Chapter 1295 – Mountbatten’s Retirement

As for how Egypt changed from a monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, this is something Allen Wilson cannot do on his behalf, but shifting the focus is something he is no stranger to, involving people’s livelihoods without touching the fundamentals, there are in fact a lot of things that can be done, which can be used to temporarily paralyze the Egyptian people’s outlook.

Simply put it was to think from the health issue, eliminating infectious diseases such as malaria could be used to stabilize the royal family, when the ruler of this country cared about the bottom through such means, things would become easy.

“Until then, it may take some data to make a series of diseases sound serious, but I’m sure that won’t be a problem for Egypt.” Alan Wilson thought of this, “Some of the medicines are too expensive to import if they are too expensive, I would suggest that the Queen find out about the situation over in India.”

There was a large generic drug business within India, and of course this business was related to himself, a business that Pamela Mountbatten had placed in India to contribute to the health of the people of the subcontinent.

India this country has a characteristic, that is, only eat not spit, know well the mystery of closing the door, what Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea are in India to cut leeks under the scythe has suffered losses, of course, a certain big country is no exception.

Allen Wilson is afraid to put good things in India, but generic drugs are an exception, Britain also needs the diversity of the subcontinent for drug experiments.

In terms of the current situation in the Arab world, Egypt’s transformation into a constitutional monarchy has been a very big step forward, why Nasser is renowned in the Arab world, in addition to the addition of Arab nationalism, there is also the credit for pulling Egypt from a monarchy to a republic, do not care what happened to Egypt later on, Nasser’s era this is a remarkable progress.

At the same time, other Arab countries are still in the state of the royal family, Arab monarchies, generally from the seventies before the beginning of political reform, not to mention them, Iran’s Pahlavi also from the seventies before the reform, Alan Wilson remember correctly, it should be 1976, and then was overthrown.

At this time, Egypt to carry out change, do not care how the final change, but also in the Arab world in front, should be able to calm a lot of dissatisfaction of the Egyptians.

Of course Alan Wilson’s assurances that Britain would absolutely be there to help in the event of anti-government behavior in Egypt instigated by extraterritorial forces would be a half-truth. First of all Aidan didn’t know about it at all, and even if he did, he might end up being indifferent, and even if he wasn’t indifferent, it might be too late to intervene.

The two queens were open to a constitutional monarchy, and both of them were women anyway, so as long as they could keep their status and treatment, they weren’t that attached to the monarchy.

Alan Wilson, who was running for his country, was running up and down for the future of Egypt, and Jala Khan was laughing and joking with his brothers of one religion for the future of Pakistan. It is no secret that Pakistan has the support of the entire pacifist world.

Don’t think that India’s hostile relationship with Pakistan won’t affect the relationship with the world of the religion of peace, the fact is that Pakistan’s relationship with the Arab world is far, far older, with origins that go back even before the partition of India and Pakistan.

Pakistan has just been established, there is a Saudi Arabia to Pakistan’s treatment, for example, Southeast Asian pacifists, to go to Mecca pilgrimage, you can directly find the Pakistani embassy to open a certificate, as long as Pakistan opened, they will be able to make the trip.

Pakistan’s armaments to find Saudi reimbursement, but also very early on, the current Pakistan Air Force is Saudi Arabia to pay for the establishment. Of course this is not to forget Iran, Pakistan and Iran in this era also have good relations, Iran is comparing with Saudi Arabia to see who can benefit more.

Pakistan has Pakistan’s business, he has his business, and the King of Morocco, Moulay Hassan II, naturally unaware of the proliferation of Greater Moroccanism within Morocco, and the connection to a certain offshore balancing act, is still inquiring about the future of Cesar Raha.

“Sooner or later the era of colonialism will pass, and I’m sure General Franco understands that. But the Moroccans may not need to be in such a hurry.” Allen Wilson, the biggest colonizer, mouthed that the era of colonialism will surely pass, stating that Morocco’s future is still optimistic, “Actually, for France, neither we nor Washington are very happy. We’re just not willing to tear ourselves away from the French. We’re also happy that Morocco has its own determination to be independent and autonomous.”

Morocco was, after all, a traditional North African power, with a much more brilliant history than Algeria, except that Algeria had fought a war of independence to stiffen its backside in his mind’s eye in his previous life. Now with French rule over Algeria firmly in place, the fear of a colonial comeback switched to Morocco.

Algeria became part of France, and Morocco became the Algeria of a previous life, and it had to be said that the international situation was just so fickle.

“I have just managed to get the two countries to sign a ceasefire agreement and the Indians are saying that Kashmir is an integral part of India.” Foreign Secretary Rabo Butler, grumbled in front of Aiden.

Even Aiden’s face did not look good, mediating the conflict between India and Pakistan was something that Aiden was extremely concerned about, and it could also be used as a way to prove that Britain still maintains its influence over South Asia.

India’s move can be said to be quite do not give face to Britain, but also let him, the prime minister swore to mediate, turned into a joke.

The problem is that Aidan was still in the House of Commons when he was full of confidence to the opposition party, talking about how Britain will definitely be able to mediate successfully, and now Aidan can already imagine how the Labor Party is going to laugh at him the next time he goes to the House of Commons. Such is the downside of diplomacy, if it were twenty years ago, Aidan would have made India pay for such behavior, but now?

Times have changed, the British card doesn’t seem to work so well anymore, and there doesn’t seem to be much that Britain can do about this kind of Indian behavior.

Alan Wilson, who happened to return to London, learned of the Prime Minister’s disgrace, and he understood that Britain could not really do anything about India from a position of strength. Thinking about it, Allen Wilson still did not inform the Prime Minister about the oil embargo, as if he was lighting fires everywhere when the Prime Minister was struggling to mediate, it would damage the relationship between Whitehall and the Cabinet.

And he has even more important things on his mind; Field Marshal Mountbatten has submitted his retirement report and is ready to end his military career. Obviously this matter was more important than some Indo-Pakistani conflict.

“It’s still come to this day!” Alan Wilson had a heavy face, and did not hide his disappointment at all in front of Pamela Mountbatten, “Although it is said that there will not be any major changes, but in the future, when dealing with the military, it will not be so easy to write.”

Pamela Mountbatten had thought that her husband understood her father’s hard work, but the more she heard, the less flavorful it was, and she couldn’t help but pinch the man’s arm, “You know to think about yourself, do you know how hard my father works every day? You think he’s you, working until two in the afternoon every day when he was in Kuala Lumpur.”

With a job and lifestyle like Mountbatten’s, even someone much younger than him would be exhausted. Mountbatten had a very consistent work week, leaving his residence at 9 a.m. and arriving at the office at 10:30 a.m. on Mondays. By 1:30 a.m. the following morning, he was working all the time except for meals. At three o’clock in the morning he had to start work again until five o’clock in the morning. Rests until nine o’clock and gets up again to work. Dinner is served at home and then he works until eleven o’clock at night. On the third day, he starts working at five o’clock. That night there was a formal banquet, and after the banquet he worked until three o’clock in the morning.

On Thursday, an admiral came to join him at nine o’clock for a working dinner. He took a short break for lunch and then worked until 3:00 a.m. He didn’t leave except to eat something. He never left the office except to eat something. Even on holidays he spent an average of five or six hours a day reviewing papers.

“There is something wrong with the Marshal’s working methods, and I actually work long hours, and this trip to Egypt is not as easy as it seems.” Allen Wilson honestly said that this was all because he restrained what was in his mind and didn’t have any prying eyes on the two queens of the palace, or else he would have been even more fatigued.

Alan Wilson did not deny that the retention of Field Marshal Mountbatten to lead the British defense force, if he denied that would be a lie, but Mountbatten himself did not want to do it, he would not force his father-in-law to continue the ninety-nine-six.

“You are merely making my father a better steward of the army and wishing to put it on a leash.” Pamela Mountbatten spoke up, “My father will be retiring soon. You think no one else can do this?”

“My dear, you misunderstand. I run Whitehall as well as I can do to exert influence over the military. It’s not always the owner who holds the rope, but it’s always the one who throws the food. I say how much the army wants to spend on the military, and you say how much the families of those generals want to live comfortably. It doesn’t have to be the marshal who does the work for them, so if the marshal wants to enjoy his retirement, I’m not against it.”

Perhaps the analogy wasn’t quite right, but it was true, and Pamela Mountbatten, upon careful consideration, recognized the truth in her husband’s words. Mountbatten was entering the forty-ninth year of his military career and it was time for a break.

On June 30th, Prime Minister Aidan approved Field Marshal Mountbatten’s application for retirement and also gave Allen Wilson a day’s leave of absence in consideration of Mountbatten’s meritorious service.

In the evening, he then took the family and followed Mountbatten to Buckingham Palace, where Mountbatten was about to style an audience with his niece-in-law, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. When he arrived in the meeting room at Buckingham Palace, he was greeted by the Queen, who said she had something to present to him, and the conferral process was done by the Queen herself, who wore the medal on Mountbatten’s chest.

“There aren’t many people in the whole of England who have that.” Alan Wilson, who applauded, inclined his head and whispered to Pamela Mountbatten.

“That I can’t deny.” Pamela Mountbatten smiled like a flower, clearly also pleased that her father was treated so well.