Chapter 1397 Collectivism

It was the little cotton-padded jacket that was returned at the critical moment. The supreme authority couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't think this was a big deal in the first place. In fact, as long as the child liked it, it would be fine. Of course, he couldn't make it so clear to Pamela Mountbatten, a feudal lord. Ability to disagree in my heart.

"We have many bigger things than family life now." Alan Wilson winked at his children, vacated the living room for the two of them, and began to implement a curved plan to save the country.

"What's the matter?" Pamela Mountbatten watched her children leave. Of course, she knew that her husband was changing the subject, but she still had to give face to the head of the family.

"The international situation is changing, and the country's policies are about to be adjusted. Of course, I also hope you will seize this opportunity." Alan Wilson's face was full of solemnity.

"What's happening in East Pakistan?" Seeing her husband pouting, Pamela Mountbatten asked again, "That means returning to the United Nations. What, you want to push for the establishment of diplomatic relations?"

"I feel that the United States will not stop them. As for the establishment of diplomatic relations, it is not me who promotes it, but the national interests that dictate it. Don't underestimate our suspicious allies. Maybe someone can move faster than you. Woolen cloth?"

Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said, "For example, the Japanese may move very quickly once the United States relents. As early as before the war, that was Japan's traditional market. It is best for us to get ahead of the Japanese and resume diplomatic relations."

This does not conflict with the British intervention in Bangladesh, because the formal reform and opening up will have to wait for several years. The British can first prepare Bangladesh for emergencies and respond to the current situation. First use the window period of a few years to understand the situation of a certain big country clearly, and wait until the day of opening up to fully sublimate it.

"Some preparations should indeed be made." Pamela Mountbatten nodded, agreeing with her husband's view, "I believe you must have carefully evaluated what you said to me."

"Of course!" Alan Wilson said categorically, "There are not many countries in the world with a steel production of 20 million tons, and this is the figure for the local area. The cement output is not much different from the local area."

If we compare data, if we throw out the two monsters of the United States and the Soviet Union, in this era, Japan's data is relatively abnormal, and it is a bit unlike Japan, a country that can do it.

"There is no doubt that whether we can get ahead of Japan is extremely important for the future of Britain." Alan Wilson followed the instructions and shouted in front of his wife again.

The current situation in the Far East is actually very simple, and it is not very different from the memory in his mind. Excluding Japan, the so-called Four Asian Tigers are South Korea, Scam Island, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Now it has become an enhanced version of Singapore, that is, Malaya and Hong Kong are under British control, and Japan, South Korea and Scam Island are under American control.

In addition to Japan, which has already developed, Alan Wilson has certainly added difficulties to the development of South Korea and Swindle Island. However, South Korea and Swindle Island, which are supported by the United States and Japan, have got rid of the embarrassing situation of not having enough food in the past two years. The time has passed.

This has to mention the role of Japan. Japan's flying goose strategy was mainly targeted by him through Malaya, but it was still effective in South Korea and Swindle Island. Japan has played a big role in alleviating poverty in these two places.

The United States played a key role in Japan's postwar economic recovery. The United States ended its military occupation with the signing of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in 1951. From the following year, Japan resumed its status as a sovereign state. During the military occupation, the United States provided Japan with a large amount of relief supplies, aid, loans, etc. in the name of the "Occupied Territories Relief Fund" and the "Occupied Territories Economic Revitalization Fund."

What impressed Japanese people most was the American relief flour, canned goods, cold-proof clothing and daily necessities.

Japan cannot but be grateful to the United States. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States sent a large number of orders for special war supplies to Japan, and returned all 850 arms factories used as war compensation to Japan. A considerable number of these were large-scale civilian factories that were converted to military production during the war. enterprise. this action,

It provides a solid foundation for the recovery and development of Japanese industry.

In addition, the United States also provided Japan with advanced equipment and technology, and today Japan's industry has quickly reached the forefront of Asia. After the Korean War, the United States still vigorously supported Japan. The United States believed that Japan's strength was conducive to containing Asian socialist countries. Although Japan suffered from the humiliation of national subjugation and the hatred of suffering the huge disaster of nuclear weapons, the wind of worshiping beauty still lingered over Japan.

The United States opened its doors to Japan, not only allowing Japanese goods to be continuously sold into the country, but also receiving all kinds of visiting and study groups from Japan without warning.

The population of Malaya has just reached 20 million, and including Xiangjiang, it is only 24 million. Not to mention Japan's population of 100 million, South Korea has a population of 30 million.

With the same technology, population size is the decisive factor. Although there are Southeast Asian Chinese who can help, these Chinese belong to different countries and cannot provide much assistance to the British strategic layout.

It is true that there are 60 million people in Bangladesh, but that place can only be used for emergency response. If it could be developed, it would have been developed long ago. There is no need to wait until today.

Bangladesh can only provide Britain with a market and labor force that can be used for a short period of time before opening up. It cannot hope to fundamentally compete economically in the Far East.

"Even if the United States no longer sets up obstacles for them to return to the United Nations, the United States will not develop economic and trade relations in a short period of time." Alan Wilson pointed to the country, "Then the problem before the United Kingdom is simple. It will be faster than Japan." You can take advantage.”

The policies of the Nixon period were actually overturned by Reagan. The first batch of businessmen to invest in the early days of opening up were actually overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia, such as the CP Group. Strictly speaking, Japan belongs to the second group, and Europe and the United States came very later.

Of course, although Japan was not the first country to invest, it was not too late. The speed with which it sent inspection teams to find out the details can be regarded as the first batch.

Compared with the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia who are working alone, the scale of Japanese investment is higher than that of the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, but this kind of thing will not happen under the eyes of Lord Nakado.

"Dear, think about it, with a labor force of 800 million, we don't need to expend much effort. As long as we can use one-tenth of it, we can establish an advantage over the American followers in Asia."

Alan Wilson described it smugly, "We have an advantage. The most powerful Chinese group in Southeast Asia was supported by you and me. Because of Hong Kong, the pound must have occupied a lot of their foreign exchange reserves. This was true in the early days." It’s our help.”

smuggling? Will Britain still use sneaky smuggling? Smuggling is done openly and through legitimate channels. How much tax revenue has Xiangjiang lost over the years because of this?

"Will they become a threat to us in the future?" Pamela Mountbatten thought for a long time and asked the question in her heart.

"My dear, it's not easy to maintain the pound area now. What's the point of talking about now? How can there be a future?" Alan Wilson sighed. "Seeing that the hundreds of billions of dollars in excess are going nowhere, who knows about this big flood?" What will it bring?”

"Okay, okay, I know you are troubled, and I will definitely try my best to help you. Who made me your wife?" Pamela Mountbatten reached out and rubbed her husband's cheek. At the critical moment, husband and wife still need to be together, "Next what to do?"

"Meeting!" Alan Wilson said concisely and concisely. Indira Gandhi's visit to the UK was a national matter and had little to do with him personally.

His current job is to collect British overseas investment and establish a foundation called the British Prosperity Fund to manage British foreign investment projects. For two decades after 1945, Britain was the world's number one investor, and was surpassed by Japan only two years ago.

I don’t know if this is the beginning of Nibuki saying that there is a Japan overseas. Anyway, judging from the situation in Japan in later generations, Japan has been in deep stagnation. As time goes by, instead of relieving it, it becomes more serious. It seems that Japan overseas Apparently it didn't work.

The largest sovereign fund in the world in later generations is Norway's sovereign fund. Norway's national attributes are actually similar to resource countries such as Australia and Saudi Arabia. Sweden and Finland both have their own commendable companies, but Norway's pillar industry is the export of raw materials and aquatic products.

Alan Wilson's proposal to create a British Prosperity Fund to centrally manage overseas investment was told to the Prime Minister in a foot-thick submission. Harold Wilson was busy preparing for Indira Gandhi's visit and should have had no time to watch.

Discussions on the establishment of a British Prosperity Fund have begun in Whitehall. The High Commissioner came to meet. Deputy Secretary General Burke Trend was also very concerned about this matter and put forward his own suggestions to Alan Wilson. , "Splitting the fund into two, a prosperity fund and a Commonwealth fund, can also reflect Whitehall's emphasis on Commonwealth countries. The most important thing is to diversify the size of the fund."

"We can also create more jobs." Alan Wilson immediately admitted his mistake. He was obsessed with it and made a mistake just because he was in this mountain.

When Indira Gandhi arrived in the UK, Whitehall established two major foundations to uniformly manage foreign investment and monitor capital flows. The two major foundations were placed under the leadership of the Overseas Assets Management Committee and handed over to Deputy Secretary-General Burke Trend, and Commonwealth Secretary-General John Hunt.

Although Burktlund was dissatisfied and missed the position of supreme authority, Alan Wilson still believed in the other party. These two over ten billion pound foundations do not belong to any one person, but to the collective of civil servants. A united Whitehall.