Chapter 413: All the arguing

Malaya Mailbox:

"Yesterday, a fleet of bombers suddenly bombed the Johor military camp in Malaya, killing and injuring more than 500 soldiers and police officers, causing great chaos."

"On the same day, the Johor State Prison was attacked by a group of black-clad soldiers who kidnapped local businessman Huang Henian and his family and 35 of his workers who were imprisoned by the Johor Sultan. 27 prison guards were killed, causing a prison riot and thousands of prisoners escaped."

"Even more shocking is that at the same time, another group of black-clad soldiers attacked the Johor Sultan's residence. The Johor Sultan was killed, along with his two sons and dozens of guards."

"As of the time of writing, Johor has fallen into a state of anarchy."

"Who has the power to dispatch fighter jets and thousands of soldiers? We will report on this after further investigation."

In fact, many people have their own guesses about the black army attackers, because the only ones with such great power around are the British army stationed in Singapore and the Hadi Dominion of Malaya in Penang.

The security personnel of Hardy Security Company were all dressed in black, and so many people saw the bright letters HD on the plane that day, and two warships belonging to HD Security were cruising in the strait.

Even a fool can guess most of it.

But they dare not report it casually.

Without any evidence, if you directly name Hadi, what if you anger this powerful man? He dares to directly bomb the military camp and attack the Sultan. If you, a small newspaper, make him unhappy, the president and editor-in-chief of the newspaper will probably disappear the next day and there will be a fire in the newspaper office.

......

Singapore Governor's House.

Governor Mountbatten was shocked when he saw the report. You know, Malaya was a British colony and these people were under his jurisdiction.

And the dead was a sultan, equivalent to the king of that region.

Black soldiers,

Deploy battleships and fighter planes.

He was 100% sure that it was HD Security who did it, so he immediately sent people to investigate and found that there were indeed planes flying out of the HD Security Singapore base yesterday, and the battleship also went out for a spin.

I went directly to the Singapore base.

Mountbatten was somewhat angry.

This Hadi was too arrogant. He even dared to kill the colonial sultan at will. This was a major challenge to his dignity and the authority of the British Empire.

Not true.

Mountbatten suddenly stopped thinking about this.

That Hardy,

He is also a British, a hereditary viscount of the United Kingdom and the Governor of Penang and Malacca. Although he has no governor's jurisdiction over other parts of Malaya, there is no need for him to undermine British interests in Malaya.

There must be something going on here.

He called his secretary.

"Send a telegram to Governor Hadi to ask if this was done by HD security and why."

The secretary hurried to send the telegram.

It won't take long.

Singapore received a reply from Penang. The telegram was very long and described the matter in great detail. To Mountbatten's surprise, Hadi admitted it so straightforwardly.

"Respected Governor Mountbatten, first of all, what happened in Johor was indeed done by HD security, but the Dominion said that this matter has nothing to do with politics."

"The Johor Sultan was preparing to forcibly annex the employer's industry and arrest the employer and put him in jail. HD Security received the employer's employment order and sent out mercenaries to rescue the employer and complete the employer's order. This was purely a commercial act from beginning to end."

Governor Mountbatten read the telegram.

There was silence for a long moment.

He told his secretary: "Call Britain immediately and send a telegram to the Prime Minister to report the attack on the Sultan of Johor, Malaya."

The British Prime Minister at the time.

Already Winston Churchill.

During World War II, Churchill was one of the three giants of the Allied Forces. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt left a great reputation throughout the world.

But World War II had just ended.

Churchill lost the British general election.

After a few years,

Last year Churchill was re-elected as British Prime Minister.

When Churchill saw the telegram from the Governor of Singapore, his brows frowned at first, but after a short while, his brows slowly relaxed and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

Malaya has been clamoring for independence. The Empire cannot gain much benefit from it, but it has to invest a lot of energy in it. Now it is no longer in the interests of Britain.

Malaya's path to independence has become difficult to reverse, but now with the emergence of a variable like Governor Hadi, perhaps Malaya will become more interesting.

Of course, he hoped to continue to retain the Malayan colony, but if not, he also hoped to keep Penang and Malacca. After all, Hadi admitted that it would always be a British colony, which was also very important to Britain and would also save face.

Telegram Finally,

The Governor of Singapore asked the Prime Minister how to deal with this incident.

Churchill smiled.

He bit the cigar in his mouth and said, "Does it need to be handled by the UK? Viscount Hardy has already said that this is a business behavior of HD Security. HD Security is an American company. We should ask the United States how to deal with this matter."

After saying this, he gave a few instructions to the secretary beside him and asked him to call back.

Mountbatten received the telegram.

This time I was even more confused than when I received Hardy's telegram.

The Prime Minister called back.

The content of the reply call was that since the other party stated that it was a business activity, it should be handled as a business matter. Mountbatten should send a note to the US government in the name of the Singapore colony, hoping that the US government would intervene to handle the matter.

Mountbatten looked constipated.

The most explicit meaning of the Prime Minister's reply is that the British government has no say in the matter and that you, the Governor's Office, should handle it on your own.

Can,

But what can I do.

The Singapore Governor's Office held HD Security accountable and even wanted to attack him. Don't be kidding, the soldiers he has now are even fewer than those of HD Security, not to mention the warships and fighter jets.

During the previous meeting with Hadi, the two sides reached a verbal agreement that if something happened in Malaya and Britain's combat capability was insufficient, it would ask HD for security help.

The Prime Minister is clearly shirking responsibility.

never mind,

The Prime Minister doesn't care if an indigenous Sultan dies. What else should I be afraid of? I cannot be held accountable anyway.

He called his secretary again.

"In the name of the Singapore Governor's Office in the Malayan Colony, a telegram was sent to President Johnson of the US government, explaining what happened in Johor. HD Security attacked the Johor Sultan, Johor Prison, and Johor Barracks in the name of receiving an employer's order, resulting in the death of the Johor Sultan, the escape of more than 1,000 prisoners from the Johor Prison, and the killing and injury of more than 500 soldiers in the Johor Barracks."

"This behavior of HD Security has seriously violated the interests of the colonies and caused extremely malicious effects. We hope that the US government will regulate its own companies to avoid affecting the relationship and political interests between the UK and the US."

Finish the last sentence.

Mountbatten felt something was wrong again.

Whether it will have an impact or not is up to the bosses above. As for me, I have no right to say that.

"The last sentence was deleted, and 'to be controlled' was changed to 'to be investigated'."

The secretary quickly crossed out the sentence "so as not to affect the relations and political interests of Britain and the United States."

The secretary leaves.

Mountbatten lit a cigar.

Actually think about it.

In recent times, those Malayans have been making a lot of noise, clamoring for independence and rights all day long.

The British government ordered Mountbatten many times to try his best to consolidate the rule and management of the colonies. During this time, Mountbatten came up with many strategies, but with little success, and was troubled by those noisy guys.

Hadi simply killed a Sultan,

It is also a warning to other sultans.

This world,

It's not enough to just shout. Without the protection of the British Empire, these natives would have been finished long ago. And yet they still want special privileges.

At this moment,

Mountbatten actually felt a sense of relief.

The White House,

The telegram room received a telegram from Malaya. After reading it, the director of the telegram room handed it to Michael Corrion, director of the President's Assistant Liaison Office, in accordance with the procedures.

"Mr. Corion, there is a telegram from the Governor's Office of Singapore in the Far East Malaya. The content of the matter is about Mr. Hadi and HD security. Please read it."

Mike took the telegram and read it.

He raised his eyebrows.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It was sent in the name of the Governor's Office in Singapore. I thought it was from the British government. OK, give it to me and I will show it to the President."

The telegraph director went out.

Mike picked up another telegram from the table. This telegram was sent by Hardy. Hardy knew that someone would complain to the US government, so he sent a telegram in advance to explain the situation.

Mike walked to Johnson's office with two telegrams.

Johnson is processing the documents.

Although the situation in the Far East Peninsula is much better now than during MacArthur's time, it is still in a tense state.

And it's getting more complicated.

Johnson always felt that this time he might not be able to achieve the expected goal, which was not what he wanted to see.

So Johnson was not in a very good mood.

Mike comes in.

Two telegrams.

"President, there is something about the Far East here."

Johnson frowned.

"Far East, Far East again, what's going on?"

"A native sultan in Malaya wanted to seize the industries of the Hadi Group. HD security dispatched security forces to attack the sultan. The attack was a bit heavy, bombing the sultan's military camp and killing the sultan."

"The Singapore Governor's Office sent a telegram to report this matter, hoping that we can investigate HD security."

It's about Hadi.

Johnson also attaches great importance to it.

He took the telegram and read it carefully. After reading it, he put it aside and said calmly: "This matter has nothing to do with the United States."

"Hadi is a British viscount and also the Governor of Penang. Although HD Security is an American company, their operations are in Malaya and are not under the jurisdiction of the United States. The US government has no obligation to manage this matter."

"Hadi said in the telegram that this was an action by HD Security, a purely commercial act, taken at the behest of the employer, and was not within the scope of the United States' handling."

Speaking of this,

Johnson paused.

"The power of the United States and Britain in the Far East is getting weaker and weaker. I think Hadi's behavior is helpful to our voice in the Far East and can consolidate the interests of Europe and the United States in the Far East."

Mike asked calmly, "So how do you think we should handle this?"

Johnson waved his hands.

"The US government did not make any positive response. If a reporter asked about it, they would say it was Britain's internal affairs and let the British deal with it themselves."

Mike nodded and left.

On the way back, Mike smiled and whispered, "In the United States, Hardy dared to drive a fighter jet to attack people. Those natives in Southeast Asia wanted to seize his industry. Really, I guess they definitely didn't do any research beforehand, haha."

Back to the office,

Mike drafted a telegram document to reply to the Governor's Office in Singapore.

It won't take long.

Singapore received a telegram from the White House.

The content of the telegram was very simple: this matter was not under the jurisdiction of the United States and the United States would not interfere. The British side was requested to resolve it on its own.

Singapore Governor Mountbatten received the telegram.

I was speechless.

Blame it on

It's all fucking bullshit.

In the end, you kicked the ball back to myself. What should I do? What can I do?

Fuck it.

I don't care anymore.