Chapter 396 British Newfoundland

“But that place is now regarded as a burden all over London.” Norman Brooke laughed bitterly, “So cold place, not much population, and huge financial pressure, from the successive reports, it is known that Allen is aware of the major colonies, anyway, even if I go, in addition to applying for assistance from London, there is not much I can do.”

“That’s why it’s so important to let him know what’s going on!” Edward Bridges said in his old mind, “The location of British Malaya is so important, the Malacca coast is no less important than the Suez Canal, such an important place, how come he said he would go, trying to find a place to prove his ability shouldn’t he?”

“Edward, you also know that as the cabinet secretary I have a lot of things to do, so in this case, it is up to you to communicate with him personally.” Norman Brook’s speed of speech increased violently after he finished being polite, and he had already turned around just after his words, “I’ll go back first, I’ll come back if there are any difficulties.”

Alan Wilson, who is still ignorant of his future fate, has just crossed the English Channel and set foot on the land belonging to England, said loudly, “Let’s build Hawksin’s manor first, and with a house we can have a hot wedding, and when the spring comes the construction of the manor house will begin.”

“Actually, I’m not looking for an estate.” Pamela Mountbatten couldn’t hide the smile on her face as she listened to the warm words, “The main thing is that we want a home of our own, just for the two of us.”

“Darling, there are still some parts of us that are very much alike.” Allen Wilson smiled and complimented, such as this mindset of standing for food, as it were.

From the return to Europe until now, Alan Wilson thought to himself, the above accounted for his task, he is not 100% complete, but at least there is no big mistake, and now want a show of talent in a free place, this request is not excessive.

In the two civil service head of the program, there is indeed a place of freedom, only and Alan Wilson understanding of freedom conflict, in Alan Wilson back to the mainland at the same time, far away from New Delhi, the Governor of Mountbatten, formally announced the transfer of power point in time.

At the same time, Mountbatten program has been sent to London, to the Prime Minister for approval, when Mountbatten in order not to go to British India to take office, specifically to the Cabinet to ask for full powers, but by now, Mountbatten or back, this matter can not be said to do how to do it, it must be recognized by the Cabinet.

January 10, India and Pakistan partition program formally sent to London, the main idea of this program is: after the independence of the subcontinent, will form two separate countries – India and Pakistan; Bengal and Punjab can be split up and then merged into India and Pakistan, but also as a whole of the two respectively added to the two countries of India and Pakistan, or separate existence.

On the question of the status of the princely states, the program was vague, implying that it was up to them to determine their own future. Mountbatten asked the Cabinet to consider and adopt the package within a day in any case.

The Labor Cabinet completed its reply in a week. The amended part of the program was made at the request of the British Parliament, which wanted several ambiguities spelled out.

The amended program claimed more clearly that the different regions of India could decide their own destiny. Apart from this, the program added nothing new.

According to Mountbatten, the only new issue in the program that would cause confusion was the suggestion that the northwest should also have the freedom to choose independence, but it was felt that this had to be the case, that there had to be a little bit of a hidden agenda for the former colonies, or else too much development would definitely not be in the interests of Britain.

Governor Mountbatten, in New Delhi, waited for a reply from London, and when it arrived, Mountbatten said to both Commissioner Barron and Secretary General Ismay, “I have a feeling that Nehru will go mad.”

“Actually, he should have been prepared.” Sir Barron spoke flatly, “Ali Jinnah will not compromise. By the way, we had a filing before, that is, to hand out money before we leave, and now the time has come to implement it.”

“Hand out money?” Governor Mountbatten froze, he seemed to have heard something similar a few times, but where was the money now that British India was financially empty.

“The new banknotes have just come off the production line and the ink is not yet dry.” Sir Barron said without changing his face, “The main thrust of this time is to issue one hundred rupees to every resident of British India, no matter what his faith caste is, everyone gets a share.”

As to Governor Mountbatten’s desire to communicate with Nehru first, the two men strenuously objected to the early disclosure of the program to one party, saying that it would be unfair to give it to one party only and not to the other.

“There is too much at stake for the program to be nitpicked on procedural details. In any case, it is possible that the opposition to the program will be from the NCP, which is committed to the subcontinent as one nation, and not Jinnah’s PMLN. Do you think so!”

“That’s right!” Both Baron and Ismay nodded, “The bubble is destined to burst, it’s good to wake up the Congress Party.”

Regarding the exact news of the partition of India and Pakistan, Ali Jinnah knew about it before Nehru, which was quite normal, after all, there was Pakistan’s good friend Allen Wilson, who also made it clear among the telegrams that Pakistan should prepare for the worst.

Not only was he a good friend of Pakistan, he also had an unbreakable friendship with Ali Khan, the Maharaja of Hyderabad, and naturally, this ruler of Hyderabad also knew about it.

And at this time Alan Wilson was campaigning for his future, poking around to see if he could not accomplish the two successful tasks of the engine and the Paris Conference, and have an opportunity for the benefit of the public come to him.

“Alan, for all your ability to do the job, Norman and I have watched, and in fairness, there are not many young civil servants who are as open-minded, upstanding, sharing and above all reliable as you are.”

Edward Bridges met Alan Wilson in the middle of his own office, and directly stated that he had always been very optimistic about his development, and even said that his support was physical, and for this reason, he also took out a meager salary and subscribed to the shares of Pamela Mountbatten’s exploration company, which was enough to show his affection as a supervisor.

Alan Wilson face stunned, said you earn burst well, whether you subscribe to the London or Paris, the future is an underground money you haul opportunities.

“Alan, you know, like Malaya such an important place, with your seniority is still very problematic. Although Norman and I are very optimistic about you, there are some things that can’t be decided just by being optimistic.” Edward Bridges mused for a moment and said, “In light of this, in fact, in terms of the future, you should settle down for a while so that you can better benefit the public in the future. As for Malaya, now the cabinet has plans to merge all the local colonies for unified management, you have to know that once merged that would be a large colony more than twice the size of Britain, you want to go, there are still a lot of competitors.”

“Honorable Sir Edward, but what I’ve learned, I’m definitely good at dealing with the Chinese, and I’ve also lived in Xiangjiang.” Alan Wilson was still making a futile bid to show that he was superior and could definitely contribute to the British Empire.

Not that he was boasting, no one in the whole of Britain in Malaya was more suitable than him, and if that colony couldn’t be maintained by himself, the others were even more of a waste of time, and sooner or later they would have to lose it.

Looked at a face I want to progress too much Alan Wilson, Edward Bridges non-committal, “about your arrangements, Whitehall up and down or very seriously, there are currently two options, one is to do the Europe-oriented Under-Secretary-General, responsible for the follow-up work of the Marshall Plan.”

That is not still in London, to put it nicely is to preside over the work, and London’s big Buddha so much, that turn to him to clap.

Alan Wilson politely said that the diplomatic work and his own personality is not very compatible, after all, he only made a mistake in the Paris conference, openly blaming the Soviet Union, as well as the Eastern European countries, but also said that what Finnishization, and even led to the Prime Minister Adlai personally to Moscow to show goodwill, and now responsible for the affairs of Europe slightly unfavorable to the unity of Europe.

“That’s true.” Edward Bridges nodded approvingly, if it hadn’t been for this then the arrangement would have been a sure thing, but now Alan Wilson had indeed only just scolded half of Europe for not being worth a penny.

If at this time, when the person concerned was still in the ascendant, putting Alan Wilson in charge of Britain’s affairs towards Europe, it was also true that it would be easy to arouse the hostility of the Soviet Union, Edward Bridges did not want to let the favored junior take such a big risk after all.

Coughing softly, Edward Bridges slowly said, “There is currently another position that is similar to the colonial work, you can say that it is actually the work of the colony, but the conditions are slightly more difficult, if you can prove that this piece of work that combines both diplomacy and administration, to prove your own ability, I believe that your colleagues will be able to reevaluate your working ability .”

“Sir Edward, just say it’s there.” Alan Wilson patted his chest, as long as he can be him as a hand, not as some undersecretary general in charge of European affairs, every day to a group of big Buddha above to ask for instructions, wherever is fine.

“That’s what you said!” Edward Bridges leaned back in a tactical manner, indicating that this could have nothing to do with him, “Don’t make it difficult for us when General Mountbatten comes back?”

“So where is it?” As soon as Alan Wilson saw this attitude of Edward Bridges, he was a little uncertain in his heart, and his temper went down quite a bit.

“First of all from the area is not smaller than Malaya, if you can manage such a large place, I believe that one day really go to work in Malaya, can also adapt.” Edward Bridges made a high profile comment, “Actually the British Empire is still well established there, there is no cultural divide.”

So where exactly? Alan Wilson waited in silence, and finally Edward Bridges, after mentioning a number of advantages, finally said, “Newfoundland is short of a governor, if you don’t mind? Uh-huh?”