Chapter 1197 – A Big Order for Arms Sales

Alan Wilson was still not the right person to throw his weight around at this time because of his status as a former Assistant Commissioner of British India, but it didn’t matter, he could control Rabo Butler just as well.

At the end of the day Rabo Butler is just one man and the rest of the entire diplomatic team are the permanent undersecretary’s men.

This does not mean that Alan Wilson is all right, he came back to the place where he once lived and fought, the apartment where he lived at the beginning, has a lot of good memories of him, with a camera hanging around his neck, the permanent undersecretary, in the tension of the visit, but still took out precious time to experience the customs of India, the Indian people to this white face, reported a kind smile.

Back at the Windsor Castle Hotel, Dickson put a call into Alan Wilson’s room, “Prime Minister Nehru was deeply shocked by what happened in Kenya, and likewise expressed his understanding that the Royal Navy’s trip had been delayed, and the conversation between the Minister and Nehru is still going well.”

“Has the question of the pound been talked about? What is the attitude of the Indians.” Alan Wilson clamped the microphone, his strong arm around Hedy Lamarr, the permanent undersecretary had never been a public or private person, and would not waste a single moment of his time; time was precious, and wasting it was wasting his life.

“According to our sources, India remains open to sterling settlements.” Dixon replied solemnly.

“Anyway, people have sent war reports, the war is over. Those nine brigades of advanced equipment shouldn’t be delayed.” Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, although the Royal Navy couldn’t come for the time being, aid could still be sent over first, and anyway, it wasn’t even in the Strait of Gibraltar at the moment.

“By the way, Permanent Undersecretary, Moscow and Washington, too, have indicated their intention to aid India. The Chancellor will probably talk to you about it tonight.” Dixon reported back as if remembering something.

“Thank you, hang up now.” Allen Wilson put down the microphone and cocked his head to look at Hedy Lamarr, who had just gotten into trouble.

Hedy Lamarr shyly drew back the veiny hand that had grabbed the handle and looked away, “You Brits seem to have a morbid obsession with the pound.”

“As if the French don’t value the franc.” Alan Wilson answered without fuss, “A stable and trustworthy currency, can help the issuing country a lot. Therein lies the beauty of financial hegemony.”

Many countries’ currencies are actually worthless, simply unable to make an impact on the financial hegemony, and there are actually not many currencies that can be called stable in this world.

What is the true state of the average country whose currency is anchored to the US dollar? Let’s take the example of Brazil and Argentina, where the Brazilian economy totaled R$4 trillion in 2010 and R$8 trillion ten years later.

If calculated in Brazilian currency, the Brazilian economy doubled in ten years, but international trade is calculated in US dollars, the Brazilian real is not recognized by other countries, the Brazilian population did not grow much in ten years, and the GDP per capita also fell, because the Brazilian currency depreciated against the US dollar.

This is not only a problem for Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other countries that export a lot of primary agricultural products and various resources, because they do not have the pricing power, so the per capita gdp changes are almost entirely dependent on the exchange rate and international market prices.

These countries need to import a large number of products. And in international trade, the main settlement currency is the dollar. The exchange rate of their countries fell, it means that you have to use more money to buy the same products.

When the price of raw materials is high, the currency of the resource country is strong, and vice versa. When the Apple IV enters Brazil, it sells for R$1,700, but when it comes to the Apple XIII, it becomes R$7,900.

If a large country is also like Brazil, because the industry can not support a stable currency, according to the trajectory of Brazil, everyone will welcome a price of 22,000 yuan Apple 13, I believe that the determination to cut the kidney will be much stronger.

Allen Wilson also happened to briefly experience, before the outbreak of cottage machines, with the income of his parents at the time, when the cell phone forty and spin, definitely not want to buy.

Cell phones are just one example, and you can apply that example to any field. For most countries, as long as your country does not have this industry, you no matter what you do will be cut leek.

Many countries just can’t even cope with the tidal wave of dollars, so what’s the point of talking about development? Russia’s resources enough to occupy the periodic table, in resources is absolutely gifted, according to the ruble calculation economy has doubled, but by the dollar attack, the ruble immediately plunged.

Russia’s industry can not be compared with the Soviet Union, but in the resource countries have been considered very strong, it is gray, general countries can still look?

But it is some of the legacy of the Russian industry from the Soviet Union, can make Russia than the average resource countries can carry. That’s where the growth of the local currency and the plummeting of the dollar calculation comes in.

Statistics don’t determine everything, it all depends on how you look at it, and if Alan Wilson remembers correctly, Russia’s worst time in dollar terms was when the country’s economy was smaller than Greece’s, a statistic he doesn’t believe in anyway.

When it comes to finance, Alan Wilson is not even as good as the accountant next to his wife, all he can say is that financial hegemony is important and answer from some industries.

Take the Asian pound issued by Malaya, it is a weak currency, compared to the British pound.

It is also a strong currency, compared to neighboring South Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma.

Weak compared to the pound is Britain has financial hegemony, and other countries’ currencies compared to strong is much simpler, just last year just surpassed the U.S. Steel, 35 million tons of annual production capacity, the world’s No. 1 steel base in Kuching, and even a reputable big country of five million tons of production capacity can be crushed, not to mention the other bags of wine and rice.

Nehru was also justifiably wary of Britain, which had not yet withdrawn from Asia, and Malaya was not far from India. And Alan Wilson had no plans to pull out in the foreseeable future.

He would really like to know what future prime minister with grandiose plans in mind would dare to allow Malaya, which was becoming more and more important, to become independent.

“At next month’s Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ meeting, all the Commonwealth countries will be present together to come up with a comprehensive program to express support for India.”

Among the radios, the latest speech of Rab Butler was being broadcast, a real-time broadcast that reflected Britain’s firm support for India while unilaterally announcing that Nehru, who had just gone down in flames, would be on a bigger stage.

The British diplomatic delegation had not yet left New Delhi when the first batch of aid from the US and the USSR, armaments that were better than nothing and almost negligible, was delivered.

Is it any less of a blessing that the British, American and Soviet WWII triumvirate served India alone? Britain brought out the loyal, reliable and battle-hardened Lee Enfield rifles, and as a former sovereign, Britain was embarrassed to put off India with just such weapons.

Rab Butler returned to the hotel and said, “Nehru wants a main battle tank for Britain to undertake to help develop.”

“Honorable Minister, we should oblige the Indians.” Alan Wilson heard this and immediately replied, “I’m sure the military is going to be happy with this.”

“Will this cause a chain reaction?” Rab Butler felt that this would not make a certain big country feel that Britain had intervened too much, which in turn would lead to the danger that the important British free port of Xiangjiang would be in.

“In any case, we should side with India.” Alan Wilson was adamant about brokering the deal.

Do you need tanks at the place of engagement? Who drives a tank on the roof of the world? A jeep might even be more useful in that place.

India’s demands were obvious, and again guilty of piling on important equipment and being top-heavy. It will certainly follow the old path of more tanks than armored vehicles and more armored vehicles than artillery.

Why didn’t Britain say yes? If Britain hadn’t reacted, it wouldn’t have been the USSR that would have been cheaper? Soviet tanks were much more reliable than British tanks, and throughout the Cold War cycle, Soviet tanks were above the free world side.

British tanks also had the usual faults of Free World tanks, such as being adapted to the great plains of Europe, and doubling as thin-skinned and large, and since the Indians needed them, there was no reason for Britain, as a former sovereign, to refuse.

“We should inform the Prime Minister of the good news at once.” Allen Wilson made a gesture to leave, Hedy Lamarr was still waiting, and he couldn’t make people wait in a hurry.

In order to India, Allen Wilson can be said to have paid too much, in the midst of a busy schedule also personally came to the Indian Ministry of Defense, met with the Indian Defense Minister Menon, who has not yet been dismissed for the time being, but whose career has entered the countdown.

On this before the roof of the world under the play snake, no accident was bitten by the snake of the defense minister, Alan Wilson did not salt in the wound, after all, the other side in London lived for twenty-seven years, in Alan Wilson do Malaya high commissioner, Menon is also in London to do the high commissioner, that is, the ambassador to the United Kingdom.

At this time, Menon lost his mind, and two months ago the spirited contrast, but still strong spirit to talk about the British-Indian military cooperation.

In Alan Wilson and the other side to talk about the tank procurement problem at the same time, bbc specifically found the former chief of staff of the Indian army admiral Timaiya’s home, began to carry out in-depth interviews, the other its elaboration on the Indian exclusion by the British complete training of the generals were sidelined, the promotion of native generals led to the defeat of the war conclusion.

Pulling on Menon and shaping Admiral Timaiya’s tenure, the operation with absolutely different results had already begun.

A little later in time, Britain and India announced at the same time, will jointly develop a new generation of main battle tanks to deal with the threat, in fact, is to use the British Chieftain tanks to change, so that it is adapted to the terroir of India, tanks at first by the United Kingdom to manufacture, wait until India has the ability to assets, after the United Kingdom to provide spare parts to be assembled in India.

India, depending on the situation, set the procurement at about fifteen hundred to two thousand units as the Indian Army’s main battle equipment. There was also an air force procurement contract that was announced at the same time.

“The world is only as good as Dad.” Alan Wilson whistled, it was time to rest and relax after a tiring day.