Chapter 1256 – Personnel Transfers

Numerous Cabinet Ministers spoke up, expounding on a number of major issues, including the domestic and foreign affairs of the current government.

Alan Wilson’s role is much simpler, counting what the military sales money can do in Whitehall. Australia has been selling mines for so many years, it is really generous, simply not below the latter-day Saudi Arabia.

Four hundred million pounds converted into U.S. dollars, that is more than one billion, four hundred million pounds is also now one-fifth of the British military spending, the absolute military sales of large single. Even if it can not enhance, at least is also consolidated the support rate of the Conservative Party, the Conservative Party in the House of Commons to focus on propaganda, it makes sense.

In fact, the most crucial thing is that the United Kingdom is really willing to sell, not like the United States dare not put the latest weapons system out for sale, this kind of weapons system refers not to the small things, but the big things.

At the same time as the next House of Commons questioning was over, the three carrier battle groups that had been deployed as planned had begun to depart, and would be subsumed into the operational sequence of the Royal Pacific Fleet. As a central force to contain Indonesia’s unrealistic ideas about Australia, this was certainly not true, but Australia would feel valued in saying so.

Makins arrived at one of the apartments, he wondered what Alan Wilson had asked him to do, in fact what could it be? Nothing more than a personnel job transfer issue.

“When did you purchase property here?” Makins looked around as if he had discovered a new world, commenting on the furnishings of the room, just not realizing that the property didn’t look like it was inhabited.

“Don’t be ridiculous, how can a two-sleeved socialite like me have the money to buy a property, don’t you know how poor I am? How many orphans and disabled people have I sponsored? A little allowance was also donated to the Paleontological Association, Semiconductor Research Institute.” Alan Wilson spread his hands out, the thank you letters he received could cover the wall.

“Huh.” Makins expressed his true thoughts with this laugh, “I really don’t understand, the, penniless life of Britain’s richest husband. What is it that calls me?”

“Sir Coster, Permanent Under Secretary of Defense, is about to complete a distinguished career in the civil service, and is looking for a place to make a difference.” Alan Wilson sat down, poured Makins a glass of whisky and said, “Sir Coster’s Whitehall career has been great and marvelous, do you know what that means?”

“It means, Professor Emeritus, Life Member of the Club, Director of an old shipyard, Honorary Advisor to an arms company.” Makins said with a bored tone, “It’s all routine now.”

“You don’t want to take over as permanent undersecretary of defense?” Taking a sip of whisky, Alan Wilson eyed Lord Sheffield with an I-look-at-you look and said.

This was out of Makins’ expectation, “Of course I would like to be the permanent undersecretary, but I’m not familiar with the Ministry of Defense.”

“There has to be a start to what, Sir Hanson, the Permanent Undersecretary of the Home Office, is still a long way from retirement age. The Home Office, like the Foreign Office and the Treasury, is one of those positions that doesn’t move very well. The Foreign Office is a little more manageable, but don’t you know that the Treasury and the Home Office, for Whitehall, are often the fountainheads of rebellion against authority?”

Alan Wilson hadn’t made any radical changes to the civil service since taking over as Cabinet Secretary – he was under forty himself, and still had plenty of time for a career of supreme authority.

But he would be remiss to turn a blind eye to the revolving door of the permanent undersecretary of defense, the three traditional ministries being the Treasury, the Home Office, and the Foreign Office, which had a brief moment of glory because of Prime Minister Aidan’s personal preferences, but which would have been inferior to the Treasury and the Home Office if not for Aidan’s presidency.

If there is any other department outside of the big three that is considered high powered, it is the Ministry of Defense.

Defense Minister Profumo, after the Soviet espionage case that has been their own people, but Field Marshal Mountbatten is looking at the age of retirement, Alan Wilson naturally believe that his father-in-law made good arrangements, but he also has to have his own arrangements, the position of the Minister is more dependent on the election, these elections each so close, Profumo is not solid, the election was defeated and replaced.

Then some foreigners in the eyes of the permanent undersecretary, Whitehall in the eyes of the permanent undersecretary is extremely important, and now Coste and his own want to retire, Alan Wilson hopes that Makins will be able to top.

“Wow, if the Cabinet Secretary trusts me, naturally I should do my best. But Trent’s side?” Makins made a wink, the significance of which was self-evident.

“I have great respect for Leonard, and he has a wide range of contacts as the Deputy Secretary General of the Cabinet. I’ll talk it over with him, though I don’t even have to.” Alan Wilson smiled and said, “The key is you, my Sir, if you are able to open up a situation in the Ministry of Defense, you will naturally convince others.”

Since Makins had already made preparations, the rest was naturally left to Alan Wilson, who was going to invite Sir Coster, who was about to step towards the revolving door, for a relaxed and pleasant meeting.

Sir Coster was delighted when Alan Wilson invited him to dinner at his house in the evening. Alan Wilson makes up his mind that as long as he is in London, he is going to win this power game.

Sir Colster knew very well that this meant getting even closer to Alan Wilson.

And he found that the loyalty of the other aides to this Cabinet Secretary was more impressive than their analytical skills, and he felt that, as the conversation progressed, he gradually gained Allen Wilson’s confidence. Sir Colster, too, could already see Allen Wilson’s position growing stronger in Whitehall.

At this time of Alan Wilson, has just been Norman Brooke help up when completely different, raised his hands and feet, just like the supreme authority, and this supreme authority he still has plenty of time.

Alan Wilson asked Sir Coster some short questions and they were not only related to the Middle East but also to South East Asia.

“If you don’t mind, in addition to proposing that Makins take over as Permanent Undersecretary of Defense, I have a request for Sir.” Alan Wilson’s voice was not loud and he seemed a little embarrassed.

“The Secretary General can be straightforward, I’ll be retiring soon and I don’t know what else I can do to help.” Sir Coster agreed in a single breath, he thought that this was a favor that the Cabinet Secretary owed to himself, and that there would definitely be a return in the future.

The payback was definitely there, Alan Wilson was drafting an analysis of the man behind the Indonesian discoloration for handing over to the American side through the Five Eyes Coalition as a litmus test for their allies. Someone professional and widely recognized was needed to add to its authority, and no one was more authoritative than the Permanent Undersecretary of Defense.

“Can the Secretary General give me a framework?” Sir Koster knew at first glance that this was a way for him to contribute a wave of residual energy before he retired.

Indeed, in fact, according to Alan Wilson’s earlier planning, after the intervention of Indonesian affairs, it was the Malayan High Commissioner Richard who ended up taking the blame, as a scapegoat for Indonesia’s discoloration.

But the Soviet Union a vigorously out of the miracle to disrupt this idea, Britain was not at all ready, Indonesia changed color, although there are nine of the country’s pillars of life and death is not known, but in fact to talk about no loss.

After these days of consideration, Alan Wilson felt that remodeling the root cause of Indonesia’s discoloration became extremely important, since Sir Koster asked, he had nothing to hide, “To emphasize the important role of China and the Soviet Union in this matter of Indonesia, remember, at least to make the two countries equal status.”

Alan Wilson knew in his heart that this matter had nothing to do with a major country, but in the British perspective, it is not okay.

Public opinion in Europe and the United States after the Korean War was that the image of a certain great power was similar to that of Russia after the Ukrainian War, just short of the Sleeping King naming an international pariah. Population explosion, militarism, and that impression deepened after beating India up.

The dick of a camp tends to be more impulsive, and right now a certain major power fits that mold, so how can it be okay, it has to be at least one of the people behind it.

This investigation report is going to be analyzed together with the United States. Alan Wilson actually knows that there is actually no need for him to do anything, the Americans themselves will look for trouble, he is just in a special relationship between Britain and the United States, to give the United States to come a little bit of evidence, so that the Americans are more daring to think and do.

“Understood, Secretary General.” Sir Coste had understood the meaning of the Supreme Authority, he didn’t feel wrong, did Britain need evidence to want to plant a country? There was no need for it at all! Not to mention it was just the analysis report, and after he left he began to play his last remaining role as Permanent Undersecretary of Defense.

He sent Alan Wilson a draft of the discussion for the peerless authority to evaluate, revise, and then send another copy. At the Ministry of Defense meeting, he made a point of referring to the framework provided by Alan Wilson as the core of the discussion, although it was not all plain sailing and there were still many skeptical voices.

These officials attempted, unsuccessfully, to sideline the Permanent Under-Secretary, whose Whitehall career was counting down, from several important meetings to put an end to this bullshit discussion.

In Sir Coster’s opinion, these are good signs. If this game was about getting real in officialdom, then he was willing to play along, and he didn’t have much time left to be a social utility anyway.

Sir Kost was no humbug of a country bumpkin. He had given his enemies a hard time on the battlefield, and he would give his opponents a hard time in the Defense Department as well. And it wasn’t just competition or a thirst for power that drove him to these thoughts; he was all but retiring, and was simply using his last hours to complete the setup of supreme authority.

It was a matter of principle. The Prime Minister was more concerned with the security of the community than the security of the nation, while Alan Wilson was fighting a righteous battle here, a battle worth taking on with all your heart.

Sir Coster eventually brought back a logical investigation that the discoloration of Indonesia was the result of cooperation between the two great powers of the Soviet bloc, a conclusion that moved Alan Wilson.