Chapter 699 Zone Advancement
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The Thames River flows from the east coast into the North Sea. This storm surge brings back seawater, and the East End of London is the first to be threatened. After this operation that greatly increased the support rate.
Although the citizens of the Eastern District were on tenterhooks for two days, as the sea receded, their emotions about surviving the disaster were released to the maximum. It is not surprising that the support rate of the Labor Party soared.
Now there is another reason for the reconstruction of London. Based on the experience of this storm surge, Attlee's cabinet declared that if the storm surge is not successfully resisted, the East End of London, which is already on the lower reaches of the Thames River, will definitely end in misery.
Alan Wilson certainly knows that this is a rhetoric that belongs to politicians. The East End of London is indeed lower than other urban areas, but it is not as low as the Low Countries. To say that the East End is a vast ocean is definitely to scare voters.
But? This is a good thing for the London reconstruction plan. Officials from the Department of Redevelopment went to the East End to conduct public opinion surveys and found that the citizens of London's East End at this time very believed in the guarantee of the Labor cabinet and supported the reconstruction plan.
After all, the storm surge had only passed a few days ago, and a large area of the Netherlands was still submerged in sea water.
"At present, it seems that after this storm, the support of the East End citizens for this government has reached a new high. They have also accepted the London reconstruction plan. According to the survey of the Department of Reconstruction, there is minimal public resistance."
"The most important thing is that the UK is still in a state of emergency, and the Labor Party in Congress is also dominant. It is indeed rare in politics that all conditions are in place!" Norman Brooke agreed after hearing this, "The citizens of the East End are more inclined to the Labor Party , if this reconstruction plan is successful, it is estimated that it will become the Labor Party’s most stable vote base for a long time.”
"We consider affairs beyond partisan interests, and only consider whether they are good for Britain." Alan Wilson said this, took out a stack of documents, pulled out a piece of paper from it and said, "This is the disaster relief material issued. I communicated with the Admiralty. General Mountbatten once managed naval logistics and stockpiled a large amount of logistics materials needed by the navy. Many of them were made in Malaya and can be issued this time."
"The Admiralty? Yes, you should be very familiar with the affairs of the Admiralty." Norman Brooke couldn't help laughing, "The place that Commander Mountbatten has managed really has no secrets from you."
Unintentionally, when Mountbatten was transferred to the Fourth Sea Lord, his position was clearly in the field of logistics. Of course, the Great British Dragon Aotian cannot be judged by common sense. In the end, Mountbatten experienced the feeling of the First Sea Lord in advance and was in charge of everything.
But as for the logistics of his job, Mountbatten also made great efforts to fill up the logistics of the Royal Navy Reserve with a quota of 150,000 people. This time the storm surge came in handy.
This time the seawater intrusion did not spread to the urban area. In fact, there were not many affected citizens, and the logistics warehouse was enough to supply 150,000 reserve troops. Just a little bit would be enough to meet the demand.
At this moment, the Ministry of National Defense is working with the Ministry of Reconstruction to distribute these supplies to the more affected neighborhoods in the East District.
"Regarding this reconstruction plan, I have decided to divide the responsibilities into different areas. Normally, as an overseas commissioner, you cannot be concerned about the reconstruction project in London at any time. However, I heard Barron say that you have planned a major reconstruction project in British India. Plan." Seeing Alan Wilson about to explain, Norman Brook signaled to calm down, "I know that due to the partition of India and Pakistan, which large-scale construction plan was not implemented, this is not your reason."
"This is my luck. If there was no partition, the four million square kilometers of British India would definitely be very disobedient now." Alan Wilson began to explain his views.
Norman Brooke picked up the phone and said, "Operator, call for William Penny, Burke Trend, Armstrong, Lawrence, Frank, and Douglas to come to No. 70 Whitehall."
Norman Brooke named all the big shots in Whitehall today. In addition to the ambassador to the United States, Burke Trend and Armstrong were both senior officials in the Treasury Department, and Frank was the secretary-general of the Board of Trade.
It can be said that the person here is not an official, but the government scientist William Penney. Of course, he is first and foremost a zoologist.
The reason why he was able to become a member of the chief scientific adviser was that Norman Brooke believed that William Penney could only provide some general scientific advice to the prime minister and the government.
To put it simply, among scientists, zoologist William Penny is more in line with the basic principle of laymen managing experts.
But this time, the London reconstruction project after the smog incident happened to need such a zoologist to endorse the plan formulated by Whitehall from an environmental perspective.
"After the smog incident, the government has decided to launch a reconstruction plan. Although we encountered a storm surge again right away. But this successful fight has a huge encouraging effect on the citizens of London." Norman Brook changed the topic, "Especially Under the premise that the Netherlands was soaked in sea water.”
Although saying it may be detrimental to the unity of the free world, the basic truth is so true.
Without focusing his main efforts on the Netherlands, Norman Brooke spoke to several officials who were evaluated as promising in Whitehall, "My idea is to advance by zone. This smoke incident and storm surge are all affected by the East Zone." The people in the Eastern District are also looking forward to the government’s decision-making.”
"Each of you is responsible for a city district. Burke Trend is responsible for London's West End and Armstrong. You are responsible for the North District. The Southwest District is handed over to Lawrence and Frank Southeast. As for Douglas, you coordinate the work of colleagues from the center. Although the Central District is small , but there are also many historical buildings, so the workload is not that small.”
Since the smog incident broke out in early December, Alan Wilson was waiting for his daughter to return to London when she was a full moon. Now, another month has passed, and the freighter carrying cement and steel from Malaya has set off.
The London reconstruction plan, which was promoted by the Cabinet Office and supported by the Cabinet, was finally officially launched at this time.
At this time, the United Kingdom has not forgotten to show the mercy of top students by asking the British troops stationed in Germany to help the Netherlands with disaster relief.
The most important task currently in the diplomatic field is to evaluate the newly sworn-in President Eisenhower of the United States. After all, the special relationship between Britain and the United States is so important.
Will the president with a military background intensify the conflict between the two groups, or will some other measures be taken? At present, the British Foreign Office is still quite uncertain.
Alan Wilson, who was temporarily in charge of the reconstruction work, had always worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it was normal for him to formulate policies towards the United States with his colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He even received a telegram of condolences from McCarthy after the storm surge. The connection between the two has never been broken!
"President Eisenhower is less likely to intensify conflicts because he is a soldier. And the Republican Party itself is very restrained in foreign policy compared to the Democratic Party." Alan Wilson said to Sir Ismay, "We only need Think about it, who came up with the expansion slogan of Manifest Destiny, and which party was in power in the United States during World War I and World War II, you can easily judge this."
"Eisenhower was of German origin. Wouldn't he take drastic measures to deal with the ongoing Berlin crisis?"
"It seems that Camp Rheinland was built by Eisenhower." Alan Wilson said to his colleagues who raised objections. "We cannot estimate how many prisoners of war died abnormally, but the more German-born he is, the more he will avoid suspicion."
Alan Wilson, the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is considered the person who knows the Rhineland Camp best, because he once found out who allowed him to briefly return to Europe to work in 1945? He dreams of grabbing some Americans' pigtails! Prepare for the Nassau Accord which may or may not materialize.
He investigated the massacres in the Korean War for this reason, all for the purpose of accumulating some bargaining chips for Britain. Of course, whether these chips are useful depends on how much of Britain's imperial legacy is left.
Sir Ismay nodded and seemed to be inclined to his own opinion. Alan Wilson added again, "We also need to know that Taft, the Republican leader, is a complete isolationist. Now the influence of the Taft family is The Republican Party is still very strong.”
Eisenhower ran for president of the United States. During this period, he told the isolationist Taft that he would withdraw from the election as long as Taft was willing to pledge his support for NATO. Taft refused.
After leaving office, he opposed the moon landing plan and believed that it was a waste of money with no benefits. Opposes the missile defense plan, believing that its immaturity hinders offensive power.
All Alan Wilson knew was that this was the president who struck a blow against Britain and France during the Suez Canal War. He couldn't think of any other major international events related to Eisenhower, like increasing the number of nuclear bombs from 1,000 to 20,000? In fact, the impact on other countries is limited.
After this discussion, Ismay sent an assessment document to Foreign Secretary Morrison. It is believed that the new president of the United States may be able to maintain the current situation to a certain extent.
As for Alan Wilson, he had become accustomed to this normalcy by taking some time off from his daily workday to send telegrams to Bonn, Paris, Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, and Perth.
Back-up Hedy Lamarr arrives in London, much to Alan Wilson's delight, and this is life in the Lord's House.
"I also received a telegram from Los Angeles. The crew has come to Europe with the selected actors." Hedy Lamarr said, squinting at Alan Wilson.
"What script?" Alan Wilson asked stupidly after hearing the incoherent words.
"It's temporarily set as Roman Holiday, and the leading actress is Hepburn." Hedy Lamarr asked meaningfully, "Are you happy now? Or are you anxious? Or are you feeling both?"
"Uh!" He stretched out his hand to scratch his scalp. Alan Wilson looked confused. He was indeed in two moods now.
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