Chapter 1029 Britain Is Still Resisting

Talk, or act like you want to talk. As the only 500 billion economy in the world today, Dulles believes that the power of the United States as a world hegemon is unlimited, and it must achieve what it wants to achieve.

It doesn't matter that the British can resist with all their strength, but the United States will eventually force Britain to submit.

Saying it so bluntly may not be considerate of British sentiments, but it is true that the economy of Europe as a whole, including Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa, is still not comparable to that of the United States.

Dulles has this determination, and it is naturally very clear that he will have such an attitude during this visit to the UK.

Dulles, who was determined to make Britain bow its head, met the current Prime Minister Eden, who still believed that Britain was a world power. The whole meeting could not be said to be a tit-for-tat confrontation, but it could also be called a tit-for-tat confrontation.

Dulles, who hoped that the UK would be able to accept the situation as soon as possible, would allow Eden to recognize the reality. Otherwise, if the dispute continues, the UK will not only not get what it wants, but will also suffer greater losses.

Compared with Prime Minister Aiden's situation where he could only parry but had no power to fight back.

Macmillan, the Foreign Secretary who has arrived in India, experienced the happiness of the British Foreign Secretary. The moment he stepped on Indian soil, his smile never stopped. This is life and what a Foreign Secretary should be like, not in Domestic and foreign policy, areas that should be dominated by the Foreign Secretary, can only listen to Eden.

If Alan Wilson saw Macmillan in his current state, he would definitely conclude that Macmillan was betraying his past, but he was not here.

India has been independent for more than ten years, and Nehru's impressive journey has also gone through ten years. Compared with the British Indian era, it would be a lie to say that India has not changed much. At least there has been no major famine in India for so many years of independence. , of course, long-term malnutrition is inevitable.

Nehru's prestige is no less than that of Modi in later generations, but this is just an appearance. If compared with the countries on the other side of the roof of the world, it can be seen in some details. In fact, the development of both sides of the roof of the world is essentially different. the difference.

The period when India was stronger than its neighbors was limited to the short period of time when the Gun Party was in power.

As early as the Korean War, New China launched a plan to eliminate infectious diseases, promulgating laws on infectious diseases one after another, striving to eliminate a series of infectious diseases such as plague, smallpox, schistosomiasis, cholera, diphtheria, relapsing fever, malaria, etc.

Effective prevention and control of infectious diseases improves people's health, mobilizes society, coordinates all aspects of prevention and control work, establishes and improves health prevention and control institutions with a high sense of responsibility, implements an epidemic reporting system, formulates health policies and regulations, conducts scientific research, and quickly and effectively controls and eliminates Serious infectious diseases.

In the past ten years, the results have been remarkable, which is completely different from the period after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Indian government cannot be said to have no achievements in this regard, but the Indian government's achievements are not necessarily higher than those of Mountbatten Pharmaceutical Group's generic drugs.

With the help of Alan Wilson, who is familiar with history, his wife's medical industry took advantage of the magical continent of India and began to catch up in the field of medicine. Under the cover of India's special national conditions, with the spirit of saving the world and saving people, the pursuit of the pursuit began. way to ignore massive imitation of intellectual property while obtaining the data you want in India’s diverse society.

During this visit, Macmillan is also planning to visit the Mountbatten Pharmaceutical Group in Bangalore to eulogize the special relationship between Britain and India and commend the important role of British companies in India.

As expected, Nehru mentioned the issue of Goa's ownership while warmly entertaining Macmillan's visit.

Macmillan said to himself that if the current Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not been the former Assistant Commissioner of British India, and specifically reminded him before coming here, this issue would really be called a mess.

"Dear Prime Minister, now that the UK is deeply involved in the Iran crisis, if it puts pressure on Portugal at this time, it may be too weak to do so." Macmillan smiled bitterly and said to Nehru,

"When I came to India this time, I even hoped that India could exert its international influence, stand on the side of the UK, help the UK from its traditional relationship, and jointly solve the Iranian problem. After all, India and Iran are not far apart geographically. The security of the Persian Gulf is not only related to British interests, but also extremely important to India."

Macmillan is not lying. One of his purposes in coming to New Delhi is indeed to win over India to support Britain. In this era, although India is not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, India is invited to many international conferences as the third party. Leaders of world nations emerged to demonstrate justice.

"Huh?" Nehru was hesitant. He knew very well that the Iranian oil crisis was a confrontation between Britain and the United States. He had also been paying attention to the development of the Iranian issue. He also knew that Britain had contacted France, and the United States had roped in Germany. The Iran oil crisis has been followed by a series of diplomatic battles.

Can India get involved? Nehru had to think carefully. Nehru's position in India was Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In fact, he was exactly the same as the current British Prime Minister Eden, doing the work of Prime Minister and taking care of foreign affairs.

Nehru has done quite well over the years. For this reason, Nehru specifically stayed in the Commonwealth. While maintaining traditional relations with Britain, he stayed in the Commonwealth system to enjoy the dividends. This gave the Indian political elite a lot of benefits. From then on, the seeds of great self-confidence and the mentality of a great nation sprouted.

Nehru also took advantage of the co-optation of the United States and the Soviet Union to pursue a middle-of-the-road approach. In this way, he did not dare to say that he would dominate the world, but at least he was independent and no longer at the mercy of others. When appropriate, he also wanted to beat some disobedient friends and win over a group of younger brothers. At least India in South Asia has the final say, and its ultimate dream is to establish a Greater Indian Federation, and it also needs to have a considerable presence and voice in the international community.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if India wants to take a middle-of-the-road approach, it may need the UK to maintain considerable strength. The world is slowly moving towards a two-tier structure, which will crowd out the influence of other major powers. If neither the UK nor France can resist, It is difficult for India to resist this trend now."

Macmillan especially emphasized the term "big power". Although Alan Wilson reminded him before coming, as Foreign Secretary, he also had his own ideas in the field of diplomacy and could not listen to the Prime Minister.

This visit was originally intended to win over India to support Britain. "If India can help Britain on the Iran issue, after the UK resolves the Iranian oil crisis, it will try to have a good talk with Portugal on the Goa issue and come up with a bilateral solution." If the plan is accepted by all, if it fails, we will formulate a road map to gradually hand over Goa to India. Of course, during this process, Portugal’s interests should be preserved.”

A big country? Nehru couldn't help but be fascinated. In fact, today's India has both sides in the world, and it does not completely rely on Nehru's diplomacy to gain popularity. In the final analysis, it is economic construction that has achieved results.

The Soviet Union's rapid progress provided Nehru with a sample of the rise of late-comer countries, and India began to make great strides towards development.

Through the first five-year plan, the problem of food was basically solved, such as increasing food production, curbing inflation, and reducing income inequality.

Immediately afterwards, India released its second five-year plan. The second five-year plan is to solve the sustainable problem of enough food, such as increasing the national income level, developing labor-intensive industries, and developing the country's basic and key industries.

Among the current Asian economies, India is the second largest in Asia, on par with Japan. Excluding the per capita comparison, India is no worse than Japan. Why should we only count the total? Because the most populous countries in the north are only counted in total.

If India can support Britain on the Iranian issue, Britain is willing to create an opportunity for India and Portugal to talk after the Iran crisis is over. This is a good aspect. Of course, Macmillan also sent out some hints of hostage.

There are 400,000 people of Indian descent in British Kenya. At a time when the colonial system in Africa is loosening, the question of whether these Indians will stay or leave has been noticed by the British. Macmillan hinted that once bloodshed occurs, it may have consequences for Nigeria. Helu's political reputation took a hit.

The good thing is that Britain is willing to create a bridge of communication on the Goa issue. The bad thing is that the Indians in Kenya will hurt Nehru's political reputation. As time goes by, although Britain is incomparable to the empire on which the sun never sets, it still has six There are more than one million square kilometers of territories outside the mainland, and they are still in the process of selling off their ancestral property and cashing in, rather than having already reached the end.

After leaving Nehru a few days to think about it, Macmillan went to Bangalore to commend British companies for their outstanding contributions to the safety of Indian lives.

A few days later, while Eden and Dulles broke up on bad terms in London, Macmillan and Nehru jointly announced that Britain and India had reached a package of agreements to promote each other's development, and at the same time affirmed India's international status. "The future center of the world is in Asia, and the center of Asia is in India. India is also qualified to take a stand on many seemingly unrelated matters."

Whether it was the Korean War or the Geneva Conference that led to the partition of Vietnam, India had participated in it. India's international status can be seen from this. So of course India should take a stand on this Iranian oil crisis. This is very reasonable.

Macmillan, who was personally guided in diplomatic work by Eden at home, finally found an opportunity to prove his diplomatic ability in India, a former colony.

The Iranian oil crisis has affected one more country. The whole incident has affected more and more countries, and things have become more and more complicated. At almost the same time as Macmillan achieved results in India, the British Foreign Office announced that it was targeting the Soviet Union. An invitation was issued to enhance cultural exchanges between Britain and the Soviet Union.

The result of Dulles' visit to Britain turned out to be this. Washington exclaimed that old imperialism was invincible.