In Southeast Asia, only the US military bases in the Philippines and Malaya are relatively complete. From a geographical perspective, Malaya is closer to Vietnam, and it is more convenient to support South Vietnam from Malaya's military bases.

However, the US government was concerned about the rift between the United States and the United States caused by the peace treaty against Japan in the late period of Truman's administration. Although the Malayan government expressed sufficient sincerity for cooperation during the visits of American consortiums and enterprises, it expressed indifference and even criticism of some of the US government's proposals in the international community.

Especially after Wu Ming successfully elected president, the Speaker of the Parliament, Chen Jiageng, who had a high influence among Chinese and Chinese, resigned from his official position and organized a non-governmental organization to visit Red China. However, the Malayan government has never expressed any objection or objection to the civil exchanges between China and Malaysia, and even indulged in some respects. Although the Malayan government was once denounced as a lackey of the US imperialist empire by the New China, the Malayan government has always adopted a silent policy, and seems to have devoted all its energy to domestic construction. Especially after the first five-year plan laid the industrial foundation of Malaya, it began to focus on developing some industries in the second five-year plan passed by the parliament and began to pay attention to agricultural construction.

The Malayan government strengthened exchanges and cooperation between European countries such as the United Kingdom, which has influenced the established plans of the United States. In particular, the Malayan government has provided conditions to express support for the "Colombo Plan" for the development of South Asia and Southeast Asia advocated by the United Kingdom. The "Colombo Plan" aims to strengthen the socio-economic development of South Asia and Southeast Asia through international cooperation in the form of financial and technical assistance, education and training programs, and has the intention to compete with the "Fourth Point Plan" being implemented by the United States.

The Malayan government has made steady progress. Although it is not obvious, it has developed extremely solidly due to its abundant resources. With the completion of Shujun work in the Strait of Malacca, this golden waterway is increasingly attractive. The giant dock in the construction site of cooperation with the UK has been completed and can repair the world's largest supertanker. Moreover, the second phase of the Singapore Port is underway. It is expected that the throughput will be the fourth in the world in four years. The shoreline of the port in the port will be as long as three or four thousand meters long and can accommodate more than 30 giant ships at the same time. The shipyard will also be completed and put into production in 1955, and will be able to manufacture 10,000 tons of ships. The Malayan Navy's ship problem will be solved. Moreover, the United Kingdom and France have stated that they can provide corresponding technical support.

The US government has repeatedly mentioned that Malaya's naval forces are unable to cope with pirates and terrorist attacks, hoping that the US military can enter the region, and said that the United States is willing to form a joint patrol with Malaya to ensure the safety of the Strait of Malacca. However, it was rejected by Malaysia. Seeing that old countries such as Britain and France seem to be slowly infiltrating Southeast Asia, the US government is anxious.

In addition, due to the resolution of the Chinese Indonesian issue, Malaysia and India ended their hostilities, reached an understanding, and carried out a series of local economic cooperation. Malaya retracted its mafia to encourage local independence in Indonesia and implemented free water for ships traveling to and from Indonesia. After Indonesia stabilized the domestic situation, it also strongly opposed the San Francisco Peace Treaty and recently imposed high fees on ships traveling to and from Japan in the Tenmu Strait.

Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaya and other countries that oppose the San Francisco Peace Treaty are slowly uniting, posing an increasing resistance to Japan's economic development. Malaya is increasingly occupying an important position and exerting an increasingly important influence in this alliance that has not yet formally formed a system. Moreover, because Malaya is tough, it has repeatedly rejected Japan's efforts to improve relations with it.

On April 26, 1954, at the Geneva Conference, in order to achieve a peaceful resolution of the North Korean issue and discuss the issue of restoring peace in Indochina. The Geneva Conference was the first important international conference to participate in as a major power since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Zhou EL showed his broad politician mind and superb art of fighting at the conference. It left a deep impression on the participants and the international community, and also made the New China show its strength on the international diplomatic stage.

The Geneva Conference stipulated in 1954 that the election of a unified country was scheduled to be held in July 1956, but this election was never held. Wu Tingyan was supported by the United States and took an arbitrary and authoritarian rule in South Vietnam, which also led North Vietnam to win the victory of the public relations war. North Vietnam achieved large-scale agricultural reforms, distributing land to farmers, and aroused the desire of the people of the South. Some people believed that it was precisely for this reason that Eisenhower wrote in his memorandum that if the national election was held, the ** would win. However, another explanation was that the *** in the North could not allow free elections to be held in their half of Vietnam. In the end, neither the United States nor the Vietnamese signed the election clauses in the agreement.

In the Cold War environment, US President Eisenhower began to see Southeast Asia as a potential key battlefield in the Cold War, and it became very important to regain the Malayan government's support for the United States in the region.

The obstacle to U.S. relations is the Japanese issue. The Malayan government has never recognized the San Francisco Peace Treaty. It not only insists on its tough stance, but also influences neighboring countries with its own influence, which is a headache for the US government.

In September 1954, US Secretary of State Dulles visited Malaya and started diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the United States again, hoping to regain favor and support from the Malayan government.

"Japan is developing rapidly with the support of your country!" Wu Ming said to Dulles in a somewhat ridiculous tone: "According to our intelligence, by 1956, except for foreign trade, Japan's economic indicators will basically reach or exceed the pre-war highest level. The development of a defeated country exceeds many victorious countries like ours, and your country's local capabilities are really great."

"No. No, what the President said is a bit inaccurate." Dulles shook his head gently, "Because your country imposed a blockade against Japan in the Strait of Malacca, Japan's economic development has been heavily burdened, and your country's achievements are also very surprising. Your government has adopted a special depreciation system for enterprise equipment adopted by your government. The Malayan government stipulates that when enterprises purchase new equipment, they can withdraw depreciation fees of 50% of the equipment price, deduct it from the total profit without paying taxes. Under the encouragement of the government, enterprises compete to increase investment and update their equipment.

It is very creative, accelerating equipment renewal and expanding the speed of capital accumulation. Moreover, since your country joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in 1951, your country's enterprises have gradually increased by more than 32% in terms of foreign capital and imported equipment. According to our statistics, the labor productivity of your country's manufacturing industry has increased by 32%, and industrial production has increased by 10.3% per year on average. Moreover, our government has been doing its best for your country's development. In terms of region, resources and development potential, it is only a matter of time for your country to surpass Japan."

"And the Korean War prompted Western countries to expand their military preparations and upgrade, triggering a craze for procurement. The nearly 30 billion US dollars of goods that have been piled up in the market depression since 1950 were dumped. The light textile industry has recovered rapidly because of a large amount of orders; production in steel, machinery, cement and other industries has also increased significantly." Dulles continued sincerely: "With the completion of Singapore shipyards, your country's development potential is much stronger than that of Japan. "Mr. Secretary of State knows a lot." Zhao Xiaomei said, "But do you know how much has our country lost to impose sanctions on Japan in the Strait of Malacca because of opposition to the San Francisco Peace Treaty? Seeing that the former invaders were not severely punished, but were rising rapidly, how much has our sense of justice and national feelings been hurt?"

"The rise of Japan will play a major role in the expansion of East Asia. Moreover, our country has repeatedly solemnly promised that the rising Japan will not follow the militarist path and will not become a threat to free countries." Dulles explained: "And the Japanese government apologized for the harm brought to your country by the war and promised to provide free assistance to your country year by year."

"This is the intention that the Japanese government has asked you to express in private, or should it be officially announced to the public?" Wu Ming pursed his lips, "If it is private, there is no need to say it anymore. And it must be a formal apology, and it will be carried out in the name of war compensation, and it will be divided and disintegrated. This is a clever name that is not easy to use here."

"This is a test of the Japanese government's attitude towards understanding war crimes." Zheng Pingru said: "Free aid? To put it nicely, the Japanese just don't want to plead guilty and don't put it on a fig leaf."

"The question of attitude is very important." Wu Ming said seriously: "Secretary of State tells Japan again, don't block it anymore. A nation that has no sense of responsibility and dares to admit its mistakes sincerely will not have a future. The Strait of Malacca will always be closed to the Japanese unless Japan can organize another joint fleet and have another Pearl Harbor incident."
Chapter completed!