Chapter 1078 Before Fighting Against the Outside World, One Must First Settle Down at Home

"Of course we are well prepared. These students who have already acquired worker skills in vocational schools are paid twice as much as those in Malaya. We attract them on the condition of imparting skills and set a period of two to three years. working hours. This will not be a problem, it will not waste their precious lives, and it will also solve our problems."

As Alan Wilson spoke, he took out the prepared plan and emphasized, "More than ten years ago, I used a similar method when developing Newfoundland. At that time, conditions were limited. Now, regardless of skills or age, Above, they are much stronger than before, and it is easier to rotate them.”

"But I want to emphasize that student workers who join some private shipyards must ensure food and accommodation. Once a scandal breaks out, it will disgrace the UK. I hope that the bosses of civilian shipyards can realize that they should not save costs on details. , it is already a great blessing to have these student workers who only earn one-third of their salary in the UK.”

The issues of various departments have been discussed, and the more important, or even the most important, issue left is naturally the establishment of the Shipbuilding and Transportation Committee. After all, it is a department that can increase the importance of civil servants, and everyone discusses it much more enthusiastically.

Others mainly discuss how many civil servant positions are appropriate, whether in formal departments or public institutions?

Alan Wilson talked about specific competitive countermeasures and highlighted the focus of Japanese shipbuilding. He also said, "Japanese shipbuilding has a strong planning aspect. It seems that many countries have learned from the Soviet Union. Therefore, the accusation made by the London Maritime Arbitration Association is not wrong. Japan is indeed engaging in unfair competition. I would like to add that it is doing so under the protection of the United States. Germany also enjoys this kind of treatment."

The United States is doing its best to narrow the gap between countries other than itself, so that Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and France can be compared.

Exports to the Axis countries, especially Germany and Japan, have been given a green light. For Britain and France, the reason was that Britain and France themselves had colonies, so they would not help if they could not help.

The United States just didn't expect that there is a person in the United Kingdom who is much more skilled in economics than Germany and Japan. He was very happy to cash out the colonies, and he also knew where the world's precious minerals were located, and made countermeasures.

The attempt to let the United States wait on the sidelines for Britain to slowly rot failed. Not only did it fail, but it also became the first to get out of the quagmire.

Looking back over the past ten years, it is difficult for Alan Wilson to say at what stage he felt he could change, but one thing is very important. The moment Pamela Mountbatten opened the door for him was a turning point in his life.

From then on, he began to spare no effort to enhance Pamela Mountbatten's wealth value, which can be said to be unreserved.

“Currently, Japanese shipbuilding is concentrated in two major fields: bulk carriers and oil tankers.

Bulk carriers exceed 70 percent. If the UK adjusts its shipbuilding focus, it should focus on containers, cruise ships, and even yachts. It differentiates itself from Japan in market segments, and at the same time consolidates design and patent barriers in container shipbuilding. "

"The advantage of the UK is that shipbuilding is a systematic project and the importance of supporting industries is self-evident. In this world, the UK has the strongest accumulation, but our costs are indeed high. Japan's shipbuilding is not worth mentioning, even if The United States only built up huge production during the war. After the war, American shipbuilding entered a decline."

"The manufacturing cost of British warships is lower than that of the United States, which is also related to the fact that the United States is increasingly unable to share costs equally. Therefore, protecting the shipbuilding industry is to protect the British defense. Fortunately, domestic citizens have now expressed their support."

While the general strategy was presented, discussions on the Shipbuilding and Transportation Committee also came to fruition. Many towns around the shipyards relied on the income from these shipyards to create local employment.

Naturally, this committee must not ignore the interests of these local people. These shipyards will send officials to sit in, together with the locally elected mayors, to work hard to support the shipbuilding industry.

The elected mayor may not have anything in common with Whitehall, but the civil servants below him must listen to Whitehall, so this kind of institution can do it.

As for the specific allocation of Malayan student workers, it will need to be investigated, but there is no doubt that the new committee will also take care of this matter.

The next day, Norman Brooke held a larger meeting, and the topic of discussion had reached national support. In fact, it is about how to come up with a military expenditure increase plan that takes into account the interests of various military services. The protagonist is Thomas, the permanent undersecretary of defense.

In principle, Whitehall will propose increasing military spending to £2 billion from last year's £1.65 billion. Even if this is not possible, we will still need to increase military expenditures by 100 million for the army, navy and air force. To balance the interests of various services, it is necessary to discuss the distribution of military expenditures.

The Royal Navy has plans to add two more Queen Victoria-class aircraft carriers, bringing the total number of ships built to five. There are also projects for strategic nuclear submarines and attack nuclear submarines. The Army has a construction plan for the Chieftain tank, and the Air Force has projects for the TSR.2 attack aircraft and the Belfast strategic transport aircraft.

Every branch of the military eyed every bit of funding like wolves, and every plan looked ambitious. It seems that the increase in military spending discussed by Whitehall may not be enough.

Two Eagles, two Queen Elizabeths, five Queen Victorias? Alan Wilson is counting the number of aircraft carriers that will be commissioned along with the plan? They couldn't help but grin, this is unrealistic.

Even without the new plan, two Eagle-class ships, two Queen Elizabeth-class ships, and three Queen Victoria-class ships are completely sufficient, as well as four Centaur-class ships in service. The standards are relaxed, and there is also a strong maritime force of more than a dozen aircraft carriers.

The Royal Navy is also planning to increase the construction of the Queen Victoria class. Is it trying to break up with the US Navy?

Marshal Mountbatten did not have this intention. He proposed the construction plan of adding two more ships just to give the cabinet room to bargain. It would be good to win one, mainly because of the allocation of nuclear submarines.

In the name of allocating funds to save the shipbuilding industry, there can't be no plans to build new warships, right? This doesn’t make sense!

"Belfast strategic transport aircraft project?" Norman Brook suddenly spoke and looked at Alan Wilson, "I remember it has been integrated into Pamela's industry?"

"Yes, I know about this." Alan Wilson sat upright, waiting for the next step.

"It is important to save costs as much as possible." Norman Brooke nodded. "The costs of the Navy and Air Force projects are too large and are not easy to pass through the cabinet."

Financial issues are still taken seriously by this government, even if it is formulating plans to increase military spending. The United Kingdom is not the United States. The United States' total economic output of more than 500 billion US dollars is three times that of the United Kingdom, and its military expenditure exceeds ten times that of the United Kingdom.

But the United States is far away from Eurasia, so there is no need to worry too much about welfare, which is not the case in the United Kingdom. Raising military spending to two billion pounds is also a reason to save the shipbuilding industry, otherwise it would not be so easy.

They left No. 70 Whitehall after the entire plan was finalized in the evening. The plan will be submitted to the cabinet for discussion. If there is no problem, there will be a result that satisfies the military.

In fact, there is another reason. The United States has been urging the United Kingdom to increase military spending to protect Europe. The United Kingdom can use this to show its sincerity.

Alan Wilson, wearing a mask, arrived at Hepburn's apartment and began today's maintenance journey.

"I think it's okay." Alan Wilson bent over and felt completely back to normal. He didn't know why Hepburn still felt uncomfortable.

"Get closer and take a closer look. It's not good at all." Hepburn urged with her back to the man, as if she felt that the man was perfunctory and not sincere at all. "Do you see clearly?"

"It's okay!" Alan Wilson could only hold the ointment and look closer. How could he, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, still lie to others?

Just when he was thinking this, Hepburn's hand directly grabbed Alan Wilson's head and pulled, "Humph..."

Qiuhua laughed evilly, completely different from the noble and otherworldly person he looked like in front of others...

Except for the humiliation I received from Greta Garbo in New Delhi many years ago. This time he was taught a lesson by Hepburn again, and he felt even more indignant than the time more than ten years ago.

This had an impact on the three views of the Deputy Secretary-General. Hepburn turned out to be such a person!

Even when I went to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the next day, my whole person exuded the aura of "Don't let strangers in", and I clearly told the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that my immediate boss was not in a good mood today, so don't come up and ask for trouble.

"Permanent Secretary, the High Commissioner of Malaya sent a telegram and is handling the matter of student workers coming to study in the country..." When Wick stood in front of his immediate boss to report, he felt uncomfortable all over and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"Well, ah, okay..." Alan Wilson picked up the water glass, licked his lips, and said with a long face, "Tell the High Commissioner of Malaya about this matter as soon as possible, and frankly inform the benefits of it, that's it. "

Wick was a little surprised. Alan Wilson had taken the wrong medicine today. He should have given instructions in detail, especially when it came to the Malayan issue. what is it today?

"Is there anything else?" Alan Wilson stared with unfocused eyes, as if the KGB had seen an enemy of the people.

"It's okay, Deputy Chief, I'll go and get busy first." Wick came to his senses and quickly turned around and walked away. When he turned his back, his face was full of horror, as if he had been frightened.

The 1961 special defense appropriation was approved by the Eden cabinet after discussions among Conservative ministers. With the United States proposing the Basra Conference, Alan Wilson set out again. This time, he believed that the Six-Party Talks It will be the first major test for the Kennedy administration.

However, he has tried his best to find relief for Britain, which is perfectly in line with Chang Gong's policy that when fighting foreign countries, he must first pacify the country at home. The confrontation in the next three years should not be the same as history.

This time it was Hepburn who provided logistical support. After recovering, the roles of the two were reversed.