Chapter 152 Exporting the experience of partition

Now the British Empire was a post-war triumvirate, the Royal Navy was still the second in the world, and there were still tons of colonies. But there was just a lack of money, and to what extent was Britain’s domestic economy struggling?

Historically rationing on British soil ended in 1954 at the end of World War II, a full nine years after the capitulation, and the Soviet Union, which had most of its battlefields on its own soil and suffered close to 30 million casualties, ended rationing in 1949.

In the 1950s France and Germany successively surpassed Britain in per capita income, a sight not seen since the beginning of the colonial era.

Keeping in mind that WWI Germany had only half the per capita income of Britain, and that France, called usurious imperialism, was only a little more than half that, only the tiny Netherlands, fed by the whole of the Dutch East Indies, was able to match Britain in the whole of continental Europe.

In terms of industrial share, Germany’s industrial capacity in World War II was close to twice that of Britain’s, but Britain’s arms production surpassed that of Germany, which had twice as much industrial capacity, in the first year it began mobilizing, and this was accomplished in just over a year.

Among the major participants in the war, Britain’s mobilization rate even exceeded that of the Soviet Union, and probably only Bulgaria in World War I was more playful than Britain in World War II.

Five years of such a degree of total mobilization down to the national economy is a very huge blow, even greater than the home territory fell into the battlefield of the Soviet Union.

What is a wartime economy? It is to distort the laws of economics, to center all resources around the war; to overdraw the future of the national economy in the service of the war, which is not sustainable.

Total mobilization is not a productivity gained out of thin air; it is entirely exchanged for cribbing and overdrawing the future. The stronger the mobilization rate, the more difficult it is to walk away from it; Britain’s mobilization rate was even stronger than the Soviet Union’s, and the more time it took to adjust.

The British Empire, as it is now, is even temporarily incapable of long-term repression of its huge colonies.

Historically it was not until after the end of rationing in 1954 that Britain tentatively began to preserve the face of the British Empire, and the Suez Canal War was the last time Britain saved the colonial empire.

Prime Minister Adderley wanted to dump British India for reconstruction, and Alan Wilson wanted to maximize his interests in the process, with the common denominator being that the beneficiary of any stab at British India would be the British homeland.

“If the price is right, I will make a proposal to the Prime Minister.” Edward Bridges agreed, every dollar was extraordinarily valuable to London, especially if American aid had been cut off.

When had the British Empire ever reported back with countries like Belgium and Holland, and weren’t they starting to put their faces down and do the same now? Ever since Alan Wilson returned to Europe, he has been spreading the rhetoric of cashing in on the colonies and replenishing the homeland all the time, and now there is a market for it in the civil service community.

Since the burden is to be shaken off to make the colonies independent, there is nothing wrong with cashing in as much as possible in the process, and the highest bidder gets it.

“I’m sure Junagadh Tubang, will fully recognize the goodwill of the Empire.” Alan Wilson patted his chest, he would definitely buy a good price for these German submarines.

“Allen, go talk to the Dutch about what the endgame is for the Dutch East Indies, and what the worst-case scenario is.” Edward Bridges nodded and gave Alan Wilson another task.

Since it was a colonial country supporting each other, it was necessary to make it clear that the Netherlands, which was going to launch a military operation, had a clear plan or not, to maintain transparency in the military operation, and the British side could also give cooperation.

Otherwise, do not know what the Netherlands in the end is the purpose, the United Kingdom is not good too intervene, that after all is the Dutch colony. Once done, it is likely to set fire to itself.

Comprehended the superiors especially look favorably on my spirit of Alan Wilson, with a stirring mood to take the initiative to go to the Dutch, is simply urgent, to save the Netherlands between fire and water.

The British Empire, which owed a buttload of debt, could think of selling jet engines to the Soviet Union, and now put down the dignity of the colonial empire’s boss and took the initiative to launch a helping hand, which is not incomprehensible.

“Mr. Allen, of course we want to return to Asia and continue our rule in the East Indies.” For Allen Wilson’s arrival, the Dutch representative George Almand was also quite surprised, when did the British become so understanding.

“Isn’t there anything for the record? Like a bottom line condition in case things don’t go well and too much input is not effective.” Alan Wilson even said with gestures, at least it is the return of the sovereign to Asia, no detailed plan will not be too childish some?

Or is it an old-fashioned way of looking at people? Think the Far East national leaders, or the original kind of cat level?

That Allen Wilson must give the Dutch a preventive shot, he hoped that the Netherlands will not be futile, at least more than the history, otherwise he is not the history of not the slightest change?

In public, once Holland was defeated, then the pressure was all on Britain. In private, British Malaya is the Imperial Overseas Civil Servant’s admired backup plan for British India, and no one wants to see the place under their administration, harassed for three days.

Alan Wilson but remembered that the version of Indonesia since ancient times also existed, the basic logic is that Indonesia and Malaysia since ancient times is a unified country, only the evil Western colonizers, the unified Indonesia split, artificially become two countries.

In fact Indonesia was a pro-Soviet country before the CIA took out Sukarno and the Indonesian Communist Party in one fell swoop. You should know that there is a very famous Bandung Conference, an Asian-African conference held in Bandung, Indonesia, by government delegations from Asian-African countries and regions.

It was the first time that Asian and African countries and regions discussed the vital interests of the Asian and African people without the participation of the colonial powers. It was the first large-scale international conference to discuss the vital interests of Asian and African people without the participation of colonial powers. This conference was also called the Bandung Conference because it was held in Bandung.

Bandung is the city of Indonesia, and it is evident that Indonesia’s tendency, Indonesia during the Sukarno period, has been committed to the unification of Greater Indonesia and the annexation of British Malaya with the support of the Soviet Union.

Then Alan Wilson knows this future, naturally, must be cracked from the beginning, the theory is that the Netherlands on the Dutch East India suppression of the great success, so that the British Empire is the most favorable.

Because Holland itself was, after all, a small European country that would not have an impact on the influence of the British Empire.

But Allen Wilson also knows that it is because the Netherlands itself is not strong, retaining such a large Dutch East India is difficult, it is surprising that there is not yet a tight plan, he had to sit down and talk to the Dutch.

“Mr. George, perhaps you should have also heard that the Japanese army deliberately armed the Indonesian resisters before surrendering.” Allen Wilson slowly sat down and said in a heavy tone, “I came back from British India, would you like to hear my views on Asia?”

“Mr. Allen, relations between Holland and Britain have always been very amicable, and I will listen carefully to your views on the East.” George Almand was slightly embarrassed, it seemed that Holland was slightly underprepared.

“Talk about no rapprochement, but Holland and Britain’s previous hatred compared to all the colonies, we have a common identity as colonizers.” Alan Wilson gently waved his hand and said, “The theme of this meeting is how to preserve the interests in the hands of Europe nowadays, and we must all show unity on this issue of the colonies, so I’ll start with the information I have.”

Prior to Japan’s decision to surrender, the Japanese forces in India received secret instructions from Japan itself to hand over their weapons and equipment to the local Indonesian national independence movement and to instigate a revolution among the Indonesians, causing them to create chaos for the Allied forces. The Japanese Army in India sent a message to all of Indonesia the next day about the establishment of the Indonesian Independence Preparation Committee.

After talking about the Japanese arming the Indonesian independence forces, Allen Wilson changed his tone and said, “I can immediately telegraph to New Delhi to order the Indian Army Corps to land on Java to buy time for the arrival of the Dutch army. But ultimately whether the Dutch army can succeed in suppressing the forces of independence is not something that can be helped by outside forces, but of course in theory, the British Empire hopes that Holland will succeed.”

“The Netherlands is very grateful to the British Empire, for its support in important decisions concerning the civilized world.” Upon hearing this, George Armand was immediately overjoyed to express his gratitude.

“Don’t rejoice too soon, I still have something to say. Japan’s rampage within Asia, say it was a fluke or whatever, but the impact was extremely bad. Many of the natives of Southeast Asia, influenced by Japan’s defeat of the European countries, have psychologically ceased to be in awe of us, and this is the most frightening part.” Alan Wilson let out a long breath, telling George Almand not to be too thankful just yet, “Such is the case in British India, and I believe the situation in the East Indies will only get worse.”

“The British Empire will of course give the Netherlands as much support as possible, just as we supported France’s return to Vietnam. But the difficulties may be more serious than you two countries realize. So I have some personal advice.” Alan Wilson also had a hesitant look on his face when he spoke, and finally made up his mind and said, “If you want to maintain an order that is favorable to Europe, you probably can’t do it without a little bit of ruthlessness. I hope that Holland can be mentally prepared, but also to make a backup plan. If you can’t get the dominion of the whole Dutch East India, you can activate the filing, for example, cut the largest area of Indonesia, the smallest population is naturally also the least resistance to the island, so it may be much easier.”

Having just learned from the Cabinet Secretary’s advanced experience, Allen Wilson turned around in front of the Dutch and talked about the benefits of partition, even hinting, consciously or not, that Kalimantan was actually just fine. As the largest island in the Dutch East Indies, it had only one-tenth the population of the Dutch East Indies.

If it is not possible to maintain Dutch rule in the whole of Dutch East India, then separating Kalimantan to focus on its operation will likewise be supported by the British Empire.