Chapter 1223 – The Role of Turing

At a time when food prices are rising in the international community, Pamela Mountbatten has come to Baghdad to take advantage of a superior climate. The Kingdom of Iraq’s food is just barely self-sufficient.

As for Kuwait is fine, after all, the population is really small, the Middle East land conditions are very poor, once the food prices are affected, the Kingdom of Iraq, even if it wants to, but also can not save over the neighboring partners.

So Foreign Secretary Rabo Butler’s current visit to the Middle East, but also in the commitment to the United Kingdom to ensure that the problem of food security in these countries, along with arms sales and food to talk together, and Pamela Mountbatten is responsible for kickbacks, will be plowing wars to talk together.

The royal families of many pro-British countries also had their own properties in Malaya, and had purchased a number of Malayan islands. Mutual trust between the two sides is also the basis for increasing the success rate of negotiations.

As for the military sales of Israel lifted out to pull step, Pamela Mountbatten does not care, the concept of the Jews some believe, some do not believe, Pamela Mountbatten belongs to the latter.

Rabbo Butler’s trip started with the Kingdom of Iraq and ended with Egypt.

The itinerary also made clear the importance of these two countries to the United Kingdom, it must be said that in the past year, the British empire an extremely sublimated, with a strong public opinion ability, in the international status of the water rose.

In the eyes of these countries, Britain, even if it is not the unfathomable Sunset, is not something they can afford to mess with.

In fact, in this case, if it were the old days, Britain should show a show of extreme pressure, but Labo Butler did not show a tough side, in the British Yemen trip, and also made a promise that the current government is studying the independence of Yemen, and is willing to consult on the relationship between Yemen and the United Kingdom after the independence of Yemen, the issue of military bases.

Pamela Mountbatten knows, even better than Rab Butler, the layout of the Middle East as devised by her husband.

In the case of Yemeni independence, her man, the supreme authority in British Whitehall, the secretary general of the Cabinet, prefers to leave Yemen’s future in the hands of the Shiite forces.

Because the Saudis are Sunni monarchs, and Saudi Arabia is a pro-American country, and likewise Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing east coast is inhabited by Shiites within the country, across the Persian Gulf and the Shiite powerhouse of Iran looks deeply at each other.

This is also the reason why the latter Saudi Arabia entangled coalition forces and had to suppress the Houthis.

Saudi Arabia itself is weak in combat power, see the front in Iraq by the United States after the dry, and Syria together with Iran even into the Shiite arc, ass under the Houthi is also Shiite, really let the Houthi armed forces to Yemen control.

The situation facing Saudi Arabia is extremely disturbing, the ass will be stabbed by the Shiite forces at any time.

Take out the Sunnis in North Africa and Southeast Asia, and only count the Middle East’s power ratio, the Sunnis do not have the advantage in terms of numbers. The Sunni countries are all countries like what Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Jordan.

Look at the Shiite camp, Syria, Iraq, Iran, all the traditional military powers of the Middle East.

The situation in later generations can not be applied to the current pattern, but one thing is unchanged, this era of Saudi Arabia is still that weak chicken. The leadership of the Arab world has nothing to do with Saudi Arabia.

Push the Middle East pro-British countries to upgrade their weapons, there are also attempts to contain Saudi Arabia, such as if and the United Kingdom peace and quiet is just, if you really want to bare their teeth, the United Kingdom may not put the Saudi Arabia how, but the Saudi Arabia itself weak combat power, any one of the neighboring countries can make it eat a pocket.

Pamela Mountbatten followed the Foreign Secretary on her last stop in Cairo, Egypt.

And in the discourse package, Pamela Mountbatten guess can guess, is nothing more than the Suez Canal on the whole of Europe’s security is crucial, Britain hopes that the Kingdom of Egypt can over shoulder up the responsibility to ensure that this lifeline will not be occupied by any foreign forces.

Of course, at present this foreign forces at present only the British themselves, Rabo Butler is only in the promotion of arms sales, leak a little bit of wind, said Egypt’s military power is not enough to replace the United Kingdom, to protect the safety of the Suez Canal.

The spectacle is certainly well spoken, but how to maintain this vital lifeline to Europe, of course, is to buy British weapons and become a military power in the Arab world to live up to this expectation.

With a big stick in his hand and a smile on his face is the essence of the Foreign Secretary’s visit, of course, can also be described as kneeling and waving his fist, after all, the UK’s domestic military industry is in need of support, very much in need of support from the countries within the traditional sphere of influence.

Several countries have their own priorities, Oman and Yemen are not yet officially independent, and the Jordanian army is itself armed by the UK.

What can be counted on is that Egypt, as well as Iraq and Kuwait, have different priorities for different countries. In Egypt the push is for ground armed equipment, in Iraq it’s the air force, and in Kuwait it’s land aviation represented by Tiger helicopter gunships.

With the premise of pulling the stomp on Israel’s political correctness, supplemented by the dream of leading countries in the Arab world, the way Pamela Mountbatten wields the ability to kick back money, and other factors, this was a very successful trip for Rabob Butler.

Brought back orders for two thousand five hundred Chieftain tanks and three hundred and fifty fighter planes and returned to loyal London. When the news came, the entire British military-industrial complex cheered.

“Together with the orders from India, I don’t think our companies will have to worry about not having enough to eat anytime soon.” Alan Wilson, who had rushed to welcome his wife back home, was very attentive, and he knew that this time his wife had worked hard, “How many kickbacks did you give?”

“Iraq, Kuwait, Egypt, Oman and Jordan, twenty million pounds.” Pamela Mountbatten had a reminiscent look on her face, “Yemen has no room to negotiate now. The government is giving up on Yemen?”

“There is that idea. It’s being planned, there’s no rush, do we need to talk about it for two years?” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders and showed a relaxed look, “If the issue of the military base in Aden can’t be negotiated, using Socotra Island as a base for offshore balance is also an option.”

Socotra Island its location is about three hundred and fifty kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula, east of the Horn of Africa, where the Arabian Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. The archipelago consists of four islands, the archipelago covers an area of three thousand six hundred and fifty square kilometers and the main island covers an area of three thousand six hundred square kilometers.

The island has been isolated from the continental plate for eighteen million years, and the long period of geographical isolation has produced many endemic plants and animals.

The conditions on Socotra were such that it had the potential to become an offshore balance of power base under British rule. After all, it was once under the jurisdiction of British India, and has long been used as a military base, along with Aden, to control the situation in Yemen.

The conditions are a bit harsh, but the location is great, so it serves as a second choice after Yemen’s independence.

“I knew it would be like this.” Pamela Mountbatten glanced at her husband and followed him home with her child, “I’ve been busy lately, nothing’s bothering you.”

“Actually there is, India has gone to the UN over Portugal setting up minefields in Goa.” Alan Wilson sighed and hugged his young son Arnold as he replied, “The vast majority of European countries, including the United States, are on Portugal’s side because India’s claim to sovereignty over Goa is unjustified and can be seen as a potential invasion.”

Pamela Mountbatten nodded, but knowing that the matter would certainly not end there, continued to make a listening gesture.

“But the Soviet Union has vigorously attacked Portuguese colonization at the United Nations, and this has made the Indians very grateful in their hearts. Relations between the two countries are warming up.” Alan Wilson said with some bitterness, “Britain is in the middle will be very difficult to do, I have already informed the ambassador to the United Nations to abstain from voting, it can be predicted that in order to the military sales order of the table, will inevitably make the Foreign Office to Saracha to explain.”

There are times when it’s not as if the UK has to contradict itself, but that’s just the way things are, a matter of both wants and needs.

Latter-day United States also ran into this problem, right to counterbalance Russia, it is necessary to express goodwill to Iran, and Iran is the main supporter of the Houthi armed forces, the release of goodwill to Iran, is not to treat Saudi Arabia as a person, not to treat Saudi Arabia as a person, the Sunnis have no goodwill towards the United States.

The latter-day Saudi Arabia and the current Saudi Arabia is a weak chicken, but in the Arab world military powers have fallen, Saudi Arabia by virtue of oil revenues, has been sitting on the Arab world leader for a long time, is not really can be taken casually.

Now the United Kingdom is in this position, standing on the side of India, Portugal’s Land Rover car production line program to be or not, if firmly on the side of Portugal, before the military sales orders may be affected.

Fortunately, Britain is no longer the world’s hegemony, since it is not the world’s hegemony, abstaining from voting is not a good idea?

“Diplomacy is no small matter.” Pamela Mountbatten also can not help but sigh, time is not long the two returned home, not seen for a long time is missed, this year for the female president of the harvest is quite rich, before the generous 20 million pounds of rebates.

But this is still far from enough, Pamela Mountbatten and the UK’s first manned spaceflight experts, in-depth discussion of the future.

“You’re Turing? The Cabinet Secretary is going to recommend you as the president of the Royal Interplanetary Society?” Princess Margaret pinched her waist and looked up and down as if viewing, “Leading the semiconductor industry now?”

“Your Honorable Princess, it’s me?” Turing had a puzzled look on his face, wondering what the other party was up to? In fact this meeting was all rather out of his expectation.

“You’re so old, don’t you think about marriage?” Princess Margaret scrutinized for a moment and inquired suspiciously, “How is it that you’re also an exceptional scientist, ready to live with research for the rest of your life?”

Every other day, facing Turing’s complaint, Alan Wilson was like England facing the dispute between Portugal and Goa, India; he wanted to say something, but it seemed as if it would be better to say it than not to say it, and was very troubled.

“The princess does not aspire to marriage either, it’s just that the pressure of the royal family is objective.” Alan Wilson stuttered and opened his mouth. The Cabinet Secretary General even wanted to ask the first two supreme authorities for a surprise refresher course in discourse.

For the sake of rescuing Turing in the first place, could you take over for the Cabinet Secretary General?