Chapter 1397 Collectivism

The key moment is still a little cotton, the supreme authority can not help but sigh in his heart, he originally did not think that this is considered a big deal, in fact, as long as the child himself like it, of course he can not say so with Pamela Mountbatten, the feudal lord, can only be in the heart of the mind does not think so.

“We have a lot bigger things than family life now.” With a wink to his sons and daughters and leaving the living room empty for the two of them, Alan Wilson began to execute a curveball.

“What is it?” Pamela Mountbatten watched her children leave, of course she knew in her heart that her husband was changing the subject, but the face of the head of the family still had to be given.

“The international situation is seeing changes, the country’s policy is about to be adjusted, and of course I hope you will seize this opportunity.” Alan Wilson’s face was full of solemnity.

“The matter of East Pakistan?” Seeing her husband skimming his lips, Pamela Mountbatten added, “That would be the return to the United Nations, what, are you going to push for diplomatic relations?”

“I have a feeling that the U.S. is not going to stop them, and as for the establishment of diplomatic relations, it’s not that I’m pushing for it, it’s that the national interest necessitates it. You can’t underestimate our dubious allies. Maybe some of them are moving faster than you?”

Alan Wilson raised an eyebrow, “The Japanese, for example, once the U.S. loosens its grip they might move very fast, back before the war, that was Japan’s traditional market. We’d better get ahead of the Japanese and resume diplomatic relations.”

This doesn’t conflict with the UK wanting to intervene in Bengal, as the formal opening up of the country to innovation is still a few years away, and it’s OK for the UK to get Bengal tuned up first to cope with the immediate situation. First use a few years of window period, the situation of a large country to feel clearly, wait until the day of opening in the extreme sublimation.

“There should indeed be some preparations.” Pamela Mountbatten nodded, agreeing with her husband, “I’m sure you’ve made a careful assessment before telling me this.”

“Of course!” Alan Wilson said decisively, “There aren’t many countries in this world that have twenty million tons of steel production, and the homeland is just this figure. Cement production isn’t too far off from the mainland either.”

If it is compared to the data, throw out the United States and the Soviet Union those two monsters, in this era is also Japan’s data is more abnormal, a little less like Japan that volume can do the country.

“There’s no doubt that being able to get ahead of Japan is extremely important for the future of Britain.” Alan Wilson followed the advice, once again shouting keys in front of his wife ……

Now the situation in the Far East is actually very simple, and the difference between his memory in his mind is not very big, excluding Japan’s so-called four dragons of Asia, which is Korea, the fraudulent island, Singapore and Xiangjiang.

Now turned into a strengthened version of Singapore is also Malaya and Xiangjiang under British control, Japan, South Korea and fraudulent island under the control of the United States.

In addition to the already developed Japan, Allen Wilson is certainly no less for the development of South Korea and Fraud Island to increase the difficulties, but by the United States and Japan to support the South Korea and Fraud Island, the past two years has been out of the embarrassing situation of not being able to eat, the time of penniless has passed.

This has to mention the role of Japan, Japan’s geese strategy by his own borrowing Malaya focus on sniping, but in South Korea and fraudulent island or the effect is remarkable. Two places out of poverty Japan’s role is great.

The United States played a key role in Japan’s post-war economic recovery. The United States ended its military occupation in 1951 “U.S.-Japan Security Treaty” was signed, from the following year, Japan regained its status as a sovereign state. During the period of military occupation, the United States provided Japan with a large amount of relief materials, assistance, loans, etc. in the name of the “Occupation Relief Fund” and the “Occupation Economic Recovery Fund.”

The Japanese people were most impressed by the American relief flour, canned goods, winter clothing and daily necessities.

Japan could not but feel grateful to the United States. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. sent a large number of orders for special war supplies to Japan, and returned to Japan all of the 850 munitions factories that had been used as war reparations, of which a considerable portion were large civilian enterprises that had been converted to military production during the war. This move provided a solid foundation for the recovery and development of Japanese industry.

In addition, the United States also provided Japan with advanced equipment and technology, Japan’s industry soon came to the forefront of Asia. After the end of the Korean War, the United States is still vigorously foster Japan, the United States that Japan’s strength is conducive to the containment of socialist countries in Asia, despite the shame of Japan’s demise and suffer a huge catastrophe of nuclear weapons hatred, reverence for the United States of America is still in Japan over the dense atmosphere.

The United States to Japan to open the door, not only to allow the Japanese goods constantly sold to their own countries, but also not on guard to receive Japan’s all kinds of visiting groups, study tours.

Malaya’s population has just reached 20 million, plus Hong Kong is only 24 million people, not to mention Japan’s 100 million people, South Korea has 30 million people.

In the case of the same technology, the population size is the decisive factor, although there are Southeast Asian Chinese can help, but these Chinese belong to different countries, can not provide too much help for the strategic layout of the United Kingdom.

Admittedly, Bengal has 60 million people, but that place can only be used for emergencies, if it can be developed it would have been developed long ago, there is no need to wait until today.

Bengal can only be in the time before the opening of the time, to provide Britain with a short period of time can be used in the market and labor force, want to fundamentally in the Far East economic competition, it is not counted on.

“Even if the U.S. stopped putting up barriers to bring them back to the U.N., the U.S. wouldn’t be conducting economic and trade relations anytime soon.” Alan Wilson pointed out, “Then the problem in front of Britain is simple, to be faster than Japan will be able to dominate.”

The policy of the Nixon period was actually overturned quite a bit by Reagan, and the first batch of businessmen who invested in the early days of the opening were actually Southeast Asian Chinese, such as the CZG. Japan is strictly speaking belongs to the second batch, as for Europe and the United States that are very later things.

Of course, although Japan is not the first batch of investment in the country can not be too late, sent a mission to map the speed can be called the first batch.

Compared to the Southeast Asian Chinese diaspora who fought alone, the scale of Japanese investment came later, but this kind of thing will not happen under the eyes of the Lord of the Middle Kingdom.

“Think, my dear, of a labor force of eight hundred million, we need not make much effort, if only we can draw on one-tenth of it. It would be enough to establish an advantage over the American followers in Asia.”

Alan Wilson hesitantly portrayed, “We have the advantage, the most powerful Chinese groups in Southeast Asia, are you and I support up, because of the Xiangjiang, the pound must have occupied a lot of their foreign exchange reserves, which in the early stage are all our help.”

Smuggling? By the time the UK still use sneaky smuggling? Smuggling also has a proper channel to come in brightly, how much tax revenue has Xiangjiang lost over the years because of this?

“Will they become a threat to us in the future?” Pamela Mountbatten thought for half a day and asked the question in her mind.

“My dear, it’s not easy to maintain the pound area now, can’t get past the present and talk about the future, where is the future?” Alan Wilson sighed, “Seeing that the overissued hundreds of billions of dollars have no place to go, who knows what this big flood will bring?”

“Okay, okay, I know you’re annoyed, and I’m sure I’ll try to help you, who made me your wife.” Pamela Mountbatten reached up and rubbed her husband’s cheek, it was still time for husband and wife to be one at a critical time, “What’s next?”

“Meeting!” Alan Wilson was succinct, Indira Gandhi’s visit to England was a matter of state and had little to do with him personally.

And his job now was to collect Britain’s overseas investments and set up a foundation with the name British Prosperity Fund to manage Britain’s foreign investment programs. For twenty years after 1945, Britain was the world’s number one investor, surpassed by Japan only two years ago.

I do not know if this is the beginning of the Japanese blow mouth overseas there is a Japan, anyway, from the latter-day Japan situation seems to be Japan has been deep in stagnation, with the passage of time not only did not alleviate but more and more serious, it seems that overseas Japan is clearly not working.

The world’s largest sovereign fund in the latter days is the Norwegian sovereign fund, Norway’s national attributes are in fact similar to the resource countries like Australia and Saudi Arabia. Sweden Finland have their own claim to fame, but Norway’s mainstay industry is the export of raw materials and aquaculture.

The establishment of the British prosperity fund of, unified management of overseas investment proposals, Alan Wilson truthfully told the prime minister, just a foot thick among the submission documents. Harold Wilson is in the throes of preparing for Indira Gandhi’s visit and should not have time to read it.

Discussions on this side of Whitehall about the establishment of a British Prosperity Fund have already begun, a cloud-piercing high commissioner has come to meet, and the Under-Secretary-General, Burke Trench, is also concerned about this matter, and has made his own suggestion to Alan Wilson, “Split the Fund into two, a Prosperity Fund and a Commonwealth Fund, which will also reflect the importance Whitehall attaches to the Commonwealth countries. Most importantly, decentralize the size of the fund.”

“It can also create more jobs.” Alan Wilson immediately admitted his mistake, that it was he who was caught up in the moment and made the mistake of just being in the middle of it.

At the time Indira Gandhi arrived in the United Kingdom, the Whitehall side of the establishment of two major foundations to unify the management of foreign investment, monitoring capital flows is in full swing, the two foundations placed under the leadership of the Overseas Asset Management Board, respectively, to the Deputy Secretary General Burke Trench, and the Commonwealth Secretary General John Hunt under the management.

Although Burke Trench once disobeyed and the position of supreme authority lost, but Alan Wilson still believe in each other, these two more than ten billion pounds of the Foundation, does not belong to any one person, but belongs to the civil service as a collective, belongs to the unity of Whitehall.