Chapter 1481 – Thatcher, the new party leader

Casualty figures on both sides are not expected to be released for some time, but as far as reconstruction is concerned it can start now, and with the oil-rich countries in the Persian Gulf able to pay lip service to helping out, this is an opportunity that can’t be missed.

When there is demand, there will be economic development, and this is what is known as a consumer upgrade, but of course a consumer upgrade isn’t anything more than a good thing.

The next period of time, the United States will be some changes, such as credit cards will make rapid development, the scope of application of the loan will be expanded to many areas, which are in order to get through the economic crisis as soon as possible by means of the means, but the British side, Alan Wilson still do not want to appear that kind of scene.

So the big build on the big build, do not mind making money hard, really can not and Malayan authorities seventy-three to let out a little interest, if the Malayan side does not agree, the world is willing to pay hard to make money people have a lot of people, really can not South Korea, Bengal, especially Bengalese, I think it is very willing to bleed and sweat to carry out post-war reconstruction.

Human resources for the current British Empire is not a problem at all, if British India is still in the words, even the discussion is not necessary, directly to South Asia to catch immigrants.

After talking about the reconstruction, Alan Wilson expressed his views on the current oil crisis, as well as on the strategic positioning of the United Kingdom, and Prime Minister Harold Wilson discussed, he felt that the peak of colonial independence has been sort of passed, at least the United States side did not have too much energy, and now will certainly focus on internal adjustment.

As for the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union is certainly a dimension stronger than it was twenty years ago, but after twenty years, the Soviet Union’s national power has increased yet its influence on Europe is weakening.

Of course in the vast third world countries, the Soviet Union’s ability to intervene is still on the rise, and Britain has to beware of possessions giving the Soviet Union armed infiltration.

“The turn of events in Chile shows that Soviet influence does not seem to be diminishing as you say.” Harold Wilson disagreed with this, the Soviets had their hands all over the Americas, which was America’s backyard.

“That’s America’s own problem, when I say that Soviet influence is diminishing, I’m referring to influence over developed areas.” Alan Wilson opened his mouth to explain, “This oil crisis will definitely cause economic difficulties in various countries, but it doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union has the means to do anything to the developed countries. Now that the vast majority of the colonies have become independent, for the rest, Britain just needs to do a better job of focusing on defense.”

The two Whitehall heads, mainly on the economic crisis of the British response, and Harold Wilson for discussion, since the crisis naturally has dangers and opportunities, for the moment the UK is on a good track, and Harold Wilson agreed with this, expressing the importance of the work of Whitehall for the smooth development of the UK.

“I’m glad the Prime Minister thinks so.” Frank expressed his support for the Prime Minister’s endorsement, “The Ministry of Defense’s opinion is that this war has proved the importance of proper military power, and that the UK should try to be a decisive force, even if it can’t be on par with the USSR. With the military as a backing, diplomacy is also easy to carry out, diplomacy creates a favorable environment, the importance of economic development is self-evident, economic development is good, is certainly a credit to the ruling party, for Whitehall, we can also increase wages.”

“The matter of wage increases is just something incidental to economic development.” Alan Wilson coughed softly, although this is true, but so bluntly say it on? Don’t gentlemen want decency?

The war is over, Britain’s diplomatic work is not over, on the issue of the water source of the Jordan River that caused the war, it is still necessary to solve, this problem is not solved, Israel’s survival is a problem will also go to war, and according to international law, the Arab side really should not be in the water issue.

There is also the Socialist International Convention, which was created specifically for Allende, and Harold Wilson said that Allende has nodded that he will respond positively to the British invitation.

“I hope Allende returns to the arms of the free world.” Alan Wilson listened and also expressed good wishes that things in Chile would be resolved favorably.

The Chilean problem is clearly a problem with the U.S. operation, and if the U.S. pretends so much outside of the Americas, it has never even bothered to pretend in the Americas. In other places can implement a ten percent, in the Americas can not even implement one percent.

The result is that, under high pressure, the Socialists in Latin America are treated as pro-Soviet parties, which is very outrageous, and London, the home of the Socialists, this time is supposed to exert diplomatic influence.

Alan Wilson in due course willing to create opportunities for the Soviet Union to clean up the United States, but not ready to really move towards the route of the Cambridge Five, Chile is best to pull back, even if it is towards the Qin Dynasty.

In short, although the tumultuous year is coming to an end, but Britain’s diplomatic work has just begun, he, the humble social commons, but also to continue to struggle, which is only where, but only the intermission.

Because the oil crisis brought about by the rising cost of oil use of the economic crisis, with a robust pace, visited the countries of Europe and the United States, first of all, there is no local hair, can only rely on the labor force to develop the manufacturing industry in Japan.

This was followed by the United States, which theoretically would not be affected by the oil embargo, and finally arrived in Europe, which seems not to be so resource-vulnerable as Japan and also much more equitably distributed than the United States.

Crude oil inventories began to be on a worryingly low level, and the Arab crude oil embargo triggered a panic among the American public to buy gasoline, with calls from all sectors for a rationing system and long lines of cars for gasoline becoming a common phenomenon on street corners.

Under pressure from the financial community, U.S. state governments were forced to drastically cut back on investment programs in highways, bridges, hospitals, and schools to pay off bank debt, which laid off tens of thousands of workers and began to fragment America’s most prosperous urban agglomerations.

On the European continent, the impact of rising oil prices has also brought the most horrific scenes since the Great Depression.

Despite the German government’s emergency rule against driving on weekends, nearly half a million people lost their jobs as the country’s oil import bill rose to an appalling 17 billion marks.

Inflation reached a frightening eight percent, transportation and agriculture were devastated, and key industrial sectors such as steel, shipbuilding and chemicals were in deep crisis.

The economic crisis brought about by the oil crisis could not, of course, only affect the developed industrialized countries, but the more vulnerable and backward countries also paid a heavy price, and the social regression in the industrialized countries was nothing compared to the problems in the Third World.

The USSR, which was large enough to have its own territory, was certainly not affected by the oil crisis, and began to take an offensive stance in its confrontation with the United States. Just as the vast majority of countries in the free world fell into recession, the Soviet Union seized the opportunity to begin exerting its influence on the water towers of East Africa through an army mutiny in Ethiopia.

By this time, the army had risen as a powerful political force. A series of committees were formed by junior officers as a way to sway the army. Later. A “Coordination Committee” was set up between the regular army, the police and local forces.

The revolution, led by officers led by Haile Mariam Mengistu, ended the Ethiopian monarchy.

Ethiopia cut ties with the pro-American policy of the Haile Selassie era and eased relations with the Soviet Union, welcoming it as it did neighboring Somalia. As for Ethiopia’s other neighbor, North Sudan, it was likewise a Soviet-leaning country, except that it maintained good relations with both China and the Soviet Union.

The United Republic of Tanganyika and Malawi, led by Nyerere, was similar to North Sudan, also leaning toward the Eastern Bloc, but maintaining equal friendship with China and the Soviet Union. Southern Africa was similarly war-torn, with guerrillas in the Portuguese African colonies of Angola and Mozambique also receiving Soviet arms aid.

Together with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which historically the Soviet Union had never touched, the pro-Soviet states in Africa had formed a sizeable force.

In April 1975 North Vietnam captured Saigon after months of heavy fighting and immediately declared the liberation of the country. A large number of high-ranking South Vietnamese officials and refugees fled, pictures of the Iron Fist of Saigon spread around the world, and the South Vietnamese regime, which the United States had done everything in its power to preserve, disappeared from the world.

The elimination of South Vietnam was also a sign that the U.S. had lost the war in Southeast Asia. In the same month, Phnom Penh was liberated by the Cambodian Communist Party.

In May, guerrillas appeared in large numbers throughout Laos. The existence of the Kingdom of Laos was already in jeopardy, and in 1975, the Kingdom of Laos finally ended its history.

Harold Wilson opened his third general election at the beginning of the year. In the economic crisis caused by the oil crisis, Harold Wilson won again and continued the ruling frenzy of the Labor Party. The result of the British election was also like a signal that after two years of adaptation and adjustment, in the first quarter of 1975, the economies of various countries finally began to rebound.

But compared with the high growth rate before the oil crisis, production rebounded slowly after the crisis, almost close to stagnation; at the same time, there was widespread inflation during the crisis, and inflation continued to develop after the crisis, thus creating a situation in which slow economic growth and severe inflation coexisted.

After the Conservative Party lost the election, Edward Heath announced that he was going to resign as party leader, and at the end of the year, the Conservative Party began the election of the party leader, Alan Wilson paid great attention to this internal election of the Conservative Party, because the two candidates he was familiar with, the former Secretary of State for Defense, Profumo, and the other one was the former Secretary of State for Education, Margaret Thatcher.

The final result came out soon, the Conservative Party announced that the former Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher defeated Profumo to become the new leader of the Conservative Party, and will lead the Conservative Party in the next period of time, continue to strive to regain the ruling power.