Chapter 992 – British Oceania.

Who sent you? What is your purpose? Where do you stand?

Alan Wilson almost asked the American ambassador the three questions of the soul, an icy gaze in his eyes that it was you boys who led the Soviet Red Army here, “It’s a surprise that the compelling propaganda newspaper seems to still be favored by Your Excellency, perhaps standing on the grounds of an ally I should talk to Joseph about the issue of your Excellency’s reliability and make a number of comments. After all, reports of Soviet spies have been commonplace in recent years.”

Liverward gulped for no reason; the British Permanent Undersecretary of State at the Foreign Office in front of him was a close friend of the Republican senator whose best known name was McCarthyism.

“Mr. Wilson, it’s just extremely important for diplomacy to understand the movements of the Soviet Union.” Leeward hurriedly explained, seeing the man in front of him and McCarthy with a smelly look, how dare he not do defense, this is a big deal.

“Yes well.” Alan Wilson face full of indisputable, unhurried, “of course, Britain and the United States of America’s special relationship needs to be maintained by both countries attentively, whether it is from the big picture or from the details are so. Instead of having a gap with an ally in such a dire situation, Britain will also try to make efforts from the diplomatic field and hope that France will stop here.”

Alan Wilson still expressed Britain’s willingness to stand in the United States position to think about the problem, which is of course false, he a from a position of strength, the French stung, and now how the opposite.

After conferring with the American ambassador, Allen Wilson left to accompany the Great British Treasure to see the children later. There was tomorrow and tomorrow to come, and Lady Hepburn needed his comfort.

In the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Adderley was holding a Cabinet meeting centered around a discussion about, a number of options for the administration of the British Oceania Territory that had been sent to him by the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Norman Brooke.

Alan Wilson returned to work in the Foreign Office, eyes can not be confined to the perspective of the Malayan colony, but to look at the whole picture, to calculate how much of the British Empire’s heritage is still of value, can be retained or liquidated. Those that should be fought for should be fought for, and those that should be sold should be sold at a good price.

The nuclear-free version of Britain’s new heavy aircraft carriers is progressing rapidly, reflecting the strength of Britain’s old shipbuilding powerhouse.

It has already been named the Queen Victoria Class Aircraft Carrier after cabinet discussions, and there is an order from Australia for the second of this class of heavy carriers.

The question of Australia’s and indeed the entire South Pacific fell within the sights of him, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Because Iceland’s two hundred nautical miles of exclusive economic zone had been recognized by the world, the value of these colonies in the South Pacific, which were small in size and not so difficult to control, naturally rose.

British colonies in the South Pacific, except for one of the more special, for the British and French co-management of Vanuatu. British and French jointly operated colonies are very rare, there is such a piece of Oceania.

In addition to this piece, there are land area of twenty-eight thousand square kilometers, exclusive economic zone of one million six hundred thousand square kilometers of the Solomon Islands, exclusive economic zone of seven hundred and fifty thousand square kilometers of Tuvalu, land area of eighteen thousand square kilometers, exclusive economic zone of one million three hundred thousand square kilometers of Fiji.

Kiribati with an EEZ of three million six hundred thousand square kilometers, Tonga with an EEZ of seven hundred thousand square kilometers, and the Cook Islands with an EEZ of two million square kilometers.

In accordance with the division of the EEZ, the above currently British-controlled colonies in Oceania have a land area of about 50,000 square kilometers and an EEZ of about 10 million square kilometers.

This ocean area adds up to the second largest territorial sea in the world in the latter days of France in line.

Moreover, militarily speaking, these British colonies are all in the east of Australia, and if Britain holds them in its hands, Australia will not turn against Britain in any case.

The colonies in Oceania, which have a combined area of 50,000 square kilometers, are not small, but the population is not large, so it is not difficult for Britain to control them, especially now.

There was also a reason mentioned in the document that would achieve the best of both worlds, easing the financial burden while increasing Britain’s military strength, namely disarmament.

In terms of the UK’s home-grown military, the current UK maintains a size of eight hundred thousand, which is really quite a strain on the UK’s current population base.

Disarmament is something that will happen sooner or later, and even if Britain’s economy recovers well after the war, it will not be able to maintain the current size of the army all the time. Britain has always had a tradition of employing foreigners, not only France had a Foreign Legion, but so did Britain, mostly from Nepal.

But Nepal was now independent and using Nepalis was not as convenient as it once was. Malaya, although built up with two heavy decorations, was currently limited to defending against the Indonesian threat. There was also a need to find a source of soldiers who could share the pressure on the British army.

Alan Wilson found just that, on these small, unassuming islands. These small South Pacific islands are all South Islanders, the descendants of people who were driven out of East Asia 10,000 years ago by people from further north, and to be honest by their Han Chinese ancestors.

South Islanders are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, and on the islands of the Pacific. But the South Islanders of Southeast Asia are different from the South Islanders of the Pacific, in the same way that Black Africa is a concept, but West Africa and East Africa have no similarities except that they both have dark skin.

South Islanders in Southeast Asia are short and physically weak. The ethnic groups appear islandized in character. The South Island language groups that run further afield are not the same weaklings, like the Maori in New Zealand.

South Islanders in the South Pacific and their Southeast Asian relatives, almost two extremes, the latter-day Monolith Johnson is the descendant of the local Samoans, the South Islanders on the islands of Oceania, strong and tall.

In this one report, the suggestion of recruiting from the local area to replace some of the functions of the British Army overseas is mentioned.

This would save costs to keep the Treasury happy, and the savings would also keep the Ministry of Defense happy, allowing for greater funding of defense research, and the Ministry of Colonies happy.

The British colonies in Oceania are actually financially OK, not how good the local economy is, but it stems from the fact that when Alan Wilson was the High Commissioner of Malaya, he raised money by selling islands, which is still going on, for example, which buyer wants to experience the life of an islander, he can ask the colonial government to buy it.

The sale of islands in the colony of Oceania was mainly to wealthy Australian businessmen, and the revenue from the sale of islands was used to maintain the colony’s finances, and in a sense a kind of real estate to build up the country.

This comprehensive plan, which took care of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Colonies, was exactly what was discussed at this Cabinet meeting, and in writing the report, Allen Wilson was impeccable.

There is a cabinet secretary in for the cabinet ministers to explain the time, but also like a tiger, simply put, it is to increase the value of the colony, maintain the original defense force, but reduce the financial expenditure.

It would also increase the influence of the British Empire over Australia, the only omission being whether Australia would agree. And the other purpose of Pamela Mountbatten’s trip to Australia to be born was this.

Alan Wilson, who is the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office, disregarding what other people think, thinks that the second Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office is in fact his wife, Mrs. Pamela Mountbatten, especially when it comes to the issue of Oceania.

How to get Australia to support Britain and work together on this issue involves another country, the Netherlands. The island of Papua New Guinea is now a dichotomous pattern, with a Dutch-controlled west and an Australian-controlled east.

The entire island of Papua New Guinea is a large area, and the population is considered small for Southeast Asia, but the population of Australia is so small that it appears to be quite a large population in Papua New Guinea.

What if the Dutch let the controlled part become independent later? If so, the eastern part of Australia’s control could become independent as well, a point of interest when in control, but a possible threat when out of control.

“Since everyone has come up with a consensus, the proposal for the British Oceania Territory is passed.” Prime Minister Adderley nodded as he scratched his glossy scalp, “The Foreign Office is handling this, no problem.”

“No problem.” Harold Wilson nodded his head in agreement, “Alan was the previous High Commissioner of Malaya and is familiar with Asian affairs and a good person to handle it.”

Before the Foreign Secretary informed, the Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke had already informed the result first, “It’s all in your thinking right? You have served in Asia, this is your part.”

“Sir Norman, my little bit of wisdom is quite different from yours.” Alan Wilson replied, not without compliments, “Now it’s a matter of convincing Australia to partition New Britain out of New Guinea.”

“I remember your wife going to Australia, it wouldn’t be any special assignment, would it?” Norman Brooke, with a flat face, said from a third party’s point of view.

“We can’t deny the emergence of unforeseen events that affect the whole picture from the details. The world is so big that anything can happen.” Alan Wilson side-stepped by admitting that his wife’s trip to Australia wasn’t exactly a maternity waiting to happen, and that the wives of patriots are also patriots, and at some point they need to take on patriotic missions.

If this is done correctly, an extra ten million square kilometers will be added to Britain’s future territorial waters. Britain’s national strength may not be able to suppress the raging continent, but to suppress a few islands? It is still possible to try.

“To divide New Britain Island?” Australian Governor Slim couldn’t help but smoke after listening to his old boss’s daughter, “There’s always this idea popping up? I’ll give it a try.”

“In case New Guinea becomes independent in the future, New Britain Island can be used as a frontier, which is also good for Australia’s defense.” Pamela Mountbatten was embarrassed, “Trouble Uncle Governor.”