British civil servant

Maggins was so surprised that he almost doubted whether his friend was British.

Alan Wilson has been sending out invitations recently, regarding the Commonwealth Games as a stage to showcase the achievements of Malaya's development, especially the invitation to India, which is absolutely affectionate.It directly inflates India's treatment, and people who don't know think that Britain is dealing with a superpower.

In terms of sponsorship, the Mountbatten Group is naturally the first to bear the brunt, together with the four Hong Kong family companies including Swire Group and Jardine Group, to ensure the maximum benefit.

The colonial government of Malaya temporarily liberalized the lottery industry, stimulating the most primitive gambling desire.As for the representatives present, Princess Margaret, on behalf of the royal family, the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, all confirmed to attend, which can be described as extremely important.

He even asked Norman Brook to see if the Supreme Authority was interested, to rest and relax.Maybe you can also see the craftsmanship of oriental carpenters, and be inspired by the cabinet secretary's carpentry hobby.

The supreme authority has now discovered that Alan Wilson is very concerned about this sports meeting, so he couldn't help joking, "If something goes wrong in this sports meeting, you will be very sad."

"Probably not, my lord, Malaya implements the Qing law." Alan Wilson squinted his eyes and said, "This law is relatively strict, so I made a bunch of management regulations to prevent local residents from touching it." This kind of punishment. But when I am concentrating on doing one thing, if someone comes out to make trouble, the law of the Qing Dynasty can't be mobilized."

"For example?" Norman Brook unscrewed the cup and asked after taking a sip of water.

"For example, the law of continuous sitting!" Alan Wilson introduced this set of landmark bills since Shang Yang's reform.

"It's really scary enough." Norman Brook let out a long breath, and then suddenly asked, "The Supreme Court discussed the abolition of the death penalty before, but now I won't mention it. Does it have anything to do with you?"

Since Norman Brook asked this, he already had doubts in his heart. Of course, he didn't want to give any guidance, but just wanted to ask Alan Wilson what he thought.

"It's just out of a simple sense of justice. In principle, it can not be implemented, but if it is abolished, if the effect is not good, we will not be able to bring the bill back. This is the same as the extension of maternity leave. If it does not have a positive effect, think It’s hard to go back to where we started.”

Although the legal circle is detached, it is actually just a small closed circle. The law is high above and closed to ordinary citizens, which is why the abolitionists in many countries can get things done.

But how to put it, as long as you can get in touch with this circle, it is not too difficult to stop it.The Supreme Court is not all judges, there are also civil servants, and they also count on Whitehall to pay their salaries.What's more, in the free world, there is nothing that money can't settle.

The separation of the three powers is useless in the face of capital, not to mention the three powers, divided into one hundred powers, it is useless or useless.

The time when India received the invitation letter from the Commonwealth was at the same time as the British Royal Navy's Indo-Pacific military exercise on the east and west sides, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.

This time, New Delhi was not notified of the Indo-Pacific military exercise. After learning the news, it was unavoidable to be a little shocked.

This is even more so as the follow-up news comes. I heard that there will be an amphibious landing exercise, which will be carried out on the land of Goa.This made many members of the National Congress feel a slight threat.

At this time, the invitation letter with soft words and full of respect was handed over to Nehru.

This is not to show courtesy first and then soldiers. Britain understands that India does not know what to do first before soldiers. It must show its strength first, and it is talking about business.Otherwise, Indians will only think that you are afraid of him.

"The British side mainly has two things to do, repeating the previous invitation, and hoping that India will talk to the Portuguese through the Games in Kuala Lumpur. From this point of view, the Indo-Pacific military exercise this time is a warning from the UK and Portugal at the same time. people."

The first thousand and 150 chapters and five joint plans

Hold a big stick with a smile on your face, or when encountering resistance, the iron bar sweeps, the resistance increases, and the iron bar becomes thicker.

The two famous sayings of the United States and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom will still tend to choose the rebellious style of doing things.

Maozi's straight-forward attitude is okay if he is in the honeymoon period, but it is really uncomfortable when he really turns his face.

The most important thing is that you still don't know whether Maozi is in the stage where the big brother is digging out his heart and lungs for his allies, or he is in the stage of the coming of a loving father, which is very troublesome.

While staying with his wife at home, Alan Wilson got the reply from the Indian side that there was nothing wrong with the names of Nehru and Shastri, but when he saw the name Desai, his Adam's apple twitched involuntarily.

"My God, what disgusted you to see?" Pamela Mountbatten happened to see this scene, and glanced curiously at the reply telegram from India, her gaze fell on the name Desai, and she couldn't help curling her lips, "This person is not a high-level member of the National Congress Party."

"Who else can join hands with Nehru and Shastri, besides him?" Alan Wilson suppressed his nausea. He has also experienced many battles and has seen a lot. He has never seen any high-level Indian ?

But just because he saw it, he felt that he was still young and not enough to deal with all the problems in this world.

To this day, he still remembers the scene where this senior member of the Congress Party and later a certain Prime Minister of India, surrounded by thousands of people, promoted natural therapy without changing his expression.

Natural therapy is based on Hindu traditions and is closely related to the beliefs of the Indian people. Desai used this as a means of rallying support. Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, he drank a cup of urine in one go, which was absolutely clean and hygienic.

This scene frightened the little imperialist running dog Alan Wilson to pee, exclaiming that India was invincible.

Pamela Mountbatten had only heard about this man from her husband, and she had only heard of him in the Governor's Palace of British India.But I can still recall Alan Wilson's pale face at the time.

"I remember him, like Patel, a conservative wing of the Congress Party." Pamela Mountbatten asked, "India's understanding this time? That was really unexpected."

"Although he is a high-level man, Nehru has the final say." Alan Wilson got up and took a glass of wine, decided to suppress the memories of natural therapy, and continued, "At present, Nehru's reaction is still restrained. , as I said before, an Eagle class, two centaur battle groups, plus a nuclear submarine are enough to make India feel our presence. Back in Myanmar, India as a neighbor can also feel it.”

This has to mention the benefits of General Aung San’s life. The United Kingdom doesn’t care that countries like Myanmar have both sides. It is very good to share the interests of neighboring countries. At this time, Malaya can rely on the siphon effect to exert influence on its surrounding areas.

The residents of Malaya don't have to think about anything, just follow the instructions issued by London to complete the task.

"Don't mention India. I'll reply to them at work tomorrow. What about you? Have you settled for Australia's broadcasting rights? The most important thing is that this sports meeting must be profitable and create economic benefits, at least not lose money."

"It's settled, I also won the broadcasting rights in Canada and Newfoundland through the Hudson Bay Company." Pamela Mountbatten said with great concern, "But will the Olympic Committee be dissatisfied? "

"Ad breaks? What about on-site advertising?" Alan Wilson curled his lips, "Whatever they do, this is the Commonwealth Games, not the Olympics. Cooperating with anti-doping organizations is to support the work of the Olympic Committee, and to choose gone?"

Advertisements are not allowed in the Olympic venues, which is the difference between the Olympic Games and other events.

The mission and vision of the Olympic Games determine that its humanistic, social, and spiritual attributes are above everything else, and of course it is above commercial attributes.

In the Olympic arena, it is necessary to highlight the Olympic elements and the Olympic spirit, rather than dilute and dilute these most important things with a large number of sponsors' brand elements and commercial elements.

Therefore, the principle of "clean venues" in the "Olympic Charter" stipulates that during the Olympic Games, all buildings, facilities and areas within the view of spectators, registrants, and television and camera lenses should not have commercial features that are not in line with the Olympic environment. advertising or other information.

That is to say, commercial brands or advertisements are not allowed to appear in the area where the naked eye can see at the Olympic Games site, and in any area that you can see through the broadcast screen.This principle must be followed by all Olympic host cities.

Leave the humanities and spirit to the Olympics. This is the Commonwealth Games. If possible, Alan Wilson would prefer to turn it into an advertising exhibition. The key is to make a profit, and everything else is nonsense.

Almost no one will apply for the Olympic Games after decades, and Britain can't do things like losing money and making money.

"This sports meeting is also a cultural event. I'd better contact some well-respected singers and actors in the English-speaking world and work together." Alan Wilson said his thoughts. Is it on stage yet?

The London Olympics is not a failure as some people say. After all, Britain’s influence in the English-speaking world exists, and the influence of the London Olympics can be said to be the best in 20 years.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but my dear, you don't have much to do with culture." Pamela Mountbatten covered her mouth and snickered, "Besides, you are so big? Someone needs to cooperate."

"In a diversified society, if we want to reflect the different cultural characteristics of the British Empire, we should let Taylor cooperate in the local area, and all the rest will be called from Xiangjiang, and the governor of Hong Kong and local legislators will be notified, and it will be almost enough."

Alan Wilson remembered that last time he regarded the governor's financial independence policy as a fart, and now the governor may not have calmed down, so he won't bother his old man.

Xia Meng had to attend. This kind of event, which was similar to a political mission, would greatly enhance a star's status, especially for Xia Meng. As for Elizabeth Taylor, he asked Vivien Leigh if she had the chance to save face.

It took a few more days to finalize these matters. Alan Wilson also took the opportunity to go to Glasgow and communicate with the local interns. He formally informed Nehru that he planned to invite Portugal and India to have a frank and honest talk on the occasion of the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

In terms of diplomatic work, Alan Wilson is cooperating with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to fully promote the merger of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs. And so on a series of departments.

These departments and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are located on different floors of the same headquarters building, and every foreign secretary has been interested in merging other departments, of course, other departments do not think so.

As the permanent undersecretary of this department, Alan Wilson is naturally duty-bound to contribute to the importance of this department. Whether it is the former minister Macmillan or the current minister Rabo Butler, in this matter have his full support.

Today, even the British mainland has changed from an incremental market to a stock market.If you want your own department to be strong, you must include these departments that work the same way.

The proposal to merge the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office passed the current Foreign Secretary Rabe Butler again, and handed it over to Prime Minister Eden. On the surface, of course, it is about streamlining departments and saving the budget. Everyone likes to say that. It's politically correct.

But in fact, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to fully dominate foreign policy, which can be said to be Sima Zhaozhi's heart, which everyone knows.Many cabinet ministers are well aware of this, including the current Education Secretary Macmillan.

"Citizens have always been dissatisfied with the bloated government. In fact, in the post-colonial era, many departments are in charge of the same affairs. It is indeed very easy to be targeted." At the cabinet meeting, the current minister Rabo Butler made an impassioned speech, expressing It is necessary to play a leading role in streamlining personnel and saving financial budgets.

"In fact, we all know that merging external departments and centralizing management is the general trend."

McMillan felt very uncomfortable listening to Labo Butler's speech, he was too familiar with this rhetoric.If he remembers correctly, when he was foreign secretary, the proposals submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were exactly the same as Rabo Butler's elaboration.

"It's not unreasonable!" Aiden was not very resistant to this, because the previous foreign minister had also suggested so, and Rabo Butler was very loyal to him, and he should not object to it due to circumstances or reasons.

"Executive Undersecretary, there seems to be some news from the Commonwealth Office, and I'm a little pessimistic about the future." In Alan Wilson's office, Wick, who has potential as a spy, sneaked in and made a small report to his immediate boss, but he also He said with a conscience, "Executive Deputy Minister, colleagues in other departments are somewhat worried about their future positions."

"That's no way. If you merge departments, it will make it easier for me to advance the minister's foreign policy." Alan Wilson said blankly, "And my colleagues may be too impatient. Merging departments can, but not It will bring about layoffs, and there will be no financial savings."

"The thing is obvious. After merging departments, there are still so many things to face. Not adding more jobs is a heavy burden for all colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is simply unreasonable to lay off staff."

Alan Wilson said in a gesture of crossing his fingers and looking back tactically, "We all know that diplomacy is no small matter, especially for the United Kingdom. Every part is so important. Layoffs are the abolition of the British Empire." Influence."

The first thousand and 150 chapters six, Labo, don't be stupid

Of course, if Norman Brook is thinking about this matter, every department is equally important to the country, but Alan Wilson is not yet a cabinet secretary, and he only thinks about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The current foreign-related departments are indeed very unclear about their positions. Some are in charge of the colonies, some are in charge of the Commonwealth, and some are in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In fact, the things they do are similar.

Everyone knows that the colonial department is in the most dangerous situation when the merged department comes back sooner or later.

Both the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office will be retained, so the plan is also arranged in this way, that is, the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office will merge to form the new British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and there is no need for the Colonial Office to exist.

The new British Foreign and Commonwealth Office is fully capable of taking over the original work of the Colonial Department.

"In the telegram to India, New Delhi is not raising objections?" Alan Wilson still pays more attention to the issue of armed mediation this time, so that Wick will continue to pay attention to India's movements.

"I've always been concerned about this issue. Once the news is reported, I will immediately inform the Deputy Chief." Wick replied simply.

"Well, that's good." Alan Wilson pinched his waist with both hands, stood up and took two steps back and forth, thinking about the success rate.

What he is most afraid of is that India feels good about itself, and there is too much propaganda from a big country with a strong voice, so that others don't believe that he takes it seriously.

The Congress Party is a hodgepodge party, and there are people of all kinds in it. Patel is dead, and Desai, the piss-drinking conservative leader, is also not easy-going. He is ready to make trouble at any time.

In fact, after India's defeat, Nehru encountered a series of difficult political problems. .Factional governance within the Congress Party has become increasingly superficial.Conservatives were dissatisfied with Nehru's economic policies.

The Desai faction took advantage of Nehru's decline in prestige and raised criticism.Nehru began to fight back from within the party, and the opportunity was the Kamaraj plan.Kamaraj proposed that in order to rejuvenate the Congress Party, the party leader resigned from the government and devoted all his energy to the party's work.

Nehru set an example, and almost all Desai and others resigned.Ten years later, Desai is still brooding, thinking that it cleared the way for Indira Gandhi to take over.

Although Desai failed in the end, he should feel relieved if he sees Modi's old fairy era.

Whether it is Nehru, the founder of India, or Indira, who dismembered Pakistan, in the era of Modi, they both ranked among the top two unpopular ones, which can be regarded as a breath of anger for him.

It's just that the level of the old fairy is the same, and the approval rate is closely related to Hindu nationalism.If you really encounter the problems faced by Nehru and Indira, the old fairy is probably not as good as them.

Alan Wilson, who was still waiting for an official reply from the Indian side, was thinking. The phone on the desk rang, and he picked up the microphone directly. Norman Brooke’s voice came from inside, “Your minister’s proposal has been passed in the cabinet. In principle, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs can be merged, and now come to Whitehall, how to arrange the future of colleagues, everyone is very concerned, I hope you can make a reliable commitment."

"Sir Norman, I'll be right there." Alan Wilson didn't dare to neglect, and was ready to go out.

Although the minister did not come back, this phone call has already shown that it should be a certainty.The major event of merging departments is related to the future of a large part of civil servants, and Allen Wilson must come up with a passable plan.

"The scale of overseas assets is getting bigger and bigger, and colleagues need to work together to manage them. After the Colonial Department has completed its historical mission, the journey of colleagues is not over yet."

Alan Wilson, who arrived at No. 70 in Whitehall, explained the basic policy to Norman Brooke, and then came up with a prepared plan about the personnel diversion after the merger of foreign departments.

After the integration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will further collect powers and transform them into professional external responsibilities, completely abolish the Colonial Department’s authority over micro-management practices and specific approval matters in the colonies, and gradually transform its main functions into the formulation and research of macro-plans.

As for the merger of foreign-related departments, the reform must be carried out in conjunction with the reform of public institutions. According to their functions, some public institutions will be transformed into enterprises or civil organizations, and some will be transformed into administrative agencies and merged into government departments at the same time.

Specific public institutions, that is, overseas companies under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Assets Management Committee, will assume the main responsibility for personnel diversion. At the micro level, the specific treatment of colleagues who have been abolished due to the Colonial Department will remain the same, and continue to work according to the previous treatment.

"Operations in the Middle East and the Far East should be strengthened, and management should be increased in order to focus on the overseas interests of the business, and enter a virtuous circle. The more people there are, the greater the benefits the UK will get. As for the specific treatment..."

Allen Wilson eloquently handed over the entire plan to Norman Brooke, and the entire plan was professional.

This is also normal. It is not a day or two since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to annex other foreign-related departments. The relevant plans have been revised countless times, and they are absolutely prepared.

"Very well, Alan, you are really reliable." Norman Brook nodded in satisfaction, expressing his cautious approval for this mature plan of personnel diversion, "Actually, we are not against streamlining the organization, on the contrary, we have always been in favor of it." .”

"Of course, the integrity of my colleagues is known to everyone in Great Britain." Allen Wilson nodded.

"What we are against is a hasty, immature, unprofessional plan that was proposed by a minister who didn't know what he was doing before. This must be emphasized." Norman Brook took a sip from the cup Shui continued, "You have to understand that tens of 10 civil servants are looking at us expectantly."

"The responsibilities on my shoulders make me never dare to neglect." Alan Wilson straightened his back, as if inspired by the supreme authority, and stood up for a glorious cause at any time.

Alan Wilson has no jealousy at all, and all he does is for the benefit of the country. His high morals and honesty make people look at him. At least Norman Brook is very satisfied. This kind of consideration takes care of all aspects.

Civil servants are the cornerstone of the British Empire. The cornerstone should not be weakened. Only when the cornerstone is strong can Britain develop well. Norman Brooke firmly believes in this and hopes that other colleagues can understand this.

"Very well, the cabinet agrees in principle to merge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs, but there is no need for me to say more about the advantages of the concentration of power in the diplomatic field. As the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you are very clear."

Norman Brook pondered for a while and said, "In the future, I'm talking about assisting the minister in formulating foreign policy, which is your job. I know that you have been very worried about the opening of the Commonwealth Games recently. Is there anything you need to help with?" "

"My lord, I have no problem." Alan Wilson replied bluntly, "I am responsible for building a diversified bridge between the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. Of course, I never care about personal interests. This is obvious to all in Whitehall... ..."

"Of course, absolutely not!" Norman Brook said with a smile, "It's just that as the executive deputy chief of a department, I always want my colleagues to think about it, and you have to take responsibility for doing things for them. Obviously you don't care of personal interest..."

"This is also a crime that I have to bear as an executive secretary." Alan Wilson quickly understood, and replied with a sad face, "A jealous person can always find various reasons to viciously guess the conspiracy in a matter, But I am not afraid of the shadow slanting, and I never care about it."

"Those ministers, political advisers, and members of parliament will always raise various objections. It's just that the cabinet meeting process has to go. This matter is settled, but it needs a mature time to implement it." Norman Brook said At this point, he paused and said, "Well, after the end of the Commonwealth Games, it will be officially launched. This will also give an explanation to the colleagues in the Colonial Department, so that they can accept this matter with a more tolerant attitude."

Norman Brooke couldn't understand what he meant. It was up to him, the executive undersecretary, to appease the Colonial Department and the Commonwealth Affairs Department, as well as the subsequent handover work.

"I will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer after careful consideration." Alan Wilson promised.

The cabinet meeting ended, and the ministers left No. [-] Downing Street. Defense Minister Profumo and Foreign Secretary Rabo Butler came out together and expressed their congratulations, "Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will become the only foreign-related department, not like It turns out that the Ministry of Colonial Affairs and the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs are involved, and they hinder each other, so I believe that the efficiency should be greatly improved."

"Profumo, I think the most important thing is that when formulating foreign policy, we can consider issues more macroscopically, instead of taking one attitude in some places, while the Commonwealth Office adopts another attitude. We need to reach a consensus with the Minister of Commonwealth Affairs before we can come up with a policy."

"There is indeed this advantage. The affairs are generally connected." Profumo nodded in approval, "This can save a lot of energy, and I believe your officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also satisfied."

"Everyone cooperates with each other, so that I can save a lot of energy when formulating foreign policy." Rabo Butler said with satisfaction. He is very satisfied with the merger of departments this time.

Do you make foreign policy?Profumo raised his eyebrows and said in an inexplicable tone, "Labo, don't be stupid."

"Dear minister, oh, the Minister of Defense is also here." Alan Wilson appeared with a smile, and greeted the two heavyweight ministers, "I have something about the Commonwealth Games, I came to ask you for instructions, the time is almost up , Many teams have already arrived in Kuala Lumpur, and just now we have received good news that India and Portugal are open to contact in Kuala Lumpur."

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