Chapter 1055 Beware of the Wave of Independence

"You don't really think that the world is eternal, do you? Planting trees in Canada will prevent the past events of the age of ironclads from being forgotten so quickly." Alan Wilson teased as an example.

During the Napoleonic Wars, due to the continental blockade policy, the British Navy's battleships had major problems. The battleships were behemoths that devoured top-quality wood.

Take Nelson's "Victory" as an example. Its keel is made of teak, and all other parts are made of oak. A total of more than 2,500 century-old giant trees were consumed, and 240,000 square meters of forest area needed to be cut down.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Britain lost the timber imports from the European continent and had to use local timber. As a result, almost all the oak trees in the country were cut down, even the saplings were not spared.

Fortunately, after the Battle of Trafalgar, the British Navy won maritime supremacy. In order to maintain the scale of its fleet, the British Navy planted trees all over the world. They surrounded all the forests in Northern Europe and other places, and also carried out oak planting in Canada for decades.

As a result, the age of sailing has passed, and Britain's actions to safeguard sea power have truly become public welfare activities.

When the United States participates in the Six-Party Talks, it is not that there are no cards to play. For example, if the United States wants to harm others and not benefit itself, it can completely propose returning oil to the host country. In the Six-Party Talks, it returns it to Iran.

The UK can naturally refuse, but it will inevitably be difficult to negotiate. Of course, before World War II, the UK could choose to treat the US proposal as fart based on its position of strength.

But now it is the United States that starts from its position of strength. The United Kingdom itself is not as powerful as the United States. No matter how morally untenable it is, even if the Six-Party Talks are held, the effect may not be good.

If Iran's oil share cannot be maintained, then there is no reason to maintain the original 50/50 share in other Persian Gulf countries. This will only shake Britain's indirect rule in the Persian Gulf.

"Then what's the point of wasting so much effort on starting the Six-Party Talks?" Pamela Mountbatten looked at her husband with some affection. Her man worked so hard, but it was still in vain?

"The function is to delay time. As I just said, the world is changing every day." Alan Wilson explained as if he knew that nothing could be done, "If nothing is done, the United States will think We are weak and can be bullied, and we will definitely lose more than just Iran."

After all these years, although it has lost seven million square kilometers of colonies, Britain is not the same country as it was in the early post-war period. What it needs to strive for can no longer be left alone.

Even if the crude oil sharing is terminated, it is not a loss.

It's nothing more than one more process. From the original crude oil income, it turned into oil refining income. Although some countries are blessed with high-quality crude oil that can be directly added to machines for use, there are not many such countries, and very few major industrial countries have crude oil reserves of this quality.

If you are stuck at the oil refining level, you can still make a lot of profits. In the industrial era, the strengths and weaknesses are clearly defined. With this technology, there will be no problem.

Oil is not as concentrated and easy to control as iron ore. It is not difficult as long as you find a way to get around it.

"I have always listened to you. When have I not followed what you said?" Pamela Mountbatten blushed and hesitated to speak. It was getting late, so she should do something serious.

After being separated for several months, the female CEO has a lot of passion to express to her husband. For this, the humble social official can only bear the blooming peonies. She hugs her wife and goes back to the house to rest. She also checks to see if the children are sleeping, and makes sure that the adults are busy with the children. Blended.

Afterwards, Alan Wilson hugged his wife's delicate body and sincerely apologized, "Having another child will already be a burden on your body. I am still too selfish."

"My balls are almost stuffed in. How can you respect me now?" Pamela Mountbatten directly revealed her husband's hypocritical mask. When she was about to push herself out of the bed, her arms were like iron pliers to stop her. Move on, now I’m talking about caring about the consumption of older women giving birth to children.

The permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs blushed. The little girl back then has grown up, and now the same coaxing words are no longer useful. At this point, there is no other way. Alan Wilson, who has torn off the mask of hypocrisy, reveals his true nature and is vicious. He let his wife know who has the final say in this family, "The proud permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will never tolerate restrictions on freedom."

Ai Zhongtang has always been loyal to Bo Yuntian, and no one can wrong his brother, whether it is a princess or a prime minister, the richest man or a movie queen.

The earth continues to turn despite being away from everyone, and the Year of African Independence still came at a vigorous pace. Just as Alan Wilson returned to London, the Republic of Dahomey, later the Republic of Benin, became independent. Two days later, Niger became independent. , two days later, the Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast declared independence on the same day.

In August, Central Africa, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, and Mali became independent one after another. In the past month, nearly ten new independent countries have emerged in Africa. The Year of African Independence is well-deserved.

Alan Wilson is not idle either. He is now encouraging Foreign Secretary Macmillan to merge the Commonwealth Office, the department headed by Duncan, who unfortunately died in Somaliland.

"French African colonies have become independent one after another, and diplomacy should also adapt to the changes of the times. Our challenges are still quite difficult." Alan Wilson informed Macmillan of this idea, as if he was completely selfless for the national interest, "In this way You can also increase the minister’s responsibilities, but I don’t know if that’s appropriate.”

Macmillan said that power is responsibility. This change was very useful to Macmillan. He expressed no objection, "I don't have any problem personally. My body is quite good. But it depends on the Prime Minister's thoughts. By the way, Allen What have you been busy with recently?"

Alan Wilson seemed quite tired after returning to China, and Macmillan rarely saw the deputy secretary of state.

Of course she is busy riding rockets with ladies of equal status to her wives! But Macmillan was not in a position to know.

Alan Wilson responded righteously, "I am thinking about how the British colonies will respond to the impact of French Africa's independence. In particular, we must prevent British East Africa from being impacted."

"Yes, it involves the security of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania." Macmillan nodded.

"And Malawi." Alan Wilson added, and then continued, "We are trying to organize an East African regional cooperation platform. Of course, this has nothing to do with the East African Federation Plan. It is a platform to strengthen regional economic cooperation. To focus on Focus on developing the resources of the Great Lakes region.”

Africa's Great Lakes Region refers to the countries surrounding Lake Victoria, which is the most resource-rich region in Africa.

The core of British Africa is here. Although the Gold Coast of West Africa is rich in gold and Nigeria has the largest population, it still cannot compare with the countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa in terms of value.

Africa does not lack some countries that are extremely rich in minerals, but the Great Lakes region has everything. If these countries were combined into one, they would not be worse than South Africa, and they would surpass South Africa in terms of resource types.

The Great Lakes region of East Africa is also the core of the African strategy of a certain great power and an influential power in later generations.

Although there are also the sequelae of colonization here, it is not like in West Africa where the slave trade destroyed the social structure.

Moreover, Britain is not France and cannot hold everything in its hands. British Africa did not always have coups like French Africa.

Macmillan was also very interested in Alan Wilson's so-called plan to run East Africa and asked about the specific steps. Then he saw a plan that could be called a grand blueprint. "Is it too grand?"

What Alan Wilson took out was a railway plan, including a north-south railway construction plan for Northern Rhodesia and Tanzania, and an East African coast railway construction plan, one north-south and one east-west, to connect Lake Victoria. The precious resources around are evenly released.

"Minister, this is just a plan at the moment." Alan Wilson replied calmly. Who said that this railway must be built in the UK? The UK is only responsible for providing the plans, and naturally other countries will help with the construction.

Since it is only responsible for making plans, why can't it be a satellite? When you become independent, Britain will naturally have no responsibility. Who made you independent? Even Alan Wilson has figured out how to eat two things with one fish. The two railways can be contracted separately, one to a certain big country and the other to a famous big country. .

"Take Kenya, for example. There are hundreds of thousands of Indians there, and Nehru didn't show any sign of it and pretended to be dead. Isn't it too much to let India use its internationalism to build a railway in Kenya connecting Uganda and Tanzania?"

Alan Wilson was confident, "If the Six-Party Talks were not about to be held, and now it is still used in India, all the Indians in Kenya should be directly deported back to the country. If India's support for the United Kingdom is not resolute at the Basra Conference and it does not have the attitude we want, Then the Indians in Kenya are useless. As long as it is a British colony that has not yet become independent, Indians will get out."

"Generally in the diplomatic field, we don't speak so clearly." Macmillan pondered for a moment and said softly, "But if the main local ethnic group really cannot accept Indians living with them, then there is nothing we can do."

"It's like Mr. Jinnah is unwilling to coexist in a country with Hindus." Alan Wilson understood and directly took back the development plan for the African Great Lakes region, and he wanted to modify it.

And the colonial commissioners are now tense because of the wave of independence in French Africa, fearing that something will happen to the colonies they manage.

Alan Wilson is not worried at least for now. The United States needs British help recently. Why wait until the U.S. election is over before he can continue to have time to think about his father's legacy.

But having said that, it is always right to be careful. Alan Wilson sent a concise telegram to high commissioners everywhere, "Be wary of France playing the independence card."