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KING PAUL OF GREECE SECURES RENEWED DEALS ON CHARMING STATE VISIT TO SLOVENIA

[list][sup]NOT LIKE THE PAUL WE KNEW

SEPTEMBER 1953[/sup][/list]

Hearty toasts and loud cheers welcomed Kralj Pavel Grški to the Slovene Republic in September 1953. The fifty-two-year-old King of the Hellenes ruled over one of Slovenia’s most steadfast allies and a fierce competitor in the Adriatic naval arms race. Even the most politically unaware Slovene had at some point heard a better-informed friend tell them of Greece’s (Adriatican Islands) deeds in the Sloveno-Yugoslavian schism. Thus, when King Paul did indeed visit the Slovenes, gratitude abounded—it was a different Paul than the one the Slovenes once knew, and one which continued to defend the interest of the small Alpine nation wedged between communists and their former colonizers. He symbolically opened his visit in the disputed city of Trst, once Trieste. Trst, together with Gradec (once Graz), had suffered considerable flight when it came under Slovene control after the Slovene Rising. Between 1940 and 1950, Trst’s population dipped from about 270,000 to 210,000 as Italians moved out and Slovenes moved in. Even the bold resettlement programs of the Furlan government—which offered to repatriate Slovenes living abroad for a chance to return to their newborn native country and take up residence in formerly Italian and German towns—had not been able to fully make up for what the city once was. If there was one salvation for the city, though, it was its immense shipyards and the Greek and other foreign contracts that kept it busy. The economic value of the Greco-Slovenian alliance could not be understated, and it was helping every day to stoke industrial development in Slovenia.

The KingÂ’s visit was meant to expand that relationship. His opening day in Trst saw him tour the Mašera shipyards and, in the evening, watch a play of the Tržaško dramsko društvo (“Trst Drama Society”) with former President Boris Furlan at the rebuilt Narodni dom. The coming days would whisk him around the Republic; he laid a wreath at the Slovene Rising monument in Ljubljana, and met with local notables ranging from the bespectacled Ljubljana General Hospital director Igor Tavčar to revered painter Anica Zupanec-Sodnik. It seemed that a veritable whoÂ’s-who of Slovenians had leveraged their influence to meet the monarch, thus producing a kaleidoscope of locals for Paul to encounter. The most politically substantive conversations, however, came from meeting Prime Minister Andrej Gosar and his cabinet. There, talks abounded about the strategic futures of Slovenia and Greece. Whispers of a joint Greco-Slovenian Adriatic Naval Command were coupled with talks of intelligence sharing and other private projects which remain unknown to the public ear. The public side of the talks manifested in a new statue proposal for the city of Ljubljana: a bronze statue of Konstantinos Tsaldaris and Boris Furlan shaking hands, engraved with quotations epitomizing the Greco-Slovenian friendship.

[list][sup]“The Adriatic Sea serves as a reminder of the friendship between Greece and Slovenia, uniting us together in a bond of shared respect and understanding.”[/sup]

[list][sup]— Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian Foreign Minister, 1953[/sup][/list][/list]

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[list]October 1953

[sub]The Symbolical Artery[/sub][/list]

[pre]D E U T S C H E B A H N I[/pre]

| The rise of the Western economical models in Germany had been greatly exacerbated by the rise of Ludwig Erhard, the prominent economist who served as Federal Minister for the Economy. With him at the helm of Germany's treasuries and Economy Ministry, the German economy rebounded strongly and its export value exploded especially in the wake of the Korean War, and a reshuffling of global trade dynamics. Among the companies in Germany competing for more government incentives and investments were those in the rail industry. In the immediate aftermath of the War, Deutsche Bahn AG of businessman Oskar Schroder dominated the German railway market. It headed the development and expansion of Germany's railways, both passenger and freight-wise, and received millions in investments and contracts from the German federal government. Deutsche Bahn was still a private entity, but it was firmly backed by financing from the German government, and was thus sometimes confused as a state-owned company. By 1950 and 1951, however, other companies were starting to rear their heads in the rail market, and especially in the field of designing and producing passenger and freight trains. |

| Most prominent among these was Siemens AG, a multinational conglomerate group that had stakes in electrical engineering, transportation, rail and computing technologies. It's rail arm (Siemens Rail) officially rolled out its Siemens SPC-1 freight train and its Siemens SC-1 medium-range passenger trains in 1952, and a deal was inked earlier this year to have these trains operate on rail operated by Deutsche Bahn AG on behalf of the Ministry for Transportation. Siemens was viewed by Deutsche Bahn as a potential partner but also a potential competitor, and thus was careful with interacting with the company. Arguably Deutsche Bahn was the larger of the two in terms of capital and influence across the markets, but Siemens commanded more industry respect, and thus possessed the largest pool of engineers and high-skilled workers. From its new base in Bavaria, Siemens was also expanding into computing and washing machines, to expand its base. |

| Seeking to prepare for international expansion, both rail companies invested heavily into the opening of new offices and the hiring of new construction workers. Germany's foreign relations state was starting to stabilize itself, and with the country preparing to enter a common European market, it was understood that German companies would need to be ready to compete in that common market. Siemens in particular saw for itself an opening, and began designing a swath of new vehicles, primarily longer-range passenger trains that was more efficient than all other predecessors. Deutsche Bahn secured new contracts to build railways linking major cities, and the company established a special office to begin planning for a possible Greater Capital Metro Network (Großes Hauptstadt-Metro-Netz), a proposed plan to build a massive metropolitan subway system between Cologne and Bonn combined. In line with the expansions and growth of German industry, the rail industry too had to adapt. |

| Exiting the '53 summer session, German legislators in the Bundestag were moving for another swathe of infrastructure development investments, allocating what remained of Marshall Plan funds. The autobahn systems had been rehabilitated and modernized starting 1951, and new networks for moving between Bavaria and the capital region (Bonn-Cologne area) were laid out. In the capital, parks were being planned, and new pathways to encourage biking were also being developed. The country was preparing to enter a new stage in its development as a modern Western nation, and many expected that to start with the symbolical artery that was the railway. |

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The Stage is set!

5th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Today, the 5th October 1953 marks the day The Great National Assembly will vote on who the future President of Romania will be.

Candidates are:

Comrade Constantin Rotaru (General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly)

Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej (The Ministry of Economics of The Socialist Republic of Romania)

Chivu Stoica (Prime Minister of The Socialist Republic of Romania)

| The results will be made public at 00:00, 6th October 1953.

"Noi iubim Partidul Comunist Român

Pentru că ne este părinte bun

Noi iubim Partidul Comunist Român

Pentru că ne este părinte bun"

5th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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OUR NATIONS BEAUTY IS A DUTY TO ALL

October 1953

As a method of keeping the Nation clean and confining as well as regulating huge waste depots and dumps, the Yugoslav Government has taken heed by Tito's newest declaration and formed the Ministry of Waste and Recycling (something which while it might seem modern was popularized during WWII to salvage materials). Previously it was the duty of each State to handle its own waste however now a National Standard and Strategy overseeing all areas has been created. This Ministry shall be responsible for gathering, storing and separating materials and disposing or recycling them in the proper way in order to reduce the amount of land needed to store waste as well as decrease its effects on the surrounding territories. As a result of this it is believed River pollution (being one of the most popular places for people to dump their waste) is to decline rapidly, advertised by the Marshal as a beautification campaign. Each area would be handled as described below :

- All Biological waste shall as of the implementation of the plan required to be separated prior to pickup that it may be turned into Compost and Fertilizer at Government-run facilities to provide at low cost to farmers upon completion. This will reduce the space taken up by food in waste dumps and increase the quality of farmland across the Nation. Under the motto of "Not a scrap wasted!" it will additionally allow the government to decrease its imports of foreign-sourced and chemical intensive fertilizers.

- All Metals including potentially scrap from abroad shall be handed over to Facilities run by the Ministry for the purpose firstly of sorting the differing metals and then smelting them into bars for resale to Industry at lower than normal cost. NO LONGER shall it be permitted for the Government to export goods for scrap such as is the case with ageing Vessels which are generally sold to the highest bidder abroad.

- Glass is to be separated from other wastes and turned into fine sand granules at Government Facilities, where it can then go on to either be used as a replacement for imported sand in filters or construction. This will in particular help reduce Yugoslavia's reliance on sand imports from abroad, with local sand types not generally being ideal for those uses.

- Chemicals can no longer be dumped into various bodies of water, but must instead be dropped off or pumped to Government Facilities where various methods will be used to render them either inert or capable of re-use. For most chemicals however since re-use is not ideal, storage in open ponds to dry them out and ultimately crystalize them will be used as the powdered form of most chemicals are easier to store. This will ensure that naturally occurring water sources throughout the Nation are not contaminated, which would make supplying clean water as well as bathing within it inadvisable.

- Mixed Wastes, described as items that are not listed above such as Electronics, Clothing, Paper, Cardboard, Plastic (which is not as of yet common in Yugoslavia) and countless other examples. These Wastes are to be individually sorted at Facilities that will employ thousands, to separate and sort them into various grades and also between re-usable and non-reusable. Non-reusable items are then further split into flammable and non flammable as flammable waste could be used as fuels in government owned heating facilities.

Despite the obvious advantages of the Program as well as support from the growing Environmental lobby, a large part of the population at least in the short term views this as an unnecessary expense. After all none of the things acted against have ever, as of yet, proven disastrous or negative to the Environment. Even so however the Marshal has insisted on his visits across the Nation that the Country can only maintain its beauty if everyone puts in the required Effort to keep it that way, trying to frame it as Beautification rather than Recycling.

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[pre]| SEPTEMBER СЕНТЯБРЬ 1953 |[/pre]

[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

PROMISES MUST BE KEPT:

SOVIET ARMED FORCES PREPARE FOR ALL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IN KURDISH-HASHEMITE TENSIONS!

ОБЕЩАНИЯ ДОЛЖНЫ ВЫПОЛНЯТЬСЯ:

СОВЕТСКИЕ ВООРУЖЕННЫЕ СИЛЫ ГОТОВЯТСЯ К ВСЕМ ВОЗМОЖНЫМ СЦЕНАРИЯМ В КУРДО-ХАШЕМИТСКОЙ НАПРЯЖЕННОСТИ!

[pre]| As news of The Hashemite Federation going back on their words in the Treaty of Diyarbakir reached the Kremlin, the first test of Khrushchev has begun and his choices will be heavily scrutinized by all. A tense session would be called for a meeting with the Politburo, First-Secretary, Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff in the Palace of Soviets to hold a discussion on Soviet readiness for the coming conflict and the issuing of commands to the Military Districts. The Transcaucasian and North Caucasus would be told to prepare all units in the region to be ready for deployment and Guard Troops of the All-Union Militia mobilized for possible defensive operations inside of Kurdistan if requested by the Kurdish Government. |[/pre]

-Soviet Units Prepared for possible Conflict Deployment-

- 6th Tank Corps, Baku [Men:45,000]

- 95th Motor Rifle Division, Xolmili [Men:15,000]

- 94th Motor Rifle Division, Beylagan [Men:15,000]

- 93rd Motor Rifle Division, Kapan [Men:15,000]

- 10th Motor Rifle Corps, Yerevan [Men:45,000]

- 92nd Motor Rifle Division, Gyumri [Men:15,000]

- 14th Tank Division, Tbilisi [Men: 15,000]

- 91st Motor Rifle Division, Akhaltsikhe [Men:15,000]

- 22nd Motor Rifle Corps, Batumi [Men: 45,000]

- 96th Motor Rifle Division, Sokhumi [Men:15,000]

- 183rd Motor Rifle Division, Makhachkala [Men:15,000]

- 158th Motor Rifle Division, Grozny [Men:15,000]

- 192nd Motor Rifle Division, Stavropol [Men:15,000]

- 4th Tank Corps, Krasnodar [Men: 45,000]

- 157th Motor Rifle Division, Rostov-on-Don [Men:15,000]

- 110th Motor Rifle Division, Astrakhan [Men:15,000]

- 21st Motor Rifle Corps, Stalingrad [Men:45,000]

- North Caucasus MD Guard Troops Mobilized: 30,000

- Transcaucasian MD Guard Troops Mobilized: 50,000

[pre]| Alongside this massive show of force which will be highly publicized to showcase the massive force prepared to defend Kurdistan in cause of armed conflict, the Soviet Armed Forces would approve a large arms deal to further arm the young Kurdish Republic. A small payment will be taken for this Arms payment and the rest will be paid later once possible conflict is done alongside some of the assets being considered Donated to the Kurdish Armed Forces. The sending of equipment would have to stand staggered due to logistics and the size of the deal but 50% has been promised to reach the Kurdish Armed Forces by the end of 53 due to current tensions in the region with aircraft being the most staggered in their sending to the Kurdish Armed Forces. |[/pre]

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-Soviet-Kurd 1953 Arms deal-

- AK-47 and RPD to be supplied in enough quantity to be standard issue in the Kurdish Infantry.

- 50X MIG-17 Fighters

- 20X Il-28 Bomber

- 30X TU-2 Bomber

- 100X An-2 Cargo Plane

- 25X Mi-4 Helicopters

- 150X T-54A MBTs

- 70X PT-76 Light Tank

- 30X SU-85 Tank Destroyer

- 200X BTR-152 APC

- 100X Katyusha MLRS

- 150X D-48 Anti-Tank Gun

- 100X Zis-2 Anti-Tank Gun

- 100X M-30 Howitzer

- 100X D-1 Howitzer

- 150X M1939 AA gun

- 150X KS-19 AA gun[/spoiler]

[list][list][pre]WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ТРУДЯЩИЕСЯ МИРА ОБЪЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]KARKERÊN CÎHANÊ BIKIN YEK![/pre][/list][/list]

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[sub]KURDISH DELIGHT — OCTOBER 1953[/sub]

| Abd al-Karim Qasim meets with the Kurdish Defence Minister Ardan Reswan to reach a peaceful settlement. |

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1825568

[sub]MENTION PINGS: Greater Kurdistane, Osivoii

REGION PINGS: Bescania, Turkiye 1St, Sudesam, Israelli, Great Britain Gb[/sub]

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Dancing To MoscowÂ’s Tune (October 1953)

[Sofia, PeopleÂ’s Republic of Bulgaria]

[Народна република България]

| Watching as Moscow reacted to events in Kurdistan gave mixed feelings in Sofia. On the one hand, Chervenkov felt as if it guaranteed that The West wouldnÂ’t touch his regime for fear of retaliation, on the other hand, it reminded the Bulgarians of what could happen if they stepped out of line.|

| The Bulgarian propaganda machine had been primed. It was time for ChervenkovÂ’s personality cult to reach the next level. If he was to survive in office, he would have to hold favour with both Moscow and the Bulgarian people, in equal regard.|

| Chervenkov hadnÂ’t thought much about foreign relations, his mind had been on internal affairs, even though advisors were warning him that he would have to branch out sooner rather than later. The Government had decided that an industrialisation policy was needed. Factories had begun to pop up throughout the PeopleÂ’s Republic, but more was certainly needed. The hope was that, by the mid 1960s, Bulgaria could consider itself an industrial nation and would have catapulted into the 20th century, as the Soviets had.|

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Comrade Constantin Rotaru is now officially the first President of The Socialist Republic of Romania!

6th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| It`s official. Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly has been elected as the first President of The Socialist Republic of Romania!

With 98% of the votes, Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania has won The Great National Assembly election.

With him in the lead, Romania will shine brighter than the sun!

Congratulations, dear leader!

"Trăiască libertatea, Trăiască România!"

6th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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[list]1953년 09월 | 1953 September

[list][sup]Seoul | 한성[/sup]

Republic of Korea[list]

[sup]The End of Korean War Part Two[/sup][/list]

| The group nodded to one another as the signatures were scrawled onto the page; emerging from the former Governor-General Building the group would hold up the piece of paper signifying that the Korean War was officially at an end. The treaty had taken months to formulate as the differing parties argued over the blame for the war as well as what would happen to the institutions in the two countries, the long slog was mediated by both the United Nations and the US, to see both parties fairly represented and respected. |

| As President Rhee and General Secretary Kim shook hands while holding one side of the treaty each they would smile waving to the gathered press. The treaty was hailed as a great success despite the length of time it had taken to finalise, the men walked back inside, with the worlds press ushered into the building where a room had been setup to host a press conference that would outline the major details of the treaty. The full reading was broadcast live across all Korean radio networks both north and south. The major agreements in the treaty are as follows;|[list]

[*] Blame for the war will largely be placed on the leadership of the Democratic Republic of Korea, however the Republic of Korea would accept responsibility for stoking cross-border skirmishes.

[*] Amnesty for all individuals who participated in the war, whether in military positions or civilian.

[*] The Korean PeopleÂ’s Army will be formally dissolved and merged with the Republic of Korea Armed Forces to form the Korean Armed Forces, all service personnel would undergo unity training to remove resentment and promote unity between the forces.

[*] All troops who served in the KPA or the ROK Armed Forces will be recognised as equal veterans of the war with full and equal pay, with the institution who has the highest pay rate being applied equally.

[*] The government institutions of the DPRK will be formally dissolved along with its constitution, merging into the Republic of Korea with a new framework to be drafted within the next four years to officially create the Second Republic of Korea.

[*] The cost of rebuilding Korea will be split equally between the former governments and taxpayers of their former nations, the costs must not place individuals or businesses in debt.

[*] Trade unions and left-leaning political organisations will be formally legalised and allowed to participate in the political process.

[*] Presidential elections by decree of the incumbent, Syngman Rhee and agreed upon by the other parties, will now take place via direct elections of popular vote rather than a delegate system in the National Assembly.[/list]

| The treaty was long and formal, the two states after eight years would be once again united, people had feared that the war would never end, stuck in a stalemate for the next one-hundred years, a common people divided by ideology and military might. However the relief that such a horrific reality had not come to pass saw a great outpouring of joy on the streets across both nations, now one again. Finer details of the treaty included that peopleÂ’s savings had been guaranteed their value so that no one saw their savings wiped out as both currencies were now pegged at equal value and legally acceptable tender pending the creation of a new single currency; pensions and other benefits had been equalised across the peninsula although in due course these were likely to be tweaked, but for now Koreans would enjoy the same social welfare across the peninsula. |

| For many in the north the contents of the treaty was shocking, they had been expecting a harsh punishment and imprisonment, instead rights were given equally between the two sides, troops were respected equally as veterans of a bloody war. In the south the treaty came as a shock too, many had expected harsh punishment, and some demanded it, but for many across the peninsula it was seen as a sign of healing and unity. Korea had been treated harshly by its neighbours and then by Koreans itself, and now an opportunity to rebuild has finally been granted. |

| Over the next few months the ‘Great Reconstruction’ would get underway with the rebuilding of roads and the construction of new links between the reunified peninsula, in parts of the south reconstruction had started following the KPAs retreat at Busan, however the scale was daunting, the government enlisting the help of former civil servants in the DPRK identified key areas to focus on in order to kick-start industry. Meanwhile in Korean society neighbours, families, and friends who had been divided by ideology once again began to mingle and meet, moving freely across the DMZ which was being torn down. Korean culture and traditions were blending with the new modern world, creating what some optimistic nationalists called a cultural golden age, despite the economic nightmare that laid before them. |

| Politically things were already set in stone. President Rhee on the surface had been respectful of the treaty and what it outlined, privately however he spat on the treaty despising the fact he had to bend the knee to communists and people he considered traitors. At the same time Kim Il-sung became the leader of the now unified Workers Party of Korea, something that was entirely predictable. He, like President Rhee, respected the treaty publicly, privately he knew it would never be properly implemented until Rhee was out of power. His discussions with the Yi Family had told him that much at the beginning of the war, but how do you remove a leader when the political framework favours them. The 1956 presidential election was far away, but the next Assembly elections were scheduled for 1954, it would be a chance for Kim to prove his political skills, and hopefully disrupt Rhee and his Liberal PartyÂ’s legislative agenda. |

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The Screech of Railways

President Kasa-Vubu shook hands with representatives from Siemens, and Deutsche Bahn, a wide almost insane grin on his face. No doubt his constituents had put a large amount of money into his personal bank account to make this deal happen.

Prior to this point most of Equatoria was transporting goods through the Congo River. This became problematic as beyond the capital of Stanleyville goods could not be transported any further on the river. This meant that a complicated and difficult system of roads had to be used. This bogged down any transport of goods to Isiro which was the most important northern city, and Bunia which was the most important eastern city as it laid directly near Lake Albert.

In a government contract awarded to Deutsche Bahn the company would begin a railway line from Stanleyville to Bunia and Isiro, and pending the success of the rail line it would then construct another line along the Congo River. Siemens on the other hand would supply a large amount of railway cars, mainly freight.

Already the government has begun to “recruit, and encourage” Equatorial citizens to sign up for the project. Some have begun to already raise alarm bells about the likely casualties that would come from constructing such a railway through harsh and unforgiving land. The government; however, has silenced these complaints, and to “encourage” the dissenters they have found themselves compelled to work on the rail lines.

In return, German companies have been granted large tracks of land in Equatoria, with the railway companies in general being ensured a general monopoly on the railway. Whether it be expansion or upgrading, Equatoria will turn to the Germans.

So the story goes, thousands of Equatorial citizen's bones will be ground to dust, and EquatoriaÂ’s Red Railway will stretch into the horizon.

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Hello all im glad to be here

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South Blies The Stars wrote:Hello all im glad to be here

welcome <3

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THE LAST HUZZAH OF HOXHAISM

October 3rd 1953

https://youtu.be/4RaFBJ-iw7w

After two long years of routing out ex Hoxhaists and their supporters amid continued violence against Yugoslav Forces, October 3rd would no doubt be remembered for all time in Yugoslavia as the last huzzah of the Hoxhaist movement. At Pogradec in the east what began as small protests in the morning which the local Croatian Police Prefect decided to permit, rather than fan the flames of hatred, grew by the afternoon into an occupation of its stadium, town hall and blockade of the Police Headquarters. Situated far from the Greek Border Military units were slow to react however by the time they were passing through Ljubanishta the Police Force within the Pogradec Headquarters was forced to surrender as a fire started by a molotov cocktail threatened to engulf them. Seizing the Stations armory and intending to march east to Tushemisht on the Macedonian Border (in their minds a feat that couldnt be ignored) they proceeded to first begin scuffles with local Yugoslavs and other ethnicities who they believed were against their cause, in the process causing much bloodshed.

As their ring leaders calmed them for a march however much time had already been lost, and without their knowledge had already passed through Tushemisht and were beginning to set up checkpoints outside of the City. Attempting to breach two of these Checkpoints some of the Hoxhaist Militias opened fire, and as a result the Army was ordered to move into the City and put down this rebellion in its infancy.

Being an Armored Division the 4th Armored Division which had responded to the unrest began sending in a mixture of Tanks and Personnel, with Tank Commanders ordered to avoid using their main guns in favor of the 12.7 mm heavy machine guns mounted externally their turrets. While they were no doubt brave, once the Yugoslav Army stopped accommodating them and instead opened fire where applicable the Militias retreated deeper into the City, sometimes holding out in houses which had to then be painstakingly cleared by Yugoslav Soldiers. Had the Albanians been better armed it would have no doubt been a disaster for the Yugoslav Tanks and Soldiers squeezing themselves down Alleys however ultimately with nothing more than Police Grade Pistols and Rifles there was only a token amount of resistance that could possibly be raised against them.

The most intense fighting was to be had in and around the Cities Mosque (Xhamia Pogradec), which despite being acquired by the Government for administrative purposes after the ban on Religious Buildings was to become for the Militias a symbol of Albanian resistance. Unable to bring their heavier guns to bear it took the Yugoslav Army two hours to seize this one building alone, cramped with almost 300 armed Albanians inside. No matter the intensity of bravery shown however, the result was never in doubt, lacking much public support and with the Army having been only a few hours away there was to be no great rallying cry for the Albanian resistance.

Many of the Militia that had in fact armed themselves were former Soldiers who two years prior had fought in the very same streets, marking a great symbol to the Yugoslav Authorities that while kindness was sometimes the proper option (As Albanian Soldiers were released after disarmament), it was equally important to respond with equal amounts firmness and caution. At two O'clock on the next morning it was decided that the Militia would surrender under the condition that they be admitted into capture as Prisoners of War in recognition of their bravery and ex-army backgrounds. This could not erase the fact however that ultimately it was an utter defeat for the secessionist movement in Albania, having lost 895 men to the Yugoslav Army's 102.

Perhaps some Albanians would respond to their defeat with regret that they had not helped, or simple sympathy. But after two long years of guerilla warfare and opposition by Hoxhaists in the mountains it was clear that their ideals had slowly fizzled out, and that this was the last great rush of their flame.

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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Ranponian wrote:THE LAST HUZZAH OF HOXHAISM

October 3rd 1953

https://youtu.be/4RaFBJ-iw7w

After two long years of routing out ex Hoxhaists and their supporters amid continued violence against Yugoslav Forces, October 3rd would no doubt be remembered for all time in Yugoslavia as the last huzzah of the Hoxhaist movement. At Pogradec in the east what began as small protests in the morning which the local Croatian Police Prefect decided to permit, rather than fan the flames of hatred, grew by the afternoon into an occupation of its stadium, town hall and blockade of the Police Headquarters. Situated far from the Greek Border Military units were slow to react however by the time they were passing through Ljubanishta the Police Force within the Pogradec Headquarters was forced to surrender as a fire started by a molotov cocktail threatened to engulf them. Seizing the Stations armory and intending to march east to Tushemisht on the Macedonian Border (in their minds a feat that couldnt be ignored) they proceeded to first begin scuffles with local Yugoslavs and other ethnicities who they believed were against their cause, in the process causing much bloodshed.

As their ring leaders calmed them for a march however much time had already been lost, and without their knowledge had already passed through Tushemisht and were beginning to set up checkpoints outside of the City. Attempting to breach two of these Checkpoints some of the Hoxhaist Militias opened fire, and as a result the Army was ordered to move into the City and put down this rebellion in its infancy.

Being an Armored Division the 4th Armored Division which had responded to the unrest began sending in a mixture of Tanks and Personnel, with Tank Commanders ordered to avoid using their main guns in favor of the 12.7 mm heavy machine guns mounted externally their turrets. While they were no doubt brave, once the Yugoslav Army stopped accommodating them and instead opened fire where applicable the Militias retreated deeper into the City, sometimes holding out in houses which had to then be painstakingly cleared by Yugoslav Soldiers. Had the Albanians been better armed it would have no doubt been a disaster for the Yugoslav Tanks and Soldiers squeezing themselves down Alleys however ultimately with nothing more than Police Grade Pistols and Rifles there was only a token amount of resistance that could possibly be raised against them.

The most intense fighting was to be had in and around the Cities Mosque (Xhamia Pogradec), which despite being acquired by the Government for administrative purposes after the ban on Religious Buildings was to become for the Militias a symbol of Albanian resistance. Unable to bring their heavier guns to bear it took the Yugoslav Army two hours to seize this one building alone, cramped with almost 300 armed Albanians inside. No matter the intensity of bravery shown however, the result was never in doubt, lacking much public support and with the Army having been only a few hours away there was to be no great rallying cry for the Albanian resistance.

Many of the Militia that had in fact armed themselves were former Soldiers who two years prior had fought in the very same streets, marking a great symbol to the Yugoslav Authorities that while kindness was sometimes the proper option (As Albanian Soldiers were released after disarmament), it was equally important to respond with equal amounts firmness and caution. At two O'clock on the next morning it was decided that the Militia would surrender under the condition that they be admitted into capture as Prisoners of War in recognition of their bravery and ex-army backgrounds. This could not erase the fact however that ultimately it was an utter defeat for the secessionist movement in Albania, having lost 895 men to the Yugoslav Army's 102.

Perhaps some Albanians would respond to their defeat with regret that they had not helped, or simple sympathy. But after two long years of guerilla warfare and opposition by Hoxhaists in the mountains it was clear that their ideals had slowly fizzled out, and that this was the last great rush of their flame.

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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VARGORIE PEOPLE'S NEWS: PLANS TO BUILD A NEW CAPITAL IN THE NEARBY FUTURE.

An interview was made with WNTV representative Gabriel Besidal Livy and President Sunny Markus Fordalla, discussing politics, opinions, future plans, and stories. Here is one of the highlights of the interview.

Interviewer: "So Mister President, what are your plants for the future of Vargorie?"

President Sunny: "I am trying to make Vargorie a more environmental-friendly country. We are doing a nationwide cleaning process, and we are also switching to more sustainable forms of energy. Speaking of plans, we are also planning to build a brand new capital for Vargorie. It will have a modern look to it, but will also be very eco-friendly. We are calling the city Peyargo, named after my great-great-grandfather Peyargo Silg Fordalla, who built this country from scratch back in the 1830's".

Citizens, are you ready for change? Are you ready for a new Vargorie?

----- Made by the Vargorie Newspaper Association. October 1953 -----

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Comrade Constantin Rotaru`s first speech as President of The Socialist Republic of Romania

7th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| At his first speech as President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly has emphasized the need of Romania to develop Socialism and to further develop.

"Dear Comrades and friends.

It is a great pleasure to have been elected as the very first President of the Republic. It`s a big role however, together we will manage to overcome any difficulties.

Together, we can develop Romania and secure it`s place in the world as a peaceful Socialist Nation. We have to forge our own path, and crush every traitor of the state!

Romania and Romanians are proud, and that`s how it shall stay. We must defend the sovereignty of out Country, even if it means it has to be defended with blood. I hope something like this will never happen again, Romania is wishing peace and prosperity upon all nations of the world. We will try to form peaceful and friendly relations with nations from the West and the East but if somebody tries to oppress us again, Romania will stand firm against them! We will not give them an inch of our land our ancestors fought so bravely for! Leaving these things aside, this year has been a hard year so far. The July riots of Secuime have left their mark on the Romanian society. The Executive of The Communist Party together with the national Security and intelligence agency Securitate, are convinced a great power has staged all of this to de-stabilize Romania. This year wasn`t so bad however. We have recorded a significant grow in Industrial Productivity, 6.95%. If this will keep going, Romania will have it`s spot in Europe as an Industrial Socialist Nation."

Crowd cheering and chanting Rotaru`s name and The Communist Party

"Un Partid, o Tara, un Popor

Si-un iubit viteaz Conducator!"

7th October 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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5th,OCTOBER,1953

RUBBER PLANTATIONS:"FUTURE OF MAZIYA ECONOMY"

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On the fifth of October,a new rubber plantation company was formed.The rubber plantation company was founded by Chinese man,Lu Kai Shek.On the day of the company first rubber plantation opening Lu Kai Shek held an interview to promote his rubber plantation business.

[U]Lu Kai Shek,interview

[B]Lu Kai Shek:"Today is a good day for me,as today is the opening of the first out of hopefully many rubber plantations for my company."

[B]Adam Faris:"About,your employees...what are the demographics of people who you've employed? I feel like it's very important to know under the current problem of racial tension in our country."

[B]Lu Kai Shek:"The majority of the employees of my rubber plantation so far are the Malays and Indians.Very few Chinese have actually signed up,I'm speculating that like me.Many Chinese people have very high standards and either want jobs which have good pay and aren't very physically difficult or want to own their own business.I don't think employed employees will be affected by the current racial tensions."

[B]Adam Faris:"Good to know.Now I think many of us,want to know.How did you attain your wealth which allowed you to establish your company?"

[B]Lu Kai Shek:"I gotten my wealth through inheritance,I come from a family with two siblings,both brothers.Under typical circumstances,we would've split the fortune from inheritance equally but it all went to me.One brother was a alcoholic and the other has a record of being in prison and I was trusted with the inheritance money the most."

[B]Adam Faris:"What are your goals with the company?"

[B]Lu Kai Shek:"My goals? Well it's simple really.I intend on selling the rubber we've gotten to companies who make things which requires rubber.After financially becoming stable,I shall establish more rubber plantations."

[B]Adam Faris:"Thank you Mr.Lu.Any last things you want to say?"

[B]Lu Kai Shek:"Yes I do.I believe rubber plantations will become the future of Maziya economy."

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[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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| WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST - HISTORY MADE |

[sub]24th of October, 1953[/sub]

| La Ville des Rêves, Zaire |

| Flashes, glamour, celebrities, musicians! The first Worldvision Song Contest has happened, uniting the world together for a day of celebration of music, party and peace. The contest took place in the Zairean city of La Ville des Reves, on the 23rd of October 1953. The city found itself under major attention from international press as singers and musicians made their way through the red carpets to the LIBERTY CONCERT HALL in the center of the city. The Concert hall was filled with nearly 15,000 men and women from all around the world. The contest itself was transmitted through radio all across the world, through television to neighboring areas and was recorded to be let played across the world in cinemas. A collective of the worlds finest artists found themselves in Zaire as the night kicked off. A beautiful celebration of music and artistry came to an end when votes from judges from participating nations arrived, revealing who won the first Worldvision Song Contest! For those who might have missed the results in the fever of the moment, here are the official results for the first Worldvision Song Contest! |

[list][ OFFICIAL RESULTS OF WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST 1953 ]

1st Place - JAPAN ( Izumi Yukimura ) with 125 Points!

2nd Place - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ( Georgia Gibbs ) with 124 Points!

3rd Place - BENELUX ( Ariane ) with 115 Points!

4th Place - POLAND ( Natasza Zylska ) with 110 Points!

5th Place - WEST GERMANY ( Marlene Dietrich ) with 100 Points!

6th Place - SLOVENIA ( Bis-Bez ) with 99 Points!

7th Place - THE SOVIET UNION ( Edita Piekha ) with 98 Points!

8th Place - ZAIRE ( Mathilde Borongo ) with 95 Points!

9th Place - MEXICO ( Lola Beltran ) with 95 Points!

10th Place - EAST GERMANY ( Ruth Brandin ) with 90 Points!

11th Place - CZECHOSLOVAKIA ( Hana Zagorova & Josef Lauer ) with 88 Points!

12th Place - SPAIN ( Sunny & The Sunliners ) with 85 Points!

13th Place - SUDAN ( The Salih Sisters ) with 56 Points!

14th Place - MALAYSIA ( Razman Hamid ) with 42 Points!

15th Place - KOREA ( Hwan Keum Sim ) with 40 Points!

16th Place - FRANCE ( Edith Piaf ) with 39 Points!

17th Place - ITALY ( Claudio Villa ) with 36 Points!

18th Place - EGYPT ( Yaqub Rahmoun & The Liberators ) with 35 Points!

19th Place - UNITED KINGDOM ( Lita Roza ) with 29 Points!

20th Place - YUGOSLAVIA ( Gabi Novak ) with 28 Points!

21st Place - ETHIOPIA ( Aida Solomon ) with 12 Points!

22nd Place - INDIA ( Lag Jaa Gale ) with 9 Points!

23rd Place - BOLIVIA ( Jose Alfredo Fuentes ) with 6 Points!

24th Place - GREECE ( Fotis Polymeris ) with 2 Points!

25th Place - AZANIA ( Maseru Boys ) with 2 Points![/list]

| The first winner in the history of the Worldvision Song Contest is IZUMI YUKIMURA from JAPAN! Ms Yukimura took the stage once more that night where she was given the Golden Microphone as her award, and spoke a few words of thanks and called for a message of peace and unity among the people of the world. The Worldvision Song Contest Committee has also reached out to the Japanese government about organizing the next year contest in Japan, a tradition that will serve from now on for winning nations.

However, the party only continued after the contest, with all the stars of the show making their way to the casinos and the nightcafes of the city to celebrate history making. The First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, opened the contest and closed the contest by thanking the world for coming together for a day of celebration and unity, and to put their differences aside. However, said differences were still noticeable. For instance, the Slovenian and Yugoslavian representatives requested changing rooms as far from each other as possible. The American and the Soviets did a similiar thing, with larger security forces around their singers. However, all in all, the contest has turned out to be a major success and it seems that the 1954 contest will take place in Japan! |

[spoiler="I would like to think that we can all live like this on a daily basis. It was an upmost honour to perform and an even bigger honour for me that I am bringing my country victory." - Izumi Yukimura, the Winner of the First Worldvision Song Contest]Adriatican Islands

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October 1953

Petroleum Extraction Hits New High

As the only thing keeping the economy stable, petroleum has been extracted at an increasingly large rate. Last month, it was described to be roughly around 30%. This month, it is estimated to be around 57.2%. Citizens are worried that the extraction rate will hit the barrier sooner than expected. An interview was conducted with an oil miner who refused to be named because of the risk of losing his job.

Interviewer: "So, can you explain to us why we should be worried?"

Oil Miner: "As you can see, from the edge of this town to the place we're standing there, are around sixty oil wells. We increased over the past month or two. From our past numbers, next month there should be fifty to seventy more oil wells as the demand for this oil gets higher."

Interviewer: "Any foreign exports, or reasons why the demand would get higher?"

Oil Miner: "No, we don't have any foreign trades at the moment, says the higher-ups. Most of this goes to the military's tank and energy supply for the nation. Actually, around 79.62% of the oil we extract goes to the military. 15% goes to energy. Where the rest of the 5.38% goes, I have no idea."

Interviewer: "Interesting. Any more information you can share with us?"

Oil Miner: "That's all I know at the moment."

Interviewer: "Thank you for your time."

Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Tsisquavenes, Ma-Li

A Look to the Dreamers, the Reformers, and the Idealists

October 1953,

It has been 2 years since my loss to Kasa-Vubu and Mobutu and it still turns my stomach. While many congratulated me, and even more told me not to blame myself, I still feel so very guilty.

When I look outside and I see the black billowing smog polluting the air, when I hear about another accident in the factory, and those blood soaked machines. The broken hands and fingers, and even loss of children. The screams of their mothers, and the silent grief of their fathers, then I feel nothing but guilt. Should I have done something different? Should I have conceded to the baser instincts of my more militant allies and launched a coup? Even now the answers to these questions allude me, but they keep me up at all hours of the night. I have taken to drink to find a moment of rest, a moment of peace.

Even in the “National Assembly” I find myself and my allies losing influence. There have been discussions of forming an upper house: the Council of Corporations and Tribes is what they are calling it. Finally it seems the veil is falling and the corporate masters are becoming more bold. Even my allies are becoming scared. They claim they are being followed, watched, and listened in on at all times. Sadly, they are probably right. I don’t have the heart to stop them when they tell me they are going to rural areas to wait for a better moment to strike. Many have begged me to come with, and I am quickly running out of reasons to stay.

Oh how we dreamed what independence would be like. It would be difficult and we would struggle, but we would be together. A united Equatoria, free of tribalism, exploitation, and crony capitalism. We watched as our sweet dreams turned bitter within our mouths. Tribalism replaced by feudalism, exploitation by colonials, to “development” by corporations, and crony capitalism became full scale corporatocracy. The religious among us like Isaac Kalonji tells us to be patient and believe God has a plan. But what kind of God does this to his children? Either he has abandoned us, or we have been sent to hell already.

The threats upon my life have become more bold. A man attempted to shoot me in broad daylight but was subdued by my protection. I have no doubt he was sent by corporate overseers, or maybe the President himself. ItÂ’s funny, the man yelled and called me a traitor. After seeing what the coalition is doing to the cities, the countryside, and the tribes, there are still those who would see me as the traitor.

When a slave becomes used to his collar, he may see it as liberation, rather than imprisonment.

-Excerpts from the journal of Patrice Lumumba

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Tsisquavenes, The African Realms

Amsterwald wrote:The officer steps forth to brusquely handcuff Senofonte and haul him outside into the evening air. A few villagers look on from windows and doorways as he is forced into the back of a dark blue Avsec-built supermini marked Policija in white.

The drive downhill to Tolmeč is bumpy and quiet. Any remarks the colonel made would be met with silence, though it is difficult to tell whether it was due to the officers' ignorance of Italian or contempt for the colonel. An hour later, the lights of Tolmeč turn to passing windows as the drive smoothed on stone streets. The driving officer switches on the blue lights, though he forgoes the sirens, and in minutes pulls into a brick-walled compound near the city center.

The two officers exit the car and pull Senofonte along to a side door of the compound's stuccoed main building. Their first encounter in the warmly lit, mostly empty station is at a clerk's desk where a bored, mustached man looks up to the three arrivals.

[list]“Italijan,” officer Kleva says to the clerk, gesturing to Senofonte. The clerk raises his eyebrows.

“Italijan. . . iz Italije?” he responds with some interest.

“Yes,” Kleva continues in his native tongue, “and important, perhaps. He chased a horse into Zrše. Some scuffle happened. I don't know.”[/list]

The clerk keeps his interested expression and gestures for Senofonte to move in front of a bulky camera slightly further inside.

[list]“Fotografija,” he says loudly, hoping the Italian would understand the cognate.[/list]

| Senofonte, visibly frowning and cursing his captors under his breath, nods as he is ordered along. The man, under the dual effects of a hangover and a head wound, walks nonchalantly in front of the camera. |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "Yes, yes, photo, get it over with. I want to reach the Italian embassy now. I shall not be held as a political prisoner."[/list]

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[list][sub]7.𝚅𝙸.1953[/sub]

[sub]IL MINISTRO STANCO: UN FIN DE RÈGNE[/sub]

THE TIRED MINISTER: A FIN DE RÈGNE

[list][pre]In the '53 elections,

Alcide De Gasperi leads his party to victory.

But amid foreign failures and domestic controversy, his end looms large.[/pre][/list][/list]

ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA

[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]

| Alcide De Gasperi was a tired man — Ruling for eight years, he had endured harsh setbacks in his foreign policy, characterized by his failure to rally around Italy's claims to Venezia Giulia. Much like a Greek hero, his fate as a politician could not be escaped, and his strong Europeanist stance could not triumph over the domestic outrage regarding the Istrian Question. In the general election, debate regarding whether and how the region should be reclaimed abounded. The ruling Democrazia Cristiana still kept the strongest stance, promising that Italy would bring the issue to the United Nations as soon as it became a member, and that in the meantime, all would be done to accomodate the exiles and support those who remained. It was evidently a false promise, as many of the funds allocated to either groups had never been delivered. Meanwhile, the Partito Comunista and the Partito Socialista, once supporting the DC's views, had reverted to their former stance, and vaguely opposed the idea of a claim, all the while denouncing Slovenia as a Western puppet. Communist firebrand Palmiro Togliatti had the strongest words against Ljubljana outside of the DC, claiming that the country was nothing but a breakaway puppet supported by Washington against its rightful sovereign owner, Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, a strong resurgence of political fascism, now called neo-fascism, was observed, as 29 seats were won by the Movimento Sociale Italiano; many irredentist candidates belonging to the DC or its minor monarchist ally, the Partito Nazionale Monarchico, were also elected. |

| But, as if the issue of Slovenia was not yet enough, another one had dogged the ruling coalition. It concerned the dryly-called Law N°148, passed in March. Popularly known as the "scam law", or legge truffa, it has elicited street protests and opposition across the country, ranging from the DC's traditional left-wing adversaries to even the Monarchists and Liberals, all of which denounced the contents of the law, which have made an attempt at solidifying the country's Parliament, prone to instability. It establishes that any party reaching above 50% of the votes in the Chamber of the Deputies will be granted 65% of its seats — Something which would virtually install the DC as the sole supermajoritarian ruling party for the foreseeable future. Although the law was passed, the DC only won 49% of the vote on the fateful day: It was a victory on paper only. The party, divided between "irredentists" and "pessimists", has behaved in a more authoritarian manner as of late; it has lost all its coalition allies since the '48 election. |

| Following his victory, De Gasperi has been re-appointed by His Majesty King Umberto II. But his party is now a divided and frustrated one; despite all of his achievements, from increased industrial production,to better housing and living conditions, it seems that his end is near. |

[list]𝑬𝑳𝑬𝒁𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑰 𝑷𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑯𝑬

GENERAL ELECTION

[sub]Chamber of Deputies (590 seats) • Senate (237 seats)[/sub]

[sub]JUNE 1953

[*] Christian Democracy, DC : 263 (CoD) • 112 (S)

[*] Italian Communist Party, PCI : 143 • 52

[*] Socialist Party, PSI : 75 • 26

[*] Monarchist National Party, PNM : 40 • 14

[*] Italian Social Movement, MSI : 29 • 9

[*] Social Democratic Party, PSDI : 19 • 4

[*] Other Parties : 11 • 3

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Turnout : 93.8%[/sub][/list]

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[list]August 1953

[sub]'53 Federal Election[/sub][/list]

[pre]T H E 1 9 5 3 F E D E R A L E L E C T I O N[/pre]

| FOUR YEARS after the German Federal Republic's first election, the second was to be held in accordance with German Basic Law. In a resolution passed unanimously by the German Bundestag, the date for the 1953 federal elections was set for 9 August 1953, almost four exact years after the previous federal election. This was to be managed by the Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), the federal government's election body. Polling stations across the country were set up, and German police were dispatched to ensure security at polling stations. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, the pro-Western head of government who also served as the nation's foreign minister and as the chief official of the Christian Democratic Union party, cast his vote in Cologne on election day, stating his confidence that a 'full majority' for his party in government was finally in reach. After casting his vote in his hometown, Erich Ollenhauer, the new SPD chief who ascended to power after the passing of Kurt Schumacher, told Die Zeit he was 'cautiously optimistic' in the results, while Blucher and Hellewege, the leaders of the smaller FDP and Konservative Party, made no comment. |

| Moving into the election season, Adenauer and the moderate right CDU/CSU party was widely favored to win a plurality for the second time, or even win an outright majority to govern. By the country's D'Hondt system of proportional allocation of seats, if the CDU/CSU were to win 50%+1 of the votes, they would be able to secure an outright majority in the Bundestag. Thanks to rapid economic growth and the success of Economy Minister Ludwig Erhard's economic policies in developing the German economy, the governing party was widely favored to secure victory. However, some analysts asserted that the election would end up more even than expected, thanks to growing national appetite for labor reform, labor laws and a welfare net, which the SPD were leaning into in campaign messaging. The two smaller parties, the liberal FDP and the Konservative Party, were not expected to make any gains. |

| Polling of adults in Cologne, Bonn and other major cities showed strong support for the CDU/CSU in urban areas, while the SPD showed more strength in the rural areas, where government financial support and aide were valuable. The Konservative Party was also proving popular among a small niche of voters who were opposed to the existence of a European common market, but this group of voters was undeniably too small to have an effect on Germany's unfettered march towards engaging in European unity. Polling bodies showed that the CDU/CSU was expected to win 49% of the vote, while the SPD 35%, the FDP 9%, and the Konservatives 7%. |

| On election day, millions of Germans trooped to polling stations across the country to cast their vote. After the ballot boxes were sealed and transported to the appropriate counting stations, votes were counted and the results were confirmed four days later, in the early hours of 14 August. |

[list][pre]CDU/CSU - Konrad Adenauer - 13,499,306 - 47.4%

SPD - Erich Ollenhauer - 9,455,210 - 33.2%

FDP - Franz Blucher - 2,876,434 - 10.1%

KON - Heinrich Hellewege - 2,648,598 - 9.3%[/pre][/list]

| From their performance four years ago, Adenauer had excelled. Contrary to widespread expectations, however, the CDU/CSU did not win a majority of the votes, thus setting them to again form a government coalition in order to secure the votes needed to re-elect Adenauer officially. With 47.4% of the vote, the CDU/CSU took the plurality, gaining 12 percentage points from the 1949 federal election. The SPD under Ollenhauer made very slight gains, going from 32.9% of the vote (1949) to 33.2% (1953). The FDP lost 5 percentage points from 1949, and the Konservatives lost 4 percentage points. Overall, the CDU/CSU was, expectedly, the largest victor of the night, however the SPD still had reason to celebrate, as their moderate candidates were able to push through the federal election. |

| In according to the D'Hondt system Germany used for proportional allocation of Bundestag seats, the following is the allocation of seats for the next Bundestag. |

[pre]CDU/CSU - 191 seats

SPD - 132 seats

FDP - 39 seats

KON - 35 seats[/pre]

| Coalition talks, primarily between the CDU/CSU and the FDP, would immediately begin. Chancellor Adenauer would speak to the press, hinting that the Konservatives would be likely excluded from a coalition government. The SPD confirmed that they would continue on as the chief opposition party, with Ollenhauer continuing his role as the de facto Leader of the Opposition. |

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[list][list]OCTOBER 1953

[sub]The Oil is Ours![/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] H A R D E S T D A Y S [/pre][/sub]

[list][list][sub][pre]It is the duty of men who militate in all

sectors of public life, in all spheres of

Government, in all party associations,

to dedicate their efforts to the good

of the People.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

RIO DE JANEIRO, NATIONAL CONGRESS — AFTERNOON

[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]

| It was the first time that the Federal Senate experienced its hardest days. Senators had voted on the bill that would create the state oil company, written in 1951 by President GETÚLIO VARGAS¹. The Senate was divided into two groups: on one side were the senators who supported nationalization and on the other, those who supported privatization. Senator KERGINALDO CAVALCANTI² said that foreign oil companies are dangerous: |

[list]| KERGINALDO CAVALCANTI, [sub]Brazilian Senator (PSP-RN)[/sub] | “Brazil needs to be protected from the dangers of international capitalism, Standard Oil and other foreign companies, against the possibility of losing this resource that God has placed in our territory to shine even more under the stars of the Southern Cross.”[/list]

| In opposition to his colleague, Senator EZECHIAS DA ROCHA³ reacted: |

[list]| EZECHIAS DA ROCHA, [sub]Brazilian Senator (PR-AL)[/sub] | “The state monopoly thesis erects a wall to the country’s progress and closes the doors to private companies, when open to private capital, not only national, but also foreign. Money that can help in the great oil battle and in the country’s economic recovery.”[/list]

| Brazil did not have an oil policy. It needed to be decided urgently because the country depended too much on imports, harmful to the trade balance, to meet the growing demand for oil derivatives — fuel for cars and planes, among others. Vargas had written in the bill that national oil production meets only 2.5% of the country’s needs. The first version of the project, however, did not mention the monopoly. It was said that Petrobrás would partner with private companies. When the proposal was first brought to the Chamber of Deputies, the deputies modified it and included the state monopoly. That was the reason why the senators split into two totally opposite groups. Senator ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND, an advocate of partnerships with foreign companies, called defenders of nationalization “Jacobins”: |

[list]| ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND, [sub]Brazilian Senator (PSD-PB)[/sub] | “If it is necessary to make Brazil a producer and exporter of oil, the fastest way is privatization. The United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Gran Colombia attribute to the word nationalism the meaning of building national greatness, instead of Jacobinism, which hates and fears cooperation with advanced nations. While Gran Colombia extracts and industrializes oil, we are left poorer by arguing about who should drill wells and build refineries.”[/list]

| Senator LANDULPHO ALVES rejected the argument: |

[list]| LANDULPHO ALVES, [sub]Brazilian Senator (PTB-BA)[/sub] | “Foreign oil companies must not contribute because they are dangerous for the country.”[/list]

| In the Senate, the anti-nationalist senators won. Senators passed a bill that favored private companies. However, the project returned to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate amendments were eliminated. The final word was given by the deputies. Thus, on October 3, 1953, Vargas signed the law that would establish Petrobrás as the holder of the monopoly. |

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[sub]¹ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]

[sub]² KERGINALDO CAVALCANTI, was a Senator for Rio Grande do Norte (1947-1959).[/sub]

[sub]³ EZECHIAS DA ROCHA, was a Senator for Alagoas (1951-1959).[/sub]

[sub]⁴ ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND, was a Senator for Paraíba (1952-1955).[/sub]

[sub]⁵ LANDULPHO ALVES, was a Senator for Bahia (1951-1954).[/sub]

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Alzarikstan wrote:OPERATION BROWN HYENA: 4TH ETHIOPIAN ROYAL CORPS OPENS NEW FRONT TOWARD GULCH AND TESENEY & NEW BOMBERS COMMENCE HEAVY BOMBING IN ADI UGRI-ADIGLES AREA

Returning to Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Tafari Benti already knew thts would be unsuccessful. Upon entering his office, Prime Minister Benti authorized the beginning of Operation Brown Hyena (ኦፕሬሽን ብራውን ጅብ). Part of the operation, to ensure reductions in the possibility of Eritrean fighters mobilizing from the main battlegrounds around Adi Ugri toward the West, Ethiopian Air Marshal Asefa Ayana authorized the usage of Ethiopia's first domestic strategic bombers called the NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bomber. Both bombers carrying 15,000 lbs of free fall bombs and remote controlled turret machine guns, the NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers is the first clear domestic aerial capability of the empire. While the bombers were in route to Udi Ugri, the 4th Ethiopian Royal Corps (25,000 personnel) from Bahir Dar were deployed with the following equipment and weaponry:

[list][sub]30 x T-54 Tanks

100 x Kedus Harbe Armored Personnel Carriers (modeled after the IC Rhodesian Greyhound APC)

30 x GMT-50 Medium Tanks (Greek alternate IC tank)

50 x Yetbarak Main Battle Tanks

25 x Yetbarak IA Main Battle Tanks

AK-47 Assault Rifles[/sub][/list]

The 4th Royal Corps has been directed to enter Eritrea through Himora with the objective to seizing Gulch and Teseney. Upon ensuring the eradication of terrorists in Gulch and Teseney, 5,000 personnel will remain in Gulch and 5,000 personnel will remain in Teseney while the remainder of the 4th Royal Corps is to then head East toward Asmara to clear the area between Asmara and Teseney of rebels while having Ethiopian law enforcement and security personnel remain behind the moving military force to ensure law and order in addition to low level counterterrorism tactical operations to disrupt rebel supply lines. Unlike the main front in the more mountainous region and in the East along the coast, this new front will not be assisted by the Air Force initially to avoid any indication of a major attack coming toward Gulch via Ground Forces. 10,000 personnel have been given specific counterterrorism missions between Teseney and Asmara; therefore, they will detach from the main force upon successful missions in Teseney.

Meanwhile, one of the two NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers would be supported by the Tupolev Tu-16 already engaging rebels in the Adi Ugri vicinity while the remaining NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bomber would make its way to Massawa to support the Tu-16 and J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) jet aircraft engaging with Eritrean rebels.

SOMALI MUSLIM FORCES ENTER MASSAWA OUTSKIRTS FROM THE WEST TO FLUSH OUT REBELS; LANDED PERSONNEL AT PORT TERMINAL BEGIN GROUND ENGAGEMENT WITH REBELS IN MASSAWA

The situation of Massawa became annoying to much of the Ethiopian leadership; however, the arrival of Somali reinforcements gave some ease. Major General Buli instructed new orders for Somali forces to travel directly to Massawa but from the back of the city in the direction of Dogali. Being informed of the movement of the Somali reinforcements, to bog down Eritrean rebels in Massawa, The Tupolev Tu-16 began a punishment bombing directly on the center of Massawa with 4 carpet bombing operations dropping 12,000 lbs of Badger-A + high explosive gravity free fall bombs. The carpet bombing campaigns were also a signal for the Ethiopian forces that successfully landed at the Shek Abdel K'adir Terminal to say their prayers and get ready to enter Hell for the glory of the Empire. The 3,500 soldiers became emboldened by their duty of sacrifice and martyrdom. From the terminal, the 45 x Kedus Harbe APC, 10 x Yetbarak Main Battle Tanks, and 10 x Tatadim Tanks would take the lead in the charge toward Massawa as the 3,500 personnel would run behind the armored vehicles with their assault rifles, pistols, and grenades. Still having to cover some distance before leaving the port and into the city, a large aircraft shadow would fly over the Ethiopians in the direction of Massawa. While still running some would look up and bear witness to the behemoth strategic NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bomber flying above and opening the underbelly as it begun to drop 3,000 lbs of high explosive free fall bombs upon Massawa to cause further confusion and anxiety for rebels. Coming from the South, 6 x J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) jet aircraft appeared through the black smoke stemming from the high explosive bombs as they conducted strafes with 2 × 23 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 machine guns and dropping 4x 100kg (220 lbs) bombs into urban areas to flush out the rebels into the open.

The NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bomber would turn around to commit another strafe before seemingly disappearing off toward the Arabian Sea. From there, the ground engagements would begin as Massawa signaled the first major urban battle of the whole conflict. The Tatadim Tanks, intentionally built to be useful against fortified positions and anti-armor operations, would initiate the official presence of the Ethiopian forces in Massawa. The occupied airport outside the city has been determined to be used as an additional way into Northern and Western Eritrea. As engagements officially began, Somali personnel would continue to get closer to Massawa with the orders to engage and enter the urban regions in waves to exhaust rebel forces but to also cover more ground and avoid concentrated clumping of forces. The Somali and Ethiopian forces appear to wear very similar uniforms but Somali uniforms are slightly different to indicate their Muslim culture; however, the Somali and Ethiopian forces can identify each other from their emblems. Unlike the Ethiopian forces, the Somali personnel are more experienced in unconventional guerrilla tactics; therefore, their formations tend to be more loose and their movement is intended for operations that entail hit and run tactics while Ethiopia is utilizing swift brute force.

FORCES PIVOT TO MOUNTAINOUS REGION AFTER CLEARING FORO

The aerial operations that resulted in complete destruction of Foro and rebel forces in the village was hailed as a major example of the aerial firepower Ethiopia possesses. The two regiments (5,000 Ethiopian personnel) would enter into Foro after the significant CAS and strategic bomber aerial campaigns ended to finish off any remaining rebels. Women and children that were found were spared and directed to stay where they are as Ethiopian law enforcement and security personnel are to appear and take them to established facilities in Doleh, where they will receive fresh clothes, water, food, and a place to stay before being interviewed and set for relocation within the Empire. Upon checking on Foro, the two regiments (5,000 Ethiopian personnel) would pivot their attention West to reinforce the main Ethiopian forces as they move toward Adi Ugri from Adigles. The two regiments would embark upon the mountains to begin direct engagement with Eritreans as they moved from Foro to Sacatare, Chenanadole, and Acoma. The intention here is to begin applying the constriction and containment of the rebels into a circled, closed off area. This was no longer solely about getting to Asmara but rather inflicting serious punishment upon Eritrean rebels and their supporters. The movement of the personnel is to be done on foot once accessing the mountains commenced. The Su-2 recon bombers would be redeployed from Aksum to specifically hover and report on rebel movements and activities within and around Adi Ugri with permission to drop their high explosive conventional bombs where deemed necessary to keep the rebels preoccupied and constantly under a state of targeting. Meanwhile, the two regiments would seek to get to Dekemhare to surprise rebels and cut off their supply routes via raids. As this would put 5,000 Ethiopian personnel ahead of Adi Ugri, the goal is to cut off the Eritrean rebels from between Adi Ugri and Asmara.

ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES NEW COUNTERTERRORISM LEGISLATION EXPANDING PRIME MINISTER & STATE POWER IN SECURITY MATTERS

To further expand the pressure of the counterterrorism operations against Eritrean rebels, the National Congress of Ethiopia passed new security legislation signed into law by Prime Minister Tafari Benti that not only officially labeled Mr. Hawate and his Eritrean rebels as terrorists but has further given larger legal grounds toward expanding counterterrorism operations directly to the rebels but also now supporters of the rebellion. With this new measure, Prime Minister Tafari Benti has authorized the strengthening of the embargo to now include absolutely no imported products are to be sent to Western and Central Eritrea where the rebels are. Furthermore, items, including agriculture that is produced in these areas and sent to the docks, are now grounds to be seized by the Ethiopian government and sent to pro-Addis Ababa/pro-Ethiopia villages and urban areas to be sold and consumed. Prime Minister Tafari Benti has indicated the time has come for total and absolute isolation of rebel infested areas until the terrorists can be eradicated and peace can be guaranteed.

[list][pre]October, 1953 | Teseny, Gash Barka Region, The Federation Of Eritrea[/pre]

THE WESTERN CORE HOLDS[/list]

Ethiopian intelligence had initially confirmed that Eritrean military command had managed to convince the front of the war in Adi Ugri to be the main front, masking Asmara as the much more important strategic defensive point in the eyes of the Ethiopians. However, about 150 miles west of the Eritrean capital lies the city of Teseney, which had suffered severe losses to the city's military personnel and train hub. The loss of this vital train link severed a direct flow of supplies to the Eritrean resistance, bolstering the growth of the Eritrean Sovereign Army with size, strength, and firepower.

Though Teseney was indeed severed from its supply lines with certain suppliers operating outside the boundaries of the Empire, EritreaÂ’s train link to the outside world itself had not been destroyed yet. The ESA would continue its supply operations as trains coming in and out of Eritrea would switch operations to the village of Aligidir, less than 10 minutes away from the border operation would only take place during the dark hours of the night from 10 PM to 3 AM, giving the EAS just five hours to unload supplies, send the train off back to the safety of the border, and drive the supplies in a series of newly acquired Slovenian Osliček supply trucks, towards several unidentified Stash houses, holes, underground systems dug up in recent months, and other undisclosed locations across the west Eritrean desert.

[Spoiler=Confidential — Operation Warak]

For the last seven months alone the Eritrean army, in groups of 2 to 5 would start to safely and secretly bury a series of crates consisting of many weapons ranging from SMLE Mk III (1912 & 1916 Patterns) to JP-48 battle rifles, Northover Projector Anti-Tank Gun / Grenade Launcher, Vickers machine guns (1918 Pattern), M26 grenades and other equipment. It is estimated the range of where these crates are buried is situated from Omhajer to Akordet. This act by the EAS known as Operation Warak, meaning behind, had come as part of a stay-behind operation for resistance cells stuck behind enemy lines or under occupation. The location of these crates would be given to specific trusted women in several communities, who would be able to dig out the crates and hand them off to resistance cells when the time becomes necessary.[/spoiler]

The Battle of Gergef (July — October)

After several months of mobilization through cr trek Ethiopia reports from the frontier town of Omhajer had spotted a large column of Ethiopian troops and vehicles attempting to cross into Eritrea through the Tekeze river in the western frontier. Thanks to the rainy season of late July to early September however, the Tekeze river had been flowing at its fullest capacity and with the bridge having been destroyed from the isolation orders taken out earlier in the year, it had slowed down the Ethiopian mobilization long enough to prepare the Eritreans for counteroffensive operations. The town of Omhajer had been ordered to not put up a resistance, surrender as to avoid taking on unnecessary casualties and allow Ethiopia to face the major Eritrean counter-offensive planned, 7 miles south of Gergef, in the flat out west Eritrean lands.

While the main armies of central Eritrea had quickly fallen apart in the face of enemy bombardments, giving way for the Ethiopians to walk right on through into the Eritrean capital of Asmara, and put it under imperial occupation perhaps before the end of the year. However, the army in central Eritrea had been estimated at around 20,000 or so troops, clearly outnumbered by the barrage of Ethiopian troops coming in from Axum and Massawa. However, in the west, the Muslim cores of Eritrea despite the bombings of Teseney, Barentu, and Gulch remained deeply loyal and institutionalized in their belief in Eritrean independence. Within a couple of months of counter-offensive operations, the Eritrean Sovereign Army raised a force of 30,000 soldiers, headed out of the various hidden weapon depots in Sebderat, Teseney, and Aligidir, tasked with fending off the Ethiopian invasion right outside Gergef where they shall face off head-on, the western army will be the most equipped and most supplies in the ESA, giving its proximity to their main supplier.

EAS Western Army Equipment:

500x Northover Projector Anti-Tank Gun / Grenade Launcher

60x Scammell Pioneer Trucks/Artillery Tractors

40x Ordnance QF 17-pounder 76mm Towed Anti-Tank (AT) Gun

40x Daimler Armored Car Four-Wheeled Light Armored Fighting Vehicle

30x Ordnance QF 6-pounder Towed Anti-Tank (AT) Gun

30x Guy Armored Car Mk IA

20x Carro Veloce L3/35 R 45 Tank-Destroyers (armed with 45mm M1937, built in Rhodesia with interchangeable parts with Italian base model)

20x Cruiser Tank Mk VII Cavalier (A24)

20x Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Centaur (A27L) Cruiser Tank

20x Hispano Suiza HS.404 Anti-Air cannons.

BESAL (Gun, Light, Machine, Faulkner, .303-inch)

SMLE Mk III (1912 & 1916 Patterns)

JP-48 battle rifles

By the end of October, the two armies would face off in the battle of Gergef, seeing the largest battle of the war yet, and this time in the form of a conventional war rather than the guerilla war tactics employed in the eastern mountains and Massawa urban spaces. The EAS's first and foremost objective is to inflict heavy counter damages on the Ethiopians and defend the western Eritrean core, primarily the town of Teseney which has now covertly been acting as the underground command center of the resistance. Hispano Suiza HS.404 Anti-Air cannons had been set up around Teseney and Gulch to thwart proximity enemy bombardment and force them to drop their loads from higher altitudes, presuming to lower the accuracy of the bombing targets.

Massawa Capitulates (July — October)

After months of aíreal bombardments on the surface, followed by waves of incoming enemy troops, the Eritrean resistance had entirely retreated into the uncompleted underground mazes under the city set up during the siege. With only 2,300 personnel left to hold off the Ethiopians and Somalians. While the underground resistance had a better time targeting Ethiopians caught up in the debris and ruins of the city, the Somalis entering Massawa had still left heavy damage on the Eritreans left inside. After months of fighting through the summer only relying on scraps of food and resorting to eating off stray dogs, cats, and rats and anything they could find in the abandoned buildings.

By October, mainland Massawa had been entirely under Ethiopian control, whatever resistance left had either died, surrendered, or starved to death. After almost seven months of fighting, Massawa would be left a city of stone, everything destroyed, lifeless, abandoned, and useless, a testimony to what some fear would be the faith awaiting many of EritreaÂ’s cities, especially Asmara. However, thankfully the mainland army had kept the Ethiopians and Somalians occupied long enough to allow for the 5,000 troops stationed at Gahtielay to set up defensive positions spread out in various locations across the mountains and surrounding the route between Gathielay and Dengolo. Meaning that if the Ethiopians attempt to maneuver towards Asmara from Massawa using the hills and windy roads, they might face an ambush by 400 or so Eritrean personnel for each half mile they cross from Gathielay and Dengolo. The Eritreans would use the surrounding environment with bushes and sand and trees to hide amongst the mountains, making them seem invisible from the air.

Mountains… and more mountains (July — October)

After the Ethiopians mobilized from Foro into the mountains, they would be met by a very large and rigorous obstacle, the mountains themselves. Ethiopian intelligence had alluded to the possible existence of Eritrean personnel in Sacatare, Chenanadole, and Acoma, only to find those locations are nothing short of the names given to mountain peaks, valleys, and other barren sectors of land. There will be no encirclement let alone any hostile forces in the mountains other than the falling rocks and wildlife, except for a few huts and dirt roads found here and there through the valley, the nearest major town from the position of mountains was Adi Keyh itself, which had fallen into Ethiopian hands much earlier in the year.

Perhaps the only success the Ethiopians would see in this mountain campaign of theirs is the beautiful views one could see after climbing such heights, truly a display of the spirit and determination of the Ethiopian soldier to do anything under orders. It is unknown where the Ethiopians plan to go but getting supplies to this part of the country has proven difficult with the only way out is through the rivers at the bottom of the valley, there are no farms in sight and the house of a mountain hermit certainly wonÂ’t be enough to feed soldiers.

The Battles of Adi Ugri and Dekemhare (July — September)

At Adi Ugri, the central armies had completely disintegrated as they scattered across the mountains, while some were spotted by planes and then promptly bombed, many would manage to avoid the bombardments by hiding amongst the cliffs. The Ethiopians still hold the belief that the Eritreans are still attempting to defend Asmara, however, the Eritrea scatter tactic was made in an attempt to implant Eritrean guerilla throughout the countryside, completely abandoning the capital and relying on hit and run tactic with occupation forces set up in the villages and towns now under Ethiopian law enforcement control.

In Dekemhare, the Ethiopians would enter the city oblivious to the various groups of 50 to 100 Eritrean units nestled in the mountains west of them, coupled with the rough terrain and road conditions headed outside of Dekemhare towards Asmara and Adi Ugri, the Ethiopians would be bogged down by heavy resistance of Eritrean raids on their advancements through the mountains. While the Ethiopians faced brutal attacks in Dekemhare, Adi Ugri would be soon taken by the Ethiopians who outnumbered the 6,000 Eritrean units remaining in the city. After a long brutal war lasting four months, 1,300 Eritreans would die in the battle for Adi Ugri, causing the withdrawal of the remaining 4,700 back to Dbarwa with the 3,000 units already stationed there in hidden defensive positions.

Government in hiding (July — October)

Asmara’s defenses seemed to have fallen apart within the last couple of months, alluding to the sudden fall in the capital’s strategic importance to the resistance. Though Asmara is still the largest city in the nation, the city’s proximity to the frontlines coupled with its insecurity in the face of constant aírela reconnaissance above the city. Rumor has had it that since President Awate left for the Alexandria Accords in Egypt, he had never returned to Asmara as some speculations believe the President and member of the Eritrean council had either relocated to Teseney or Naka’fa upon Awate’s return to Eritrea. Perhaps it is this relocation of the Eritrean government that provided such a large response by the Eritrean army to fend off the western core by such a large army.

While Ethiopia’s counterterrorism policies inflict heavy embargo and punishments on eastern Eritrea and occupied territories, western Eritrea had remained alive mostly in part to the Kerora supply trail and the “lifeline” trains coming in from Kassala. Addis Ababa had painted the resistance as a terrorist infestation which only stands to justify an inhuman tactic of war and ethnic cleansing of the Eritrean people, prompting more Eritrean Muslims in the west to join the ranks, all whilst diminishing Christian support in the southeast.

The Kerora trail which sees a large number of weapons and supplies going through it monthly is a supply line linking various crossings at the Eritrean border through a trial that primarily runs through the Sudanese side of the border. Most of the trail which is used to smuggle small arms is underground, but the ones in the open had been used to facilitate the smuggling of larger weapons such as tanks and artillery, equipment sent into Eritrea through unidentified contacts within Sudan “unaffiliated” to the Commonwealth Government in Khartoum. While Addis Ababa uses its agricultural power in the empire to embargo Eritrea, the Sudanese agricultural heartland in the east and center had largely fed western Eritrea and maintained its fighting power and endurance during the war. The west shall fight on.

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Rise of the Corporate Town

While everyone knew of the large corporate-dominated cities like Coquilhatville, Stanleyville, Paulis, and Bunia, ironically these cities were the most neutral in the nation. In an agreement to prevent fighting within the coalition, these large cities became neutral zones where factories and manufactories could stake out their claims and divide the city between themselves. As Equatoria gained its independence, the power of corporations expanded, not only within the government, but even basic administration.

Once one left the burgeoning cities and the black smog clouds that hung over them. You'd enter into the fiefdoms of corporate Equatoria.

Benelux companies dominated the rubber fields, especially around the northwest region. These corporate towns and camps were known for being particularly bloody. Rubber fields led to grievous wounds and often had to be removed by amputation. Around the camps were one-armed or one-handed former workers, begging for food and being taken care of by their families, and fellow workers. Overall, quality and length of life were egregiously low, and it's speculated to dig around the camps, one would find mass graves.

South of the capital of Stanleyville was the diamond mines that cooperated closely with the De Beers diamond conglomerate. The camps and towns surrounding the diamond mines are dusty and dirty. The diamond mines themselves are extremely dangerous, with cave-ins, and landslides being extremely common. When a cave-in happens natives would dig an opening or use explosives, remove the bodies and then continue onwards.

Finally in the far east were the tin and gold mines. Owned by secretive shell companies, like Mines du Equatoria these are other high-casualty mines. The gold mines especially have been responsible for polluting land and water surrounding them with mercury and cyanide. This has made numerous people within the corporate camps sick and riddled with poisons. The miners themselves besides being exposed within the mines without protection have also faced cave-ins much like the diamond mines.

Conditions and the setups of the camps themselves reinforce a near slave-like contract between workers and the corporations. Often times camps are far away from civilization, which means money is only spent within corporate towns. Even payment is often supplemented by company coupons that can only be used within company shops. This ensures the business remains within the company and that outside influence on goods is limited.

This whole system has been a double-edged sword for the government in Stanleyville. While these towns, and camps brought necessary resources to the factories in major cities, they paid very little in the way of taxes. It also remained virtually impossible to enforce any form of law upon these corporate towns as they were entirely administered by corporate enforcers and militia. On a small positive side this meant federal expenditure remained substantially lower.

Socially, the creation of these towns would have a curious effect on the people of Equatoria. Equatoria had dozens of ethnic groups, and for generations they had bickered, fought, and competed for resources against each other. This had allowed foreign powers to easily play them off against each other, and maintain control over the entire region. With the creation of these towns, and the “encouragement” of natives on these lands to work in the towns, this new situation put these ethnic tribes into close contact. While initially there had been friction, as well as difficulty even in even basic communication between them, through hardship, and suffering a bond began to form between these groups. While it’s unlikely these bonds will last if the corporate towns fell apart, for a moment at least, the beginnings of solidarity between the people’s of Equatoria could be seen.

Like maggots writhing through a corpse, the corporate towns of Equatoria continue to poison, destroy and lay waste to everything in their path, as the people of Equatoria grow more fed up with the thousands sent to die at the alter of profit.

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[list][list]NOVEMBER 1953

[sub]Senhor Oswaldo Aranha[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] T H E B R A Z I L I A N D I P L O M A T M A N [/pre][/sub]

[list][list][sub][pre]Brazil is a desert of men and ideas.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL DISTRICT — EVENING

[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]

| OSWALDO ARANHA¹ was Ambassador to the United States in 1934, where he was recognized as a defender of Pan-Americanism. In 1937 he returned to Brazil and became Minister of Foreign Affairs. He had participated in the Rio de Janeiro Conference of 1942. Aranhas also became known internationally for supporting the creation of the State of Israel and holding the position of President of the U.N. General Assembly in 1947. In an interview with the New York Times correspondent, SAM POPE BREWER, Finance Minister Aranha made it clear that he was a friend of the U.S., but not of U.S. investments. |

[list]| OSWALDO ARANHA, [sub]Brazilian Finance Minister[/sub] | “Brazil does not want loans or investments from foreign countries. We are very dependent on foreign aid. That’s why there is no progress. We must support ourselves. Foreign private capital has been harmful to Brazil, and if foreign companies are not in favor of the new taxes that will be charged, they can leave, it makes no difference. Americans are our best friends, but we’ve always done the worst deals with our best friends.”[/list]

| The interview caused such an uproar that Aranha had to explain himself better, claiming that he had been quoted out of context. He said he was not against constructive investment by staying in Brazil and settling for moderate profits; the problem is that there hasnÂ’t been much of that kind of U.S. money. |

[list]| OSWALDO ARANHA, [sub]Brazilian Finance Minister[/sub] | “The burden of both U.S. and Brazilian taxation makes American businessmen look here for investments and profits that the fragility of our economy does not support.”[/list]

| Amid the elaboration of a tax program, Aranha opposed a congressional proposal to pay 145,000 government employees an extra monthÂ’s salary as a Christmas bonus. |

[list]| OSWALDO ARANHA, [sub]Brazilian Finance Minister[/sub] | “This proposal would be crazy, Brazil is like a family that has no money but wants to throw an expensive party.”[/list]

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[sub]¹ OSWALDO ARANHA, was a Brazilian diplomat who made a career at the U.N. that led him to the presidency of the General Assembly (1947-48) and later Minister of Finance (1953-54) under the Vargas government.[/sub]

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Extension of Romanian Industrial complexes

November 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| At the orders of Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, Industrial complexes will be extended beginning with May 1954 in order to improve productivity of factories.

| "Extension of the many industrial complexes of Romania is vital to the creation of a healthy Socialist society and the increase of productivity. While extension is important, the other important piece of the puzzle is the acquisition and production of modern technology, aimed to improve working conditions in the factories and making the worker`s jobs easier. With the Romanian factories possesing equipment from the last 2 decades, it`s easy to see how it is impacting our potential of being an important economic and industrial leader in the Balkans, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Romania is looking forward to purchase technologies from countries that produce them, such as The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, IV-th French Republic, or the People`s Republic of China."

-Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania

"Tovarăşi, frumoasă e viaţa!"

November 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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Arcanda wrote:| Senofonte, visibly frowning and cursing his captors under his breath, nods as he is ordered along. The man, under the dual effects of a hangover and a head wound, walks nonchalantly in front of the camera. |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "Yes, yes, photo, get it over with. I want to reach the Italian embassy now. I shall not be held as a political prisoner."[/list]

The camera flashes blindingly, and . . .

[list][pre]T W O W E E K S L A T E R[/pre][/list]

There had been no contacting the Italian embassy in Ljubljana, and for Senofonte there was little more than three bland meals per day for his two weeks of solitary imprisonment. No visitors came but an aloof, smartly dressed Slovene lawyer who introduced himself as Senofonte's public defender: Aleš Vitrih. Whether defeated or apathetic altogether, he left after briefly introducing himself in broken Italian.

Then came the trial.

Senofonte was ushered into the cold, wood-paneled courtroom by two stern-faced Slovene soldiers in ceremonial wear. By now, the colonel would be dressed in an ill-fitting prison jumpsuit sporting several days' worth of stubble. Aside from the hum of two fans, there was complete silence in the courthouse as he is brought in, and all eyes—borne by a sizeable public audience—are trained on him as the judge, the daunted Valuk Horjak, began to read out the charges. Prosecution, chiefly of Italians, for both criminal and civil offenses was so common here that Horjak was the permanently mandated judge of a district court that was dedicated solely to Tolmeč and all other towns northwest of the confluence of the Bela (formerly Italian Fella) and Tilment (formerly Tagliamento) Rivers. In these courtrooms on the Italian frontier, looser standards applied to the execution of the law, and no statute of limitations or prescriptive period applied.

[list]“Colonel Senofonte Scalzo . . . this, I have been anticipating. The Slovene state charges you with two counts of assault, one count of conspiracy against the Republic, and one count of international aggression¹. How do you plead?” Horjak's booming voice demands in ill-pronounced Italian, clearly read from prepared notes.[/list]

The large Slovene flag hanging behind Horjak's head gave an almost humorously well-timed ripple as he delivered the charges.

[list][sub]¹ A new designation for ‘acts detrimental to Slovenia committed in the interest of foreign nations’ handed down by the Slovene Supreme Court in late 1951 after Soviet-backed political violence killed a Slovenian brigadier general, distinguished from treason in covering a wider range of activities. It can carry sentences as grave as life imprisonment.[/sub][/list]

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The 1st AND 2nd PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCES - AS RESOLVED

[list]The 1ST PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE was officially held in JUNE of 1953, in PARIS, FRANCE, to succeed the 2nd Conference of Caen. At that Conference, discussions for Common European Partnerships were being made, and efforts to jointly develop nuclear energy technologies for peaceful means, and trade unification, were all being tackled. European diplomats participating in the talks called the First Pan-European Conference to immediately begin trans-national discussions on a Treaty for a European Community. In June, seven Articles were ratified by the involved Parties in Paris, colloquially known as the Paris Protocols. The 2ND PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE was held this OCTOBER of 1953, in MADRID, SPAIN, and saw final discussions on the European Common Market. It's five Articles were ratified as the European Common Market Agreement.[/list]

The various Foreign Ministries and trade delegations came together twice in this year to expand discussions drastically on the establishment of a European Community, and a European Common Market. It was well-understood that European unity in terms of political unity and economic unity were necessary, perhaps vital, to maintaining regional peace and keeping the Continent united in the face of heightened tensions in the Balkans and a larger Power to the East. The First and Second Pan-European Conferences, to this extent, were held in June and October and convened delegations from;

[list][pre]WEST GERMANY

FRANCE

ITALY

BENELUX

SPAIN

SLOVENIA

ITALY

NORDEN

GREECE

AUSTRIA[/pre][/list]

As discussed, the Working Commissions of both Conferences convened in Paris shortly after the end of the 2nd CONFERENCE in Madrid to provide a summary document on the concluded discussions, ahead of the signing of an official Treaty of the European Community shall be signed.

PARIS PROTOCOLS - RATIFIED AT THE 1st PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE (9-0-0)

[list]Article 1 - Establishes the European Council, an executive council composed of every head of state of every Party / Member State within the Community. The Council shall, every six months, nominate a Council President who shall serve to head the Council.

Article 2 - Establishes the European Commission, an independent executive body tasked with carrying out and enforcing the treaties ratified by the Community's institutions and bodies, drafting Community law, and serving as its official executive arm. Every member state shall have one commissioner on the body for smaller nations, and two commissioners for larger nations. One of its Commissioners shall be selected by the European Council annually to be appointed President of the Commission.

Article 3 - Establishes the European Parliamentary Assembly, or more simply the European Parliament, shall be established to proportionally represent the Peoples of the European Economic Community in a democratic institution. It shall function as a balance to the executive branch (the Council and the Commission), but shall primarily play a consultative role.

Article 4 - Establishes the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) to support the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes within the members of the Community.

Article 5 - Establishes the Court of Justice of the European Community (CJEC) to serve as the judicial branch of the European Economic Community. It shall serve as the highest court on matters relating to European law and on disputes between institutions and member states. It shall be composed of one judge per member state, one of whom may be appointed President by the judges of the Court.

Article 6 - Establishes the European Court of Auditors, which shall be provided the role of ensuring that taxpayer funds utilized by the Community via its budgets are spent efficiently, properly and securely. The Court of Auditors shall also put forward regular economic reports to the Parliament, the Commission and the Council, and may propose economic and trade legislation to the Parliament should it so wish.

Article 7 - Tables the discussion of the Common European Market to the Second Pan-European Conference, to be held in Madrid, Spain, in October of 1953. [/list]

EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET AGREEMENT - RATIFIED AT THE 2nd PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE (9-0-0)

[list]Article 1 - Establishes the European Common Market, or ECM, a common market among member states within which;

[list]- (A.1) There shall be no tariffs on goods, services, capital and persons traveling between EEC member states,

- (A.2) There shall be no taxes or quotas on goods, services, capital and persons traveling between EEC member states,

- (A.3) The aforementioned shall be henceforth established and implemented among ALL participating member states, for the creation of a Common Market to bring down prices, standardize regulations, and boost competition between companies within the Community[/list]

Article 2 - The European Common Market shall, from point of establishment, work to within 5 years of establishment establish standardized regulations on consumer goods, services, and otherwise to insure smooth flow of goods, services, capital and persons between the members of the Common Market. This shall be underwent by the passage of comprehensive regulations laying out regulatory details for various consumer goods as necessary by the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Article 3 - The Court of Justice of the European Community shall serve as the judicial body that enforces the Common Market at all times, and shall to the best of its ability work to preserve the Common Market between member states, and resolve differences and issues that may face members of the Common Market with relation to the market.

Article 4 - The European Common Market and membership within shall be an inalienable, mandatory requirement for all nations that will seek to join the European Economic Community, considering this Common Market is, by far, the signature part of the establishment of such a Community.

Article 5 - All current member states shall, henceforth, adapt the Common Market. [/list]

The planning for the BRUSSELS CONVENTION is already underway, with all Parties involved in the discussions of the past two Conferences expected to sign onto the Treaty of the European Community, to become a founding member of the European Economic Community.

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”Joint Ventures and Relevancy”

[Sofia, PeopleÂ’s Republic of Bulgaria]

[Народна република България]

November, 1953

| It was announced today that, as a sign of their continued cooperation and alignment, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria will be engaging in military exercises and training procedures on their shared southern peninsula, on their side of their respective borders with Greece.

Preparations on the Bulgarian side are reported as being “Optimal” by official sources and it is expected members from the Bulgarian Communist Party will also be in attendance, as well as the anticipated leading military officials such as Petar Panchevski who currently serves as “Minister for People’s Defence”. Prime Minister Chervenkov described the plans as “a sign of cooperation and solidarity between two aligned peoples”.

It is Bulgaria’s first step into foreign relations beyond Moscow under the Chervenkov regime which has primarily concentrated on its internal affairs, however in spite of this, it is still expected that Sofia will continue to keep its “Dancing to Moscow’s Tune” doctrine close at hand at all times, especially in the face of greater cooperation across Western Europe, something the Prime Minister slammed in an official press release earlier in the week, as he continues to attempt to build his personality cult as a “staunch and principled leader with uncompromising values.”

Whether these moves mark BulgariaÂ’s first attempts to come out of its shell and prove itself worthy as a right hand man to Moscow or whether they are simply attempts to try and prove the Prime MinisterÂ’s relevance on the European stage is not yet known, but it is anticipated that a mark will be made either way. |

mentioned: Ranponian Osivoii Adriatican Islands

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Yugoslavian Trawler Sunk by a Greek Warship, Trawler and Sea Mine Blamed by Greek Government!, October 1953

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Η Ελλάδα συσπειρώνεται εν μέσω πογκρόμ στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, η ελληνική κυβέρνηση παρατείνει τη συγχώρεση, απαιτεί παραχωρήσεις!, Σεπτέμβριος 1953[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands Ranponian - The Greek Navy and Government - Το Ελληνικό Ναυτικό και η Κυβέρνηση! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| A TRAWLER AND A WARSHIP, ADRIATIC SEA: | ΜΙΑ ΜΗΧΑΝΌΤΡΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΈΝΑ ΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΌ ΠΛΟΊΟ, ΑΔΡΙΑΤΙΚΉ ΘΆΛΑΣΣΑ: | [/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| CLASSIFIED - On a cold, foggy, and stormy day on the 25th of October, 1953, the massive battlecruiser, the RHMS Crete, pride of the Hellenic Navy, is sailing alone, patrolling the waters around the Slovenian-Yugoslavian maritime borders, around eight kilometers off the coast of Yugoslavia. The crew was feeling rather drowsy this day, a whole night of rough seas and winds had not been good for them. Most of the crew were inside, relaxing in their cabins, or doing their respective duties and tasks. On the bridge, Vice Admiral Ioannis Toumbas, commander of the Greek Fleet in the Adriatic, was on the lookout, the radar on constant watch. At around 09:05, a small dot was seen on the radar, and two crew members were dispatched to the bow to look at what the object was. At 09:07, it was discovered that it was a fishing trawler of unknown nationality. Messages were dispatched to the trawler, however, no response was received. As the minutes passed, the weather worsened, and at 09:10, following a series of unresponsive messages, the Crete turned to starboard, trying to avoid the small vessel. However just seconds after the turn was ordered, a loud crack, followed by metal groaning and a few screams was heard. Looking over the starboard bridge wing, the mammoth battlecruiser had slammed the 40-meter long fishing trawler head-on, the trawler remaining largely intact, however half of her starboard side was decimated, along with debris and the men who were on the trawler were left in the water. As the Crete quickly pulled away at 27 knots, a photo was taken from the Crete's stern of the sinking trawler. |[/list]

[list]| Two motorboats from the battlecruiser was immediately dispatched, the large cranes having some trouble lowering the boats due to the terrible weather. The motorboats scanned the scene, finding 5 men alive, and 4 others dead. As the men were pulled out of the water, they were shivering and cursing the crews in a language that the crews feared, Croatian. This could only mean one thing, the trawler that the Crete had rammed, was Yugoslavian. The motorboats, equipped with their own light radio sets, immediately notified the Crete, and the nearest Yugoslavian port, Supetarska Draga, the humble Greeks following international maritime law. A small Yugoslavian patrol boat was dispatched to a given coordinate, where the Greek crews transferred the survivors and the deceased. The Yugoslavians, baffled, were given a response by the Greek crew "We saw them floating in the water.". The Greek motorboats quickly pulled away, returning to the ship by 15:00. The men involved in the incident were told to keep their mouths shut, as the Crete radioed to the Hellenic Navy headquarters at Salamis via secure a radio channel, "Yugoslavian trawler sunk, send to Papagos, the following messages that will arrive soon. To the radio operator, keep your mouth shut." As the Greek government received the news, it was of utmost secrecy. Should anyone find out about this, Greece's response was ready. The cause of the sinking was due to an old German mine, the Crete somehow stumbling upon the humans that were victims and survivors. |[/list]

[list]| As the Crete linked up with the Greek fleet stationed at Trst, a large dent could be seen on her bow. Vice Admiral Ioannis Toumbas played it off as "bad weather". When the damage was inspected, there were streaks of wood varnish, paint shorn off, and a color of paint that isn't even on the ship. The Crete will be fully repaired by the end of the year. The incident remains a secret, which is to be assessed by the Greek government and by Vice Admiral Toumbas. Toumbas, and the Greek parties involved were immediately sent to Salamis for further investigation. |[/list]

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Adriatican Islands

Al-Morocco

Al-Oman

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Brazil Toucan

Cambodiia

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Cypriot-B

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Otsla

Paramountica

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Ranponian

Rutannia

Sri-Lanka

Taiiwan

Teymour

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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State visit by Ethiopian Delegation led by Field Marshall Dahir Adan Elmi in The Socialist Republic of Romania

12th November 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Field Marshall Dahir Adan Elmi has landed in Bucharest for talks concerning the situation between Ethiopia, Brazil, Sudan and Greece. The events unfolding are threatening the balance of peace in Romania`s eyes, and causing a major hole in the Romanian economy.

| While in Bucharest, Dahir Adan Elmi has held talks with Romania`s defense minister, Emil Bodnăraș in regards to the continuing agressions by the governments of Brazil, Greece and Sudan. Romania has made it`s point clear that it will support Ethiopia.

Defense Minister Emil Bodnăraș has called the Brazilian-Sudanese-Greek threats "Pointless and without any justification", making the point that Romania condemns the aggressions, as "It`s not the concern of any state to make judgements against any other countries.".

Romania has also offered to send military aid in case of any sudden invasion by Sudan.

"Pentru Partid!

Pentru Popor!

Pentru Iubitul Conducător!"

November 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KURDISTAN - KOMARA DEMOKRATA KURDISTANÊ |

Kurdistan Arms Against Hashemite Agression

[sub]| Amed Capital District

| November, 1953[/sub]

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Kurdistan expands its military and security forces in response to the Hashemite Federations' diplomatic offensive regarding Southern Kurdistan.

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The news that the Hashemite Federation would be abandoning the Treaty of Diyarbakir wasnÂ’t a surprise to the Kurdish government, but it was deeply concerning. Since the FederationÂ’s April Revolution, it was the most direct sign that a sort of honeymoon period of Kurdish independence had ended. In 1940 Turkey had been fended off and sent to lick its wounds, and a tumultuous Baghdad remained distracted and under foreign influence. In that time Kurdistan has been able to develop and stabilize, forming a strong bond with the Soviet Union. But the 1950s promised a very different reality and it was increasingly clear that KurdistanÂ’s foes had rallied their strength once more. This reality is emphasized by the stark ideological differences between Kurdistan and neighboring governments as the Cold War seems to seep into every part of the world.

But initial paranoia towards Military Decree 33 and the radical officers who had seized power in the Federation was tempered when it became clear that their government had no immediate plans of war toward Kurdistan. No heavy handed ultimatums were delivered and no Arab troops poured over the border. Instead, the FederationÂ’s President Qasim delivered his diplomatic provocations with vacillations about a willingness to negotiate and his supposed dedication to international law. Senior regime figures were divided on whether the Arabs were serious about their claims and what Kurdistan should even be open to considering. With a degree of genuine interest, Kurdish officials accepted the Hashemite offer of talks.

And perhaps just as quickly as heÂ’d left, General Reswan returned from Baghdad after talks had broken down swiftly. Qasim proved a steely negotiator and it was clear no ground was going to be made for either side via diplomacy. In truth this outcome only emboldened KurdistanÂ’s ruling generals. If only at present, Kurdistan commanded the advantage in a military conflict, with its Soviet guarantee and favorable defensive situation. This was reinforced by the Soviets in the immediate aftermath of the FederationÂ’s provocations when they provided a generous arms package to Kurdistan and made clear their ability to marshal immense manpower against the Hashemite at a moments notice. Other eastern bloc nations took the cue from Moscow and extended their own support. Yugoslavia in particular provisioned Kurdistan with a robust military aid package at minimal cost. In the eyes of the Kurdish PeopleÂ’s Army, the Arab provocation simultaneously posed no real immediate challenge to Kurdish territorial integrity and provided justification for Kurdish militarization.

After negotiations failed, President Remman immediately convened the National Defense Committee for its first major session. The Committee drafted a series of new security and defense related initiatives and delivered them before the PeopleÂ’s Assembly shortly after. With unanimous support, the Assembly approved all measures. The following will enter into effect immediately:

[list]- Kurdistan will expand the Kurdistan Defense Forces to 200,000 active personnel within the next 2 years, provisioned by new equipment secured from the Eastern Bloc. This will coincide with a 50% raise in defense spending per annum over the same period.

- The PeopleÂ’s Revolutionary Guard will be doubled in size to 100,000 within the next 2 years and afforded an increased role in local policing and political mobilization.

- The provinces of Barzan, Hewler, and Dihok will immediately be declared in a state of military emergency and a new Southern Defense District will be established to coordinate all military activity in the threatened areas. The chief of the command will be given final executive authority on administrative and legal affairs in the region, and be afforded a seat on the National Defense Committee/

- Kurdistan will seek to expand military cooperation with regional allies, including Syria, Egypt, the Soviet Union, as well as the recently recognized State of Israel.

- The National Defense Committee will now exercise the right to issue orders of conscription into the Defense Forces and reserves to all able-bodied adult men for periods of no greater than 4 years.

- [CONFIDENTIAL] Kurdish Arab communities will come under increased surveillance by the Directorate of State Security which will be afforded greater operational latitude to ensure Arab loyalty to the EKNS and Kurdish state.[/list]

The program of militarization is more ambitious than any other plan previously considered by military planners. The conversion of all of Southern Kurdistan into effectively a military zone is also a considerable expansion of the military's civil and political power. To accompany the policies, a program of state media and propaganda has been initiated by the Communications Ministry. The military response to the FederationÂ’s actions have been glorified as defiant nationalism to combat Hashemite encroachment. The Hashemite government itself, including President Qasim, are framed both as reactionary foreign agents and the historical enemies of the Kurdish people. The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and other eastern bloc states are portrayed as standing in solidarity with Kurdistan. Propaganda also emphasizes the developing Trade Council alliance with Syria and the Soviets as an invaluable part of Kurdish national security.

- Kurdish security forces' personnel and equipment

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| IZURU STRIKES |

[sub]2nd of November, 1953[/sub]

| As the dawn of the 2nd of November arrived, the Zairean SECULAR FORCES would arrest the major leading figures of KIMBANGUISM around the country, such as Father Kisolokele, Father Salomon Dialungana and Father Diangienda. These three major figures were the most important and had been sent to three seperate prisons around the country under the charge of planning to overthrow the current secular government of Zaire. Despite evidence being provided by the Secular Forces, the arrests have caused an outrage amidst the followers of of Kimbanguism around the country.

The protests in some cities turned into riots, which MARIE IZURU had ordered to be put down immediately. The riots were started by the fanatical followers of Kimbanguism. The riots ended with over two hundred men and women arrested, and two people dead. The Zairean Catholic Church had condemned the actions taken by Izuru and deemed as "...an attack on the institution of faith...". Some conservative experts point out that Izuru is on purpose attacking the the leadership of Kimbanguism in order to weaken the roots of the faith in the country due to the restrictive and highly religious beliefs of Kimbanguism. Those opinions have been dismissed, however, by the administration. Marie Izuru raged on in the National Assembly about the situation.

[list][ MARIE IZURU, Head of the Finest Assembly ]: "Il ne s'agit pas d'une attaque contre l'institution de la foi. C'est une justice froidement rendue à ceux qui cherchent activement à détruire la nature séculaire de notre nation ! Je ne resterai pas sans rien faire alors que les fondements de notre nation sont remis en question et mis en danger par quelques fanatiques chrétiens. C'est une guerre contre le Zaïre, c'est une guerre contre nos nouvelles croyances de sécularisation, de modernisation et de progrès. Les honorables membres de l'aile droite de notre pays me traitent de socialiste, et même de communiste radical. Mais je ne suis rien de tout cela, je suis simplement une femme aux convictions pragmatiques et à la pensée moderne. Assez des traditions arriérées et des croyances dépassées. Que ceci soit un avertissement que le Zaïre ne supportera pas le fanatisme religieux et que nous ne serons en aucun cas arrêtés par une quelconque foi."[/list]

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| HEAD OF THE FINEST ASSEMBLY CABINET |

[sub]30th of October, 1953[/sub]

| Sitting among her closest ministers, that being the Minister of Economics JULIAN OBORI, the Minister of Internal Security SIMON BEBEDI and the Minister of Cultural Innovation and Modernisation MARGOT OKOMBI, Marie Izuru would contemplate. The newest and first in history national data census arrived, showcasing a detailed understanding of the faiths in the country, the ethnic groups and the wealth gaps between people. She would analyze the census carefully, in utter silence as the other three awaited in stillness. After a moment, Izuru would raise her eyes and nod slowly. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "Which of those groups pose the biggest threat to our reforms?"[/list]

| The three would look at each other, rather stunned by the question. |

[list][ JULIAN ]: "I beg you pardon?"[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Must I repeat myself? Which of those groups in this census pose the biggest threat to our reforms?"[/list]

[list][ JULIAN ]: "I...I don't know..."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Nonsense. You do know. Margot. Which group?"[/list]

| The gazes struck Margot as she looked towards Marie. She would sigh slightly before making her way to the census to take a look again. She would point her finger at the Kimbanguism followers. Marie would nod slowly. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "Why is that?"[/list]

[list][ MARGOT ]: "Well, the group m'am, they belief in absolute devotion to God. They forbid the likes of dancing, tobacco, fighting, polygamy and anything that is not outright mentioned as good in the bible. Your reforms are intended to push the country into modernity, quite drastically...more than some of the most democratic states of Europe if I may say. They will revolt against such doings."[/list]

| Marie would turn her gaze towards Simon. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "Could they?"[/list]

[list][ SIMON ]: "Yes, m'am. But only should their leadership lead it. The followers rely heavily on their leaders in times of guidance. Based on the reports from ZNIF and the Secular Forces, they do have capabilities to cause serious trouble should the reforms pass through. Despite their peaceful willingness, they can be loud...if one may say that."[/list]

| Marie would think for a moment. She would look at the census again and nod to herself. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "I want that problem liquidated. With immediate effect. You understand me, Simon?"[/list]

| Simon would nod as Julian rose up in astonishment. |

[list][ JULIAN ]: "M'am...with all due respect, you cannot make decisions like that without consulting the First Representative. Besides, there is nearly million followers of that faith...what do you plan? Move them? Kill them?"[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Cut the head off, so the body can't fight."[/list]

[list][ JULIAN ]: "And what about Mrs Banza?"[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Mrs Banza is too naive to understand the importance of removing them as a threat. She'll be thankful that no one stops her in her reformation path. But for now, she does not understand the pragmatic thinking. She's too idealistic, a believer of good and bad. As if. There is no good or bad in politics. There is only stronger and weaker. And by no means will we be the weaker party in this scenario. Once the head is removed, the body decomposes itself. The faith will die out. The leaders...well, that depends what they have done. And Mrs Banza...so long as we prove to her they are up to no good...she won't block our path."[/list]

| The three would look at each other for a moment as Marie rose up from her seat. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "We cannot call ourselves real reformists if we are not ready to make sacrifices bigger than the lives of those that are at stake. I want this country to be a pearl in the world by the end of this decade, and anyone who dares to stand in the way...willingly or not has to be removed sooner than later. We are not here for the money, or the power. We are here for a change. To bring the change. To be...the change."[/list]

| Marie would look at the three proudly as she smiled. |

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[sub]DESERT CHESS — NOVEMBER 1953[/sub]

| Abd al-Karim Qasim meets with the Turks and Iranians to prepare an anti-Kurdish axis of resistance. |

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1826910

[sub]MENTION PINGS: Greater Kurdistane, Turkiye 1St, Anglo Channel, Osivoii

REGION PINGS: Bescania, Sudesam, Israelli, Great Britain Gb[/sub]

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Post self-deleted by Brazil Toucan.

THE UNION LOOKS FOR WIND OF CHANGE FROM COLONIAL PAST

It is not an easy task to deal with a past filled with slavery, horror and racial hatred. But Zaire is there to stay and the Union of Benelux must face the reality of a new decolonized world. Paul-Henri Spaak, the Union's foreign minister, certainly knows this. But the question of how to return to Zaire is one that still divides the country.

The colonial past of Belgium especially is still taboo in many parts of the Kingdom. As a whole, Belgian society do not have a certain pride in Belgian Congo but not regard it as something to be sorry about. "Its a different generation" says most average people. The horror of WWII has put the question even less into spotlight.

Despite this, Spaak knows that the Union, with all its plans to become a third influence in the European Community, cannot grow diplomatically without some kind of good presence in Africa. And this is namely the objective of M.Spaak.

In a telegram, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared the following :

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DIPLOMACY BENELUX

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TO : Paseo

[list][list][pre]”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Benelux wishes to express to the highest authority of Zaire and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zaire, a wish to reestablish relations and open the way for a new era for the Benelux in modern times. The objectives of this visit by H.E. Paul-Henri Spaak, would be to first agree on new relations based on mutual respect, arrange for the negotiations of reparations and a ceremony to the wrongs committed by our the Kingdom of Belgium" [/pre][/list][/list]

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[list][sub]17.𝚅𝙸𝙸𝙸.1953[/sub]

[sub]PELLA VA IN SCENA[/sub]

PELLA TAKES THE STAGE[/list]

[list][list][pre]De Gasperi resigns as Prime Minister.

A caretaker Prime Minister is introduced:

Economy Minister and Slovenia hardliner Giuseppe Pella.[/pre][/list][/list]

ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA

[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]

| De Gasperi's end would finally come after eight years in power, in the midst of Ferragosto — The summer holidays. Children had come home to the family farm, and Italy's urban denizens enjoyed summer rest at local beaches or public pools, while in Parliament, a political affair proved the last nail in the coffin for De Gasperi's premiership. Weakened after failing to win more than 50% of the vote in the last election, a public disavowal of the legge truffa originally meant to solidify the DC's grip on power, the Prime Minister was in effect set for failure. Beset by internal strife, the DC would not vote the confidence to De Gasperi's cabinet, a first since 1945 — Forcing his resignation. |

| In order to deal with pressing budget issues of the coming weeks, a caretaker Prime Minister has been named. Giuseppe Pella, a trusted but austere economist, who has long served as De Gasperi's Economy and Treasury minister, has been given the mantle of the government, while the former Prime Minister retains the party leadership. His appointment by His Majesty King Umberto II, on August 17, heralds a fresh leader for Italy. Pella, supported by the DC's irredentist wing, has addressed the issue in a notoriously hardline manner during his speech to Parliament |

[list]"[...] Venezia Giulia is Italian, and Italian only. This issue, and the fate of those hundreds of thousand Italian citizens who are currently brutalized and suppressed while their lands are illegally occupied, will be at the forefront of our foreign policy until it is resolved. We want peace in Europe, but this peace cannot be polluted by the moral corruption entailed by Slovenia's continual occupation of our lands and refusal to negotiate. A long-lasting house is not built on marshes. If they are with us, if they are for peace in Europe, we will call all our allies to the table to try and resolve this painful matter. [...]"

[list][sub]— PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE PELLA[/sub][/list][/list]

| In accordance with Pella's wishes, who sees the Istrian Question as one of utmost importance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Which he also leads ad interim — has made fresh proposals to Washington [sup][nation=short]Paramountica[/nation][/sup], London [sup][nation=short]Great Britain GB[/nation][/sup], Paris [sup][nation=short]Metropolitan Francais[/nation][/sup], Brussels [sup][nation=short]Bayern Kahla[/nation][/sup] and Bonn [sup][nation=short]New Provenance[/nation][/sup], asking for their intercession in the Italo-Slovene strife. Concerning budgetary and economic measures, he has pledged more austerity and more leeway to free entreprise, a promise that has already excited Communist and Socialist angst against him. |

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[sub]PELLA VA IN SCENA[/sub]

PELLA TAKES THE STAGE[/list]

[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

A LINGUISTIC DISPUTE ERUPTS AMONG LEGISLATORS: THE ‘SLOVENO-ITALIAN’ OR ‘ITALO-SLOVENIAN’ CONFLICT?

[list][sup]MOMENTARILY MIRED IN MINUTIA

19 AUGUST 1953[/sup][/list]

A somewhat humorous scene dominated the floor of the Slovenian National Assembly on a Wednesday in late August 1953 as delegates from across the Republic clashed in a three-hour debate over whether a bill condemning the irredentist remarks of caretaker Italian (Arcanda) Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella should prefer Slovensko-italijanski (“Sloveno-Italian”) or Italijansko-slovenski (“Italo-Slovenian”) when legally referring to the conflict of the last eight years. The conservative establishment of Andrej Gosar largely preferred “Sloveno-Italian”, placing Slovenia before Italy in remarks delivered from the perspective of the Slovenian government. This was the leading view, and was about to receive the necessary majority in support of it, until nationalist Beljak representative Borut Blatnik intervened and claimed that it would imply Slovenia was the aggressor in the conflict. In order to better epitomize Italian aggression and portray Slovenia as acting defensively, ‘Italo-’ should be placed first, in Blatnik’s opinion.

The debate only grew more aggravated as the hours dragged on, requiring the Speaker—veteran politician and eventual presidential hopeful Nikola Koprivnikar—to officially intercede. Though it was a traditional face-off between conservatives and nationalists, disagreements over purely linguistic minutia were rare and, in Koprivnikar’s mind, should remain so. To regain control of the Assembly and save the bill from total delay, he threatened to invoke a temporary suspension of discussion on the legislation should a solution not be found. Ultimately, Blatnik and his fellows conceded to the conservatives’ ‘Sloveno-Italian’ designation. Altogether, the squabble had been more than words—it was emblematic of a greater national tension projected by ideological and linguistic posturing. The nationalists had long accused the conservatives—largely centrist, despite their name—of being too relaxed on national defense and other issues.

AugustÂ’s momentary diversion into topics of syntactic nitpicking revealed the task of governance in Slovenia was not only a matter of safeguarding national identities and international relationships, but also being aware of how even the most insignificant of matters, such as linguistic debates, could in fact be indicative of greater rising tensions in the world.

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Adriatican Islands wrote:[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The People of Greece Rally Against Istanbul Pogrom, Greek Government Extends Forgiveness, Demands Concessions!, September 1952

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Η Ελλάδα συσπειρώνεται εν μέσω πογκρόμ στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, η ελληνική κυβέρνηση παρατείνει τη συγχώρεση, απαιτεί παραχωρήσεις!, Σεπτέμβριος 1953[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands Turkiye 1St - The People and Governments - Οι άνθρωποι και οι κυβερνήσεις! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| RESPONSE TO THE POGROM, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΑΠΆΝΤΗΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΠΟΓΚΡΌΜ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: | [/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| Following a a bloody Pogrom against the Greek and Jewish Minorities in Istanbul, and the subsequent millions lost financially by them, the Greeks in Greece have boiled up in discontent with the Turks, however not knowing that while this was happening, two Turkish Ambassadors were meeting with HRH Pavlos himself. The two delegates, Mr. Halil Yüksel and Mr. Hüseyin Turan upon hearing the news were in shock, and on behalf of the Turkish people, had already made apologies to the Greek government, particularly the King and Prime Minister Papagos who were present at the meeting at Tatoi Palace. The King, a kind one at that, had granted special protection rights to both Yüksel and Hüseyin, as they were both safely escorted to a safe area at the estate, where they both agreed to stay there for the time being, a working vacation if you will. Channels were kept open by the Greek and Turkish Governments to settle the issue, with the Turks also agreeing that it is best to keep the two in Greece as representatives of the Turkish government. |[/list]

[list]| After the safety of the two ambassadors was confirmed, the King and the Prime Minister were driven to the Greek Parliament Building. En route, they were paraded by Greek citizens, protesting against the Pogrom, rallying Greek citizens to join them in their efforts to make their voices be heard by the Turkish. One particularly sign held up by the protesters was: "Αν θέλουν να σκοτώσουν τους Έλληνες, πρέπει να μας σκοτώσουν όλους!" - "If they want to kill Greeks, they have to kill us all!". As the King and the Prime Minister arrived at the Parliament Building and entered, the sound of chaos could be heard. The King and the Prime Minister were both escorted to their seats, as the Parliament decided what to do next. In the end, it was chosen to use diplomacy to settle the issue, however, the majority of the Parliament's description of 'diplomacy' was massive financial concessions to Greece, to aid the resettlement of those killed and the recovery of the Greek community in Istanbul, if they were still even welcome that is. While the government of Greece was certainly willing to forgive, the people of Greece were not. To finally settle this, after the Parliament session, the King went out of his way, to address the 30,000 or so people outside, wanting to hear something from their government. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]”My fellow countrymen and countrywomen! The news of this... genocide against Greeks in Istanbul has been dreadful to all of us, and just earlier, the Greek parliament decided on opening diplomatic channels with the Turkish. I assure you, that we Greeks and the Turks to the East will have this issue resolved. I guarantee you that no more Greeks, or Turks for that matter, shall suffer in both nations. We have extended our hand to the Turkish government, and are now planning concession plans for the Greeks. Thank you, and good day." [/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- The King of Greece, HRH King Pavlos I[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list]| Following the statement, the crowd cheered on the King. A few days after, the Greek government and the Turkish government started negotiations, which included Greek requests for large financial concessions. However, the Turkish government (Turkiye 1St), had thought of something else... |[/list]

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Greater Kurdistane

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Otsla

Paramountica

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Ranponian

Rutannia

Sri-Lanka

Taiiwan

Teymour

Vancouver Straits

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[list][list][sub]September, 1953[/sub]

[sub]Turkish-Greco Concessions[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]Settling old disputes?[/sub]

[list][list][sub]How happy is the one who says I am a Turk! - National Motto[/sub][/list][/list]

-

Negotiations

[sub]Anakara, Çankaya Mansion — Noon[/sub]

[list][sub]President Bayar finds himself in a diplomatic crisis, stuck between hardliners in the Turkish parliament demanding no concessions and a furious Greek government. That, if not appeased, could threaten future Greeco-Turkish relations. But now Bayar finds an opportunity to finish old disputes that could solve both problems at once.[/sub][/list]

| With the original intentions of the diplomatic mission to Greece to begin discussions of possible settlement of mostly minor territorial disputes, and now a diplomatic crisis threatening future Greco-Turkish relations as a result of the Istanbul Progom. President Bayar faced heavy demands from the Greek government as concessions, which, while insignificant to a country's finances, was something he had difficulty justifying to the militant members of the National Assembly that were pushing for a hardline refusal. But he saw a potential solution to the crisis that faced his presidency. Following President Bayar's plan, Turkish negotiators offered another solution to their Greek counterparts. Redrawing of old territorial disputes that saw both sides receiving land to fit along natural borders but also a new patch of land for fromer Greek residents of Istanbul to resettle too, Datça, with the Turkish government footing the bill, a cost that is significantly cheaper finanically and politically than the original demand from the Greek government. |

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KING OF THE HILL

[list][sub]| Through Ibn Saud's reign, his most controversial policy decision was that of Kurdistan. Even though it took away land that he could perhaps expand into in the future, and even increased Soviet influence in the region, he still enforced the treaty of Diyarbakir, leading to the birth of Kurdistan, to the distaste of the many Arab Nationalists in his vicinity. However, he did not exactly take it upon himself to defend Kurdistan to death as he remained relatively unspoken on the various border conflicts between Kurdistan and its neighbors. Toward the end of his reign, rumblings of a resurgent Hashemite federation and Turkey who sought revenge came up, but he didn't live long enough to deal with it. |[/sub][/list]

[list][sub]|King Saud is here now, extremely impulsively. Under the Kurdish buffer state that weakened all of its neighbors, Saudi Arabia had experienced a brief period of dominance in the Middle East. Immediately he would have Kurdish diplomats fly over to Riyadh to sort the issue out at once. Here, the Kurdish diplomat would begin expressing threats against the Kurdish state, and Saud was forced to think. It was a dilemma between supporting his fellow Arabs or upholding the state his father created, as well as keeping the northern roaches and damned Persians weakened. However, those fellow Arabs had almost gotten rid of the Sauds for good a few decades before, and his decision was to uphold the treaty of Diyarbakir. Immediately, he would announce his intent to uphold the treaty. Covertly, Saudi officers would be enroute to Amed to figure out the defensive situation of the Kurdish state, and to what extent Saudi involvement could be contributed to. The time was running out and here Saud must gamble...|[/sub][/list]

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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]

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Arcanda

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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: FRANCE SENDS ADDITIONAL WARSHIPS TO THE ADRIATIC AS PROMISED

[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, NOVEMBER 1953 [/sub][/list]

[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | Per President Auriol's direct orders to Minister of National Defense René Pleven, additional naval ships have been deployed to the increasingly hostile environment of the Adriatic Sea where they will coordinate with both Greek and Slovenian vessels in the area of operations. What was originally only a six ship operation sent to assess and provide security in the aftermath of the Slovene fishing vessel sinking in December 1952 will now be increased to a 14 ship operation due to the volatile situation between Yugoslavia and Slovenia. The Slovene Republic has the full support of France and Greece concerning their national defense and ultimately the security of the Adriatic region.[/sub]

[spoiler=French Navy Ships Deployed to Adriatic Sea International Zone][sub][list][*]FNS Jean Bart (Richelieu-class battleship)

[*]FNS Brennus (Type XXI U-boat)

[*]FNS Artémis (Aurore-class submarine)

[*]FNS Sirène (Saphir-class submarine)

[*]FNS Vauban (Gladiolus-class minesweeper)

[*]FNS Sabre (Gladiolus-class minesweeper)

[*]FNS Javeline (Gladiolus-class minesweeper)

[*]FNS Tromblon (Gladiolus-class minesweeper)

[*]FNS Georges Leygues (La Galissonnière-class cruiser)

[*]FNS Montcalm (La Galissonnière-class cruiser)

[*]FNS Calais (Europa-class battlecruiser)

[*]FNS Strasbourg (Dunkerque-class fast battleship)

[*]FNS Commandant Teste (Seaplane tender)

[*]FNS Saar (Submarine tender)[/list][/sub][/spoiler]

[sub]The Ministry of National Defense has reoutlined the mission for the French fleet which will not only include providing security to Slovenia and all international shipping, but also the searching and recovery of leftover naval mines from World War Two and the cleaning up of debris in the sea from ships which have been struck. Thus the reason for sending 3 additional minesweepers to complete this task. Other additional vessels include the FNS Commandant Teste which is a seaplane tender that can carry up to 26 seaplanes that will be used to locate mines and other debris. Two more submarines have been sent along with the FNS Saar, a submarine tender and the FNS Calais Europa-class battlecruiser which is the largest in it's class at 37,000 tons. All of which are meant to not only protect the seas, but send a clear message. |[/sub]

[list]______[/list]

[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE LÂ’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

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Maziya

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Pontianus

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Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

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Taiiwan

Teymour

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Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

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AMID GROWING ADRIATIC TENSIONS, YUGOSLAVIA DISPELS WESTERN EMBASSIES

November 9th 1953

Amid the growing tensions in the Adriatic Sea, the Greek sinking of a large fishing Vessel along with western forces supportive of the Slovene Rebel State, the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry has ordered multiple Western Embassies to be closed and their representatives expelled. The affected Western States currently are Greece, Italy and France, whose Embassies have been given 48 hours to vacate the premises of their Buildings. It will mark the end of communications with those three States as outrage grows over the exploding NATO presence in the Adriatic sea, recently growing to a ratio of over 3 to 1 compared to the total number of Yugoslav Navy Vessels. The Foreign Ministry has specified that Yugoslavia will only ever consider allowing the re-opening of these Embassies in the event of NATO cooling its current aggressive tendencies. Pre-empting any western ousting of Yugoslav Embassies in return, the Yugoslav Embassies and Consulates in the three mentioned States have already been given orders to evacuate the premises of their Buildings and return to Yugoslavia.

It no doubt marks a high point in tensions between Yugoslavia and its neighboring NATO States as well as their immediate supporters in Paris. Further intensifying these retaliatory efforts, Yugoslavia has announced that it shall officially recognize as Independent and free any Rebel Movement within French Colonial holdings as legitimate and legal, due to their own support of the Slovene Rebels. 1953 marks the Eight year of Slovene resistance to righteous and legally justified reintegration, but it also marks growing NATO support and wishes to integrate it into their own growing Empire of influence. As a result of this time, just as much as legal urges, make the moves necessary for the Yugoslav Government. These moves Effectively signal, that if emergency communications are required they would have to be directed at the Soviet Union as Yugoslavia refuses any conversation with these States.

Yugoslav Foreign Minister Sergej Kraigher stated :

[list]"We cannot in good conscience support diplomatic relations with States who rabidly and mercilessly put down movements for rightful freedom in their own Colonial possessions and yet blindly support the secessionist forces within our northern territories. There cannot be infinite tolerance on this issue, the United Nations Charter is clear in this issue that rebel forces do not constitute a legal force in the world. However, since the Charter has been thrown aside on our own issue, we shall do the same for any State which fervently and blinded by politics does the same for these Terrorists."[/list]

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A Foreign Observer in Equatoria: The Great Departure

December 1953

The city of Stanleyville became slightly more empty, as thousands fled the city following Patrice Lumumba. Patrice and his supporters (who have been now called Patriceans) left the city following a third failed assassination attempt on Lumumba and his entourage.

The Flight of the Patriceans would celebrated within the corporate offices, and the government buildings of Stanleyville. President Kasa-Vubu, and Prime Minister Mobutu especially were seen celebrating at a dinner, their supposed victory over their political rivals, and their cementing of complete political control. Witnessing Kasa-Vubu and Mobutu celebrating has been a relative surprise, especially as their personal relations have continued to deteriorate.

Lumumba and the Patriceans have vowed to continue their opposition to government policy, even as they were forced to leave the major cities of Equatoria. With this ominous proclamation of continued resistance, many have begun to wonder if Lumumba may be reconsidering his previous abstention from acts of political violence, and revolution.

It is likely the next move for the Equatorial government will be to open the country up to diplomatic relations with itÂ’s surrounding neighbors. For the past two years, the government has struggled to achieve any form of diplomatic relations with its neighbors due to LumumbaÂ’s fierce political opposition, the publishing of reports of poor working conditions, and the near feudalism in the countryside. This seems to be changing; however, as with LumumbaÂ’s flight from Stanleyville, and the production of propaganda showing healthy and happy Equatorial workers, the government may secure relations with other African nations. Ethiopia especially has shown interest in sending a delegation to Stanleyville to discuss closer ties with Equatorial.

Interestingly, with the production of propaganda it seems the government is attempting to foster loyalty among its populace. Workers that are sufficiently loyal have seen improvements to their homes, and workplaces, while the Patriceans have suffered pay cuts, and sometimes community isolation. Unsurprisingly this move has deepened Patricean flight from major cities, as well as political polarization, and radicalization.

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[list][pre]RABI Al-AKHAR 1373\DECEMBER of 1953[/pre][/list]

[list][list][list][list][list][list][list][list][list][pre]I R A N -- THE SHAHÂ’S DOMINION[/pre][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]AUGUST to DECEMBER ‘53[/pre]Â

[sup]PERSIAÂ’S MIDNIGHT DAWN[/sup][/list][/list]

[list][list]TEHRAN — A squad of troops showed up at Mossadegh's suite in the Officers Club a few days after he turned himself in to the new authority. He was sent to a military prison at Fazlollah Zahedi's (the new prime minister) direction. By December of 53, Ten weeks passed as an indictment was prepared during his detention. After the tribunal was set up, Mossadegh was tried for treason for resisting the Shah's dismissal order and for "inciting the people to armed uprising." Since Iranian prime ministers cannot be removed from office without a no-confidence vote in the Majlis, he vehemently defended himself by claiming that the firman had been given as part of a nocturnal coup d'etat and was therefore unconstitutional. Mossadegh told the judges that his "sole fault" was having nationalized Iran's oil business and thereby ending the "network of colonialism" and the "political and economic control of the biggest empire on earth" in Iran.

It was a foregone conclusion that they would find him guilty. It came with a sentence of three years in prison and then life under home detention. Mossadegh would be released from prison in the summer of 1956, having served his whole sentence. He will be taken back to his house in Ahmad Abad. Many of Mossadegh's cabinet members and notable supporters were taken into custody in the weeks following the coup. Some were later freed from custody without any formal charges being filed. Others were convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison terms. About sixty military officers loyal to Mossadegh were among the 600 who were arrested. Multiple influential student leaders at Tehran University were also arrested. The National Front and its leader, Tudeh, were both outlawed, and many of the group's most prominent members were imprisoned. The most notable politician singled out for exemplary punishment was former Foreign Minister Hussein Fatemi under Mossadegh. Fatemi was a staunch antimonarchist, and during the unrest of August 1953, he had hurled particularly vicious attacks at the Shah, whom he referred to as "the Baghdad fugitive."

At one point, Fatemi claimed "for the previous ten years a nasty, hateful, and despicable royal court has been the servant of the British embassy," explaining why Iran was in such a bad place. The absent king was the subject of one of his speeches: "You, oh scoundrel Shah, have written the final chapter in the criminal annals of the Pahlavi dynasty. The populace is thirsty for retribution![/B] The Shah seized his opportunity once the tables were flipped. To keep his word to Kermit Roosevelt, he had Fatemi tried on suspicion of treason during a hastily convened trial. As Fatemi once put it, the Shah was like [B]"a snake who strikes mortally when the occasion presents itself."[/B] Later, he was bitten.

Since he was the only direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammad in Mossadegh's inner circle, his tragic death has made him a hero in Iran. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, afterwards renamed British Petroleum, attempted to resume operations in Iran, but public opinion was so strongly against it that the new government was unable to approve the move. Furthermore, power logic required that American firms should share in the gains since the United States had done the dirty work of ousting Mossadegh. At last, a multinational group was formed to take over the lucrative concession. 40% was owned by Anglo-Iranian, later renamed B.P., 40% by a group of five American firms, and the remaining 20% was split between Royal Dutch/Shell and Compagnie Française de Pétroles. The non-British corporations forked over $1 billion to Anglo-Iranian for their 60% concession stake. The consortium's foreign management didn't change the name Mossadegh gave it; it was still called National Iranian Oil Company. It settled on a 50/50 profit split with Iran but refused to let Iranians inspect its finances or join its board of directors.

The men who staged the 1953 coup eventually dispersed. The oppressive campaign against nationalists and leftists led by General Zahedi, Mossadegh's replacement as prime minister, was well received by the Shah. However, the two eventually clashed. Like Mossadegh, Zahedi was a powerful figure who advocated for the independence of prime ministers. A frustrated Shah could not stand for that, soon after the coup Iran would turn its attention westward, to the brewing events on her border with Baghdad and Ebril.

[OOC] AFTERMATH

Only two years will passed since the coup before the Shah removed Zahedi from office and had him serve as ambassador to the UN in Geneva, he died there in 1963.

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Post self-deleted by Brazil Toucan.

[list][list]DECEMBER 1953

[sub]A Man Named Juscelino[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] W H A T I S T A R T I F I N I S H [/pre][/sub]

[list][list][sub][pre]It is the duty of men who militate in all

sectors of public life, in all spheres of

Government, in all party associations,

to dedicate their efforts to the good

of the People.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

BELO HORIZONTE, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS — AFTERNOON

[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]

| JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK¹, 52, son of German-Polish immigrants and governor of the state of Minas Gerais. When Jucelino ran for governor three years ago, he promised his voters roads and electricity. Unlike many other Brazilian politicians, Juscelino is delivering on what he said in his campaign. His slogan: “What I start I finish.” His program projected the expansion of the state’s road network by 50%. He built 1,125 miles of new roads — almost half of his goal. The governor’s program can even be compared with the federal program. Upon returning from the trip to Rio, Juscelino said he had saved another $7,500,000 for the construction of the road in Minas; the money would come from the federal budget under Brazil’s new austerity program. The governor’s program to increase electricity supplies, executed under a new $50 million energy authority, could be completed. |

[list]| JUCELINO KUBITSCHEK, [sub]Minas Gerais Governor[/sub] | “I made a promise to my constituents and I have to keep it.”[/list]

| The young capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte was designed just 60 years ago as a model city in the Washington mold in a relatively flat location in a mountainous state. Now Belo Horizonte is a constantly growing metropolis with a population of 400,000, the hub of Juscelino’s network of roads and power lines. The city’s population doubled in a decade. Alongside its streets, squares, and parks, new skyscrapers are being built, such as the 24-story Banco da Lavoura, the Hotel Normandy, and the start of work on a 35-story apartment building, designed by the famous architect OSCAR NIEMEYER². The capital also saw the rise of an unplanned new industrial city that brought jobs to the city. A $20 million German-funded steel tube factory is under construction and five cement plants will be set up here. Although miners smile when comparing Belo Horizonte to São Paulo, they agree that Minas’ natural wealth (manganese, thorium, bauxite, eleven billion tons of iron) helped in the development of the heavy industry. |

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[sub]¹ JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, was governor of Minas Gerais (1951-55) and 21st President of Brazil (1956-61).[/sub]

[sub]² OSCAR NIEMEYER, was a famous Brazilian architect.[/sub]

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[list]December 1953

[sub]First Activations[/sub][/list]

[pre]B U N D E S W E H R R I S E S[/pre]

| On the 18th of June, 1953, Theodor Blank, a Bundestag deputy for the CDU/CSU and the former head of the Chancellor's Commission for Questions with Regard to the Strengthening of Allied Troops, or the Blank Office, was sworn into office as the first Federal Minister for Defense. His inauguration marked the start of the establishment of the Federal Ministry for Defense, the Bundesrepublik's defense arm. While the establishment of a Defense Ministry did not immediately and deliberately mean the establishment of an Armed Forces for the Republic, the Bonn government had indicated it intended to do as such. While Blank took charge of developing the bureaucracy needed to maintain a standing German army, navy and air force, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as Foreign Minister took care of securing the equipment and initial contracts necessary to supply the army. In early September of this year, Germany's deputy foreign minister inked a deal to secure surplus arms from the U.S. Army's Wartime equipment, from main battle tanks to swathes of field guns and howitzers, to bombers and transport aircraft. The bureaucratic systems had been finally settled with the unanimous passage of a Bundestag resolution formalizing the Federal Ministry for Defense as a Cabinet-level government ministry on 22 September 1953. |

| As the Defense Ministry worked to sort itself out over the summer of '53, Adenauer assigned Harold Trottenheimer, a former German Army captain who defected to the Resistance in 1944 and is now one of the five Independent Bundestag deputies, to serve as the Director of the Federal Recruitment Office (Föderales Rekrutierungsbüro), an inconspicuous government department that would take care of recruiting the first volunteer members of the German Bundeswehr (armed forces). In the summer, over 15,000 applicants would be processed by the Office, and around 9,000 would pass. In August, letters would be sent out informing the approved German citizens of their status as recruits in the new Bundeswehr, and would have the honor of becoming a part of the first activated units under the Federal Republic's defense forces. |

| In September, 9,000 men would begin their training under the designation of Abteilung-A (A Division) just north of the Cologne-Bonn metropolis, and in the same month another batch of 4,000 would receive acceptance letters from the Federal Recruitment Office. President Theodor Heuss, the head of state of the Federal Republic, would tour the newly-established training grounds in early October, meeting with the recruits as they underwent their first firearms training, firearms courtesy of United States Army wartime surplus. An estimated 18,000 men would be in various stages of enlistment or training or otherwise by November, at the point when Abteilung-B and Abteilung-C would be formed to better spread out the proposed units. The exact designations and structure of the Bundeswehr had yet to be formally decided, but at this stage it was clarified that the first three units as listed above would serve as initial training and drill units rather than frontline defense forces along the Eastern border. The following headline was published in DIE ZEIT on 23 November 1953; |

[list][pre](DIE ZEIT) Germany's Men in Green: Defense Forces Enter Training to Stand With Western Partners![/pre][/list]

| On 4 December, Blank reported to the Chancellor that Abteilung-A and Abteilung-B were ready for formal activation, while Abteilung-C was expected to follow in the coming days. All in all, the divisions would be comprised the following; |

[list][pre]ABTEILUNG-A (A Division)

- Commanded by Major Herman Weber, Bundeswehr

- Comprised of 4,500 personnel estimated

ABTEILUNG-B (B Division)

- Commanded by Major Ernst Moller

- Comprised of 3,000 personnel estimated

ABTEILUNG-C (C Division)

- Commanded by Helfried Kopp

- Comprised of 1,500 personnel estimated[/pre][/list]

| Adenauer on the 12th of December would meet elements of Abteilung-A and Abteilung-B at a formal activation ceremony in Bonn. Attended by top ranking government officials, Adenauer approached the podium in the wintery air and addressed the first formal soldiers under command of the Bundeswehr, which at this point was still partially commanded by the U.S.'s supreme European military command forces. |

[list]| [sub]KONRAD ADENAUER, The Chancellor[/sub] | "Today marks not only a monumental step forward for our nation in its effort to stand as a defender of democracy and liberty and the inalienable right of the peoples of Germany, but furthermore, today marks a step forward for Continental Europe towards peace. It is necessary to maintain the deterrents that will stand a watchful eye and provide a necessary hand to the German people in times of need, and it is my distinct pleasure and honor to activate the first units of our Bundeswehr so that tomorrow and in the years to follow, our children and our grandchildren may live in the peaceful world they deserve to live in."[/list]

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[list]December 1953

[sub]A New Government Elected; Radical Changes May Follow[/sub][/list]

[pre]L A V A N G U A R D I A[/pre]

EL ASEMBLEA NACIONAL

[sub]MADRID, MADRID COMMUNITY, Spainard — EVENING[/sub]

| As General Elections drew near, the PSOE and Sebastian Ruiz feared the name, Francis Alvarez. Appearing as a prominent economist with his pro-capitalist and free-market ideals posed a threat to the framework implemented by the Ruiz Government. The new Spanish Conservative Group or [I]El Grupo Conservador Español/GCE has been elected with an 85% voter turnout and a comfortable majority with 194 seats in the assembly out of 349. Despite strong resistance from the PSOE in Zaragoza and Bilbao, Alvarez has conceded on key PSOE topics continuing the plan to develop the country's infrastructure. To attract investment from allied investors, Alvarez proposes to cut the foreign tax rate in half in the upcoming proposed budget. Spain had hosted a Pan-European Conference where the leaders of West Germany, France, Italy, and others formalized an agreement to form a common market for European countries. To better position itself as a competitor to more advanced economies in Europe and eventually become one of said advanced economies, tax incentives on European businesses alike will increase to a competitive amount.|

|The Asamblea Nacional is now under conservative control, and Prime Minister Alverez will shove his low tax incentive and defense spending agendas through the assembly with moderate opposition. Alvarez has advocated revising the militaryÂ’s high command and intensively auditing every branchÂ’s military hardware and equipment. AlvarezÂ’s newly appointed Defense Minister, Sir Carlos Garcia, will spearhead the campaign. During his campaign, Alvarez said he would invite the Americans to operate in Spain as defensive partners in the region and to honor American troops as part of the countryÂ’s repayment as a Marshall Plan recipient. In his acceptance speech in the Asamblea Nacional, Alvarez stated: |

[list]| [sub]Prime Minister Francis Alvarez, Prime Minister of Spain[/sub] | "Our commitment to the Atlantic Council remains engrained in stone. The Spanish will seek to prove that she will stand shoulder to shoulder with our American and European allies through intensive military revitalization. My goal during my premiership remains astute for a future where Spain may defend itself against tyranny and fascism and lend a hand to those who reject the notion of communism and authoritarianism.”|[/list]

|In his same speech, he called for unity across of languages of Spain in a rumored effort to move the Spanish Republic into a new ideological system. Alvarez calls for impartiality and a sense of guidance from an “unattainable” figure. The rumors of Francis Alvarez’s notion of reinstalling the monarchy under the pretense that the presidential system is doomed to fail have resurfaced. Throughout his campaign, Alvarez acknowledged that political agreement remains not enough to hold Spain together but through a common law of religious understanding. Since King Alphonso nicknamed 'The African' had been ousted by the current republican regime, many still look towards the monarch as a symbol of the catholic faith, and a devout catholic himself, Francis Alvarez, shares the same sentiment. Many within his party especially his Foreign Affairs Minister, Sr. Manuel Castro, are known as monarchists.|

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Ranponian wrote:AMID GROWING ADRIATIC TENSIONS, YUGOSLAVIA DISPELS WESTERN EMBASSIES

November 9th 1953

Amid the growing tensions in the Adriatic Sea, the Greek sinking of a large fishing Vessel along with western forces supportive of the Slovene Rebel State, the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry has ordered multiple Western Embassies to be closed and their representatives expelled. The affected Western States currently are Greece, Italy and France, whose Embassies have been given 48 hours to vacate the premises of their Buildings. It will mark the end of communications with those three States as outrage grows over the exploding NATO presence in the Adriatic sea, recently growing to a ratio of over 3 to 1 compared to the total number of Yugoslav Navy Vessels. The Foreign Ministry has specified that Yugoslavia will only ever consider allowing the re-opening of these Embassies in the event of NATO cooling its current aggressive tendencies. Pre-empting any western ousting of Yugoslav Embassies in return, the Yugoslav Embassies and Consulates in the three mentioned States have already been given orders to evacuate the premises of their Buildings and return to Yugoslavia.

It no doubt marks a high point in tensions between Yugoslavia and its neighboring NATO States as well as their immediate supporters in Paris. Further intensifying these retaliatory efforts, Yugoslavia has announced that it shall officially recognize as Independent and free any Rebel Movement within French Colonial holdings as legitimate and legal, due to their own support of the Slovene Rebels. 1953 marks the Eight year of Slovene resistance to righteous and legally justified reintegration, but it also marks growing NATO support and wishes to integrate it into their own growing Empire of influence. As a result of this time, just as much as legal urges, make the moves necessary for the Yugoslav Government. These moves Effectively signal, that if emergency communications are required they would have to be directed at the Soviet Union as Yugoslavia refuses any conversation with these States.

Yugoslav Foreign Minister Sergej Kraigher stated :

[list]"We cannot in good conscience support diplomatic relations with States who rabidly and mercilessly put down movements for rightful freedom in their own Colonial possessions and yet blindly support the secessionist forces within our northern territories. There cannot be infinite tolerance on this issue, the United Nations Charter is clear in this issue that rebel forces do not constitute a legal force in the world. However, since the Charter has been thrown aside on our own issue, we shall do the same for any State which fervently and blinded by politics does the same for these Terrorists."[/list]

[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES[/pre][/list]

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FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: PARIS REACHES OUT TO YUGOSLAVIA FOR BILATERAL DISCUSSION AMID ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE ADRIATIC

[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, DECEMBER 1953 [/sub][/list]

[sub]| HELM OF DIPLOMACY, MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES - | French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault has reached out to the Yugoslav government following their ordered ousting of the French, Greek, and Italian embassies. His main goal is to persuade the Yugoslavians to come to Paris for bilateral discussions and negotiations regarding the escalated tensions in the Adriatic. The French Navy's primary mission at this time in the Adriatic is to clear it of all World War Two era mines and debris which has caused continued havoc and struggle for maritime vessels and commercial shipping. Furthermore, orders have been given to the French embassy in Belgrade to remain put and functional until a consensus has been reached as all embassies are considered sovereign territory. With enough food and provisions to last at least a month, the staff located there has been downsized to the minimal workforce required to maintain operations. Should the Yugoslavian government choose to hold diplomatic discussion, a timely withdrawal of French offensive Naval vessels will occur. Should the Yugoslavian government refuse, Paris will be obliged to send additional support to the region. | [/sub]

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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE LÂ’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

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Pls give me a card plssssss

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Arab-Palestine

Romania invites countries to open relations

December 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| One of the top priorities of Constantin Rotaru, beloved and esteemed son of the Romanian people ever since his ascension to power in May 1952 has been creating relations with Nations throughout the World, including Western Nations.

| With Romania creating relations with Sudan and Ethiopia, Romania wishes to make it clear that it`s still interested in warm relations with nations of the European Community, Africa and Asia.

The isolationist ways of the Romanian state have to go, much to the dislike of The Union of Soviet Republics.

With that, Romania invites countries of the World to open relations with The Socialist Republic of Romania, in order for Romania to not be viewed as a closed off country, unwilling to collaborate for a prosperous future as brotherly nations.

"Traiasca Romania, ea e bucuria,

Mandra ca o stea!"

December 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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[list][list]DECEMBER 1953

[sub]A Yenta at Jerusalem Pine[/sub][/list]

[pre] E R E T Z I S R A E L Y A F A [/pre][sup]A Series¹[/sup]

[list][sub][pre]It was the second night of Hanukkah,[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][sub]the Jewish festival of lights, and a wide variety of menorahs, both ancient and modern—[/sub][/list]

EXT. PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE, Al HARIZI STREET — NIGHT

[sub]JERUSALEM, Israelli[/sub]

| Although the night was dark, floodlights illuminated the garden walls and the guardhouses flanked the main entrance. From the steel road on the roof two flags, the standard of Israel and the official pennant of the President of the State — fluttered briskly in the biting winter wind. AVI SHULMANN soon enough, approached the concrete sentinel box and announced his name through the small aperture in the glass window. One of the POLICE GUARDS arose, resting his submarine gun against the bench by the wall, and a few moments had passed as he verified inside. |

[list]| POLICE GUARD, [sub]Presidential Residence[/sub] | “Your appointment is for 20:00, Avi?”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]An Israeli[/sub] | “Yes, I believe I’m 7 minutes early.”

| POLICE GUARD, [sub]Presidential Residence[/sub] | “Madam says for you to come in and be seated. Please follow me.”[/list]

INT. PINE LIVING ROOM, PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE — CONTINUOUS

| SHULMANN followed the POLICE GUARD to the East Gate, entering — and into the modest little foyer that lead to the spacious living room. |

[list]| POLICE GUARD, [sub]Presidential Residence[/sub] | “Make yourself comfortable, Avi. Madam will be with you in a moment.”[/list]

| At first glance — it would have been difficult to ascertain that this was in fact, the official residence of the President of Israel. It fit more like a graciously appointed summer lodge. With the room’s oriential carpeting lent the only touch of formality to what was, after all, the principal reception of the chamber of the Israeli State. There, SHULMANN wondered the reactions of foreign ambassadors, as they would have no doubt often sipped tea with the President and Madam President; by the walls paneled in blond Jerusalem pine, under cedar rafters still pungent with the aroma of the Galilee — their reaction, like SHULMANN’s, probably impressed and sobered. here, the seal of “Presidential” approval was set on informally, spartan modernity, even bordering austerity. |

| To add to Israel’s austerity, the heaters weren’t even running this evening. Generally reserved for official state occasions and the radiators as of now, were stone cold. It was the second night of Hanukkah — the Jewish festival of lights, and a wide variety of Menorahs, both ancient and modern had been set at strategic intervals throughout the room. Yet these two were empty. As a matter of fact — only two candles were lit, the electric bulbs of the “Official” Menorah attached to the President’s rooftop . . . and soon enough, MS. BEN-ZVI, born Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi in the Kiev Governorate of Czarist Russia, now in the Ukrainian SSR, Osivoii — descended the stairs quietly. She was the “Madam” the POLICE GUARD referred to, wife of YITZHAK BEN-ZVI, President of Israel, a mostly ceremonial role. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “So nice to see you again, did you have trouble finding the house?”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]An Israeli[/sub] | “No, no, what a pleasure be able to visit, Madam President.”[/list]

| They embraced with apparent earnestness, but only for a short while. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “Mazal, I see you have come prepared. But first, we’ll have some coffee. Come, sit down.”[/list]

| As SHULMANN sat down with MADAM PRESIDENT, a MAID entered with two small brass cups of Turkish coffee and several cookies on a tray. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “Hannukah cookies, please, take one, you’ll insult me if you don’t.”[/list]

| SHULMANN proceeded to do just that as the MADAM PRESIDENT extended the tray. As SHULMANN tentatively nibbled on one, he couldn’t help but ponder about the elderly woman seated across from him. She looked for all intent and purpose, like a babushka, as her appearance did not contest her age. Her face was parchment-like and deeply wrinkled. It was a face of a babushka without question, indeed both acute and roundly gentle. Behind the steel-rimmed glasses, her eyes were soft — She could speak both English and Hebrew, yet her accent betrayed the Yiddish influence of her Eastern European youth, and much to the counterbalance attributed to those in high office, she did not give off a sense of self-important — not for herself nor for her husband, the PRESIDENT of Israel. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “. . . Such a shame, the President couldn’t be here.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]An Israeli[/sub] | “Not at all Madam President, I appreciate the time.”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “He’s [Israeli President] so pedantic sometimes. I hope my stand-in doesn’t trouble you.”[/list]

| The MADAM PRESIDENT referred to the time when the PRESIDENT met with SHULMANN last summer, so set on searching through his various dictionaries for a certain English translation of a barnyard animal, that later turned out simply to be a fox. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “Hillel, please, don’t make me a heroine out of me.”[/list]

| She was born RACHEL YANAIT, before marriage to the PRESIDENT of Israel. Yet — nevertheless her name is remembered by thousands of Israelis — Nor could one drive up the Jerusalem Corridor from the coast without seeing the lush groves of pine trees clustered along the mountain ledges of Kiryat Anavim, Bab al Wad, and Ein Karem. They were her monuments; she had been the first to raise and plant them nearly 40 years before. Possibly the measure of the woman’s tenacity and determination for the newly established Jewish state even before its 1948 declaration. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “You know why you’re here Avi, and why you were asked to return from Bonn.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “I am, Madam President.”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “You’ve done well in Bonn, the West Germans are even complimenting prosecution against those who remain still hidden in the shadows . . . but we have a more pressing direction at hand.”[/list]

| SHULMANN listened attentively, as MADAM PRESIDENT took a moment to sip from her Turkish coffee. |

[list]| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “If you don’t mind me asking, where is the President, Madam President.”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “The President is in France, on a visit with [Yitzhak] Rabin. David [Ben-Gurion] runs the country anyway.”[/list]

| Slight chuckle from SHULMANN, but it was true, in the Israeli system of governance, the Prime Minister, DAVID BEN-GURION, managed affairs of actual government. The Presidency was merely the head of state, a ceremonial post. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “A first of its kind . . . to the Hashemites, to Amman, if not Baghdad. Covertly, Hashemite Kingdoms of course.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “And I will lead the delegation?”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “There is no love between us and the Arabs, but this is practical.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “What of David Shaltiel ²?”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “In Kurdistan, he’s aware. Haven’t protested, while the Kurds recognized our existence, now, Nasser still holds sway over them. The Arabs, the Turks, turn their attention to them for now . . . and that buys us time — this buys us time.”[/list]

| Israel’s existence remained in peril still, even with the mandate fully part of the Jewish state, the Jordan rift valley and river gave the much needed protection for Israel that otherwise would have laid Jerusalem to a constant siege. Yet even so, trouble remained with the Arabs, Trouble in the Golany between Israeli farmers and Syrian farmers remains a possible flashpoint, as did the rhetoric that came from Nasser’s Cairo that still convinced American Jewry in New York that their city ought to remain the center of the Jewish world, and not Israel — least not as safe as New York in comparison was. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “Establishing some form of dialogue channel with the Hashemites gives us that time, the American foreign minister visited all those capitals that may soon become the bulwark of their strategy, and the British seem determined to rally the cause.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “Are we determined to keep the Americans out of any would be pact with the Arabs?”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “That depends, on what happens, with this trip, over the coming months. We have no sway over what London does, but with the Americans— they remain nearly at the productive level we have with the French.[/list]

| With the British [sup]Great Britain Gb[/sup] more focused on positive affairs with their Arabic allies, and with warmer receptions from the Americans [sup]Paramountica[/sup]— bar the weapons sale ban on both Israel and the Arab world installed by President TRUMAN, even after President WALLACE refused such a proposal upon Israel — the Israelis had turned to France [sup]Metropolitan Francais[/sup] for their primary source of weaponry and nuclear research support, as another partner weary of Arab intentions in the Mediterranean . . . and with that MADAM PRESIDENT rose, SHULMANN proceeds to stand as well. |

[list]| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “This comes directly from us, Isser Harel³ has given his green light for the mission, the rest is in your responsibility, Hillel.”

| AVI SHULMANN, [sub]Mossad Operative[/sub] | “Madam President.”

| RACHEL BEN-ZVI, [sub]Madam President[/sub] | “Mazal on the new child, Rehovot is a wonderful place to raise them.”[/list]

| And with that soft and kind remark, SHULMANN nods and proceeds to pick up his fedora, and escorted out calmly from the Presidential residence. |

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[sub]¹ A Series: ERETZ ISRAEL YAFA Stories from inside Israel during the 1950s, alternate in nature with Israel’s 1948 establishment as per IC canon establishment.[/sub]

[sub]² DAVID SHALTIEL Israeli military and intelligence officer, later also diplomat, and was most well known for being the district commander of the Haganah in Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war — currently Israeli ambassador to Greater Kurdistane[/sub]

[sub]³ ISSER HAREL Spymaster of the intelligence and security services of Israel and the Director of the Mossad since 1952.[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Arcanda

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La Granadinas

Ma-Li

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Radio "ZOY"

[list]December 1953

[sub]Premier Nkrumah announces the beginning of the 'Tema harbour' project[/sub][/list]

[sub]| With the Gold Coast's trade activity heightening in the latest years, the colonial government under Governer-General Sir Charles Arden-Clarke and Premier Kwame Nkrumah have decided to begin work on a new port in the south to accomodate and allow the country to expand an increased trade level with the wider world. This comes following the establishment of the 'Tema Development Corporation' in 1952, and the decision to establish a new port in 1952. After reviewing the possible options, the village of Torman has been choosen. This is in part due to it's quite favorable and convenient location in the country, as it contains a deep shore, is close to the Volta and Accra rivers, and is in close proximity and has the materials for the construction of breakwaters. |[/sub]

[sub]| Concerning the details of the port itself; the firm choosen for this project, 'Sir William Halcrow and Partners', has revealed that it plans to develop two breakwaters enclosing an area of 500 acres of water, as well as four transit sheds, offices for the operation of the port, a couple of coca sheds to store the valuable commodity, sites for a dry dock, and a workshop. To compliment the port, the aformentioned 'Tema Development Corporation', led by the native Theodore S. Clerk, will be responsible for transformed 63 acres of land into a small industrial-residential city to house the port workers, as well as stimulate the local economy. |[/sub]

[sub]| Premier Nkrumah was quoted saying about the port and city: |[/sub]

[list][sub]|Kwame Nkrumah, Premier of the Gold Coast | "This port shall serve as a symbol towards our path of independence, a massive infrastructure project which is set to lead to the creation of an entire neighbouring city, as well as provide capital and revenues to the people. It is not a secret that the architect behind this project is an African, and it is no secret that in the future when this port will be finished, that it will mark one step closer towards mastering our own African destiny" |[/sub][/list]

[sub]| This massive project will make the new harbour one of the biggest in the colony, and allow it to handle a much higher amount of external trade with foreign nations, as it seeks to integerate with the world economy. Furthermore, an announcement that a fishing harbour will also be built alongside the main port means that the local fishing economy will also see a quite considerable boost, further increasing the quality of life regionally. Those involved with the project have also indicated that they hope it will allow in the future, the rise of industry nearby. Overall, many would sure be proud of this development, and the future looks bright for the local area. |[/sub]

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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

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Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

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Bescania

Canada Leaf

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[list][sub]𝚇𝙸.1953[/sub]

[sub]L'ORO NERO DELL'ENI[/sub]

ENI'S BLACK GOLD[/list]

[list][list][pre]Oil is found in Libya.[/pre][/list][/list]

ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA

[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]

| In Rome, sparkling wine was uncorked. A few weeks before, it was oil that sprung out of the ground in the barren sands of Libya [sup][nation=short]Kotakuan II[/nation][/sup], as if uncorked by the work of God to satisfy Man's thirst for fuel. Exploration, begun last year, had already wielded results, but none as large as the one made in the Sirte Basin by a crew of Italian and Egyptian engineers. The most humbling reports value the province's wealth to be up to 30 billion barrels in reserves, a figure that has only been growing over the last few months. Few know where it will end. But in the meantime ENI's 50-50 share in the venture with the Egyptian government is bound to reap the fruits of such a discovery. It makes no doubt now that Italy's government and banks will bankroll ENI ventures in the country, for much infrastructure needs to be built. A network of pipelines, specialized harbor amenities and ships will start construction by the end of the year, perhaps the largest works ever made on Libyan soil since the days of Rome. By the end of the decade, it is estimated that Libya will become Italy's main oil source, providing for the peninsula's expanding industries. |

[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]

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Amsterwald wrote:The camera flashes blindingly, and . . .

[list][pre]T W O W E E K S L A T E R[/pre][/list][/list]

| Surprisingly enough, the past two weeks had not taken much of a toll on the energetic Colonel. It was even with a hint of pride that he considered himself a prisoner of war and acted as such. His prison routine had consisted of eating, meditating, and exercising in the various ways he could in his small cell. Only the Colonel's sleep suffered, for most nights it was troubled by the same recurring nightmare: Seeing his beautiful Arabian horse eaten by a rotund Slovene innkeeper. The Colonel would try to alleviate this trouble with the surest way he knew: Fantasizing about the exotic Slovene women. However, his repeated requests for salacious men's magazines apparently went unmet by the prison guards. Thus, on the day of the trial, the bearded Senofonte arrived in the courthouse, chest puffed, chin held high, with pride in his eyes and a snarling frown of disdain on his lips. He balanced his head from left to right as he heard the judge speak, then spoke out in the least understandable, most refined tone he could, as if he addressed the King of Italy himself. |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "No, your 'honor', I plead not guilty. And I demand, nay, request, at once, the opportunity to deliver a statement! I shall make my own defense during this masquerade of a trial."[/list]

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Arcanda wrote:| Surprisingly enough, the past two weeks had not taken much of a toll on the energetic Colonel. It was even with a hint of pride that he considered himself a prisoner of war and acted as such. His prison routine had consisted of eating, meditating, and exercising in the various ways he could in his small cell. Only the Colonel's sleep suffered, for most nights it was troubled by the same recurring nightmare: Seeing his beautiful Arabian horse eaten by a rotund Slovene innkeeper. The Colonel would try to alleviate this trouble with the surest way he knew: Fantasizing about the exotic Slovene women. However, his repeated requests for salacious men's magazines apparently went unmet by the prison guards. Thus, on the day of the trial, the bearded Senofonte arrived in the courthouse, chest puffed, chin held high, with pride in his eyes and a snarling frown of disdain on his lips. He balanced his head from left to right as he heard the judge speak, then spoke out in the least understandable, most refined tone he could, as if he addressed the King of Italy himself. |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "No, your 'honor', I plead not guilty. And I demand, nay, request, at once, the opportunity to deliver a statement! I shall make my own defense during this masquerade of a trial."[/list]

Whether Senofonte's nightmares of the rotund man were indeed dreams or rather prophetic visions of Zgornje Zrše remains to be seen.

Horjak seems taken aback by the colonel's indignance. A silence passes, after which he clears his throat and speaks in a gravelly voice in his native tongue, relayed by a young translator sitting at a lower desk near him.

[list]“You—” he splutters, “well, yes, you may, once the prosecutor makes—once the prosecutor makes his.”[/list]

Curious looks from the audience betrayed that the supposedly daunting Horjak was rarely so stupefied. His Italian defendants were often equally bitter, but uncommonly opened so vocally. Another silence passes. A jurist coughs, and the soldiers march forward to guide Senofonte to the defense table, where Aleš Vitrih—Senofonte's prison visitor—sat with an eyebrow raised.

[list]“Our defendant today is Colonel Senofonte Scalzo of Italy, representing himself,” Horjak announces to the audience and jurists, “and our prosecutor is Mr. Ernest Petric of Videm.”[/list]

Petric—a balding, middle aged man in an ill-fitting suit—stands. His voice is surprisingly nasal.

[list]“Before you sits the Weasel,” he opens. “He is rightly called. A fascist and bane of the Slovenes, he staggered into this fair Republic to antagonize the noble people of Zgornje Zrše: the Alpine pride of the west-central judicial district of Tolmeč. How many of you have been to this fair village?”[/list]

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The jury is stone-still.

[list]“Well—well, you don't need to,” Petric goes on. “Its people are of the best sort, and this man came to strike them down. One left with bite marks in his hand, and another with blood streaming from his face. I will prove to you these crimes, and reveal to you the criminal nature of this man. So too is he tried today for crimes he committed during the War—conspiracy against the Republic and so forth. That's—that is all.”[/list]

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Another silence passes before Horjak gives an expectant look to Senofonte.

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Nileya wrote:[list][pre]October, 1953 | Teseny, Gash Barka Region, The Federation Of Eritrea[/pre]

THE WESTERN CORE HOLDS[/list]

Ethiopian intelligence had initially confirmed that Eritrean military command had managed to convince the front of the war in Adi Ugri to be the main front, masking Asmara as the much more important strategic defensive point in the eyes of the Ethiopians. However, about 150 miles west of the Eritrean capital lies the city of Teseney, which had suffered severe losses to the city's military personnel and train hub. The loss of this vital train link severed a direct flow of supplies to the Eritrean resistance, bolstering the growth of the Eritrean Sovereign Army with size, strength, and firepower.

Though Teseney was indeed severed from its supply lines with certain suppliers operating outside the boundaries of the Empire, EritreaÂ’s train link to the outside world itself had not been destroyed yet. The ESA would continue its supply operations as trains coming in and out of Eritrea would switch operations to the village of Aligidir, less than 10 minutes away from the border operation would only take place during the dark hours of the night from 10 PM to 3 AM, giving the EAS just five hours to unload supplies, send the train off back to the safety of the border, and drive the supplies in a series of newly acquired Slovenian Osliček supply trucks, towards several unidentified Stash houses, holes, underground systems dug up in recent months, and other undisclosed locations across the west Eritrean desert.

[Spoiler=Confidential — Operation Warak]

For the last seven months alone the Eritrean army, in groups of 2 to 5 would start to safely and secretly bury a series of crates consisting of many weapons ranging from SMLE Mk III (1912 & 1916 Patterns) to JP-48 battle rifles, Northover Projector Anti-Tank Gun / Grenade Launcher, Vickers machine guns (1918 Pattern), M26 grenades and other equipment. It is estimated the range of where these crates are buried is situated from Omhajer to Akordet. This act by the EAS known as Operation Warak, meaning behind, had come as part of a stay-behind operation for resistance cells stuck behind enemy lines or under occupation. The location of these crates would be given to specific trusted women in several communities, who would be able to dig out the crates and hand them off to resistance cells when the time becomes necessary.[/spoiler]

The Battle of Gergef (July — October)

After several months of mobilization through cr trek Ethiopia reports from the frontier town of Omhajer had spotted a large column of Ethiopian troops and vehicles attempting to cross into Eritrea through the Tekeze river in the western frontier. Thanks to the rainy season of late July to early September however, the Tekeze river had been flowing at its fullest capacity and with the bridge having been destroyed from the isolation orders taken out earlier in the year, it had slowed down the Ethiopian mobilization long enough to prepare the Eritreans for counteroffensive operations. The town of Omhajer had been ordered to not put up a resistance, surrender as to avoid taking on unnecessary casualties and allow Ethiopia to face the major Eritrean counter-offensive planned, 7 miles south of Gergef, in the flat out west Eritrean lands.

While the main armies of central Eritrea had quickly fallen apart in the face of enemy bombardments, giving way for the Ethiopians to walk right on through into the Eritrean capital of Asmara, and put it under imperial occupation perhaps before the end of the year. However, the army in central Eritrea had been estimated at around 20,000 or so troops, clearly outnumbered by the barrage of Ethiopian troops coming in from Axum and Massawa. However, in the west, the Muslim cores of Eritrea despite the bombings of Teseney, Barentu, and Gulch remained deeply loyal and institutionalized in their belief in Eritrean independence. Within a couple of months of counter-offensive operations, the Eritrean Sovereign Army raised a force of 30,000 soldiers, headed out of the various hidden weapon depots in Sebderat, Teseney, and Aligidir, tasked with fending off the Ethiopian invasion right outside Gergef where they shall face off head-on, the western army will be the most equipped and most supplies in the ESA, giving its proximity to their main supplier.

EAS Western Army Equipment:

500x Northover Projector Anti-Tank Gun / Grenade Launcher

60x Scammell Pioneer Trucks/Artillery Tractors

40x Ordnance QF 17-pounder 76mm Towed Anti-Tank (AT) Gun

40x Daimler Armored Car Four-Wheeled Light Armored Fighting Vehicle

30x Ordnance QF 6-pounder Towed Anti-Tank (AT) Gun

30x Guy Armored Car Mk IA

20x Carro Veloce L3/35 R 45 Tank-Destroyers (armed with 45mm M1937, built in Rhodesia with interchangeable parts with Italian base model)

20x Cruiser Tank Mk VII Cavalier (A24)

20x Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Centaur (A27L) Cruiser Tank

20x Hispano Suiza HS.404 Anti-Air cannons.

BESAL (Gun, Light, Machine, Faulkner, .303-inch)

SMLE Mk III (1912 & 1916 Patterns)

JP-48 battle rifles

By the end of October, the two armies would face off in the battle of Gergef, seeing the largest battle of the war yet, and this time in the form of a conventional war rather than the guerilla war tactics employed in the eastern mountains and Massawa urban spaces. The EAS's first and foremost objective is to inflict heavy counter damages on the Ethiopians and defend the western Eritrean core, primarily the town of Teseney which has now covertly been acting as the underground command center of the resistance. Hispano Suiza HS.404 Anti-Air cannons had been set up around Teseney and Gulch to thwart proximity enemy bombardment and force them to drop their loads from higher altitudes, presuming to lower the accuracy of the bombing targets.

Massawa Capitulates (July — October)

After months of aíreal bombardments on the surface, followed by waves of incoming enemy troops, the Eritrean resistance had entirely retreated into the uncompleted underground mazes under the city set up during the siege. With only 2,300 personnel left to hold off the Ethiopians and Somalians. While the underground resistance had a better time targeting Ethiopians caught up in the debris and ruins of the city, the Somalis entering Massawa had still left heavy damage on the Eritreans left inside. After months of fighting through the summer only relying on scraps of food and resorting to eating off stray dogs, cats, and rats and anything they could find in the abandoned buildings.

By October, mainland Massawa had been entirely under Ethiopian control, whatever resistance left had either died, surrendered, or starved to death. After almost seven months of fighting, Massawa would be left a city of stone, everything destroyed, lifeless, abandoned, and useless, a testimony to what some fear would be the faith awaiting many of EritreaÂ’s cities, especially Asmara. However, thankfully the mainland army had kept the Ethiopians and Somalians occupied long enough to allow for the 5,000 troops stationed at Gahtielay to set up defensive positions spread out in various locations across the mountains and surrounding the route between Gathielay and Dengolo. Meaning that if the Ethiopians attempt to maneuver towards Asmara from Massawa using the hills and windy roads, they might face an ambush by 400 or so Eritrean personnel for each half mile they cross from Gathielay and Dengolo. The Eritreans would use the surrounding environment with bushes and sand and trees to hide amongst the mountains, making them seem invisible from the air.

Mountains… and more mountains (July — October)

After the Ethiopians mobilized from Foro into the mountains, they would be met by a very large and rigorous obstacle, the mountains themselves. Ethiopian intelligence had alluded to the possible existence of Eritrean personnel in Sacatare, Chenanadole, and Acoma, only to find those locations are nothing short of the names given to mountain peaks, valleys, and other barren sectors of land. There will be no encirclement let alone any hostile forces in the mountains other than the falling rocks and wildlife, except for a few huts and dirt roads found here and there through the valley, the nearest major town from the position of mountains was Adi Keyh itself, which had fallen into Ethiopian hands much earlier in the year.

Perhaps the only success the Ethiopians would see in this mountain campaign of theirs is the beautiful views one could see after climbing such heights, truly a display of the spirit and determination of the Ethiopian soldier to do anything under orders. It is unknown where the Ethiopians plan to go but getting supplies to this part of the country has proven difficult with the only way out is through the rivers at the bottom of the valley, there are no farms in sight and the house of a mountain hermit certainly wonÂ’t be enough to feed soldiers.

The Battles of Adi Ugri and Dekemhare (July — September)

At Adi Ugri, the central armies had completely disintegrated as they scattered across the mountains, while some were spotted by planes and then promptly bombed, many would manage to avoid the bombardments by hiding amongst the cliffs. The Ethiopians still hold the belief that the Eritreans are still attempting to defend Asmara, however, the Eritrea scatter tactic was made in an attempt to implant Eritrean guerilla throughout the countryside, completely abandoning the capital and relying on hit and run tactic with occupation forces set up in the villages and towns now under Ethiopian law enforcement control.

In Dekemhare, the Ethiopians would enter the city oblivious to the various groups of 50 to 100 Eritrean units nestled in the mountains west of them, coupled with the rough terrain and road conditions headed outside of Dekemhare towards Asmara and Adi Ugri, the Ethiopians would be bogged down by heavy resistance of Eritrean raids on their advancements through the mountains. While the Ethiopians faced brutal attacks in Dekemhare, Adi Ugri would be soon taken by the Ethiopians who outnumbered the 6,000 Eritrean units remaining in the city. After a long brutal war lasting four months, 1,300 Eritreans would die in the battle for Adi Ugri, causing the withdrawal of the remaining 4,700 back to Dbarwa with the 3,000 units already stationed there in hidden defensive positions.

Government in hiding (July — October)

Asmara’s defenses seemed to have fallen apart within the last couple of months, alluding to the sudden fall in the capital’s strategic importance to the resistance. Though Asmara is still the largest city in the nation, the city’s proximity to the frontlines coupled with its insecurity in the face of constant aírela reconnaissance above the city. Rumor has had it that since President Awate left for the Alexandria Accords in Egypt, he had never returned to Asmara as some speculations believe the President and member of the Eritrean council had either relocated to Teseney or Naka’fa upon Awate’s return to Eritrea. Perhaps it is this relocation of the Eritrean government that provided such a large response by the Eritrean army to fend off the western core by such a large army.

While Ethiopia’s counterterrorism policies inflict heavy embargo and punishments on eastern Eritrea and occupied territories, western Eritrea had remained alive mostly in part to the Kerora supply trail and the “lifeline” trains coming in from Kassala. Addis Ababa had painted the resistance as a terrorist infestation which only stands to justify an inhuman tactic of war and ethnic cleansing of the Eritrean people, prompting more Eritrean Muslims in the west to join the ranks, all whilst diminishing Christian support in the southeast.

The Kerora trail which sees a large number of weapons and supplies going through it monthly is a supply line linking various crossings at the Eritrean border through a trial that primarily runs through the Sudanese side of the border. Most of the trail which is used to smuggle small arms is underground, but the ones in the open had been used to facilitate the smuggling of larger weapons such as tanks and artillery, equipment sent into Eritrea through unidentified contacts within Sudan “unaffiliated” to the Commonwealth Government in Khartoum. While Addis Ababa uses its agricultural power in the empire to embargo Eritrea, the Sudanese agricultural heartland in the east and center had largely fed western Eritrea and maintained its fighting power and endurance during the war. The west shall fight on.

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DESCENDING UPON ASMARA - ETHIOPIA SETS MAJOR EXAMPLE IN DBARWA & DEKEMHARE BEFORE MARCHING FORWARD

The road to Asmara has proven to be absolutely grotesque and bloody with estimates between 10-25,000 people dying collectively (Eritreans, Ethiopians, and Civilians). In some cases, morale would be somewhat low; however, news of success in Massawa and the opening of a Western Front via Operation Brown Hyena became a morale stimulus as personnel would come to realize how close they were to Asmara. Asmara currently was surrounded almost on all sides mostly, similar to the Massawa situation. However, the final bit of road left to Asmara was relatively ripe with awaiting rebels seeking to slow down Ethiopian forces from the direction of Adi Ugri. Ethiopian guerrilla forces from the East under Major General Buli continued to make their progress toward Dekemhare with the ultimate goal being connecting with the main Ethiopian force toward Asmara. Prime Minister Tafari Benti sent a message to Major General Buli to leave Asmara in tact and to not target civilians in order to maintain a peaceful presence; however, to keep personnel alert for any signs or sources of rebels. Behind the forces of Major General Buli's 5,000 personnel would be the State-sponsored militia known as Fano with 2,500 personnel. The intention of Fano is to clear out remnants of rebel activity in occupied Ethiopian villages while serving as auxiliary units for the moving Ethiopian forces. Fano is intended to stay behind the Ethiopian armed forces; however, they can serve as a force multiplier. For Prime Minister Tafari Benti, this new military doctrine is referred to as "tÂ’ikÂ’uri Mamba tÂ’orineti" (Black Mamba Warfare - Gray Area Warfare/Politics (Mixing Conventional and Unconventional Warfare to obtain strategic, operational, and tactical advantages to own the battlefield and diminish the kill chain against the enemy)).

Fano would be moving from Adigrat toward Adi Keyh to meet with Buli's forces at Dekemhare to then pivot toward Asmara together. With new acquisitions from Yugoslavia, such as Zastava M53 Machine Guns and Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles, Fano is to be transported by Kedus Harbe Armored Personnel Carriers escorted by 6 x Yetbarak IA Main Battle Tanks (3 in the front and 3 in the back). To further demonstrate the military power of Ethiopia and intimidation tactics toward any possible rebels in and around Asmara, 2 x Tu-16 strategic bombers and 2 x NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers escorted by 6 x Dassault Mystère IV Fighter-Bombers and 6 x J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) jet aircraft would fly in formation over Asmara as the sound of jet engines raddled the ground and multiple dark shadows cast by the aircraft upon the people below. The 16 aircraft would circle around Asmara buying time prior to the arrival of the ground forces, who were accompanied by T-54 tanks, Kedus Harbe APC (modeled after the IC Rhodesian Greyhound APC and its variants), and Tatadim Tanks. As the aircraft hovered like vultures, the 2 x Tu-16 bombers would drop 7,000 lbs of bombs each (14,000 lbs total) on Dbarwa and Dekemhare. Simultaneously, arriving toward 20,000 Ethiopian personnel, would be 6 x BM-14 MLRS (16 rockets per vehicle; 96 rockets total). Awaiting orders, the BM-14s received instructions to provide an extensive salvo attack upon Dbarwa. The 6 x BM-14 MLRS would be positioned 5 miles away from Dbarwa but heavily secured by military personnel. Before engagements, there would be a brief moment of silence before the BM-14 begun firing 96 rockets total within one minute into Dbarwa as the rockets have an estimated 6 mile range. Seven minutes later, the 6 x BM-14 would conduct another salvo of 96 rockets into Dbarwa before Ethiopian forces began their push toward Dbarwa.

On the Dekemhare front, the 2 x NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers would drop 2,000 lbs of high explosive bombs (1,000 lbs per aircraft) upon the village while 6 x J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) conducted strafes. The objective is to bog down rebel forces in Dekemhare to prevent them from supporting rebels in Dbarwa while buying time for Fano to arrive and conduct ground operations. With Su-2 recon light bombers in Western Eritrea around Gulch, Ethiopian intelligence would be informed of rebel movements between smaller villages around Gulch and toward the direction of Teseney.

WIDENING OF THE NORTHEASTERN FRONT VIA PARATROOPERS AND SOMALI GUERRILLA UNITS

Utilizing 10 x Dassault MD 315 Flamant Military Transport, 2 x squadrons of Somali and Ethiopian Commandos (2,000 personnel total) would be deployed from Aksum to operate as paratroopers into Nak'Fa under the guise of night to seize the town, execute rebel terrorists, and utilize the town to disrupt rebel connections and supply routes in the deep North and Northwest. The commando squadrons are intended to occupy and liberate villages within the Northern corridor toward the Eritrean-Sudanese border village of Ras Kasar while another commando squadron (1,000 personnel) is expected to be paratroop into Nak'Fa four days after the first two with orders to proceed West through the mountains towards Karkabet with making stops in Tof Alabat, Erota, and Tognuf. For more PSYOP operations, the deployed commandos are predominantly Muslim to give the demonstration to villagers that the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor protects all religions and this is not a Muslim vs. Orthodoxy situation but a unity of East Africa crisis. The second component of the establishment of the new front in the North is for volunteers from Eastern Eritrea having served in the Italo-Abyssinia Wars to arrive in Massawa and head North to support the operations while 2 additional squadrons from Puntland (2,000 personnel) are to be transported to the Massawa Airport to receive orders to make their way toward Mahmimet, Northern Eritrea.

From within Massawa, 1,500 of the Somali guerrilla fighters have been prompted to lead the incursions West toward Keren while 500 Somali guerrillas remain in Massawa. The 4,500 conventional Ethiopian forces received orders to remain in place to await the arrival of Fano personnel that will take the place of the forces before they leave toward Western Eritrea. The Somali guerrilla forces intend to directly search for and engage conventionally and unconventionally remnants of the Eritrean rebel forces that left Massawa. Having grown up in the Somali desert and wearing tan uniforms to blend into the environment while wearing light equipment, the Somali personnel would hide their faces with scarves as they began their entry into the Eritrean mountainous desert region to play hide and seek with the Eritrean rebels. Additionally, the Massawa airport has been designated to serve as a strategic supply transport location. Because of this, 20 x BM-14 MLRS are to be transported to the airport in addition to 40 x T-54 Tanks, 40 x GMT-50 Medium Tanks, and 20 x PT-76 Light Tanks. Small arms such as AK-47s, Chatellerault Light Machine Guns, Zastava M53 Machine Guns, and Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles have are expected to make their way through the Massawa Terminals to reinforce and supply Ethiopian personnel. Another regiment of Somali forces (3,000) are also expected to be sent to Massawa to gradually build up a force in the Northeast. Work has begun upon the Massawa Airport to include wired fencing, guard towers, and patrolling units while Fano forces are expected to arrive in Massawa via roads and aircraft over the coming days to replace the Ethiopian forces currently present prior to their deployment toward Asmara and Northern Eritrea.

FINAL YUGOSLAVIAN AND SOVIET MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS ARRIVE IN ETHIOPIA; SENT TO WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONTS

Since the Fall, Ethiopia has been in covert communications with Belgrade and Moscow regarding acquisition of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Understanding the flat terrain of Western Eritrea, ground brute force but from a safe distance would be the ideal scenario for Ethiopian forces. Similar to the flatness of the Eurasian plain but just desert, the usage of MLRS instead of standardized artillery batteries was opted for as the best option to saturate a given area infested with rebels with a salvo of rockets. Successful negotiations with the USSR and Yugoslavia has prompted the acquisition of 200 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems being brought into Assab and Massawa to be sent to the Western and Eastern Fronts. As the Ethiopian Air Force is only conducting intelligence runs in Western Eritrea instead of bombing campaigns, the Ethiopian Joint Chiefs of the General Staff has prioritized replicating the aerial bombing campaign but now making it ground-based primarily with occasional aerial close air support when the tactical advantage has been obtained.

In the West, 25,000 Ethiopian personnel have been deployed in and around Himora toward Gulch; however, Ethiopian advancements would stop 3 miles outside of Gulch. This would be rather unusual at first; however, directly behind the 25,000 personnel would be 10 x Katyusha Multiple Launch Rocket Systems carrying 16 rockets with a firing range of 3 miles (160 rockets in total); however, 10 of these rockets in particular are equipped with smoke warheads intended for releasing a thick white smokescreen for target marking and incendiary purposes. The Katyusha MLRS were ordered to launch 80 of the 160 rockets onto Gulch, knowing from Su-2 reconnaissance that the village housed rebels and is used as the first major gateway into the Western Eritrean resistance. After the launching of 80 rockets, the 25,000 Ethiopian personnel rushed directly to Gulch with the following weaponry:

[list]30 x T-54 Tanks

100 x Kedus Harbe Armored Personnel Carriers (modeled after the IC Rhodesian Greyhound APC)

30 x GMT-50 Medium Tanks (Greek alternate IC tank)

50 x Yetbarak Main Battle Tanks

25 x Yetbarak IA Main Battle Tanks

AK-47 Assault Rifles

Chatellerault Light Machine Guns

Zastava M53 Machine Guns

Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles[/list]

The bloodiest battles to come have officially arrived. Meanwhile, as 25,000 personnel advanced toward Gulch, 2 x regiments of Fano would cross into Eritrea but instead of going in the direction of the Ethiopian personnel, Fano pivoted eastward to occupy and disrupt potential rebels in Omhajer, Chichi, Mai Teb, Scisci, Mai Kele, Magala, Markaba, Tolesuca, and Sahlat. Their orders included searching and destroying enemy caches, seizing enemy equipment, arresting and interrogating rebel supporters, and questioning women (if need be, threatening to arrest and take away their children). Fano are also ordered to remain in and around villages to conduct espionage, intelligence, and monitoring of individuals and vehicles. The Fano Command has been given approval to begin constructing and implementing identification checkpoints in coordination with the recently expanded Ethiopian police and security departments to now include new precincts that involves newly acquired lands from Eritrea.

While the Ethiopian Armed Forces targeted and covered the larger villages and trading cities, Fano has been designated toward smaller villages, outposts, and mountainous locations so the main conventional forces are not spread too thin and the more agile Fano can utilize their herder and guerrilla backgrounds the most effective and efficient.

ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE BOMBS RAIL BETWEEN ASMARA AND BARENTU TO HALT REBEL USAGE

To begin the strategic cutting off of Western Eritrea from Central and Eastern Eritrea, the Ethiopian Air Force deployed 2 x Dassault MD 315 Flamant equipped with 4 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs to blow the railway between Asmara and Barentu.

ETHIOPIA TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF AIR-ARMY BASE ON DAHLAK AND HANISH ISLANDS!

The Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has approved recent proposals to begin the construction of two major bases for the Dahlak and Hanish Islands to expand national security readiness and preparedness. The new bases will expand the capabilities of the Ethiopian Air Force and Army while providing new opportunities for cross-environment training. This comes with new proposals for the establishment of a new Joint Integrated Commander position that will specifically and solely operate to integrate defense planning, operations, and logistics across the individual branches of the Ethiopian Armed Forces and security organizations.

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[pre]| DECEMBER ДЕКАБРЬ 1953 |[/pre]

[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

7TH SQUADRON ENTERS INTO ACTION:

THE SOVIET NAVY MAKES ITSELF KNOWN AS REGIONAL TENSIONS CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE ADRIATIC!

АДРИАТИЧЕСКАЯ ФЛОТИЛЬЯ ПОЛНОСТЬЮ ПРИБЫВАЕТ НА АДРИАТИКУ:

СОВЕТСКИЙ ВМФ ЗАЯВЛЯЕТ О СЕБЕ, ПОСКОЛЬКУ РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ НАПРЯЖЕННОСТЬ НА АДРИАТИКЕ ПРОДОЛЖАЕТ НАРАСТАТЬ!

[pre]| The Soviet Navy grew weary of its newly acquired Bases in Yugoslavia going under utilized as it procrastinated the 7th Squadron Program, but the growing crisis in the Adriatic lit the fire under Fleet Admiral Nikolai Kuznetsov, Commander and Chief of the Soviet Navy to officialize the Soviet Naval presence in the Adriatic for years to come. 7th Squadron would be assigned to protect the Yugoslav portions of the Adriatic and assist the Yugoslav Navy in any task requested of it. Officially the current deployment would be to adequately garrison current submarine bases and to perform a demining mission in Yugoslav waters. The 7th Squadron would be placed under the command of Captain 1st Rank Pavel Bocharov. |[/pre]

-7TH SQUADRON-

- 8X Whiskey Class Submarine

- 4X Project 611 Submarine

- 2X Sverdlov-class cruisers

- 6X Skory-class destroyer

- 2X Fugas-class minesweeper

- 2X Project 122bis Submarine Chaser

[list][list][pre]WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ТРУДЯЩИЕСЯ МИРА ОБЪЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ![/pre][/list][/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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[list][pre]December, 1953 | Mable, Victoria Province, The British Kalenjin[/pre]

JUBA — JINJA TRADE CORRIDOR[/list]

Officials from both the Sudanese Commonwealth and British Kalenjin had met at Mbale in Victoria Province, in an opening ceremony for the opening of a train line connecting the colonial capital of Jinja to the newly growing and prosperous city of Mbale. The opening of this line would officially link the colonial capital to that of the rest of the Sudanese economy and provide its gateway through Juba, the economic center of the Sudanese south, while also bypassing the territories of the Bugandan protectorate.

Since the separation of the colony from Uganda, Sudan and the British Kalenjin have worked to ensure economic and security cooperation between the two domains of the crown in the wake of the young colonyÂ’s existence. This project started with the establishment of a new rail line, disconnecting from Gulu in the north and directly connecting back to the rails heading back into Kenya and the transcontinental railroad. And now that the last line has been completed connecting Jinja to the rest of Sudan, the first act of economic cooperation and prosperity has been successful.

The second act to follow once proper infrastructure of trade had been established between the Kalenjin urban centers was to start the revitalization of the economy by expanding the economic sectors surrounding chase crops like cotton and sugar cane, using farming machinery and new farming knowledge and techniques imported from Sudan, for the exchange of Kalenjini cotton, grown by smallholder farm unions, to be exported to the mills in northern Sudan, while the sugar is exported to newly established sugar mills in Gulu and Opiyai.

Another notable resource discovered in early 1950 was several deposits of copper located around the Moroto region on the eastern side of the country near Kenya. With help from the economic revitalization plan drafted by both colonial and Sudanese officials, a copper mine would be established near the village of Moroto, prompting a new wave of job seekers to enter the region. Plans had already been drafted to construct a freight railway between Moroto and Mbale to open access to the copper mines and export them to international trade routes through Mombasa and Port Sudan, as well as serving the copper market in Sudan.

The new trade corridor between Juba and Jinja had been made in hopes of further integrating the Nilotic regions of former Uganda into a huge economic market within Nilotic South Sudan. As Uganda is still a young colony on the rebound from a separation following years of turbulence, colonial leadership in the wake of the decolonization movement sweeping Africa and the world felt it was necessary to get the people of Kalenjin economically and politically prepared for greater concessions of power. The trade corridor is an effort to promote economic activity, urbanization, centralization, and the free, constant flow of trade between the cities.

[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

UNITED IN PROSPERITY![/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Canada Leaf

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

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La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

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Paseo

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Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

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Spainard

Sri-Lanka

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Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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| BANZA MANSION, NOUVEAU ZAIRE |

[sub]2nd of January, 1954[/sub]

| Sitting by the bathroom sink in her red nightrobe, Gloria would be spewing up. She would raise her head slowly up to the mirror, and slowly fix her hair. She would light up a cigarette, with slow precision and breathing heavily she would put her down again as suddenly, her husband by force, CHRISTIAN, half-Belgian, half-Zairean, would appear with only his reflection in the mirror indicating he's there. Wearing a dark navy suit, he would light himself a cigarette. Alerted by the noise, Gloria would look up into the mirror. |

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "The soul of the nation overdoes again?"[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Go to hell."[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "Keep it up and you'll end up there."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "What do you want?"[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "We're visiting Elisabethville today. Or is that not in your schedule between a cigarette and pills?"[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Oh...God. I'm not going. It can be cancelled."[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "Sure, give Izuru even a bigger space to show off."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Don't be stupid."[/list]

| Gloria would wash her face, and started to brush her teeth. |

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "I'm afraid you're the stupid one among us. This will be your fourth cancelled visitation. People might to start get irritated, they might start to question..."[/list]

| Gloria would spit out her toothpaste, and dry her face with a towel before turning around sharply. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "People love me. Do you hear me? They love me!"[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "Love is a very strong word. They tolerate you, that's the stage you're at."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "People don't forget so quickly. I've given them freedom."[/list]

| Gloria would make her way out into the bedroom, with Christian swiftly turning around to look at her. |

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "Yeah...but no. People don't care about independence anymore. It's old news. They have other problems now, other wants and desires. You...you're becoming outdated. Izuru is not. She's the vibrant, new muse of Zaire. And you---"[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Oh shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Izuru this, Izuru that! Just shut up!"[/list]

| Gloria would take a seat on the edge of the bed and light herself a cigarette. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Yes. I might not be as active anymore. But what can I do? Izuru is blocking me virtually from everything. All I have left is tours around the country and the world. I am a leader for god sake! Not a cinema star!"[/list]

| Christian would look at her. Pity hit him for her. Sighing loudly, he would take a seat beside her. |

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "But maybe you should be. You're not the American President with years of traditions. You're not the British Prime Minister, the Japanese Emperor or the German Chancellor. So why not use that to your advantage? Why not create a position so uniquely Zairean that it blows peoples minds?"[/list]

| Gloria would turn to him with a thoughtful expression. She would look away and sigh deeply before getting up. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "And will you help me?"[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "I thought you'd never ask. I actually created a list with ideas on how to push that through."[/list]

| Gloria would look at him, for the first time in her life with fondness. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Why are you helping me?"[/list]

[list][ CHRISTIAN ]: "Because...because I'm bored."[/list]

| The two would burst into laughter. Gloria would look at the time and get up. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Right! I'll get dressed then. We've got an engagement to go to. And please, change that suit. You look like a post-colonial freak."[/list]

| Gloria would smirk as Christian laughed. |

CUT TO

| ELISABETHVILLE, ZAIRE |

| The beautiful open car carrying Gloria Banza and her husband Christian Banza would making its way through the growing city of Elisabethville. Thousands of people stood by the roads, waving and screaming in joy as Mrs Banza waved to them, sending them kisses as the car went on. The car wasn't highly guarded, as it was deemed unnecessary by Banza who wanted to be as close as possible to her people. The flashes of photographers, and the number of cameras set around was incredible.

The car would begin to slow down as it begin to reach the University of Elisabethville road, where the students awaited at the end of the street to greet Mrs Banza. The car was now barely moving as Mrs Banza began to shake hands with the people passing by and standing by. She would joyfully lift a baby and kiss it before giving it back to the mother standing. Suddenly, as she passed the baby down, a man would begin making his way quickly through the crowd towards her. Christian would move his head slightly towards the man that caught his attention.

The man would suddenly take out a small hand pistol as he got near enough, and in a moment of flash, realising what is about to happen, Christian would harshly pull Gloria down to her seat and stepping over her he would make his way forward with shots being fired as the man would shout out in French "FOR GOD AND GOD ONLY", the two shots made their way towards Christian's chest two times. Screams would entail, with people going into a frenzy, trying to get away whilst others quickly jumped on the man, with a lynch to be done. Gloria would look up at her dead husband in the seat beside her, as the car rushed off in a different direction nearly hitting a few people by. Gloria would press onto her husband's chest, trying to stop the bleeding as the cameras continued to capture the whole event.

The car would rush off, as the police ran among the crowd to pick up a severely beaten man who made the firing shots. Rushing off to the hospital, Gloria would hold her tears within as she continued to press her husband chest, her hands filled with blood, her red dress stained by the blood of her husband. By the time the car made it to the hospital, it was clearly too late. The camera crews, and the news outlets were following the car. Christian was taken inside by medical experts. Photographers were restless, with pictures of Mrs Banza standing lost in words outside the hospital. It was clear to the media, to the people, to the government of Zaire that the First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, had been a victim of an assassination attempt. The question is by who and why. |

[spoiler="In that moment of time it became clear to Banza, that not all in Zaire stand behind her...a realisation that must of hurt as deep as the loss of her husband..."]Ababemba

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Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

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La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.