Chapter 520 – Competition for Leadership

“Arafat’s speech is still worth copying!” After leaving the venue, Alan Wilson bought different newspapers, apparently all the major Egyptian newspapers held King Farouk I’s speech in high esteem.

Although it is not the gun and olive branch of the freedom fighters, changed a little less flavor, but change is no way, the Egyptian king is not, after all, Arafat has been the same as Arafat has been the armed leader of the Israeli explosive hammer. Currently the Arab League countries still think that if the United States had not intervened by sending troops from Greece, the Arab coalition forces would have won.

In the evening Alan Wilson met with Sayyid, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq, and talked about the speech of King Farouk I of Egypt, which Sayyid also thought was brilliant, and then shut up about it.

Before Said came to Cairo, Princess Badia had already gotten through to him and knew that there would be someone from the UK to discuss things with him in this meeting.

“Honorable Prime Minister Said, hello!” Alan Wilson opened the door very enthusiastically, and before the other party responded, turned around and closed the door to Hedy Lamarr’s room.

Another backroom deal, Allen Wilson could say that he was already very familiar with this kind of work, and it wasn’t even the first time he met with Prime Minister Said in Cairo.

What about even the royal guard formed by the Christians of the Kingdom of Iraq, which was Alan Wilson’s suggestion?

“As I said before, it’s actually quite tough for Iraq to compete with Egypt for the leadership of the Arab world with the current strength of Iraq, which has more than four times the population of Iraq. Although Egypt is extremely poor in terms of resources, the existence of the Suez Canal makes it very difficult for Britain to give up its support for Egypt.” Alan Wilson was talking about the meeting during the day, “Of course I still think that Iraq is still more capable of leading the Arab world, and this is by no means just because of a personal relationship with Princess Badia, but I really think so.”

“Mr. Wilson, you really think so?” Prime Minister Nouri Said asked rhetorically in disbelief, “It can’t be just lip service to that belief.”

“Look at the barren land of Egypt!” Alan Wilson’s shook his head slightly with pity, “Egypt’s inhabitable land is nothing more than the banks of the Nile, it’s big from the map, but what’s the point? The Kingdom of Iraq is different, with the two river basins in hand and oil and gas resources of its own, it has the skeleton of a normal country, which Egypt really doesn’t have.”

If this were the twenty-first century, the population has been over 100 million is still growing in Egypt, Alan Wilson will not still try and Sir Barron sing red face white face, directly to the United States to Egypt, to a dashing retreat.

Decades later, Egypt, the world can afford to feed Egypt, to maintain the stability of Egypt in addition to the United States, simply does not exist, the more Egyptian attitude later the softer, and Egypt’s declining food self-sufficiency rate is closely related.

Nasser period Egypt can still barely self-sufficient, maintaining a self-sufficiency rate of more than 80%.

In the 1970s, the food self-sufficiency rate fell to 70 percent and has been declining ever since. In the 1980s, the problem of food security became more acute. In 1980, Egypt’s food self-sufficiency rate fell to fifty-seven percent, and five years later, it was less than fifty percent.

Twenty-first century Egypt’s bumper harvests can maintain forty percent self-sufficiency, that year, if the weather is not good, self-sufficiency rate is two percent. In addition to the U.S. food production has been no other country, can guarantee Egypt’s food security.

Nasser era Egypt also want to import food, but will not cut off imports on the national starvation, he naturally has the hard cash.

Although Iraq is not an absolute livable zone, but the hardware can be much stronger than Egypt, of course, have the ability to dominate in the Arab world, no wonder Saddam came to power, began to not put Egypt in the eyes of the new big brother in the Arab world to replace Egypt.

“Although there are no pyramids in Iraq, Iraq has the Sumerian civilization. The two river basins, not worse than the Nile. Alan Wilson said this contemplated for a moment said, “And I know that within the Kingdom of Iraq, whether it is the royal family or the government level, in fact, are not convinced by Egypt, I suggested that the British Empire to support the Kingdom of Iraq’s proposal, although because of the issue of the Suez Canal was not adopted, but the Kingdom of Iraq can fight for themselves, I will be in the venue to help speak. After all, the relationship between the royal families, Britain is still closer to the Kingdom of Iraq.”

Faisal II can currently still study in London, Alan Wilson is not bullshitting, in the Crown Prince Elizabeth’s big wedding, he also met the king of this underage.

Although he hadn’t communicated with the cabinet about this matter, he believed that the cabinet must have high hopes for this Faisal II, who had grown up with a British education.

“Why can’t Britain speak for itself?” Prime Minister Nuri Said asked rhetorically with a frown.

“Your words, Honorable Prime Minister, remind me of unpleasant experiences. In British India, which is sort of rare, I personally have no guilt about colonial history. For the Kingdom of Iraq, without Britain, the present day royal family would not be king in Iraq, and you, the Prime Minister, would not be the Prime Minister.”

Alan Wilson chuckled, “Are you happy until Britain personally sends troops to help Iraq suppress the disaffected nations of the Arab world and personally recognizes the Kingdom of Iraq as an ally of the Arab world? That’s what Nehru thought back then. Sukarno in Indonesia thought so too.”

“How do you all take it for granted that Britain has to put all its energy into helping quasi you, and you? Just sit there and watch?”

“There is no doubt that from the point of view of oil resources, Britain must pay attention around the Persian Gulf. But you can’t expect Britain to ignore Egypt just because it’s on Iraq’s side, can you? This is ultimately something that the Kingdom of Iraq has to fight for itself.”

“If this is fine with Iraq, I believe it will be easier to negotiate with Britain in the coming period.”

In the end Allen Wilson gave a blank check, stating that future negotiations with Britain can be expected once the Kingdom of Iraq proves itself.

Prime Minister Nuri Said said he would give it careful consideration and left the hotel where Alan Wilson was staying. On his way out he glanced at the rack of lady Arab black robes.

“Finally, it’s gone!” Hedy Lamarr came out from the middle of the room at this time and inquired, “All talked out?”

“Almost, after all, it’s a cooperation, and it’s good for the Kingdom of Iraq.” Alan Wilson pouted at the position where the Arabian black robe was hanging, “But he should have realized that there was a woman inside the room. I just didn’t realize it wasn’t an Arab woman underneath this black robe used to conceal her identity.”

“Which there are a few like you.” As soon as she heard Alan Wilson mention the black robe, Hedy Lamarr couldn’t help but blush, this man had to make her wear the black robe to show her vacuum.

“What’s wrong with me? Isn’t this to cover your identity, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Alan Wilson stared straight into Hedy Lamarr’s eyes until the latter averted her gaze, and his mouth still whispered defiantly, “That would still require me to wear a black robe and be like that with you.”

“I thought I hadn’t tried it before and wanted to give it a try.” Alan Wilson picked up Hedy Lamarr and carried the other into the bedroom despite the other party’s resistance, “Today let you know know the weight of the imperial civil servants ……”

The Egyptian people were in quite a good mood when the meeting took place, the newspapers had already compared Farouk I to Ali Pasha, but as the meeting progressed more inside information was revealed.

In particular, the challenge to Egypt’s position by the Kingdom of Iraq came as a great surprise to many Egyptians. More heated exchanges at the meeting were then revealed, and details about the struggle between the two countries, Iraq and Egypt, over the leadership of the Arab world washed away the good feelings of the Egyptian people.

In the tone of an exclusive inside source, the Kommersant said, “The challenge issued by the Kingdom of Iraq to Egypt has split the British delegation, with some members leaning in favor of the Kingdom of Iraq.”

This one report cast a shadow over the otherwise united Arab League meeting. And the news reached the territory of the Kingdom of Iraq, and the Iraqis learned that Prime Minister Nuri Said is in Cairo, fighting for the leadership of the Kingdom of Iraq in the Arab world.

As for Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia was a punching bag in its time, and the world in 1949 still valued military power.

Even Syria could be considered a giant in the Arab world, and Jordan had a higher status than Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s position was just a little stronger than Lebanon’s, and significantly worse compared to a couple of lip-smacking countries.

Egypt has the number one population in the Arab world, mentioning its longtime status as the center of Arab culture, and Iraq sits in the Two Rivers Basin, with a military that isn’t too shabby, and is also the mainstay of the Israeli-Palestinian war. And the Jordanian royal family is still the same family!

Compared to these countries, Saudi Arabia has little say among the Arab League, which is a far cry from its position as a reservoir of petrodollars in the twenty-first century, and is not at all comparable.

A part of the British delegation that favored the Kingdom of Iraq, in fact Alan Wilson himself, did not say much on the day Prime Minister Nuri Said questioned Egypt’s leadership.

The news that Prime Minister Nuri Said had then taken the initiative to approach Alan Wilson leaked out quite naturally and unsurprisingly.

My Great Britain has its own national condition here, major news should definitely be leaked when it should be leaked, and there were even Egyptians staying at the hotel who said they had witnessed Nouri Said giving Allen Wilson a teenage girl.

“Gee, those Egyptians don’t know that Arab maidens don’t exist, but I really have a Jewish young woman here.” Allen Wilson teased at Hedy Lamarr, newspaper in hand.