Chapter 1157 – Ten Thousand Nations Come to the Palace

The Minister of Defense and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, among different times, had been taken care of by him in different ways. Especially the Defense Minister who was deeply involved in the Soviet spy case.

As for Foreign Minister Rab Butler, this merger of departments was successful, and I believe that for a long time, he would be happy and would not be able to envision any grandiose blueprints that were nebulous.

Edward Bridges said that Norman Brooke was happy to deal with all sorts of ministers, and that was one of the reasons why the other was more successful than he had been in his career as a Cabinet Secretary.

Now Alan Wilson was merely trying to emulate the Supreme Authority’s approach to befriending ministers.

After the invitation was made, both of them readily agreed, the defense minister in charge of military, the foreign minister in charge of foreign affairs, two ministers serving him alone? What a blessing, isn’t it?

The Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games are a formal demonstration of Britain’s achievements in a territory that has nothing to do with the mainland.

At the same time, it is also a bait for the British colonies that have not yet become independent, so the current countries that are not bad, as well as the former colonial countries that have already become independent, have been invited to the event, in the full sense of the word.

This is something the two ministers know in their hearts as well, they are just quite skeptical about it when it comes to shaping the theme of diversity, “I wonder if this will cause some problems, Malaya is predominantly Chinese right?”

“My minister, actually what hatred do we have with them? Is it just because of Xiangjiang? Is that considered hatred?” Alan Wilson said carelessly, “Isn’t it a little too patternless?”

The countries in this world that hadn’t fought against Britain, according to the standards of the twenty-first century, there were twenty-two in total, and the remaining two hundred countries had all been fought by Britain at different times. It was only natural, if one held a grudge, not a single country in Europe would be able to escape.

“By any standard, we and the Qing government back then could only be considered friction, it’s not like we had that kind of relationship with India.”

Alan Wilson said this, both as a matter of fact and as a double standard. The big deal is that when the time comes, Xiangjiang will be given back to some great power.

As for the bad relations he remembers from the 21st century, who let Britain be held hostage by the US.

If we can stabilize our position, Britain will not have to be held hostage by the United States, and there will certainly be no need to fill in new grudges on top of old ones.

The Commonwealth Games was the stage Allen Wilson used to rally the Commonwealth’s centripetal force.

Malaya was not traditionally a white territory, and if Britain could support this colony, it would be a good example to the Commonwealth countries scattered throughout the states, at least to give them something to think about.

This realization, if molded successfully, would prolong the centripetal force of the Commonwealth for at least a generation.

“In a political sense, the Minister has aspirations to take the opportunity to mediate the Goa dispute between Portugal and India, which, if successful, could help to increase the play of British influence.” Alan Wilson said as he looked to Rab Butler.

“Is that so?” Profumo looked at Rab Butler with deep skepticism.

“Uh? Yes, with the dispute between Portugal and India, Britain is on very friendly terms with both countries, and as much as possible should exert diplomatic influence to keep them from starting a dispute.” Rab Butler stared for a moment, then rattled off.

Profumo was silent, having already established that the Foreign Secretary’s formulation of foreign policy had nothing to do with the Foreign Secretary.

“We will certainly be attending then, and I hear that Her Highness will be representing the royal family as well.” Profumo inquired.

Alan Wilson nodded his head, full of gratitude to the royal family and said, “It’s all because of Her Majesty and the royal family’s love and care for their Malayan subjects, I’m sure the local residents will be overjoyed.”

The Commonwealth Games had not even started yet, and the heat was already being brought up across the Commonwealth, and this time with the help of the richest woman in the world, Alan Wilson could only do so much to make sure that Pamela Mountbatten was given the experience of being a member of Heart’s Delight.

“The Permanent Secretary has a very clever tongue,” Pamela Mountbatten complimented shyly, pleased with her husband’s pampering.

“Well, that’s what we diplomats do for a living.” Alan Wilson boasted.

Children that kind of burden, the early drive to the father-in-law’s home, do not disturb the true love of the two invincible two people in the world.

For a while, the two of them seemed to have returned to their newly established relationship, when they could browse the world without leaving their home, waiting for the opening of the Commonwealth Games.

Malaya has spent a lot of money on organizing the games, especially on publicity. After all, the nature of journalists is such that most media outlets need money to support themselves, and conscientious journalists are a minority.

The publicity focuses on Malaya’s current facilities, which are no less than those of the local community. After all, for visual creatures like humans, clean and tidy buildings can often create a good first impression.

Why else would countries have a real estate phase of development? The stage of image building is essential.

“You’re in the Foreign Ministry, you’re more interested in Asia than Europe, won’t anyone be upset?” Pamela Mountbatten inquired, although her husband was good for her career in this way, wouldn’t it cause offense to do so?

“What’s the concern about Europe? What’s there to care about, other than that EC stuff? Care about the Soviet Union?” Alan Wilson said with a wife stop it look, “The confrontation with the Soviet Union is bound to be long term, I care about the Soviet Union twenty-four hours a day now, people don’t feel it, it’s not like it’s Iran, I could send Mossadegh to hell if I cared about it.”

Just because there’s one more person in the free world, it doesn’t mean that we can immediately establish dominance over the Soviet bloc. The fact is that without a couple decades of internal power out there, the fight to the last minute won’t come to fruition.

And even if the Soviet Union was defeated, what would happen? It is impossible to destroy the Soviet Union or even Russia, which is much weaker, by any means other than military means.

Even a much weaker Russia, not to mention the Soviet Union, which was a veritable superpower, could strike back if they were not careful.

If you comb through five hundred years of history, it’s easy to conclude that Russia in the hands of the Great Emperor was the weakest period in Russian history, and that’s taking out the short period of chaos of the Khitans.

Europe and the United States have exhausted all means other than war, the sanctions have been sanctioned, the blockade has been blocked.

What could happen? It’s still the same, Russia seized the opportunity and immediately went to Belarus, then Kazakhstan, then Ukraine, is this a country whose economy is not as large as South Korea’s?

From this, we know that a country’s economic volume is not everything and cannot be generalized. Russia, after years of blockade and sanctions, is probably the country with the least amount of economic water in the world.

In any other country, after so many years of isolation by the whole of Europe and America, it’s questionable how much of the economy would still be left.

It is impossible to return to the Soviet Union’s thinking, and it is impossible for any country that has broken away from that kind of thinking to go back.

Because only they themselves know how much wealth they got in the process that didn’t belong to them, and it would be a hell of a thing to go back.

The Soviet Union is definitely not coming back, but does not mean that Imperial Russia can not come back, but the good thing is that the threat of Imperial Russia, far less threatening than the Soviet Union to the Soviet Union, Allen Wilson treatment of the Soviet Union can do? What could Allen Wilson do about the Soviet Union?

With this time, it would be better to be more busy outside of Europe, such as this time the Commonwealth Games.

Finally, the two men were to depart, or rather the British delegation this time had departed, the round-trip tickets for this Games, all of which were reimbursed by the Malayan side, Nyerere, Tanzania, Azikiwe, Nigeria, all embarked on their journey through the routes established by the UK in Africa and the Comet airliners that stayed behind.

Alan Wilson did not even forget, King Farouk I of Egypt, to know that one of the two major ethnic groups in the Malayan colony of Malay, the Malay people, believe in the religion of peace, through which to let Farouk I come to pretend to be an ally of the Arab world.

Farouk I before the departure, Egypt from all walks of life unanimously said, Farouk I from the past to fight for the rights of the people of God in Asia, and the entire Malay people are eagerly awaiting the King’s arrival, anyway, the Egyptians will not go abroad, how to blow it is not a matter of the pencil.

The heads of state of the Commonwealth countries and the dignitaries of the inviting countries are naturally invited as much as they can be, and those who have promised to step forward and stand up for the occasion include the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, and, of course, the sister-in-law of the permanent undersecretary, who will be present on behalf of the royal family.

“What does it mean that Great Britain is in full bloom, and all the nations are coming to court, ah?” The convoy of the British delegation makes its way out of the airport, Alan Wilson holding a newspaper, looking out the car window at the pedestrians hesitantly.

“It seems as if the people here, do care a great deal about this Commonwealth Games.” Pamela Mountbatten, sitting next to her husband, withdrew her gaze and told what she had seen.

“Of course, according to the grapevine, this Commonwealth Games, it was London that gave up its qualification to host the event, ceding it to the Pearl of the British Empire to host. It fully reflects the importance that Britain attaches to Malaya.” Alan Wilson relayed the hearsay.

Pamela Mountbatten frowned slightly, feeling that this matter was not simple, “This kind of thing, how come it sounds like you did it.”

“But don’t dare to talk nonsense!” Alan Wilson retorted righteously, “Even if it’s true, I won’t admit it.”

Really you, Pamela Mountbatten rolled her eyes, she just felt that the gimmick of spreading rumors was very familiar.

“It doesn’t matter if it is or isn’t, the important thing is not to cause amazement to friendly nations.” Alan Wilson signaled for a little peace and quiet, there were still guests from India and Portugal, and he would have to give the two countries a very big courtesy.

Then jointly with the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, who had promised to attend, they would jointly apply pressure, expecting to reach a win-win result.

Kuala Lumpur gradually became lively because of the arrival of the national teams, the atmosphere of the Games gradually up.

Respectively, Salazar and Nehru’s right hand man, Portugal’s Caetano and India’s Shastri, also arrived in Kuala Lumpur in the following two days respectively, it is good that it is not that urine-drinking Prime Minister Desai who came over, or else this Commonwealth Games will have a flavor.