Chapter 368 Discussion on Partition

“While I was in British India, I also kept an eye on the movements in the East Indies. Also did a little tiny bit of work.”

Alan Wilson took out the prepared information and distributed it, handing it over to the hands of the representatives of the various countries, “What you have in front of you is the distribution of the population of the East Indies, and you can see that the core of the entire Dutch East Indies is the two neighboring islands, Java and Sumatra. This is the core of the East Indies, both of which were and are where the resistance is strongest.”

The current population of the East Indies has certainly surpassed eighty million, with or without one hundred million.

Among them, the population of Java is approaching fifty million, occupying about sixty percent of the population of the East Indies. And the island of Sumatra has fifteen million people occupying one-fifth of the total population of the East Indies on the books.

Subtracting these sixty-five million people on the books, the remaining fifteen million people on the books, Sulawesi ranks third, and the populations of Kalimantan and New Guinea can be said to be sparsely populated compared to the previous three islands.

The current distribution of the population of the East Indies is consistent with later generations, with Java dominating the whole, Sumatra as an auxiliary, and the rest of the islands belonging to the governed. For European countries is not small, but in the Asian range completely belongs to the sparsely populated.

While the representatives of various countries were looking at the information and illustrations, Alan Wilson’s words drew their attention again, “The experience of working in British India, if there is anything that is a lesson to be learned, it is that the size of the colony must not be too much stronger than the mainland, and the population of British India, when compared with that of the mainland of the British Empire, belongs to the typical category of being too large, and to this day has been tailed off.”

“I hope that all countries will learn a lesson and not make mistakes on similar issues.”

Quite a few people, including Armand, nodded their heads, in fact, the Netherlands had a similar plan within itself, and now that the British had taken the initiative to show up, it made the plan much more feasible.

Of course among those who nodded was not the French representative Nino Bertrand, France’s deep knowledge of the colonies was no worse than Britain’s, and even more so. But the choice was to firmly suppress, rather than letting the colonies become independent.

The French people are full of martial arts, must go up to compare and contrast, Allen Wilson is embarrassed to block, Britain and France, at least at present, look at the colonies on the general direction of the same, only the means to deal with some differences.

However, out of the friendship between the colonial empires, Allen Wilson began to take the initiative to show good, “Mr. Nino, in fact, the Indo-Chinese Federation are under the leadership of France, although I believe that France has the power to quell the resistance of the Vietnamese. But it’s never a bad thing to keep some backhanders.”

“Mr. Allen can speak up if he has any ideas, we still have to thank Britain for sending the Royal Navy to help the expeditionary force reach Asia.” Nino Bertrand nodded his head at his words, signaling Allen Wilson to say whatever he had to say.

“What I mean is that the partition strategy also applies to the French colonies in Asia.” Allen Wilson crossed his fingers and pestled his elbows on the table, “For example, divide some of the land in southern Vietnam near Cambodia and assign it to Cambodian administration. The amount doesn’t necessarily need to be a lot, having a 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers enough to cause conflict is enough. Too much might be a big reaction from the Vietnamese, and too little is not enough to inspire conflict.”

Alan Wilson shared the experience of colonial partition to the countries and made it clear without a doubt, “Today’s world order is still the world order delineated by Britain and France before the war, and this order is the colonial system, and it is true that the British Empire and France are the biggest beneficiaries of this system, but you are also the beneficiaries of it, and think about the fact that we, the European countries on the mainland, are so small and the territories under our names are so vast, what do the United States and the Soviet Union think, don’t they need raw materials and markets?”

This time Nino Bertrand nodded, back when the World War was still going on and Free France was still resisting, the Americans had mentioned the colonial system many times, and France had repeatedly expressed its displeasure with American rhetoric.

Alan Wilson also knew this, because when the United States had first expressed its rhetoric of national self-determination for the colonies in French Asia, Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office, had said, “The Americans merely did not say it explicitly, ostensibly about France, but in reality there was also Britain.”

“The Soviets?” Armand mused to himself, seemingly clueless about the huge country to the east.

“No, the Americans.” Allen Wilson and Nino Bertrand spoke up at the same time, correcting the Dutchman.

“The Soviet Red Navy is weak and can’t reach our overseas territories, the United States is capable of doing so. It will take at least ten years for the Red Navy to develop, and the only threat the overseas territories will face in ten years is likely to come from the United States.” Allen Wilson said firmly, “Choosing between the United States and the Soviet Union, we naturally favor the United States, but on this issue of overseas territories, it is the United States, not the Soviet Union, that has to be defended against, at least for a short time.”

In fact it is true that the East Indies eventually became independent, and it is also true that the Americans eventually judged that Indonesian independence could be pulled together.

It was only then that pressure was brought to bear on the Netherlands, except that the process also nearly rolled over, with the Soviet Union being favored more during the Susino period.

“For the time being, Kalimantan and New Guinea are sparsely populated over a vast area and possess the maneuverability. I must say one thing, it’s time to prepare now.” Alan Wilson reminded Almand, “With the power of the Netherlands itself, just like the dilemma we face in Britain, the colonies are too large and the cost of suppressing them increases dramatically leading to all the domestic spending on the military. Eventually it had to be abandoned, but still the Netherlands faced a much better situation than British India’s foundation. That is, the East Indies are an archipelago with an unevenly distributed population, the native Indonesian navy is almost non-existent, and the vast majority of the revolt is now centered on the islands of Java and Sumatra.”

“It would be much easier to cut out Kalimantan and govern it than a contiguous British India. As for New Guinea, Australia’s understanding must be gained, and the Australians must be made to understand that once Indonesia becomes an independent nation, its population will soon grow at a rate that will make it a threat to Australia.”

“If Australia can be made to understand the situation of the East Indies after it becomes Indonesia, and to understand the division of New Guinea by the Netherlands, it will be considered as casting a line of defense, so that Kalimantan, with British Malaya to support it, and Dutch New Guinea, with the help of Australia, will still not be a problem in terms of resources.”

How could Alan Wilson forget Australia, which believed most in blood being thicker than water?

Australia participated in almost all the wars initiated by Britain and the United States, can be said to have bowed and died for the Five Eyes Coalition, whether it is Britain or the United States, as long as the war is initiated, there is bound to be the participation of Australian troops.

In fact, look at the same geographic location, Australia is in the world’s most densely populated areas, and Australia itself is sparsely populated, Indonesia’s population of Australia itself is a natural pressure, East Asia, there is China, South Asia, there is also India, from the point of view of the heart of the non-My kind will be different, Australia is the country to face the pressure of this kind of country.

Unlike Canada and the UK and New Zealand, the UK has Europe to block African population pressure. As long as the European countries get it right, the Brits don’t feel threatened.

And Canada’s firewall is the US, which is safe as long as the US can still carry Mexican immigrants. New Zealand’s firewall is Australia, and only Australia has no protection but to fight alone.

Once King Knowles came to power in the latter days it was the Americans who started to carry the illegal immigrants and Australia immediately responded to King Knowles’ policies because Australia had a much smaller population and faced the massive population of these local countries.

Australia has always been the most sensitive country to foreign threats in the Five Eyes Coalition, on its own isolated overseas. Even after the CIA’s battle to overthrow the Indonesian Communist Party and turn Indonesia into a pro-American country, Australia’s relationship with Indonesia has always been poor.

The most direct evidence of this is Australia’s adherence to the White Australia Policy, which firmly rejected non-European immigration. The White Australia policy lasted until the 1970s, when it was abandoned a decade after the United States had abandoned segregation.

As long as Holland could make Australia understand that Britain and Holland’s efforts to protect Australia, Australia would surely return the favor, which Allen Wilson had plenty of confidence in.

“Indeed, as Mr. Allen said, Holland has ignored Australia’s feelings. There was communication, but it now seems clear that communication was not enough. When it comes to New Guinea, there is much more room for maneuver if there is Australian support.”

Armand nodded solemnly, “Of course, this matter definitely needs the help of Britain, and with the close relationship between Australia and Britain as a bridge, the Netherlands is willing to have a sincere discussion with Australia to decide the future direction of the East Indies.”

“We are certainly willing to help.” Alan Wilson nodded, “As long as Holland is willing to negotiate in good faith, this matter has a great chance of success.”

At least until the sixties, it was hard to say that America’s influence over Australia had completely overpowered Britain. For after the United States had entered the role of world hegemon, it began to make foolish attempts to colonize European countries.

Under these circumstances, the Colombo Plan for the development of South and Southeast Asia, which was initiated by Britain, was both a result of Britain’s efforts to maintain its traditional influence in Asia and a product of Britain’s policies in South and Southeast Asia.

The Colombo Plan was proposed by the Australian Foreign Minister on behalf of Britain, which shows that before the 1960s, Australia still trusted Britain more.

After the 1960s, Britain even surrendered its nuclear weapons, so how can we expect Australia and Canada to treat us as they did in the past?