Chapter 720 Egypt electrification

In a short period of time, the Americans will not know and there is no need to know, which in fact can not change what the big picture, the international situation in the final analysis is to use the national strength as the basis, the United States is strong, who can not take the Panama Canal from the hands of the Americans.

But for Britain and France are different, east of a Soviet Union west of a U.S., sandwiched in the middle of Britain and France are enemies. One, let alone two, would require both countries to stand firm.

In the first ten years after the war, Britain could be regarded as within the scope of its ability to support France to maintain the status of a great power, but in the end could not avoid the gap in national power.

Today to give Farouk I a thought, just as Alan Wilson in Kuala Lumpur, something to say to many Malayan sultans, once the United States troops left Japan, the British troops immediately left Malaya is a reason, mainly to play a comforting role, the reality is that no one better than he understands that the United States will never withdraw its troops from Japan.

It’s less likely than even withdrawing from Europe, because Japan alone can’t match the resistance of so many countries in Europe. In the latter days, when the UK stood next to the US, it had to watch out for the EU’s resistance from time to time, and if the UK had stood on the side of Europe, it would have been even harder for the US to take control of Europe.

It comes down to autonomy, and the UK must remain relatively on top in order to fight for its own interests.

Alan Wilson finally got what he wanted, squeezed into the team of talks with Farouk I. His participation nominally enhances the professionalism of the British Empire’s diplomats, but in fact is more beneficial to Egypt.

Who let now in the eyes of Farouk I, the opposite side of the people through and through our people?

With that thought in mind, Alan Wilson jumped up and down, threatening, pressuring, and intimidating performances over nothing. Naturally, it will not make Farouk I angry, “Eighteen million Egyptians, are waiting for my good news. Mr. Wilson should understand what public opinion means, you England is a democracy.”

“We are a British democracy, rather, we are a constitutional monarchy.” Alan Wilson’s face was calm, and he said word by word, “I heard that there is an organization of free officers who are very dissatisfied with the monarchy in Egypt. Your Majesty, you should understand what England means to all monarchies at the most critical moment.”

When Alan Wilson said this, even the side at the same time could not help but roll their eyes, this was said as if it was not Britain. A hundred years ago, the imperial Russia with the title of European gendarmerie, but it is very consistent with Alan Wilson’s description.

But now the times are different, when the Imperial Russia is the shelter of the monarchical countries, now the republican countries have more than the monarchical countries, the United Kingdom, a constitutional monarchy, should be the backing of all the monarchical countries.

Although in the process of exerting pressure, these words may be ambiguous, and everyone can only hold their noses and recognize it.

“Mr. Wilson, it seems that England sees me, the king, as the weakness of all Egypt.” Farouk I’s face changed slightly, and in his heart he cursed the other party’s conscience was greatly broken, not following the routine at all.

What about the promised supernumerary Egyptian minister and honorary pasha? Now it even turned the spearhead on him, the king of Egypt?

“Honorable King, I didn’t mean that, just elaborating on the special relationship between Britain and Egypt.” Alan Wilson knew his mistake and corrected it, creating tension in the talks was almost enough, and not too much.

“Honorable King, Alan is not blaming the Egyptian monarchy, we even believe that the monarchy is good for maintaining stability during the modernization of Egypt.” Prime Minister Adderley was a bit unnatural as he spoke, he was not expecting that there would be a day when he, a man who started out in the labor movement, would sing praises for the monarchy.

But what could be done about it? Adderley was not now what he was then, he was now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Negotiations were going on with difficulty, stuck for days on end, and Prime Minister Aidley even wanted to give up continuing to defend Britain’s right to manage the canal, but the thought of a spirited and combative bull terrier in the House of Commons prevented him from doing so.

Anyone who is a Churchill MP knows that right now, he is dreaming of finding fault with the Labor Party and bringing up the Conservative Party’s support.

And no matter what, Churchill is the Prime Minister who led Britain’s resistance to Germany during the war, the incumbent Prime Minister who achieved victory on behalf of Britain, and although the Labor Party now has an advantage over the Conservative Party, as long as Churchill is still active in the House of Commons for one day, the traditional supporters of the Conservative Party can easily coalesce.

With the Conservative Party watching from the sidelines, then with regard to the current talks, the initial intention of Britain, the position of the Labor Party is that, in addition to the issue of the right to ownership of the Suez Canal, anything can be talked about.

The delicate situation in British politics makes Alan Wilson, a civil servant who looks beyond partisan strife, actually look a lot like the politics of Fraud Island, where the Cannon Party is selling out no matter what it does. And the Greens do the same thing, which is that no one loves Fraud Island more than they do.

After all, when it comes to upholding the mantra of the British Empire, never mind whether the Tories actually have the means to do it, shouting imperialist slogans is an area where the Tories will always shout louder than Labor.

The Tories couldn’t fool Alan Wilson, an outsider who had witnessed the country’s free fall, swindling some of its traditional supporters was still easy.

Negotiations are already difficult, and thousands of miles away from the Egyptians, but also to withstand the British did not because of the war damage to the hegemony of public opinion attack, to guide the Egyptian focus on how difficult Farouk I, in the face of the mighty British reasoning on these matters.

Egypt, which is still in a state of illiteracy everywhere, will not understand that the information they know, in fact, Britain let them know, by virtue of Egypt itself, can not do anything to Britain.

The supernumerary minister, the Honorable Pasha Alan Wilson, was still in charge of Farouk I’s reception in his spare time.

The focus of events had shifted from the Suez Canal, to the creation of the Aswan Dam, and his father-in-law, who had returned to the Mediterranean Fleet, was organizing a military exercise to physically threaten Egypt over the canal.

Doing a full set of theater, this is all necessary steps, to the point that now Farouk I instead a little worried, afraid of provoking the Egyptians anti-British wave, so that he, the king of the tiger riding a tiger, not a good ending.

“Now I don’t even know how to explain back in Cairo!” Farouk I strolled on the golf course to tell the worries in his heart.

“Honorable king, in fact, how to explain lies entirely in what kind of position. Have you heard the story of the Dragon Slayer. Propaganda focusing on knowing what to do is fine.”

Alan Wilson, who would definitely be a good minister if he were an Egyptian, spoke up, “There are times when the monarch has to be honest and point out the problems that the country is facing right now, instead of pretending that there are no problems. How the failed bid for ownership of the Suez Canal has retreated into getting Britain to support Egypt’s electrification process, I mean ……”

“Focusing on the fact that a generation can only do what a generation can do, and anyway, when you return to Egypt, you show that Egypt is worlds apart from the real powers, preferably in listing some real data two elaborate.”

“And specific actions, you can be inscribed for Egypt’s Cairo University, I have thought about it, for the rise of Egypt and the book reading is very good, focusing on the pragmatic recognition of some of the problems faced by Egypt is the main reason for the failure of this time to recover the Suez Canal. Turn that Egyptian mentality into a drive to push for electrification.”

“Am I also going to talk about the parade of ships that I saw with my own eyes this time when I attended the Queen’s coronation?” Farouk I laughed, then said seriously, “It was indeed shocking.”

“In terms of this matter, it can also be done, the battleship fleet with Malaya as its home port is still in the UK, it can be used to escort you back to Egypt, and your majesty can use it as a motivation to build the Egyptian navy when you return to Egypt.”

Alan Wilson turned directly into a salesman on hearing this, and his words indicated that Egypt should develop its navy so that the British battleships would have an outlet. Developing the navy was also good for Egypt.

The navy is the most fiscally delayed branch of the military, and the characteristics of the branch of the military can make most of the military sources obsolete. If the arms race were to focus on the naval sector, Israel would never be able to carry it. And for a coastal nation like Israel, the threat of a battleship’s main gun range can be magnified to the extreme.

If Farouk I, issued a statement of being shocked by the battleship fleet, as a goal to build Egypt. There might have been an unexpected effect.

With Mountbatten leading the Mediterranean fleet, began in the eastern Mediterranean Sea military exercises, the current round of Britain and Egypt’s Suez Canal dispute, finally attracted the attention of other countries.

At this point in time, both the United States and the Soviet Union had just had a chance to catch their breath, the United States had finally ended a Korean War that could wake it up for a moment, and the Soviet Union was still eliminating the fiasco in Beria. Both countries wanted to seize the opportunity to cover up what had happened before.

But Britain wouldn’t give the U.S. or the Soviet Union a chance, and Allen Wilson had always had his eye on those two assholes in his mind. On the first day that both Washington and Moscow had just begun to voice their concerns, the Mediterranean Fleet’s military maneuvers were called off by London.

Negotiations between Britain and Egypt also entered a new phase, and Farouk I made his first public appearance, not under house arrest himself, but having been working with the British government to find a solution that was acceptable to both.

Immediately afterwards Farouk I and the cabinet of Adli, signed a memorandum on the terms of the transfer of the administration of the Suez Canal, and British aid to Egypt in the building of a new dam to help the country move forward with electrification.

Reporters from major newspapers grabbed their cameras to record the moment, marking the successful outcome of the talks.

“How can it be explained that the Suez Canal turned into an electrification process?” Farouk I was far from being as calm as he appeared.

“Modernization is monarchy plus electrification. As for the ownership of the Suez Canal, it serves as the central impetus for the development of electrification in Egypt, which, after successful electrification, can squarely take back control of the Suez Canal.”

Alan Wilson was effusive in his duties as supernumerary minister, and he had reason to be, for what followed was the tendering of the project, and he felt that the project, or at least part of it, should have a place for the Mountbattens.