Chapter 1007 The Prime Minister Is in Charge of Foreign Affairs

At the same time, the documents sent to Macmillan were also jointly formulated with the Ministry of Defense, including the Anglo-Egyptian naval military exercises and the official opening of the Zanzibar military base to Egypt, and the Anglo-Portuguese Indian Ocean military exercises. The two military exercises will be held in the next day. Conducted within the year.

In terms of significance, these two military exercises are very important. The importance of Egypt's Suez Canal to whether the British Empire is a global empire is naturally self-evident.

The significance of the British-Portuguese Indian Ocean military exercises is not that bad. The Portuguese Salazar government's resolute attitude towards colonial maintenance has resisted many overt and covert attacks for Britain.

Therefore, at the appropriate time, the United Kingdom should also show its sincerity and support Portugal's interests. The British colony of Malaya was positioned as an industrial production base, and it could still gain a lot of benefits from the presence of Goa, which was an excellent window to enter the Indian market.

"Alan, it seems that you were the one who reached the land replacement treaty with Portugal." Macmillan remembered this incident and commented meaningfully, "Did you have this idea at the time?"

"In India, the drawn line is called the Wilson Line." Alan Wilson shirks his responsibility without leaving any trace. "It was the Portuguese who took the initiative. At that time, famine broke out in British India, and Portugal offered to help. All British Indian civil servants cut down on food and clothing. There have been many touching stories about the fight against drought. In order to save millions of lives, I agreed to Portugal’s conditions under heavy pressure. I had no choice but to do so.”

When it comes to this, Alan Wilson feels confident. Who is he doing it for? Isn't it to save some people from dying?

In this way, Portugal's conditions for land replacement were agreed, and Goa, which was more than 3,000 square kilometers, was transformed into the Portuguese Grand Goa of nearly 30,000 square kilometers today.

As for the current Portuguese Hindus, what does that have to do with themselves? Who caused problems with India's post-independence policies? The peaceful believers sought protection from the Portuguese and changed the population ratio of Goa.

That is not a problem for the United Kingdom, but a problem for Portugal and India. As for whose problem is bigger, he doesn't know.

The Labor government's policy towards Egypt was mainly based on bribery and co-optation. It was already 1959, nearly fifteen years had passed since the end of World War II, and the Conservative Party had just regained power. Judging from Macmillan's attitude, he is inclined to inherit Labour's foreign policy, with only some minor adjustments.

This can only be said to be partly due to Macmillan's factors, because today's Prime Minister Eden once served as Foreign Secretary. The current prime minister is a foreign minister, so it remains to be seen whose idea it was to inherit some of the Labor Party's foreign policies.

Although Macmillan was historically the Prime Minister after Eden, the work Eden was familiar with was also diplomatic work. This embarrassed Macmillan, the current Foreign Secretary, because the Prime Minister had worked in the same field as him.

After Eden came to power, he basically entrusted all economic matters to a team headed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler, while he devoted his energy to the familiar field of diplomacy.

Even after becoming prime minister, Aiden is more willing to exert influence in the diplomatic field due to his work experience.

The situation of Prince Macmillan is quite embarrassing. Although Prince Charles is Yinreng of Great Britain, there is more than one Yinreng of Great Britain.

The Prime Minister does not care about finance but about diplomacy, so certain foreign policy documents have to be sent to No. 10 Downing Street, and Eden is waiting for approval.

"Norman, has Louis' son-in-law been responsible for colonial issues in recent years?" Aiden asked Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke, holding two documents on military exercise plans.

Norman Brook chuckled lightly and replied to Aiden, "I actually want to deny it, but denying it is not true. It can only be said that Allen has been leading the work of the Overseas Asset Management Committee on some detailed issues."

"I heard that the assets controlled by this committee are quite huge." Aiden raised an eyebrow, "Almost all the assets in the British colonies are related to this committee? Norman,

You know, I am the Prime Minister. "

"It can't be said to be particularly huge! Of course, dear Prime Minister. But when it comes to this kind of thing, civil servants stationed abroad always need to work together. Even if a minister is assigned to be responsible for it, the minister can't understand it. Even if he spent half a month in each colony, he would not be able to return to London after a year."

Norman Brooke said eloquently, "And a year later, there will be new changes. Will the minister go around again?"

"The advantage of Allen being in charge of this matter is that he has been working overseas. He can see some issues more clearly than people who have been here for a long time. His work experience can also support this. He has worked in Asia and the Americas respectively. All experiences can be considered successful, and the wealthy life brought by the Mountbatten family has allowed Allen to keep a clear head and never be confused by money, which is exactly what is needed to manage huge overseas assets."

Norman Brooke is absolutely ridiculous, Alan Wilson is just not corrupt himself and does not stop other commissioners from enriching their own pockets. Moreover, he is not corrupt, and he is not greedy for small money at all.

Norman Brooke was not defending Alan Wilson, but he was defending the interests of civil servants.

Aiden's words just now made him keenly aware of the danger. Politicians had attempts to seize control of overseas assets.

Norman Brooke's answer was to persuade the Prime Minister not to do this, because sending a minister would not work at all. There are dozens of overseas high commissioners alone, plus their subordinates, making it easy to deceive anyone.

Should MI6 be sent to investigate overseas commissioners? If so, it would turn into a confrontation between Cabinet and Whitehall. So it's best to take a long-term approach to this matter.

Norman Brooke and Eden had a good personal relationship, dating back to before World War II. With such a personal relationship, he could seriously discuss this issue with the Prime Minister without hesitation.

"There is one more thing, Prime Minister." Norman Brooke did not want to go too in-depth on this matter, so he mentioned another important matter to change the topic, "It has something to do with the former Prime Minister."

Attlee? Aiden became serious, "What? Is Attlee going to come out again to hold an election?"

Although the Conservative Party has regained power, it cannot be said to have won a complete victory in this election. The Labor Party still has considerable strength.

"Mr. Attlee intends to make an Eastern visit." Norman Brooke said to Ayden, "It should be an attempt to build diplomatic relations between China and Britain. The Prime Minister also knows that the reason why the Labor Party won two consecutive general elections is because it withstood the The pressure not to join the Korean War has a lot to do with it. Peace and development are the mainstream, and a large number of citizens are tired of any discussion of war."

"Of course, war is bad after all." Aiden nodded, thinking about whether to stop Attlee, but there seemed to be no reason. Attlee had left politics and was a former prime minister with a good reputation. If he As the current Prime Minister, it is very easy to prevent Attlee from traveling abroad.

Ultimately Eden found himself unable to prevent Attlee from leaving the country, leaving him with an assessment of the value of the Suez Canal, the serious consequences that a breakout of war might have on Europe as a whole, and the position that Britain might take if war broke out in Goa.

This was only a hypothetical planning filing, with professional assessments made by Alan Wilson on behalf of the Foreign Office and Mountbatten on behalf of the British military.

Isn't it okay to make a plan? Developing response plans for various emergencies that may occur is part of the job.

After leaving almost all the documents behind, the issue of the positioning of Indians in British Kenya was returned to Foreign Secretary Macmillan, which reflected the importance of the top leader. The Prime Minister will never personally deal with such an issue that may obviously be a trap.

"Dixon, where's Allen?" Macmillan, who looked like a British man with a sad expression, asked the chief private secretary while holding the document on the issue of Indian origin sent back by the Prime Minister.

"Sir Wilson is on a business trip, and his wife, Ms. Pamela, is expecting a baby in Perth. There happens to be some Antarctic conference matters to discuss with Australia, and he may have to stay in Perth for a while." Dixon replied calmly.

When Dixon answered, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not yet left Europe. He was talking to the two CEOs of Woodpecker Company, and then gave the two dragoons a chance to kiss eels, and then stopped walking along the way. , it took five days to arrive in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.

Pamela Mountbatten, who was wearing white pajamas and a swollen belly, was wearing slippers to replenish the strength of the child in her belly. While eating, she said, "The Antarctic Conference has recently been paid attention to by Australia through its newspapers. So far, the feedback is quite good. , Australians generally believe that the United Kingdom and the United States will support Australia’s claims.”

"The United States will do things that have no interests? Do you think the United States has ever been kind?" Alan Wilson threw away the orange peel and handed the peeled orange to his wife. "Australia is destined to fail to achieve its goals."

When his series of films is completed, he will warn Australia about the lawlessness of black Americans.

Ingrid Bergman finally said that she would find relevant talents for Alan Wilson, but she could never use people with connections to Woodpecker Pictures. This was the limit that Ingrid Bergman could accept.

"How's the silver thing going?" Alan Wilson ate the remaining oranges. It was so sour. I really don't know how his wife could bear it. Agricultural technological innovation and improvement have a long way to go.

"I have to work for you to raise your children." Pamela Mountbatten rolled her eyes at her husband and whispered, "Don't worry, everything is going according to plan, and the quality of the silver is very high."

"If it succeeds, this will be a gift for our third child. Hey, there is no way. Although I have accumulated wealth through hard work for many years, there are more and more children, and I always have to work harder." Alan Wilson touched He touched his wife's belly and said, "If it succeeds this time, the Mountbatten Group's wealth can reach another level."