Kalimantan is the largest island in the Dutch East Indies and has a population about one-tenth the size of Java. The island of Java is not very large in the Dutch East Indies, only 130,000 square kilometers, but because of the fertile land, the population is overwhelming over the other islands.

It is precisely because of the crushing of the population that Indonesia, a country of ten thousand islands, has maintained unity after independence. Even if Indonesia is actually geographically extremely divisive.

Compared with Java, the center of the Dutch East Indies, Kalimantan is the largest island in the Dutch East Indies with an area of nearly 800,000 square kilometers, but its population is only one-tenth of that of the entire Dutch East Indies due to its poor land.

The current population of the Dutch East Indies is more than 80 million, and Kalimantan is estimated to be less than 10 million according to the maximum estimate.

"And a very personal request." After discussing for a long time whether Kalimantan is suitable for partition, Alan Wilson lowered his voice and said, "I hope that regardless of whether the Netherlands can be a big success or not, after arriving in the Dutch East Indies, the local population statistics will be announced immediately, and it is best to estimate them highly." ”

"Why is this an overestimation of population?" George Armand wondered, what does this have to do with the current situation in the Dutch East Indies, and isn't it that the higher the estimate, the local natives feel that the number of people is greater, but it is not easy to deal with it?

"Oh, my George. Of course useful, Australia's population is only seven and a half million. The Dutch East Indies were so close to Australia that this demographic pressure could only be felt by neighbours. Erin Wilson smiled and shook her head, "Think about Australia's large area, such a sparse population, if the Dutch East Indies finally became independent, and the neighboring country was a country with a population of more than 100 million, but most of them were crowded on one Java island, what would Australians think?" ”

"Alan, this is very visionary, and you embody the excellence of a diplomat in the British Empire." George Armand knows a little bit, who is the place to face the demographic pressure of the Dutch East Indies? Australia.

Australia has been implementing the White Australia policy for a long time, is it just idle? If Australia had hundreds of millions of people, would it be so xenophobic? Perhaps, but the sense of crisis will be much smaller.

In the eyes of the Asian people, Australia actually has a very poor perception, because Australia is the most exclusive member of the Five Eyes Alliance. In fact, the people of the republic think the same thing, but they think a little too much, and the republic is not as invincible as its own people.

Australia is only cooperating with the United States in propaganda, and it is Indonesia, which is close at hand, that is really sleeping. In the 21st century, Australia's population is less than 30 million, and Indonesia's population is nearly 10 times that of Australia.

Since Indonesia's independence, it has been a direct competitor in the eyes of Australians, Indonesia is not small, but the fertile land is not much, and the population has always been ten times that of Australia, and in the Australian people, Indonesia's presence is far greater than that of the Republic.

It's just that the people of the republic accept the information of the media of the republic, and the media of the republic will not be idle to report on Indonesia, so the people of the republic can only see Australia and point fingers at the republic.

I don't know that Indonesia, which is far inferior to the Republic of China, has a higher presence in Australia than the Republic.

In the case of the Dutch East Indies, it is better to have the goodwill support of Australia, so that the certainty of success will be a little higher, and if it is not done, the key management of Kalimantan Island will be retained, and Australia will be united to contain Indonesia after independence.

Even if Kalimantan Island cannot be preserved with the development of the times, it will be able to divide Indonesia and maintain the balance of Southeast Asia, so as to prevent Indonesia from becoming a dominant country after independence.

If Alan Wilson is fair, it is true that Indonesia's national strength far exceeds that of other countries, both in terms of area and population.

As for Vietnam, which some republics are optimistic about, it is actually not Indonesia's opponent, and the relationship between Vietnam and Indonesia is not good. The two countries have clashed over the South China Sea many times, and most of the fishing boats that Indonesia has sunk at sea are Vietnamese.

The competition for Southeast Asia, whether it was the United States and the Soviet Union at the beginning, or the United States and the Republic later, revolved around Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries were far less important than Indonesia.

For the current Dutch East Indies, Alan Wilson's advice to the Dutch is to resolutely suppress it, and said in a cruel tone, "Jakarta is a coastal city, if the resistance is fierce, my personal suggestion is to shell Jakarta, do not distinguish whether it is a civilian area, as long as the United States is embarrassed to make accusations on the surface, on the European side, the countries of the Brussels conference will treat it as if they did not see it." ”

As for how many casualties the locals will have, this is not something that Alan Wilson should be concerned about as a British. He simply truthfully offered the possible favorable conditions for the Dutch to make their own choice.

When Alan Wilson left, it was George Armand who sent it himself, and said sincerely, "The Netherlands is grateful to Britain for its kind help." ”

"Everyone helps each other, and that's what a united Europe is." Alan Wilson said solemnly, "Once the military operation begins, it is absolutely impossible to leave it alone, and it must be suppressed with the most resolute attitude." If there was a phased success, and the Japanese Southern Army was currently in the local British prisoner of war camps, the Dutch could single out those who deliberately encouraged the independence of the Dutch East Indies and publicly shoot them as a deterrent. ”

"This can show that Japan, the strongest country in Asia, has fallen into this fate, and these indigenous people who have been encouraged by Japan are not opponents of Europe."

Waving goodbye to George Almande, Alan Wilson returned to the residence to report to Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges, and expressed the embarrassment that the Dutch had not filed a record.

"The Netherlands has been at peace for so long that they have forgotten how to fight." Edward Bridges shook his head and said, "But you said that the shelling of Jakarta was fortunately a private suggestion, otherwise it might have fallen into the question." ”

Alan Wilson immediately apologized, and Edward Bridges waved his hand to say no, "In strategic matters, this kind of suggestion is understandable, just like the bombing of German cities by British and American bombers, as long as the final result is good, and some cruelty in the process can be ignored, and this is done by the Dutch, and has nothing to do with the British." ”

"And just like your other proposal, as long as the Americans don't make accusations, then the European side will treat it as if they don't see it." Alexander Cadogan added, "No one will ever know about it. ”

Alan Wilson agreed with the two leaders that a human death is either lighter than a feather or heavier than Tarzan.

Of course, the value is different in different places, for example, in Europe, the Berlin Wall, which has not yet appeared, and in the decades since the Berlin Wall appeared, there is a record of 130 people killed for smuggling.

However, during the same period, more than 300 people were killed by the U.S. National Guard every year.

In four months, the Berlin Wall was built, and the former was widely reported around the world, while the latter was unknown. This proves how terrible it is for public opinion to have in hand.

After a simple but happy life in the British occupation zone, Alan Wilson finally dreamed of the Potsdam Conference, and found the diligence and toil of the imperial civil servants at the Brussels Conference.

It was even busier than the Potsdam Conference, where he was only engaged in black-box operations, with the current British representative in Berlin in charge of the formal negotiations, and now he had to attend the formal meetings and conduct black-box operations alone.

Every day after the formal meeting, there were constant discussions with representatives of different countries about different responses.

The day after his talks with George Almande, Alan Wilson spoke about Goa with the Portuguese representative, Olivia, who said that Portugal desperately wanted the British Empire to publicly and unequivocally support Portuguese ownership of Goa.

Alan Wilson said that the current situation was not suitable for a public statement, and that the question of British India would naturally disappear once the British Empire was able to dismantle the independent forces of British India.

If not, the British would have formally confirmed Portugal's legitimate rights and interests in Goa before British India became independent.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, we will be too late to communicate." Olivia inevitably said in disappointment.

Alan Wilson's face suddenly pulled down, and he reminded, "Dear Mr. Olivia, maybe I will be in New Delhi by then, and you can contact me directly at that time." ”

"Oh, is it such a coincidence?" Olivia was stunned for a moment, and then his expression changed visibly, knowing that Alan Wilson should have done this, and congratulated without a trace, "If fate has made such a wonderful arrangement, Portugal will definitely express its sincere gratitude for this." ”

Thank you sincerely? Alan Wilson raised an eyebrow, accurately capturing the key information, as if there was an unexpected gain waiting for him in the future.

When communicating with the French about the speed of the march and the handover to Vietnam, Alan Wilson made clear France's firm attitude towards the colonies and gave him unwavering support for France's revival.

Belgium has little interest in other places because its important colonies are only the Belgian Congo in central Africa, and the remaining Spanish colonies are only in Africa, and there is no threat at present.

Therefore, at the Brussels Conference, Spain and Belgium actually did not have much presence.

However, since this was a meeting of the colonial powers to show solidarity, it was impossible for Spain and Belgium to stay out of it.

Alan Wilson, after a debriefing, was given the authority to secretly find the representatives of Portugal, the Netherlands, and France to take a clear position, and was ready to put pressure on Belgium and Spain to demonstrate the unity of the colonial powers.