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"There are too many of these plans, and the dominion and the royal domain are similar?" Prime Minister Attlee took the disgust that Norman Brooke brought it, and it was the same as the one brought by the Colonial Secretary. There is nothing special about this. .

"Actually, my colleagues also think that the dominion plan is unnecessary. It is more appropriate to keep only the royal domain plan." Norman Brooke heard the words and went further, "This can avoid the dominion, which is a term derived from a colony. Contribute to the long-term connection between Newfoundland and the homeland."

"Is that so? But Canada's ideas must also be considered." Attlee nodded clearly, and still mentioned the importance of Canada-UK relations. After all, after the United States cut off the loan, Canada provided A loan of $1.2 billion to help the UK tide over, he hasn't forgotten so soon.

"Dear Prime Minister, in principle, of course, we pay more attention to Canada's relations. You can ignore the general colonies, but Newfoundland is an exception. Newfoundland is the first overseas territory of the British Empire and is part of the global empire. The starting point. It has always been on the same level as Canada, and the local residents are very disgusted with the merger of Canada in the current situation.”

Norman Brooke said with a heavy face, "This is very embarrassing. If it is too forced, it will arouse the resentment of Newfoundland citizens. Will they choose to join the United States?"

Prime Minister Attlee's expression tightened, and he immediately said, "London has never, and never thought about using any means of coercion to force Newfoundland and Canada to merge. London respects Newfoundland's public opinion."

"In addition to joining the United States!" Norman Brooke added after the Prime Minister finished speaking, "Of course, the current situation, the possibility of Newfoundland joining the United States is very low, mainly due to the restoration of the Dominion and the merger of Canada's two factions, Among them, the former occupies the main position, but once it is restored to be a dominion, the population of Newfoundland cannot fully support a country’s foreign affairs, internal affairs and military affairs, so converting it into a royal domain is a compromise.”

"Is that so?" Attlee fell into deep thought after listening to Norman Brook's words.

Norman Brooke was indifferent to the Prime Minister's thinking. He never thought that the Prime Minister and the Minister were superior. Even if these ruling parties were elected by the people, in fact, the elected government was no different from the civil servants, and all power came from the monarch.

Because in the final analysis, Norman Brooke believes that the establishment of the British civil service system is based on delegation.

Powers are conferred by the monarch, and these powers are obtained through conferring. In addition to the balance of political power between the elected government and the political parties, the powers originally authorized by the monarch still need the approval of ministers before they can be implemented.

The cabinet secretary is only a "senatorial" position in name, and his real power is quite limited, so he can only return to the administrative track.

That's why the long-term plans of cabinet secretaries are often not considered "leadership plans", for whom the great ambitions of these politicians are nothing more than longer-term administrative plans.

However, the historical inheritance of this long-term administrative planning has also given British civil servants a great sense of identity with the glory of the empire in the past, which is often reflected by local officials who were included in the senior civil service system in the colonies. It can be said that the English officials are the ones who miss the imperial era the most.

In other words, whoever is the cabinet secretary must find a way to keep as many overseas territories as possible, not to be a colony, but also to be loyal to His Majesty the King. Anyway, the elected government also comes from the authorization of the king.

Only by keeping as many overseas territories as possible can civil servants have enough battlefields to fight against these elected governments. As for what these overseas territories are called, it is not very important.

Unlike his predecessors, Norman Brooke did not just accept the supervision of ministers one-sidedly, but also believed that Whitehall also had the power to supervise ministers, and the two were indispensable to each other.

When Norman Brooke left No. 10 Downing Street, the four options for the Newfoundland referendum became three. Converting to a Crown Territory, merging Canada, and maintaining a dispatch government means maintaining the status quo and continuing to maintain colonial status.

In fact, only two of the three options are actually operational, that is, to merge with Canada and become a royal territory. Not even Norman Brooke himself believed that Newfoundlanders liked to remain colonies.

"Then, Markins, it's up to you." Alan Wilson paused when he said this. "Lord Sheffield, is he a trustworthy person?"

"Of course, Alan, I fully understand your difficulties." If Margins was from the East, he would have said that it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but, even in England, a man has a wife and a wife. Women of the same status are also normal, and it's not a big deal.

Markins understands it very well, just like Prince Philip, the husband of the venerable crown prince, isn't there some romantic affair coming out?

Although it was impossible for Alan Wilson to stay in London for too long, as a person who cherishes time, after handing over the three proposals screened by the cabinet secretary to the representative of Newfoundland, he still asked Audrey Hepburn to watch the opera .

Even if he has never been interested in so-called opera, and has always been. Generally speaking, the members who often come to the opera are a group of ordinary people, most of whom live in business districts - stockbrokers, lawyers, auctioneers, everything, and many people who are tough-minded but not very opinionated , These people do not look down upon the class to which they belong.

According to the Soviets, this kind of petty bourgeoisie is weak. Although it is dissatisfied with the status quo, it has no possibility of revolution. It can only complain about the current status quo.

At least now Alan Wilson understands one thing. Audrey Hepburn really likes to watch operas.

Naturally, Alan Wilson also pretended to be immersed in it, but he was actually thinking about how to deal with the Newfoundland referendum. Although he was young, he no longer believed in all kinds of political propositions under the guise of asking for life for the people. I know better than most people that those political propositions are "rubbish".

But this does not delay, every time Audrey Hepburn couldn't help applauding, he, the king of cheers, felt the same way.

Accompanied by the applause of the opera house, the curtain fell, and Ellen Wilson grabbed Audrey Hepburn's small hand and stood up, but he immediately seemed to remember something, and put his hand down with complicated eyes.

It's time for this young generation on the screen to experience the fruits of Greta Garbo's words and deeds.

At least one thing is not pretending. Alan Wilson can't control his instinctive reaction now, and he has no protective color of black people. Anyone can see embarrassment with a blushing face, but he still has a sullen face as if nothing happened.

This also made Audrey Hepburn see it. Although she hadn't experienced it yet, she could feel that the way this man just showed, he clearly liked her.

Putting on the mask, Alan Wilson returned to normal, and as the crowd slowly walked out of the theater, because of the large audience, it seemed normal to hold Audrey Hepburn's hand now.

In a short corridor, Audrey Hepburn, who was holding hands, looked at the man who was not squinting several times, and the man's palms were sweating.

"I'm going back to Newfoundland in the next few days to handle the referendum." Alan Wilson said in a gentle voice as he walked out of the theater, "I have a chance, I'll fight for you, and in a week, you will go to the City of London. Looking for Markins in the hall, he will arrange a video for you to audition, the theme is a day for a girl in London, and it will be published in a magazine, of course, this is not a long-term job, my friend found a chorus place for a West End choir, if you feel If you are interested, you can try it, but it will not be too tired and will not delay your own planning."

"Ellen, are you leaving so soon?" Audrey Hepburn wasn't very happy, but responded immediately, "Thank you for your help, I mean, your work seems to be very busy."

"Maybe it will be easier in the future, maybe this is life, and sometimes this happens." Ellen Wilson tilted his head and looked into Audrey Hepburn's eyes, "We will always meet again, right?"

Alan Wilson knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and now there are more important things waiting for him. The relationship between the two heads of civil servants is not as sweet as it was at the beginning~lightnovelpub.net~ He can't reconcile this matter, I just hope it doesn't affect my plans. In fact, from a psychological point of view, he supports Norman Brooke's attempt to clarify the boundaries of ministerial responsibilities and adopt a check and balance approach.

But things in the career often have nothing to do with right or wrong, so it is better to stay away.

But at least on the Newfoundland referendum, the two heads of civil servants did not disagree. Alan Wilson got Norman Brooke's revised version of the plan. "I thought the option to merge Canada would be removed."

"Of course I want to do that, but London can't make that decision," Norman Brooke took a deep breath. "So about the Newfoundland referendum, Alan, it's up to you."

"I will do my best." Alan Wilson nodded, this time when he returned to Newfoundland, it was a referendum. The future is still uncertain, and at this time he is still a little apprehensive.

"Alan, actually Edward and I disagree in some places, but we still have very common views in many places, such as..." Norman Brooke pondered for a while, "I and he both think that you are one Very reliable people, very trustworthy.”