Chapter 1388 Lifting the Table

“This election result, it depends on whether West Pakistan accepts it or not, I think it’s very difficult, Pakistan is essentially controlled by the forces in the west.” Handing the latest election results to the Prime Minister gives Harold Wilson an idea of the latest South Asian situation.

Even if the re-election will not have any change in the results, West Pakistan is still divided into Punjab and Sindh, while the whole of East Pakistan is Bengali, the overall population of West Pakistan are at a disadvantage, not to mention the fact that West Pakistan are not even considered as a whole, Mountbatten told Ali Jinnah in the first place, sooner or later, Pakistan will be divided.

But would the outcome of today have been avoided if British India as a whole had been preserved? That coupled with the two parts of Pakistan now totaling more than 110 million Pakistanis, today’s South Asia is estimated to be bustling with activity, it is estimated and the Republic of China is about the same state, the Prime Minister is almost akin to the Changgong’s large size of the Governor of the two rivers.

So the problem with British India is there, only a downward trajectory to a good future, it has nothing to do with Britain, in fact if it wasn’t for Britain, the religion of peace would only be stronger than it is today.

“Alan, while the election is just over, let’s send out a diplomatic communiqué right away congratulating Pakistan on the results of its first general election since independence.” Harold Wilson opened his mouth after thinking for a long time.

This was in the hope that a diplomatic congratulation would let West Pakistan, especially Yahya Khan, know that the international community had taken note of Pakistan’s general election, and hoped that Yahya Khan would recognize the result and not push the country into the middle of a conflict, which was both a congratulation and equally a pressure.

“I will immediately call the Foreign Office and ask them to send a congratulatory communiqué.” Alan Wilson agreed readily, knowing that the Prime Minister was hoping to avoid an armed conflict, or civil war, in Pakistan.

The only way to avoid a civil war was for West Pakistan to accept the reality and recognize the political party in East Pakistan coming to power, at least theoretically this would not inflame the situation.

However, this is only theoretical, East Pakistan is a jute exporting place, has been bearing the heavy burden of exports, earned foreign exchange but became the basis of West Pakistan’s imports, this money is said to leave twenty percent to East Pakistan, some people say that a even rupees do not stay, in exchange for who would not be satisfied with this contradiction is too big.

Even Yahya Khan, did not dare to give in, on the contrary, as the head of the junta, he chose armed repression is almost a nail in the coffin.

The letter of congratulations from the British Foreign Office was immediately sent to the Pakistani capital, while the London side has officially issued an official document recognizing the legitimacy of Pakistan’s general election.

And as Pakistan’s de facto number one, Chief of Army Staff Yahya Khan, face sullen to throw the congratulatory letter to one side, directly on a military plane rushed to Dhaka, the center of the city of East Pakistan, things have been very clear, this time the results of the election, Yahya Khan will never accept.

At this point, he is prepared to give Rahman one last chance, either to be good and maintain the status quo as before, or to accept the suppression of the Pakistani army. This is the last mercy of Yahya Khan.

At this time the whole of East Pakistan, countless Bengalis flooded the streets, ecstatic about the results of the election, has been a parliamentary majority of them, they will not have to endure the exploitation of West Pakistan, East Pakistan’s hard-earned foreign exchange will also be used to build in the local.

And the local Biharis military police are cold-eyed, looking at the Bengalis singing and dancing in celebration, Biharis, although the same beliefs as the Bengalis, but is in the partition of India and Pakistan, fleeing from the neighboring India, in the case of the two parts of Pakistan are very far away from each other, they fled the refugees from India, but more controlled by the entrusted with the important task, so the Biharis are more inclined to the government of West Pakistan! .

It was in this context that Yahya Khan’s military plane landed from Dhaka, and without stopping, Yahya Khan, in full military uniform, went straight to the local government premises and asked Rahman, the leader of the People’s Ruling Awami League, to come over and talk to himself.

In the counsel of some aides, Rahman still decided to come at the invitation, wanting to see what the military leader really means, is to accept the results of the election or? After all, Britain had already issued a diplomatic communiqué congratulating the general election and Rahman’s Awami League had received it.

Yahya Khan did not hide his thoughts, and when he saw Rahman, he directly said, “Sheikh, about the general election, now that the country is facing the threat of India, it is not realistic to use the democratic election method. It is especially not conducive to the building of the Pakistani army, I hope you understand that.”

“General, it’s fraudulent and we have already received a letter of congratulations from London.” Rahman spoke with anger at the sound of it, “Could it be that you can’t afford to lose?”

“The British are uninformed and don’t know the condition of Pakistan.” Yahya Khan spoke unmoved, “I may as well make it clear that from a national point of view, the conditions advocated by the Awami League cannot be accepted and if it has to be done, it may result in unnecessary bloodshed.”

Yahya Khan thought he had made it clear that Rahman, being the leader of a major party, must have understood the implications, “I will leave Dhaka tomorrow.”

The powerful Chief of Army Staff thought he had given Rahman face by coming here this time, and it would be a bit insensitive if the other party did not cooperate, and the local garrison would not let the Awami League do whatever they wanted, with the army behind them, Yahya Khan thought he had Rahman under his control as Aidan had Nasser under his control.

After a day’s interval, Yahya Khan returned to West Pakistan and went into the parliament to declare this election illegal, the parliament was dissolved and the first general election after independence came to an abrupt end straight away.

London, Ministry of Defense building, where the Permanent Undersecretary of Defense, Makins, is presenting, with conviction, plans for a turnover of the Royal Navy’s destroyer fleet, while the Secretary of State for Defense, Denis Healey, and the Chief of the Defense Staff, Sir Charles, and Alan Wilson, look on.

“Following the successful launch of the last satellite of the Galileo system, the UK has the ability to maintain real-time surveillance of the entire world. At this stage, the problem encountered by the Royal Navy lies in the fact that the escort fleet has become more and more incapable of adapting to the times, the old frigates must be renewed, and how to face the saturation attack of the Soviet Red Navy is the big problem that the Royal Navy has to face.”

Saturation attack refers to the fact that the Soviet Navy put forward the principle of anti-ship warfare is the first enemy flush, intensive missile attack.

Therefore, in the conduct of anti-carrier operations, the Soviet Red Navy will certainly mobilize cruise missile submarines, conventional or nuclear-powered torpedo submarines and other underwater forces as the first echelon in predetermined waters, with multiple surface anti-ship assault groups in the Moscow-class aircraft carriers in advance of the ambush to the pre-determined battlefield waters. By the second echelon and the main force, in coordination with the submarines to launch intensive missile assaults in multiple ways, domains, batches, and in all directions.

The radar system of the 1950s or even earlier is no longer sufficient to cope with such an attack, for a small number of anti-ship missiles coming from a single direction can still be defended, but the number of incoming missiles and the direction of a little more, due to the limited number of irradiation radar, and then lost, can not be defended against.

“Of course this problem is not insurmountable now, and the application of the Galileo system can be combined with some of the newer applications on the guided-missile battleship USS Marshal Mountbatten, which was completed a year ago. The applications of the radar arrangement and subsystems on the Mountbatten could be used in the upgrading and construction of the frigates.”

“And it is known that the US Navy is also experimenting with applications in this area, we don’t know the specifics but believe the path is similar.”

After hearing this, Defense Minister Dennis Healey said in a tone that wasn’t against it but wasn’t really in favor of it either, “That’s a lot of money to spend, especially in the current situation.”

“Honorable Minister, that is precisely why, according to Keynesian theory, the UK should top create jobs.”

Alan Wilson opened his mouth to explain, “Britain is capable of this, I have no doubt that the United States is even more powerful, but specifically in terms of shipbuilding, the United States has never been good at shipbuilding, and brings with it a cost problem that is not the same as the British shipbuilding boost to the Royal Navy.”

American shipbuilding has only exploded once during the time of the World Wars, what is the size of American civilian shipbuilding now? Last year the scale of shipbuilding 150,000 tons, the U.S. civilian shipbuilding industry does not work is not the twenty-first century, the Greek king of the fleet is enough for the U.S. shipbuilding industry to eat for ten years, and that’s just one Greece, from the fifties onwards the U.S. shipbuilding industry is relying on the military orders to live in.

It’s not like the UK is restricted by the US like Japan is, and it’s not like the US has that pathetic capacity for civilian shipbuilding, so why not play it up?

“Although we moved to Penang part of the civilian shipbuilding, but facing competition from the Japanese shipbuilding industry, at this time through the Navy’s orders to maintain the scale of the shipbuilding industry. It is not a bad thing for Britain. Otherwise, shipbuilding workers would be a burden to the country.”

“Not to mention, there is still appreciation pressure on the pound, we need to deflate the appreciation pressure on the pound, the upgrading and construction of the frigate fleet will definitely satisfy the shipbuilding workers.”

Work for food, Keynesianism, Alan Wilson felt that after this village there is no such store, while the British shipbuilding industry is still good, can be mounted on the horse in a hurry.

“Sir, we certainly focus on the shipbuilding industry, but also the employment of shipbuilding workers.” Dennis Healy, just then the phone of the Ministry of Defense rang.

Makins went and answered the phone, “Is the secretary general there, there’s something, the Pakistani side has declared the election illegal, and diplomats at the consulate in Dhaka have said that bloody clashes have erupted between the Bangladeshis who have taken to the streets to protest and the military.”

“And then there was the financial summit in Washington, where Japan responded to our disregard for support of property rights and exchange rate manipulation by bowing and apologizing.”

“Bow and apologize, and be resolute.” Alan Wilson got up and headed straight out the door, turning back when he reached the door, “Makins, get the construction program for the frigate fleet done.”