Chapter 667 smart and wise Farouk

Although Zanzibar is small, Alan Wilson will not disrespect the Khalifa Sultan, after all, the worst case scenario to do an offshore center is still possible, as long as the Zanzibar in the hands, no matter who wants to support East Africa in the future, Britain can use Zanzibar to lock the East African coast, especially for Tanzania.

This time to let the Khalifa Sultan came to Cairo, but also to enhance the authority of Farouk I. After all, before the Arab world leader persona given to Farouk I, Farouk I in the end can not catch, is something that no one knows.

“I met with Farouk, I just don’t know why the Commissioner, asked me to inquire about His Majesty Farouk’s dam.” Sultan Khalifa sat directly in front of Alan Wilson, “But His Majesty Farouk does have some interest.”

“Because it’s good for Egypt and it’s a huge performance project.” Allen Wilson was smiling as if he was possessed by God, full of thoughts for the sake of the Egyptian people.

What Lawrence? What outstanding contribution has he made to the Arab world? The real contribution is still him, the colonial commissioner.

Alan Wilson stood up and said bluntly with Sultan Khalifa, “In fact, as long as His Majesty Farouk makes a request, I believe that London will consider it at its discretion, after all, our traditional friendship is still very deep.”

First of all if the Aswan Dam project if started, with the current Egyptian industrial strength is not able to complete independently, must be the need to ask for help from the outside world, Britain to provide financial help is certain, but Britain’s local industrial capacity is there room? In fact, not so optimistic.

However, if the British mainland is not enough, there is British Malaya can help, Allen Wilson has set the 1952 degree of 10 million steel production, can not just produce them piled up in the warehouse, right?

That is to find outlets, if the Aswan Dam construction, can solve the problem of Malaya’s export of many industrial products, in fact, this is also the purpose of his visit to Iran.

Another consideration is that the Aswan Dam was Nasser’s main achievement, so he made sure to push the project to Farouk I. According to the Immortal Warrior’s description, Nasser had been robbed of a creation by Farouk I. At least the more the Aswan Dam was at the level of an innate spiritual treasure, the more this feat was definitely not a small one.

Alan Wilson, holed up in the embassy in Cairo, asked the Sultan of the Khalifa if public opinion of his arrival was friendly.

The Sultan of the Khalifa, truthfully, said it was still friendly, except for some of the wording that was very much in the tone of Big Brother.

“Oh, honorable Sultan. His Majesty Farouk is the leader of the Arab world, and it’s not unusual for Egyptians to be a bit arrogant.” Alan Wilson laughed out loud when he heard that, “For Zanzibar, being able to get the attention of the leaders of the Arab countries is a victory, and it’s sad that no one cares.”

Take for example the Crown Prince of Sikkim, Palden Dondup Namgyal, who is already an ambassador in London and is seen from time to time expanding his network, which helps Sikkim’s continued existence.

There is still time, and when the time is right, Britain can support this Crown Prince to enter some UN agency as the head, and with a bigger stage, Sikkim enters into the mainstream country’s vision, and India will be much more scrupulous in wanting to annex it.

From this point of view, Alan Wilson deserves to be the friend of the feudal lords of all countries, even if the Sultan of Khalifa wanted to appoint him as the chancellor of Sanibar is not too much.

The arrival of Sultan Khalifa in Egypt was also interpreted by Egyptian public opinion as seeking the patronage of Farouk I, the leader of the Arab world.

Through the newspapers the people of Cairo also learned that this small kingdom, very close to Black Africa, was also part of the Arab world.

The pride of this heavenly kingdom played out at once, Allen Wilson actually counted more understanding of the pride of the people of these ancient civilizations, although the understanding is not Egypt, but Egypt is also an ancient civilization, this psychology is actually almost common.

Egyptians will of course be proud of the ancient Egyptian civilization, this pride has never been interrupted, even after the religion of peace has become the mainstream of Egypt. It’s just that most of the Egyptians who have become pacifists will tear into the Copts a bit about who is more orthodox.

The current Egyptian king, Farouk I, has seen his popularity improve dramatically since he last called for a meeting of the Arab League and confronted Israel with a tough attitude. This is also due to the hegemony of British public opinion.

Many Egyptians, at least at the moment, don’t see Farouk I as just the disgraced thief anymore. There is a tendency to think that there is a special kind of hobby for their majesty.

This is not to say that Farouk I all of a sudden by the entire Egyptian people embraced, hostile to the royal family that the relationship between Britain and Egypt unequal people still a lot of people, but what does not need a time it, as long as there is time to wind will be the same reversal of the comments.

Alan Wilson is actually hesitating, whether to dig out the free officers organization, after all, with the Copts formed after the Palace Guard, Nasser even if the coup d’état, but also not so easy to achieve the purpose.

If he took the initiative to poke around the Free Officers’ Organization would it not intensify the conflict? Because the Suez Canal was extremely important to Britain, Alan Wilson was also in a state of hesitation.

Pamela Mountbatten, who knew that her husband had secretly arrived in Egypt, sent a telegram to the British Embassy. This telegram only mentioned two things, one thing is that General Mountbatten himself has received a new appointment, was appointed by the Cabinet as Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, command of the Royal Navy is extremely important to the Mediterranean Fleet, not long will go to Cyprus to take up his duties.

One remaining matter concerns Nkrumah, and Pamela Mountbatten says she has sent an aide to Algiers to join Savievich and his party, expecting good news when the time comes.

The current situation in Algeria, which is the most important to France, is actually mostly calm, and large-scale revolts have yet to take place.

The reason why the Algerian war later let France mobilized six hundred thousand troops, still delayed suppression.

Two factors ha to do with Britain. The first was the coup d’état in the British protectorate of Egypt, where Nasser, an Arab nationalist, came to power and strongly supported the Algerian revolt.

The other was that Nkrumah, the post-independence leader of the Gold Coast, was a Pan-Africanist who strongly supported African independence movements. Nkrumah believed that Algeria was African and should be strongly supported, Nasser believed that Algeria was Arab and should be strongly supported.

Algeria, served by the two major independence leaders, naturally made France slow to crack down.

In this respect, it was not too much for the French to give Allen Wilson a marshal, for he was currently dealing mainly with Nkrumah in the Gold Coast, and Nasser in Egypt.

The Palais de Pointe du Thien was situated on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the sea and by a naval base. Its main building was a modest palace, built entirely of white granite, and the palace was built on top of the peninsula as if it were a white sail erected on the sea level.

“He knows about the Free Officers Organization?” Farouk I, seated on his throne in the Cape Thien Palace, expressed surprise at the Sultan Khalifa, who had rushed here, “But didn’t the British think it was not a big problem back in January?”

When the Cairo Officers’ Club Management Committee was reelected and the representatives of the Free Officers’ Organization were elected by a majority, King Farouk immediately ordered the dissolution of the Officers’ Club Management Committee, while at the same time making personnel transfers under the pretext of attempting to disperse the Free Officers’ Organization.

After this clash, Farouk also informed the British of the incident, but at that time the British replied with no particular reaction other than to express their congratulations.

“Obviously the British are finding out something now, otherwise they wouldn’t have taken the initiative to ask questions!” The Khalifa Sultan said to Farouk I in accordance with Alan Wilson’s words, “If there really is a problem, then it’s better that we don’t easily think that things have passed.”

The Sultan of the Khalifa was undoubtedly on the side of the UK, and launched a persuasive speech to Farouk I.

After all, the fact that the Kingdom of Zanzibar was able to exist was all at the whim of Britain, and the very fact that Zanzibar was now fighting the termination of slavery and the expulsion of blacks was already displeasing to the blacks on the continent.

“It seems like we really should have a talk around this matter, we should meet if we have the chance.” Farouk I wasn’t exactly an eloquent man, but the issue at stake was an ass-kicking that sparked his side as a monarch, and a monarch who wasn’t born an idiot didn’t need to be taught by anyone when it came to asserting power.

The trip to Europe had been quite enjoyable for Nkrumah, with a number of French progressives inviting him, although the leader of the independence movement didn’t realize that they weren’t inviting him, but that Pamela Mountbatten had facilitated the invitation.

Still, Nkrumah felt that the widespread acclaim he was receiving in France was real and strengthened his resolve to resist.

Meanwhile, Pamela Mountbatten met with the French General Directorate of Foreign Intelligence to express her concern for Nkrumah himself. Expressing the hope that, if anything happened, France would facilitate the common position in the defense of the British and French in the colonies.

At this meeting the French understood in a second that Britain was making a move to remove this independence leader, and immediately France expressed its support.

The independence movement was not a question of whose colony it was, but a question common to all the sovereigns at the present time. France understood Britain’s position on this matter and at the same time expressed its intention to assist.

This Pamela Mountbatten did not have to do, but simply stated that a program was already in place.

In June, the widely acclaimed Nkrumah completed this European tour, taking the Gold Coast Unity Congress Party hierarchy with him, and departed from Paris ready to return to the Gold Coast to continue leading the independence struggle.

The group in the DC-3 airliner pulled up from the Paris airport and disappeared into the azure sky, and would complete the transfer through Algiers, eventually arriving at the Gold Coast.