Chapter 195 Substantial Autonomy
At Wu Beixin's "invitation," the US ambassadors of the three countries took an active part in the talks, and Wu Beixin said that it was okay not to set up an autonomous region, that everything was easy to discuss, and that the three countries must shoulder their own responsibilities and then begin to settle accounts. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing Wu Beixin and the conditions of the delegation, the governments of the three countries were silent, according to the current standard of living, the requirements of the Golden Triangle region are really not high, first of all, each person is subsidized with 100 kilograms of rice per year, and the monthly subsidy is 50 yuan for living expenses, at least Huaxia currency, not Thai baht or the like.
If you calculate carefully, more than 300 million people need more than 30 million kilograms of rice a year, nearly 20 million Chinese coins, which is acceptable.
Wu Beixin then put forward the second condition, that the governments of the three countries should build at least 300 primary and secondary schools for more than 1,000 villages and towns in the Golden Triangle region, and that they should pay for teachers' salaries and the purchase of teaching tools.
With the geography and environment of the Golden Triangle, it is a question whether the car can be driven in, and even if it can, I am afraid that no construction company is willing to do this business, and a dime of bricks will become the price of gold.
A school has to invest five or six hundred thousand yuan, so many people mean that the number of students is indispensable, a school has twenty or thirty teachers, plus management personnel plus teaching equipment, how can it invest one million a year.
It's not that it's not negotiable, gritting your teeth and being able to come up with this money financially, but Myanmar and Thailand agreed, and the representative of Lao Wo said that the pressure was too great, and it was really unacceptable, if you want to toss, you can toss it, we don't play with you, no way, there is no money in your pocket!
Wu Beixin's third condition is to build a main road and several rural roads in the Golden Triangle, which can connect this area, and this request has been strongly supported by the US ambassador, which is also reasonable.
However, when the representatives of Myanmar and Thailand saw the cost, they were dumbfounded, this is tens of billions of Chinese dollars, and if converted into Thai baht, the number can scare people to death!
"We, the U.S. government, believe that the conditions put forward by the people of the Golden Triangle are the lowest and the most basic for survival, and if they cannot even meet such demands, the government must be derelict in its duties, and since the fifties of the nineteenth century, the people here have not received the slightest bit of government care, and even their lives have not been guaranteed, and if the Golden Triangle becomes the source of opium poppy cultivation in the world again because of government reasons, then the U.S. government will not sit idly by and watch the situation deteriorate......
As soon as US Ambassador Balabala said this, US newspapers and media began to report on it, and public opinion was in an uproar, and a spokesman for the presidential office openly stated that the United States had spent billions of dollars to curb opium poppy cultivation in the Golden Triangle region, and that the US Government would never agree to any bad consequences if there were bad consequences because of the inaction of the governments of the three countries.
Damn, the problem of our three countries, why are you Yankees meddling, no wonder they all say that Americans show their presence all the time, it's so annoying!
But the problem is, you can't tear your face with the Americans, the other party is purely a first-class gangster, and there is never a bottom line in doing things.
Wu Beixin and the US ambassador pressed forward step by step, the representatives of the three governments retreated step by step, repeated arguments and repeated bargaining, and amid the scolding of the leaders of Thailand, Burma, and Laos, the agreement on the Golden Triangle Autonomous Region was finally signed.
As the leader of the local forces, Wu Beixin signed the relevant documents with the heads of government of the three countries in Bangkok, and the U.S. ambassador served as a third party to oversee the implementation of the agreement, thus bringing the month-long quarrel to an end.
The Golden Triangle Agreement between Thailand, Myanmar and Laos stipulates that disputed areas in the three countries, including parts of Chiang Mai and northern Chiang Rai provinces in Thailand, parts of Shan and Kachin states in Myanmar, and parts of Lao Wolang Namtha provinces, Phongsali, Udomusak and Rambraba provinces, will be temporarily shelved for joint development.
The Golden Triangle Autonomous Region has its own laws, independent executive and military powers, can appoint and dismiss its own officials, can form its own army, and has its own customs and taxes, etc., except for the recognition that this is the disputed territory of the three countries, the rest is its own.
Wu Beixin led the delegation back to the Golden Triangle and was warmly welcomed by the local people, and the signing of this agreement is equivalent to independence in the actual sense. However, anyone in their right mind can see that the crisis they are facing, and because of the pressure and inability of the US government, the governments of the three countries have to compromise with the local governments, but if they lose the support of the US government, war will break out at any time.
After a three-day meeting, Wu Chen finally decided to divide the Golden Triangle Autonomous Region into two parts, with the Golden Triangle City as the core in the west and slowly extending to the northeast, mainly facing pressure from Thailand and Burma.
In the south, the town of Gram Shah, which is closest to the border of Chiang Mai Province, is the military border between the autonomous region and Thailand, where the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the Defence Force is guarded, and the town of Mae Si serves as the brigade headquarters and forward command station. In the west, the town of Doshi is the military border between the autonomous region and Burma, and the 5th brigade-level combat team is incorporated into the defense force, and the brigade headquarters and forward command are stationed in Mondo town.
In order to prevent sabotage, important scientific research institutions, manufacturing and strategic warehouses will be relocated to the town of Selenta, which is surrounded by mountains, and all its residents will be relocated to the Golden Triangle City, which will be designated as a military exclusion zone.
The eastern region is centered on Jingdong City, through Mengla in the Fourth Special Zone, and connected with the Xishuang Bannadaro Port in China, which will become an important way to enter China. To this end, the autonomous region will devote all its financial resources to building a transportation artery connecting the two cities and one town.
With the city of Tachili as the military border with Thailand, and the town of Langkran as the military border with Lao Wo, in addition to setting up checkpoints on the main roads, armed helicopter gunships will also be used to patrol, and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the Defence Force is responsible for the security of the two borders, and the brigade headquarters and the forward command are stationed in Tachili.
Wu Chen ordered Gabriel, deputy commander of the Defense Force, to recruit the Fourth Brigade Combat Team of the Defense Force, put it into training as soon as possible, and will be stationed in Lankelon Town. The commander of the Air Force, Ward Commander, was ordered to form a rapid reaction force with the Airborne Forces as the main striking force.
"I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, we used to think that there were too many weapons and equipment, but now it seems to be a little less, fortunately for the operation in Somalia, the United States will give a batch of weapons and ammunition, otherwise we have to build our own arsenal."
The defense forces were all in place, and they began to build defensive positions and ammunition depots, as well as logistics warehouses and garrisons, which was equivalent to having a preliminary defense force, and Wu Chen was busy for more than half a month, and he was tired.
This is far from enough, it is necessary to build radar stations and anti-aircraft missile positions, as well as to build places for the take-off and landing of helicopter gunship battalions. The terrain of the Golden Triangle is not suitable for large-scale mechanized warfare, as long as a few major passages are held, it is impossible to open a thousand people, and the opponent must rely on the air force to launch an attack.