks opened, the effect may not be good.

If Iran’s share of the oil can not be kept, then there is no reason to maintain the original 50-50 split in the other countries of the Persian Gulf, which will only shake the British indirect rule in the Persian Gulf.

“Then what is the purpose of the six-party talks that you have wasted so much effort to get up.” Pamela Mountbatten looked at her husband with some pity; her man had worked so hard, and yet it was still useless?

“The role is to stall for time, like I just said, the world is showing changes every single day.” Alan Wilson explained with a look of knowing that he couldn’t do anything, “By doing nothing, the US will think we’re weak and vulnerable, and that will definitely lose more than just an Iran.”

So many years have passed, although seven million square kilometers of colonies have been lost, but now the UK is not the UK of the early post-war period, and what should be fought for can no longer be left unattended.

Even if the crude oil share is terminated, there is no talk of a loss, it is just one more process. From the original crude oil income, it has become refining income. Although some unique countries, crude oil extraction of high quality oil, can be directly added to the use of the machine, but this kind of country after all, not many, the major industrial powers have this quality of crude oil reserves are few and far between.

Stuck in the refining of this level, as can be very profitable, the industrial age of strength and weakness, there is this technology is not a problem.

Oil is not like iron ore so centralized and easy to hold, as long as you find a way to get around it is not difficult.

“I’ve always listened to you, when have I not done what you said?” Pamela Mountbatten’s face was red, wanting to say something, it was late, should we do something serious.

A few months apart, the female president had a lot of passion to express to her husband, to which the humble social publican could only bear the peony bloom, carrying his wife back to the house to rest, and in the meantime, checking to see if a couple of the kids had gone to bed yet, and making sure that the kids stayed out of the adult’s business.

Afterwards, Alan Wilson wrapped his arms around his wife’s petite body to sincerely express his apologies, “If you have another child, it’s already a burden on your body, I’m still too selfish.”

“Eggs are almost tucked in, now talk about respecting me.” Pamela Mountbatten outright unmasked her husband’s hypocrisy, having just nearly toppled herself out of bed with arms that were like iron jaws preventing her from moving a bit, and now talking about caring about the exertion of having a child at an older age.

The permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs blushed, the little girl back then has grown up, now the same coaxing words are no longer good, things have come to this point there is no other way, tore open the hypocritical mask of Alan Wilson exposed his nature, viciously letting his wife know who says who is in charge of the family, “Proud permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will never tolerate the bondage of freedom.”

Ai Zhongtang has never been righteous, no one can condescend to his brother, no matter whether it is the princess or the prime minister, the richest man or the movie queen.

The earth away from who are still spinning, African independence year is still in a robust pace, in Alan Wilson returned to London stall, the Republic of Dahomey is also known as the Republic of Benin independence, two days later, Niger independence, after two days, the Republic of Upper Volta is also known as Burkina Faso, as well as the Ivory Coast declared independence on the same day.

In August, there are Central Africa, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Mali, one after another independent, a month since the emergence of Africa’s new independent countries there are nearly ten, Africa’s year of independence is the name of the game.

Alan Wilson has not been idle either, he is now agitating for Foreign Secretary Macmillan, to merge the Commonwealth Office, the department headed by Minister Duncan, who sadly died in Somaliland.

“The colonies in French Africa have become independent one after the other, and diplomacy should adapt to the changing times. Our challenge is still quite daunting.” Alan Wilson informed Macmillan of the idea, with an air of total selflessness for the good of the country, “It would also increase the responsibility of the minister, and I’m not sure it’s appropriate.”

Describing power as responsibility, this change made Macmillan quite pleased, and did not object to the statement, “Personally, I have no problem with it, my health is quite good. But that’s up to the Prime Minister to decide. By the way, Alan what have you been up to lately.”

Alan Wilson seemed rather tired after his return, and usually Macmillan rarely saw the permanent undersecretary.

Certainly busy riding rockets with ladies of equal status to his wife! But Macmillan was not fit to know.

Alan Wilson righteously replied, “Thinking about the matter of how the British colonies will cope with the onslaught because of the independence of French Africa. Especially to avoid British East Africa not to be shocked.”

“Yes, the security of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania is involved.” Macmillan nodded.

“And Malawi.” Alan Wilson added, then continued, “We tried to organize a regional cooperation platform for East Africa, which of course has nothing to do with the East African Federation Program. Rather, it is a platform to strengthen regional economic cooperation. It is used to focus on developing the resources of the Great Lakes region.”

The Great Lakes region of Africa refers to the countries around Lake Victoria, which is the most resource-rich region in the whole of Africa.

The core of British Africa is here, although the Gold Coast of West Africa is rich in gold and Nigeria has the largest population, but when it comes to value and the African Great Lakes countries still can’t compare.

Africa does not lack some mineral exceptionally rich countries, but the Great Lakes region has everything, these countries if united, will not be worse than South Africa, the type of resources also exceeded South Africa.

The Great Lakes region of East Africa is also the core of the operation of the African strategy of a large country and a big and prestigious country in later times.

Although there is also a legacy of colonization here, it is not like West Africa where the slave trade destroyed the social structure.

And Britain, not being France, would not hold everything in its hands. British Africa did not always have coups d’état like French Africa.

Macmillan was also interested in Alan Wilson’s so-called plan to run East Africa, asking about the exact steps, and then he was shown a plan that could be described as a grandiose blueprint, “Isn’t it overly ambitious?”

Alan Wilson took out a, railroad plan that included plans for the construction of a north-south railroad to Northern Rhodesia and Tanzania, and a plan for the construction of an East African Coastal Railway, one north-south and one east-west, to be used to even out the cherished resources around Lake Victoria.

“Minister, for the moment this is just a plan.” Alan Wilson replied salaciously, who said this railroad had to be built by Britain? Britain was only responsible for providing the plan, and naturally there were other countries to help build it.

Since it is only responsible for making plans, why can’t it be a satellite? When you are independent, Britain naturally has no responsibility, who let you be independent, even Alan Wilson has thought of how to eat two fish in one, two railroads can be contracted out separately, one to a big country, one to a reputable big country contracted.

“Take Kenya, where there are hundreds of thousands of ethnic Indians, and Nehru played dead without a single indication. It’s not too much to ask India to exercise a little internationalism to build Kenya a railroad connecting Uganda and Tanzania respectively, is it?”

Alan Wilson reasoned, “If the Six-Party Talks were not imminent and India was still needed now, we should have just deported all the ethnic Indians in Kenya back home. The Basra Conference would have been useless for the Kenyan Indians if India had not been firm in its support for Britain and had not had the attitude we wanted. As long as Britain is not yet an independent colony, the Indians have to get out.”

“Normally in diplomacy we don’t put words in our mouths.” Macmillan murmured and spoke slowly for a moment, “But if it’s true that the dominant local community can’t accept Indians living with them, then there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“It’s like Mr. Jinnah not wanting to coexist in a country with Hindus.” Allen Wilson took heart and brought back the development plan for the Great Lakes region of Africa straight away, which he still had to revise and amend.

And the colonial commissioners were now all tightly wound up because of the wave of independence in French Africa, lest something should happen to the colonies under their administration.

Allen Wilson at least now is not worried, the United States recently need Britain to help, what is waiting until the United States election is over, will continue to have time to think about his father’s legacy.

But having said that, it never hurts to be careful, and Allen Wilson telegraphed succinctly to high commissioners everywhere, “Be on guard against France playing the independence card.”