Before arriving in Shamaga, Ganduluo was already considering negotiating with China.

Meeting Leslie, Ganduluo raised the most important question in a tentative tone: Malaysia's national security.

The Malaysian Prime Minister hopes to get a positive answer from the US Secretary of State, and Leslie politely stated that the United States would ensure Malaysia's defense security and did not propose any substantial measures.

Ganduluo was very dissatisfied with the United States' reply, "Defense security" is not "national security."

According to the literal meaning, "defense security" refers to the basic defense capabilities a country should have in order to ensure the security of national basic elements such as sovereignty, territory, etc., that is, the basic national defense strength to ensure national security is a condition and means, not an end.

Leslie only promised to provide Malaysia with the conditions and means to ensure "national security". He did not promise to provide security protection for Malaysia, nor did he promise to provide military support for Malaysia.

In this way, Ganduluo could not turn to the United States at all.

If we don’t fall to the United States, Malaysia can only “submit” to China.

After meeting with Shamaga, Ganduluo did not make a decision immediately, but only asked Shamaga to complete the preparations for the formal negotiations as soon as possible.

After seeing off Shamaga, Ganduluo invited the five ministers and five deputy ministers of the Prime Minister's Office to come over.

Malaysia's political system is very special. As the Prime Minister Di Ganduluo is both the chairman of the National Front (BN) and the chairman of the Malaysian national unity agency (UMNO). As a constitutional monarchy, the Prime Minister is only the head of administrative headquarters of Malaysia. He is not the head of state. Malaysia has no hereditary king. The head of state is composed of nine states, including Johor, Pahang, Sherry, Selangor, Perlis, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis, the "Rulers Conference" and the heads of state of Malacca, Penang, Sarawak, and Shah, the "Rulers Conference" takes turns electing the highest head of state and deputy supreme head of the 9 hereditary sultans. The "Rulers Conference" is also responsible for promulgating national laws and regulations. It makes a final ruling on the national Islam issue. It discusses major issues involving the privileged status of the Malays, Sabah, and Sarawak.

A special political system has produced a special government system.

Like other countries, the Malaysian government has 24 regular administrative departments; unlike other countries, it is. The Malaysian government has 1 very special department: the Prime Minister's Office. This department is divided into 5 ministries, namely "Unity and Performance", "Law and Parliament", "Economic Planning", "Islam", and "Special". Each ministries have 1 minister and 1 deputy minister. Generally, the outside world calls the Prime Minister's Office a "small cabinet".

The seats of the five ministers and deputy ministers are relatively fixed.

During the BN rule, the ministers and deputy ministers of "Unity and Performance Affairs" were both Chinese. The ministers and deputy ministers of "Legal and Parliamentary Affairs" were Malays. The ministers and deputy ministers of "Economic Planning Unit" were Indians. The ministers and deputy ministers of "Islamic Affairs" were Ibans. The ministers and deputy ministers of "Special Affairs" were Kadashan people. These five groups not only represent the main tribes in Malaysia, but also represent more than 95% of Malaysian citizens.

The place where Malaysia has the power is the "small cabinet".

Ganduluo cannot make decisions without authorization, and any major decisions must be voted in the "small cabinet".

Without the need for a special introduction by Ganduluo, the five ministers and the five deputy ministers have already learned about the situation.

"Do we have any other choices besides negotiating with China?" The first to speak was Minister of Law and Congressional Affairs Nariz.

Ganduluo sighed secretly and said, "Before this, I met with US Secretary of State Leslie twice, both of which proposed that the United States provide us with national security guarantees. Leslie only promised to provide defense security guarantees and did not propose any substantial assistance measures. In addition to the lack of a clear response to national security issues, Leslie only promised to strengthen cooperation with us in terms of trade, arms sales, diplomacy and investment."

Hearing this, the minister and the deputy minister fell silent.

"In other words, the United States is not reliable at all." Xu Caiyin, Minister of State for Unity and Performance, said, "If national security is not guaranteed, we cannot get into evil with China. Vietnam and the Philippines are the most realistic lessons. China has absolute military advantages. With our country's defense strength, it is impossible to defeat China in war. The only way to solve the problem is negotiations, and we must obtain enough benefits through negotiations."

Xu Caiyin's attitude is very clear: he supports negotiations.

The ideas of several other ministers and deputy ministers are not that simple.

"The key is, what benefits can negotiations bring to us." Di Mark, Minister of Economic Planning, glanced at others and said, "In terms of military strength, we are definitely not as good as China. If we act like fighting to the end and putting out strength enough to make China afraid, we can force China to give up military means."

"Is it possible?" Deputy Minister Liu Maosheng, who was sitting next to Xu Caiyin, smiled bitterly and said, "Vietnam's military strength is much stronger than ours. He was defeated by China in less than six days.

The Philippines, occupying all islands and reefs controlled by the Philippines overnight, the Philippine Navy and Air Force, and China has expressed its determination to completely resolve the problem. Although we are much stronger than the Philippines, with China's military strength, we can defeat our navy and air force within two to three days. Fight all our capital with China, what should we use to safeguard national security and national interests? Don't forget that in addition to the territorial and territorial waters dispute with China, we also have territorial and territorial waters disputes with Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Cambodia. Not to mention losing all national defense power, even if we lose part of our national defense power, it will have a huge negative impact on resolving our disputes with other countries."

Liu Maosheng's words reached the point of focus. Malaysia is not just facing the "China issue".

"Even if we negotiate, we cannot lose national interests." Islamic Minister Migar said, "If China cannot offer conditions that satisfy us, we cannot sign any agreement. In any case, we represent the interests of the entire Malaysia, not the interests of a certain tribe or population.

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"Minister Migal's words are right, the key is how much concessions China can make." Prime Minister Xu Caiyin looked over.

Ganduluo was late and said: "China promised to provide us with sufficient support and assistance in trade, economic cooperation, military cooperation and diplomatic cooperation. The specific issues have not been determined yet and need to be resolved through negotiation."

When Shamaga arrived in Bangkok, Pan Yunsheng asked the intelligence counselor to the embassy to send the latest news to Huang Guowei.

Official negotiations are about to begin, and the shadow of war is moving away.

damn it**

Roar, please give me a monthly ticket! (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!