Chapter 230 Mountbatten, Civil Servant

If in order to save hundreds of millions of people in British India, this time Portugal proposed to solve the problem of Portuguese Goa, then the British India Viceroyalty, intolerant of spreading famine, humiliating signing of the treaty, by the way, the area of Goa to expand some of the area, which is also very normal.

This is all for the hundreds of millions of people in British India can survive well, is a last resort of good governance.

In all fairness, the area of Portuguese Goa is still too small, slightly less than enough for defense. Just like Singapore, looks like a water of modern armament, but in fact Southeast Asia just pick out a country, can destroy it.

Singapore needs missiles to be able to get to the enemy, and someone else can just set up a random WWII artillery piece to cover Singapore, so how else is it going to fight?

Portuguese Goa also has this problem, Portugal can never hold it as long as India dares to take the risk. The safety or otherwise of Goa was entirely in Nehru’s head.

In order to unite a member of the civilized world and itch the spirit of the Brussels Conference, Alan Wilson really could not bear to see Portuguese Goa lost like this, and was prepared to take advantage of this great famine to give Portugal a chance to take advantage of the fire and get rid of the problem of Goa.

Not to collect any benefits from the Portuguese, and it can not be talked about, with Portuguese money to do Portuguese things, very reasonable.

Just now the situation in British India is not urgent, but can show a little mouth, give Portugal a preparation time.

Completed the work of stealing incense Allen Wilson left late at night, returned to his house to sleep, the next day to the Portuguese Governor General’s Office an expedited telegram, inviting Pedro to New Delhi to catch up.

As the saying goes that danger is also opportunity, the Great Famine was not necessarily a bad thing for some people, especially the British. The British Indian civil servants, who were keen to get their hands on money, did not necessarily suffer, but perhaps even benefited.

For example, when British India was in trouble and the Viceroyalty decided to sell British Indian properties to tide them over, this was a good opportunity for the Americans, who had been trying to expand their influence and get their capital out of the country.

And it wasn’t a bad thing for Britain, selling off British India’s resources and vesting the wealth in Britain. With the US having cut off aid to the UK, it could serve the purpose of saving the country on a curve.

The British would be happy and the Americans would be happy, except for the Indians who might not be too happy. To use a lesser example, it’s as if after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all the other countries more or less made a profit except for the Soviets who lost their pants.

If the disappearance of British India could be exchanged for the same result as the collapse of the USSR, especially an economic boost to Britain, that wouldn’t really be a bad thing.

Alan Wilson will contribute his share to the great plan of realizing British India, ninety percent is not enough, it has to be one hundred percent.

As for after wait until British India disappears, the Republic of India appeared, the Americans can still laugh, this is not his concern, the right not to use the expiration date, that time Alan Wilson certainly on India what influence are not, can not for the United States enterprises to seek justice.

Anyway, on the understanding of Nehru, Alan Wilson felt that the Americans are not necessarily able to take advantage.

Nehru advocated a uniquely Indian form of socialism. It was grounded in the national interest and viewed socialism as a way of controlling capital, as opposed to private capital, rather than an ideological position.

The mixed economy became an institution that became the centerpiece of India’s long-term economic strategy. Public and private economies coexisted, with the public sector dominating. The state effectively regulated the mixed economy by means of planning. Emphasizing the concept of equality and declaring war on poverty was one of Nehru’s basic ideas.

Even if Nehru’s ideas are far softer than those of the Soviets, by the time India’s skyfall fierce man, but also absolutely will not look at India’s important assets in the hands of foreign capital, it is just a question of when to do it.

The idea of eating two fish in one has emerged, but it will have to wait a little while before it is implemented, he is actually busy contributing articles to Australian and New Zealand newspapers, earning a fee for his work by legal means, publishing mainly inside information on British India, the articles usually start like this, “According to people who do not wish to divulge their lives, British India is now ……”

While the hot sun continued, while the representatives of the two powers were already at sea, and while the Commissioner’s assistant was pitching articles to Australia and New Zealand, Mountbatten, Commander-in-Chief of the wartime Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, had rejoined his wife and daughter and was waiting for the knighthood to come.

Although he had a knighthood himself, who could ever have too much of this stuff, and besides, it was in recognition of his own wartime contributions, and was entirely deserved, and should be accepted with open arms.

As for the silence of the youngest daughter Pamela Mountbatten, General Mountbatten think there is no problem, just a child’s caprice, and then again is not already better than just left British India, much better.

See his wife and daughter again Mountbatten, not because of this small matter feel unhappy, detailed his life in the Mediterranean fleet, but also do not forget to spit British India’s environment, “in fact, I have long stayed in Ceylon, New Delhi, I do not want to go, if not because of something …… ”

“Are things in British India really like the newspapers say they are?” Edwina Ashley inquired with great concern, “India is simply not even a place for people to stay in the London papers now.”

“There are good places to go in even the worst places, but what the newspapers say about the situation sums up most of British India.” Mountbatten answered for his wife, “The most people there are people, endless people with ridiculous paints and hilarious costumes. A few very nice people exist, however, but they are too few compared to the total population of British India.”

“Pamela seems to like that place.” Patricia, the eldest daughter, looked at her father, her eyes darting to the stairs as if to make sure her sister wasn’t eavesdropping.

“She that which is like that place ……,” Mountbatten bristled, and then squarely said, “this matter should not be mentioned, that is just a period of experience in life, time will fade away. ”

Patricia also wanted to ask what, just at this time next to the phone rings, reach out and answer, “Yes, is the Mountbatten family, good, I’ll give the phone to father.”

“A trip to Whitehall well?” Mountbatten, who took the microphone, nodded his head with a puzzled look, “Good, then I’ll make a trip. It doesn’t matter, we are all serving the British Empire, right?”

Ten Downing Street, Prime Minister Airdrie and Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges are in, after the guards of the Prime Minister’s residence check, Mountbatten entered the heart of the British Empire, just met the two men greeted with a smile and asked Mountbatten whether it was going well in his new job.

This question was asked once on the telegraph, Mountbatten is not a stranger at all, said there is not the slightest hardship, has been integrated into the Mediterranean Fleet as a large family, he is the time of the year, will not be a problem because of physical reasons.

“This is good, in fact, with the merits of Mountbatten you should be honored, but this world war, his majesty has to be busy with too many things, knighthoods and awards every month, to the present have not completely stopped. I hope you understand, Mountbatten.” Prime Minister Airdrie nodded his head with a smile, recognizing Mountbatten’s merits in the midst of the war and expressing the government’s support for this ordination.

“Of course we also have to take into consideration, the balance of things.” After Prime Minister Adderley finished speaking, Edward Bridges immediately followed, “Merits on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, especially the Battle of Imphal, is what guarantees your knighthood, speaking of which well, I don’t know what General Mountbatten thinks about the Asian colonies of the British Empire, especially British India.”

The time of the Battle of Imphal, Mountbatten was already the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, and this one of the greatest victories in the Asian theater of World War II can undoubtedly serve as a merit for Mountbatten’s knighthood.

At that time, when Lord Mountbatten, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, learned of the Japanese crossing of the Chindwin River, he decided to withdraw the troops defending along the border west of the Chindwin River to come up to the high ground near Imphal to organize the defense.

This moved the Japanese attacking forces away from their own rear bases, and the Japanese were not only forced to fight with their backs to the wide Chindwin River, but also to rely entirely on very insecure jungle transport routes.

“Personally, I have a very high opinion of British India, and of the Indian Army.” Mountbatten, for a change from what he had said at home, affirmed in good conscience the positive image of British India at this moment of great joy, while at the same time inflecting a compliment on himself.

Adderley and Edward Bridges kept nodding their heads, now and then making eye contact with inexplicable meaning.

Since General Mountbatten had already said that there was nothing in the least wrong with his own health and that he harbored a favorable view of British India, there was no reason to refuse to take office.

At Prime Minister Adderley’s gesture, Edward Bridges himself came to do this evil, “General Mountbatten, Governor Weaver is already old, and now that there is a vacancy in the position of Governor-General of British India, and anyone who is aware of the importance of British India knows who you think is better suited for the position of Governor-General of India.”

“Ah ……” Mountbatten, who had grown up in the aristocratic community since childhood, awoke with a start, his eyes became sharp, and he already smelled the flavor of intrigue, “This is a matter that deserves careful consideration, and from the overall point of view , the importance of British India to the global interests of the British Empire cannot be overstated, and the position of Viceroy certainly requires a trusted candidate with broad support and authority ……”

Edward Bridges was surprised to find out that Mountbatten should not have joined the army, and that there was bound to be a place for him in Whitehall if he became a civil servant.