Chapter 893 Turing Team
"These two monsters, but I believe that Britain still has a huge advantage compared to France." Alan Wilson was muttering after reading the reports of TASS, AP, AFP and Reuters.
In terms of national system and mobilization power, no country currently can compare with the Soviet Union. If it is more wealthy and spends more money, Britain is nothing compared to the United States.
It's very much like Churchill said, "On one side of me sat a huge Russian bear, on the other side sat a huge bison. In the middle sat a poor little British donkey."
But the consequence of the roll-up is that France followed up earlier than the original history, which alleviated Britain's embarrassment in front of the United States and the Soviet Union. If the dream was not woven so big and only France could be suppressed, Britain's embarrassment would be enough Got great relief.
"Alan." Just as he was thinking this, Harold Wilson pushed in the door and interrupted the colonial commissioner who was in a state of observing the sky at night. "I believe that the first batch of local scientific researchers to come to Australia will be here in a few days. arrive."
"What good news, minister." Alan Wilson stood up and handed the reports from several major news agencies to Harold Wilson, "The current trends in rocket launches show that not only we attach great importance to it, but also the major powers attach great importance to it. "
Just a moment ago, Alan Wilson was still lamenting the embarrassment of Britain facing two monsters, but now he has no fear and must give the minister a confident attitude at this time.
"France?" Harold Wilson looked at the report in his hand and muttered to himself with a hint of disbelief.
"France!" Alan Wilson nodded expressionlessly and said, "We must admit that France's ideas in pursuing the dream of a great power should be respected."
When Harold Wilson saw France, he almost saw the weak link of imperialism.
But in the eyes of Alan Wilson, the real weak link in imperialism is embarrassing to say...
Thinking silently in his heart that Britain has its own national conditions, Alan Wilson hinted vaguely, "Actually, if the competition is set at the level of suppressing France, it should be very simple."
"Why?" Harold Wilson asked in confusion, "France's foundation seems to be worse than ours."
"Exactly, Minister, it is precisely because France's foundation is not as good as ours and very poor in all aspects. That's why we are confident. After all, the United States and the Soviet Union are a bit too strong." Alan Wilson spread his hands and said, "We understand France, just like The French understand us as well.”
Harold Wilson saw the serious face of the deputy secretary-general in front of him and said uncertainly, "This is too sophisticated."
"Yes, minister, but we generally call this diplomacy." Alan Wilson winked and smiled. "Based on the current public information, the resources that the United States and the Soviet Union will invest will far exceed that of the United Kingdom by countless times. . We will try to make as few mistakes as possible, but we cannot make up for the huge material gap. If nothing else, the Soviet Union is really strong in integrating resources, as proven by countless examples in the past."
"You mean plagiarism?" Harold Wilson absorbed the meaning of these words and took out a cigar and lit it.
The cigar was a souvenir from Pamela Mountbatten, and once Cuba changes color, the value of the cigar will skyrocket.
Harold Wilson always smoked a big pipe in public and had a people-friendly image. But in private, Harold Wilson's pipe served almost the same purpose as MacArthur's, it was just part of the personality. The difference is that one is to be close to the people and the other is to show off.
"Huh? It can also be called reverse engineering. The normal situation for late-developing countries to catch up is not limited to any specific country. In human civilization, there have been countless similar examples. In the past 100 years, Germany and the United States have also gone through this At that stage, the Soviet Union is also at this stage now.”
Before Harold Wilson could answer, Alan Wilson continued his long speech, “The United States and the Soviet Union have large populations, vast land and abundant resources;
Technology is generally on the same level as us, and it is really difficult to fight against it. Although the colonies have a large population, they do not have a high-quality working population. In many colonies in Africa, the subjects of the colonies are so chaotic that they hardly know they are alive. This part of the population cannot be of much help, and their contribution is only small. Very low level. "
Once again, Harold Wilson was speechless. Alan Wilson continued, "Countries like China and India, which also have size advantages, still have a lot of courses to make up for in the short term. At the basic level, they are not as good as the UK. It’s very far away, and it’s not worth worrying about in the short term, so there is only one country similar to the UK in the aerospace field, and that’s France.”
"The biggest reason why the UK wants to enter the European Community and play a leadership role is to prevent the French from leading this organization and using the population and industrial capabilities of European countries to overtake the UK. Once something like that happens... "
"The subversion of civilization, the catastrophe of Britain." Harold Wilson's face was solemn, as if he was envisioning such a future.
"It is true, Minister." Alan Wilson smiled with satisfaction, fully recognizing the minister's understanding, and then further emphasized, "If suppressing France is one of the goals in the space program, this goal will not be difficult. Once it is In the future competition, we will not be able to win against the United States and the Soviet Union, but we can still use this to appease the mood of citizens, at least partially successful, and will not let the ruling party lose its support."
The focus of politicians is political performance, and the root cause of political performance lies in support rate, from the perspective of support rate. Alan Wilson offers where the bottom line should be for the UK space program following Harold Wilson's return to London.
As a cabinet minister, Harold Wilson would not stay abroad for a long time, even though Australia had a deep love for Britain. For this reason, he still strongly supported the British space program, and the parliament passed an appropriation of 20 million Australian dollars.
I personally visited the launch site to express the British government's concern for the aerospace industry, and then I left. The responsibility for the rest is unclear. Of course, the space launch site has a dedicated person in charge, but it still needs to be managed by someone. In addition to funding from the UK, Australia also provides financial support.
As for the British managers, they have gone through Whitehall's comprehensive private fundraising, which is actually mainly funded by the Mountbatten Group. Together with the Malayan Colony's share of overseas funding, it was ultimately decided that Alan Wilson had executive powers and that checks and balances on his administration required oversight by the British Governor in Australia, Marshal Slim, on behalf of the British government. .
At the same time, as a marshal, Slim also represents the attitude of the military to a certain extent, which is also in line with the dual-use of the aerospace industry, especially the value of the military side.
"The minister's role ends here." Alan Wilson, who returned to Perth, said to his wife Pamela Mountbatten, "For the rest of the matter, due to his professionalism, he can't help much. "
"It seems that your guidance work is quite good." Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband's expression and said understandingly, "As you said, politicians all value votes."
"Actually, the strength of a country has nothing to do with that." Alan Wilson chuckled and said coldly, "Scotland's votes and England's votes are both votes. Has it changed Scotland's long-term neglected situation? Change Scotland's It was the discovery of oil in the North Sea. In the same way, Western Australia is what it is today. It is not because the east coast government is merciful and wants to share its cake with Western Australia, but because Western Australia discovered a bigger cake."
“In the future, there may be a scene where citizens from the three largest cities on the east coast are rushing to live in Perth.”
"Really?" Pamela Mountbatten couldn't believe it after hearing this. At least now she feels that the southeastern part of Australia is better than the vicinity of Perth.
"We must look at the problem from a development perspective. Also, don't think that a place can remain strong forever. The so-called high-quality population is not very noble in pursuit." Alan Wilson gave a decisive answer.
The Great Lakes region and the Northeast in the United States are regions with the strongest industrial base and resources in both countries for a period of time. In an era when they were strong, could they have imagined the impact of major environmental changes?
Hasn’t the so-called high-quality population also become the spokesperson for low-quality and red-necked people? The only difference is that the system is different. A dissatisfied person can only murmur a few words, and an easy to understand king. When the once highly qualified population is one-tenth of the country's population, it is responsible for one-third of the total laid-off population of 20 million. , nothing.
In terms of the distribution of minerals in Australia, Western Australia's advantages are enough to cause major environmental changes within Australia. As for southeastern Australia, it is too much to say that it was a Tyrannosaurus rex before the meteorite came, but it cannot cope with the crushing value of minerals in Western Australia. pressure.
The more conscientious the mining contracts signed between Pamela Mountbatten and Australia, the greater the advantage for Western Australia.
Because the Australian government and the Western Australian government also have to share accounts. The more minerals are discovered, the stronger the financial resources of the Western Australian government will be. Strong financial resources will bring about changes in all aspects.
The biggest beneficiary of this wealth is of course Pamela Mountbatten who is riding a rocket. At least she is not like the Australian rich man in later generations. Her biggest hobby is to put collars on a group of ladies with the same status as their wives and treat them as Dog on lead.
Before Harold Wilson left Australia, under the guidance of the colonial commissioners who were dedicated to helping the minister achieve political achievements, he had already superficially completed the transformation from an ignorant to an aerospace enthusiast.
At this time, the first batch of British scientific researchers arriving in Australia from China also arrived in Perth.
"Turing?" Alan Wilson, who came to see the minister's character design, saw a familiar face.
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