Chapter 108 The Cabinet Secretary’s Endorsement

Seeing Alan Wilson’s silence, Edward Bridges opened his mouth and asked, “Now let me ask you a few questions, will British India flourish once it becomes independent.”

“British India will definitely fall into chaos, the fire merger of the two long-suppressed patriarchal churches, and the fifteen large native states, including Hyderabad, are certainties, but with my knowledge of Ali Khan, he would not have chosen to be annexed to India. But Nehru’s fundamentals are too strong, and given time he can work them out.” Alan Wilson was honest, and that would have been what happened later.

“Very well!” Edward Bridges nodded approvingly and turned to ask, “Do you think British India’s independence is good for the British Empire?”

“Of course not, British India as the most important colony of the British Empire. Once it becomes independent it will have an impact on the vast colonies of the British Empire. It would set back our civilization, for over a hundred years we have constantly allowed British India to grow, but the Indian nationalists will surely not appreciate it as something that should be done, they will only go after India’s antiquity and greatness, and if it doesn’t grow well, it will surely be the fault of the colonists.”

Saying once again that it was good, Edward Bridges was very satisfied, “On the issue of treating British India, Mr. Churchill and Prime Minister Adderley have different views, Prime Minister Churchill believes that it should be suppressed, but we, the British Empire, have actually been unable to do so, and Prime Minister Adderley believes that it should be given up, but personally, I don’t really approve of it either.”

What Edward Bridges meant by his words was that he wanted British India to stand the last watch. This was actually Alan Wilson’s idea that the British Empire was still a little too kind when it came to the independence of British India.

Probably thinking that there is still a chance for a comeback later, and not like France, the colonies were raided before leaving, but from the later days, it was still the French approach that was more deterrent.

While France was nowhere near as successful as Britain came to be in the colonial era, the post-colonial era arrived with France maintaining a greater influence over the original colonies.

In Allen Wilson’s eyes, with his eyes closed, he could find countless serious problems facing India, and even if there were no problems now, he could create them if given the opportunity to return to British India.

Though the premise of creating problems, that Hinduism must be stronger than the religion of peace, was irrevocable. But in other respects he was still very much in his element.

The opportunity was at hand, and Edward Bridges, as Cabinet Secretary, had a decisive role to play in the deployment of civil servants. With greater enthusiasm than the Potsdam Conference, Alan Wilson laid out his vision of using British India to pull the British Empire out of the mire, including what he imagined to be a dual-track system of prices.

A dual-track price system is a system of price management in which uniform state pricing and market-regulated prices coexist for the same commodity. Formed as a result of the simultaneous implementation of the two operational mechanisms of planned regulation and market regulation. It mainly involves food prices and prices of means of production.

This approach is often used in countries with good relations with the Soviet Union, but the reason is the same, this relies on the administrative power to save the emergency approach, now the United Kingdom just can do, is before Alan Wilson envisioned in the middle of the food with British India to stabilize the German British-occupied area of the order of the German British-occupied areas in the German British-occupied areas of the restoration of the industry, the British India for the importation of the.

The British Empire is in the middle, control of German industrial products and British Indian agricultural products pricing, from which to get the difference in price to restore the prosperity of the British mainland, once the British mainland back to pre-war level, you can re-allocate resources to the major colonies.

There was also the Imperial Preference System within the British Empire, which could be used as a booster for such redeployment, the key being efficiency.

However, the German British Occupied Territories are in a state of de facto military administration, while British India is a direct colony. There is no shortage of administrative power in the British Empire in these two places at present.

The final problem for Edward Bridges is that once British India becomes independent, I’m afraid that the native citizens will not be able to accept the fallout in their hearts, which Alan Wilson can answer just as well, with the floating corpses in the Ganges River and the rape tragedy, as long as it occupies space on top of the BBC for a month, the native citizens of the U.K. will probably be able to accept it in their hearts.

“I told you Sir Barron was still good at spotting talent.” Edward Bridges asked about a few questions that were answered to his satisfaction, especially about the pricing system linking British India and German British Occupation, which was very appealing to him.

“At your level, it is not credible to speak to the Prime Minister about these plans.” Edward Bridges thought for a moment and said, “If the Prime Minister comes to you, all you need to do is keep the British India content. How to maintain the influence of the British Empire, if the Prime Minister asks, I will take this program out for you, hey, it’s actually not easy, the Americans can keep an eye on it.”

“Sir Edward, in fact, the colonial empire is not just our British Empire alone, there is also France, Belgium, Holland and Portugal, if we can get the support of these countries on the colonial issue, our room for maneuver may be much greater.” Alan Wilson still maintained a humble attitude as he made a suggestion, and it was up to Edward Bridges to judge whether it would be implemented or not.

“In fact, in this matter, there is a suitable candidate to be the executor right in front of us.” The corners of Edward Bridges’ mouth floated up into a smile, “Under-Secretary-General is still a little too early for you, if you particularly want to return to India, you can go back as the Liaison Officer of the Indian Affairs Department, and at the same time be Barron’s assistant.”

Isn’t that progress? Allen Wilson’s eyes immediately widened thievishly, and he couldn’t help but ask excitedly, “Can I go back to British India?”

“Of course you can! And I can see that you can’t hide your love for British India.” Edward Bridges nodded approvingly, “But it may take two or three months to arrange it, after the Potsdam Conference is over, the Prime Minister will surely be busy with domestic issues, and once the time is right, I will transfer you back to New Delhi. Of course, I very much look forward to your being able to fulfill the wonderful vision just described.”

Coming out of Edward Bridges, Alan Wilson was feeling like walking on air, what does it mean to have a dream come true? This is it. Although he might have to wait for two or three more months for the arrangement, he was now full of energy.

Not to mention the fact that Edward Bridges was going to promote him to the rank of direct assistant to Sir Barron at the Under-Secretary-General level. Once the work in British India was done beautifully, I believe it would be possible to get a foothold in London.

Not in vain, from the time he arrived in Europe, for the British Empire exhaustive efforts, from France to Austria, almost ran all over Western Europe.

“Nehru, wait for me.” Alan Wilson used a tone of great expectation to express that he missed the prestigious great nation.