Chapter 113 The Airdrie Plan

The so-called economic revitalization plan kerneled into the idea that the British Empire would never surrender until India’s blood was drained. Of course this refers only to the part that belongs to Britain, and there are parts that involve other countries.

The European colonial community was too hurtful to the feelings of other regions and nations, and in fact this generalization was not true.

It just happened that the countries that the British Empire wanted to contact happened to be colonial countries. Very coincidentally, everyone had a common interest and sat down quietly to talk about how to restore law and order in Europe.

The basis of the economic revitalization plan, is Alan Wilson said the establishment of, British India and Germany British occupied areas of the link, the use of dual-track price system, as soon as possible to restore and use Germany’s industrial strength, to supplement the British mainland’s lack of production capacity, the use of British India’s market as a dumping ground for German products.

In principle, of course, the British Empire sacrificed its own interests to help Germany recover, and it is not excessive to draw a small reward from it, which is all very reasonable.

The United States, untouched by the war, now had powerful funds. The Soviet Union, with its vast land mass, had the overwhelming advantage of conventional military and administrative power, so for the Western European countries there was no choice but to look for advantages in themselves.

From a civil servant Alan Wilson, who desperately wanted to progress, to the Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges, and ultimately to the British Empire Prime Minister Aidley, this latter-day European economic revitalization plan called the Aidley Plan, is closer and closer to coming out.

As for the shrimp at the Potsdam Conference, Alan Wilson, the liaison officer of the Ministry of Indian Affairs to British India, conveyed the instructions of Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges to Sir Barron in New Delhi.

The overthrow of the Japanese Empire was not far off, although the Soviet war in the Far East was largely unrelated to the British Empire. But according to some intelligence it could be learned that the Soviet Union had already attacked Hokkaido.

The part that had to do with the British Empire lay in the battlefield of Southeast Asia, which was divided according to the Potsdam Conference. All Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia, with the exception of the Philippines and the Japanese forces in North Vietnam, known as the Japanese Southern Army, would surrender to the British Empire.

The person to be surrendered Alan Wilson could figure out with his eyes closed, it must be Pamela Mountbatten’s father. The majority of the nearly 800,000-strong Japanese Southern Army would fall into the hands of the British Empire, a size of roughly 500,000 to 600,000 men.

Among the telegrams to New Delhi, the idea of atonement in view of the Japanese devastation in Southeast Asia and participation in post-war reconstruction was indicated, and this was nothing new; there were 400,000 German soldiers on British soil right now repairing bridges and roads. What the British Empire was happy to show was the humane treatment of German soldiers in German British-occupied territories, not those German prisoners on the mainland, and to show flexibility, not pedantry, on a moral level.

After the paragraph on the seizure of Japanese soldiers to participate in reconstruction, Alan Wilson added the counting of the percentage of the population in British Malaya regarding Chinese and Malays upon their return to British Malaya.

Not forgetting, of course, that in view of the fact that Holland might not be able to get to Jakarta on time, the British could take control of the situation in Jakarta and wait for the arrival of the Dutch troops before doing anything about it.

The paragraph on the treatment of Japanese prisoners of war is followed by what belongs to Thailand. This may not have been understood by the British natives, but the civil servants of British India knew all about the role of Thailand, and to give Thailand the treatment of a defeated country with some degree of appropriate punishment must have been well understood by Sir Barron.

The civilian attack on Thailand can but begin now, and Thailand has always had a grudge against France for seizing Laos and Cambodia, Thailand’s longtime little brothers. To many politically concerned Thais, the imperialist countries were precisely Britain and France, and had little to do with Japan.

But it is not Japan that is punishing Thailand for facing an enemy that happens to be the United States in its current guise as an ally. The pro-Japanese Luang Phibun government then fell and a civilian government took its place.

All this has a lot to do with the “Free Thai Movement” initiated by the ambassador to the United States. Thailand gave up the northern Malay and Shan states allocated by Japan, and was willing to pay back the loss of British and American interests in Thailand during the war.

In addition, Luang Phibun himself was the tyrant who expelled the Seventh and manipulated the Eighth, and the U.S. government said that this military government did not represent the Thai people, and advocated abandoning the further liquidation of Thailand. The interest behind this was that further punishment of Thailand would only allow Britain to grow bigger in Southeast Asia, and the US needed a Thailand that could check the British and French colonial systems and was deeply favorable to itself.

Alan Wilson had already made it clear in one of his telegrams that the new Prime Minister, Mr. Adderley, was not as tough on British India as Prime Minister Churchill, and might give up British India once he judged that he could not quell the wave of resistance in British India.

Then the next 100,000 civil servants in British India would be reduced to unemployed overnight, and Britain itself could not take in such a large number of civil servants, so whether or not it could be ceded from Thailand was a matter of the future potential of British Malaya.

In the middle of the telegram to indicate the seriousness of the matter, related to the re-employment of 100,000 civil servants, I believe that Sir Barron will be in the heart of the matter, and now that the war is not yet over, in the name of liquidation of Japan to start is a good opportunity.

In fact, in the last few days of the Potsdam conference, the representatives of the countries have nothing to talk about, specific to the British side, has always wanted to save costs, restore the prosperity of the local prime minister Aidley, the last few days is not to face, and the United States and the Soviet Union and the things are handed over to the body does not have an official position, only an adviser’s name of Churchill.

Prime Minister Aidley himself, and Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges discussed the post-war economic revitalization plan. Specifically the European Colonial Community.

“France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal.” Adderley recited the current surviving colonial empires in Europe, while being very interested in the British domination of the dual-track system of prices in the German British-occupied territories and British India.

“Will this cause resentment in the Germans?” Adderley was a little skeptical, the face of the world’s hegemon still needed to be saved.

“The Germans have lost everything, and are lucky to be alive now. Compared to the POW camps on the Rhine, and the no man’s land in Siberia, what do the Germans have to be upset about?” Edward Bridges was prepared for this and spoke up, “In saying that this is temporary, there are benefits to British India, benefits to Germany, and proper but insignificant benefits to the British Empire.”

“Then we find an opportunity to talk to the French. Get the French taken care of, and the other countries won’t be much of a problem.” Prime Minister Adderley nodded his head as a formal endorsement of this economic revitalization plan, “Arrange a time for us to talk together. Hey, how can we get the French on our side?”

“The French can be supported to return to Asia, they were going to do so, and I believe the support for the British Empire will not be refused.” Edward Bridges gave his advice sincerely.