Chapter 342 The Chief of the New Civil Servants

For the time being, the Congress Party will not disturb the peace of the Governor's Mansion during this time. Governor Mountbatten enjoyed a moment of peace and asked Alan Wilson and Sir Barron what they think of this matter.

Sit and watch! Both Sir Barron and Allen Wilson answered in their hearts. Sir Barron first said, "It is better for the Governor's Palace not to express its position at such a sensitive moment. After all, this is India's own business. If we participate, based on past lessons, the rebound force brought about by such interference will eventually be fed back to ourselves."

Alan Wilson's role is much simpler, with a look of admiration, if he still needs to speak, he can only stick out his thumb, "Tall, it's really tall."

"The matter of British India has been dealt with, and the next step is Myanmar. At present, there is not much progress left. It is nothing more than the issue of international trade settlement of the pound." Alan Wilson read the conditions sent by London. Of course, there are still many problems to be solved, the most important of which is the issue of the pound.

As long as the issue of the pound is resolved, the remaining issues are actually not that important. The opinion of the Governor's Office is that the positioning of the state is exchanged for India's commitment to the pound to settle international trade after independence.

This matter is the most important thing in London. If there is an oil currency in this era, it is actually not the turn of the dollar.

Most of the oil in the Middle East is still in the hands of the United Kingdom. There is no petrodollar, only petrosterling.

But is it? The United States has nuclear bombs, but the United Kingdom does not currently have them. Even if they occupy the position first, they will not be able to maintain their national strength.

At this time, the United States certainly would not have thought of petrodollar operations, not only because the Breston Woods system itself is relatively beneficial to the United States, but also because the United States is an oil exporter.

In the process of transforming US dollars into petrodollars, the first symbolic event was the first oil crisis.

Starting from de Gaulle's return of gold, in the 1960s and 1970s, the international financial market sold a large number of dollars and snapped up gold and other hard currencies, which caused the international credit of the dollar to shake.

The main reasons for the US dollar crisis are: the weakening of the US's external economic strength, the deficit in the balance of payments year after year, the loss of a large amount of gold reserves, and the lack of external credit guarantee for the US dollar.

In order to resolve the selling frenzy led by Britain, France and Germany, before the first oil crisis, the London-New York financial group no longer used the dollar as the currency standard, the United States abolished the gold standard, the Bretton Woods system began to collapse, and countries implemented floating exchange rate systems one after another.

In order to solve the US dollar dilemma, Dr. Kissinger proposed the "recycling of petrodollars" plan. The essence is to launch a huge blow to world industrial growth and shift the balance of power back to the US financial interest groups and the US dollar.

Of course, any adjustment requires a price, and the already strong oil industry in the United States is in the range of being sacrificed.

In the 1970s, the United States began to implement an oil export ban to prevent domestic oil from entering the international market to interfere with prices, and to protect the interests of oil-producing countries in the Middle East after the oil crisis.

Until King Wang abolished the ban, the United States controlled domestic oil, either not to exploit it, or to control access to the international market, in order to bind the oil-producing countries in the Middle East.

At present, the Breston Forest system is still impregnable, and the United States cannot afford to make adjustments.

For at least 20 years, the Breston Forest system will still function. As for 20 years later, it depends on how much power the United Kingdom has left. If the colonies are completely lost, the British pound that currently exists in the Middle East will still be replaced by the US dollar.

As long as the national power and military power are not enough, it is inevitable that the British pound will be wiped out by the US dollar. After much deliberation, Alan Wilson still thinks that the nuclear bomb is more important. The Royal Navy, which is still considered a powerful force on earth, does not know how much power it will have left.

If it is still the end of a few broken ships, Britain will still be unable to avoid the end of being a follower. This kind of stuff is what Alan Wilson thinks anyway,

Anyone who has it is worse than their own. If they can have the right to be independent, who would like to be a slave?

Blood is thicker than water between the United Kingdom and the United States, and even a British person does not want the country to become a subsidiary of the United States, and vice versa is best.

In the afternoon, Alan Wilson received a telegram from Hyderabad, put it away calmly, and then went back to read it after get off work. Vivien Leigh dealt with the marriage change, and now she is in the United States again.

From the telegram, Alan Wilson can feel the sincere miss. Vivien Leigh said in the telegram that she is promoting the film shot in British India with the members of the girlfriends group. The daughter of India is very busy every day.

Allen Wilson almost forgot that he also helped accumulate materials to enhance India's international influence.

If there is political interference in art in Hollywood, this documentary will definitely win an award, but it is hard to estimate what award it will win.

He felt that it would be best to release the documentary after the independence of British India, so as not to interfere with the current work of British India.

Regarding the rumors of the marriage change, Vivien Leigh said that she and Mr. Oliver had dissolved their marriage. Although there were occasional twists and turns, it was still a peaceful breakup. The rest of the time Vivien Leigh would devote herself to the affirmative action movement and charity. Of course, she did not give up on her film career.

In the end, he said that he is in a state of confusion in his life, and he very much hopes to get the guidance of Alan Wilson.

When seeing this, Alan Wilson couldn't control his fiery heart, and immediately directed for the Great British Treasure.

It's a pity that the matter of British India is not over yet, so I can only express in my reply that British India cannot leave Ai Zhongtang's teachings for a day, which involves the future of hundreds of millions of people, and it is really impossible to leave now.

The Governor's Mansion is calm as usual, while the Congress Party is still in the midst of reconciliation and separation, understanding and quarrels. In disrepute are several important leaders of the Congress Party and Ali Jinnah.

But Gandhi is undoubtedly at the center of the storm. Alan Wilson has a small wish, hoping to see the saint ascend to heaven before leaving British India. I don't know if this small wish can be realized.

Late at night, Gandhi sat on a straw mat and lamented to his grandniece Manu: "Now I am alone. Even Nehru thinks I am wrong. They think that once the partition of India is over, peace will be restored. From their point of view, I seem to have become a little confused as the years go by. They may be right, but I am fighting in vain in the dark."

Manu looked at Gandhi and said, "Don't think so much. Others have abandoned you, and I am still here. You have snatched me from death, and I will not leave you, even though all your followers have left you."

Gandhi let out a long hiss, "I may die in the west soon, and I will not experience this disaster personally. However, if the suffering I worry about comes to India and endangers India's independence, then future generations should know how depressing and sorrowful an old man feels when he thinks of these unfortunate disasters."

Alan Wilson didn't know that Gandhi still had such a request. If he knew, he believed that the saint's wish would definitely move God, but he didn't dare to get rid of the saint, but he could create some opportunities for those who want to shock the world.

Religious conflicts are the big brother, not to mention the second brother. He believes that the news that Gandhi proposed to allow Ali Jinnah to manage an independent India will definitely arouse hostility from many people.

At this time in London, there were also very important changes for the civil servants of the British Empire. Edward Bridges officially stepped down from the position of cabinet secretary, and the head of the civil servants of the British Empire became Norman Brooke.

In fact, as early as the end of World War II, Norman Brooke was already a powerful figure in the Whitehall civil servants.

This time Edward Bridges actually did not completely retire, but became the head of the civil servants in name, but he did not have such great power as the civil servant. In fact, Alan Wilson was very familiar with this operation, and Maple became a duo.

Edward Bridges was merely stepping down from the position of Cabinet Secretary, long before he actually retired.

However, Alan Wilson was not familiar with the new cabinet secretary, so he asked Sir Barron for advice.

"There is no difference. For us officials, we cannot say that stability is more important than everything else, but it is definitely more stable than politicians who come and go. Sir Norman has also worked in Whitehall for a long time. He has been in contact with Sir Edward for a long time."

Sir Barron thought for a while and replied, "It's hard to say what will be different. Except for Sir Norman's closeness to politicians, there should be no changes in the rest."

While the two were discussing the high-level changes in London, Norman Brooke's first telegram as the cabinet secretary was sent in by Edel, the commissioner's secretary. Sir Barron took the telegram and read it. At the same time, he said to Alan Wilson, "The candidate for the deputy prime minister of British India has basically been decided to be Nehru. It will be officially announced in a few days!"

"Look at it, I said that there is no change, it is nothing more than a change in the position of the two signatures before and after."

The telegram was sent jointly by Norman Brooke and Edward Bridges, with Norman Brooke's name on the front and Edward Bridges' on the back.

Alan Wilson took the telegram, looked at the content, and said, "Before the official appointment, should we take the initiative to contact Nehru and sell Nehru a favor."

"It's like we helped him become the deputy prime minister of British India?" Sir Barron suppressed a smile. "He knows our British politics very well."

"It's because of understanding!" Alan Wilson said calmly, "We pretended to have contributed to this matter, and there is no loss in claiming so."