Chapter 1030 Six-Party Talks Idea
The British Empire was invincible, and Alan Wilson, who was still in Africa, couldn't help but exclaimed that he had never thought of dragging India into the water, but Macmillan did just that. After this time, he must reflect, not because India is not The colony would have no value.
After several minutes of thinking, Alan Wilson gave up on the idea.
There are only two years left before the war in which India reaches rock bottom. Once India is completely defeated in the war, the leaders of the Third World and the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement will all say goodbye. In other words, the value of India's boasted international status will only be effective at best. In the next two years, I won’t need it anymore.
He even had an idea now. This idea took root and sprouted involuntarily as soon as it appeared, and the hand that was setting Hedy Lamar's bones stopped involuntarily.
"Be serious." Hedy Lamarr said with aggrieved voice. She traveled thousands of miles to Africa to provide logistics support, but this man was so careless, wasting her true love.
"Sorry, I remembered some trivial matters." Alan Wilson bent down and kissed Hedy Lamarr's red lips. You can think about those trivial matters later and get down to business first.
The general plan for the independence of Cameroon has been decided. The British Cameroon side is divided into two parts. The northern British Cameroon tends to join the Nigerian Dominion, while the southern Cameroon tends to join the French Cameroon.
First of all, this is exactly the purpose of Alan Wilson. This survey report is very gratifying. The reason for this difference lies in the development of the Niger River Delta. The early construction of any project is difficult and difficult, and the same is true for the development of the Niger River Delta.
For the Igbo elite, it would be great if it would increase the strength of their nation.
But it is not they who pay the price, but the ordinary Igbo people of the Niger River. Ordinary people make up the majority, and this is the case all over the world.
In order to meet the construction deadline, the Dominion Army strictly monitored the progress of the development, which even led to resistance by the local Igbo people.
After all, this kind of thing is like building the Great Wall. Qin Shihuang, who is famous throughout the ages, paid the price for the vast working people.
Future generations will not see how painful it was for most people when they paid the price. They will only see Qin Shihuang's great talent and broad strategy.
For the Igbo people of the Niger Delta, they are the ones who pay the price.
Even if some people in the Igbo people formed the idea of learning from advanced civilization during the colonization process, such people are only a minority among the minority after all. The vast majority of people cannot understand why they cannot live their own lives independently. .
This caused the ethnic groups in British Cameroon to resist joining Nigeria. The northern part of British Cameroon is more willing to stay with the Hausa people of the same faith because it has not been affected by the strong labor brought by development.
This was exactly what he wanted and coincided with Alan Wilson's idea. However, in order to ensure the success rate, Alan Wilson discussed with the French to let French Cameroon become independent first. British Cameroon had to make some preparations to ensure the success of the idea.
If French Cameroon becomes independent first, it must be written in the constitution as a federal country. It is best to be relatively fragile in the political structure. He even hopes that Cameroon after independence will be similar to the French Fourth Republic, and if nothing happens, he will change the prime minister or something.
Unfortunately, under the reality that de Gaulle is in charge of France, saying this may make the French mistakenly think that they are insulting the law.
The future of Cameroon was finalized. In April 1960, Alan Wilson sent a telegram to London. Subsequently, London and Paris simultaneously announced that Cameroon's trusteeship had officially ended and announced their recognition of Cameroon's independence.
French Cameroon was directly independent as a federal republic, while the ownership of British Cameroon was proposed through the British representative at the United Nations in the form of a referendum to determine the future ownership model. There are two referendums, joining the Federal Republic of Cameroon or independence. There is no option to join the Dominion of Nigeria.
Of course, on the surface, this will help safeguard the integrity of Cameroon’s sovereignty.
As for Nigeria's sovereignty, just because British Cameroon speaks English does not mean it is part of Nigeria.
Britain's attitude is supported by most countries, even the United States.
"This will even help territorial disputes." Alan Wilson received news from the United Nations and was relieved to know that most countries recognized the British claim. If something happened in the future, it would not be the British responsibility, but the United Nations' responsibility. It is the responsibility of most countries in the world.
At this time of universal celebration, the whole world was immersed in the joy of the birth of a new country. The family of the international community had a new member. The US government responded very quickly. It recognized Cameroon that day and started preparing an embassy. The Soviet Union also Showed the same attitude.
Alan Wilson, who was exchanging information with Grace, laughed when talking about this matter, "If the British colonies were independent, and the United States and the Soviet Union were so impatient to intervene, the United Kingdom might not say anything. But France is different. The United States It was a wrong judgment for the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union to believe that Cameroon's independence can establish influence. The French will not simply let their influence in the colonies be replaced by other countries."
"It would be great if Britain could also learn from the French attitude." Grace admired the French ideas.
"Grace, Britain can only choose one between national development and colonial influence. Under normal circumstances, it will not use force against colonies that are not particularly important. To be honest, in terms of London's emphasis, Africa is far from comparable to Asia. The Middle East and The Far East is ahead of Africa."
Alan Wilson couldn't help but shook his head and said, "We are not the French, and we are even less likely to expand the standing army and fall into an endless low-intensity war. Even if we suppress the rebels, we will still choose new collaborators to have a good talk."
Britain, with this characteristic, actually suffered a disadvantage in competing with France for colonies, but who made France fall in love with revolution after the Sun King? Constant changes in government will not affect France's suppression of weak countries, but it faces Against Britain at the same level, it is powerless.
"We have communicated with the Belgians. The independence of the Belgian Congo will be in June. I will go back to London first. I will discuss the issue of the Belgian Congo with my colleagues in China. You can wait for my good news."
"Sir wants to go back to London? Then I will wait for your good news in Northern Rhodesia." Grace's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Then we are ready to sign a treaty of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen."
Alan Wilson's words were half true and half false. He wanted to go back to discuss the Congo issue with others, but not with people at home. How could he not be present when the cultural czar visited London? Regarding the fact that he betrayed Poland, betrayed Iran again, and this time was preparing to betray Congo, it can only be done face to face.
What happened to the betrayal of the Congo? Once Congo changes color, Britain can legitimately maintain its colonies in British Africa as much as possible.
It can be seen from the fact that Britain persisted for so long on the Iran oil crisis and even extended an invitation to the Soviet Union to visit. Complicating the situation is not necessarily detrimental to Britain.
If he had not betrayed Iran, there was only the influence of the United Kingdom and the United States in Iran, and the United States could squeeze out the United Kingdom in a few months. How could he have persisted until now?
It is precisely because of the presence of Soviet power in northern Iran that Britain now has the opportunity to use diplomatic means to resist and make the Iranian oil crisis so complicated.
Ai Zhongtang is betraying his country again. He has already thought clearly about the specific steps to fight the United States during the manned space flight with Hedy Lamarr.
At the threshold of Cameroon's independence, Alan Wilson arrived in Paris with a certain international movie queen whom he met by chance and whom he was completely unfamiliar with. This is normal. After all, French Cameroon is large and British Cameroon is small. Collect some It is a matter of course for the information to be returned to China.
During this period, he fought day and night in Africa for the interests of Britain, and his whole body lost weight.
After a short period of collecting information in Paris, Ai Zhongtang's health became worse day by day.
There is no doubt that his trip to Africa is successful. He has learned some advanced experience from the French and is learning from each other's strengths. He must always take into account both the needs and goals. He must also take into account the national conditions of the United Kingdom and combine the advantages. Only in this way can we achieve long-term and even transcendence.
For example, the fact that France asked independent colonies to convert France's construction over the years into national debt gave him a lot of inspiration, although he never saw what France's construction meant from beginning to end.
But he knew that the capitals of every British colony were prospering through real estate, and these colonies, especially British East Africa, would need Malaya's production capacity to continue to support construction.
This time back in London, Alan Wilson noticed something unusual about the Iranian oil crisis taking so long.
This has led to some changes in public opinion in the UK. The British may not have had any objection to the pressure on the United States at first, but as the Iranian oil crisis has persisted for so long, some anti-American voices have gradually spread.
Returning to London, Alan Wilson immediately reported to Whitehall and the Cabinet on Cameroon's independence. At the same time, he expressed support for an independence referendum in British Cameroon and gave predictions based on first-hand information.
Alan Wilson expressed his admiration to Macmillan when he saw him returning from a visit to India. The idea of wooing India was promoted by Macmillan alone and Alan Wilson had not thought of it at the time. Looking back now, this was a good move.
"I have a half-baked idea." Alan Wilson discussed the current diplomatic situation in front of the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, "Why don't we try to facilitate a six-party talks on the Iran issue?"