Chapter 1286 – Diverting Attention

“Isn’t your British shipbuilding industry very strong?” Bokina gave a bad smile, “So good at what you do that you would concede? Not like the you I know at all.”

“It’s not like shipbuilding and submarines are the same thing. And you can’t even imagine.” Alan Wilson shook his head and laughed bitterly, the good thing now was that Aiden was only talking about being on par with the US in nuclear submarines, not the USSR, but in reality it was the same, Britain couldn’t catch up with either of the US or the USSR.

The United States and the Soviet Union two countries naval focus is different, the United States is the traditional big navy, the Soviet Union Red Navy because of the difficulty of catching up, focusing on underwater, not counting conventional submarines, the Soviet Union in the peak of a total of more than two hundred nuclear submarines in service, the United States is not far behind, built more than one hundred and ninety nuclear submarines, and the United States exceeded the point is that, at the same time in service is not much, while building a side of the retired, so the same time period in the number of disadvantages.

There is also the fact that the Soviet Union’s more than two hundred nuclear submarines are not all the underwater power of the Soviet Red Navy, the U.S. Navy does not have conventional submarines, but the Soviet Union has conventional submarines.

Aidan spoke at this time, the Soviet Union Red Navy has more than two hundred conventional submarines in service, Alan Wilson remembered the Soviet Union has a conventional submarine class just started to set the construction program is five hundred and sixty, of course, later technologically backward canceled.

Even if it is to catch up with the United States, Britain can not catch up, the United States of America’s sturgeon-class attack nuclear submarine twelve years to build thirty-seven, now have started, how to follow the United Kingdom?

In the heart of Alan Wilson has been prepared, if the U.S. ambassador in London asked the prime minister, he betrayed the prime minister, bragging about it, do not take it seriously.

Britain can keep twenty or thirty nuclear submarines in service, hold up the shelf of Britain’s status as a world power on the line, there is no need to compare with the United States and the Soviet Union, those two crazy.

“Well, just pretend I didn’t ask, but I also heard that the Mountbatten Pharmaceutical Group is in a lawsuit against the Japanese?” Bokina was curious about that one, “Did the Japanese copy your wife’s product?”

“The Ma Ying Long ointment.” Alan Wilson happened to know about this and said vaguely, “Don’t worry, the Japanese can’t win. She has the agency rights of the Chinese government in her hands. The ointment is just one example, in fact everything on the market that has a Chinese origin is in Pamela’s hands, as well as traditional medicines from India and the Middle East, she’s got them all.”

“Ah the colonial empire, that’s a powerful point.” Bokina sighed, “Even in areas like this that the average person wouldn’t think of, you guys are able to dig out the value. If the Japanese lose the lawsuit?”

“Wait for the royalties.” Alan Wilson smiled coldly, “I’ll send people to collect royalties in East and Southeast Asian countries, after all, British companies are the agents of these traditional medicines.”

Japan and South Korea that can’t run away, money problems, don’t use that kind of macro-narrative, what the unity of the free world, it’s useless in his case, Mountbatten is such a big enterprise, if it can’t protect the agent’s products, how can it get a foothold in the business world in the future?

Patents are not in line with the values of socialist countries, Allen Wilson can understand, the exploitation of patent barriers well, this is all learned from the Soviets. But he is not Chinese, he is an Englishman in the free world territory to collect patent fees, is it still a mistake?

East Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, these traditional medicines, a year also tens of millions of pounds of profit it can build a ship avant-garde, Pamela Mountbatten did not generous enough to turn a blind eye to the point.

Alan Wilson just sent Burgess to carry out cultural exchanges, the same time Pamela Mountbatten is fighting a patent lawsuit with the Japanese pharmaceutical companies, it is normal to make money, not shabby.

As long as necessary, Allen Wilson can sanction a cat or a tree in the Soviet Union, but definitely not banning Soviet oil exports.

The arrival of the ambassador to the United Kingdom, later than Allen Wilson expected, the face of about close allies hope that the British nuclear forces may wish to say in a clearer, Allen Wilson decisive, “my friend, our Prime Minister is seventy years old. It’s all justifiable to say something to keep Britain’s position happy for its citizens, but as for the rest? All I can say is that there is difficulty in practicing it.”

“Washington has always considered Sir Alan to be the defender of the special relationship between Britain and the United States, Honorable Sir, the special relationship between Britain and the United States, needs your maintenance.” Donald took the opportunity to pull the strings, “I have to say that some of the Prime Minister’s comments have really created unnecessary misunderstandings. And of course we all agree that Britain is an important force in stabilizing the world situation.”

“I’m glad Washington would think so.” Alan Wilson responded with a smile, “Washington’s attitude is at the core of Britain’s diplomacy, we have no doubt about that. To be honest, there is a volume gap between Britain and the United States, and Britain has accepted the reality of the current world order and believes that the current order is favorable to Britain’s development. As for the matter of the EEC, it will also try to take care of the interests of the United States, after all, we can’t go all the way with France.”

With a population of only 50 million on the mainland, Britain can’t do much to get back to the top, even now that it has gotten rid of its financial problems.

Because British India has become independent, no are not responsible for the cannon fodder and opponents to the end of the confrontation, Malaya in the population and India can not be compared to some parts of British India can not take the responsibility.

This is the most sincere truth, in order to reassure the Americans, Allen Wilson also made a bitter look complained, “Where else can we find accept British command, and do not have to be responsible for the sea of population?”

“Sir Allen, we all understand that that time has passed.” Donald pretended to be comforting, stating that there was no mistrust between Britain and the United States, and that he had only come over to expound on the fact that the United States wished for Britain to maintain a certain level of transparency, and in no way had any other intention.

“I understand!” Alan Wilson thought to himself, “You think I’m talking about Britain? I’m actually talking about the United States in the twenty-first century, where the book population and the actual population don’t match.

There are tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and since they are illegal, they naturally have no citizenship and are immigrants who only work without rights.

This is an expendable population that does not have to be held accountable, and the United States needs these illegal immigrants to take out the garbage and clean the toilets.

So understand the king deport these illegal immigrants in being secretly tripped. However, the existence of such a large-scale illegal immigrants, of course, will hurt the United States, but the U.S. government has not been able to care so much, are using citizens to work, the U.S. has been very stretched finances, will certainly add to the problem.

The US still hasn’t found an India that is as good as its arm in the end, but the US has turned itself into India.

But this some volume theory, indeed enough to let the Americans at ease, do not look at the Americans always say how many more years, according to the current growth of what Germany, Japan is going to overtake the United States. This is all in the face of red heart lying, really have the ability to surpass the United States, is the treatment of the Soviet Union.

If it is the same electoral system countries, will let the other side taste the EU treatment, said you can surpass the reason, is that you simply can not surpass.

Aiden’s momentary temperament not only required an explanation from Alan Wilson and the Americans, but was also seized upon by the Labor Party to make accusations against the Conservative Cabinet, and as for the accusations, one of the excuses was pretty much the same as Alan Wilson’s explanation of the U.S., which was the disparity in the size of the country.

Harold Wilson talked about the impracticality of Aidan’s British nuclear forces, especially this one about the number of nuclear submarines, when he was at the Labour rally. Britain can’t catch up, and forcing it to do so will only put precious wealth into a meaningless arms race, and is destined to be the loser.

The prime minister’s private secretary Brexit came to the cabinet secretary’s office, also talked about the contradiction between Aidan and the opposition party on this matter, for the British nuclear force elaboration, this time Aidan is considered negligent, did not expect to cause such a big storm, “Yemen’s round table negotiations, the prime minister has already made preparations.”

“Then I will immediately notify the local national leaders.” Alan Wilson knew on hearing it that Aiden wanted to use the Yemeni independence conference to show that Britain was not first to revert to the old path of world hegemony, “Is there a big voice on the Labor Party side? I mean, questioning voices.”

“Not small indeed, there are already calls for the Prime Minister to step down.” Brexit let out a cry, “Labour supporters believe that it will turn Britain into what it was before the war.”

“Our Prime Minister, after all, is a Prime Minister who came through the glory days. It may not be too easy to accept the current newness.” Alan Wilson nodded and said.

Aiden became Foreign Secretary at the age of thirty-eight, at that time the world leader was still Britain, the United States was still suppressed in North America, although secretly Britain and the United States agreed that the protagonists of the next war might be each other, but ultimately, the surface was still a passable one.

Aidan can hide the Suez Canal War from the United States, shouting a couple of British nuclear submarines to be against the United States, are not anything too out of the ordinary. But shouting it out in public and now getting slammed by Labor for catching it? How is that better than starting a war and getting hit head on by the US?

Whitehall was busy again, preparing for the round table on Yemeni independence, and soon the local Yemeni national leaders, briefed by the Persian Gulf commissioner, learned of the big news.

The reason why current Yemen is prioritized on independence is because North Yemen has emerged in a clash of armed forces of various factions, effectively heading towards civil war. The Free Officers Organization launched an armed revolution to overthrow the feudal dynasty in one fell swoop. That night, the revolutionary forces stormed the royal palace and captured a number of key locations in the capital, Sana’a.

Originally, historically this revolution was supported by Nasser, but now instead of Nasser supporting it, it became Nasser initiating it.

Alan Wilson had heard of this organization of free officers who had been looking for trouble a few times, but he did not know that Nasser was in Yemen and the other side had not exposed itself. At this time the forces invited by Britain, which also included representatives of the Free Officers Organization, came together to discuss the future of Yemen, and the other side did not refuse.