The Half-Life of the British Empire in Malaya is by no means a false statement. In terms of basic industries, Malaya's production capacity has surpassed that of the mainland. This is true of the three items of kerosene, iron and oil, which are the lifeblood of a country.

The UK produced 23 million tons of steel last year, and Kuching, the state capital of Sarawak, produced 35 million tons. Adding up to 60 million tons, the United States was close to 90 million tons last year. The UK produces 15 million tons of cement, and Malaya produces 30 million tons. Malaya itself has not much coal. Although it has been explored, it has been relying on Australia for supply. The UK consumes 200 million tons, which gives it the upper hand.

With the UK's local industrial production capacity, it is impossible to support the current settlement share of the pound. In fact, even if Malaya is added, it cannot support the same, but it will be much improved. From the perspective of the United Kingdom, if the world is peaceful, the pound can still be maintained by virtue of inertia.

But Alan Wilson knew in his heart that he hoped that once the United States lost too much blood from the Vietnam War, it would turn its attention to the pound.

The fundamental reason for the sharp decrease in the settlement of the pound in the 1970s was that the UK could not support such a large settlement share. Once the US did it, the UK would have no resistance. Currency needs physical support, and it is supported by the production capacity of the Malayan colony, which is more grasped than inertial reliance.

No matter what happens, the United Kingdom cannot withdraw the British army in the Middle East, nip the remaining protectorates in the Middle East, and add the production capacity of British Malaya, which is at least stronger than that of Russia during the Great Empire. Russia only has resources and production capacity but no finance. The United Kingdom has what it wants, that is, every item is worse than the United States.

As the high commissioner of such a colony, Richard's position is of course watched. Who doesn't want to go to the Pearl to be a supreme authority? Even the African colonies need to replace the high commissioner, everyone is rushing to go.

After all, the currency has to be linked to the real thing. If Russia's land conditions are similar to that of Niger, would it dare to treat the US dollar as waste paper? In fact, the future predicament of the US dollar is the same as that of the current pound. The production capacity of the US cannot support the settlement share of the US dollar. For the US dollar, it has the largest settlement share. Even if it drops by 1%, it will be fed back to the United States.

It’s just that the U.S. dollar is now linked to gold. Americans will not consider other options, but Alan Wilson must prepare for the next step. France can pull out the CFA franc zone. Can the UK really not even maintain the pound zone? Compared with France's efforts, Britain is almost paralyzed.

"If, Secretary-General, if it's like you said, the United States will escalate the incident, will we need our assistance?"

Richard felt a lot of responsibility, and he was actually very happy to be the High Commissioner of Malaya. It depends on whether he is willing to change a permanent secretary. But he also knew very well that the economic foundation of Malaya was the union of the richest woman and the four families with the nobles and the local compradors in Malaya. The man behind the richest woman is her immediate boss, the supreme authority of Whitehall.

"Assist, with the current public opinion, it is unlikely that the cabinet will agree to even a little military support. We did not participate in the Korean War! If we say that assistance is nothing more than logistical supplies, I have just told you, as for more? Can promise to open Singapore's hospitals to receive wounded soldiers."

The supreme authority put his hands in his trouser pockets with an impatient look on his face, "Even so, I don't want to open up. Who doesn't know the virtues of American soldiers? If something happens, it's fortunate that they are only receiving wounded soldiers."

"Huh?" Richard didn't know how Alan Wilson came up with such a sentence, what it means to be fortunate that he was only receiving wounded soldiers.

"It's really an accident to wipe your ass, it's a wounded soldier, can it be cured or not?" Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said with a look that you understand, "It is known that Malaya's importance to the United Kingdom is any priority. The location, as long as the locals are satisfied, we can do anything except make it independent. A group of cannon fodder better understand this, or else they may be attacked by the Malaysian Communist Party in Malaya.”

Is there a coexistence of horses in Malaya? Is it a climate? That's not a climate, but it can be a climate when necessary.

In short, Richard's future task is to borrow a geographical location that is more convenient than any other country, get part of the US military spending spillover, and push Malaya to an economic level. Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian immigrants with their families have come here now. Certainly not all are very rich, these people are also high-quality labor.

In fact, during the Vietnam War in history, it is not that the Chinese did not get dividends. Singapore is one of them, and South Korea bears the brunt of course. It helps the U.S. military produce cans, tents, raincoats and other military supplies.

Since then, South Korea's national economy has been greatly stimulated and began to develop rapidly.

The rest are Thailand and Singapore, but now Malaya's foundation is obviously better than Thailand's. Even if it can't be used as a rear base, it can make a lot of money by relying on the siphon effect. The Philippines, which did not receive dividends from the Vietnam War, was actually at a loss. The Philippines should have been the most prosperous in the war, but when the opportunity came, it was useless.

"Secretary-General!" At this moment, Dixon walked in, nodded to Richard and reported, "Moscow has agreed to reduce the size of the consulate in northern Iran. Ensure Iran's neutrality."

"Oh!" Alan Wilson smiled and said to the two subordinates, "Since the beginning of Russian history, this period of time in the Soviet Union is a rare and reasonable period."

For this result, Alan Wilson was actually prepared in his heart. After all, during the Brezhnev period, which was known for being tough, Egypt became troubled, and Moscow also evacuated the Soviet army advisory group in Egypt. That is the scale of several thousand people. Does it mean that the Suez Canal is not important? The Soviet Union is still gone.

"It's really unexpected." Dixon also hurriedly expressed his opinion with the supreme authority, although he didn't know where the surprise came from.

In fact, Alan Wilson didn't know either, but he remembered that it seemed that this year, Khrushchev was ousted from power.

The Soviet leader has no problem with being a man, and the problems he sees are also problems in the Soviet Union. It is better than Brezhnev's belief that the Soviet Union has no problems. If there is a problem, the level is indeed a problem.

I don't know if Khrushchev stepped down this time, if there was an additional accusation, maybe now Moscow is already brewing a storm.

When I think about it, this year is quite lively. Khrushchev stepped down, a major country entered the nuclear club, the Tokyo Bay incident broke out, and the Vietnam War began.

Indeed, Xie Lepin returned home without saying a word, his stern look was visible to everyone, and now there are already many members of the Soviet Central Presidium with different aspirations. Shelepin believes that he is definitely not the only one, but to overthrow the supreme authority of the Soviet Union, there is one department that cannot be bypassed, the KGB.

The relationship between Semichasny and Shelepin is simply that Shelepin took a step up, and Semichasny took over a step. Starting from the Secretary of the Communist Youth League of the Moscow Municipal Committee, the relationship between the two was like this. Until Sherepin took over as the chairman of the KGB, the position of secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union was reserved for Semichasny.

During this period, Shemichasne was the second secretary in Azerbaijan for a short time, and it was considered that she did not overlap with Shelepin's career trajectory. In the eyes of others, Shelepin and Shemichasne were considered brothers and sisters, and it was recognized that they had a good relationship. of.

The KGB is the Kremlin's defense force, and as long as this department exists, no one can bypass Lubyanka and threaten the first secretary. Although the KGB could not control people at the level of members of the Central Presidium, the KGB's backer was Khrushchev, and with the deterrent force at the level of the Central Committee, in theory, Khrushchev's position was impregnable.

"The imperialists must be very happy with our compromise now." Shelepin showed no conspiracy in front of Semichasny, expressing his dissatisfaction with Khrushchev.

Semichasny did not speak. He is only forty years old this year. In fact, he became the chairman of the KGB at the age of thirty-six. The backbone of this circle is Shelepin, "How many supporters are there."

"Many people, look at the leaders of the workers and peasants in the past few years, took hundreds of tons of gold to fill the loopholes in the corn movement, not to mention the humiliation of the Cuban missile crisis." Xie Lepin replied in a deep voice.

Semichasny shook his head and analyzed, "It's not enough to rely on us alone, and Suslov is not enough, we must understand Brezhnev's attitude. Since Comrade Kozlov's stroke, Brezhnev has It's the number two person. We can't take a group of high-ranking city officials to attack.~lightnovelpub.net~Foltseva is a woman, but it's not worth noting. If her son has only grown up for 20 years, it would be almost the same. You must understand her movements, Shurik. Do you remember that many years ago, Furtseva came forward to persuade Zhukov to call a military plane to send the Central Committee members of the whole country to Moscow. She personally persuaded most of the Central Committee members at the Moscow airport day and night. , let Khrushchev come back. Be careful of the Ukrainian gang, they are a big force."

The Ukrainian gang has nothing to do with Brezhnev. The current Ukrainian gang in the Soviet Union has other people. Lyansky these people.

"Fortseva dotes on her son so much, it's not difficult to get it done." Shelepin smiled, "Alekseev is still in Jakarta, and she definitely doesn't want to take risks. It can't be like the last time, for more She is already a member of the Central Presidium, do you still want to be the first secretary?"

"If there is no problem with the above, then we have to wait until Khrushchev is not in Moscow to settle the matter." Semichasny nodded, "The first secretary is in Moscow, and it is completely different from absence."

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