Chapter 1448 – Oman’s Independence
“That’s interesting.” John Hunter taunted with an expression of watching the fun, then said, “Speaking of politics, Secretary General, Randolph’s son, Winston Jr, has aspirations to pursue a career in politics, and now that it’s a more suitable place to practice, the Bengal Reconstruction, he’d like to go there once in a while.”
“Oh? That place is in tough conditions.” Alan Wilson raised an eyebrow, pretended to be difficult to whisper, “In the country well step by step election, relying on Prime Minister Churchill’s influence, be a backbencher is not on the line, go to such a difficult place to do what?”
John Hunt shrugged his shoulders, saying that it may be for better gold-plated, so that it is easy to be more certain at the time of the election, which makes it difficult for the supreme authority, it is not good to cut off all the people, people after all, is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led the Second World War, and fall into the end of a broken son? The main thing is that Fei Wenli’s son is still in Dhaka, he does not want to let his son do this kind of thing.
Fire recalled the memories in his mind, as if the Churchill family did not play a big role, it is not impossible to let go, “Then try, it is always bad for us to stop. Otherwise Prime Minister Churchill’s grandson, might think we look down on him.”
At the same time as a few people chatting, Princess Margaret took two guests in another corner, two young men with heads covered with turbans, both typically dressed as Arabs, able to appear at the side of Her Majesty’s sister, naturally can’t be idle, one of them is Qatar’s Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, graduating back to his country soon, according to the gossip the Emir has already prepared the rank of Major General waiting for the Crown Prince’s return.
The other is the visiting British King of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, who previously, with British support, initiated a military coup to make his father king abdicate the throne. As for his father, the former king, he had only just died after a long illness, and Qaboos had come over this time to take care of that as well.
“How is this new king going to deal with this coming to get the British troops out of Oman?” Burke Trend spoke up and inquired, “Do we say yes, or do we try to fight for it.”
“This king is not easy to deal with, much harder than his father. In fact, our request is not much, Musandeum enclave is extremely important for the smooth flow of navigation in the Persian Gulf, the British army can leave from anywhere, but not retreat from Musandeum.”
Alan Wilson laughed bitterly, “It’s really not possible for us to pay the rent, and if Oman is hoping to maintain its national dignity, then what’s so hard about that? We all take what we need. The local population is less than five thousand, and the British troops staying there will still help develop the economy, and it won’t affect Oman itself.”
Speaking of the devil, Princess Margaret had already led two guests this way, and several people immediately terminated their discussion and greeted Her Highness, as well as the King of Oman and the Crown Prince of Qatar.
“Your Highness!” Alan Wilson took the initiative to greet her and then nodded at the two honorable guests from the Middle East, “Look at our friends, meeting the criteria of all the hosts among the Arabian Nights.”
Alan Wilson’s opening won the favor of the two guests, while Princess Margaret greeted them with a light smile good-naturedly, “What was the conversation about just now?”
“President Nixon’s troubles.” John Hunter spoke up and replied, “Perhaps we’re a little too concerned about what’s going on in America, but it’s certainly a big deal.”
“That’s nothing, can’t Britain care about the American President’s affairs? That is our close ally. I don’t think this matter will simply end, it might bother Nixon for a long time.” Alan Wilson opened his mouth to cover for his colleague, what’s wrong with caring about the affairs of a foreign president, isn’t that normal?
A certain big country’s keyway people are most concerned about King Knowles, and believe that King Knowles’ election was hacked, the key is that King Knowles is too much like a normal person among a group of superimposed buff American politicians.
When U.S. politicians can’t get out of their own way with their mouths open about women’s rights, sexual orientation, race, and caring for the heathen, King Knowles at least cares about drugs, cares about Native American whites, builds a wall, and other politicians fulfill their political promises for fun, King Knowles is really fulfilling his promises.
Look at Sleepy Joe, currently one of the youngest senators in the country, you don’t even know what he’s talking about, or if what he’s saying counts, or if he’s saying it at all.
Of course Alan Wilson did not forget the two honored guests, especially King Qaboos of Oman, people after all, came over to eat two fish in one, in order to be forced to zen the old king to collect the body, at the same time came over to look for the United Kingdom to talk about the future relationship, as for the Crown Prince of Qatar, although in the current planning of the United Kingdom, has been contributing to the Qatar and Bahrain as a part of the UAE, but Qatar will certainly become the representative of the Middle East tycoon in the future.
These two people can not be cold, must play a good relationship, there is still a friendly basis, both know Pamela Mountbatten, or Princess Margaret will not personally receive.
Alan Wilson expressed the hope that bilateral friendly relations are maintained expectations, both also nodded their heads in recognition, “Yemen’s matter, the United Kingdom this time will certainly do everything possible to avoid.”
He was of course referring to the fact that Yemen had become a republican system after independence, and the sheikhs in the country had all had to leave their homes.
While Alan Wilson would have liked such a scene to have arisen as a wake-up call to the feudal lords of the Middle East, now in the presence of the two guests, that was of course the result of Britain’s blunder and had been looking for an opportunity to remedy it.
Yemen is not a small country in the political map of the Middle East, but a large one, and it is important to know that the Yemen that the Free Officers’ Organization has now taken is not the historical South Yemen, it is the whole of Yemen. At over half a million square kilometers, the coastal country is roughly the same size as mainland France.
I do not dare to say that we can compare the natural conditions with Egypt with the Nile delta and the Kingdom of Iraq in the two river valleys, but it is certainly far more than Saudi Arabia, of course, to take out the oil factor, which no one can compare with Saudi Arabia.
Yemen in the Arab countries in the basic conditions is definitely not bad, like Saudi Arabia that is an empty shell, the Middle East is most able to rely on their own conditions to do the big country, or have to Iran.
Look at the Pahlavi can not survive that hurdle, but Alan Wilson is more pessimistic, the more volume of the country, the more difficult to maintain the monarchy, Iran’s small two million of the country’s land area, and the Middle East’s most populous country, Egypt, the population of the same amount, to maintain the monarchy is too difficult.
The larger the country, the more likely there will be places that can’t be taken care of, Egypt’s population is very concentrated, as long as you look after a few cities, nothing mountainous, Iran doesn’t have that.
“I have something to talk to you about.” While no one else was looking, Princess Margaret whispered at her brother-in-law with the look of someone who wanted to ride a rocket.
“What a formal occasion.” Alan Wilson blushed in general and put on the majesty of a brother-in-law, educating up the royal princess, bowing his head and saying seriously, “I’ll look for you tomorrow.”
“The food is also good this time, especially the fish soup is delicious.” Certain of the business, Princess Margaret began to change the subject.
“I’m sure any country known for its diet can do it. However, from a health point of view, the best thing about fish is that it is fast-growing, and the older it grows the bigger it is, the less you can eat it.” Alan Wilson patiently replied that this was the basic rule of eating aquatic products.
The more years long fish body of heavy metals more, such as ravaging the Great Lakes of the United States Asian carp, often dozens of pounds and in the origin of the same kind of compared to the fast into two species.
Princess Margaret this time blessed, drink the fish soup is shipped from Lake Victoria, Africa, tilapia made, but also let the local high commissioner hands and feet.
“Chateau Lafite Rothschild is as good as it is known.” Princess Marguerite was still in pieces, stating that French red wine was no more delicious than that of other countries.
“But Chateau Lafite Rothschild has the reputation, we are counting on this kind of thing, can let the royal families of various countries enjoy to get it.” Unconsciously Alan Wilson had already left the sight of the two Middle Eastern guests with his sister-in-law, and while talking he hadn’t forgotten to look at what the two people with stupid money were doing.
The supreme authority firmly defended the honor of the French brand, not because of how much he valued this dubious ally, but Château Lafite Rothschild had already been bought by Hedy Lamarr and Ingrid Bergman, two ladies of equal status to their wives, and he couldn’t tolerate Lafite Rothschild’s reputation being tarnished.
Alan Wilson of course supported the move of the two female presidents, after all, this thing is not like any other industry, **g*t is a little lighter threat of being nationalized. If it is France’s other industries, he was really afraid that France looked at the development of a good place, directly to the nationalization.
France and pussy dabbled in the field, in fact, two purveyors of French culture can try, that after all, is a country that can receive IQ tax on handicraft products, not to be underestimated.
Two days later, Britain and Oman officially opened negotiations on the construction of a new type of relationship, the King of Oman, Qaboos bin Said and Foreign Minister Patrick, around the economic development cooperation between the two countries, and the issue of sovereignty, for the United Kingdom is determined to retain the military base in the Omani enclave, but also the focus of the two sides of the exchanges.
Musandeum enclave is separated by the UAE, the United Kingdom if you want to seize Oman is not a little way, but Alan Wilson is not to use this to blackmail the king of Oman, but pointed out the enclave in the enclave.
Inside the Madhaha state, there is an area called Nahwa, which in turn is under the Emirate of Sharjah. Just like that, Oman’s Madhaha state is surrounded by the UAE, while the UAE’s Nahwa is surrounded by Oman’s Madhaha state.
If the UK doesn’t want to leave, it is perfectly possible to negotiate with the UAE to keep a military presence in this enclave within an enclave, without Oman’s consent.
Talking to Oman about a military presence now is itself done with sincerity, and finding a formula that is acceptable to both countries shows Britain’s sincerity.
After consideration, the King of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, was not insisting that all British troops must be withdrawn, and Musandem was indeed separated from Oman by the Emirate of Sharjah and did not border Oman, and this enclave was indeed extremely important in terms of its military value, and to be able to exchange for the departure of the British troops from the vast majority of the lands of Oman could not be considered a failure in any way.
No problem then, Alan Wilson reported back to the Prime Minister, and Harold Wilson then signed a joint Anglo-Arab declaration with Qaboos bin Said, which would see the withdrawal of British troops in Oman, transferring them to the Musandam enclave, and the handing over of other military bases to Oman from the start of next year.
This treaty makes it clear that Oman will henceforth not be a British protectorate, and that the two countries will maintain equal relations and adopt a joint and cooperative attitude to safeguard each other’s interests in the Middle East. In terms of economic and trade cooperation, Oman of course recognizes the value of the pound as an essential element of its economic development and uses it as a basis for economic cooperation.