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Chapter 38 Preparations before the visit

The overall situation in Malaya has been decided. The National Liberation Army was officially renamed the Malay National Defense Forces, and the Democratic Independence Party was renamed the Democratic Progressive Party. The riots in various places have been stabilized one after another under the iron fist suppression of the National Defense Forces and the police forces. Although the British were very dissatisfied with this, they could no longer change it. They wanted to continue to support the declining Malays at the risk of offending a country, which was obviously inconsistent with their national interests. Therefore, they just criticized the Democratic Progressive Party for unifying the use of force, which violated the principle of democratic consultation, implemented the state of emergency law, and discriminated against and suppressed Malays with historical problems, and had no tough measures.

When the established provisional government sends a clear signal to the US government that if the US government allows it, Interim Foreign Minister Andy Lau will set off for a visit to the United States after the founding ceremony to discuss further cooperation between the two countries, hoping that the United States will play an important role in the reconstruction of Malaya. Of course, the provisional government also issued a request for state visits to Britain, France, China and other countries.

Compared with Britain and France, the United States and China responded enthusiastically. The United States received a secret commitment from the Malaya Provisional Government to purchase American aircraft and warships, and invited American instructors to guide teaching. The U.S. government believes that in the future, Malaya will become a firm ally of the United States in Asia, as compensation for the possible loss of China, and use it to fight against Indonesia. As a welcome statement, the United States immediately presented three large aircraft to the Malaya Provisional Government as a gift for the founding of the Malaya Federated States and landlines for foreign visits, and provided pilots.

In China, Chiang Kai-shek expressed his welcome because of other considerations. On March 29, 1948, the National Congress of Constitution was unveiled in Nanjing. The highlight of the National Congress was naturally to elect the president, that is, to elect Chiang Kai-shek as president. The presidential election was one-sided, and no one could run with Chiang Kai-shek. However, the vice presidential election was very different. Below one person, the heroes competed. Among these people, the one who made Chiang worry the most was Li Zongren, the leader of the Guangxi clan. Li Zongren was not only a soldier.

And he had the strength, his merits during the war and the people who came to the post-war world made Chiang Kai-shek feel threatened. So Chiang introduced Sun Ke, who had no intention of running for the election, as a candidate for vice president, to compete with Li. Sun Ke was the son of Sun Yat-sen and a native of Guangdong, and could divide Li Zongren's southwest votes. He thought that with the power of Huangpu and C, he could defeat Li Zongren. However, in the fourth voting election on April 29, Li Zongren actually defeated Sun Ke and was elected as vice president, which made Chiang Kai-shek extremely angry.

The election of the president was originally intended to highlight the supreme leader of the country, but the performance before and after the meeting made Chiang Kai-shek deeply feel that his prestige had begun to decline greatly with the unfavorable situation of the war. Even the leaders of the whole party were a problem, at best, the leaders of the Huangpu Group and the CC Group. At this time, even the United States despised Chiang Kai-shek a little and instead intended to support Li Zongren. Chiang Kai-shek really needed something to improve his prestige.

The Malayan Provisional Government's request for state visits was in line with Chiang Kai-shek's wishes. First, Chiang Kai-shek no longer had the glory of the world's four giants back then, and the victory and defeat of various countries in the civil war against China had deviated from the National Government; second, facing the situation of consecutive defeats, Chiang Kai-shek's personal prestige was also hit hard; third, Andy Lau's personal identity was also a place for the National Government and was awarded the medal by Chiang Kai-shek. By receiving the visiting delegation, it can be proved that the National Government is still China's only legal government, and I, Chiang, is still a well-deserved leader. I, still attracted attention from foreign countries.

"Mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence." Zhao Xiaomei nodded and said, "These five principles are very good. I expect that this will not only become the basis for China to pursue an independent and peaceful foreign policy, but will also be accepted by most countries in the world and become an important norm for regulating international relations."

"I feel the same way." Xiao Minghua said with a smile: "Brother Liu is indeed worthy of being the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Look. In just a few days, we have sorted out so many good things, and the diplomatic direction of our country can basically be determined."

"Hehe. This is also due to Yushuang." Wu Ming chuckled, "This time I visited the United States and the mainland. First, I will finalize the material and economic assistance of the reconstruction area of ​​Malaya. The most important thing is to recruit talents. In my opinion, the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek's government has been decided. The capitalists, landlords, industrial and commercial people in the mainland, and those intellectuals who worship Western-style democratic places may not dare to stay in the country. If they find a way out, it is nothing more than Hong Kong and the United States. Now we extend an olive branch, all of them are Chinese. If they can invest and settle in Malaya, it will be of great benefit to the development of our country."

"This can attract investment, and the proportion of Chinese people can also increase the benefits of killing two birds with one stone." Li Xiaohai said: "About these, our country has formulated quite generous conditions and recognized dual nationality. Singapore universities and research institutions are also under emergency construction. I believe that many Chinese people will come to Malaya to settle and develop."

"In the Americas and the mainland, we have all started publicity and put forward the slogan: Malaya, the home of all Chinese in the world." Zhao Xiaomei continued: "As long as Malaya can stabilize, I believe that more and more Chinese people will come to build Malaya. And we will give them very good living conditions and room for development."

"As long as we have an army, Malaya will not be in chaos." Wu Ming was optimistic about this, "and this advantage must be maintained so that the Chinese people coming to Malaya can rest assured."
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