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The half-life of the British Empire in Malaya is by no means a lie. In terms of basic industries, Malaya's production capacity has surpassed that of the mainland. Coal, iron and oil are all three items. This is the lifeblood of a country.

Last year, the UK produced 23 million tons of steel, 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's local cement production is 15 million tons, and Malaya's 30 million tons. Malaya itself does not have much coal. Although it has been explored, it has always relied on Australia's supply. The UK's domestic consumption of 200 million tons has the upper hand in this regard.

Relying on the UK's domestic industrial production capacity, it cannot support the current settlement share of the British pound. In fact, even if Malaya is added, it will not be able to support it either, but it will change a lot. From the perspective of the United Kingdom, if the world is peaceful, the pound can still be maintained by virtue of inertia.

However, Alan Wilson knew in his heart that once the United States lost too much blood due to the Vietnam War, it would put its mind on the pound.

The fundamental reason for the sharp decline in the settlement amount of the British pound in the 1970s was that the UK could not support such a large settlement share. Once the United States made a move, the UK would not be able to resist. Currency needs physical support, which is supported by the production capacity of the Malayan colony, which is more reliable than inertial dependence.

No matter what happens, the United Kingdom cannot withdraw the British army in the Middle East and pinch the remaining protectorates in the Middle East. In addition, the production capacity of British Malaya is at least stronger than that of Russia during the Great Emperor's time. Russia only has resources and production capacity but no finance. Britain has what it wants, but it is worse than the United States in every aspect.

As the high commissioner of such a colony, Richard's position is of course being watched. Who wouldn't want to go to Mingzhu to be the supreme authority? Even the African colonies need to replace the high commissioner, and everyone rushes to go there.

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

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

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

Richard deeply felt the great responsibility, and he was actually very happy to be the High Commissioner to Malaya. It would depend on whether he was willing to change a permanent deputy minister. But he also knows that the economic foundation of Malaya is the combination of the richest woman and the joint nobles of the four families with the local compradors in Malaya. The man behind the richest woman is her immediate boss, the supreme authority in Whitehall.

"Assistance, based on 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 you say that assistance is nothing more than logistics and supply, I have just told you. As for bigger? At most Can promise to open hospitals in Singapore to receive wounded soldiers."

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

"Huh?" Richard didn't know why Alan Wilson came up with such a sentence, what does it mean to be lucky and only accept wounded soldiers.

"It's really an accident, wipe your ass, you are a wounded soldier, can you cure him or not?" Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, showing his eyes and said, "It is known that the importance of Malaya to the United Kingdom is at the top of any priority." As long as the local people are satisfied with the location, we can do anything except make it independent. A group of cannon fodder should understand this, otherwise they may also be attacked by the Malayan Communist Party in Malaya.”

Do horses coexist in Malaya? Yes, is it a climate? That is not a climate, but it can be a climate when necessary.

In short, Richard's future task is to borrow part of the US military spending overflow by borrowing a more convenient location than any other country, and push Malaya to a higher economic level. Isn't there hundreds of thousands of Indonesian immigrants with their families running over now? Surely it can't be that they are all extremely rich, these people are also high-quality labor force.

In fact, during the Vietnam War in history, it was not that the Chinese did not enjoy dividends. Singapore was one of them, and South Korea was the first to bear the brunt. As the Vietnam War became more and more fierce, the US military’s demand for war materials increased day by day. South Korea received a large number of US troops. munitions orders to help the U.S. military produce cans, tents, raincoats and other munitions.

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 still make a lot of money by relying on the siphon effect. The Philippines, which didn't get any dividends from the Vietnam War, actually suffered a lot. The Philippines should have made war fortunes the most, but when the opportunity came, it was useless.

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"Secretary-General!" At this moment, Dixon walked in, nodded to Richard and then reported, "Moscow has agreed to reduce the size of the Iranian consulate in the north. Guarantee Iran's neutral status."

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

For this result, Allen Wilson was actually prepared in his heart. After all, during the Brezhnev period, which was known for its toughness, Egypt broke out, and Moscow also withdrew the Soviet advisory group from Egypt. That is the scale of thousands of people. Could it be said 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 unexpected happened.

In fact, Alan Wilson didn't know either, but he remembered that Khrushchev was kicked out this year.

The leader of the Soviet Union has no problems in being a human being, and the problems he sees are also problems existing in the Soviet Union. It is better than Brezhnev thinking that the Soviet Union has no problems. If there are problems, the level is indeed problematic.

I don't know if Khrushchev's resignation this time is one more accusation, maybe a storm is already brewing in Moscow now.

Thinking about it this way, this year is very lively. Khrushchev stepped down, a certain big country entered the nuclear club, the Tokyo Bay incident broke out, and the Vietnam War began.

Indeed, Xie Leping returned home without saying a word, and everyone could see his stern expression. Now, within the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, there are already many members 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 Semychasny and Shelepin is simply that Shelepin stepped up to a higher level, and Semichasny took over a higher level. Starting from the secretary of the Moscow Municipal Committee, the relationship between the two has been this way. Until Selepin 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 Semychasny. Shelepin joined the Presidium of the Central Committee, and Semychasny became the chairman of the KGB.

During this period, Semichasny served as the second secretary in Azerbaijan for a short time, and it can be regarded that his career path did not coincide with that of Shelepin. In the eyes of others, Shelepin and Semichasny can be regarded as brothers and sisters, and it is recognized that the relationship is good. of.

The KGB is the Kremlin's defense force, and as long as this department exists, no one can bypass Lubyanka to pose a threat to the First Secretary. Although the KGB cannot control people at the level of members of the Central Bureau, the backer of the KGB is Khrushchev. Coupled with the deterrent power to the level of the Central Committee members, Khrushchev's position is theoretically solid.

"Now the imperialists must be very happy with our compromise." Shelepin had no conspiracy in front of Semychasny, expressing his dissatisfaction with Khrushchev.

Semichasny did not speak. He is only 40 years old this year. In fact, he became the chairman of the KGB at the age of 36. The backbone of this circle is Shelepin. "How many supporters do you have?"

"Many people, look at the fact that in the past few years, the leaders of the workers and peasants have taken 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, "We can't do it alone, and Suslov is not enough, we must understand Brezhnev's attitude ~lightnovelpub.net~ Since Comrade Kozlov's stroke , Brezhnev is number two, we can't bring a group of high-ranking city officials to attack."

"Foltseva is a woman, but it is not worth noting. If her son has only grown up for twenty years, it will be about the same. But it is best to understand her movements, Shulik. You remember that many years ago, Fultseva came forward Convincing Zhukov, dispatching military planes to send the Central Committee members of the country to Moscow, she personally spent a day and a night at the Moscow airport, convincing most of the Central Committee members and making 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. Liyansky these people.

"Fortseva dotes on her son so much, it's not difficult at all." Shelepin said with a smile, "Alekseev is still in Jakarta, she is definitely not willing to take risks. It can't be like last time, for more Go up to the next floor and fight, she is already a member of the Central Presidium, do you still want to be the first secretary?"

"If there are no problems with the above, then we have to wait until Khrushchev is not in Moscow to settle the matter." Semichasny nodded, "It is completely different from the fact that the First Secretary is in Moscow."