Chapter 1042: Ministers Who Take Too Much Care
The reason for doing this is to give the United States a sense of moral superiority and believe that it is right to force Belgium to give up its suppression of Congo.
Before Lumumba's true nature is exposed, that is, he is not close to the West, he roasts the United States on the fire of morality.
We can't just go ahead and overthrow Lumumba when American public opinion has just enthusiastically celebrated Congo's independence. Lumumba is a national hero, right? Even if you really do this, you have to change public opinion first. Doesn't this take time?
Because Alan Wilson was going to British Somaliland and could not keep an eye on the evolution of the situation in the Congo from here, he naturally wanted to muddy the water. When the water cleared, he should come back, and it would not take too long to end the trusteeship.
Grace returned to Northern Rhodesia to wait. After all, it was a neighboring place, and he could also pay attention to the situation in Congo in Northern Rhodesia.
The two had agreed to keep in touch, and Alan Wilson took off directly on the Comet passenger plane to the Horn of Africa.
The Horn of Africa is sometimes called Northeast Africa based on its geographical location. The Horn of Africa is located in northeastern Africa. It is a peninsula in East Africa, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden, extending hundreds of kilometers eastward into the Arabian Sea.
It is the easternmost region of the African continent, and Cape Halfon, the easternmost point of the African continent, is also located in this region.
In theory, it is a battleground for military strategists. Why do we say theoretically? Because Alan Wilson is not very fond of the term "a battleground for military strategists".
Theoretically, all land can become a battleground for military strategists, but in fact, many of the places that military strategists must pass through are only called under existing conditions.
For example, the central dynasty usually needs to use the Hexi Corridor to send troops to the northwest, and the Hexi Corridor is a battleground for military strategists.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Qian Zhungar did not go through the Hexi Corridor, but passed through the Mongolian Plateau. The Hexi Corridor was not a must-pass for military strategists.
If the Horn of Africa is very important to Britain, then the other side of the Red Sea Strait should be equally important. Will Britain still occupy the Arabian Peninsula? The Arabian Peninsula is barren. In order to ensure basic living conditions, is it necessary to occupy the two river basins?
If this continues indefinitely, Britain may occupy the whole world, and only then can the problem of places that military strategists must pass through be solved.
British Somalia was only a small part of Somalia, and its precise name was British Somaliland. Italian Somalia had been allowed to become independent by Britain a few years ago.
Historically, Somalia's independence was achieved by Britain within one month of this year.
The mandated British Somaliland and Italian Somalia were allowed to become independent, resulting in the merger of the two colonies into a complete Somalia.
The biggest change that Alan Wilson brought to Whitehall was the policy of partitioning the colonies rather than amalgamating them.
The partition of India and Pakistan proves that it is better for India to be hostile to Pakistan than to bully neighboring countries with the complete independence of British India. Fighting each other is a problem of India and Pakistan and does not affect the security of other countries.
Under this change, the British East African Federation, which never appeared, was not even mentioned. The merged British East African Federation was also prevented from appearing, and the Somali Republic naturally stopped thinking about merging.
In Hargeisa, the capital of British Somalia, High Commissioner Evans was waiting for the Comet passenger plane to land. Alan Wilson appeared before he jogged forward and said, "Sir Wilson, welcome to Hargeisa."
"Of course, we want to celebrate Somalia's independence warmly." Alan Wilson said with a smile on his face, patting Evans on the shoulder, "Don't worry about your future job. If Somaliland remains in the Commonwealth, you will still be High Commissioner, if you leave the Commonwealth, you will have to change your title to Ambassador. It is just a change in title and will not make any difference."
“At the same time, Somaliland’s overseas assets will still be managed by you, and we are opposed to any unwanted changes.”
"Of course I hope to continue to benefit society." Evans breathed a sigh of relief and his tone became relaxed.
"Of course, this is our common wish." As soon as he came up and gave his subordinates reassurance, Alan Wilson went to the apartment that Evans had arranged for himself. This happy expression of witnessing independence was not pretended. Somaliland had another It is not a rich colony. It is independent when it is independent. This is a good thing.
Colonies like the Gold Coast, whose top products are gold and diamonds, can make even the founding fathers who advocated independence die in confusion. Somaliland is obviously not among them.
After all, it is a land of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. It is impossible for Somaliland to have no resources at all. However, Evans’ current development of Somaliland is limited to the green revolution and the main tourism sign.
Among the British colonies, apart from the empty talk that military strategists must pass through, Somaliland really has no particularly important value.
The reason why we have held it in our hands for so long is just to distinguish ourselves from Somalia, which has become independent, and to maintain a gap so that the two colonies do not merge after independence.
Half an hour later, Evans left. Ms. Hedy Rama, who rushed to Hargeisa to take over the shift and ensure logistics, was already sitting in the man's arms. "Do you think of yourself as the emperor? The emperor is not as good as you." Enjoy it. In such a desolate place, you still need people to come and accompany you."
"With a lady like you by my side, I wouldn't even do it if I were asked to be emperor." Alan Wilson laughed. His beautiful fantasies about the emperor disappeared without a trace after seeing the Qing Dynasty emperor's daily life schedule. It is indeed the pinnacle of centralization. I wonder if the emperors of earlier dynasties looked like human beings. Anyway, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty no longer looked like human beings.
"So happy?" Hedy Lamarr was a little surprised. Isn't this man a firm supporter of colonialism?
"Colonies with little resources must become independent as soon as possible. If they don't become independent, they will have to rely on the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson could not let Suriname rely on the Netherlands to happen to the United Kingdom.
"I thought you finally became a good person." Hedy Rama rolled her eyes at the man, "It turns out that Somaliland has no value."
"There is some value, but it's not worthy of attention." Alan Wilson is not too keen on strategic status, otherwise Evans would not choose to develop agriculture, animal husbandry and tourism. The strategic status can be replaced by Djibouti, and Somaliland can be used independently to block the United States. The human mouth couldn't be more suitable.
Duncan was asked to make a special trip to such a place, which shows that this minister really has nothing to do and insists on going to Africa to make his presence felt.
A day later, Duncan, the former Minister of Defense and now the Minister of Commonwealth Affairs, finally arrived in Hargeisa. Alan Wilson was like yesterday's Evans, heading to the airport to greet him.
Although there was only one day and twenty-four hours, some changes occurred in the world. American public opinion was very enthusiastic about Congo's independence. It also released a batch of photos of beheaded hands during the Belgian colonial period, as well as the Belgian World Expo two years ago. , the Belgians released photos of a human zoo treating Congolese people as animals.
This is a good thing that is very beneficial to all mankind to show that the United States firmly supports the independence of the Belgian Congo.
Such reports have inspired Americans’ sense of moral superiority, and the United States has firmly established itself as a beacon of humanity.
This is what Alan Wilson did through the medium of Newfoundland, and it worked well, but not without side effects.
For example, since it is right to support Congo's independence, now that Britain is bullying Iran, the United States should also stand on the weak side.
It is conceivable that with the support of this kind of public opinion, the United States may be more emboldened to support Iran in forcing Britain to submit.
Things have two sides, and Alan Wilson can't help it. In order to muddy the water, he has to bear the consequences. The UK's position may be completely opposite in different places, but as long as it is shameless, there is nothing anyone can do against the UK.
Those who engage in politics should not be shameless, just like the Commonwealth Secretary who is stepping off the passenger plane in front of me.
"Alan, Dicky is very happy to have such a son-in-law." Duncan greeted him familiarly, although he did not know the young deputy secretary.
"My talents cannot be compared with the marshal." Alan Wilson forced a smile and pretended to be humble in front of the minister.
I said in my heart that my father-in-law wishes you to die suddenly. He became the Minister of Defense and caused a lot of trouble to the military.
Now that it's fine, I went to the Commonwealth Office to find trouble with the overseas commissioner. Are Churchill's relatives so confident?
Duncan didn't see that the talented man in Whitehall, who had been taught by many movie queens by words and deeds, hid his resentment towards him, and asked instead, "I heard that this year's Overseas Commissioners Conference will be held soon? I happen to have time, so it should be logical to participate. Bar?"
"Of course there is no problem, dear minister! As long as the Foreign Secretary does not object, we are open to it." Alan Wilson expressed his stance gently, and at the same time, he calculated that the minister would not participate in that event based on his appearance. Meeting.
As soon as he arrived in Somaliland, he was about to interfere with the affairs of the overseas commissioner. Although Alan Wilson said nothing on the surface, all the scenes in his mind were of the other party's head blossoming.
In order to welcome the distinguished minister, Evans had prepared the convertible and now waited for Duncan to receive a warm welcome from the colonists.
Thinking of the happy scene, Alan Wilson agreed to all Duncan's suggestions and expressed very enthusiastically that the Overseas Commissioners Meeting, with the minister's personal care, would definitely produce more results.
"Alan, you are very different from Dicky." Duncan said with great satisfaction, "Dicky is very dissatisfied with me because of the disarmament issue."
"Dear Minister, disarmament is a good thing, we all understand it. The marshal is a soldier, and it is understandable that he does not want the British military to be weakened." Alan Wilson was multitasking. He was not dissatisfied with Duncan, he just wanted a simple Just kill the opponent, who would be dissatisfied with a corpse?