Chapter 589 Yes, Commissioner!

“On the matter of India’s confiscation of the Mysore iron mines, we are of course willing to help with the inquiry due to the special Anglo-American relationship, but in all fairness, New Delhi should ignore our pressure; India is independent after all, and that makes it quite different from what it was before independence.”

At the meeting of the Colonial Commissioners in Whitehall, after the course of colonial development had been set with regard to real estate to build up the country, the energetic Commissioners, because of the current confiscation of American-owned businesses in India, opened a mode of concern for the former colonies.

Alan Wilson, of course, joined in the discussion, but no sooner had he spoken than the door of the conference room was pushed open and a Whitehall secretary entered and handed a telegram to Norman Brooke.

Norman Brooke, who was holding the telegram, quickly scanned it, and then looked at Alan Wilson and said, “Alan, there is a mass incident in British Malaya, prisoners of war in Penang and Malacca prisoner of war camps, were broken through by the Chinese, and the losses have not been reported yet.”

“There’s even such a thing? It’s so shocking.” Alan Wilson busied himself with the results of the telegram, his face as stoic as water, but said no less than the bigwigs of the Ministry of Shock, “My God, unheard of violence.”

With many movie queens teaching by word and example, Alan Wilson, though his heart was without waves and even wanted to laugh a little, still took out a performance that should fit the situation.

What was going on with the Penang and Malacca POWs was just a signal for the telegrams coming in tomorrow, or what was happening in Malaya at this time, to be considered in full swing.

“No reason is given.” Allen Wilson turned over and tuned in, ignorantly speaking, “The real situation, none of us know, we should contact the local British troops at once.”

No one understood better than Allen Wilson how long it would take for the British troops stationed in Malaya to mobilize, a timely response was non-existent, British Malaya should be in the midst of a crowd right now.

“Should I return to Kuala Lumpur immediately and open a thorough investigation right away?” Alan Wilson had already jumped into action, the quick response of an imperial civil servant was reflected in him.

“A thorough investigation?” Norman Brooke pondered for a moment and gave a suggestion that was very much in line with the program, “We can’t investigate them all, can we? What if we find out something?”

“Your Honor, I was in a hurry. There is some confusion in my mind right now.” Alan Wilson immediately showed his reliability, “I think it’s Sukarno, or the infiltration taken by the Indonesian Communist Party.”

“Why wasn’t the infiltration carried out by the motherland of these Chinese?” John retorted with a twitch at the corner of his mouth, “Who would believe that argument? The Indonesian infiltration should have been directed at the Malays.”

“China is too strong!” Norman Brooke and Alan Wilson said in unison.

Allen Wilson duly shut up, and Norman Brooke said in an unhurried manner, “Although it is the tradition of the British Empire to weed out the strong and support the weak, there is a limit to everything, and it is not appropriate for Britain to aggravate the situation at this point in time when the war in the Far East has not yet stopped.”

Strictly speaking, the matter of the Penang and Malacca POWs was nothing more than an appetizer. It was unrealistic to mobilize the entire Chinese population of Malaya at once; a single spark could start a prairie fire, and a fire was first needed to let people know that something had happened, and then came the second stage, although this second stage was actually only one day long.

Even if there was only a day’s interval, this was two stages, and Grace felt as if he had gone back to the days when he had followed his father’s conquests in the Balkans, and had been called upon by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to unleash a bloody massacre on the Croats, who had colluded with the Germans.

Though he had not seen it with his own eyes, he was sure that the day would be known around the world like the colors of these Chinese for the holidays.

“It’s time for us to leave, the commissioner will contact us when the time comes to remove any traces of our visit, go ……”

Grace’s was responsible for facilitating and overseeing things as they came up, as for what was going on down the road, Alan Wilson had said it all before he left and left the rest to him.

“I heard that all the major prisoner of war camps, there are things that are besieged by the Chinese, these Chinese are very purposeful, the prisoners of war will be crippled.”

British Malaya colonial government, because the supreme administrator is not in, East Malaysia Commissioner Edel rushed to Kuala Lumpur, came over to discuss with Alisa, now the preliminary investigation has been very scary, it is all the prisoner of war camps have been attacked, everywhere in a state of disarray, a few years ago the invincible Japanese soldiers, after a few years of incarceration, but also proved that there is no such thing as a nation that is at home with death, the soldiers, once they are in the state of being unarmed , are not necessarily tougher than ordinary people.

“The vast majority of the POWs were wounded, but several obvious commonalities emerged; these Chinese wanted to maim the POWs. One of the POWs in various camps had his fingers chopped off, while others had their arms and legs broken. The number of deaths is not particularly remarkable compared to the huge number of wounded.”

Alisa flipped through several reports in succession, then replied, “General Bilton has already called the British troops to assemble, the New Year’s stationed British troops are all on vacation, and it’s not an easy task to recall them now.”

After a short discussion, the two men agreed that it was now necessary to get in touch with the commissioner in London at once, and, if possible, to conceal it from Whitehall first, which would not be easy; an event of this magnitude was already well known in British Malaya, and the so-called concealment would be a matter of a few days, to see what the top man would be able to do.

Want to only contact Alan Wilson, is not no way, in London, the headquarters of the Mountbatten Group can assume this responsibility, so Pamela Mountbatten soon put, the real situation in Malaya informed his fiancé.

Eyeing Allen Wilson’s face clouded over, Pamela Mountbatten finally couldn’t help herself, and gently pushed to ask, “Honey, say something, you’re scaring me like this.”

Taking a deep breath, Alan Wilson spoke in a raspy voice, “Other than what Germany did to the Jews, you probably can’t think of violence of this magnitude in recent times. I may be finished this time!”

“That bad?” Seeing the sullenness in the man’s gaze, Pamela Mountbatten was distressed and panicked, “No, I have to find father and see if he can think of something.”

“I have to go back right now!” Alan Wilson staggered to his feet and stabilized his mind, “As the local administrator, I must learn the true situation, even if I end up being removed from office, I can’t hide.”

“I will accompany you back!” Pamela Mountbatten stood up immediately after, expressing the need to go in and out together.

“What are you going to do, it’s weirdly scary.” Alan Wilson sternly refused to say, the words began to turn to lust, “What you should be thinking about is, think about our relationship, this time I may really be finished.”

“No, no …… you don’t talk like that.” Pamela Mountbatten was shocked and hugged Alan Wilson’s arm and kept shaking her head, “Don’t think of me as so shallow, we still have to get married. Even if you’re removed from your position, I’m still going to marry you.”

“Darling!” Deeply moved Allen Wilson put the woman in a tight embrace, hitched to Pamela Mountbatten’s head all smug, the plan passes ……

Summoned the special plane, Pamela Mountbatten sent Allen Wilson on the special plane, saw the airliner take off, hesitated for a long time or decided to go to the Secretary of State for the Sea’s father.

To describe the Mountbatten family at this time with a high position of power is appropriate, Mountbatten is already the fourth Secretary of State for the Sea. Pamela Mountbatten sisters and mother, especially Pamela Mountbatten herself, at this time is synonymous with the wealth of London.

It even provoked the wealthy class of London, the desire to take the initiative to the sea, not to mention the special relationship between the Mountbatten family and the royal family.

At the critical moment, Pamela Mountbatten is still looking for her own things, will learn what happened in Malaya to inform.

“All the prisoners of war were attacked by the Chinese? What’s the reason?” General Mountbatten was also shocked to hear this.

“I don’t know, but Allen speculated that some time ago it seemed like there was a rumor among the local Chinese community that the U.S. was going to ask the POWs who were there to go back and rearm and go into the war. After the first of the year is the beginning of the handover of the POWs.” Pamela Mountbatten uncertainly voiced Allen Wilson’s speculation and then said, “Father, isn’t it serious? Will Allen be affected?”

“The matter is serious depending on how one looks at it, if it means that he particularly values being an official, oh, in the service of the British Empire.” Mountbatten changed his wording under his daughter’s less than friendly gaze and said, “Because of the malfeasance involved, and although he was in London at the time for a meeting, he was, after all, the highest local administrator.”

“This is too unjust!” Pamela Mountbatten said in dissatisfaction, “He is such a good person ……”

“Be at ease.” General Mountbatten comforted his daughter, “But things are still uncertain, the most crucial thing at the moment is to get rid of the responsibility, which requires Whitehall’s help. It’s not just about him, his problems are irrelevant, the key is not to cause a precedent, if the middle and senior civil servants would be removed from their positions for negligence, it would be a huge loss for the whole of Whitehall. I’ll find a chance to talk to Norman.”

“Father, just help him.” Pamela Mountbatten was full of affection and pleaded for her father’s help.

Out of respect for her father, Pamela Mountbatten didn’t have the heart to make it clear, why would that make her man suffer? Wasn’t her father, Mountbatten, who had split British India in two, well on his way to being Secretary of State for the Sea.

The Comet airliner landed slowly in Kuala Lumpur, and Alan Wilson’s figure appeared at the airport, where officials from all over Malaya were already waiting, waiting for the commissioner’s return on how to solve the problem.

“Get a tally of the casualties, the dead can’t be more than one percent of the total. Make a report immediately, make arrests of those involved immediately, don’t be superficial, the more people you arrest the better.”

Allen Wilson, who was flanked out of the airport, immediately gave the latest instructions without stopping, “To the garrison to cooperate with our work, the garrison also has a responsibility in this matter. Lieutenant General Bilton will not fail to understand. From now on, the whole thing is under my responsibility, no one can hide it from me, now go and do the job.”

“Yes, Commissioner!” The Malayan officials who had rushed to meet the plane dispersed in a flurry.