Chapter 347 The Plan of Withdrawal
The purpose of this visit to the major Tupangs included, but was not limited to, giving some advice on the next developments in British India, and by this time Nehru was, in Alan Wilson’s mouth, the odious socialist again.
It is unlikely that Tupang will exist for a long time and because of the international trade settlement issue of the British Pound, the probability is that London will not take a stand on the Tupang issue, in other words will not risk a falling out with post-independence India by showing solidarity with the major Tupangs.
The future of Tupang is only in their own hands, concerned about how the transfer of property is going. As well as the situation of the private armies of the major native states, Allen Wilson only slightly put down his heart.
At this time he was a small colonial official, it was as if he was moving against the tide of history to carry out a futile moth-eaten flame.
After being a guest in the Travancore Tupa, Allen Wilson started his journey north, stopping for a while in the Mysore Tupa, and then traveling to Hyderabad to meet the monarch, Ali Khan.
Ali Khan was probably the Indian whom Allen Wilson respected the most, and after meeting Ali Khan, Allen Wilson, with an apologetic face, sincerely apologized, “I have been fighting for the preservation of Hyderabad, and hoped that London would be warned of the claims of the Congress party. But now it seems to be a real penny-pincher.”
“Commissioner Allen’s sincerity has always been apparent to me.” Ali Khan could not hide his disappointment, but that disappointment was directed at the London government, not at Alan Wilson.
“Although it has not yet been officially announced, the independence proposal for British India is in fact the partition of India and Pakistan. That is, the claim of Ali Jinnah.” There were also no outsiders, so Alan Wilson told Ali Khan about this still-secret news.
“Oh? There’s no indication of the future of Tupang?” Ali Khan listened to this mixed news and sighed long and hard, “I don’t know if this is good news or not, all the major Turkish states have already called for joining the Commonwealth on a self-governing territorial model, and there has been no response from London.”
“According to domestic assessments, forcing down the momentum of Indian independence would require a permanent presence of half a million British troops in British India. World War British India did not have that many British troops stationed there either.” Alan Wilson helplessly complained, “Before I pushed forward the work of disarmament, is to try to weaken the strength of the Indian army. The key to how the army can be embraced for self-preservation lies in the question of Kashmir. My personal advice is to take the direction of Kashmir as the key to the solution of the status of the TTP.”
“There is only one chance, and it must not be missed.” Alan Wilson analyzed for Ali Khan, “The situation in Kashmir is known to everyone, the Hindu monarchs, the populace of the religion of peace, and the outbreak of war is a probable event. Once India and Pakistan fight over that place, Maharaja, you can travel without hesitation. This is the only chance to force the Congress party into line.”
The Kashmir issue is not the first time he has talked about it, and even talked about it earlier with Ali Jinnah, after the Kashmir issue came up, India actually acted much more decisively than Pakistan. Pakistan just started to look forward on are private army, India put in the Indian regular army.
In the previous disarmament, the British Indian government consciously culled the Indian-origin armies, while retaining a large number of Sikh troops. Preventing it from being too obvious to be seen that Nehru was just starting out after independence, there were certainly fewer cards to play than historically.
Of course this doesn’t conclude that Nehru was afraid to go to war, Kashmir was after all the home of the Nehru family, and the founding leader lost his home state? That would seem to be a humiliation for Nehru.
Alan Wilson talking to Ali Jinnah about Kashmir didn’t serve no purpose at all. With a reminder Ali Jinnah might not have, at first, taken on the Indian regular army with tribal arms.
If India and Pakistan were to fight it out in Kashmir, Ali Khan might not be able to buy out a couple of years if he was able to unite the other big turf states to collectively put pressure on New Delhi. It doesn’t have to be like right at the beginning, when the Hyderbala and Junagadh turf states were killed instantly, and it might be able to slow down the pace of Indian unification.
Slow down is right, by now, Alan Wilson can only use the word slow down to describe. After all, there were only a few powerful native states, and they did not border each other.
“Remember to contact the Portuguese when the time comes, for a friend like Maharaja Ali Khan, the Portuguese are also very willing to make friends.” Finally Alan Wilson opened his mouth, “The British army’s evacuation plan, I’m trying to think of a way, a part of the British army wants to evacuate to Junagadh Tupang, to prevent Nehru from acting rashly. The Hyderbala side is a bit more difficult, the Maharaja’s Tupang is inland, we can never withdraw our troops inland, right?”
British troops withdrew to Junagadh Tupa, the Indian army wants to be in the eyes of the British army, rushed into Junagadh Tupa, overthrow the monarch in the referendum, the Junagadh Tupa annexed to India this kind of operation, it is very much a need for courage.
If the peaceful monarchs of both Hyderbala and Junagadh are safe and sound, when the Indo-Pakistani war begins, how can they form a supportive role for Pakistan, even if it is just verbal support.
In fact, it is not enough, it is best that the Portuguese also announced the contents of the secret treaty, the occupied land under the name of Portuguese Goa, then in the Portuguese backing, India’s scruples will be a little bigger.
Allen Wilson, if not in the heart of the concern, afraid of a protracted war, and finally let the most easy to develop in the war of the Communist Party of India came to power, surely will make a joint war plan, the Indians on the first day of independence, the next day on the outbreak of full-scale war.
Leaving Hyderabad, Alan Wilson went straight to Goa to enjoy the rare Christian atmosphere of the subcontinent and to think about figuring out what else had been done inadequately under the inspiration of God.
The church of Bom, with its sanctuary garden and baroque steps, and the monastery of Bom were built in 1723 on the initiative of the Archbishop of Braga. The different strata, the colonnades on the granite steps and the white stucco walls seem to dissolve into an architectural impression that draws your eyes towards the church that towers on top of the hill.
Boxwoods, camellias and North American azaleas made up the bright spring landscape, and at this sight, Allen Wilson dropped to one knee, took out the ring he had already prepared, and slipped it on Pamela Mountbatten’s fingertip.
“Giving rings again?” Pamela Mountbatten smiled and looked at the spire of Bohm Abbey expectantly, “Don’t you want to say something?”
“I’m a mouthy man, so I’ll be direct, will you marry me.” Alan Wilson tilted his head, very good behavior, “I do not know Miss Pamela, is willing to do Mrs. Wilson.”
A small hand reached out and took the initiative to put on the ring, Pamela Mountbatten looked at the ring on her fingertips and said, “What do you say?”
This marriage proposal scene is actually very plain, the witnesses are only a few soldiers who follow, Allen Wilson also did not forget these soldiers who protect Pamela Mountbatten, shelled out an extra amount of hard-earned money, and invited a few more soldiers to eat.
For the miserly him, this is definitely an investment, he gave but the dollar, is to forget, in the end is to receive that batch of American guests exchange, he received several batches of American guests, which remember so clearly?
Allen Wilson is not stingy, but also limited to treating his wife and the same status of the lady, treating others are never geese over the hair, a few soldiers even think he is a good person, the vice king’s daughter found a good match.
The poor guards were mesmerized by Alan Wilson’s hypocritical appearance, and it must be said that his acting skills have progressed amazingly. Thanks to Greta Garbo who tutored him from time to time while he was in New Delhi.
A trip out is still rewarding, and Pamela Mountbatten to set the two of them is one of the things, the other point is, always feel that the work is not yet done, has been strict on their own Assistant Commissioner of British India, began to draw up plans for the withdrawal of British troops in India.
Inspiration this thing, need a different way to stimulate, make efforts can always squeeze out. Eventually Alan Wilson, inspired by his civil service work, decided not to go to Kashmir for the time being.
Make plans for the withdrawal of British troops in India, and the transfer of armaments. There is nothing to say about the navy, there is no large warship that needs to be handed over, and the Andaman Islands were pretty much built up before the riots.
They could be commissioned straight away when the time came, not to mention the fact that Maclean had already signed a treaty with Ceylon, which would make the port of Ceylon the Royal Navy’s Indian Ocean port for the long term.
It was mainly on the Army side that Alan Wilson felt that, in terms of heavy weapons, it was possible to hand over in the pacifist ghettos. And the British troops in India in the Hindu ghettos must take all the heavy weapons with them.
Evacuation should look like evacuation, and from now on the access of Hindu aides to the production process should be strictly controlled. The production lines of the major arsenals can be left behind, the drawings should never be left behind.
Arsenal hoarded steel, coal, from now on the person in charge of the local factory can make their own decision to sell, of course, it is best to do the rain, do not eat alone.
The withdrawal routes of the major British bases, the British troops on the east coast of the subcontinent directly into Ceylon, the Andaman Islands and British Malaya and British Burma, the route of the withdrawal of the west coast, is divided into two parts, one into Portuguese Goa, the other into Junagadh Tuban.
Hopefully by that time, the Indo-Pakistani war had broken out, civil war had broken out in the former colonies, and it was not too much of a stretch for the former sovereign’s army to wait and see first, was it not? it was simply very reasonable.
The agencies for the three northern Bhutanese-Sikkimese-Nepalese states were retained for the time being and were not included in the withdrawal. As for the west coast of the British troops eventually withdrawn to where, Alan Wilson felt that the British forces in the Gulf should be strengthened.
Finished this withdrawal plan, and then began to annotate a reasonable explanation of why the withdrawal of troops so. Then sent a telegram to London, and waited for the news back from London.
British troops in India will certainly not return to the country, civil servants return to the country need jobs, is it possible for soldiers to return to the country can not be needed? Or should soldiers tighten their belts and not cause trouble for the country?
The British troops in India, who were withdrawn from British India, will definitely go to other colonies and not cause trouble to the tight employment situation in the country.