Chapter 799 Binding the French Army in North Africa

For Mountbatten, maintaining and developing relations with the Americans will not be a problem, because many of the American military leaders are his old comrades and old friends from the war years, all over the army, navy and air force.

Let Allen Wilson, Mountbatten if the Americans, it is possible that now Eisenhower’s presidency, is Mountbatten, the two are essentially a type of military.

Let’s not mention the father-in-law’s trip to Washington, Allen Wilson hated the fact that forty-eight hours a day was still going on, and he was justified in not wasting a bit of time, even when it came to meeting with a guest.

This guest was the commander of the French Army in Vietnam, Navarre, who had already met him several times. General Navarre had finished his service in Asia and was ready to return to France, and it was too early to say what he would be able to do in the future to be reused by the French government.

Singapore, the location of the British Far East Combined Operations Command, Allen Wilson rushed here to meet with General Navarre, he is not a high-flying commissioner, will not because of the uncertainty of the future of General Navarre, think that the other party has lost the use of value.

In fact it was the opposite, Allen Wilson had appeared in the middle of many people’s lows and had pulled many others through, as McCarthy, Ali Khan, Princess Badia, Farouk I could attest to, and there was probably a future for Emperor Pao.

Whether or not it harmed more people is another question.

Time has changed, General Nawal and when the first wind to take office has been completely different, at that time, although he also think that the suppression of resistance in Vietnam may not be smooth, but only out of military prudence so think, now different, the French army is really out of the Central and Southern Peninsula.

If you don’t say that the French just can’t think straight, I hope that General Navarre can live a little longer, and be able to see a scene of what happened in Saigon’s Iron Fist, then it will feel as if France seems to be okay now.

“When I came to Asia more than a year ago, it was also you, Alan, who received me.” General Navarre let out a long sigh, his uniform was still spotless, but his whole person was a bit depressed, he didn’t know if he could continue to wear this uniform.

“General, the failure in Asia does not mean total failure.” Allen Wilson did not insult France today, this time don’t rub salt in the body of a difficult brother, the problems faced by France are also faced by Britain.

And before France left, at the Geneva Conference, the free world was still united to stop the North Vietnamese delusion of unifying Vietnam.

In a sense, North Vietnam had to continue to bide its time, I just don’t know if at this point the Viet Cong wanted to remember the phrase, “France wins without winning, Vietnam loses without losing.”

“That said, we left the Far East and that leaves you, Britain. France’s problem is your problem too, in case a wave of revolution sweeps Malaya?” General Nawal folded his arms and said, “It’s better to be prepared.”

“Not the same, it’s not easy to penetrate Malaya, the enemy could have swum over if they wanted to. Maybe they think that the Royal Navy has gotten to the point where they can’t even keep the Third World down.”

Alan Wilson wasn’t worried, he knew who General Navarre was talking about, the country that supported the North Vietnamese arms and ammunition. Knowing that he wouldn’t change his story, he swam over if he wasn’t convinced.

Skip this topic, Allen Wilson opened the door to the invitation, “If General Nawal? Of course I hope that the general can still be in the military to serve their homeland, but if not, the Mountbatten Group has a few oil fields in Libya, General Nawal if you don’t mind, the Mountbatten Group is willing to hire you to become the local regional head.”

With the way things are going, France shouldn’t be letting up on North Africa, there’s still a long military presence.

It’s not like Libya is a British colony, and Britain has no troops stationed there. The oil fields of the Mountbatten Group need a kind of defense.

Of course it’s not as if Britain hasn’t thought of ways to do this, for example the embassy in Libya has been expanded to a great extent, also to protect British interests there, but an embassy is an embassy, and the threatening power of the military still can’t be replaced by an embassy.

If General Nawal had to leave the army, contacts will not be lost with it, Algeria and Libya border, General Nawal if employed by the Mountbatten Group, it can play a role in borrowing the French army forces deterrent.

This is a major purpose of his coming to Singapore to meet with General Nawal, and there is no need to hide anything, just say it straight out.

“You really look like a businessman.” General Nawal froze, then laughed bitterly.

“It can’t be helped, I’m a family-oriented man who is happy to solve problems for the women I adore. Otherwise I would not find the value of existence.” Alan Wilson was old-fashioned and did not feel ashamed at all, what men seek is this thing.

Libya’s oil quality is second to none in North Africa, and is also considered an important source of wealth for the Mountbatten Group, and for the whole of Europe, the resources that exist in Libya become very important considering the location factor.

Others do not understand, General Navarre is a French general, he definitely understands that the relationship between North Africa and Europe. Why else would France attack Libya decades later?

The south of France faces the Mediterranean Sea where three continents meet, and France’s interests in the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East and North Africa are one of the most fundamental interests of France.

The Fifth Republic was founded because of the Algerian War. And the most important base of Free France back then was also North Africa. Not to mention oil.

In a bigger picture, two thousand years ago, half of the Roman Empire was Europe, and the other half was North Africa. France’s Mediterranean Union program is almost a carbon copy of the Roman Empire.

Britain is naturally not interested in what the Union for the Mediterranean, the United Kingdom has its own Commonwealth to run, and at present is simply hoping to keep Libya’s oil interests, in case something happens in Libya, the motivation to send troops may not be sufficient, but France definitely has a heavy and sufficient motivation to send troops, so the bundling of France should still be done.

“If I have to leave the army, I will seriously consider this olive branch.” After thinking about it for half a day, General Navarre decided that it would be better to leave a way out for himself.

This was considered a promise, and General Nawal was well aware that Allen Wilson was seeing that Libya bordered French Algeria, and that there was a large French army in Algeria that could protect the oil revenues of the Mountbatten Group.

But General Navarre had also heard that the share of oil in Libya itself had a large number of French shareholders in it. This is also considered to protect the interests of France, and so it is also considered to protect the interests of France.

Libya’s oil shares, with reference to the example of the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Company also exists in a large number of French shareholders, otherwise the original history, France would not have been excited to follow the British attack on Egypt, which are all interests in it.

The reason for absorbing the French shareholders in the first place was to bind France and make the French defend Pamela Mountbatten’s interests in Libya.

Hearing General Nawal agree to it, Allen Wilson was relieved, he had come out under the banner of running for his wife, if General Nawal had refused, Pamela Mountbatten would have been unhappy.

“Then I wish, we have a good cooperation.” Alan Wilson took out a bottle of whiskey as if he was doing a trick, and with his other hand he took out a memo for General Nawal to see if the treatment was appropriate.

General Nawal’s gain was five percent of the Mountbatten Group’s oil earnings in Libya, which came out of Pamela Mountbatten’s pocket alone, and did not have to be shared by the Libyan royal family, or the French shareholders.

From this point of view, Pamela Mountbatten is very much a leader, and sincere enough.

“I’m even a little tempted to be forced to retire.” General Navarre sighed, picking up his glass, “Then I wish us a good cooperation, depending on what the Parisian government thinks of me, of course.”

“As is the friendship between the two countries.” Alan Wilson also smiled and raised his glass in a gesture, “To stand the test of time.”