Chapter 1372 – Britain and America are not the same

It was only a matter of time before the Suez Canal was returned to Egypt, successive administrations had known it was coming sooner or later, they just didn’t want it to be in the middle of their own tenure, but the Aswan Dam was completed right in the middle of Harold Wilson’s tenure, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

“Stir up public opinion and pay attention to a few things.” At the critical moment, Alan Wilson still trusts the family, and when it’s time to shell out money, let his wife pay attention to a number of issues.

This is also a kind of warm-up for the Egyptian Prince Munam before his arrival, the Egyptian side will not need to warm up, it’s almost hot.

This warm-up and a number of acute problems, caused by the British citizens of a wide range of concerns, after all, the election has just ended, the key to the political heat is still there.

The Conservative Party expressed a strong attitude toward the Suez Canal issue during the election, and the gap narrowed from nearly 100 seats to more than 30 seats from the election results, which should also be useful, right? It’s anybody’s guess.

The so-called several sharp issues are just from the ownership of the Suez Canal to the question of whether the prime minister is a Soviet spy? The suspicions of so few specific groups.

A few days later, Alan Wilson entered the bbc studio for an interview with one of the few latter-day media outlets that can make a major power and a reputable power jointly hostile.

“As we all know, Britain is now finding its place in today’s world, and today we have Sir Alan Wilson, the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office, to talk about the big issues that are of concern to all of the citizens of the glorious United Kingdom.” Host Ludwig reaches out and makes an inviting gesture to the camera, “When it comes to Sir Wilson, people may think of him as an old man who doesn’t smile, but the actual image may be surprising to all.”

“Sometimes I wonder if you in the media can experience the love the rest of us have for Britain. We love him and are proud of him.” Alan Wilson replied unperturbed.

“There have been many issues lately that have left citizens in a state of confusion and seemingly unable to see where the future lies. Sir!”

Ludwig smiled and said, “I believe that Sir is certainly aware of these issues, which are not lacking in very sharp issues, such as some that can be classified as rumors among the category. Certain remarks about the Prime Minister, for example. And whether England should fight for her rightful interest in the Suez Canal.”

“The latter question is probably in the nature of duty, and I cannot elaborate too much on it, as Prince Mounam is now in the midst of close consultation with the Government.” Alan Wilson was careful to say, “Of course I will answer all questions truly with the utmost sincerity and in a language understood by the public.”

“That’s very much appreciated. As an authoritative media outlet, the bbc will not bow down to the government, and the questions may be pointed.” Ludwig held out a wad of paper, clearly prepared.

Alan Wilson wasn’t too nervous, he was sure that his wife had stuffed the trouser pockets of the bbc executives with pounds, and even if there were some pointed questions he wouldn’t have much problem coping with them.

Citizens always need a vent at a given time so that they can release the pressure in their minds, and even if it’s a favour, citizens want to know why it’s a favour.

In fact most British citizens understand that this time Egypt will probably get what it wants, to recover the Suez Canal, but the civil key political self-congratulation, where the official explanation of the depth of the people’s hearts.

No doubt the bbc ratings will be guaranteed on this day as it’s all about heavy hitting questions like asking Alan Wilson what he thinks of the rumors that the Prime Minister is a Soviet spy.

“Britain’s democratic system ensures that any group of people can say what’s on their mind, and I’m sure more outrageous statements are not unknown.” Alan Wilson began by defining such comments as the idle chatter of some modestly sized group. Then said, “But that’s what’s so valuable about a democracy, and we certainly recognize that it’s not entirely without faults, and that a lot of it needs to be improved, and this kind of speech? it’s certainly possible to say it ……”

Chanting some praises for our British system, Alan Wilson returned to the essence of the problem, not excluding some foreign forces on the Prime Minister’s attack. As to who exactly the so-called foreign forces were referring to, Alan Wilson left it unanswered.

As for the more important issue of the Suez Canal, Alan Wilson heard the host talk about some citizens want Britain to come up with a tough attitude to solve, then slightly shook his head, “There is an example to learn from, is still being controlled by the United States of America’s Panama Canal, we will be the Canal Zone isolation, molded into a country within a country. But I’ll be honest, the Suez Canal has a complexity that the Panama Canal doesn’t have, although the Panama Canal is important as well.”

“There is no country that can reach out to the Americas to force Panama to reclaim sovereignty over the canal, and the Soviet Union couldn’t do that. But the Suez Canal involves a lot of countries, and the eyes of the Arab world, Europe and Asia, and all the countries along the route from Ireland to the Far East, are fixed on this golden waterway.”

“It’s not that we’re delaying in not giving the canal back to Egypt either, but the form of security around Egypt is not clear, and it’s important to realize that Egypt and Israel are in dispute, in the event of a war. Once the canal is affected, this is by no means the United Kingdom a country affected, but the whole of Europe to recover affected, the United Kingdom as the leader of Europe, when the time comes, may be blamed by the countries, so one of the factors in our negotiations with Egypt, is whether Egypt can guarantee that the Suez Canal can be maintained in a state of security, even if Egypt has been plunged into the war. That was a focal point of the negotiations.”

“Of course we all know that Egypt is the leader of the Arab world, and this concern is not a questioning of Egypt’s ability, but it’s a very legitimate concern; after all, anything can happen when war breaks out.”

First, he did not hesitate to use the Panama Canal to pull a stomp on the United States, indicating that Britain was considered very conscientious and willing to discuss the issue, and then he reasonably expressed the importance of the Suez Canal to Europe and even the entire Eurasian continent, Alan Wilson’s sincere remarks, unlike many Whitehall officials who were interviewed, made people feel good.

At the Soviet Embassy in London, Alexeyev stared expressionlessly at the television as Ambassador Victor pushed his way in and saw the scene as well, chuckling softly, “The Brits are clearly not wanting to leave on their own, but they’re saying something about doing it for the sake of Europe, and in the realm of diplomacy anyway, we’ve got to do Egypt justice on this one.”

“Well, yes.” Aliksheyev’s face clouded at the sound of this, and he nodded vaguely, “Out of morality, we naturally have no problem supporting sovereign nations in reclaiming what is theirs.”

Although this both want and want interview is very uncomfortable, but Alexeev is not good to open his mouth to blame something, there is always some reason.

At the round table that was organized, Prince Munam of Egypt was arguing his case, refuting the doubts that had come out of the mouth of Foreign Minister Patrick Gordon-Walker about the possibility of guaranteeing the security of the Suez Canal.

In fact, the main point is that Britain wants to make it clear in the handover treaty that in the event of an attack on Egypt, Britain is obliged to protect the Suez Canal in case Egypt asks for help.

At the same time Egypt had to promise not to allow any country to enter the Suez Canal after the British troops had left. The latter of course was no problem, the former was a big problem.

Now, on the other hand, it was time to see how much of Britain’s strength was still preserved, and if its own strength was not enough, there were still quite a few French shares in the Suez Canal, which was important to the whole of Europe.

Britain can certainly express concerns about the Suez Canal on behalf of all of Europe, after all, Europe isn’t some place where you can get by just fine on resources, and resource scarcity is prevalent in Europe, with the exception of the Soviet Union.

Britain used concerns about energy security as an entry point, and soon pulled up the support of a bunch of countries that wanted Egypt to make a commitment, and this is the time to kiss ass, and some newspapers were hoping that Egypt would make a solemn commitment on behalf of the Arab world.

“What’s the point of the Soviets talking whiny and weird at this point? It’s not as if we won’t give Egypt back sovereignty over its canals.” Armed with the English version of Pravda, Alan Wilson, all rigor and petulance in his tone during the interview, switched to the bbc report to wash his eyes.

“To be honest, everyone understands the reasoning, but it does seem very disheartening that giving such an important canal to Egypt has actually become a reality.” Pamela Mountbatten sighs, “Britain’s influence will be reduced again.”

“It’s really only a matter of time, isn’t the Strait of Malacca still secure?” Alan Wilson mused, “The world’s three golden waterways, the least important is the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal can only influence the Americas, now the Suez Canal to Egypt, but will not be stained by other countries, we concentrate on the Malacca Straits, it is still the framework of the global powers. Of course tying up with some friendly powers may require a little sacrifice.”

“A little sacrifice?” Pamela Mountbatten slanted her intimacy husband directly upon hearing this, and from what she knew of this supreme authority, a little sacrifice would be the brunt of sacrificing her to serve her country.

“Dear, don’t have this kind of expression, binding some forces will only make you more powerful. In fact, in a normal year, the grain merchant which is not as profitable as your other industries. But grain is a life-saving thing for some countries.”

Alan Wilson opened his mouth to comfort, “for the British influence in the Middle East to consider, I think you should take out some shares, the grain company to take out to share, first of all, and Grace they talk calmly, the emirates in the Middle East in a very long time, are not to be offended by the important customers, according to the proportion of the relevant forces to jointly maintain the grain company, everyone’s interests are closely intertwined. Your position will be higher.”

“Instead of giving shares to countries like Iraq and Kuwait, give them to the royal families of those countries so that you won’t lose anything if the royal families are overthrown. I’m sure once that’s done, they’ll find a way to compensate in some areas as well. These are not countries that have a good agricultural base.”