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In New Delhi, the capital of India, Nehru couldn’t hide his excitement. He was full of fighting spirit in front of many cabinet ministers. Being able to work with these countries to resolve the Middle East issue is an affirmation in itself for India. In this regard, India should not evade, and should shoulder its international responsibilities without hesitation."

In Nehru's eyes, this is a more important international conference than the Geneva Peace Conference on North Korea and Vietnam and the Bandung Conference a few years ago, and its gold content is much higher.

Except for Germany, which used to be the leader of the Axis powers, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Soviet Union are all major victorious countries in development. It is an honor to discuss issues that determine the fate of another country with these countries at the negotiating table. .

The ministers of the Nehru government also nodded one after another, and Lal **** Shastri immediately agreed, "India's statement is very important, not only the United Kingdom has requests from us. The relationship between the Soviet Union and us is also very important." Well, the current international environment is quite favorable to India, and once the Iranian oil crisis is successfully resolved, India's image as a responsible major country will be further enhanced."

Lal **** Shastri is also a veteran of the Congress Party. After a long struggle, he immediately expressed his support for the British initiative and thought it was a good opportunity.

Another important figure in the Congress Party, Morarji Ranchihoj Desai, was thinking about it.

Unlike Shastri, Desai's political spectrum is more inclined to the deceased former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Patel, who is a conservative in the Congress Party.

After Shastri made his statement, some ministers were also waiting for his opinion, and finally Desai nodded, "The Middle East is the world's energy center, and of course it is very important to India. With India's large population and scarce oil In terms of resources, there is an opportunity to exert influence in the Middle East, and the opportunity should not be missed."

"I think so too." The two elders expressed their opinions one after another, which made Nehru very happy. Unable to hide his excitement, he left his seat and walked around the conference room, saying, "Through this meeting, Let the whole world see the role of India, and now many places are coming out of the colonial system, and the newly independent countries need India to lead them to have an equal dialogue with the suzerain country, and India cannot evade this responsibility."

"The world cannot be in the confrontation between the two major military blocs. Many peace-loving countries need to unite to prevent the outbreak of world war again. There is no doubt that India should take a leading position in it and become the third force to protect peace. "

Nehru also served as foreign minister. In recent years, he has been committed to opening up the situation on the international stage. The previous Bandung Conference was for this purpose. "Once the six-party talks are successful, we will use this to hold a non-aligned conference to unite and become independent from the United States and the Soviet Union. outside."

Both Shastri and Desai were excited when they heard what Nehru said. This is also the grand blueprint that the two want to realize. Only in this way can India stand upright among the nations of the world and become a great country with great reputation .

Now that he has received the support of various factions of the Congress Party, Nehru himself is India's foreign minister, and immediately responded positively to Britain's call on behalf of India, willing to shoulder international responsibility for the Iranian oil crisis.

India almost immediately responded positively to Britain, followed by France. After Charles de Gaulle came to power, the political situation in France was no longer chaotic and its efficiency improved. Britain hopes that France will hold back the United States, and France also hopes that Britain will hold back the United States For this reason, the de Gaulle government supported the British proposition.

In the Kremlin, the center of power in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev smiled genuinely and made no effort to hide his mentality of watching a joke at the imperialist dog-eat-dog, and then asked other people's opinions pretending to be a collective leader.

Foltseva has only been back for a few days, and she said with a smile, "Actually, we can see from the fact that the UK invited us to visit London. Facing the pressure from the US, the UK wants to resist, but due to the gap in strength, we can't I didn’t dare face-to-face confrontation, so I came up with a way to complicate the problem. My previous visit to London was also done by the United Kingdom for Americans.”

"Otherwise, it should be Comrade Gromyko who is the foreign minister."

"Join it first and say, as for after the meeting, whether we will take a neutral position or stand on Iran's side. See if the environment at the time is beneficial to the Soviet Union."

Shelepin said at this time, "The triangle is stable. We have to think about whether the Americans will take the opportunity to think that they can copy the old story of being squeezed out of the UK and cause trouble for us once the UK is squeezed out of Iran by the US."

"Shulik's ideas are very important." Brezhnev said in his old-fashioned and prudent manner, "The imperialists have never known humility, and when they are willing to sit down and talk, there must be no other way. If the United Kingdom concedes defeat, it will be bad if the United States thinks that the Soviet Union will also concede defeat.”

"Comrade Gromyko, officially responding to the British side, the Soviet Union is willing to participate in the six-party talks in a fair and just manner, and do its part to solve the Iranian oil crisis and avoid humanitarian disasters."

The Soviet Union has become the third country to respond to the appeal of the United Kingdom. So far, Soviet Union, France, Britain and India, there are already four countries willing to sit down and talk about the Iranian oil crisis. Among them are the leaders of the third world and two important members of the free world. , and the leader of the opposing camp.

For a while, my Great Britain was sublimated to the utmost, and the glorious age returned. Some operations caused an earthquake in the world's diplomatic field.

Almost at the same time, British public opinion began to put pressure on Germany, with various connotations of Germany, "If Germany does not participate, it will be fine. Even if Germany, the defeated country, is eliminated, the major countries in the world will not be reduced."

In Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo, Alan Wilson is stepping to listen to Ingram's report, including but not limited to who is the representative of the United States, who is the representative of France, and when the king of Belgium will arrive.

"Is there any change on the Gold Coast?" Alan Wilson asked the subordinate, "Now that Belgian Congo is about to become independent, is there any commotion on your side?"

"Not yet. I have had good discussions with many high-level people." Ingram immediately replied, "The matter of the Windsor Castle Hotel has been settled. I don't know when Her Royal Highness needs to transfer the documents."

"Ma... How do I know the itinerary of Her Royal Highness?" Alan Wilson paused and said, "But regarding the colonial affairs, we should consider the feelings of the royal family more, who makes politicians sometimes like to mess around sometimes. You just Tell the Gold Coast that as long as the Nigerian Dominion becomes independent, the Gold Coast will automatically enter the independence agenda. We, the UK, keep our word."

In the Belgian colony, Alan Wilson talks about the British colonies.

"We recently discovered iron ore in northern Ghana." Ingram has been digging internal potential for the past few years. Simply put, it is to explore and understand the resource management of the colony. This is the only thing that is of concern at any time. Just in time to report to the immediate superior, waiting for Alan Wilson's attitude.

"Oh, I don't mean anything else. The key is that a group with strong technology and strong financial resources is needed to do this." Alan Wilson said in a calm tone, "Of course everything is bid under fair and just conditions. .”

"Of course!" Ingram solemnly stated that only the Mountbatten Group with excellent technology and strong financial resources can develop it. There is no other steel group in the UK that is qualified for this.

"The Gold Coast is really a good place. If we don't do our best to benefit the local area, the treasury doesn't have more than 4000 tons of gold. As for the Iranian oil crisis, the United States can solve us in two to three months. There is no six-party talks. "Alan Wilson chuckled, "The stability of the Gold Coast is due to you."

Life on the Gold Coast is second to none in Africa, thanks to the mainstay industries of the last decade, gold and diamond mining.

For Ghana, which has a population of just over 400 million and many non-adult laborers, it is almost the standard configuration of resource countries.

This is also the thinking that Ingram has instilled in the locals of the Gold Coast in recent years. It does not take much effort to control the population, and the people of the Gold Coast can live a much better life than other countries.

The Gold Coast has the resources to afford large-scale construction, even more easily than Nigeria, which is also in West Africa.With the industrial strength of Britain, it is still easy to take care of a colony with such a small population.

Of course, the consequence is that not only the gold and diamonds were taken away by the UK, but the accumulated foreign exchange reserves of up to 5000 million pounds were also turned into reinforced concrete.

As the earliest infrastructure madman, the UK did not lose the ability of the infrastructure madman, but lost the ability to deal with the infrastructure madman in areas without money. For example, the Gold Coast is rich in gold and diamonds. It is not that the UK cannot dream of returning to ten ninth century.

After killing that bastard Kwame Nkrumah, with a little sincerity, the UK can rely on the gold and diamonds that exist on the Gold Coast itself to set up a beacon of democracy in West Africa, the capital Accra It is now a large city with a population of more than one million in West Africa, and people on the Gold Coast only need to hand in the mined gold and diamonds, and they don't even need to hand in the full amount.

"Actually, the upper class on the Gold Coast is so rich. My wife is preparing to build a car sales network recently. Do you see this?" Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and asked Ingram if he was breaking the rules.

What's wrong with the colonial affairs, who didn't come here to benefit the society?Ingram said that some military facilities could be handed over to the Mountbatten Group for warehouses and sales points, which is also to contribute to improving the local economy.

The two chatted happily, and Alan Wilson's chief private secretary, Wick, trotted over and said, "The person attending from the United States is Deputy Secretary of State Smith."

"It's this bastard again. Why is it him again!" Alan Wilson said impatiently, "Is there any good news?"

"I don't know if there is a film team that is shooting scenes in Kinshasa. I heard that it is for the investigation of the new film, and it is led by the president, Ms. Ingrid Bergman." Wick thought for a long time, wondering if this counted. Good news.

"It's better than the news just now." Allen Wilson coughed softly. "I should think about how to deal with this American. He will definitely ask me if I know about the Six-Party Talks."

Chapter 38 One Fish Two Eats

Speaking of this, Alan Wilson suddenly thought, must he see this US Deputy Secretary of State?Who stipulated it?

Wouldn't it be nice to have this time to hold the Swedish car and wipe the headlights?He is just a mere standing deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He doesn't know that the major affairs of these countries should be taken for granted. It is well known that ministers and prime ministers are the ones who have the final say.

How old is he?Must explain to Americans?It's just a way to create by various means, leaving the government with no choice. It's just that in the process, an interest group inevitably emerges. He chooses to help his wife's family and women with the same status as his wife develop.

What is the year of African independence? That is a matter for France. The decision of the United Kingdom depends on the results of the French-Algerian War. At that time, it will make adjustments to its colonial policy. Let go in a few years, and let go a few years later if you win. As for the transportation hub, major interests are related, don't even think about it.

After figuring this out, Alan Wilson hid, and together with Ingrid Bergman, who came to the Belgian Congo to make a scene, he could visit the magnificent mountains and rivers without leaving home.

"Help me make a Nigerian independent film." Holding Ingrid Bergman, who was slightly taller than himself, from behind, Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the large-displacement Volvo is indeed well-deserved.

Ingrid Bergman turned around, looked at her man at the same level and asked, "Do you have any specific requirements?"

"It mainly tells the game around independence. The protagonist is the current Nigerian governor, Azikewe, how to fight against us colonists." Alan Wilson smiled coldly, and prepared to have a talk about the father of the country who is about to become independent. Some flattery.

The core of the film is actually nothing core, that is, it is commendable to go through political struggle with the UK, and to fight against the UK or even go to war with the UK is a dead end.

"Sure enough." Ingrid Bergman said with a reproachful tone, "but it's better than the previous request."

"It's really touching that you can understand my painstaking efforts." Alan Wilson kissed the female president, and pretended not to hear Ingrid Bergman's accusation that it would help American racial harmony movies.

He is a senior Whitehall official, and there is nothing in his eyes that cannot be used politically, but as a member of the free world, what I do is universal value, and what the Soviet countries do is brainwashing.

There is no particular reason, the enemy deserves to die, and living is a waste of the earth's resources.

Ingrid Bergman had to listen for a while, the heresy from her own man, "backward nations should admit a reality, and don't try to change the world. Don't talk about doing it, you shouldn't even think about it, you should accept being led obediently The subordination of the Soviet Union, you see the Soviet Union is very annoying, always want to stand up and make money, how can that be?"

"I listen to you." Ingrid Bergman was very obedient. Although she was considered strong and strong among women, she still had a soft heart and was very obedient to men of the same status as her husband.

Alan Wilson suddenly remembered that Nigeria in the later generations is the world's number one film producer, and it is the same as Indian films in terms of quantity, leading the trend of the world.

Of course there is a reason for this. The capital Lagos is the center of British films in Africa, and the films produced are broadcast all over Africa. Therefore, Ingrid Bergman does not need to recruit manpower, and can directly use the equipment in Lagos.

He was about to shoot a movie biography for every independent African founding father in the future. Ingrid Bergman’s new underwear fell, and the high beams that were about to come out reminded him of the past at the London airport. Small things like movies can be used in the future Besides, it's serious to get the female president's affairs done first.

Ingrid Bergman is obviously a person who pursues the quality of life very much. She flirts with each other for a period of time until she enters the state of ready-to-go battle, and then devotes herself to it, so that she can be happy without causing physical burden.

After finishing business, the topic just now continued. Ingrid Bergman asked why she didn't start shooting a film biography from the Belgian Congo.

Alan Wilson is not good at saying that Lumumba is unreliable, but he just said that this is not under the control of the United Kingdom, but a matter of Belgium.

"If the French government wants to meddle in their own business, your company can apply for a grant from the Charles de Gaulle government. I think the Americans are also very concerned about the independence of the colonies. You can send someone to the United States to ask some foundation, can you provide financial support? The support, after all, is for the cause of the free world, so it is only natural to pay some money."

How could he forget America?This is all to reflect the love of my father, and to introduce Ingrid Bergman the opportunity to eat two, or even three, otherwise, what if the film company loses money?We all know that political films are always very risky.

Nigeria is also about to become independent. Alan Wilson still has a lot to do, such as the debt problem, construction must not be without money, and only mortgages can be borrowed before construction. Nigeria’s collateral is the oil in the Gulf of Guinea, and then it involves the first Two problems, explicit debt and implicit debt, the latter tends to be higher.

Take a large foreign province known as the Soviet Thirteenth Taibao as an example, the sum of explicit and implicit accounts for more than [-]% of the province's economic scale.

Although Alan Wilson doesn't know the specific figure of the Nigerian Dominion's debt, he also needs to find out when he comes to Africa this time.valley

If the debt is in danger of thunderstorms, there is also a way. He is planning to transfer payment from the Gold Coast, which is in a very good financial position, of course to the United Kingdom, and then Nigeria will repay it.After the Gold Coast becomes independent, it will be a creditor country of Nigeria.

Transfer payment is a great move. Otherwise, we must learn from the advantages of other countries, so that we can go far and even surpass it.

If Nigeria can't afford it in the future, won't the future dispute with the Gold Coast be another opportunity for the UK to mediate and arbitrate?The vision must be long-term.

Smith, who traveled thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean to witness Congo's independence, arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo.Witness the world's largest French-speaking colony on its way to independence.

The position of the Belgian Congo in the center of Africa is also valued by the United States, which regards its independence as a symbolic beginning.For this reason, when Belgium was preparing to suppress the Congolese Independence Movement, it often used verbal attacks and threats against the Belgian government, and now it finally got what it wanted.

If it hadn't been for the United Kingdom's six-party talks initiative, which made the United States in a hurry, Smith would have come here long ago.The successive statements made by France, the Soviet Union, and India in the past few days have made the United States quite passive.

The root cause of the problem lies in the stance of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has a strong influence in the gathering area of ​​Azerbaijanis in northern Iran. This is because the Soviet Union has developed for more than ten years after the war, and it has evolved into the deep-rooted situation today.

Originally, Washington believed that the Soviet Union would stand by and watch the battle between the United States and the United Kingdom, watching what they called the so-called internal strife among imperialists. At that time, as long as the United States took care of the United Kingdom, it would naturally be able to expel the Soviet Union through King Pahlavi.

But I didn't expect the Soviet Union to stand on the side of Britain and play the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Iran, which was beyond Washington's expectations.

Smith has been discussing in the U.S. State Department for the past few days how to solve the problem this time, and what attitude should he take towards the four-nation initiative that already includes Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and India?Even if Germany is involved, the United States is almost facing a bunch of countries by itself. The situation in Iran has never been so complicated.

For this reason, Smith was delayed for a while, and now he came to Kinshasa in a hurry.

After coming here, he wanted to talk to diplomats from Britain and France on this occasion, but Alan Wilson didn't have time to talk to him. It wasn't because he was holding grudges, nor was he taking Ingrid Bergman on a rocket. Instead, they are discussing specific steps with Ingram on transfer payments.

In this way, the hard currency such as gold and diamonds exploited by the United Kingdom can be transferred to Nigeria, so that it can continue to have money to promote the construction of Nigeria and continue to provide demand for British exports.

Ingram seemed to have opened the door to a new world, with a very high expression on his face, "Sir Wilson, I didn't expect you to be an economist and have researched financial innovation."

"It's all for the benefit of the society." Alan Wilson put on a pretentious expression, not revealing that in the countries of the Soviet system, transfer payments are a normal phenomenon, which is completely different from the free world.

If the European Union in later generations, Germany, which occupies all the markets, can transfer payments, it can calm down a lot of dissatisfaction with Germany.

But having said that, transfer payment is not in line with the spirit of the free world, and it can eat people without spitting out their bones, so why bother?

Ingram, who had learned it, gave his immediate boss a bunch of carbon elements naturally formed by Mother Earth as tuition fees.

Alan Wilson filled Ingrid Bergman's handbag with diamonds as soon as he changed hands, and the female president came here for logistics support. He couldn't treat others badly.

Alan Wilson, who was avoiding the Americans, even had time to communicate with the French representative Spencer and asked what France thought. This is the largest French-speaking colony in the world. France should firmly support Belgium in retaining the Belgian Congo.

Spencer can't say that the French government is ready to stud, but can only say that making the colonies independent is a historical trend.

"If you hadn't played for Algeria for so many years, I would have believed it." Alan Wilson looked disbelieving.

Finally, King Baudouin I of Belgium landed in Kinshasa after a long flight from Brussels after a long-awaited call. A major protagonist of the independence of the Belgian Congo this time finally appeared.

"Keep everyone waiting for a long time." Belgian King Baudouin I looked polite and greeted him in military uniform.But considering the tropical rainforest climate here, this outfit is also quite challenging.

"Your Majesty the King!" Alan Wilson bowed his head slightly, expressing basic courtesy to the king of a country.If it hadn't been for the king's arrival, Smith still couldn't find his shadow.

Chapter 39 Help me kill a minister

Baudouin I was born in 30 and has just turned [-] this year. The king of a constitutional monarchy has little real power.

It is foreseeable that once the Belgian Congo becomes independent, His Majesty the King, who already has little real power, will have no right to speak politically.

Seeing such a young king, Alan Wilson couldn't help sighing, there are some people in the world who were born in Rome, and some people are destined to be just cattle and horses. Although the king in modern society cannot be as powerful as before, there is still no problem in the life of wealth of.

Thinking about how much older he is, Alan Wilson, he has been through many obstacles along the way. Today, he is just a mere executive deputy minister, and the connections of the Mountbatten family are also at play, otherwise it would not be so fast.

At the Berlin Conference 66 years ago, European countries set the tone for partitioning Africa and launched an attack on the last land in the world that was out of European control. The main contention at the Berlin Conference revolved around today's Belgian Congo.

After more than three months of quarrels, King Leopold II of Belgium took advantage of Britain, France and Germany to make Congo a colony of Belgium. This operation can be described as a model of diplomacy.

In the blink of an eye, 66 years have passed, and the world situation has undergone tremendous changes. Britain, France and Germany, which could freely formulate plans to carve up the world, gave way to the United States and the Soviet Union. The Belgian Congo, the central topic of the Berlin Conference, is now about to become independent.

"The Americans must be very proud, right?" Alan Wilson glanced at Smith from the corner of his eye. Otherwise, the Deputy Secretary of State would not have come all the way from Washington. He must have regarded the independence of the Belgian Congo as the collapse of the colonial system. iconic event.

Lumumba, who was already the leader of the largest party in the Congo, squeezed in among a group of representatives of imperialist powers and welcomed the young Belgian king.This scene is so out of place.

Out of the solidarity of the imperialist powers, Alan Wilson followed the actions of Spencer, the French High Commissioner for Central Africa, ignoring the existence of the Congolese national hero, and at the same time gave Smith a back.

"The Belgian Congo, which covers more than 200 million square kilometers, is independent if you say it is independent? You French and Belgium speak the same language. Why don't you support Belgium's suppression?" Spencer sneered, what about you France?Stand up...

Half of Africa is occupied by the French. In a few decades, which city will be the most French-speaking city in the world?Paris?Not at all, it's Kinshasa, the capital of Congo.

"The Belgians didn't say anything, so what do we say?" Spencer was full of helplessness. France's own colonies were in a state of desperation now, so there was no time to reach out.

Throwing it to Spencer with a face full of excuses, Alan Wilson left the airport directly, unable to give Smith a chance to talk to himself, he has nothing to talk to the United States now, communication about this kind of thing, the ambassador to the UK and the diplomat The minister can talk freely, he is here this time to witness the independence of the Belgian Congo.

In the next few months, he will be like a ghost, floating over Africa. As of now, this year, Cameroon, Senegal, French Togo, and French Madagascar have become independent, all of which are French colonies.

In order to avoid the impact of the independence of the French colonies and protect the stability of the British African colonies, he probably has little time to care about other things this year. Instead, he ran around in British Africa to prevent a single spark from starting a prairie fire and protect the British colonial system. smooth response.

Among the few luxury hotels in Kinshasa, Ingrid Bergman is like a good wife and mother, preparing clothes for senior British bureaucrats lying on the bed. A lady with the same status as his wife is absolutely genuine.

At this moment, the phone on display suddenly rang, and the female president, who was afraid of quarreling with Alan Wilson, hurried to answer it. The men's shirt on her body was floating because of this action, and the mysterious place was looming, "Who are you?"

The person on the other side of the microphone was not surprised at all, "Mrs. Ingrid? This is Grace, and I'm looking for Sir Wilson."