Chapter 1634 Advantage in Reagan
The problem of unbalanced development between the east and the west, people who don’t know still think that they are talking about a certain big country, but at this time the one who is deeply worried about this problem is the Australian federal government.
Do not underestimate Australia’s iron ore than history earlier than the discovery of more than a decade, is that this decade has brought about changes in all aspects, in fact, each state of Australia does not lack of minerals, the whole of Australia is not a lack of this kind of thing, only in addition to the southeast, the other regions of the natural conditions of the bad did not do much exploration.
The southeast of New South Wales and Victoria is not lacking in minerals, and covers an extensive area of Western Australia can not be compared.
In just thirty years, with the financial attraction of Western Australia’s minerals, Perth has become a city of two million people, most of the immigrants came from the United Kingdom, as well as the British immigrants after the independence of the colonies, and most of those who did not return to their homeland, came to live in Australia.
A large influx of people coupled with Western Australia’s own mineral resources, allowing Perth to develop by leaps and bounds, time in 1985, Australia had a regional imbalance problem.
The whole of Australia’s reserves of all mineral classifications, Western Australia occupies half, some even occupy eighty percent, when the initial exploration, and is to take the binary contract, respectively, and the federal government and the state government signed.
So there is a state government level, Western Australia is known as the world’s richest lower level of government, if it is not Western Australia’s population is almost all around Perth, where there is California anything?
Because of history, different standards of railroads existed in Australia, a whole range of widths and standards, with narrow gauge railroads overwhelmingly dominating.
With foreign immigrants in Perth making up the bulk of the population, still a generation old, and the Australian Federal Government feeling the power of immigration, there was a tendency for Western Australians not to take the east seriously.
The flow of money from Western Australia’s iron ore mines is the basis for this undercurrent.
Australia’s 12,000 per capita, 11,000+ in the east and almost 15,000 in the west, with Perth and Malaya fast becoming the Hale brothers economically, how does that make Canberra feel? Income imbalance and exacerbated the centrifugal force in the west, the federal government has been trying to find a way.
At this point Pamela Mountbatten’s spokesman said that building a standard high-speed rail line linking the major cities was the solution to this centrifugal force. Australia’s railroads aren’t short, but they really don’t do much compared to the size of the country either.
Opponents, on the other hand, cited the United States as an example of a country that could defuse the problem with a well-developed aviation industry.
It took such a long time for both sides to disagree. Voices favoring learning from the United States argued that the aviation industry could be developed to promote population mobility.
On the other hand, those who support high-speed railroads consider from the economic point of view that even if the aviation industry is strong, it can not replace the role of railroads. If the country is a body, the railroads are the blood vessels, and to increase the connection between the east and west of Australia, the railroads are still needed.
By the end of the day, finally is argued out a result, Pamela Mountbatten is said in a very happy voice, “in Australia or we have the advantage, if in Canada, the discussion of ten years can not discuss the result, just like the oil pipeline.”
“The United States is too close to Canada to overcome the overwhelming influence of the United States, even if Canada and Britain seem to have deeper civil sentiments.” Alan Wilson knew right away that his wife was still hung up on the fact that the proposal to build an oil pipeline within Canada was always put on hold.
The reason for the shelving didn’t even need to be thought about, of course, it was to prioritize the United States to prevent Britain from regaining its massive influence in Canada, and now the pipeline was in a position where Canada couldn’t even fight back if the Americans did something from their own country if necessary.
Pamela Mountbatten knew as soon as she heard it that her husband was going to repeat the same old self-praise about where the Commonwealth focuses its development that was debated decades ago, and most people thought it was Canada, which has traditional ties, and Alan Wilson was a staunch advocate of the Australian argument.
“How can anyone be like my husband, who sees things just so spot-on and finds great places to bring everyone back to glory?” The richest woman anticipated her husband’s prognosis, and before the words of self-congratulation could be uttered, a steady stream of woo-woo was served up.
“This railroad, now that it is settled, is a great thing for England all round. The presence of Boeing, the giant of the American aviation industry, is the basis for curbing related research in the United States. The countries that have led to the advancement of high-speed railroads are what Japan, France and Germany. But such railroads are actually adapted to countries of vast area. It’s actually best suited for China and India, and barely maybe the USSR. Australia is okay too, I guess, and could use the remaining ordinary railroads more for freight, freeing up capacity.”
Alan Wilson analyzed as he thought about it, the mainstay of Australia’s railroads was freight transport, and building a high-speed railroad was indeed a luxury in terms of Australia’s population. But compared to the imbalance of development between east and west, centrifugal force increased, such a political level of the big problem, more money is nothing, Australia is not without money.
Boeing’s lobby, how can the United States in the railroad efforts, but the United States does not work on the fact that is the basis for allowing Alan Wilson to promote this matter, and now it is Germany out of the technology, the United Kingdom out of the influence, we all work together to allow Australia to get the imbalance of economic development problem solved, and in the meantime, to make a little bit of money.
Australia’s federal government this time in order to promote the construction of high-speed rail, can be said to be full of sincerity, ready to bear sixty percent of the cost from the central treasury. It is important to know that Western Australia’s finances are not much worse than the federal government’s, even if it is the Labor state government that pays out more welfare, the finances are still much stronger than other states.
“Darling, do Australians sometimes swear that what asshole came up with the idea of signing binary contracts with the federal and state governments, respectively, on exploration contracts in the first place?”
“I haven’t really inquired about such issues.” Pamela Mountbatten looked at the asshole in front of her and pretended not to know, “What kind of person discusses such issues.”
“That’s good!” Alan Wilson stood with his arms folded and decided to focus on the next issue, which was the promotion of the cause of freedom in Poland. Preparations for spreading British influence into Eastern Europe.
He had to prepare, and if he didn’t prepare for everything and act with the United States at the same time, with the economic power of the United States being such a reality, Britain wouldn’t necessarily be able to steal the show.
Specific measures include a strong attack on the Polish junta, demanding the release of Walesa under house arrest, Allen Wilson, although he knew that this, in addition to shouting slogans in addition to the so-called leader of no other ability.
But despise to despise, not in his position, he is the British, now no matter how to think, action must be launched against the Soviet bloc onslaught.
“Calling for Walesa’s release? Isn’t that a little too radical?” Mrs. Thatcher was a little hesitant, World War II had been over for decades, where Britain still had any influence left.
“The Prime Minister once said that the new leaders of the Soviet Union have a certain seemingly compromising mentality, we should also see if that compromising mentality exists through a tentative offensive.” Alan Wilson said with a look of serving his country, “Of course, considering the special relationship between Britain and the United States, this certainly can’t be hidden from the United States. I think President Reagan would have agreed.”
Reagan would certainly agree, Alan Wilson had no doubt about it, didn’t the US want to test the Soviet Union?
Of course it wanted to, but it preferred that Britain would replace itself, so that whether the Soviet Union gave Britain a hard time, or Britain disgusted the Soviets, it would be beneficial to the United States.
“Sir is really a practical ally then?” Mrs. Thatcher laughed softly, by now she is almost used to Alan Wilson, even if it is to cooperate with the United States, the mouth also want to deride the habit of the United States of America, she is not good to say anything, at least the cabinet secretary-general is still very much embracing the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Britain this time the tentative diplomatic attack, officially hit at the end of 1985, there is no doubt that there is no response from Moscow, the map head only took office in March, now less than a year, has not yet removed the remnants of the former dynasty out of the center, on the release of Walesa’s diplomatic pressure, naturally, can not respond.
Instead Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko, gave Britain a sharp rebuke and said the Soviet Union had long had evidence that Vavensa, and the movement he represented, was supported by imperialism.
Reagan, who was at the White House, saw this end-of-the-year exchange and almost burst into laughter, smilingly saying to his wife, Nancy, “You see how the British seem to be very forthright when they talk about internal U.S. matters. But when you run into the Soviets, it’s not that at all, and it’s delightful.”
Reagan, of course, knew all about the British use of Australian public opinion to express misgivings about illegal immigration from Latin America, and had to admit that in the battle for Australia, the United States had not done as good a job as it could have done in the post-war period, but who could see into the future?
What American knew that there were such vast mineral resources under Australia?
Since they did not know, the United States, in its haste, was faced with a massive influx of British capital, and by the time it reacted it was too late for anything. The most surprising thing is that having fought two world wars, Britain has managed to hold its ground, leaving behind a few quality assets, realizing the vast majority of its colonies, and now still maintaining the framework of a world power.
The representatives of the old imperialism, Britain and France, have maintained considerable strength, Reagan also had to temporarily compromise on some issues in exchange for unified support for the Soviet Union.
At the moment he saw the Soviet Union spewing at Britain, of course, expressed happiness, but on the surface, Reagan, in public, still had to make the attitude of listening to what the Europeans wanted, what the British wanted, even if he was not a fan of it.
Nancy knew as soon as she heard that Reagan was spouting off about pardoning Latin American immigrants, and opened her mouth to ask, “It looks like you’ve given up on that idea.”
“Of course not, I will still pardon Latin American immigrants when the time is right.” Reagan said confidently, “They’ll be great fans of the Republican Party in the future, for sure.”
On New Year’s Day, January 1, President Reagan and the First Secretary of the Soviet Union sent each other New Year’s greetings to each other’s people via television, signaling signs of improved relations between the two superpowers.