Chapter 985: Save the People First, Save the Officials First

As a cabinet minister, Harold Wilson cannot stay abroad for a long time. After signing the market and energy cooperation treaty, he will return to the country to discuss the next steps. As for some details, he will leave it to anyone at any time. Deputy Secretary on Standby.

Because the Labor Party is counting on its tough stance to boost its approval rating, the timing of the Iran crisis is somewhat coincidental. The choice before Labor is no other than toughness.

The attitude of the United States has also been made clear, with the International Monetary Fund providing $60 million in economic assistance to Iran.

At this time, it has caused a huge backlash in the UK. At a time when the UK and Iran are hostile, the United States is undoubtedly stepping on the UK hard.

Alan Wilson was not very nervous. On the contrary, he thought it was a good thing. Losing Iran was better than losing the Suez Canal. However, during the discussion with the Foreign Secretary, he still said, "Rockefeller has a saying, ninety percent is not enough, one hundred percent is required. If Iran does not surrender and pro-American Saudi Arabia is added, the United States will already occupy the Middle East oil landscape. relative advantage."

"Thinking about it now, maybe during the Iranian oil crisis five years ago, although the United States did not take any overt actions, it was still a joke on us." Harold Wilson was worried about the reaction of the United States, and this time he tried to cool it down. , which is a huge blow to the Labor Party. After returning, he will still have to think of ways to appease the mood of British citizens.

"From this time to the last time, there are indeed a lot of doubts." Alan Wilson took the opportunity to amplify Harold Wilson's dissatisfaction. "It is said that the establishment of OPEC was a last resort move by the UK to counter Iran. And it expressed its desire to Determination for a protracted war. I think the United States must have doubts about the establishment of OPEC, but apart from the option of war, we firmly stated that this is a general organization for market and energy cooperation."

"What if the United States wants to propose to join?" Harold Wilson raised a possibility. Regarding oil resources, even if the United States agrees with Britain's rhetoric, it will not completely let down its guard.

"Just say that we are not opposed to letting the United States and the Soviet Union join. This can show fairness." Alan Wilson thought for a moment and said, "Once the United States wants to join, the United Kingdom has no reason to reject the Soviet Union. You must know that the Soviet Union is also an important player in the European energy market. Exporting countries, if they arouse the dissatisfaction of the Soviet Union, may be detrimental to European security."

Alan Wilson even hoped that the Foreign Secretary would speak openly when faced with questions, "Once the United States and the Soviet Union join OPEC, the organization will become the United Nations again, and each country will talk to itself, which will no longer have any effect. But also It’s not necessarily a bad thing. In short, either everyone joins or none joins, or OPEC is retained and the UK, a special observer, can lead it, or the Big Three come in and no one can become the leader.”

"Not bad." Harold Wilson thought about it for a long time and said with a smile, "Let the Americans choose, either with the Soviet Union or not to come in. Anyway, the crisis in Iran is because the United States is sorry for the British first, and the British establishment of OPEC is just a passive counterattack. That’s all.”

This explanation can be said to be in the past, because the OPEC that the UK promoted to establish has nothing to do with the petro-sterling. Of course the British pound can buy oil, but so can the U.S. dollar.

The reason why Alan Wilson pushed for the establishment of OPEC was not because he believed that Britain was enough to challenge the United States in terms of financial hegemony.

Instead, they set aside a piece of private land in advance to prevent being cut off by the United States. Don't let the US inflation caused by the Vietnam War be transmitted to the UK. It's too much to think about regaining financial hegemony now. As for the future, it depends on the situation.

In essence, this was still about consolidating the imperial system of preferences and establishing economic links with industrial production sites, energy and other raw materials.

He believed that the Foreign Secretary would definitely face various temptations from the United States when he returned to London, so the two had just discussed. Harold Wilson, who was mentally prepared, went to the international airport in Basra, and then... from De Biden Boarding the Comet, a temporary arrangement by Alan Wilson.

Harold Wilson was very surprised, but in the end he accepted this arrangement with suspicion.

Either the Permanent Secretary is too far-sighted, or he makes a temporary decision to scare the respected minister, but he cannot go too far. After Harold Wilson returns, he has to explain to the outside world that the entire responsibility for the oil crisis lies with Iran.

Putting the minister on the plane, Alan Wilson pondered whether there was a problem with anti-boneheads in Europe.

France helped to withdraw from the group, Germany was a defeated country, and Italy did not have the consciousness of being a defeated country, but Italy's oil supply was mainly provided by Libya. As for the rest, they do not have the ability to cause trouble for Britain.

This ensured that there would be no opposition in Europe, and Harold Wilson would only have to deal with the Americans.

The idea came to mind, and Alan Wilson brought an authentic Turkish handmade carpet as a birthday gift. According to the notepad that only he could understand, Ms. Hedy Lamarr was having a birthday.

Immediately, a series of stories including but not limited to riding a rocket happened on this handmade carpet.

The naked man and woman hugged each other and looked at each other with satisfaction in each other's eyes, "You just gave me a gift, and it got dirty so quickly."

Hedy Lamarr stared at Alan Wilson, with a hint of reluctance in her tone, complaining softly.

"I want to be a gentleman in front of you, but I fail every time." After Alan Wilson finished speaking, he came over and engaged in a verbal battle, allowing Hedy Lamarr to experience the eloquence of the Deputy Secretary of the Empire. reed.

After a sweet day, Hedy Lamarr also set off to leave, and Alan Wilson had to take care of the details. Of course, what he put forward were all professional opinions. Although he was in the UK, he always did his best when serving other countries.

It just so happened that the monarchs of Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and the Central Emirates were also there. He was needed at this time to contribute to the local well-being of the Middle East. Let him show off what he had learned by holding the demographic statistics of each country.

Alan Wilson sat in front of the monarchs and launched the eloquent Middle East road map plan. The Emir of Kuwait, the country of Sabah, had 200,000 citizens at this time, Oman had 500,000, and later merged into the UAE. The emirate, including Qatar and Bahrain, has a total population of 250,000, of which 40,000 are in Qatar and 140,000 in Bahrain.

With the exception of Iraq, the total number of people in these countries where future generations are making money from oil wells is only one million people.

It is quite in line with the basic configuration of a top resource country, with abundant resources and a sparse population. Although Saudi Arabia will be the leader of the Arab world in a few decades, it is completely a poor country in front of these pocket countries. Citizens of almost every country live better than the Saudis.

"For a small country, the respected Emirs are so happy. The top priority now is to immediately establish a national identity system and determine the precise number of the country's population. Huge amounts of wealth will be flooded in your country, literally every button. Finland appeared before me.”

Alan Wilson made a veiled comment that it was time to address illegal immigration so that rapid progress could be made on a per capita basis. Let the citizens of every host country have the opportunity to make more money and billions.

Of course, this does not include Iraq. Iraq's population has grown rapidly, doubling in ten years. The original population of more than four million has now grown to seven million, one-third of Iran's population.

This increase shocked Alan Wilson. He originally thought that the increase in the Malayan colony from close to 10 million to 14 million was already terrifying.

But compared with the population growth rate of Iraq, it is still far behind. The Peace Sect is so terrifying.

However, even if there are 7 million people, it is far from population pressure for the Kingdom of Iraq with two river basins.

Iraq has no problem feeding 30 million people, and economic development will definitely slow down population growth. Iraq's population did not grow rapidly during Saddam's time.

I am afraid that the country will fall into turmoil and there will still be enough food. Especially with the agricultural empire of the United States opening up unlimited supply, the population growth is scary. In the twenty years since Saddam was overthrown, the population of Iraq has increased from 20 million to 40 million.

Alan Wilson, who once served as a local chief executive, is no stranger to finding things to do for the population. The population of Iraq is not as large as that of Malaya, so he sent over the Green Revolution, high-quality seeds, breeding cattle, and breeding sheep. Let the Iraqi royal family establish an institution, and even if nothing changes, the food supply will increase a lot.

"We position Iraq as a rich and powerful kingdom, while other emirs see it as a rich country. I wonder what the respected emirs think?"

Alan Wilson shook his headscarf and asked in the tone of "I am from our country", "The smaller the population, the more significant the effect will be. But the emirs should take good care of their own countries. The Persian Gulf is not far from South Asia. Don't let the Indians do that." Guys who are hostile to your beliefs sneak in. They can be used as cheap labor, but doves occupying magpie's nests must be avoided."

Please forgive me. Alan Wilson is a person who puts himself in other people's shoes. Many emirates are still just colonies, and he has already been matched with the protectorate and made suggestions for them.

Wasn’t the rise of South Korea in the early days a result of millions of workers working hard in the Middle East to save money? It’s better not to bother the Koreans with such hard work. We can find another way to deal with the rise of South Korea.

In any case, this attitude made people feel good out of thin air. At this moment, his secretary Wick walked in and whispered softly, "Secretary General, your wife just landed at the airport with a A gift from the transport.”

"Dear Princess, Emil, my wife has just arrived and brought you a gift." Alan Wilson was not surprised at all and informed everyone of the good news. To save the people, save the officials first. Emil's life was not easy. What about citizens?