Chapter 1125 – Investigating the Minister

“Where does this come from?” Field Marshal Mountbatten was puzzled, in his opinion the world economy is stable, the United States’ dominance in a short period of time can not see the possibility that it can be subverted, the United Kingdom, even if it is to increase the investment, it is impossible to match the United States militarily.

Alan Wilson is not good to say, the United States because the Vietnam War spent nearly three hundred billion, a moment of silence, “Germany and Japan in the United States by default, depressed exchange rates to promote exports, the national economy exists in a strict underestimation of the economic balance of the United States now big head of the automobile industry, and in these few years, we have seen Germany and Japan’s automobile industry development. Once the U.S. automobile can’t top the competition from Germany and Japan, the U.S. import and export balance will easily be broken.”

“The automobile industry looks high-end, but it’s really not that difficult for major industrialized countries.”

Of course for the late-developing countries, in the good scripture reading crooked is also very easy, for example, a large country’s automobile industry, can not say all, the vast majority of car companies are mixed, the Great Wall like a little pursuit of the car companies or a phoenix.

Even in the field of trams, before Tesla entered the domestic market, there are models everywhere that cheat subsidies, range of two hundred kilometers dare to buy half a million, Tesla came in, which became conscientious.

“The United States import and export balance is fragile, once someone launches a financial attack on the United States, the United States into the middle of the deficit, the United Kingdom will inevitably not be affected.” Alan Wilson explained it this way.

“Who would dare?” Marshal Mountbatten couldn’t help but laugh out loud, and then he heard his son-in-law lazily say De Gaulle’s name, which made his heart aghast, “If it were him, he really might dare.”

“Strengthening our military forces is beneficial in every way. With the general economic recovery of the European nations after the war, Britain might be slighted if it did not demonstrate in some sense that it was a military power, and Prime Minister Aidan, I think, is not prepared to accept, being an ordinary junior partner of the United States. On a par with France, Italy and Germany.”

Joking aside, it’s a fact that the UK’s economy is three times the size of the above countries, even if they’ve always devalued their currencies in recent years to boost exports, and that the UK is three times the size in a numerical sense.

Malayadu and Japan’s income is the same, and the current Japanese per capita income is about half of Italy’s, more than one-third of France’s, springing for a little bit, can all be said that Malaya’s per capita income and France is not far from each other.

Anyway, even if the residents of Malaya came to Europe, they would just take a look around and could not see much difference.

Numbers don’t lie? Numbers don’t lie to the rich, they always lie to the poor.

France is Alan Wilson persuaded his father-in-law to fight for an increase in military spending core, Britain’s economic conditions are the basis for increased military spending, and the external conditions are France may have an impact on the United States, as well as the influence of the United Kingdom.

“Even on one ship?” Alan Wilson said in the tone of a naval son-in-law, “and save the shipbuilding industry.”

For a senior officer, finding good arguments to justify his claims was as easy as getting a raise.

If he could, Alan Wilson could, in a heartbeat, flood the cabinet with professional papers from the Treasury, Foreign Office, and Ministry of Defense.

The reason, then, was that who was going to push for it, at least so far, Alan Wilson was not in a position to push for an increase in military spending, and he strove to be able to do so later without always bothering his father-in-law, but for now, it was up to Field Marshal Mountbatten to do it, and he could help from the Whitehall side of the fence.

“You may have taken the wrong path, and not considered the army in the first place?” Field Marshal Mountbatten said with a soft chuckle, “If you could be Chief of Defense Staff in a few decades, you’d be loved by the military.”

“It’s not a question of being beloved or not. Since Britain considers itself a strong nation, the military can’t be too weak.” Alan Wilson said honestly, “The glory of the Sunset Empire was built on defeating Spain, Holland, France and Germany, without which it would have been a small frontier island.”

To put it bluntly, no country has ever had a period of greatness that wasn’t characterized by military might. The Han and Tang dynasties are recognized as powerful because they defeated the Huns and Turks head-on, and even if the late Tang dynasty was mired in infinite civil wars, the early and middle periods are still remembered.

Then look at the Song Dynasty, if you say that the rule of civilization is not up to standard is definitely a slander, Tang and Song Dynasty eight greats accounted for six, the four great inventions accounted for three, the four great mathematicians of the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty also accounted for three, the rule of civilization must be very good, to have such a result.

But there is no hard war record, people think about is not able to fight, natural criticism is justified.

“I understand the logic, but it’s not that easy.” Field Marshal Mountbatten was in a difficult position, “We’ve raised the military spending once before, now we can take advantage of the response to France to mention it, but it’s not always successful. This man, John Profumo, is no slouch either?”

“There’s been a change in the Secretary of Defense?” Alan Wilson raised an eyebrow, not really surprised, the average tenure of a Cabinet Minister wasn’t very long, except that the four Ministers of State were still slightly more stable, muttering, “John Profumo?”

His head flashed, it seemed like right around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, there was a major British Conservative politician caught in the middle of Spygate, and it seemed like that was the name.

“You know him? I shouldn’t.” Mountbatten was very curious, his son-in-law had a wide network in Whitehall, but in the cabinet circle, it seemed like he hadn’t heard of making friends with anyone in particular.

Even if the father-in-law can not be so slander son-in-law, Alan Wilson thinks and the Secretary of State for Education, Mr. McMillan, still maintains a good personal relationship, even if the other party is not as hot as the original, he will still politely greeted when he sees.

“Just because you don’t know each other now, doesn’t mean you won’t know each other later.” Alan Wilson looked like the cornerstone of the country, after so many years, it was time for him to do his part for Britain, such as catching a spy or something.

If John Profumo, the defense minister, is sensible, hurry up and plug the future of being an important figure in the Conservative Party, and stand on the side of the military on the matter of another increase in military spending.

Otherwise, Alan Wilson, who is infinitely loyal to the British Empire, will certainly not be able to tolerate such a defense minister, selling out the motherland.

“The situation in the southern Mediterranean is getting out of hand, and military spending must be increased.” Field Marshal Mountbatten’s hoarse voice appeared in the middle of John Profumo’s office.

And back at the Ministry of Defense, Alan Wilson called in Guy Liddell of Government Communications Central. Liddell, set an important task, fortunately, he himself was the Secretary General of the Joint Intelligence Committee, if he were an official of the same rank, he would certainly be questioned.

“The matter is so significant that no one can be trusted right now ……,” Allen Wilson whispered with a grave look on his face, “of course we want nothing to happen, but in the event that it’s true, there are implications to be considered on all fronts. ”

Alan Wilson also wondered if he had regressed in his acting skills now, it seemed that he should look for Hepburn to make up for it. Acting skills are not honed is not possible, this is the basis for a peaceful life.

Nominal British intelligence general spokesman, now such a performance, Guy Liddell naturally does not dare to take it lightly. Liddell naturally did not dare to be negligent, said he would immediately make arrangements to monitor the work. Afterwards, he comforted Alan Wilson, “Secretary General, you don’t have to worry, there might be nothing.”

“That’s certainly what I’m after, just be afraid, forget it, be careful.” Alan Wilson tensed his face, Philby counterintelligence is also just a figure of joy, really say counterintelligence, but also need him to personally go out.

History of this unlucky defense minister, because of this spy case lost everything.

Before that John Profumo was a reputable politician.

He had been a respected member of Parliament and had held several prestigious positions, most recently as Secretary of State for Defense. He was also a frequent traveler to certain famous destinations with his wife, a former actress.

But these no longer mattered after it came to light that he had an inappropriate relationship with the model Kristin Koehler in a House of Representatives investigation, and even more serious was the fact that Profumo was said to have shared Kristin with Ivanov, a former Soviet naval captain.

Another person involved in the scandal was osteopath Dr. Stephen Ward.

Ward was accused of being the matchmaker between Profumo and Christine. He had told the woman she could get high-level secret information for the Soviet Union out of Profumo. The country was shocked by Provermore’s behavior, which seriously jeopardized national security.

The British government was almost dissolved, the Labor Party cried “resign”, and the credibility of Prime Minister Macmillan and the Conservative Party was in tatters. Soon after, Profumo resigned from his post and Dr. Ward was arrested.

If this increase in military spending is something that John Profumo can side with patriotically, and anyway it is limited to a secret investigation for now, Alan Wilson might let the defense secretary walk away with his whole body.

After all, John Profumo is now considered a number of giants in the Conservative Party, and if the development goes well, it may be possible to be on the side of the Conservative Party, to make a good good karma.

People can not always consider the immediate small profits, the Secretary of State for Defense to develop smoothly, perhaps in the future to help him some things, as a pillar of Whitehall, look long term, in order to even beyond.

When you think about it, Elu Wilson thinks he is still very tolerant, unless it is like Duncan, otherwise his relationship with the ministers are very amicable, for example, is increasing the literature course of the Secretary of State for Education, Macmillan.

“The increase in literature courses is not to say completely useless, I guess, but also basically useless. But it’s useful for the peace of mind of the country, so that when they get caught up in the middle of these minutiae, they don’t think too much about it.”

While chatting with Lawrence, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Alan Wilson commented on Macmillan’s new endeavor this way.

“Isn’t that exactly what we’re aiming for?” Lawrence smiled slightly and took the initiative to raise his glass and clink it with Allen Wilson, and with a straight face, he said, “We are popularizing the splendid culture and penetrating it into the people. It also reduces the unemployment rate.”

“Cheers to culture and the reduction of unemployment.” Alan Wilson raised his glass and drank the whiskey in one go.