Chapter 567 The Loyal Dog of the Empire

"As a new department, we should not just listen to the wind and rain. When the department is first established, it should pay more attention to practical matters."

Alan Wilson frowned and said, "London and I have high hopes for the work of the Security Intelligence Committee and remain patient enough. After all, there will be other purposes in the future."

This unconfirmed news was severely refuted by Alan Wilson, who directly stated that British Malaya has not received any repatriation request from the United States and can be determined to be fake news.

It was hard for others to imagine that the busyness of a high commissioner, reporting this kind of news to Alan Wilson, was in itself disrespectful of his job, and he had a lot of work to do.

For example, in accordance with the instructions of the Foreign Secretary, planning an economic development support plan to stabilize South Asia and Southeast Asia. Of course, this must be carried out within the framework of the Commonwealth. Based on the success of the previous five-nation defense treaty, Alan Wilson felt that this matter was not Not difficult.

Of course, the most important thing is to get the support of Australia, again Australia.

Alan Wilson also lamented that Australia is indeed Britain’s natural supporter in handling Asian affairs.

Because he had just returned to Kuala Lumpur, Alan Wilson was not particularly familiar with the current details, so he met with Lieutenant General Bilton, who signed the Five-Nation Defense Treaty, and expressed that he had the task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to formulate plans to maintain the traditional influence of the British Empire in Asia. Powerful protection and implementation.

After hearing this, Vice Admiral Bilton smiled bitterly and said, "I thought you wanted to ask about the cooperation between the Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Seventh Fleet."

"That's none of my business!" Alan Wilson looked uninterested. "The Americans must bring Britain along to maintain their influence. These bastards are even more outrageous than we were before."

"It is true that the Americans want the Pacific Fleet to join the Strait patrol." Vice Admiral Bilton nodded in approval.

Alan Wilson looked shocked and cursed, "They really dare to think, what good will this do to the British Empire? Who will pay for the loss of 250 million pounds? What about the problem of Xiangjiang?"

Do you really think of the British Empire in 1950 as the British Isles in the 21st century that you can't play without the United States?

"Not surprisingly, both the cabinet and the fleet commander will reject it." Vice Admiral Bilton said calmly, "As for your question about Australia, currently, due to the issue of Antarctic territorial sovereignty, the anti-Soviet atmosphere in Australia is rising. ."

"Is this the reason?" Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and said silently for a moment, "This matter is difficult to handle, and it is not just a problem of the Soviet Union. The United States should put forward an opinion that seems to accommodate the emotions of all parties, but has no results. We must flaunt our neutrality and fail to achieve our goal. After all, there are many countries involved. Under the premise of the Soviet Union's stance,

The United States can fish in troubled waters. "

The matter of Antarctic sovereignty is a long story. In the 18th century, the British Captain Cook spent three years and eight months circumnavigating the Antarctic and entering the polar circle several times, but he ultimately did not discover land.

Decades later, the Russian Empire sent a scientific expedition team led by two ships, the Vostok and the Peace, and it took two years to discover the two islands. It is confirmed that Antarctica is a continent and not a large piece of ice.

Entering the 20th century, the vigorous campaign to conquer Antarctica began, and even Hitler's Germany got involved. Of course, with Germany's defeat, Antarctica has nothing to do with Germany anymore.

Countries close to Antarctica are competing for it. The United Kingdom has support from the Fox Islands, as well as Australia and New Zealand, and the United States is also a country that claims sovereignty over Antarctic tourism.

However, the discussion that a total of eight countries had claims to Antarctica attracted the attention of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union notified the governments of the eight countries, stating that it would not recognize the territorial claims made by any country to Antarctica in any way, and would not recognize any territorial claims made by any country without the participation of the Soviet Union. any resolution regarding Antarctica.

Because the first piece of land in Antarctica was actually discovered by Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union played an important historical role in the discovery of Antarctica. This led to a change in the attitude of the United States. Together with the Soviet Union, it did not recognize any country's territorial claims to Antarctica and preserved them together. The right to make territorial claims to Antarctica themselves.

"I have said that the Americans remain silent and stand with the Soviet Union on many issues. Now they are just about to directly fight the Soviet Red Army. They are also secretly supporting the Antarctic issue, which is almost a symbolic issue. Soviet Union."

Alan Wilson knows that when it comes to the issue of Antarctic sovereignty, Australia believes that it has the greatest advantage, because Australia faces almost the entire Antarctica alone, next to New Zealand, which is thicker than water, and with the support of the United Kingdom. There is almost a mentality that it is inevitable to win. Now that the Soviet Union has given such a warning, it is natural to be angry.

However, Alan Wilson is an ordinary person. As of the 21st century, he has not discovered that there is any way to utilize Antarctica. Naturally, he does not care about Antarctica. Instead, he prepares relevant information and prepares to go to Canberra to strive for Australia's influence in maintaining British tradition. strong support.

This information includes, but is not limited to, currency reform and related industry support in British Malaya.

Among the three banks expected to issue the British pound in Asia in British Malaya, one bank is completely a British state-owned bank, and the other bank is a bank that allocates equity to a British private bank and the Australian government.

The third bank is the Sarawak Development Bank newly established by Pamela Mountbatten. This bank is not solely owned by Pamela Mountbatten. It also has a large number of private shareholders, but it just happens to be closely related to some official officials in Whitehall. The leader just has the same name.

Although Britain had the influence to get Australia to support British Malaya in terms of mineral resources, and it was not difficult to achieve its goal, nothing was directly tied to interests.

Moreover, it is reasonable for Australia to pay some price to provide mineral support to British Malaya. The exchange rate for currency reform in British Malaya had already been set, with the nominal exchange rate being one to eight and the real exchange rate being one to six. Although the two pieces of profit left cannot be used to make a profit, there is still a lot of room for floating.

Using this to fight for or even bind Australia's interests is also in line with the maintenance of the British Empire's influence in Asia.

A Comet special plane that flew from London to Kuala Lumpur, after undergoing necessary maintenance and refueling, flew to Canberra, the Australian capital, with Alan Wilson, who was well prepared.

As the Comet passenger aircraft continues to leave the factory, it gradually appears among airlines in various countries. Australia is no longer unfamiliar with this type of passenger aircraft, and also intends to update Australian Airlines passenger planes.

Alan Wilson, who arrived in Canberra, first met with the Governor-General of Australia. After gaining support, he went to seek the support of Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies.

Robert Gordon Menzies is the leader of the Australian Liberal Party. He is as good a choice as his predecessor for the current UK because Menzies is a fanatical pro-British prime minister.

In Menzies's words, Australians are essentially white people of British background. However, the Australian Labor Party still controls the Senate.

"There may be no politician in the world who loves the crown prince more than he does. Not even our politicians in the UK can compare to him."

Before meeting Menzies, Alan Wilson learned from the Governor that Prime Minister Menzies was a loyal supporter of the Standby King, so this matter might be easier.

Alan Wilson remembers that Menzies was the Prime Minister of Australia for eighteen years, which shows that Britain's influence in Australian politics will not dissipate for a long time. This is simply great news.

If he could not build British Malaya into a fortress within eighteen years, it would be a shame for Menzies' eighteen-year term.

After knowing Menzies' admiration for the crown prince, Alan Wilson mentioned incessantly that his fiancée was Pamela Mountbatten. Although he was suspected of being a softie, as long as he could achieve his goal as soon as possible, it was just a matter of time. Small sections are worthless in the face of national interests.

The Indonesian issue was of course the main issue Alan Wilson talked about. In this regard, he said that the arrangements for Indonesia were almost completed. British Malaya and Dutch Kalimantan were suppressed from the north, and Dutch New Guinea would become Australia's. barrier.

As for facing Java, there is the Portuguese-controlled island of Timor and Christmas Island, part of British Malaya, to watch closely.

However, we must take into account Indonesia’s own demographic advantages, followed by the clichéd population overflow. Australia itself has a population of less than nine million, and Indonesia’s population is ten times that of Australia.

“There are various signs that Indonesia’s Sukarno and the Soviet Union are getting closer and closer.” Alan Wilson talked about the Soviet threat theory in front of the Australian Prime Minister. “The current response of the United Kingdom is to establish industrial advantages over Indonesia. Prevent Indonesia's strong national power from supporting aggressive foreign policies. The place of support is ready-made, that is, British Malaya. This must be supported by the Australian government."

"The United Kingdom is very worried about Australia's geographical environment. If Australia itself had a sufficient population, London would not be so worried. However, Australia's livable conditions determine the upper limit of the population, which has to be worrying."

Australia's current thinking is actually similar to Alan Wilson's previous idea of ​​two wings flying together. The Australian version of Two Wings Flying Together is to help the United Kingdom maintain its traditional influence in Asia while recognizing the superior strength of the United States.

For this reason, we support any European power to stay with us, whether it is the Netherlands or Portugal. In this pursuit, Australia is not even willing to listen to the United States.

When asking Australia to help with currency reform in British Malaya, Menzies responded enthusiastically. Said Australia had no reason not to help Britain.

He is indeed the loyal dog of the empire, Alan Wilson thought to himself with a knowing smile.