Chapter 1416 Appointment of the Governor of Hong Kong

Seventy Whitehall, Cabinet Secretary’s office, Alan Wilson made a cup of black tea for the visitor, then sat down and said, “Crawford, also a colleague of the Foreign Office, Dixon and you have a good relationship right, you’re the first one of ours, not those from the zoo, this time when you go to Hong Kong to take up your post, your colleagues have great hopes for you, and I hope that you’ll be able to make a great deal of progress in the Governor of Hong Kong’s term of office to achieve success.”

We in Great Britain have been decolonizing, and of course there are still many remnants of this current time, which is inevitable.

But at the governmental level, especially on the surface works, the elected ministers can’t be allowed to continue to be tied to the colonies, or the next time you run for election to tell about your past, tell about what? Being a colonial governor?

Stripping certain colonial governors from the coverage of elected government MPs is the effort of Whitehall for many years, for which Alan Wilson did not bother, using how many contacts around the Cabinet Bibi, now looking back are full of heartache, the royal family, the House of Lords, and the military’s contacts were used to achieve today’s victory.

“Secretary-General, I understand.” McLehose, who was about to be inaugurated as the Governor of Hong Kong, nodded his head, knowing that there were still a lot of things waiting for him this time in office.

For example, London, which was separated by a Eurasian continent, could hear about the collapsing corruption in Xiangjiang, with the police and gangsters working in collusion, which also had a negative impact on Britain’s image.

After listening to McLehose, Alan Wilson nodded and said, “Of course at the time of rough development, some corruption problems can not be avoided, our normal trade with traditional markets is about to take a big step forward, it really should be cleaned the house, colleagues have no opinion on the rectification of the security of Xiangjiang.”

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was set up pretty much during McLehose’s tenure, and that was all fine, and it wasn’t as if there could be any gangster’s four big families or any four chief Chinese detectives in Hong Kong forever.

Britain won’t allow this to go on forever either, but then, Alan Wilson is going to say something else, “The last Governor of Hong Kong was intent on repealing the Qing law, but some of my colleagues, like me, don’t think it’s a good idea. Respecting local traditional laws is an important means of maintaining our influence, just look at Malaya, which also adheres to local laws, there are now two hundred and fifty thousand British expatriates living there.”

“It certainly pays to exist, and we can’t deny that there is a segment of immigrants or self-respecting first generation tycoons from other countries who prefer such legal security. Bringing their wealth to Malaya or Xiangjiang for that reason.”

“Uh, I have also heard that the local officials in Malaya in Xiangjiang are predominantly promoting monogamy, but will not force a ban.” McLeod replied after a moment of contemplation.

“It’s all the colonies we don’t get on bad terms with the local forces over such details. Similar customs exist in the protectorates of the Middle East and we don’t say anything about it.” Alan Wilson mused, “It is important to pay attention to the personal lives of our colleagues overseas, in fact some of those who have returned to the mainland are not without illegitimate children who are still serving their country.”

Alan Wilson wasn’t talking about himself, although the category technically included himself, but mainly some of the civil servants stationed abroad, who generally had two or more partners.

What to do? Of course it was to pretend he didn’t see it, and he wasn’t going to let these coworker assholes who made the mistake that all men make make because of this kind of thing, which was smashing people’s rice bowls.

Seeing McLehose nodding, Alan Wilson knew that this issue was no longer a problem, spoke, “Then, I will not interfere with the issue of building integrity, no chance that you end the term of the Governor of Hong Kong, the House of Lords will have a place for you, after all, the jewel of the British Empire is even more sparkling, enough to make Her Majesty’s subjects feel honored to enter the House of Lords as a matter of course. ”

I Great Britain per capita Pearl this is a small problem, the key is to take out a number of corrupt officials to the standard of the four general Chinese inspectors, certainly not the end, do not need to be replaced by a person to take office? This is there is still discussion, he also has to ask Xia Meng’s opinion, there is no suitable candidate arrangement.

Of course, there is no hurry, McLehose certainly can not take office on the first day to scrape up the cleanliness storm, do what do not need to wait and see first?

McLehose is also well aware of his own origin as a diplomat, this time was appointed Governor of Hong Kong, the same need for Whitehall’s support, not to mention the temptation of a seat in the House of Lords, the combined effect of the two, resulting in this tea party is very complementary.

“Xiangjiang is really a good place to be, the Prime Minister that this Labor government for sale, the last time there also made a lot of effort. If it were not for Xiangjiang and Malaya, where would there be such a big sale, is not it?”

Alan Wilson picked up the goji berries and took a sip, Shi Shi said, “In fact, this time the adjustment, mainly for the trade aspect of the docking, we want to leverage the prosperity of the fragrant river, it is best to establish a chain of interests through the fragrant river, docking it to the British pound area, if it is done, this is a great work.”

Undoubtedly this is the most important thing, what other ICAC, what Qing law, and this matter compared to what is it?

Of course the Great Qing Law is not unimportant, it helps the rich man with concubines to dilute his wealth and not to inflate it too quickly. More losers helps to increase consumption.

If there are still benefits, it may be like this time Alan Wilson can’t personally decide to win and micro-manipulation can’t guarantee accurate judgment in real time, so he needs a person to benefit society instead of himself.

The southern foothills of the Himalayas, Sikkim, a small, uncontested country, this time because of the British airborne in the international community ruthlessly brushed a sense of presence, achieved a certain degree of visibility.

Once again, Lai Gee Sang was in uniform, back where he had worked for years, but he had come over to help the young man beside him, David Hartley Wilson, the son of Vivien Leigh, though Lai Gee Sang was unaware of this, and even more so of the young talent’s relationship with the Supreme Authority.

This landing of a hundred-sized British soldiers as well as a batch of supplies caused ripples in international public opinion, and those who didn’t know thought that Britain had parachuted in a division.

Lai Jisheng introduced the basic situation of this place next to David, making the good oldest child who was making the community for the first time nod his head frequently, “Actually, the customs here are very good, and the girls are very simple.”

Ri Jisheng found that this young also chasing stars, brought a tape recorder to Sikkim, which also played songs, as far as he knew it was the work of a pair of French twin singers, now in the French singing scene is in full swing, he also in the tone of a passer-by, hope that do not focus on the unseen and unattainable illusory emotions.

“Oh? So the resident civil servant is so liberal.” David replied with a slight frown, imploring inexplicably, pondering whether his own father, was not tainted by just this kind of ethos.

As for Rigison’s hint he didn’t get it at all, hinting that such a thing required another person to mean it, but he didn’t mean it in that regard, that pair of rising stars of the French singing scene? It was his sister, though not a mother, and he’d brought the recorder solely because the songs were good, and that was all, and in any case, he was the one who’d changed little Monroe’s diapers in the first place.

Before he came, he had listened to what his father said, do a good job, and later enter the rapid promotion channel words, but the son of the great British treasure to and did not care, come over to carry out his father’s work on the line.

“Sikkim’s geographic location is extremely important, do not look at the place is not big, but once occupied by foreign forces, it will be a huge threat to India’s northeastern states. The King and I have a very good personal relationship. And the biggest foreign threat to Sikkim comes from India, and with the current alliance between the Soviet Union and India, the foreign threat to Sikkim is elevating, and India, with its backing, may ignore British pressure to move against Sikkim. The Queen is an American, think from that.”

With his father’s mandate in his mind, David sought Rigison’s advice, then said, “Then let’s meet this king and queen and talk it over.”

The two men soon met Palden and his American Queen, Hobo Cook; Sikkim was less than 10,000 square kilometers, but large enough for an American commoner. Hobo Cook had been living in Sikkim for some time and was well aware that India to the south had ambitions for Sikkim.

“Honorable Queen, chaos is not an abyss, chaos is a ladder.” David picked up on his old father’s mantra and followed his lead, “For Sikkim at the present time, there is both danger and opportunity. At this very moment, the US and Soviet Red Navy standoff in the Bay of Bengal, this standoff is dangerous and involves the majesty of the two superpowers, but to be honest, the decisive battlefield is on land, Pakistan is struggling, we admire Pakistan’s courage but we have to admit that it is only a matter of time before India prevails, and the outcome of this standoff will be a matter of public opinion with the outcome of the war. ”

“So what can Sikkim get? As a result of the United States possibly being in the loser’s position, if the Queen can emphasize Sikkim’s important position. A plea for help to the United States?”

“I’m just a commoner, albeit an American, but what role can I play.” Hobo Cook was a little embarrassed, getting involved with the American government was still a little too difficult for her.

“It doesn’t matter, Britain and the United States are in a special relationship. Our channels are the Americans’ channels.” David had a tone of knowing that you would say this, and directly opened his mouth to promise to help, “Of course, the British soldiers who came this time will stay until the end of the war, and once Pakistan is defeated, you will be able to contact your motherland.”

On the other side King Palden of Sikkim was in front of Lai Jisheng, stating that he and the British Cabinet Secretary General from the Golden Buddha began casting a firm relationship, the United Kingdom has an obligation to the security of Sikkim, when the signing of the British government was promised.

“It was because the Secretary General remembered this promise that he sought to bring the value of Sikkim to Washington’s attention.” Rijksson reiterated the promise of supreme authority was still valid.