Chapter 560 – Incorporation of the Occupied Territories

Allen Wilson was not looking down on MacArthur, in fact he was well aware of MacArthur’s accomplishments, the most successful part of MacArthur’s military career was undoubtedly in the Philippines.

He Philippines fought several victorious battles and successfully defended Manila. Then General MacArthur took full control of the Philippines after a dozen more bloody battles, and American newspapers reported his exploits in prominent pages. He soon became commander of all U.S. forces in the Philippines and was appointed military governor of the islands.

These feats made MacArthur widely acclaimed, as the Americans knew all too well, and this affection was later transferred to his son, the current five-star general, Emperor MacArthur.

The fact that Britain was able to get away with sending ground troops into the war this time around was down to the fact that the Federal Republic of Germany was not present, and NATO had not been formed at the same time.

And Federal Germany did not appear and NATO was not established preconditions, is the British in Germany’s British-occupied areas to supplement their own, financial relief after the enthusiasm for the trans-Atlantic military alliance has waned, in essence, is still the problem of money.

The going down of financial support is what led to the non-appearance of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland and NATO. At the same time, it is also the bottom line of Britain’s insistence that it does not want to participate in the Korean War. Historically, when the Korean War broke out, NATO had already been established, and at the same time Britain simply could not leave the assistance of the United States and could only follow the United States to join the war.

Now with the three occupation zones and military alliance to talk to the Americans, but also conditional talk, anyway, Britain is not likely to accept NATO to become the United States to hold Britain hostage to the other end of the earth to send to death organization.

From this point of view, Allen Wilson’s tossing and turning over the past few years was still very effective.

Even if there is no Alan Wilson, during the Korean War, Britain and the United States will not be less nasty.

Participation in the war would have been reluctant, but also ran into the disgrace after the expansion of the war at all costs MacArthur, so that the United Kingdom and the United States during the Korean War broke out a number of quarrels.

Even the comeback of Churchill came to power, did not change the conflict of interest between Britain and the United States, for which Churchill during the Korean War, finally made and personally experienced two world wars are in favor of the war on the contrary decision. Joining forces with Canada, Australia and New Zealand to go against the United States.

It was a series of consequences of fiscal problems, such as the non-appearance of NATO and the non-appearance of Bundesrepublik Deutschland, that gave the UK room to bargain, the kind of problems that Edward Bridges, the Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, of course, knew best.

“Your Honor, are we not now heavily dependent on the United States?” Alan Wilson, after the matter of not sending ground troops into the war had come to fruition, the whole person was also much more relaxed, and smiled a lot in the past few days.

“Within manageable limits, so to speak.” Edward Bridges stated that the situation was still optimistic.

Alan Wilson was silent for a moment, and then opened his mouth to ask, “If the British pound was treated unfavorably, and the country that did it used the US dollar? What would the situation be?”

“Then the situation would be very serious indeed, and it would have to be resisted by administrative means.” Edward Bridges’ answer made Alan Wilson’s good mood disappear straight away. So the Overseas Assets Management Board still had to work harder.

But in any case, the situation in Britain was certainly better than at the same time in history, which was also very comforting.

“Alan, how much credit do you get for that report from General Mountbatten?” Edward Bridges took over countless reports from Alan Wilson, and from the moment he saw that one, the phrasing was familiar, in a style he had seen so often since the days when British India was still in existence.

“Part of it!” Allen Wilson spoke haughtily, “the opinions are all the Secretary of State for the Sea; I am only responsible for writing the report.”

“Yes!” Edward Bridges looked through without saying anything, but instead said very happily, “Your growth is very gratifying.”

Alan Wilson was immediately given a new additional temporary job as a reward for his energy, to go to Germany to witness the merger of the British and American occupation zones, which, in exchange for avoiding the entry of ground forces into the war, would have to enter into the substantial phase of the emergence of the Federal Republic of Germany.

It couldn’t just keep dragging on, rearming Germany was a definite must. Britain and France, together with the United States, are not sure that they can fight against the Soviet ground forces on land, and Germany must be at the forefront to do so.

Before departing, Alan Wilson received the sobering news that New Delhi had declared that it had taken control of all of Hyderabad.

More details followed as Alim, the Ali Khan’s steward in London, told him, “The Maharaja is of course alive and well, and after the Hyderabad army was routed, the Maharaja knew that there was no more resistance to the government forces.”

“Alas, Hyderabad is after all a landlocked Turkish state, and there was nothing we could do to support it even if we wanted to. The Hindus took up another eighty percent!” Alan Wilson was very frustrated, but immediately asked the most concerned question, “I wonder how the Maharaja’s situation is now, he’s not injured, right?”

“The Maharaja received a courtesy call from New Delhi after the Hyderabad army gave up resistance, and is currently appointed Chief Minister of Hyderabad, but of course many terms are still being negotiated.” Alim was equally frustrated but told the truth about Ali Khan.

“Oh, actually I have an idea. But right now I’m going to make a trip to Germany soon, so I’ll contact Maharaja Ali Khan when I have time.” Allen Wilson was about to say something, but finally decided to hide his idea from Arium.

The idea was actually very simple, Allen Wilson had promised London and would not care if London asked for a pound to develop British Malaya, but the development of British Malaya did need money.

And Ali Khan, as the former richest man in the world, is very rich, and as we all know, there are several places in British Malaya where there is no monarch, but there are many sultans present in British Malaya, with a great monarchical color.

If Ali Khan, who did not beat the Indian government forces this time, was interested, he could arrange for Ali Khan to go to British Malaya. It is not as if similar operations have not occurred before, the current Iraqi royal family, once it was in Syria by the French after the French expulsion, and then by the British resettlement in Iraq.

It can be said that the United Kingdom has a history in this regard, since there has been a history, and the United Kingdom is the founding father of customary law, it is entirely possible to follow the precedent in the replication. Of course it depends on how much money Ali Khan can give to the Colonial Office.

After all, Britain is not the same now as it was before World War II either, and must learn to be thrifty. If Ali Khan can come up with a figure that will satisfy the British government, I believe that this matter is not difficult to do, and the Colonial Office will have the discretion to make some changes.

Alan Wilson estimates that a few tens of millions of pounds, should be able to let the colonial ministry feel Ali Khan’s sincerity.

A few tens of millions of pounds to Ali Khan is also a huge sum of money, but not to the point of pain, the rest of the money is enough to continue to invest in British Malaya.

The only worry now was whether Ali Khan thought the position of a monarch was worth investing so much money in.

There would be time for Alan Wilson to find an opportunity to talk to Ali Khan about this, and a day apart he had arrived in Bonn to fulfill his temporary job of sitting in on the British and American negotiations on the merger of the two occupations.

It was already 1950, the Korean War had broken out, and Germany was still in a state of occupation divided into four countries. The original history of the Federal Republic of Germany has been established for one year, and the merger of the three occupation zones has been for two years, but as a result, there is not even a merger of the occupation zones now.

The promotion of the British and American occupation area merger, Alan Wilson is not responsible for, he just came to show presence, fishing for a seniority, needless to say, his heart is very grateful to the head of the Whitehall to give the seniority of the care. Even for his own promising career path feel happy.

The exhilaration manifested itself directly in the body, and was immediately felt by Sisters Bogina and Anna.

“It seems we can’t unify Germany.” Learning the purpose of Allen Wilson’s arrival in Germany, Bogina’s reached out her fingers to draw circles on the man’s chest, expressing regret over the division of Germany.

“We are talking to the Americans about merging the zones, and we also have to fight for relatively favorable conditions for Britain, all of Europe knows that the Ruhr is the essence of Germany, so our purpose this time is to fight for the future capital of Germany to be in the midst of the British-occupied zone.” Alan Wilson touched the fullness of the Dragon Rider grunted, “I see that Bonn is very suitable.”

“Rub it …… gently,” said Bokina, her voice thin with mosquitoes, “The new Germany is about to be formed, and you still think of yourself as an occupying force.”

“Isn’t it not yet founded? I’m going to experience the treatment of an occupying army today.” Listening to Pogina’s tone of voice, not knowing whether to goad or protest, Allen Wilson was dumbfounded and couldn’t wait to once again cash in on the majesty of the victorious nation that currently still existed.

While the British and Americans were negotiating around the occupation zone, in late July North Korea swept across Jeolla-do with two victories over Mokpo and Jinju.

From the outbreak of the war on June 25, to the end of July a month, still in the hands of South Korea, has been left in Gyeongsang-do, able to support the U.S. and South Korean troops of the big cities, only left in Pusan.

At this point in time to talk about the merger of the British and American occupation zones, although it is a necessary step in accordance with the terms of exchange, the U.S. representative will not be able to avoid listening to some of the British whining and strange words, as well as undisguised skepticism about the combat effectiveness of the U.S. troops.

While talking about the occupation zone, the British representative likewise demanded that the U.S. must immediately replenish its military strength in Europe, “The Soviet Union’s military power is much stronger than that of Korea, and we hope that the U.S. will be able to replenish its military power sufficient to protect Europe. Not so that the fate of the Eighth Army will repeat itself in Europe; after all, the Soviet Union will not give us the chance to make a mistake.”

This whiny and strange talk embarrassed the American delegates who had come over to negotiate the merger of the British and American zones of occupation and made this embarrassment clear in a telegram to Washington.