British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 1075: increase military spending

As a country, basic coal and iron for industry is a must. The United Kingdom must have this condition. As for Japan? Alan Wilson seems to remember that Japan had a warship island with coal mines on it.

After the loss of Hokkaido, Japan has a bigger shortage of minerals, and it is definitely not as good as Malaya in terms of its own resources. In terms of geographical environment, before the independence of British India, the United Kingdom finally chose Malaya as the next pearl. , Needless to say geographical conditions?

The same is imported iron ore, what is the cost of Japan, and what is the cost of Malaya, calculate the difference, and fight against Japan according to this difference, I may not make money, but you will definitely lose money.

As soon as he returned to London, Alan Wilson devoted himself to saving the British shipbuilding industry. The reason why the British shipbuilding cost was lower than that of the United States in World War II was due to the strong shipbuilding industry.

The fundamentals of the United Kingdom are not as good as those of the United States. The United States can ignore the weak civilian shipbuilding industry and let the cost of military shipbuilding go directly to the sky. If the United Kingdom does the same, it will pay a higher price than the United States.

Back in the Office of the Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office, Alan Wilson was thinking about how many departments would need to work together, while Principal Private Secretary Wick reported on the insignificant and insignificant diplomatic outcomes of Foreign Secretary MacMillan's visit to Washington and meeting with Kennedy. .

"The Kennedy administration is willing to have a good talk about the Six-Party Talks." Wick continued to follow the script, as if he didn't see his superior's wandering thoughts. As a subordinate, any doubts about his superiors were inherently unreliable.

"Our minister may be complacent and trumpeting that trivial achievement." Alan Wilson said lazily, "It's normal, American mother British father."

"That's basically it." Wick didn't answer, standing still and waiting for Alan Wilson's orders.

"In the name of the British Foreign Office, I protested against Japanese Prime Minister Isato Ikeda, and protested against Japan's manipulation of the exchange rate to dump the UK and the European Community market." Alan Wilson said while thinking, "The Australian Commissioner should make it clear in Australia. The possibility of Japan launching an economic war, it is a bloodless war, the war is not over, it just resurfaces at another level."

"By the way, isn't the northern part of Japan occupied by the Soviet Union? We should sort out the security issues in Southeast Asia. It cannot be denied that there is such a possibility that the Japanese trained by the Soviet Union, under the cover of the Japanese face, will attack Southeast Asia. Infiltrate. Inform GCHQ of this possibility and work on it.”

"I want an analysis of the characteristics of Japan's shipbuilding industry, focusing on what type of ships."

Alan Wilson just said it casually and didn't consider this possibility at all. At this time, he never thought that this is exactly what the Soviet Union is currently doing. He has a good son who will graduate soon.

The ignorant Alan Wilson asked Wick to hand over the development of the situation in Northern Rhodesia tomorrow. "Also, pay close attention to the situation in Algeria. Nyerere has completed his inspection of British West Africa. Sometime this year, Tanganyi Cameroon should be turned into a dominion, and according to our agreement with Nigeria, Nigeria will officially become independent in a few years and next year. Don’t go wrong with the last time. When I was in British India, I made a countdown sign every day. Update, still very useful, give Nigerians hope..."

Alan Wilson originally only asked the secretary to prepare the documents for Northern Rhodesia, but when he started talking endlessly, he was surprised, there are so many things?

"It's here for now!" Alan Wilson thought for a long time, and found that he had nothing to add for the time being. When he remembered it, it would be the same when he said it tomorrow.

"Understood!" Wick, who took out his notes, wrote them all down and said again, "The minister seems to be having a headache because of the South African problem."

"South Africa problem?" Alan Wilson tactically leaned back and said to himself, "This is the aftermath of the independence of French Africa."

South Africa has always had an apartheid system that divides South Africans into four grades. I don’t know if any of them are inspired by powerful powers. Alan Wilson felt that some Hindu elites should be needed to try their missionary effects in South Africa.

In history, this year should be the time for South Africa to withdraw from the British Commonwealth. After all, Britain and the Boers have hatred. After two world wars, the Boer Party defeated the British immigrant party to form a government and became the first in the history of South Africa to be composed entirely of white South Africans. The cabinet marked the beginning of the white South African regime in South Africa. In the same year, South Africa began to implement the apartheid policy.

With the emergence of numerous countries in French Africa within a year, the British gradually abandoned colonial rule. Prime Minister Eden delivered a change speech in Cape Town, marking the official renunciation of the British colony in South Africa.

The situation in Africa is changing, and British immigrants and Boers must unite under this threat.

Allowing whites to unite against blacks, especially in a regime monopolized by whites, the Boers have an advantage, and their sense of crisis and prevention against blacks is far greater than that of the British.

They argue that if Western capitalism's usual method of production allows free movement of land through buying and selling and encourages the movement of labor, less than 20 percent of the white population will sooner or later become disadvantaged.

Alan Wilson, who had no intention of appearing in front of Macmillan, had to show up to talk to the foreign secretary about South Africa.

First of all, it is impossible to support the apartheid policy of South Africa. South Africa has value, and it is not as valuable as Africa as a whole.

Compared with the vast Africa, any powerful country will choose to sacrifice South Africa. Any blood thicker than water is bullshit.

Do not support the apartheid policy in South Africa, does not mean to openly oppose, "Because of the Boer War, the United Kingdom was very cruel to the Boers. In the current context, my suggestion is to use the Boer War as an excuse to express the guilt of the United Kingdom towards South Africa. , so don’t condemn South Africa in the open, of course, this has nothing to do with South Africa’s huge gold reserves, and the United Kingdom has never been concerned about the legitimate wealth of other countries.”

"Alan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs really needs you so much." MacMillan marveled at how to say two completely different meanings in one sentence, mentioning the Boer War in the front, and not thinking about other countries in the back. Legitimate wealth, then the question arises, what was the cause of the Boer War, not yet a local giant gold mine.

"Respected Minister, each era has its own considerations." Alan Wilson replied with a smile, "As diplomats, we never care about what we said in the past, only what we want to do now."

"If the South Africans are smart enough, hurry up and learn the French plan of dividing the north and the south, and solve the problem of black people. If you want to make black people in the low-end labor force, but if you don't give them power, there will definitely be problems. This is what Northern Rhodesia will do. Well, South Africa has the basis to do so, but I think they are too greedy and probably won't budge."

"And this kind of idea is not in the current interest of the UK. The minister has just visited Washington, and some remarks may make the French a little unhappy. If you express support for South Africa on the issue of partition? It may increase the French people's support for the UK. It's a lot of trouble."

Macmillan couldn't have finished France in Washington and handed over to South Africa's partition proposal? Although the foreign ministers are all chameleons, this is too fast.

What's more, the Boers are not close to the United Kingdom, unlike Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which still have blood thicker than water, and are confident in themselves. How can this help?

"My exchange with the new US President Kennedy was very friendly. He was a peaceful person." MacMillan suddenly talked about his insignificant achievements. "I think the Six-Party Talks may have a good result."

"Dear Minister, maybe it's not as optimistic as you think, of course it's okay to be cautiously optimistic." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, just briefly recalled Kennedy, a troubled child who had only been in office for three years, and concluded that Macmillan It's wishful thinking.

This leads to a result that will have good results? If there is no accident, it must be an accident.

There is no need to hide anything. Alan Wilson, who came out of Macmillan's office, was thinking about whether the conditions of the United States should remain unchanged, or whether the British influence should be excluded from Iran. How will Macmillan explain his achievements?

He certainly didn't have to explain it like Whitehall, but could he explain it like Aiden?

Alan Wilson, who was also busy saving the shipbuilding industry, contacted Richard, the High Commissioner of Malaya, to inquire about the student pool of the vocational technical school he established in his second term.

Ask Frank from the Ministry of Finance to inquire about the current financial situation. In the 1960s, the United Kingdom finally re-established its own circular economy system, so there is no need to look down on the huge debt~lightnovelpub.net~ Although the debt is already long overdue It was paid off, but the domestic financial pressure took a few more years. It’s very simple. Isn’t domestic debt debt?

In a sense, Japan after the Plaza Accord was considered a financial innovation. After maintaining 200% of its debt for so many years, Japan was the first to walk this road, and other countries would follow suit.

The answer of financial health came out of Frank's mouth, and Alan Wilson nodded, "In other words, increasing fiscal spending and stimulating the shipbuilding industry will not cause financial pressure?"

"It depends on what you plan to increase your financial spending to." Frank asked uncertainly with a move in his heart, "Increase military spending?"

"Of course this is the old way, otherwise?" Alan Wilson shrugged. "Otherwise, there is no strong support for the shipbuilding industry. What should we do? Britain is a 60 billion pound economy, and its military spending has been maintained at 15.6 billion pounds. scale?"

The current size of the British economy is 60 billion pounds, which is 170 billion in dollars.

"Maintaining the scale of the shipbuilding industry will help reduce procurement costs, so one of the ways to save the shipbuilding industry is to increase military spending."