Chapter 823 The United States Is Also Responsible

Everyone knows very well that the outcome of this meeting will determine the future of Sudan, which has a land of 2.5 million square kilometers. Representatives from all parties have mixed feelings. The leaders of the two major parties in Sudan believe that coming to the south is just a matter of It's just a formality.

York Kidston of the U.S. Representative Office in Sudan is excited about the expansion of U.S. influence in Africa. As long as Sudan becomes independent, he will immediately be able to become an ambassador and have a place in the U.S. bureaucracy.

And for the United States, this is a landmark event. He himself may be a witness, witnessing the system established by Britain and France being handed over to the hands of the United States.

"So, the Americans are very happy." John said with a displeased look on his face. "York Kidston is happy to appear at this time and let Washington remember him, and the future will be much easier."

"It's all for progress. We are also officials and know his heart very well." Alan Wilson smiled and comforted his colleagues who had just arrived in Juba, "But this matter is not that simple. Americans are just witnesses. Let’s take a look at Sudan’s independence process and show the influence of the United States? There will be no negative effects?”

"You mean?" John was stunned, and said uncertainly with a thoughtful look on his face, "Every matter has two sides."

"Not bad!" Alan Wilson nodded in approval and smiled happily. "Now that the cabinet has approved our partition plan, let's think about previous examples. How do many countries view the independence of British India?"

Needless to say, although as witnesses, both of them knew that the British did not intentionally divide British India, and even thought about keeping the subcontinent intact, but the final result was the partition of India and Pakistan.

Most countries in the world believe that the United Kingdom is deliberately causing the division of British India and turning it into a country that is trying to contain each other. It cannot be said that they hate each other, but they dislike each other.

Of course, both Alan and Wilson thought they were wronged. Partition was not the British method of governing the colonies. On the contrary, the British were keen to merge the colonies for unified management, but who believed it?

People only believe the results they see. Britain has a colonial history and its foundation is not clean. Once remarks about doing something bad before leaving appear, it will be widely circulated around the world.

"So we give the Americans a stage to exert their influence, just to let the Americans witness the division of Sudan." John nodded and asked uncertainly, "Also, let the United States help the United Kingdom share the responsibility for the division of Sudan?"

"Of course, otherwise what use are Americans? This is also the reason for discussions on racial discrimination issues inspired by the slave trade. John, of course we all know that in the United States, it is still commonplace for black people to be excluded. But in the diplomatic field, In order to maintain the glorious image of the United States, the United States will definitely work hard to maintain the results after the Civil War and pretend to be completely different from the slave trade."

Alan Wilson spoke sarcastically, "Would York Kidston say that the slave trade was good? Impossible, so he would hypocritically criticize the history of the slave trade. Then there is the next step Two questions: The hatred between Arabs and blacks is so great because of the slave trade, so partition is natural."

"You really think a lot, one thing after another." John chuckled and said with admiration, "Why else would you be so highly regarded by Whitehall? How can other people be specialists without being involved in overseas asset management?" The position of deputy secretary-general of the committee?”

"Uh, but having said that, our boss is really going to retire this time. In fact, when British India became independent, Sir Barron no longer wanted to work. It was just that he was still two years younger than he is now in Aden. Another five or six years have passed,

This time it seems that I really want to enjoy my old age. "

Seeing his colleagues listening with interest, Alan Wilson suddenly changed the subject and looked at John, "Once Sudan becomes independent, you, the commissioner, will have no working environment. Do you want to directly transform into an ambassador? Although this is okay, but our kind People are still more suitable to make achievements in other fields."

We are all career bureaucrats, who is worse than the other? Alan Wilson will not just care about his old boss's retirement life. Saying this in front of a Sudanese commissioner who will soon have no use for him, the direction is already quite obvious.

"The Middle East is very important to the British Empire, and the local commissioner should be appointed by a reliable person." John looked out the window intently, speaking in a very serious tone.

"That's right!" Bang... Alan Wilson, who lit a cigar, blew out a smoke ring, "It must be very reliable indeed. The Middle East is a very critical place for maintaining the influence of the British Empire. The commissioner in Aden, heading west Look after the Suez Canal and look eastward as far as the Persian Gulf.”

"Especially for the country's oil companies." John nodded with deep understanding and asked calmly, "Alan, who do you think is more suitable for this reliable person? As the deputy secretary-general of the Overseas Assets Management Committee, he is You have a lot of say in this kind of overseas assets."

"This issue is very complex. I think we should see if we can handle the thorny issue at hand. Only then will we have more power to make suggestions in front of Whitehall and the cabinet." Allen handed a cigar at the same time. Wilson answered his colleagues' questions sideways.

"That's right!" John nodded solemnly, then lit the cigar, and the room fell into silence for a long time.

Not all colonies have governors, but every colony has commissioners. In some very important colonies, governors and commissioners still exist at the same time. Sudan is among the British colonies, and the situation is relatively complicated because it is in a condominium relationship with Egypt.

Before World War II, when Britain was still strong enough to safeguard its interests, there was a governor-general in Sudan. However, after the war, when the Egyptian people resisted the British, the colonial policy began to adjust. Britain and Egypt also negotiated around the Sudan issue. In the end, Egypt gave up on Sudan. Military presence, the British evacuated the Governor and part of the garrison.

So it became a situation with one commissioner and three thousand garrison troops, managing a colony of 2.5 million square kilometers, not much smaller than India.

As of today, there has been no major trouble, thanks to the excellent matching mechanism in the African region.

Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the leaders of the two major Sudanese parties, Ismail Azari and Abd Rahman Mahdi, York Kidston, representing the United States, and Joseph, representing South Sudan and the local military ·Agu, under the auspices of the Sudanese Commissioner, will conduct far-reaching negotiations for the fate of Sudan.

Without Alan Wilson, he would not participate in the official meeting. After all, the real Sudanese Commissioner was busy here. He was just here to help. He could not dominate the meeting and give advice.

Acting as a senior wingman is Alan Wilson's current responsibility, which makes it easy to maintain relationships between colleagues. Anyway, no matter how to operate, all the plans have been planned, and nothing major will happen.

"You are very generous, going to such a corner of the world to contribute to others." Hedy Lamarr complained. Ellen Wilson didn't care about such gains and losses, but she was dissatisfied. She thought that she had done good things and put Giving credit to others seems silly.

"John is a commissioner at the same level as me. I just have a part-time job to manage him. Don't think he is my subordinate. And an official also needs friends. I can't pay attention to everything. Most of the time I can only Focus on the Malayan colony that I manage, other things need to be discussed with my colleagues.”

Alan Wilson spoke softly and hugged Hedy Lamarr and explained, "Can I take care of the affairs of the colonies myself? I can't. In fact, neither can the commissioners of every colony. We are all ordinary people and face different problems. , so frequent contact can make up for each other's weaknesses. If something goes wrong in one place, the colonial commissioners can provide different experiences to deal with it."

"As long as you have no problem, who am I to complain? I am not your wife!" Hedy Lamarr turned her head away and complained in a low voice, obviously not convinced yet.

"You can't say that. In my heart, you and my wife are equally important and have the same status." He stretched out his hand to pull Hedy Lamarr's head over and kissed the actress's red lips heavily. The persuasion work still had to continue.

In the long-abandoned South Sudanese Governor's Palace, a rare landmark building in Juba, leading figures from North and South Sudan, as well as the representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States in Sudan who arrived, officially began negotiations.

As for Alan Wilson, he was chatting and laughing with the South Sudanese garrison, even though the military commander of the South Sudanese garrison was a major. The British troops stationed in South Sudan must ensure the safety of the representatives in this negotiation. After all, Alan Wilson is still not confident about local security. Anything can happen in Africa.

Especially recently, South Sudan’s military commander Joseph Agu has been spreading hatred everywhere to build momentum for independence from Sudan. He is also using military facilities to communicate with the outside world and prepare public opinion for the preliminary work of Sudan’s partition. .

"We will never stay in the same country as the Arabs." In the South Sudan Governor's Palace, Joseph Agu stood up and expressed his hatred for the Arabs through gritted teeth. His eyes glanced at Ismail Azari and Abu D'ur Rahman al-Mahdi spoke without fear, "We are not a colony to begin with. It was the British who unilaterally merged the colonies, which led to today's situation."

What Joseph Agu said is also true. North and South Sudan were unified and managed only after World War II. At that time, Britain was still as before, and continued to contribute to national integration in the major colonies according to tradition.

"Dear Colonel, perhaps the past hatred should be put aside." York Kidston said to make peace.