British civil servant

"You think too much." Alan Wilson shook his head, "I want the London Maritime Arbitration Commission to arbitrate Japan's illegal subsidies and dump them on other countries."

The United Kingdom has been the number one maritime power for so many years, and it always leaves a bit of heritage behind.

When a large number of contracts are generated, disputes are naturally inevitable.When dealing with such maritime and maritime disputes, enterprises have to face foreign arbitration. British maritime law is generally applied internationally, and maritime arbitration is also a part of it.

The London Maritime Arbitrators Association is recognized as an international maritime arbitration center, so its arbitral awards have the highest enforceability internationally. The London Maritime Arbitration Commission in London happens to be able to manage this issue until now.

"Public shipbuilding companies should try to merge to reduce competition, and private shipbuilding companies should also integrate. If they can compete with Japanese shipbuilding companies under the guidance of the government, they will always be stronger than they are now."

Makins thought while listening, and finally replied, "If this is the case, Clarkson should provide the evidence. But it seems that we are a free world. Does this count as trade protection?"

"Do you think the pound zone is a trade barrier?" Alan Wilson asked coldly.

The two ended the discussion at the same time, as if they hadn't spoken at all, Makins traded unintentionally, "I'll find a way to make a reason why the shipbuilding industry must be saved, but I need the help of the Ministry of Defense."

"As long as the report on the shipbuilding industry is honest and reliable, the Ministry of Defense will definitely be willing to help." Alan Wilson said this and paused. "The most urgent task now is to clarify how many shipyards have encountered operational difficulties. This information must be known to the cabinet. "

Of course, this is not enough. Alan Wilson is thinking about how South Korea defeated Japanese shipbuilding, and whether it can learn from some experience.

So to deal with the threat of Japanese shipbuilding, Alan Wilson has almost three ideas. The first is to gain time through the long-arm jurisdiction of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association and Clarkson, and then immediately start adjusting the focus of the British shipbuilding industry. It is best Can get other European countries to help.

At the same time, he now wants to persuade the cabinet to use a series of vocational school students established in Malaya to come to local shipyards for internships.

After all, the British mainland is too far away from Japan. If the bayonet is really popular, it has to go to Malaya, which is holding the Strait of Malacca.

Chapter 75 Increase in military expenditure

As far as a country is concerned, the basic coal and iron industry is a must. The UK must have this condition. As for Japan?Alan Wilson seems to remember that there is a warship island in Japan with coal mines on it.

After losing Hokkaido, Japan’s limited mineral resources gap was even bigger, and its own resources were definitely not as good as Malaya. In terms of geographical environment, before the independence of British India, Britain finally chose Malaya as the next pearl. , needless to say geographical conditions?

The same is imported iron ore, how much is the cost in Japan, and how much is the cost in Malaya? Calculate the price difference, and fight Japan according to this price difference. I don’t need to 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 during 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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alan Wilson is thinking about how many departments need to work together, and the Chief Private Secretary Wick is reporting on the negligible and insignificant diplomatic achievements made by 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 repeat the scriptures, pretending that he didn't see the wandering spirit of his immediate boss. As a subordinate, any doubts about the boss itself represent unreliability.

"Maybe our minister is complacent, boasting about that insignificant achievement." Alan Wilson said lazily, "It's normal, American mother and British father."

"Basically that's all." Wick didn't answer, and stopped where he was, waiting for Alan Wilson's order.

"In the name of the British Foreign Office, I protest against Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, protesting against Japan's manipulation of the exchange rate to dump the UK and the European Community market." Alan Wilson thought while thinking, "The Australian Commissioner must clearly point out in Australia The possibility of Japan launching an economic war, this is a bloodless war, the war is not over, it just reappeared at another level."

"By the way, isn't northern 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 used Japanese faces as a cover to attack Southeast Asia. Infiltrate. Inform GCHQ of this possibility and work on it."

"I want to analyze the characteristics of the Japanese shipbuilding industry, focusing on what types of ships."

Allen Wilson just said casually, without considering this possibility at all. At this time, he never thought that this is exactly what the Soviet Union is currently doing. He also has a good son who is about to graduate.

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 finished his inspection of British West Africa. Sometime this year Tangany Kazakhstan should be turned into a self-governing dominion, and according to our agreement with Nigeria, Nigeria will be officially independent next year after a few years. Don’t make any problems with the last time. When I was in British India, I made a countdown sign every day Update, still very useful, give Nigerians something to look forward to..."

Allen Wilson originally asked the secretary to prepare the documents for North Rhodesia, but he was surprised when he started talking endlessly. There are so many things?

"That's it for now!" Alan Wilson thought for a long time, and found that there was nothing to add for the time being, and it was the same when he remembered that he would talk about it tomorrow.

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

"The South African problem?" Allen Wilson said to himself, leaning back tactically, "This is the aftermath of the independence of French Africa."

South Africa has always had an apartheid system, which divides South Africans into four classes. I don’t know if they have been inspired by the famous big countries. Alan Wilson thinks that some Hindu elites should try the missionary effect in South Africa.

Historically, this year should be the time when South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth of Nations. After all, the British and the Boers had feuds. After two world wars, the Boer political party defeated the British immigrant party to form a government and became the first South African government composed entirely of white South Africans. The cabinet marked the beginning of white South Africans taking sole power in South Africa. In the same year, South Africa began to implement the policy of apartheid.

With the emergence of many countries in French Africa within a year, Britain gradually gave up colonial rule.Prime Minister Eden delivered a speech of change in Cape Town, marking Britain's formal abandonment of the South African colony.

The situation in Africa was changing, and the British immigrants and the Boers had to unite under this threat.

This allowed whites to unite against blacks, especially in a regime monopolized by whites, where the Boers had an advantage, and their sense of crisis and defense against blacks was far greater than that of the British.

They believe that if Western capitalism generally allows the free transfer of land through buying and selling and encourages the flow of labor, the whites, whose number is less than 20.00%, will sooner or later become disadvantaged.

Alan Wilson, who didn't want to show up in front of Macmillan, had to show up to talk to the Foreign Secretary about South Africa.

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

Compared with the vastness of Africa, any powerful country will choose to sacrifice South Africa. Blood is thicker than water is bullshit.

Not supporting South Africa's apartheid policy does not mean openly opposing it, "Because of the Boer War, Britain was very cruel to the Boers. Under the current background, my suggestion is to use the Boer War as an excuse to express the British guilt towards South Africa. , so we don’t condemn South Africa on the surface, of course it has nothing to do with South Africa’s huge gold reserves, Britain has never been a country that cares about the legitimate wealth of other countries.”

"Allen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs really needs you." McMillan was amazed at how he could say two completely different meanings in one sentence. He mentioned the Boer War in the front, and said he didn't think about other countries' affairs in the back. Legal wealth, then the question is, what was the cause of the Boer War, and it was not the local giant gold mine.

"Dear minister, each era has considerations of an era." Alan Wilson replied with a smile, "We as diplomats never care about what we said in the past, we only care about what we are going to do now."

"If the South Africans are smart enough, hurry up and learn from the French partition plan to solve the black problem. If you want blacks to be low-end labor force, you will definitely have problems if you don't give them power. This is what North Rhodesia does. It's good that South Africa has the basis to do it, but I think they're too greedy and probably won't budge."

"And it's not in the interests of the UK to come up with this kind of idea. The minister just visited Washington, and some remarks may make the French a little displeased. If they express their support for South Africa on the issue of partition? It may increase the French's support for the UK. distrust, which is very troublesome."

Macmillan can't finish France in Washington and hand it over to South Africa's partition proposal?Although the foreign ministers are all chameleons, this is a little too fast.

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

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

"Dear minister, maybe you are not as optimistic as you think. Of course, it is okay to be cautiously optimistic." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, and only briefly recalled Kennedy, a problem child who had only been in power for three years, and concluded that Macmillan It is wishful thinking.

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

There is no need to hide anything. Alan Wilson, who has left Macmillan's office, is thinking about whether the conditions of the United States will remain the same, or whether the British influence should be removed from Iran. How will Macmillan explain his achievements then?

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

Alan Wilson was still busy saving the shipbuilding industry, and contacted Richard, the High Commissioner of Malaya, to inquire about the student reserve of the vocational and technical schools established in his second term.

I asked Frank from the Ministry of Finance about the current financial situation. In the 60s, the UK has finally re-established its own circular economic system, and no longer has to look down on huge debts.

Although the debt has already been paid off, it took a few more years for the domestic financial pressure. It is very simple. Isn’t domestic debt debt?

In a sense, Japan after the Plaza Accord can be regarded as a financial innovation. It has maintained a [-]% debt for so many years. Japan took this path first, and other countries will follow.

The financially healthy answer came from Frank, and Alan Wilson nodded, "In other words, increasing fiscal expenditures and stimulating the shipbuilding industry will not cause financial pressure?"

"It depends on what you plan to increase your financial expenditure to." Frank's heart moved, and he asked uncertainly, "Increase military expenditure?"

"Of course this is the old way, otherwise?" Alan Wilson shrugged, "Otherwise, the shipbuilding industry does not have a strong support, what should we do? Britain is a 600 billion pound economy, and its military expenditure has been maintained at a scale of [-] billion pounds. ?”

The current economic size of the UK is 600 billion pounds, which is 700 billion U.S. dollars.

"To maintain 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."

The first thousand and seventy-sixth chapter father-in-law's support

Alan Wilson has already thought of this theory called the trickle-down effect as an argument to persuade the cabinet to agree to increase military spending.If Reagan can trickle down, so can he.

And the UK is actually better equipped to use the trickle-down effect than the US because of the existence of the pound zone.The trickle-down effect is simply a theory to fool people, just like economists who don't understand economics.

In the era of globalization, the trickle-down effect uses increased spending as a means to revitalize the economy, and the result is that the money sent out will inevitably flow abroad. In fact, if the Soviet Union survives this trick, the United States will inevitably cause the debt crisis many years earlier because of Reagan’s operation. arrival.

In the era of globalization, the volume effect is ultimately cheaper for other countries, because there is always a country with lower manufacturing costs than you, and fiscal expenditures will only go to other countries after passing through the United States.

In the second half of Reagan's term, the U.S. debt was extremely high, but the economy had slowed down. By 1990, the U.S. economy had grown by [-] percent. The trickle-down effect had failed, but at this time the Soviet Union collapsed.

The consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union was that victory came too easily, and the United States did not feel the danger of doing so at all.Keep going along the wrong road, and when it's time to turn around, you can't go back.

Because of the existence of the sterling zone, the British economic circle is somewhat closed, and the consequences of the trickle-down effect will at least be locked in the sterling zone. If something goes wrong, the UK can recover its losses.

What's more, Alan Wilson just tried his hand in the shipbuilding industry, and was not prepared to practice Reaganomics in the UK.

Given that the Conservative Party is in power, the Conservative Party should not adopt the method of subsidizing the British shipbuilding industry.But to help maintain the size of the shipbuilding industry through military orders, the Conservative Party should have no objection.

First of all, the cabinet must be informed that the traditional British shipbuilding industry has reached a very dangerous time. When it comes to employment and support rates, Makins naturally does his part, saying that he will compile a report to prove this point.

"The Ministry of Defense should not be a problem." Alan Wilson muttered, Marshal Mountbatten would definitely not object to the increase in naval orders. He had already asked the Ministry of Finance before, and financial health can support this plan.

The last part is my own work in the field of diplomacy. First of all, let British citizens know that Britain is facing the threat of Japanese shipbuilding at this time, and link the progress of Japanese shipbuilding with currency manipulation and illegal subsidies.

At the same time, Allen Wilson is also preparing to put pressure on the United States, which may not be effective, but this must be done.It is not to pour dirty water on the United States, although it is true that the United States checks and balances Britain and France by supporting Germany and Japan.

This fact cannot be made public, even if many people know it in their hearts.

Alan Wilson believes that there are differences in the rulers of countries in the world, but because of different national strengths, they have different fault tolerance rates. Of course, when thinking this way, people like Getu must be excluded.

The difficulties faced by the Soviet Union during his tenure were all created by him. Even if it continues to decline like this, the situation is much better than that of the Soviet Union's eastern neighbors.

The United States will also make mistakes, but the United States has a comfortable environment to adjust.The U.S. environment also has disadvantages, that is, the U.S. always thinks that it can advance and retreat or defend, and if it is really impossible, it can live behind closed doors.

Anyway, the United States in the 21st century will absolutely not be able to do this. If you dare to do this, the per capita US$[-] will be cut in half in an instant.

Alan Wilson, who believed in his heart that any country would make mistakes, dared to try to confront the United States.

Of course, it is still a bit early, starting with Japan, we can test the reaction of the United States through the affairs of Japan.

Since [-], trade frictions between the United States and Japan have begun, mainly over textiles.

Since the United States can have trade frictions with Japan, so can the United Kingdom. If the United States thinks that the United Kingdom cannot, it means that the United States has malice against the United Kingdom.

"Collecting the industries that Japan has developed in recent years, it is possible to form industrial competition with the United Kingdom... er, the European Community countries. Based on this assessment, we will discuss countermeasures with other European Community countries at this year's European Community meeting. , all countries learn from each other’s strengths and cooperate with each other to build industrial barriers. The United States can turn a blind eye to the brutal development of Japan’s intellectual property plagiarism, but we have no such obligation.”

"Understood, Executive Deputy Minister!" The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who participated in the meeting responded in unison.

"Japan is booming in the textile industry, shipbuilding and even automobiles. We need to let other EU countries know this fact. There is a preparation in advance, which is also for the development of Europe."

Since the UK has not been locked out of the European Community through his efforts, but is the leader of the European Community, and it is one of them to give France a face, then it is necessary to make good use of the framework of the European Community to deal with it together.

Iceland was tortured for two years before, but it was just a small test, and it was the first time to seriously deal with Japan.

"Permanent Undersecretary, in Washington, the new Secretary of State Dean Rusk has informed us that the six-party talks should resume. The United States is willing to play a role in ending the Iran oil crisis."

After waiting for Alan Wilson to arrange everything, Dixie notified Washington of the request.

It is a request, and Alan Wilson did not hear a trace of respect from this report. He sneered in his heart, but on the surface he was pleasant, "We have always expected that the Iranian oil crisis will have a good result. First, Mr. Dean Rusk's resume Show me, who is our new friend?"

"It's really troublesome to still have a relationship with the UK." Alan Wilson looked at the resume of the new US Secretary of State, and it fits the sentence that overseas Chinese are the most anti-China?Maybe not absolutely, but more or less what it means.

Lax came from a humble background, and achieved success through personal struggle.When he was young, he won the famous Rhodes Scholarship of Oxford University, and then returned home with a master's degree from Oxford University. Since then, the two laurels of the Rodriguez Scholarship winner and the top student of Oxford University have become his ladder to success.

When the United States faced the challenge of World War II, he resolutely threw his pen into the army.In the ensuing five-year campaign, he made many military exploits and once served as Stilwell's deputy chief of staff.Lax's performance in the army was appreciated by Marshall and other leaders.

"Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation!" When Alan Wilson saw this, he was basically sure that the attitude of the United States would not change. Even if he was ignorant, he knew where the Rockefeller family's industries were concentrated.

Although the Standard Oil Company was dismantled because of Roosevelt's antitrust laws, Rockefeller's energy in the oil field is still there, and this time the six-party talks started because of the Iranian oil issue.

"It's even more troublesome for Japan." Alan Wilson strengthened his determination, and it seemed inevitable that he would suffer losses on the Iran issue.

It is necessary to find some supplements from one place. Japan, a country with no resources, is more suitable for making soft persimmons.

Of course, this is in the name of saving the shipbuilding industry, and there is nothing to say when there is righteousness in hand, but if you want the cabinet to make the decision he expects, you have to discuss it with your father-in-law.

Mountbatten is 61 years old, but it is obviously not yet time to retire. He will stay in the position of commander-in-chief of the British armed forces for at least five years. This is the time when the military has the highest power.

When he came to the door, Edwina Ashley, Mountbatten's wife, was also there, and Alan Wilson greeted him politely, "Madam, is the Marshal here, I have something to do."

"Alan, you are fine in everything, but you have some problems with addressing." Edwina Ashley couldn't help shaking her head and smiling wryly, "When calling us, we all use very formal names. I don't know why this is the case."

"Uh, it may be caused by my father's education. When I was in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I was also called the Permanent Secretary, and I didn't like the title of Sir Wilson." Alan Wilson explained with a smile, "But it's just The issue of addressing doesn’t mean anything, my relationship with Pamela is solid, how could I get out of touch with you?”

"It couldn't be better, but Pamela only comes back when the weather gets warmer, and I see her less and less." Edwina Ashley couldn't help but sigh, "wealth is getting bigger and bigger , but you have to take care of your family as well.”

Alan Wilson couldn't help but the corners of his mouth twitched. He felt that he should make any request to Mountbatten. Because of his appearance, Edwina Ashley was not clear with Nehru. How could it be like now? Look like a good wife and mother?

With this in mind, Marshal Mountbatten should give his good son-in-law [-]% support within his authority.

"Trickle effect? ​​You don't have so many nouns." After listening to his son-in-law for a long time, Mountbatten was unmoved. Mountbatten is tall and has a face that speaks naturally.

"Specifically, it is to increase military spending and save the shipbuilding industry through military orders to benefit the country and the people." Alan Wilson also ignored Whitehall's careful training, and directly said what soldiers love to hear.

"Increase military spending!" Mountbatten straightened his already tall body like a cat smelling fish, "Tell me carefully."

"Although the shipbuilding industry is not a high-end industry, it is not a low-end industry. It is currently facing competition from Japan. Whitehall means to prepare early. I have a few ideas, mainly..."

"The previous measures plus increasing military spending, I think it will definitely be effective. There is still a lot of room for development in the current military spending of the UK. We can think of ways to do this. Many projects also need military support, and now It's the Conservatives who are in power, and for these reasons, I think..."

The good son-in-law talked about Bibi for a long time, but Mountbatten actually didn't listen to a word, but he grasped the core point, which is to increase military spending, "What kind of response does the military need?"

"In fact, there is no need to react. We cannot act too hastily. Before I go to Basra, I will start to launch a dumping investigation on Japan to shape support for public opinion."

Allen Wilson lowered his voice, and Marshal Mountbatten nodded frequently. Weng and his son-in-law had reached a consensus on increasing military expenditures.

Chapter 77 I save the shipbuilding industry