Chapter 818 The Peak of This Life

"Nehru, Nehru..." Starting from Delhi Gate, countless Indians poured in from all corners, forming an endless wall of people. They chanted Nehru's name and hosted this ceremony for the Prime Minister. The Asian-African Conference established India's leadership position among Asian and African countries.

Standing in the convertible car, facing the roaring mountains and the tsunami cheering, Nehru could not help but feel proud when he saw this scene. He was moved by the heartfelt love of the Indian people and kept waving to the cheering people.

There is no doubt that the biggest star of the Bandung Conference was Nehru as the initiator. Although many countries made things difficult for him, Nehru finally made this meeting a success, and the whole of India was proud of it.

Nehru didn't know that not all such pride was a good thing, and it might even become a source of misfortune for India at some point in time. But at this moment, the love of all Indians made him extremely satisfied. The whole problem of India There are many more, and he still has many more ideas to be completed.

Even Nehru himself rarely saw such a scene. He could not forget the scene of welcoming people all the way back to the Prime Minister's Office. This was exactly what he pursued and had been fighting for.

After Patel's death, Nehru devoted himself to unifying the Congress party organizationally and ideologically. Nehru advocated a unique Indian style of socialism.

Nehru repeatedly emphasized that industrialization was the only way. Instead of using force or expropriation to change the existing social system and ownership structure, we should nationalize basic and important industries and implement cooperative and collective management of agricultural land on the premise of parliamentary democracy.

The mixed economy became an institution and became the core of India's long-term economic strategy.

The public and private economies coexist, with the public sector taking the lead. The state effectively regulates the mixed economy through planned means.

In this case, the Tata Group and the Birla Consortium's assets of up to 300 million US dollars were unscathed. Since strong measures cannot be used to deal with these large groups, we must think of other methods.

Fortunately, in the first five-year plan, Nehru did not need to face difficult opponents. Some power stations and a number of large-scale water conservancy projects were built. For industrial development, capital investment focuses on transportation and key industrial sectors, especially basic industries such as fertilizers, steel, and machine tools. A number of state-owned enterprises were established. Three state-owned steel companies that attracted foreign investment from the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Soviet Union were established.

Although he did not want to fall out with the United States, the Mysore iron mine was extremely important to India, and Nehru still could not tolerate this iron mine, which was extremely important to India, being outside the control of the Indian government.

In general, except for the Mysore iron mine, which could not be compromised, Nehru was quite restrained in other matters.

But he knew very well that the first five-year plan could be regarded as fine-tuning after India's independence. Starting from the second five-year plan, it would no longer be a small matter, and the resistance he would face would be unprecedentedly huge.

He needed popular support to face this resistance. The greater the resistance, the greater the support Nehru needed.

Land reform is the core of the agricultural development strategy. This is what Nehru must do, otherwise India will not have earth-shaking changes. He does not need to pursue it in one step and can do it slowly, but it must be done.

Although the road ahead was difficult, Nehru believed that he could solve India's problems.

Nehru was in a good mood, and even his daughter Indira Gandhi noticed it. Indira Gandhi, who had not seen her father for more than half a month, expressed her congratulations to Nehru, "This time, India has improved its position in the world." Of course I have also heard about the prestige of Japan, Liberia, and the Philippines who speak for the United States.

Created a lot of trouble. "

"There is trouble." Faced with his daughter's question, Nehru did not evade and told all the problems faced at the Bandung Conference, including extremely difficult diplomatic issues.

In fact, if we are to be honest, do we support China and North Vietnam appearing in such a high-level meeting? Among the more than twenty participating countries, speak for these two countries that have just embarrassed the United States and France? Only India itself.

India struggled to find supporters at the Bandung Conference, but in the end, only Myanmar said a few words to help India.

"Although the relationship between India and the United States is not good, my father must still make the United States very angry this time." After hearing this, Indira Gandhi couldn't help but worry, "With the arrogant personality of Americans, will there be trouble?"

The low point for India and the United States comes from Kashmir, which is the hometown of the Nehru family. The United States wants to make Kashmir independent. How can the Nehru family agree? At the same time, the United States is also very dissatisfied with India's unwillingness to get closer to the United States and its constant talk of independence in the world. After the Korean War, it began to provide military assistance to Pakistan.

"Indira, India is not a small country, and the United States is not the only powerful country in the world. Mr. Khrushchev is very kind to India." Nehru was not very worried. He believed that given the size of India, Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union is willing to be left in the cold. Even if the relationship is bad, it will not last long.

After listening to her father's words, Indira Gandhi nodded in agreement for a long time and did not continue to delve deeper into this issue. At this moment, her father was the hero of the entire India, which was a good thing after all.

In Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, Alan Wilson scratched his scalp from time to time while holding a telegram about the Bandung Conference, while an Indian newspaper was placed on the table next to him. The newspaper showed the scene of Nehru returning to New Delhi and the crowds emptying out.

"So many people?" John came in, saw the newspaper on the table at a glance, and commented inexplicably, "Indeed, India has never lacked population."

"According to Churchill, they breed like cockroaches." Alan Wilson chuckled, and then put the report of the Bandung Conference on the table. "This is outrageous. This ordinary conference deserves such extensive coverage?"

"A coalition of poor countries?" John was not optimistic at all. He took a quick look and found a Chinese newspaper on the table, and asked, "Are you really well-informed?"

"I am the Commissioner of Malaya, and the Bandung Conference was held right next to the colony." Alan Wilson explained with a smile. "The thing I feel very guilty about is that I really don't know Malay, otherwise I would have wanted to see what Sukarno did. Self-promoting."

Hehe, the two of them laughed out loud in unison, as if they remembered something happy.

"You have already come to Africa, and you are still so concerned about Malaya." John couldn't help but sigh, "I'm really sorry to ask you to come and help this time."

"John, don't say that. We are experienced professionals after all. Dealing with the issue of independence is the counterpart." Alan Wilson waved his hand and said, "Everything is for existence, and existence is everything."

The Bandung Conference passed like this, and the two just had some private discussions. On a broader level, with the geographical location of the UK, would it care about a conference that was thousands of miles away and did not attend? The remaining concerns were for the sake of the Malayan colony.

There are 3,000 British troops stationed in Sudan, and there are tens of thousands of British residents in Khartoum alone.

The two have already inquired with London about the guidelines. Some of the British troops stationed in Sudan will evacuate Africa and return to their homeland or replenish the British troops stationed in Germany. In short, they will return to Europe.

As for the remaining part, they changed their defenses. Although they evacuated Sudan, they are still stationed in the African colonies. Judging from the distance, it should be heading to Kenya, the core area of ​​British East Africa.

Neither of them had any objection to this. They just wanted to talk to the British troops about which part should return to Europe and which part should stay in Africa. Knowing this situation, John thought of a way to avoid offending the garrison.

"We can keep the officers and soldiers who have families with the locals here, and send the troops who have nothing to do with the locals back home." John thought as he said, "In this way, the six of us can avoid having to make a choice for the soldiers who have families."

"Then my trip is not in vain?" Alan Wilson shook his head directly and said unmoved, "This can avoid offending people, but it only postpones the problem, and these problems will still appear in the future. Then everyone still has to deal with it. This is nerve-wracking. Now that I’m here, I want to solve the problem directly and don’t bother future colleagues and offend others.”

"That's true." John nodded. Since Alan Wilson was willing to solve this hidden danger, he would not object.

After discussion, the two reached a consensus to investigate the marriage negotiations between the British expatriate garrison and the local people. Because there were expatriates living in Khartoum, Alan Wilson believed that the scale of intermarriage should not be large.

Under normal circumstances, most people would not choose someone from another place to start a family. Alan Wilson is an exception. As long as the hardware is up to standard, he is not repelled by women from any country.

The survey is divided into two parts, garrison and expatriate, and the classification survey is also divided into two parts. British women married Sudanese and formed families with British men and local women.

When the investigation report was sent, Alan Wilson was not surprised at all. The latter far exceeded the former. Although the garrison should be more disciplined, and the British army is considered to be a well-disciplined army in the world, but if the officers and soldiers are stationed in the colonies, do you expect them to become monks? This is indeed a difficult thing to do.

After serving for several years, even looking at a pig seems to be pretty, let alone the fact that the people in Khartoum are Arabs, so they will not be out of sight.

"There are more than 800 men in the army and expatriates who are in a relationship, and there are less than 20 women who have families with Sudanese." Alan Wilson took the investigation report, "Let me solve the problem for the men. Those dozen The woman is yours."

"I am the Commissioner of Sudan. I always keep you busy?" John asked a little embarrassedly, "What should I do?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. It's easier for men to solve it. Men and women have different ideas." Alan Wilson said nonchalantly. Take the proportion of financial conditions in marriage, for example. If a man attaches great importance to money, when faced with such problems, he will say that he wants to save twenty years of struggle.

Women can't. Women will say some conditions that don't seem to be too high, and it seems that they are not as money-worshiping as men. But when these conditions are combined, few people can achieve them. It also means that they want to save twenty years of hard work.