Chapter 1421 – The End of the Standoff

“Sixty million pounds can be allocated?” Harold Wilson reluctance are almost written on the face, after the war Britain is not without printing money, but compared with the United States, that is still very restrained.

And when printing money, it can be said that the cabinet secretary general are in, and in the matter of printing money, Whitehall is often in the position of the opponents, of course, this opposition is mainly opposed to the printing of money on the mainland.

Whitehall was never opposed to printing money in the colonies and using a term called what was quantitative easing?

In Harold Wilson’s eyes, this would have been the first time in his tenure that Whitehall had taken the initiative to print money and then give it to places that were already already independent?

“Prime Minister, the Bretton Woods system has existed in name only, although his framework is still in place, but can not be exchanged for gold still denominated in gold?” Alan Wilson said this and paused to explain, “In the future, whether it’s the pound or the dollar is a sovereign credit currency, not gold anymore. We also don’t have to worry about printing more money and having people come to the UK with pounds to exchange for gold.”

For the dollar, it is only the yoke that is smashed, but it is the whole world that is gained, but the pound is also an international currency, and it is good for the pound to get a part of the world even if it does not get the whole world.

“Now the currency circulating in Bangladesh, the Pakistani rupee, after the value of this war, no surprise, will fall to the bottom. , like a country like India is not recognizing the opportunity here. But we can recognize that the Pakistani rupee can be one to fifty or one to five thousand.”

Alan Wilson spoke eloquently, “Maybe Bangladesh will even use a new currency, as long as there are British troops landing, reorganizing the financial order of Bangladesh is not yet something that requires us to decide the value of the currency of this nascent country of sixty million people. And Bangladesh’s role in Pakistan is an export base, West Pakistan only imports, which is the reason for the long-standing discontent of the Bengalis. The reason for the collapse of Bengal’s currency now is because of this Indo-Pakistani war, and even the Bengalis themselves wouldn’t have any doubts about that, and we intervened like angels to pull the youngest independent nation out of the mire.”

The £60 million changed back as soon as it got to Bengal, instantly changing back the value of the money Britain had put up, in conjunction of course with the operation of British financial talent.

This sort of thing happened more than once at the tail end of the Cold War, when the FRG gobbled up the GDR, saying that it was taking out as much or as little tax revenue as it could, but in exchange it was the entire wealth of the GDR. As for the whole of Russia the ruble plummeted and there was a 5,000 to one exchange rate with the dollar, leaving the consequences of integrating into the West fresh in the minds of the Russians.

“The Bengalis are not at a disadvantage, ten years ago we had a plan to build up the country with property in Africa, exchanging a passable colonial capital for the consolidation and circulation of the Sterling area, and it worked very well. It would be more profitable to duplicate it once now, and Malaya, not far from Bengal, is perfectly well placed to do so.”

Maria Falkender had not been away since the beginning, listening to the Cabinet Secretary’s pontificating, if it had not been for the fact that the whole head of Whitehall was right here, explaining with sincerity the series of post-war operations. She was shuddering to think how the chain of operations had come out.

The rationale for the intervention was that human rights outweighed sovereignty, and the benefits would be to reintegrate the sixty million people of Bengal into the sterling area, and to show that Britain cared about its former colony, and to reshape its influence.

Now that India is clearly leaning more toward the Soviet Union, the ruble-to-rupee settlement is a dig at Britain, and the move can be seen as retaliation against India.

Now there is a need for an excuse for public opinion to support the government’s decisions, and the excuse is already in front of the Prime Minister, the Dhaka University massacre, which Britain can use to intervene.

“The US Navy and the Soviet Red Navy are still facing each other in the Bay of Bengal!” Harold Wilson was in some difficulty, the Bay of Bengal was still crowded.

“The war in Pakistan is over, only the Pakistani government hasn’t officially recognized it yet, but that’s just in the next two days.”

Alan Wilson spoke up, “The United States must be thinking of leaving, and the United States leaving, with my understanding of the Soviet Union as a country, will be tracking the American task force for some time. This fleeting time lag we can capitalize on, and the military installations in the Andaman Islands and Malaya can do that.”

This is by no means a believable statement; the old Maoists are like that as a nation, especially benevolent when they are benevolent and overbearing when they are overbearing.

Historically, after the Bay of Bengal standoff was over, the US Task Force withdrew, and the Soviet Red Navy even trailed it all the way to the Philippines, making sure that the US Task Force wouldn’t be going back before the Soviet Red Navy left.

“What does that require from the government?” Harold Wilson was also stupidly eager to try, he was eager to try, only frequent contact can feel the precise judgment of the head of Whitehall, especially this time the direction of the Indo-Pakistani war, then now since he said that he could intervene, there should be no problem.

“Need the Prime Minister to express his pity for the tragic situation in Bangladesh at that time, and finally, with the support of public opinion, had to take action, as for the preparations to me.” Alan Wilson patted his chest and promised.

Since the Prime Minister agreed, Allen Wilson could not be bothered to continue, and waited until he left Maria Falkender before speaking, “Usually, I just hear the Prime Minister talk about the work of the Secretary General, and now it seems that he is indeed a formidable person, and this is not just in terms of the support of the Mountbatten family. He is very intimidating in person.”

“Speaking of the Mountbattens, there’s also a part of me that says it was only after Pamela Mountbatten married him that she found the key to her fortune.” Harold Wilson couldn’t help but laugh, “Of course I don’t believe in this kind of speculation that resembles God’s will, is it like the astrology of some countries that say the union of the two changed their fortunes.”

While the Prime Minister and the Political Secretary were discussing towards fortune-telling, Alan Wilson had rejoined Whitehall to give an account of the Prime Minister’s approval and to arrange for the steering of public opinion.

Wick, too, had expressed a desire to advance, and, persuaded by the other two giants, had decided to travel to talk to high commissioners everywhere.

All this had little to do with Alan Wilson, drew four playing cards from his pocket and casually drew the queen of spades, “Going to Hepburn’s today.”

“Britain’s most famous university established in South Asia, after this massacre has been destroyed, it is inconceivable that this atrocity even appeared in the modern world ……” television, the female host voice sad, eyes with tears broadcasting the massacre of Dhaka University The news is a so-called tearful indictment.

“Sixty percent of the citizens have expressed sympathy for the tragedy, according to the latest opinion polls, which covered three thousand polls from two hundred and sixty constituencies.”

“It is heartening to note that the first batch of donations from citizens has already crossed the Suez Canal in the hope of helping the disaster-prone Bangladeshis.”

“According to the latest report from our correspondent in Malaya, the Malayan community has been generous with donations and contributions, and representatives of the business community have expressed ……”

“Commonwealth Secretary General Sir John Hunt said a number of Commonwealth countries have expressed their concern over the matter and are willing to help in areas where they can.”

The news broadcast on the state of Bangladesh ended, and Hepburn collapsed on the man’s shoulder, muttering, “It’s terrible, the war is terrible.”

“There, there!” Reaching out to take Ballflower into his arms, Alan Wilson sniffed the woman’s hair softly and soothingly, his face full of planning passes, “I’ve been following this whole thing to see if I can do anything about it. I think the vast majority of Britons are like me at this moment.”

In fact, when you think about it there are still a lot of things that British citizens can do, for example, if you don’t wear underwear or socks, you can donate them to the Bengalis, and it’s not like the trade in second-hand clothes doesn’t exist.

Alan Wilson remembers that in his previous life, in the mid-nineties, second-hand clothes were common in his hometown, and rumor had it that it was clothes stripped from dead people in foreign countries that were sold to the country, so many people didn’t dare to buy them. Two thousand years later, it was rare to see such rumors, at least in his hometown.

Of course this did not mean that this trade did not exist, King Understanding had also sanctioned African countries specifically because of their resistance to the importation of such second-hand clothing.

This kind of trade looks low-end, in fact, also has a unique role to know that the first step in the development of industry is often from the textile industry, the large number of second-hand clothes imported, want to do sweatshop countries is considered a disadvantage.

Even if the country’s market in the small, the beginning of the development of the textile industry always need to support their own people, and then is the export of income, the country’s market is filled with a large number of second-hand clothing, but also how to develop the textile industry?

“I know you are busy are for the country.” Hepburn rubbed herself in the embrace, expressing that she sympathized with the man.

“Like a little child.” Alan Wilson kissed Hepburn lightly, and honestly, he didn’t know what to make of her. She was so graceful, yet also very prone to nervous excitement.

Hepburn blushed like a little girl, unable to look a man in the eye. Her shyness was amusing. He tried to imagine her in the wilderness and almost lost his voice in laughter.

Hepburn looked fragile and delicate like beautiful china, to be admired from afar. No, there was no way she could survive in the wilderness, and thank God the woman would never have to take that test.

The Andaman Islands military base, which had received orders to closely monitor the US and Soviet fleets, was a repeat order of sorts, and it had been doing just that for some time.

External pressure from the United Nations, the U.S.-Soviet standoff in the Bay of Bengal, Indira Gandhi and the various departments of the discussion, but also feel that it can be appropriate to stop, this less than two months of war, enough to allow India to completely establish the advantage over the arch-enemy, occupying fifty-six percent of the population, forty percent of the revenue, sixty percent of foreign exchange of the East Pakistan will not exist, and in its place is an independent Bangladesh.

There was no longer any need for the war to go on, as India had been warned by the United States and its northern neighbor not to undermine the integrity of West Pakistan, and having got the desired result, Indira Gandhi decided to call it a day, and on December 27, the Indian government announced to the public that it would cease fire on the Western Front, and disengage from the state of war if the government of Pakistan was willing to restore peace.

A few hours later, the Pakistani government said to the public that it accepted India’s ceasefire proposal, and this time the Indo-Pakistani war ended, a result that made the countries concerned breathe a sigh of relief.

The next day, having learned that India and Pakistan had ceased fire, the U.S. Seventy-fourth Task Force received an order from the Pentagon to withdraw from the Bay of Bengal.