Chapter 12 New Delhi Conference

Taking out the British version of the ten victories and ten defeats theory and letting Ali Khan think along with his thoughts, Alan Wilson has even thought about the legacy of the Third Reich, there should be quite a lot of submarines in the hands of the Germans after the defeat, right? As long as the Junagadh Turks had the financial resources to buy them, it would be a contribution to the post-war continuity.

As for itself in the Deccan Plateau south, South India strength is not weak, Mysore, Travancore, Allen Wilson wants to contact is even simpler, because Hyderabad, Hyderabad special relationship, he is the Hyderabad commissioner, but also the control of these states of the soil work.

British India has a characteristic, is the north poor south rich, who let the South India’s people less, per capita resources are far greater than the north it, on the contrary, the vast majority of the population are concentrated in the Ganges River and the Indus River Basin, North India, indeed, the pressure of competition is very big.

Alan Wilson brought a few assistants, were sent to Mysore Tubang, Travancore Tubang and other places, but also to fulfill their Hyderabad commissioner’s responsibility, for do not know when there is no British India to contribute.

Really began to British India after the unkindness, Alan Wilson realized that there are still a lot of places can be done, can not say that let the Congress Party, which now has a large number of supporters can not be united in the country, but let Nehru more time to take to achieve the purpose is not difficult.

“Honorable Maharaja, to be honest you are in the same kind of situation as all the Maharaja’s of Tupang. You are in a position to unite these Maharajas because in the eyes of the Congress Party there is only one long term objective for all of you Tupangs and that is to make you disappear in a united India, pardon me for being so direct but the truth is so true.”

Alan Wilson said with a straight face, “Individual native states have no ability to resist the Congress Party, only a few powerful native states allied together, or even all of them to make an alliance to ensure your position, I sent a few assistants to visit the southern native states, there is also this aspect of the work, of course, this can not be openly said, and now the Viceroy’s Office also have to unite the Congress Party. ”

“Now that the war is not over, the Viceroyalty and even London have to keep India stable, of course we do not want British India to become independent, but in case independence becomes a foregone conclusion, I can only try to help you privately, in a non-public situation, now that that is clear, in terms of strengthening relations with the Junagadh Tukhtuks, when I return to New Delhi I will help you with this. ”

“You’ve only been here a month and you’re going back to New Delhi?” Ali Khan was a little surprised and had to admit that Alan Wilson was really right up his alley on a moral level, thinking completely from Hyderabad’s point of view, something he hadn’t seen in previous Commissioners.

The former Hyderabad commissioner although there is no lack of surface work to the people, but hidden in the middle of the arrogance, can still see one or two, but this young man is different, as soon as he heard that Alan Wilson to return to New Delhi, he actually some do not want to let the other party to leave the idea.

Allen of course different, the former commissioner did not know that British India is likely to be close to independence, but he is aware of it. Since he knew that the probability was unstoppable, why didn’t he hurry to make some money from the richest man in the world?

“I’m just going for a routine debriefing, I’m not being transferred, the Maharaja can leave anything to my aides, they’ll notify me, it’s all the same.” Allen Wilson nodded with a smile, assuaging Ali Khan’s concerns.

This routine meeting, he felt might have something to do with the ongoing Burma campaign, now that the British and Indian Corps was pounding away at Burma, as the richest colony, British India, was surely going to bleed and sweat. There is a famous saying that the British Empire will never surrender until the blood of the Indians has been drained.

This routine meeting, indeed, is closely related to the current war, in addition to the Burma campaign in front of British India, in the western front of the European theater, the Ardennes counterattack German offensive finally stopped, the Allied forces on the western front breathed a sigh of relief, did not let the scene of 1940 being driven into the sea to repeat.

The Ardennes Counterattack is over, and the way has been cleared for the Allied forces on the Western Front to attack Germany itself, but of course for British India, the Ardennes Counterattack is nothing more than a talking point, and the British Indian Army’s attack on Burma is of the utmost importance.

“I am really surprised that Nehru, who gives the Viceroyalty a hard time every day, seems to have no opinion on the Burma campaign?” When Commissioner Junagadh bumped into Allen Wilson, the two quickly hit it off and also talked about the current Burma campaign.

“Maybe it’s the British Indian province of Burma? I’m just guessing.” Alan Wilson laughed; British Burma had been governed by British India as a province for a while, until 1937.

In Nehru’s eyes, there was no chance that Burma would even be part of India after independence, but it certainly wouldn’t work out. Britain had already gone ahead and separated Burma from the provincial unit of British India and re-established it as British Burma independent of India. Nehru, even if he did have any idea about Burma, would have to think about it.

“Is the monarch of Junagadh Tupa, still satisfied with your work?” Casually fooling around on the issue of Burma, Allen Wilson remembered his heavy responsibility as Ali Khan’s dog-head, and inquired about the other party’s work on the side.

“Fortunately, Salaman Khan was cooperative.” John said succinctly, “There’s no conflict between us.”

No conflict is not enough, Alan Wilson was about to open his mouth, the secretary has appeared to let the commissioners of the provinces and states into the meeting room, everyone rose, three by three into the middle of the meeting room.

The high officials and commissioners of the seventeen provinces of British India, as well as the commissioners of several prominent native states, entered the conference room, where Sir Barron was already waiting, and after all had taken their seats, this supreme meeting on behalf of the British civil service began.

In 1945 it was not uncommon to find a high-ranking Indian civil servant in British India, but British India was a dualist administration, and there were no Indians in attendance at this meeting.

Sir Barron began with a joyful tone, indicating that after the Ardennes counterattack, Germany had lost its offensive power, and it was now only a matter of time before the Allied forces on the Western Front attacked German territory, and even optimistically made the optimistic prediction that the war in Europe would be over within a year, which drew a round of applause.

Alan Wilson also followed the applause, he felt that the war in the European theater of war should end in the same time as history, at most, it will be half a year to end, Sir Barron’s prediction is already considered very conservative.

“But we can’t be blindly optimistic, in the Southeast Asian battlefield the fighting is still continuing, the Japanese army in Burma is still resisting tenaciously.” Sir Barron lit a cigarette and took a drag on it, saying with a smoky air, “Right now the Anglo-Indian Army is still in the middle of the battle, and what we’re doing is to make sure that the soldiers’ needs are met as much as possible. That is what everyone is here for, British India must do all it can to keep the expeditionary force supplied. “