Chapter 736: Each Gains Something

“That’s an astronomical amount!” Pamela Mountbatten fumed, giving her husband a current and realistic reflection.

“It’s actually okay, not quite bringing Japan back to 1945 in one fell swoop, but it’s definitely not easy either, stuck in the middle of a very difficult range.” Alan Wilson shook his glass in his hand, then pushed it in front of his wife, meaning clearly that it should be celebrated.

At this time in late 1953, the figure was certainly unquestionably huge, and this was the era of the gold standard. Not a time when the United States turned on its nuclear-powered money-printing presses when its eyes were closed, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as genuinely silver.

But to say that directly let Japan kneel, but not quite, although the reparations figure has come to one-sixth of the size of the country’s economy, but at least it is divided into five years of payment, an average of 700 million dollars a year.

This figure is certainly will make the Japanese government very difficult, but not so much as to directly knock down the Japanese economy. Allen Wilson also does not want Japan to fall flat on its face, after all, the blockade of the Soviet Union still need this cannon fodder.

But the Japanese economy is too strong, he really can not rely on Malaya’s 10 million people and 80 million social animals against.

In view of this, he has been borrowing his wife Pamela Mountbatten’s power of public opinion to encourage Australia and New Zealand Holland to support the Philippines, through the Philippines, which has been wanting to claim, to withhold some benefits down from Japan.

To this day against Japan, it is a small result, from 1945 to the present, Alan Wilson has witnessed the annexation of Hokkaido to the Soviet Union, Japan’s early establishment of the Self-Defense Forces, coupled with this reparations talks.

The loss of Hokkaido will promote Japan’s increased dependence on foreign countries, the self-defense forces will be not yet very strong Japanese financial pressure. And this reparations, moreover, made Japan hemorrhage money.

Hidden dangers are not absent, Japan may expect the US to accelerate the transfer of industries, after all, just a textile industry may not give Japan enough economic development, and it’s not like the Soviet Union can’t reach Honshu Island now that Japan is far less safe than it has been historically.

It is a real possibility that the U.S. will shift industries to Japan earlier, so whether this reparation is a good thing or a bad thing will have to pass the test of time, and you can’t make a judgment so quickly.

As for the more distant prognosis, such as whether the United States will still use the Plaza Accord to clean up Japan. This matter is not related to Japan, the fundamental reason depends on the U.S. economy will not have problems, as long as the U.S. economy has problems, history repeats itself is simply a matter of thought.

And stained his wife’s lipstick wine glass back, half a glass of wine to drink, Allen Wilson opened his mouth to inquire in a small voice, “This is, after all, the power of the state, you do not think too much, then again your current wealth has a fraction of this figure?”

“Less than!” Pamela Mountbatten directly shook her head, but immediately added, “I’m talking about pounds.”

Alan Wilson’s pupils shrunk and he directly whistled, “Five point eight billion pounds? That’s really impressive.”

“Not even close, less than half.” Pamela Mountbatten was honest, “It’s not like all that money is mine, it belongs to many, many families and companies, and major banks.”

Alan Wilson nodded, since the end of the war in 1945, Britain has been the largest exporter of capital year after year. Foreign investment was astronomical, and there was nothing he could do about that.

He was merely lending a hand to help the Mountbatten family by directing this swarming capital to places that felt safe. It couldn’t be helped that Newfoundland, for example, was already filling up quickly because of its sparse population.

“Financial power needs industry as a base, when my layout in Malaya is complete and British capital takes root in Malaya, it won’t matter if I myself am a commissioner or not at that point, any other commissioner would also serve you and the big nobles and big banking companies behind you.”

Allen Wilson stretched his back as he said this and talked about his views on industrial competition within the Asian context. Cautious optimism was expressed for Malaya!

Japan is not unbeatable industrially, at no time has Japan climbed to the top of a field. Semiconductors even had that trend choked off by the US.

The vast majority of Japanese industry, but the best mid-range products only. By virtue of its early start, it has stabilized the field of mid-range products, providing the world with products that are not inferior to the quality of European and American products, but are also cheaper.

In the field of high-end technology, the face of Europe and the United States jointly arranged a large filter, there is no possibility of breaking through.

This is not to say that Japan is not strong enough, Japan, with a population of more than 100 million people, facing any one of the European countries, or can do to dominate, the country comparison and not just fight high-end.

“If Britain wants to be in a sequence with the United States and the Soviet Union in the middle of the current population is not enough, the need for a reliable place to help the United Kingdom, complete the production work under the mid-range products?” Pamela Mountbatten looked to her husband and concluded, “Is that what it means?”

“It may not just be helping Britain, Australia and New Zealand are not suitable for manufacturing either.” Alan Wilson shrugged, “Australia is a mine, and New Zealand can make a good living if they can build something in farming. It’s Britain that needs Malaya the most instead, the Sunset Empire controls a lot of good places, but the best colonies were the first to become independent.”

The corners of Pamela Mountbatten’s mouth quirked up, and she knew her husband had been talking about the United States. Britain had been blessed among the island nations, with coal and steel second to the average land country, even surpassing many of the same size.

But this unique points and who to compare, fortunately, Germany and France are missing an important resource, coal and iron in each other’s hands, or else the United Kingdom even these two countries can not be suppressed.

To this day, the United Kingdom’s own high-quality coal and iron has been mined, even Germany and France are not necessarily stable to eat, not to mention and the United States of America and the Soviet Union, such as the basic disk compared.

Malaya’s location was not far from Australia and New Zealand, and the colony, if retained under British control, would have been preferable to both countries in terms of cost and convenience of production.

In turn, the development of Malaya would not only be helped by Britain only, Australia and New Zealand were also able to provide a lot of raw materials at a very low cost, which was a win-win situation.

Compared to the bouncing of the claimant countries, this result is definitely not good news for Japan if the truth be told.

Alan Wilson did not need to conduct any investigation, no one better than him to understand, the Japanese kind of anti-defeat not anti-war mentality. Although Japan’s behavior in the war, in ancient times is not a big deal.

But precisely this is a modern society, Japan’s atrocities in war have been recorded. If carefully sought out and publicized, they can incite hostility against Japan.

Pamela Mountbatten was able to stir up anti-Japanese sentiment in the three Australian countries through the documented atrocities of Japan’s southern advance, and it was so successful that it led to the three Australian countries’ solidarity with the Philippines and their bitterness over the claims issue.

Pamela Mountbatten can do this in Australia today, and others can do it later when the time is right. So Alan Wilson thinks it is not too much to ask Japan to swallow billions of dollars in reparations, and is it expensive to pay a little protection money to the free world in exchange for psychological security?

Of the three and a half point eight billion dollars in reparations, more than eight hundred million belonged to the Philippines, as for Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands, the amount varied, Australia more than a billion, the Netherlands’ amount was in line with that of the Philippines, and New Zealand’s reparations were the smallest, a little smaller than that of the Philippines.

This is also in accordance with the degree of loss of the countries in the war period to rank, Australia in the second world war loss is not small, mobilization degree more than one-tenth, the Netherlands in the East Indies saponins Japan’s ravages, New Zealand’s loss is relatively small.

This result makes the three Australian countries are also very satisfied, civil opinion on this negotiation are quite a lot of praise.

This time Pamela Mountbatten, held a reception at the Australian Governor’s Palace, invited several countries to participate in the negotiating team, the Australian national white Australia atmosphere is strong, held elsewhere, may lead to the Filipinos to be cold, placed in the British Governor’s Palace among the more appropriate.

With Australia’s independence already a foregone conclusion, the Governor-General’s House would have been tasked with socializing in the future.

The district flunky, Allen Wilson, also expressed his congratulations to several countries in the Governor-General’s House, and who would mind money? Not a member of the rue like Allen Wilson, anyway.

“Amsterdam I have contacted, now extremely need this money. After all, the storm surge has caused a great deal of damage and the country needs the money for some pacification work. But I’ve also made it clear that the jurisdiction of Kalimantan will also need money invested in it. There is a great use for this Japanese reparation.” Van Dijk and Allen Wilson, face to face, mentioned the usefulness of this Japanese reparation.

“The Governor’s idea is very mature.” Allen Wilson laughed heartily, not just happy to see the Japanese in trouble, but happy that the money had a clear purpose.

Perhaps this was the joy of being a good person, Allen Wilson was exhilarated by the opportunity to help others, and it was such a joy to do a good deed for a day, that he would need to find more opportunities in the future before he could do so.

Not long after, Allen Wilson found President Quirino of the Philippines, in fact, there is still a month, President Quirino’s term of office will come to an end, before the talks the election has ended, the Philippines will soon change the president.

He has no preconceived notions about the Philippines, even if Marcos does not come to power, he does not believe that the Philippines can form an industrial competition with Malaya, but simply happy that President Quirino can reach his wish before the end of his term. Maybe President Quirino would have a chance to make a comeback in the future, provided he lived longer.

“Mr. Wilson, we are sort of neighbors, I hope we have something to help each other in the future.” President Kirino said smilingly.

“Of course, I am very much looking forward to this.” Alan Wilson took the initiative to raise his glass and clink it with the other party, the negotiation of the claims against Japan could be successful thanks to this Philippine president who still persisted in his final term.