Chapter 897 – Lighting the Lighthouse

“Being rich is tough.” When Alan Wilson said this, he thought about the matter of Britain’s foreign debt owed to Jordan, which was originally a quite happy thing to be happy about, but from his mouth it was full of yin and yang.

He gave his old colleague two suggestions, it can be paid in installments or a lump sum, after all, Nigeria is the largest colony in British Africa, this large means the largest population. Nigeria can in a certain sense be regarded as the British India of Africa.

This round of privatization will produce a huge loss of state property, and making up the eight million pounds owed will be a piece of cake.

The installments were the usual five-year payoff in exchange for Grabh Pasha’s continued employment in the Kingdom of Jordan and a British guarantee that no retaliatory action would be taken because of previous friction.

The quid pro quo for the one-time repayment is that, in exchange for Grabh Pasha’s continued stay in office, Jordan must publicly do right by Britain, especially in light of the recent accusations made against Britain in public opinion by China and the Soviet Union, which the Kingdom must cut through.

Similarly, Britain promised Jordan, and Jordan’s Arab backers behind this event, that it would not, in any tone, persuade Arabia to follow Britain and the United States in constructing a siege network against the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson on the telegram high speed old colleague, the world is running out of monarchies, think more from this aspect.

From the mouth of his old colleague, Alan Wilson also knows, Jordan this time the call also involves the leadership of the Arab countries within the problem, as we all know, the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Iraq is actually a family, are the descendants of the Hashemite family.

Comparison from the current population volume, whether it is the Kingdom of Jordan or the Kingdom of Iraq, far from Farouk I of the Kingdom of Egypt, although Iraq has oil resources, but the face of the population is four times the population of Iraq’s Egypt, or cope with the extremely strenuous.

Although the Kingdom of Jordan is also less than one million people, but the mosquito is also meat, the two royal families or kinship.

The de facto occupation of Palestinian land by the Kingdom of Jordan is also recognized by the Kingdom of Iraq as well as Britain.

Since the Kingdom of Jordan is going to ask for such a price, there is nothing that cannot be agreed to for the sake of balancing Egypt. It is also not in Britain’s interest for Egypt to be a dominant player in the Arab world.

“In this day and age, Saudi Arabia is really a little transparent.” Alan Wilson looked through some of the intelligence of the Middle East and came to the conclusion.

The status of Saudi Arabia in later times has been strengthened once, the root cause of which is the withdrawal of Britain from the Middle East, and the British-controlled Persian Gulf protectorates, including but not limited to Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and these small countries with heavenly per capita resources but small populations, have attached themselves to Saudi Arabia, so that Saudi Arabia’s status in the Arab world has risen.

These small countries together have oil reserves that are almost equal to Saudi Arabia’s, and have raised Saudi Arabia’s status after adhering to it.

Currently these protectorates, Pamela Mountbatten has entered, and if you want to withdraw in the future, it may not be so easy.

Jordan’s Royal Palace, Hussein Ibn Talal, as a king who had only just come to the throne for a short time, met with John, the Persian Gulf Commissioner, who had also not been in office for long, and Grab, the Jordanian Chief of General Staff of the Army and head of the Arab Legion.

“Your Honorable Majesty, Britain knows very well in its heart that the colonial era is over, and that it has been adjusting its policies and re-establishing its foreign international relations after the war, as evidenced by the independence of British India and British Sudan.” John looked at the young king who had also not been on the throne for long and said, “Again, I am the previous Sultan’s Commissioner and have only been in office for a short time.”

“But the new relationship I was expecting never came about.” Hussein Ibn Talal spoke calmly.

“Honorable King, there is always some time. If it’s not handled well, you may think the British are too bad, but if if the US and the USSR come over, won’t things be even more troublesome? You give Britain some space, and likewise Britain will give you some space back.” John said righteously, “We have decided to pay back the special debts we owed in World War II and in the early post-war period, which is an expression of good faith. It also recognizes the special national relationship between the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Iraq.”

“Your Majesty the King, there are not many monarchies left in this world, at least the UK has no reason to overthrow you, other countries are not so sure, our policies in the Middle East are constantly being adjusted, the Iranian embargo made such a big fuss and ended up properly, the key is that we have to be honest and solve the problem.”

“I don’t think His Majesty the King and Britain are enemies, you have studied in London for a long time, and you have some affection for Britain.”

“If I must take back my military power, I believe Britain is ready for a coup.” Hussein Ibn Talal looked at the Persian Gulf Commissioner who had arrived from Aden and spoke with certainty.

“No, we will evacuate Jordan.” John glanced at Grabh Pasha and replied without thinking.

“Jordan is next to Israel and will not take part in any encirclement network constructed against the Soviet Union, and I have communicated with Baghdad that both of our countries are of the same opinion.” Hussein Ibn Talal stopped mentioning any coup and turned the tables, “The strength of American support for Israel makes us suspicious of Britain as well, and of course, my desire to get sovereignty back is unchanged. But also willing to give Britain time to adjust.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty, the British Empire is undergoing a difficult transition, in this metamorphosis process, the ability of all stakeholder countries of goodwill, so we are very grateful.” John said with a sigh of relief, “The Arab Legion matter, Grabh Pasha also had something to say.”

“The Arab Legion will be providing refresher training for the Jordanian Army, which is why I have requested military assistance from London. Over the next five years, the Arab Legion will complete an orderly integration with the Jordanian Army. Because Jordan does not have a large population, the experience of the United States and the Soviet Union does not apply to create a small, well-sized British force to protect the Kingdom of Jordan.”

Hussein Ibn Talal nodded, but offered to add a written guarantee, “Britain is a contract-oriented country, so that the citizens of Jordan will be able to suppress, their displeasure at the fact that the country’s most fighting force is in the hands of foreigners.”

“Of course no problem, nothing we can’t talk about.” John immediately agreed, “My colleague, Ahmad Pasha, is also quite concerned about this matter, and I will be communicating with him to settle the British-Jordanian debt.”

“Ahmad Pasha?” Hussein Ibn Talal muttered in disbelief, why didn’t he remember this man?

“If I were John, I would immediately arrange now for a fair-skinned English girl to marry the King of Jordan.”

Far away in Kuala Lumpur, Ahmad Pasha, in the midst of the talk of the Kingdom of Jordan, was blabbering at Vivien Leigh. He remembers that the future wife of the King of Jordan is British.

“Wouldn’t that seem? Some?” Ingrid Bergman couldn’t find the adjectives to describe this for a moment.

“Some what? Disgraceful? Shameful?” Alan Wilson replied with full of concern, “This is normal international interaction. For an ordinary British woman, what’s wrong with being able to become the queen of a country? Announcing it would be snatched up.”

Isn’t this the ancient peace marriage, the Han Dynasty has used this trick, and it didn’t delay the Han Dynasty to hang the peace marriage object after storming up. The Han and Tang dynasties used to make peace with each other, but that was just a political maneuver, and it didn’t stop them from swallowing the world.

Among the Malayan big buyers, he trusts the most is Su Yang who has a British spouse, nothing is for no reason.

“There’s a lot of work here this year, so don’t work too hard.” Compared to the Swedish limousine, the Great British Treasure was a little more understanding, and Vivienne didn’t care about the British Empire, only about the man who was pushing for the construction of the city.

“Vivian’s words are always warming.” Alan Wilson drifted soul unaware, “I know in my heart. After this round of city construction is completed, the foundation of Malaya will be solid, and the rest of the matter is to penetrate into other countries in Southeast Asia through Chinese connections.”

“Speaking of which, there’s a Fu Manchu script over in the United States.” Hedy Lamarr suddenly remembered this matter, “If you don’t like it, I’ll push it off.”

“It’s your freedom to shoot it or not. But I certainly won’t let the series go into the Malayan colony.” Alan Wilson already knew what type of movie it was when he heard the name.

The image of Fu Manchu really doesn’t necessarily make the Chinese feel whatsoever, erudite and intelligent, with a mission to liberate Asia, Africa and Latin America to expel the white man’s rule. Isn’t this the dream of nationalists? Successful absolute national hero.

What really makes people jump is the kind of image of Shang Qi, your father such a heroic and magnificent figure, and he gave birth to such a deceitful scum?

“Then we’ll return this script, we’re never short of scripts anyway.” Ingrid Bergman gave the man a blank look, “You’re afraid the colonies will resent British rule for this.”

“Britain and America, they don’t stand together on everything.” Alan Wilson straightened his back, “The image of Fu Manchu has been brought up again recently, is it related to getting punched in the Korean War? You see that little mind of the United States, can you hide it from me?”

Another New Year, the colonial government officially launched the construction of the West Malaysia Railway, which had been warming up for more than a month, and Allen Wilson attended the groundbreaking ceremony as high commissioner to announce the official start of the project.

“Thank you, Lord Lt. Governor, and thank you, Ahmad Pasha.” The elites of the two communities, which were clearly separated in the audience, rushed to congratulate Alan Wilson.

“This is just the beginning, Britain’s long term plan is to make the Malayan colony a beacon in Asia.” Alan Wilson shouted with a false smile on his face, “My job, is to light the lighthouse. The West Malaysian Railway is a start.”

At the start of the new year, four missile launches were made in quick succession from the Woomera launch site and all were successful.

Pamela Mountbatten in Perth told Alan Wilson about this, that the Blue Light missiles had been trustworthy, and that, for its part, discussions were underway at the Woomera launch site to utilize the bombshells for a space program.