The Rise of Australasia

Chapter 645 -492: Disassembling the Royal Security Intelligence Agency

Arthur didn’t care about how the British Empire and Italy were vying to win over Hungary. After all, Hungary was far from Australasia, and it didn’t matter who controlled it, as long as it wasn’t under the control of Soviet Russia.

The splitting of the royal financial group made Arthur realise one thing, which is, “biggest” doesn’t always mean “best”.

If a giant royal financial group could easily cause resentment among the people, then having an overly large Royal Security Intelligence Agency wasn’t a good thing for the monarch either.

At any time, a monarch should understand the importance of checks and balances of power.

No matter how immense the Royal Security Intelligence Agency may be, if it is the only intelligence agency in Australasia, there is a potential for a variety of problems.

Upon careful consideration, Arthur decided to split the Royal Security Intelligence Agency into three different intelligence departments, each with different duties.

The first department is responsible for military intelligence and foreign espionage. The importance of a foreign intelligence department to a country is self-evident so it inherited most of the intelligence personnel from the original Royal Security Intelligence Agency.

The foreign intelligence department was named the Australasian Military Intelligence Bureau, also known as the Military Intelligence Bureau, and is headed by Gary Barodale.

The intelligence department responsible for internal surveillance of officials and the public is called the National Intelligence Bureau, headed by David Hildebrand.

The existing Royal Security Intelligence Agency was also retained. It has the broadest jurisdiction, covering both internal and external intelligence work, including special tasks such as protection and assassination of key personnel.

The director of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency is still Barty, a veteran in Australasian intelligence work and the actual head of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency.

Both the Military and the National Intelligence Bureau, like the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, operate directly under the command of Arthur.

However, the Military Intelligence Bureau is managed by the Ministry of Defense, and the National Intelligence Bureau is managed by the Cabinet Government. Typically, the Ministry of Defense and the Cabinet Government also have special privileges for accessing certain intelligence.

The intelligence from the Royal Security Intelligence Agency is exclusively for Arthur’s review, which further distinguishes this agency from the other two.

Director Barty had no objections to the decision to split the Royal Security Intelligence Agency. Despite the significant decrease in his power, he understood who gave him that power. There were no complaints, and instead, he dutifully fulfilled his role.

The two new directors were previously subordinates of Director Barty. Evidently, they were well-trained by Barty. Even with their promotions, they remained humble and respectful towards Barty.

The very first task for the newly established Military Intelligence Bureau was to insert numerous spies in the Philippines, preparing for Australasia’s next move in the region.

From the map, it is easy to see that the American-controlled Philippines is like a thorn in the side of Australasia’s ambition in Southeast Asia.

While it might not be a problem now, once missiles are developed in the future, the U.S. only needs to deploy medium and short-range missiles in the Philippines to easily threaten Australasia’s homeland.

Against such potential threats, action must be taken. Moreover, the U.S. and Australasia find themselves in a competitive situation now.

The Pacific hegemony sought by the U.S. will inevitably clash with Australasia, which occupies a significant portion of the Pacific.

Just as one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, one Pacific Ocean cannot accommodate two hegemonic countries.

At present, the Dutch East Indies no longer poses a threat to Australasia. By taking over three of its islands, they can serve as “farms” for indigenous people.

Whenever indigenous people are needed, they can be summoned from these three islands. When not needed, they can be banished there.

Even in the future, control over these three islands could establish three separate independent states.

As the power closest to these three countries, Australasia could easily exert control over them, turning them into markets for its goods.

As for the Strait Colony controlled by the British Empire further north, it is impossible that they would cede or sell it to Australasia.

After all, the three harbors of the Strait Colony control the entire Malacca Strait, which is equivalent to controlling the entire East Asian trade chain. The British Empire would never willingly give this up, at least not until its power completely waned.

Acquiring the Strait Colony would have to wait until the outbreak of World War II, and the British Empire can no longer resist the attack of Germany.

The Southeast Asian Peninsula to the north is never within Arthur’s consideration.

No can do, for it is too close to the formidable power, just a slight movement would cause global upheaval, which is not what Arthur wants to see.

This is also why the Military Intelligence Bureau focused on the Philippines as their first station, the Philippines is something of an eyesore to them.

At the very least, they need to rally the local indigenous people to provoke the Americans.

Indeed, from the map, the territory of Australasia is already quite perfect.

With the land of Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand, Australasia already has the foundations to become a formidable power.

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