Chapter 150 The Meeting of Unity

"When Goa belonged to Portugal, even the Mughal Empire was not established, and the Indians had no reason and could not take him away from Portugal." Olivia was filled with righteous indignation, and said at the same time, "I believe that the British Empire will Play a leading role in this matter and defend the legitimate rights and interests of the European civilized world."

This dear friend may not know that London's opinion of abandoning British India has gradually gained the upper hand. Of course, Alan Wilson could not tell the other party, but said, "Goa belonged to Portugal long before the establishment of the Mughal Empire. All the countries present today know this fact, and we all recognize it. But it is specific to India. As for people, this issue is more complicated, especially Indians, many Indians say that India has existed since ancient times, and Goa may not be part of the Mughal Empire, but it may be part of the Mauryan Dynasty.”

"What kind of nonsense logic is this?" Olivia said angrily and dissatisfied, "Is there any more shameless logic than this? What do those dirty South Asians think?"

Allen Wilson was silent, this is nothing more than the Indian version of since ancient times. Since ancient times, this kind of statement has always been self-talk and used to persuade the people of the country to support it. No matter how nonsense it is, it must be said!

Generally, the time point of intercepting the greatest benefits is discussed, so the Chinese version starts from the largest territory in 1820. Although the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties were also under the control of the central government, they rarely publicized it. In fact, China also knew It's too nonsense to promote something that was a thousand or two thousand years ago.

But India, which is in line with India's national conditions, has been too shameless since ancient times. It is almost equivalent to the current Iran. Holding the Achaemenid dynasty shows that Iran should rule the Middle East.

However, it seems that during the period of the Pahlavi dynasty, Iran did focus on promoting the glory of the Achaemenid dynasty, saying that it was not the same as the Arabs, and that it regarded itself as an agent of the United States in the Middle East.

Leaving aside the issue of Iran, Olivia's strict statement of Portugal's position on the Goa issue will be useful in this Brussels meeting. Of course it will be useful. Expressed firm support for Portugal's claim to overseas territories.

In the final analysis, this is not just a problem faced by Portugal alone. It is a problem faced by all the countries participating in the meeting at this time. The Netherlands and Belgium expressed their support for Portugal one after another. All eyes were on the British and French representatives.

Whoops! People's hearts are available! Alan Wilson knew in his heart that the colonial issue was the most united issue among the participating countries, but he did not expect it to start so smoothly.

For a while, Alan Wilson had the feeling that he was in the relationship with the six countries. First, the Soviet Union would be destroyed, and then the American emperor would be destroyed. The British Empire would continue to be great and lead the world for a hundred years.

But to support Portugal in this matter,

It has exceeded the authority of Alan Wilson. He can't give Olivia the support he wants. After the meeting, he can talk to the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of the Cabinet, and get the approval of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and even the Prime Minister.

What British India now needs is stability, and anything that undermines the stability of British India must be cautious.

"For Portugal's proposition, we understand morally, and the support of various countries is also gratifying." Alan Wilson seemed to be immersed in the banner of a united Europe, and said with emotion, "We can't go the old way, after the two world wars , Europe has long-lost unity, and with this unity, I believe that at this critical point in history, we will be able to find a way out for Europe to continue to prosper."

Enthusiastic applause sounded, Alan Wilson took a deep breath, and finally barely passed the test, avoiding the statement on Portuguese Goa. Although the Goa issue may still be mentioned, after this meeting, there will be Time to discuss, we can come up with a solution.

Alan Wilson took the initiative to say hello to Olivia, the representative of Portugal, but almost failed to come back, after barely passing the customs. Finally ushered in the savior Dutch.

The representative of the Netherlands, George Armand, actually wanted to be the first to speak, but he did not expect that the representative of the United Kingdom would seize the opportunity and lead to the Goa issue. Now that the Goa issue is finally over, he immediately Can't wait to stand up.

Compared with other countries, the Netherlands has the greatest expectations for this meeting, because Japan has not officially surrendered, and the Indonesians in the Dutch East Indies have declared their independence. Now the Netherlands urgently needs the support of the countries in the Brussels Conference. At the same time, troops were mobilized to suppress in the Dutch East Indies.

Sukarno and Hatta signed the "Declaration of Independence", declaring the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia, and the news has spread to Europe. The representative of the Netherlands, George Armand, criticized Japan, which has become a defeated country, on the other hand, he said that the Netherlands will never sit idly by and will definitely protect its sacred territorial sovereignty.

sovereignty? Alan Wilson almost laughed out loud. In his impression, European countries all talk about human rights. In this era, it turns out that European countries are also talking about sovereignty, which is sacred and inviolable.

After George Armand's speech, the Belgian representative spoke as the host. After calling for unity, he introduced the situation of the Belgian Congo, which is also the only important colony of Belgium.

The road to colonization in Belgium was particularly late, and Belgium’s colonial rule over the Congo began at the end of the nineteenth century. King Leopold II of Belgium tried to persuade the Belgian government to support the then colonial expansion of the Congo.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, local Aboriginal violence led to many resistances due to violent exploitation by foreign colonists. The Belgian government then established formal colonial rule and exercised effective control over the Congo region.

It came late and exploited ruthlessly. Alan Wilson’s impression of the Congo is that Belgium’s hand-cutting punishment has created more than 10 million disabled people in the Belgian Congo. It can be seen that the smaller the country, the more chance it has to ascend to heaven. Will leave no room for it.

However, the Belgian government has deprived the king of the Congo's right to life and death. It has been decades since the beheading happened, and the colonial crimes are being diluted by time. Behind Congo's independence, there are shadows of the United States and the Soviet Union, but it is clear that the United States is superior to the competition for Congo.

But now the inner thinking of the British Empire is that the six countries participating in the Brussels Conference can clarify their own scope of operation, and to a certain extent, provide support to other friendly allies that can take care of them within their capabilities.

When the representatives of the Spanish conference spoke, their attitude was much more modest. Regarding the ambiguous relationship between General Franco and Germany and Italy during the war, although the British and French representatives did not mention it at the meeting, the Spanish representatives knew it well. It just didn't happen.

On the contrary, Britain and France just feel that there is no need for an outbreak now, so the Spanish representative first expressed his favor to Britain and France. Spain is indeed walking on thin ice now. Let alone the attitudes of Britain and France, the United States has the intention to kill Spain.

And the United States' opponent, the Soviet Union, is just like the United States, wishing to eat Spain.

Spain almost joined the Axis powers in World War II. In order to win over Spain, the United States satisfied Spain's appetite and gave Spain huge aid in exchange for Spain's neutrality.

But after World War II, the United States naturally couldn't swallow this bad breath, and wanted to settle accounts with Spain after the fall, and prepared to clean up Spain.

There is also a personal reason. The Spanish Catholics are not only hostile to the Republicans, but also hostile to the Protestants. This makes the Protestant-dominated United States, especially President Truman, very angry.

As for the Soviet Union, Spain sent tens of thousands of volunteers to form the Blue Division during the war. Spanish soldiers wore German uniforms and followed the German army to invade the Soviet Union. The blue divisions are all elites selected from the Spanish army. They are all veterans with rich combat experience, and they have blood feuds with the Soviet Union.

The reason why Spain participated in the Brussels Conference this time was strongly promoted by the United Kingdom. France is still closing its border with Spain. In the history of the Marshall Plan, Spain was not among the aid countries in Europe. Similarly, when Spain joined the United Nations, it once caused fierce opposition from the Soviet Union.

If it weren't for this Brussels meeting to convene the few remaining colonial countries in Europe, Britain would not have a good face towards Spain.

Franco is simply Cardo's predecessor. In 1945, he made Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and France unhappy at the same time, and even retreated completely, preserving Spain's interests.

After the representatives of various countries expounded their opinions on the protection of the interests of the colonies, the time has come to the afternoon.

On the afternoon of September 14th, the talks on European economic reconstruction at the Brussels Conference appeared in Belgian newspapers, and soon caused reprints from participating countries.

In the eyes of the citizens of the meeting countries, this is the meeting of Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal and Spain to discuss post-war reconstruction and economic recovery.

However, the representatives of various countries at the meeting were talking about the colonies throughout the article, which involved post-war reconstruction and economic recovery. On the first day of the meeting, they were limited to the British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. At the beginning of the meeting time speech.

On the first day of the meeting, the countries at the meeting had a certain understanding of each other's attitudes. After the end, Allen Wilson left immediately and reported to Alexander Cadogan. The two reported the meeting to the cabinet secretary Edward Bridges, and Clearly answered many questions.

"We just got a piece of news that the Soviet Union announced the start of post-war reconstruction." Edward Bridges said slowly, "It seems that we both have the same goal, to restore the wounds of the war first."

After saying such a sentence for no reason, Edward Bridges said again, "The Prime Minister has already said that he is very interested in the military operations of the Netherlands."