Chapter 656 – The Iranian Oil Issue

“There is no such thing, it is more than an obvious slur.” Lord Dixon retorted loudly, “The Athletic Association is a noble group of men, all unselfish and hard working, all for the promotion of sport.”

“Oh, is that so?” Alan Wilson looked the other party up and down for a while, his gaze resting on the other party’s bulging belly, almost catching up with Jiabao’s pregnancy, and commented meaningfully, “I didn’t see that. I wonder if there’s a big appetite competition under the sports association? That kind of program would really require quite a bit of commitment.”

Taking out the scorecard of the 1948 London Olympics in his hand, he pushed it in front of the other party, Allen Wilson’s sitting posture changed into a relaxed posture, his legs naturally open and pointing at his feet inquired, “Please explain, in the first Olympic Games after the war, or the capital of the empire, London, as the host, in the presence of a few million citizens of London, three gold, fourteen silver, and six bronze in the rank of participating countries, this achievement took the 12th place. twelfth place, is this performance worthy of a title?”

See Dixon want to refute, Alan Wilson first light added a sentence, “Do not say what friendship first competition second nonsense, look at the countries ranked in front, Denmark, Finland, Turkey, France also ranked third it. That kind of performance again gives Whitehall good reason to doubt the reliability of the sports associations.”

“Alan, you are the Deputy Secretary General of the Overseas Assets Management Board and the Commissioner for British Malaya, whichever position you hold, you are now overstepping your authority.” Seeing that Alan Wilson was being soft, Lord Dixon changed his rhetoric, stating that the overseas official had overstepped his bounds, and that the other party had no right to ask how local sports were developed.

“It has to be said that the interests of the major colonies are at stake in this Olympics. In light of the failed past of the London Olympics, after communicating with the honorable Cabinet Secretary. The list of participants for this Olympics is to be changed. Prepare for the Olympics as a complete entity of the British Empire, and judge the results by the final score.”

Alan Wilson spilled out a circle, “This Olympics can be seen as a channel for the major colonies to relieve their stress. It also involves the promotion of sports in the colonies, and in the colonial development plan, each colony is to build a giant stadium, so it’s not a local matter.”

Alan Wilson pulled half a day, and colonial sports development, and real estate to build the country, and finally added a chip, “The situation is also different from 1948, we all know that the Prime Minister is motivated to make Britain great again, sports are highly symbolic, and such a stage as the Olympic Games is precisely the occasion to show the strength of the British Empire, we can not allow that A grandiose trip to the Olympics, only to end up consoling the citizens with the importance of participation. Given the importance of lip service, it is important to achieve good results, and the same results as the London Olympics will never be allowed, not to mention that it may not be as good.”

And Alan Wilson has also directly admitted that Alan Wilson definitely has a say when it comes to the issue of local and overseas civil servants, and he has divulged that he has the support of the other colonial commissioners.

The two groups of current Imperial civil servants are different, with the home department fighting for a budget and the overseas civil servants forming alliances and pursuing programs to transfuse blood into the home sector, one spending money and the other making money.

If Sir Dixon has any doubts, he can hand over the one hundred and fifty tons of gold that was sent to the mainland from the British Gold Coast just last year, 1951 degrees.

Really wanting to compete for this Olympic representation issue, Allen Wilson won steadily, but he did not press the issue, still just communicating with the other side.

“Allen, if so many black athletes represent Britain?” Dixon found another reason to state that it might make other countries look at Britain differently.

“So the Honorable Lord is racist.” Alan Wilson spoke with an expression of dawning realization.

For the hat of racial discrimination, Lord Dixon denied it and was full of aggression, close to suing the other party for libel.

“When it comes to this aspect of black athletes, there couldn’t be a better opportunity. What may seem like a useless exercise in terms of real public opinion of native citizens when it comes to their views on different ethnic groups overseas is actually very important. After all, the British Empire is a global empire and the public opinion of its citizens is very important. We know what the citizen class thinks, and when the time comes to formulate foreign policy, we’ll be in a better position to do so, and it’ll be easy to enlist the support of the native citizens.”

If he wasn’t already counted as a senior civil servant, just Lord Dixon’s words alone, Alan Wilson, who had seen the representative teams of European and American countries in the latter days, might have laughed out loud.

He had seen a lot in his body, what with the permanent African member France and all, and it was well known that the mother of the great Queen Elizabeth I, she was a black person. Shameless Brits have gone so far as to falsify history and keep the truth hidden in the mists of history.

In fact the largest foreign community in the Western European countries is not blacks or pacifists, but rather the immigrants from Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In absolute numbers the immigrants from the Eastern European countries are the largest in number, they just aren’t as recognizable.

As for the attitude of Europe and the United States, it is definitely not a bowl of water, to the black and green I coy, to the same white Eastern Europeans I hit hard.

Who let the big brother of the United States to play political correctness, so that the European countries do not dare to disobey. The only way to fight is to take it out on the Eastern Europeans, who are equally large in number.

Alan Wilson reasoned on the grounds of making Britain great again and that subjects abroad are the current British status quo, and then labeled the sports associations as racist. Another talk about the true reflection of public opinion finally bluffed the other side.

Finally Alan Wilson’s words turned, “Let’s put it this way, Lord Dixon, I heard that you and Lord Sheffield have a good relationship. I’m not a good person to be overly forceful, let’s just have some competition before the Olympics, if the native loses to give up their place, the eliminated athletes will be replaced by the colonial athletes.”

“Uh, okay!” The words had come to this point, Lord Dixon could only agree, endorsing the proposal of the Olympic Trials, “Allen, why do you want to do this?”

“Because it’s low cost and quick results, it’s always better for blacks to do sports than for them to do technology.” Alan Wilson grinned, “I can justifiably say that although Britain is the representative colonial empire, we are more reasonable than all nations. Oppression was also minimal, and knew how to share power with the elites of the colonies. But colonization is something that is stained with original sin, and we have to think about the future, think about a future where we are not hated, and the sporting aspect is just one of them, the other aspects have nothing to do with sport, so I can’t tell you.”

“You are deeply valued in Whitehall, you can say what you want.” Lord Dixon responded absentmindedly, reasoning that he naturally and indisputably lost, but what really made him give in was the fact that Alan Wilson was highly regarded by Whitehall, and was also responsible for the development of all the colonies overseas.

Alan Wilson had a saying that was right, the local department was fighting for the budget, and the current overseas colonies were responsible for profitability, and the one hundred and fifty tons of gold on the Gold Coast was just one example.

A deeply trusted Whitehall, Deputy Secretary General of the Overseas Assets Management Board using the Sports Association’s budget as a threat, Lord Dixon had few means of resistance once his mind was made up.

The main problem is that the Deputy Secretary General of the Overseas Assets Management Board is Alan Wilson, and the Secretary General is Norman Brooke, which means that Alan Wilson alone, in this department, is deputy to the Cabinet Secretary.

The Honorable Norman Brooke, the Cabinet Secretary, a well known hobby was woodworking, which was Norman Brooke’s greatest hobby in his private time, and led to various committees set up directly by the man himself, where the deputies had great power.

It wasn’t much of a secret that Alan Wilson was being looked up to, it was just that he didn’t know why Alan Wilson, who wouldn’t return to the mainland more than a few times a year, had been given such trust.

Unfortunately, Lord Dixon did not ask, Allen Wilson did not tell the other side, about the yellow pear in the eyes of people who like to do carpentry, in the end what kind of value. The stuff grew in Asia, just where he, the Malayan commissioner, had enough of it.

To put such a slur as smuggling on the matter was pure slander. He didn’t even call Mr. Fok’s actions a slur, so how is it that his sending some wood to the mainland for the Cabinet Secretary’s hobby is smuggling? It’s a travesty ……

“Another one taken care of, still a long way to go for the Convergence.” Alan Wilson, who walked out of the Sports Association building, sighed.

He had a lot on his plate, and it wasn’t self-aggrandizing to say that all of the current threats to all of the British Empire’s overseas interests were related to him, but it was a fact that was more than obvious.

That was why he had been able to convene a meeting of the Overseas Commissioners in Kuala Lumpur, and this time, returning to London, he had seized the opportunity to communicate with Norman Brooke about the major colonies and the areas of interest to Britain.

“There are calls for autonomy in Nigeria, and Iran has been unhappy with the program for the distribution of oil profits.” Alan Wilson took stacks and stacks of reports, shuttling through the diplomatic and colonial pole departments daily.

Listing a few of the places with the biggest current outcry, in fact, Alan Wilson is most concerned about Egypt, according to history, this summer Nasser will launch a coup, he decided to stop in the Middle East before returning to Kuala Lumpur.

“Dixon finally agreed to your proposal to make concessions?” Norman Brooke inquired with a curious tone as he flipped through several reports on the communication with the sports association.

“Yes, Sir. Lord Dixon is a fine gentleman, and we communicated very pleasantly. It is prepared to be a bit of a selection contest in a fair and equitable manner.” Alan Wilson’s words were exhausted, looking straight at the report in the Cabinet Secretary’s hand, “My dear Sir, I feel that the Iranian outcry can no longer be ignored. If Aramco’s 50/50 split was tolerable before, after Pamela and the Kingdom of Iraq signed a contract to split the profits equally, the Iranian discontent is palpable and must be adjusted with the current posture.”

“Good point, the problem is still with your wife.” Norman Brooke grinned, “Isn’t that right?”