Recruiting Turing went quite smoothly. At the very least, he accepted the position Arthur had appointed him to and joined the work at the Computing Laboratory.
Arthur did not expect the newly established Computing Laboratory to achieve anything in a short period.
As far as computer technology was concerned, genuine results would not come for at least several decades.
Of course, preparations had to begin now. Otherwise, Arthur could not be sure Australasia would gain an advantage in the future competition over computers and networks without any preparation.
Recruiting Turing was merely Arthur's first step in deploying computer technology.
Next, Australasia would absorb as many talents in mathematics and logic as possible, laying the groundwork for the birth of computers.
Come to think of it, as one of the leaders of Britain's codebreaking efforts in history, Turing's arrival in Australasia would certainly affect the British breaking Germany's encrypted messages.
Although this was not Arthur's primary objective, making the British suffer greater losses would absolutely be a good thing.
By the time Turing joined the Computing Laboratory, the London Conference had still not finished discussing the division of the world's interests.
For such a grand conference, reaching a definite result would take at least some more time.
Arthur had no interest in listening to the British and French bicker back and forth. As far as he was concerned, he cared only about the final result of the negotiations and whether Australasia's interests would suffer any losses.
However, considering Australasia's importance to the war at present, even if Britain and France were unwilling, they could not possibly manipulate the distribution of the spoils.
On November 24, 1937, amid the discussions among the various nations, the first agreement to reach a consensus was signed: the historically renowned "United Nations Declaration."
This "United Nations