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"From the very beginning, when Allen came back from British India that time, he bluntly said that if British India became independent, it would be best to sell it in a package. The only worry was that there would be no domestic consensus on British India." Edward Bridges lit a cigar, spit out a sigh and continued, "Of course, this is also an old problem of our country. The ruling party and the opposition party will never reach a consensus without major incidents."

"Maybe this is democracy." Norman Brooke laughed dryly, "I just don't know what the Prime Minister will think. At present, the great Prime Minister is not as pedantic socialism as people think. By."

"At least not all." Edward Bridges added in a timely manner, "Some aspects are still debatable."

"Okay, is this idea made clear directly, or is it granted permission, and Allen is on the edge by default?" Norman Brook said to himself with an embarrassed expression, "That way of handling is more certain."

"I think it's blunt." Edward Bridges thought for a while. "Our Prime Minister is crazy about money."

"That's what makes me weird, there's a lot of money that doesn't go anywhere besides the NHS," Norman Brook said with a strange expression on his face, "I don't want to accuse the Prime Minister of being opaque about finances, but this Where did the money go?"

"Norman, don't care about this." Edward Bridges looked at the other party and stopped talking, and finally warned Norman Brooke not to get into it.

The alloy tube project is still in a top-secret state, and there are no more than five people known to the Prime Minister. Edward Bridges happens to be one of them. Although Norman Brooke has been regarded as the successor of the cabinet secretary, he also among others who are unaware.

"To be honest, if this is done, I think Allen's achievements can be knighted."

In order to prevent the successor from thinking too much, Edward Bridges took Alan Wilson out as a shield. The knighthood is the most discussed issue among civil servants, and Norman Brook is no exception.

"If it wasn't for his father who didn't live to the post-war period, he would have been knighted long ago. But if it's on Ellen, the age is very inappropriate." Norman Brooke said from a completely neutral point of view, " Of course, I'm not greedy for anything, if we get out of the quagmire of the war as soon as possible, the credit belongs to all the civil servants, and Allen's telegram also envisages the same."

"Including but not limited to you and me..." Edward Bridges said with a half-smile.

"That's right. Glory belongs to all the gentlemen of Whitehall." Norman Brook paused at this point. "What the **** are we doing!"

"Sometimes you can share the glory with the political parties. What is the tendency of the prime minister's political advisers? Isn't it pedantic socialism? I really don't have a lot of contacts." Edward Bridges said to himself.

Compared with the elusive cabinet secretary, Norman Brooke has a very close relationship with politicians, and even attracted criticism from many people for being too familiar.

Edward Bridges is not very clear about this issue, but Norman Brooke knows very well, "I have a certain understanding of him, and he is a gentleman with a flexible moral bottom line."

"Very good, then it's easy to handle." Edward Bridges was in a good mood, drank the remaining whiskey, Shi Shiran got up, and left under the respectful gaze of the Whitehall civil servants dining in the restaurant.

This will not delay everyone. Later, I will watch Norman Brook with the same respectful eyes again. Whitehall civil servants have to pay attention to these points. Although the leaders have differences, they are all to advance the work.

The reason for the differences is that the leaders are in different positions and have different priorities. Everyone should fully understand the intentions of the leaders, and try their best to come up with a plan that takes into account all the leaders.

If one of them is a direct supervisor, the advice of the direct supervisor should be followed first.

People can work when one leader asks and others haven't, so there's no disagreement.

If the matter is not urgent, the implementation can also be postponed, waiting for the unification of the opinions of the leaders so that the work can be carried out.

However, when encountering a special situation, it is necessary to show the efficient and responsible side of Whitehall, and eliminate possible threats.

National affairs require the prime minister and ministers to make decisions, but everyone naturally has their own way, and the country's decision-making coincides with their own expectations.

In fact, Prime Minister Attlee's biggest problem is money. Now this is a well-known thing in Whitehall. You can see it by looking at the miserable face of the Secretary of the Treasury every day.

Edward Bridges and Norman Brooke used their own methods respectively. Edward Bridges held a meeting of cabinet secretaries to discuss the current financial problems.

Fiscal issues have always existed, but now a meeting is needed to focus on them.

And Norman Brooke's method is to dredge the relationship and win over Prime Minister Attlee's political advisers. Although political advisers belong to the party rather than civil servants, the pursuit of progress is the same. Today's political advisers may not be tomorrow's. Prime Minister, you must know that the current Prime Minister Attlee also used to be the former Prime Minister's personal political secretary.

The previous example is that they live at No. 10 Downing Street. Are they not allowed to follow suit?

Moreover, the risks borne by political advisers in this matter are far from comparable to those of Whitehall. If they fail, they will lose nothing. If they succeed, they may rise in the Labour Party. Why not do it?

At this time, the close relationship between Norman Brooke and the ruling party became the key to opening the door of convenience. It didn't take much effort to let the other party agree to help.

Doing real things is always harder than wiping your ass. If Alan Wilson stabbed him, Edward Bridges directly forged an archive of letters that had reported to the Prime Minister so that no one could find it.

In a telegram sent back to New Delhi, Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges responded, "The train is also independent, but as long as you lay the track, it can only go on the set track."

This sentence is very philosophical. Alan Wilson has read it several times. It probably means that political parties are trains, but civil servants are railroad tracks. Only the cooperation of the two can ensure smooth progress. .

"Why can't we close the curtains, shake our bodies, and pretend the train is still moving?" Alan Wilson thought of a famous Soviet joke.

Of course, confidentiality was also mentioned in the telegram, and it was believed that the current British Indian Commissioner, Sir Barron, did not need to know about this matter for the time being, and left it to Alan Wilson to handle it independently.

When there is a look, the cabinet will take the initiative to inform Sir Barron, and he will naturally have his share of the credit.

Alan Wilson was in a good mood, which even Joan Crawford felt. After all, the two had no friends in British India, and they always had to find someone to chat with, so they got along well with this young assistant commissioner.

If this relatively isolated environment lasts for a few months, both of them may fall in love with this man, and love for a long time exists. Who let the two of them live in this apartment, and Alan Wilson is familiar with it.

"It seems that after get off work today, your mood has improved a lot. What happened to make you so happy." Heidi Lamar asked first, and Joan Crawford on the side was also curious.

Naturally, domestic affairs cannot be told to the two Americans. Ellen Wilson teased the two female stars and said, "I had a dream yesterday that I was ruling the world."

"There is everything in a dream." Joan Crawford couldn't help laughing, and struck mercilessly.

"This sentence was said by the President of your country, Truman, I forgot to tell you one." Before Heidi Lamar joined in, Alan Wilson responded calmly, "I attended the Potsdam Conference, which happened at that time. A lot of interesting things happened.”

"Oh, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is it!" Heidi Lamarr and Joan Crawford lit up at the same time. American politicians may not be as impressive as the top monopoly capitalists, but they are not as impressive as the two female stars. Still, he's someone to look up to.

"Oh, you still like to inquire about this kind of thing?" Alan Wilson turned his head away and looked at the flowerbed not far away.

The gardener was digging the soil for the new flowerbed, which was next to the pigeon coop by the gate. He was a mentally retarded, utterly stupid young Indian who lived a life of taciturn and whose tongue was too large to fit in his mouth.

He covered his face with his hands, gave Alan Wilson a deep salutation, then raised the shovel again and shoveled hard and clumsily into the dry soil, his delicate muscles quivering.

Although there are no Indians living in New Delhi, there are always Indians to work, and the gentlemen and ladies of the British Empire cannot be allowed to do rough work, right?

In the two female stars, Alan Wilson opened up some interesting anecdotes about the Potsdam Conference Big Three. At present, about how Prime Minister Churchill became Mr. Churchill, who continued to stay at the Potsdam Conference as an adviser, and also became his close friend. and two tools.

Heidi Lamarr and Joan Crawford smiled and leaned back and forth, and at this moment, Bette Davis, who was full of complaints, appeared at the corner and happened to see this scene.

"Betty, come and sit down." Heidi Lamar said hello, inviting Betty Davis, who has been seldom seen these days, to come over.

When Bette Davis saw that Joan Crawford was also there, she shook her head slightly and walked towards her apartment.

"What's wrong with her?" Heidi Lamar was a little puzzled, but then she remembered that Joan Crawford was here, of course she wouldn't come.

Feeling Heidi Lamar's gaze, Joan Crawford snorted softly, "It has nothing to do with me, maybe I was dumped."