Chapter 870 1956

"No problem." Many high commissioners said one after another, "Deputy Secretary-General, in fact, your movements have been slow."

"It can't be helped. Malaya has been built once before by Japanese prisoners of war. This time it is considered a renovation. But, if it is considered a major construction project in British India, I started it earlier than you."

Alan Wilson boasted with a smile on his face, "So, isn't this the joy of sharing labor with colleagues?"

Labor can also be very happy. Real estate is not a very technical job, but it is enough to meet the needs of the colony, and it will also drive the sales of steel, cement, ships and cars. The former is necessary, but the latter cannot be carried on people's shoulders when transporting raw materials.

Moreover, the advantage of building a colony is that you can do it boldly. If there is a thunderstorm in the end, the colony will be independent at worst.

These landmines have no impact on the mainland. They only cause losses to the nationalized enterprises where the colonies are located. The risk is not completely controllable, but it can be said to be basically non-existent.

It boosted sales in the British shipbuilding and automobile industries, and also allowed the Malayan colonies to increase production capacity.

Washington, with one eye looking at the Soviet Union and the other eye looking at Britain and France, was certainly aware of Britain's large-scale construction in the major colonies, but there was a precedent for British India. Washington's judgment was that Britain was about to leave again. Scrape the ground.

Who was too impressed by the previous large-scale construction projects of British India? Until now, completing the follow-up projects of the Calcutta Industrial Zone was the main content of Nehru's request for assistance.

The frequency is so high that even Americans have noticed it. Now that we review the original British construction plan in British India, we have gained insight into the consequences of the failure of the British construction plan.

The reason why Washington noticed that Britain was repeating its old tricks was because the United States was also building a large-scale construction project, or was it promoted by current President Eisenhower? Wouldn’t it be remiss of so many think tanks if they did not use a few examples as evidence?

Because of the close proximity in time, the last industrial area of ​​Calcutta in British India was built, making it a perfect comparison object.

This time, the urban construction of major colonies was also considered by the United States as a repeat of the British old trick, leaving reinforced concrete and concrete to the colonies, while itself had to run away with the wealth of the colonies.

The United States doesn't care what happens to Africa, but it does want Britain to withdraw, so it won't say anything on the surface.

Britain is currently carrying out large-scale construction through the commissioners of the colonies and protectorates, as well as the airport in the Persian Gulf and part of the Aswan Dam project. In the past three hundred years, except in the colonies dominated by white people, Britain has never been so conscientious. Pass.

Because it covers a very large area, this wave of construction will definitely not be completed within ten years.

The highlight of urban construction in Africa was not the larger East African colonies, but the densely populated British West Africa.

The Gold Coast is very important because of gold production, and Nigeria is also valued because of its sufficient population. It is now the main profit point of this wave of construction.

Urban construction in West Africa can provide some experience for Malaya. A big purpose of this meeting of colonial commissioners was that Alan Wilson wanted to mobilize resources to start urban construction in Malaya.

Other colonies can grow wildly, and at worst they will become independent in the future, and they will have to bear all the negative consequences themselves.

But it was different here. He never had any intention of letting the Malayan colonies become independent.

The large-scale construction of African colonies is just a matter of conscience for the people in the colonies, because Britain has never been so concerned about building infrastructure for a long time. In Malaya, it's not about feelings, it's about being really conscientious.

"Dear gentlemen, the urban construction in Malaya will start after the next year, that is, in 1956." When Alan Wilson said this, he glanced at Iside for no reason. He still couldn't put the 1956 The number six is ​​separate from Egypt.

This made Isaid very strange, but the past few days of listening had also allowed him to see the strength of the British Empire to a certain extent, so he suppressed the doubts in his heart and did not ask about the meaning of the look just now.

"The five-year goal of the Malayan colony is to build four cities with a population of one million. Malaya can provide the raw materials by itself. The urban design has planners from London. I believe that this urban construction can promote local automobiles and machinery. Exit. Of course you have all experienced similar things, so I don’t need to say more."

"Send the most professional people over to ensure that this urban construction can be used as a model project. It also shows Nehru that we can't run the colony well. The mess in India is obviously the problem of Indians. We have never no problem."

"Yeah, we never had a problem, it was these savages who had a problem."

The conference room was suddenly filled with people. The colonial commissioners in recent years have all become rich and have a good impression of Alan Wilson, their immediate boss. Although everyone's immediate boss sits in Whitehall, the person who often interferes is not the cabinet secretary who is above the throne. , but the deputy secretary-general in front of him. Everyone respects Alan Wilson.

Of course, they were respected. Alan Wilson even solved the physiological needs of these colleagues and specially selected a group of foreigners who went to Nanyang to earn foreign exchange to increase this respect.

As for a hard-working person like him, of course he disdains joining the others and can only work hard on some movie queen or some pretty girl. This cannot be compared with the high-quality life of these gentlemen.

At the end of the meeting, Alan Wilson said in a Versailles-like manner, "I hope that in a few years, the scale of assets under the name of our Overseas Asset Management Committee will reach tens of billions of pounds. This requires demand. If there is no demand, demand will be created. In fact, through Dajian can see that as long as we are good at using our brains, there are still many opportunities in the vast colonies."

"It's like Africans always hang fancy things around their necks. You can try to get jade to Africa to sell. Anyway, there are plenty of jade in Myanmar. It doesn't matter if you don't succeed. If you succeed, it will be another profit point." Ai Len Wilson pointed at Ingram and talked about the raw materials of his Jade House. Many British people have seen it, but Africans have not seen it.

As long as the colonial commissioners were more diligent, there might be unexpected gains. Diamonds are actually not uncommon. How about one that lasts forever? If you have money, you will be strong-willed, just like London. Before, it was unthinkable to start construction of aircraft carriers, but now it has started construction of four aircraft carriers.

"That's it, Richard, tell your colleagues the location of today's arrangement, and I'll leave first." Alan Wilson asked Richard to arrange the nightlife of the colonial commissioners, and he was ready to grease the soles of his feet.

Around Christmas is his busiest time, but his colleagues are still interested in experiencing the exotic customs in Malaya. It's not like him, dealing with several tigresses every day.

If his career ambitions weren't still there, Ingrid Bergman's suggestion to take turns living here with him would not only not make him feel the slightest honor, but would actually make him feel a pang in his heart. Luckily it was just a joke.

After Christmas, these colonial commissioners all left Kuala Lumpur, either returning to their own jurisdictions or returning to London to celebrate the New Year. Alan Wilson stayed put and gathered friends to celebrate the New Year.

Ms. Pokina was welcomed to visit her sister, as well as good friends from the Golden Zodiac. It is said that these good friends came to reminisce with Vivien Leigh, including Katharine Hepburn.

The Hollywood awards ceiling solved his big problem. Because she was there, Alan Wilson had a moment of rest, but on some occasions, Katharine Hepburn asked intentionally or unintentionally, "I am very strange, Heidi and Inger Li, it doesn’t seem like she has traveled here, she seems very familiar with this place.”

"Oh, that's right." Looking away from Yingying Yanyan in the apartment, Ellen Wilson looked with a clear conscience, "Miss Catherine, you and Vivian are friends. In fact, everyone here is your friend. , it’s enough that everyone gets along happily, you see, how happy they are smiling.”

"Maybe." Katharine Hepburn looked at the smiles of many actresses and said lightly, "You can't even be friends. I think they all like you very much."

"Oh!?" Alan Wilson straightened his back and cursed in his heart, "Who asked me to give more."

Except for Greta Garbo and Katharine Hepburn in front of him, he almost never met anyone he couldn't handle.

There are advantages to having a lot of talkative people. A few ladies with the same status as my wife mingled among them, and all of them suddenly started to look like ladies.

This gives him ample strategic space in time management. He can flirt with Joan Crawford when he has nothing to do, and ask Bette Davis about the American fiction career, Lana Turner, Joan Bennett, etc. Special, he doesn't refuse anyone who comes, he is everyone's friend anyway, the man behind the British treasure, there is no need for taboos.

Time came so ruthlessly to 1956. Isaide left a few days later than the colonial commissioner, and he left with Alan Wilson's indoctrination that aircraft carriers are a symbol of a powerful country, and if they are missed, there will be no chance.

I don’t know if Egypt will show a tough style, and whether Farouk I has the ambition of Ali Pasha. It depends on whether it will propose the purchase of aircraft carriers. If it is proposed, it may lead to a wave of inventory clearance.

At the working meeting at the beginning of the year, Alan Wilson formally proposed the start of urban construction, "Many colleagues came directly from British India to work in the Malayan colony, and even your family members lived here. It was only a short time before we left South Asia in despair. It seems like a long time has passed, and that impressive leader of a great country seems to be very complacent."

"It's time to issue a proclamation and announce the city construction plan. We have to pay for the Calcutta Industrial Zone plan that year. What we want to prove this time is that the reason for the failure of British India's construction is entirely India's own problem. Indians can't .This time the urban construction in Malaya will definitely succeed."

In January 1956, the Malayan Administrative Office announced that it would launch urban construction plans for Penang, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore this year. It is expected to build four cities with a population of one million. Once the news was announced, it quickly spread in Malaya. Sub-colonies aroused lively discussions.

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