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Region: Commonwealth of Liberty
𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 | 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓
[list][sub]Bhinneka Tunggal Ika | विविधतायां एकता[/sub][/list]
𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 - | - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
[list][sub]The Growth of the PPN and the Socialist Split.[/sub][/list]
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| It is almost 8 months away until the Elections begin, and two adversaries, the PPN and the PKN race to secure Nusantara's first general election. The 1955 elections is first general election of the Republic of Nusantara - there were regional elections prior but the general elections is people's first opportunity to democratically elect their leaders across the board, with these elections being able to shape the ideological and political landscape of the Republic for many years to come. The PPN or the National Development Party (Partai Pembangunan Nasional) is a party formed by the respective parties of Partai Nasional Nusantara, Masyumi Partai, and Nahdlatul Ulama - these Parties discussed the formation of the party during the December Unification Congress is held on December 15th 1954 and officially cemented the formation of the PPN on January 5th. The PNN has had some political evolution since its formation - mainly due to the influence of the Nusantaran Salons. While in the PKN (Partai Komunisme Nasantara), division regarding the adoption of Maoism, Marhaenism, or Nasakom as its guding ideology - the division in the party is quite alarming to say the least. The exhibition of party emblems, was prominently shown on manystreets and boulevards in urban and rural areas throughout the Republic, as well as on houses, lawns, government building, public transportation, flora, and even calendars. The PNN exerted extreme exertions to popularize its emblem (being the Banteng), with it distributed on political posters, graffiti, and newspapers. |
| The PPN has had its original forming ideology based on the Pancasila, but the Pillar of "Cultural Divinity" being changed to "Islamic Modernism", this was the initial agreement between the Partai Nasional Nusantara, Masyumi Partai, and Nahdlatul Ulama, but the party unification resulted in Islamic traditionalists breaking apart from the unificationist side of the Nahdlatul Ulama on December 26th, the traditonalists formed their own party called the Islamic Brotherhood Party (PPI) and has recently managed to pull in Islamic Education Movement (PERTI) and Islamic Victory Force (AKUI) and into its fold. However, critics condemn the unification with the AKUI, deeming it too extremist and is against the concept of the Republic initself. The PPI's main competitor in the Islamic sect is the Nusantaran Islamic Union Party (PUIN), an Islamic socialist party which backs its socialistic tendencies through the Qur'an. The Socialist Party of Nusantara and Labour Party have agreed to join the PUIN after a meeting in Banda Aceh. Moving on to the Anti-Islamic sect, the Permai, is an hardline Communist Anti-Islamic party that has reached a deal for the Acoma Party, a Trotskyist party, to join them - emulating the "unification" trend that has been going around Indonesian politics recently. |
| The PPN has been recently been influenced by the Salons in Jakarta, with Corporatist philosophies of the Communitarians and Solidarists spreading into the Party. With its largest proponent being Alexander Andries Maramis, a popular politician who is venerated for his service during the struggle for independence. In the early stages of the Nusantaran government, following the Proclamation of Independence, he served as both Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs, as of now he is running for MP in South Sumatra. Maramis "demands" the next administration, would focus on industrialization and the introduction of tripartism. The PPN has managed to get new parties to join its fold, those being the Great Indonesia Unity Party (PIR) and the Movement to Defend the Pancasila (GUMP) which both left the Partai Nasional Nusantara due to the President's leftist tendencies at the time, but now the PPN, which is increasingly center-right has led the PIR and GUMP to join the PPN.|
| The Major Political battles are the PPN verses the PKI, and the PPI, PUIN, and Permai in a three way battle. Other Parties that are running in this race are the; Nusantaran Christian Party, Catholic Party, National People's Party, Murba Party, Consultative Council for Nusantaran Citizenship, Dayak Unity Party, Islamic Tharikah Unity Party, Village People's Union, and the Party of the People of Free Indonesia. There are also multiple independents running in the elections. |
[list][sub]Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. [/sub]
[list]― Pericles
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[list][spoiler=[sub]Once Independent. Always Independent[/sub]
REPUBLIC OF NUSANTARA
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
[list][list]Promises Made Promises Kept[/list][/list]
[list][list][sub]May 1955[/sub][/list][/list]
[sup](Summary of RPs that Ranponian did in the past that have since carried over to my La Plata)[/sup]
[sub]It's been 5 years since the beginning of President Juan Domingo Perón's ambitious New 5 Year Plan and all goals have been achieved. With La Plata's financial situation largely resolved due to the pegging of the Peso Sol to the Dollar, personal income has increased, allowing for that newly found wealth to be pumped back into the economy and in turn raise the standard of living of the people. The average GDP per capita has also risen to $840 (Adjusted for inflation circa. 1955), allowing for people to purchase more goods who otherwise wouldn't have, resulting in a large segment of the population supporting Perón even more so. Indeed, the once Lieutenant General in the La Platan Army has reached the summit of his glory. "Viva Perón!" and "¡Para La Plata, nada mejor que Perón!" are popular phrases among the people, who see their newfound wealth as nothing less than the work of President Perón and his Perónist Party. As a result, membership within the Perónist Party has swelled. As of 1955, about 9.2 million people have registered to become members. Among the most adamant Perónists are the farmers, coal miners, steel workers, and various other segments of the population who work in manual labor related professions. For it was the 5 year plan that created a staggering amount of jobs. Steel production alone has doubled since the implementation of Perón's La Platan Steel First initiative, fueling the nation's infrastructure growth and creating more jobs in construction.[/sub]
[sub]Among the infrastructure projects made possible by the La Platan Steel First initiative, 6 new hydropower installations and an additional 12 Coal Power stations have increased energy output for the nation and allowed for the continued growth of cities and industrialization. However, with his focus on matters of industry such as oil production, steel production, and the like, he has not forgotten about La Plata's traditional agrarian sector. The National Farming and Forestry Conglomerate, set up by Perón in 1950, to produce tools, seeds, feed and chemicals for farmers at an extremely low rate of 5%, has worked remarkably well. The taxes raised immediately went into the Farmers Welfare Administration which itself, has reduced the insurance and healthcare bills of Farmers and their workers.[/sub]
[sub]In addition to his civilian projects, the President has also engaged in the expansion of the La Platan armed forces over the past 5 years, making it the second most powerful force in the Americas after the United States. 1,200 US made M26 Pershings have been purchased from Paramountica, along with 62 Type XXIIIA submarines purchased from New Provenance and modernized in La Plata. At the same time, the state has since ordered brand new destroyers for the Navy, 42 Destroyers in total to replaced older classes of ships since 1950. The air force wasn't left out either, over 230 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars were ordered to replace La Plata's aging fleet of prop driven airplanes. These new American jets were complemented by La Plata's very own FMA IAe 33 Pulqui IIs which entered service late last year.[/sub]
[list][list]Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Kewtpuff[/list][/list]
[sub]Several thousand Platinos and Platinas, mostly Perónists, gathered on Balcarce 50 in the Plaza de Mayo near the Casa Rosada to listen to President Juan Domingo Perón speak on the 5th anniversary of the proclamation of his 5 year plan on the 5th of May. The crowd could be seen holding up banners with praises of Perón's intellect written on them, in addition to the Perónist party flag which is just as popular among the people as the national flag itself. After a short while, President Juan Domingo Perón makes his way onto the balcony overlooking the crowd in the Casa Rosada wearing a pressed black suit and his trademark grin plastered on his face. He waves at the people who shout "Viva Perón!" in response. The President smiles before making his way to the microphone and speaking.[/sub]
[list][list][list][sub]Juan Domingo Perón, President of the United Provinces of the Rio de La Plata: "People of the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, I made a promise to you 5 years ago. I told you I would restore the honor and dignity of our nation and it is done. Promises made, promises kept. The nation has been reborn under the guidance of the Perónist Party and the brave men and women who have come together to make all of this possible. The average Sudaméricano and Sudaméricana has never seen better days than in any period in La Platan history. People can afford to buy basic necessities, jobs are all around, the farmers are no longer left behind. When I became President in 1946, my goal was to restore the glory days of the 19th and early 20th century. I say now with confidence that the Provincias Unidas has cemented her place as the second most powerful nation in the Americas after our dear allies and friends, the EE. UU. Unlike previous administrations and backward and corrupt politicians, you know when I say I will do something, it will be so. I tell the truth not only with my words, but with my actions. This is the beauty of Perónism. Death to corruption and the mismanaging of public funding. Look what can be done if money is allocated correctly. This is why I will continue my struggle to fight corruption at every turn, continue to defend our homeland, and continue to serve the people who have entrusted in me the powers which I wield before you now. I make you another promise.. Before my time comes, I will show you glories that you could only dream of. Buenos Aires will be a center in global affairs I can tell you that much. Our nation will be at the forefront with the Great Powers and we will earn the respect of the world as we deserve the respect of the world. Viva La Plata!"[/sub][/list][/list][/list]
[sub]With the speech over, the crowd erupts in applause and praise of the man who has so transformed society in the Southern Cone. Juan Domingo Perón has reached the zenith of his popularity. People flock to the banner of the Perónist Party below the balcony as it is slowly raised while the La Platan anthem, Canción Patriótica Nacional, plays in the background. As the flag reaches the top of the flag pole, the clouds clear and the sun appears. Believed to be the Sol de Mayo, this auspicious event is taken as a good omen among the people who erupt in tears of joy and praise.[/sub]
[list][list]...Maybe it's not all fun and games in Peróntopia after all-[/list][/list]
[sub]Meanwhile, over the next several months, the Secretaría de Inteligencia carried out targeted kidnappings, beatings, blackmailings, and even killings of certain prominent anti Perónists and members of the intelligentsia. Those who dared criticize Perón and his ways were also targeted. All in all, over 1,200 people suspected of anti government activity, particularly those on the far right and far left, were sent to various prisons around the country away from public eye. People did complain, but no one cared by in large. For Perón was seen as perfect, a man who could do no wrong. Indeed, a man who was hardly a man at all. For Juan Domingo Perón had become a god among the devout Catholics of La Plata. Paradoxical at first, but understandable if your standard of living had increased 10 fold since the man came into office. Only time would tell how far the President could go. For now though, the talk of La Plata was the President and for the strongman of Buenos Aires, that's all that really mattered.[/sub]
[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Bhaarat Lok
I here waterlind i am so exited to be here
Amsterwald, Kewtpuff
[list]May 1955
[sub]Pant's Plan[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]साक्षरता दर को बढ़ावा देने और भारत की अनूठी संस्कृति को संरक्षित करने के लिए तकनीकी कॉलेजों और विशेष स्वयंसेवी कार्यक्रमों की स्थापना!
TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND SPECIALITY VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED TO BOOST LITERACY RATES AND PRESERVE INDIA'S UNIQUE CULTURE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]MAY 1955 | मई 1955[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]Govind Ballabh Pant was born in a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family that had migrated from northern Karnataka to the Kumaon region. He was a lawyer, and represented the Indian National Congress (INC) party in various civil cases in the 1920s, as the Indian independence movement began to grow. He was arrested in 1930 and 1933, before being elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1934 after the INC ended its boycotting of existing legislatures. He was arrested in 1940 and in 1942 again, before his release in 1945. Under the newly-independent Union government, Pant initially refused to hold any government positions, but was appointed as the Minister for Home Affairs after the incumbent office-holder, Kaliash Nath Katju, was appointed to lead the Ministry of Defense. Pant accepted, and brought about new solutions to the table - including a program he called the "Pant Plan", which aimed to construct 25 new technical colleges and initiate speciality volunteer and occupational training programs for at least 15,000 youth citizens within the next year. Pant was a strong supporter of the nationalist cause of the Indian government, and was a close friend and ally of Prime Minister Nehru, and still maintained sufficient allies in the Lok Sabha to get a funding package for his Plan through by February - just over a month after he took on the position of Home Affairs Minister.[/sub] |
| [sub]The plan allocated $44 million over the next three (3) years for the purposes of;[/sub] |
[list][pre]- New technical collages in major urban areas and in areas deemed in need of education facility expansion
- The initiation of specialty volunteer programs to encourage youth participation in public life activities and to educate the youth about the many unique cultures present in the Union
- The boosting of national literacy rates by 25% within four years
- The promotion of the use of the Hindu language alongside that of English[/pre][/list]
| [sub]Prime Minister Nehru signed the plan into law on 2 May 1955, and immediately followed Pant as he embarked on a trip across northern India, to visit schools and attend to a special team assigned by the Home Affairs Ministry to investigate the state of the Indian education system. Pant told a crowd of parents and educators in Delhi that he believed that 'the new world, the new age we live in today mandates necessary changes to the way we prepare our children for the future,'. He discussed the need to emphasize science, technology, and engineering as courses that the future generations could take, and affirmed that 'consecutive efforts are also being made to ensure that when the youth graduate, they have many, many opportunities already awaiting them'. He took the train to Lucknow, then to Patna over the course of two weeks, as he met with various groups and local and state-level government officials. Prime Minister Nehru participated in the expedition as far as Hazaribagh in Jharkhand province in eastern India, where he left for Chennai by plane to rally for INC special election candidates to the Lok Sabha.[/sub] |
| [sub]The overall final aim of the plan would be to radically strengthen the country's ability to wield a pool of educated and prepared employees to advance technological development projects, especially in the area of aerospace, jet technology, experimental booster-powered flight, modern armored vehicles, and more - all of which were being eyed by the Nehru ministry despite geopolitical tensions coming down ever so slightly. 'We must firmly be ready,' Nehru told Cabinet members, 'for all outcomes, from an education crisis to a childcare crisis to an invasion by the Arabs'.[/sub] |[/list]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan
Post self-deleted by Kabushiki Gaisha Sega.
[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: TOP SECRET MILITARY PROJECTS COME TO LIGHT AS COLD WAR ARMS RACE CONTINUES HEATING UP
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, MAY 1955 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | Last month, shortly after neighboring Great Britain announced that it would begin building hydrogen bombs, Premier Edgar Faure announced almost casually that France would follow suit. "If things go on as they are," Faure explained, "there will be a line dividing great and powerful nations . . . that have thermonuclear means, and inferior countries. France cannot take a place among 'second-class' world powers." Faure's decision appealed to Frenchmen's pride. Premier Faure has directed the Ministry of Finance, to allocate for nuclear spending. Last week, after "long reflection," the French Cabinet made up its mind where France's place lay. "We have decided to entertain the idea [of making H-bombs]," said Premier Faure. France will no longer merely confine itself to developing atomic power for peaceful purposes, said Faure, France expects "to keep its place as a first rate world power."[/sub]
[sub][list][pre]¶ The Finance Ministry has allocated further funding to the Ministry of National Defense for the expansion of France's nuclear research and weaponization program.
¶ A new and highly classified weapons research and testing facility has been opened at Laperrine Air Force Base near the secluded village of Tamanrasset, in French Algeria.
¶ Several leading French nuclear scientist and physicist working under the Commissariat à lEnergie Atomique, including Pierre and Marie Curie have been ordered to Laperrine Air Force Base.
¶ Top secret Air Force project codenamed Project Spectre has been launched at Laperrine Air Force Base.[/pre][/list][/sub]
[sub]With the Algerian uprising still raging on, a number of precautions involving Laperrine Air Force Base have been taken which some people have found to be "seemingly barbaric", however the urge for national security and secrecy has never been greater. These measures include shutting down direct access to the base and establishing a 10 mile radius "shoot to kill perimeter" around the installation. The government has declared the airspace above Laperrine Air Force Base to be "highly restricted" and any unidentifiable or unauthorized aircrafts will be shot down." The teams at Laperrine Air Force Base are to begin their work immediately with a focus on achieving "perfection" in a field that French scientists have already excelled in. Their job is not just to develop a nuclear weapon for France, but to build the most sophisticated nuclear weapon to date. [/sub]
[sub]Other teams have been directed to focus on Project Spectre which is expected to ensure "sustained French air dominance for years to come." Project Spectre is a government plan, partnered with Dassault Aviation to develop a new single-seat twinjet tailless delta interceptor aircraft. Among the design goals is a maximum speed of Mach 4, with a high rate of climb of about 3 or 4 minutes to an altitude of 16,000 m (52,000 ft). The delta wing design is mounted low and extends most of the length of the fuselage aft of the intakes and it has a single vertical tail but uses square section intake ramps with a linear shock plate rather than shock cones. The existence of the project under the name Spectre remains highly classified. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Myzawies Araverniverland
Big Corporation buys New Zealand? New Nation?
January 1955
Golden Monocle Chronicles
The MegaCorporation of Sega and Nintendo have merged together to make the SuperCorporation of Kabushiki Gaisha Sega or Kabushiki Gaisha Nintendo. For years together we have shared one common goal and interest, and that is using new Energy Sources. We have bought New Zealand as Debeers have found some unique minerals spotted and dotted throughout New Zealand, having the ability to Power Nations for 10 Years for 1 Gram. Though not studied, we are still determined to use this energy source to the benefit of humanity as a whole. The City will be named Sega City.
Many people still live there and since we have bought NZ (New Zealand), we are constructing an advanced city powered by Electricity, Nuclear Energy and Fossil Fuels such as Oils, Gas, Etc. It will be affordable by many and all living there. Skyscrapers and other advanced infrastructure will also be built in the near future, positively during the 1980s. In Sega City people will be able to set up business and buy from businesses. Sega City will be a Free Market City, where anyone can sell and participate in the market.
All persons are welcome to participate in the market (Legal age at 18), free speech and civil rights are also hugely supported and massively focused on. With this energy, we believe that the people of Sega City and the people of humanity and Earth may benefit for it! We welcome any support, and we would like to give a vote of thanks to Nippon-Nihon for supporting us when we started our small business.
We welcome all those who want to live in this City!
-Major Fun and Games!-
-Sega, It's you only!-
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Amsterwald, Puebliza, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, Abessinienreich, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Myzawies Araverniverland
[list][list]May 1955
[sub]Immigration & Faith[/sub][/list]
DISPATCHWORKS | EISENHOWER ERA[/list]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1843757
[list][sub]Religious data from 1950 US census immigration percentage data from 1960 US census.[/sub][/list]
Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Nileia, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Happy to be here, my friends.
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Kewtpuff, Ma-Li
[list][list]Perón Goes East, By Flying West![/list][/list]
[list][list][sub]May 1955[/sub][/list][/list]
[list][list]Aeropuerto Internacional María Eva Duarte de Perón, Buenos Aires, Kewtpuff[/list][/list]
[sub]President Juan Domingo Perón, just days after his speech on the 5th of May on the conclusion of his New Five Year Plan, announced that he would be paying a state visit to Tokyo, Nippon-Nihon. The South American leader hopes to meet with Japan's new Prime Minister, the controversial Ichirō Hatoyama, a firm believer in the removal of Article 9 in the Japanese Constitution among other things. For Perón, the Japanese Prime Minister's views do not matter, for he could care less of the goings on within the internal politics of Japan. All that matters to the President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, is the continued cooperation that his state and Japan have seen over the past 8 years. With his trademark grin plastered on his face, he bids farewell to his people at María Eva Duarte de Perón International Airport. The La Platan strongman boards his personal Douglas DC-6 with his entourage and makes himself comfortable for the 18,075 kilometer flight to the land of the rising sun.[/sub]
[list][list]Time skip[/list][/list]
Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li
[list]May 1955
[sub]Japanese-La Platan Relations[/sub][/list]
[pre]PRESIDENT JUAN PERÓN VISIT TOKYO![/pre]
KANTEI
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon NOON[/sub]
[sub]Outside of the prime ministers residence, several government aides and Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama would stand outside waiting for the presidential motorcade to come. Approaching the vehicle, the prime minister would take a bow before extending his hand in a friendly gesture.[/sub]
[list]ICHIRŌ HATOYAMA, 内閣総理大臣: [sub]Welcome to Tokyo Mr. Perón, I am most honored to have you here.[/sub]
Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Abessinienreich, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li
[list]May 1955
[sub]Das Bier![/sub][/list]
[pre]B I E R U N D D E U T S C H L A N D[/pre]
| BEER (Bier in German) is a major part of German culture. It grew into a global icon during the 1920s, and resurged in popularity in the 1950s in the Postwar. The country celebrates its heritage and its drinking culture with festivals. German beer is brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot, a Holy Roman Empire-era series of regulations on the way beer can be brewed, which only allows water, hops and malt as ingredients. It furthermore states that beers not using barley-malt must be top-fermented. The country is one of the largest consumers of beer on the European consumers, and thus possesses a wide array of breweries, especially in southern Germany where the German 'Bierkultur' is most prominent. Almost 50% of all German beer breweries are situated in Bavaria, Germany's southernmost province and whose capital is Munich, the seat of the Oktoberfest celebrations. The federal government of Germany is amicable towards the culture, and does not suppress it Prohibition-era style. In fact, the Tourism Ministry was tasked in 1953 and 1954 with launching programs to boost tourism during the Oktoberfest - which tends to bring in thousands of tourists to the country, a number that only continues to rise as Europe continues to rise economically and sociopolitically. |
[list][sub]"With the sword of Science and the armour of Practice, German beer will encircle the world!"
- A GERMAN QUOTE[/sub][/list]
| Various different glasses are used, like the Weizen glass to serve wheat beer, the Pilstulpe (Pilsner Tulip), the Beer stein, or predominantly, the Beer boots (Bierstiefel) that represent over a century of culture and history of German breweries and beer culture. It is common belief that a general once promised his troops that they would drink beer from his boot if they were successful in battle. When they won, the general had a glassmaker produce a boot-shaped glass to fulfill his promise. All of this beer culture generally culminates in OKTOBERFEST, an over two-week festival in Munich, in Bavaria province, in southern Germany, from September to October. Only beer brewed within the Munich city limits are served, and large quantities of German beer are consumed here and nationwide. The Oktoberfest brings in thousands, potentially tens of thousands, in tourists from across Europe and the world. With the advent of air travel, many are considering Germany as a potential tourist hotspot should the federal government choose to take that path and develop the country to become a hub for tourists, despite its proximity to the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain. |
| As part of a bill pushing to this extent, $2.5 million was allocated by the federal government towards a multi-year campaign to encourage tourism to the country to 'explore Germany's rich cultures'. Among the cultural icons emphasized was Oktoberfest, a plan that intended to use the fact that alcoholic beverages were generally popular especially now, as consumer strength and confidence continues to grow and median incomes continue to rise. Spending is on the up, as is the earnings of the average worker, meaning more purchasing and less saving. There, of course, remains the default Cold War uncertainties, but even in tourism, a new sense of progress and accomplishment is coming across the country - and beer appears to be one of the forces leading the charge to return tourism to default. |
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Puebliza, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, Abessinienreich, Kewtpuff, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li
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[list][pre]May, 1955 | Barlaman Avenue, Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
UNCERTAIN TIMES, THE ELECTION OF 1955[/list]
The last three years had been filled with quite the trouble and unrest for Sudan and her state of affairs. Internal strifes between communists and nationalists, violent clashes in cities like Khartoum and Atbarah, a country showing signs of divisions as the very values of the commonwealth government erodes and its legitimacy is questioned. The Khalil administration had maintained a rather stable control over the Sudanese government with its coalition of moderate conservative parties in the face of rather much more radical and ideologically conflicting parties within parliament.
However, the sudden rise of the communist party in the election of 1952 had slingshotted them into the position of Sudans third largest political party behind the Commonwealth and Unionist, displaying to both Sudan and the world that the communists were gaining ground in Sudan, and it was also winning the hearts and in turn the votes of the people, this was a trend that the Khalil administration had feared, and given what many had dubbed as a leftist victory in Eritrea, a victory that he had supported, the red wave in Sudan might just be showing its signs of growth.
The Eritrean War that had spanned much of Khalils second term has also been a significant factor to Sudanese voters, though Eritrea lost about a fraction of its population and land, the very existence and international recognition of what is now known as the Eritrean Free State had still been seen by both the Eritrean and Sudanese people as a victory, a victory that has flexed the military and geopolitical capabilities of Khartoum, by ushering the country into a new age of nationalistic and patriotic fervor. However, it is still not clear to the Sudanese people why the Khalil administration had funded and supplied this three-year-long war against Addis Ababa, which of course the Ethiopians have dubbed a proxy war. Many had speculated that Khalil had done this as part of his promise to the Eritrean people since the days of colonial Sudan, others have claimed it was a conspiracy by the Nationalists who blackmailed Khalil into weakening the Ethiopian state. Nevertheless many in high ranks of government and amongst the civilian population believe that with Sudans supplies to the Eritrean resistance and then advocating for successful international recognition of the young state, Sudan had essentially, to the Sudanese people, deemed itself victorious as a recognized power in Eastern Africa. This of course was the legacy of Khalil, Eritrea, and the very establishment of the Sudanese nation.
Other political parties had of course also dabbled in the Eritrean crisis, more prominently the Confluence, Islamist, and Arab Nationalists who for all the wrong reasons, saw Eritrea as Sudans rightful conquest, much to the opposition of communists who saw Eritrea as the champion of an African red revolution. Liberals and Unionists of course sought to further themselves from the conflict in the event that Sudan was to suffer a diplomatic and humiliative defeat on the international stage. Miraculously the Khalil Administration maintained safe and continued relations with its African neighbors.
However, in this election cycle, all political parties would be focused on several issues such as the border security of the Sudanese states, the entry of refugees from Eritrea, and the SIRAs uncovering of an illegal weapons smuggling ring into war-torn Equatoria had raised much-needed questions about the integrity and security of Sudans borders. Another issue pertains to the urban unrest occurring in Sudans cities since the Keren incident.
[list]THE 1955 ELECTION CANDIDATES:
Abdallah Khalil, Commonwealth Representative of Khartoum and the so-called champion of independence. The Khalil administration which had successfully avoided defeat in Eritrea, and steered the country toward its independence had gained tremendous public support, which gave Khalil the confidence to seek his third and final term this election in what he hoped would be his final service to his country.
Ismail Azheri, Unionist Also a representative of Khartoum, Azheri and the party of the Nile Valley unity is similar in ideology to the commonwealth but with the ultimate goal of securing Sudans independence. Besides Khalil, Azheri had served as his deputy minister and also served as the Chief Minister of Sudan before its independence, making him the second most qualified and experienced man for this job.
Abdel Khaliq, Communists Representative of Sudans very core of communism, Atbarah in the Berber Province, is a candidate for the communist Party which had been making great strides in recent years which saw the party explode into the third largest in the nation.
Benjamin Lwoki, Liberals Representative of Equatoria, Benjamin Lwoki alongside Defence Minister Bith Diu had been the nations most prominent and influential southern politicians, bringing with them the much-needed key to the preservation of a united Sudan, the liberal party holds steady in its ideology to create both a liberal democracy and a federal republic in Sudan, which they see as the only solution to maintain the Sudanese identity as that of one.
Babiker Awadalla, Arab Nationalists Yet another member of the Khartoum establishment, is the founder and candidate of the National Homeland Party, whose goal and ambitions essentially echo much of the Pan-Arab sentiments that had swept through Egypt, Libya, and Syria. Awadallas party has been very outspoken lately in their support of the Eritrean and Algerian resistance movements, alongside their firm anti-Zionist sentiment, calling Sudans recognition of Israel a sign of western intervention.
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, Islamist Representative of Kassala and a candidate for the Islamist Party, is a rather influential political party that maintains ties to the nation's religiously Islamic communities. Having had a history of partnership with the commonwealth and liberals, the Islamist had truly appeared as a far more moderate and reasonable choice as compared to the Arab and Confluence Nationalists, though of course, their pro-Islamic and theocratic plans for government attributed to the lack of support, their moderate and tolerant policies towards non-Muslim communities had begun to gain national attention.
Mohamed Mahgoub, Confluence Nationlists Khartoum Representative, the father of the Confluence Party, had been in deep water in the last number of years. Allegations of illegal weapon smuggling and the deployment of Sudanese-born militias into foreign countries had put Mahgoub and the party under heavy fire by the Khalil administration. Though many speculated Khalil and Mahgoub were working side by side in Eritrea, both sides had continually opposed each other and diminished the other on the public stage. The Nationalists feared tactics and marches throughout Sudanese cities had been viewed negatively by the Sudanese people, perhaps this act would cause them the elections.[/list]
The rise of communism, the predicament of Sudans diplomatic relations with its neighbors, and the Nationalist's fear-mongering crowd sending the nations law enforcement and civilian population into uneasiness would all play factors in determining the results of this election and in turn determining the future of the Sudanese state. These are uncertain times not only for Sudan but for the world as a whole. New countries are being birthed as a wave of decolonization sweeps the planet, and in its wake, superpowers attempt to maintain their rule of law upon the young and weak states.
[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
Please Vote:
https://strawpoll.com/polls/40Zmq4e2mZa
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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MAY,1955
Reunion Of Peru-Bolivia
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It was a bright sunny day,when Manuel A. Odría.President of Peru,arrived at Palacio Quemado,located in Nuestra Señora de La Paz,Bolivia.To meet with Víctor Paz Estenssoro,the president of Bolivia to discuss an important matter which involves both nations.The matter that requires both presidents to meet is the matter of security of both nations independence from the growing potential threats in South America,that are La Plata
(Kewtpuff),Brazil (Brazil Toucan) and New Granada
(La Granadinas).All three of these nations possess the ability to march in and claim Peru or Bolivia for their own.This probability is something that terrifies both Víctor Paz Estenssoro and
Manuel A. Odría.
Manuel A. Odría and Víctor Paz Estenssoro,talked through the late morning to the early afternoon.Before finally deciding to reform the Confederation Of Peru-Bolivia.To combine both nations into one bigger nation to defend themselves from La Plata,Brazil and New Granada.When the deal was struck,both Manuel A. Odría and
Víctor Paz Estenssoro shook hands,before
Manuel A. Odría returned to Peru.
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Plots in Dahomey
June 1955
Dahomey sat on the furthest reaches of the southeast of French West Africa. This region of the colony was largely dependent on Dakars support for investment, and supplies. This dependence meant the colony was relatively loyal, and supportive of the French regime, and stable in terms of politics.
Coutoucou Hubert Maga had been the native deputy representative to the French National Assembly, as well as, vice president of the Dahomey administrative council. He was leader of the African Democratic Rally-Dahomey. Unlike many of his co-RDA members, Maga was a Catholic conservative who hadnt allied himself to the Communist Party. This moderate approach, as well as, his friendliness to the colonial administration meant Maga was entirely left alone. Another member of the RDA-D was Sourou-Migan Apithy an elder statesmen and a fellow member of the Dahomey legislative assembly represented a slightly more left wing and liberal wing of the RDA-D.
On the far left was Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, an African socialist and nationalist. Tomêtin had originally been a dentist in the French Army, but upon returning home began to actively pursue politics. Largely considered an outcast, this was further reenforced by the governments crackdown on political radicals. While being openly a more unassuming figure, in secret Tomêtin was among the most ruthless politicians currently in French West Africa. He had already been under investigation for assassination attempts of his political enemies, and these only seemed to heighten when he refused to break with the Communist Party. He eventually would found African Peoples Bloc an avowedly communist and nationalist party.
High Commissioner Messmer would receive word that Tomêtin and 11 other dissidents had discovered in having planned to assassinate Hubert Maga, and Sourou-Migan Apithy. Messmer would leap at the opportunity sending in agents to arrest Tomêtin and his other associates for their planned assassination. In a short trial, Tomêtin pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Murder, for which he was sentenced to 15 years, which he would serve in a French Guinea as to prevent potential breakouts from supporters.
After his arrest, Tomêtins reputation would be destroyed even by his supporters. The Communist Party denounced him, his own party the African Peoples Bloc would cut ties with him, and splinter eventually disbanding entirely in 1957 into multiple smaller parties. Even the trade unions who Tomêtin had built his reputation and power within would distance themselves, especially as they tried to maintain legitimacy and legality under High Commissioner Messmers eye.
As Tomêtin largely disappeared into the background, the RDA-D became the only real party in French Dahomey, and among the most Pro-African Federalist sections due to their relative dependence on investment, and support from other colonies.
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[list][list]JUNE 1955
[sub]Adhemar O Bandeirante[/sub][/list]
[pre] O U R A D H E M A R [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]My Patrícia, My Patrício.
We are together again for the
progress of Brazil. United in the
same faith, lets go confident
at the polls.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] ADHEMAR DE BARROS,
1955 Presidential Campaign.[/sub][/list]
SOCIAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY CONVENTION, Brazil Toucan AFTERNOON
[sub]RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| The last candidate for the OCTOBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS has been announced. His name was no surprise to anyone. The new candidate was ADHEMAR DE BARROS¹. Our Adhemar, as his supporters in the state of São Paulo call him, have long wanted to take over the administration of Brazil. In 1950, however, he gave up the candidacy because of GÉTÚLIO VARGAS² and, instead, decided to focus on 1955. In 1954, running for governor of São Paulo, to reach the presidency, ADHEMAR lost. After that, whenever a reporter had his notebook in hand, ADHEMAR insisted that he would only run if he was summoned and, thus, forced to bow to the will of the people. The will of the people was finally manifested at a Social Progressive Party convention led by ADHEMAR. In the hall of Rios Chamber of Deputies, whose rosewood paneling and carved furnishings were hidden by banners, flowers and clouds of confetti, crowded with delegates and onlookers. There were women, taxi drivers and shoe shiners. After hours of man-who speeches, ADHEMAR walked in, greeting everyone around him. When he finally stepped onto the platform, the crowd applauded enthusiastically. |
[list]| [sub]ADHEMAR DE BARROS, Presidential Candidate[/sub] | I bow.[/list]
| ADHEMARs candidacy turns the Brazilian election into a three-way race. The other main candidates are Governor JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK³ of Minas Gerais state and General JUAREZ TÁVORA⁴, the favored candidate of the conservative military leaders. But there were rumors that the military would postpone the election unless their man seems likely to win. But that was far from happening, KUBITSCHEK is the preferred candidate of the Brazilian people, which infuriates the staunch Brazilian military leadership. Despite these problems, KUBITSCHEK continues in the campaign, smiling and carefree. |
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[sub]¹ ADHEMAR DE BARROS, was mayor of São Paulo (1957-1961) and governor of São Paulo (1947-1951 and 1963-1966).[/sub]
[sub]² GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[sub]³ JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, was governor of Minas Gerais (1951-55) and 21st President of Brazil (1956-61).[/sub]
[sub]⁴ JUAREZ TÁVORA, was a Brazilian general and politician active during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.[/sub]
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| PROSPECT OF SUCCESS AS POLITICAL WAR LURKS IN SHADOWS |
[sub]12th of June, 1955[/sub]
| The Zairean economy has kicked off, according to the Expert of Finance and Economics ESTELLE HUDURU. The newest reports showcase that the first economic quarter of this year has shown an incredible growth, one that has not been yet seen in Zaire. The increase is so high that Mrs Huduru has went as far as to suggest that "...should this trend continue, we will see Zairean economic rise to such an extent that has not been yet seen in modern Africa..." As bold as that statement is, many economists in Zaire add on that reports are there to back such claims.
Zaire has seen an increase by nearly eighty-five percent in investments between January 1954 and February 1955. The amount of foreign companies that have entered Zairean markets between January 1954 and May 1955 have increased by over sixty-percent, with major amount of companies coming from the United States, France, United Kingdom and Japan. The rates of consumerism have spiked by over ninety-percent between January 1954 and April 1955, indicating a strong shift of Zaireans moving towards buying more goods. Since April of 1954, it is now estimated that all the banks in Zaire have adopted Credit Cards, and that between April 1954 and May 1955, more than thirty-five percent of the Zairean adult population now owns a credit card.
Furthermore, Mrs Huduru Report shows that between January 1954 and May 1955, the number of privately owned small businesses in Zaire has spiked, with an increase of nearly forty-percent, with Zaireans feeling more comfortable and affordable to start and run their own business. According to the Report, Zairean bigger private companies have increased their revenues between January 1954 and May 1955 by nearly sixty-percent, with at least twenty-percent of Zairean private large companies moving onto international markets and African markets. Zairean state owned companies have also seen an incredible spike in their revenues, by over seventy-percent from that to previous years, with many Zairean state owned companies moving confidently onto African and international markets.
ESTELLE HUDURU, the new Expert of Finances and Economics in the Finest Assembly, is a figure that has rose to the attention of press through her released report. Mrs Huduru, born on 12th of April 1923, is a fascinating figure. She is the only Expert in the Assembly that does not belong to the National Liberal Revival Party, being an independent expert. Mrs Huduru, studied economics in the Career School Scheme between 1942 to 1946. In 1949, Mrs Huduru moved to London where she studied Economics and International Economic Relations between 1949 and 1953. In 1954, she returned to Zaire and began teaching at the University of Economics and International Studies in Noveua Zaire. In 1955, she was appointed by Banza into Izuru's Finest Assembly. Mrs Huduru views herself as a supporter of independent economics, freedom of economy and low taxation.
Huduru's Report is an indicator that Nigoye's Economic Plan that had been introduced in 1942 is finally bringing in results. Mrs Huduru is reserved in her comments, but, many Zairean economists suggest that by the end of the 1950s, Zaire will be one of the largest economies in Africa, if not the largest. Mrs Banza has began finalization of agreements with Liberia and the Granada. Mrs Banza's move to bring Zaire into a new community with South Africa, Iran and Ethiopia is also a sign of economic move forward. It has also been indicated that Mrs Banza might move towards deepening ties with the Americans, the French and the British, and will reach out to Korea, Indonesia, India and Czechoslovakia in the coming months. To conclude, the Zairean economy is moving fast towards success, and the Zairean society can now officially be deemed as that of consumerist nature, fueling the economy further.
However, there is now speculations about the future of the ruling party. It is clear that tensions are growing high between Izuru and Banza. The first sign that their relationship is once again in flames, was the Supreme Court of Justice act that had brought the two to a stand off, that Mrs Banza won. Secondly, the appointment of Mrs Huduru to the Finest Assembly is a blunt infringement on Izuru's directives. Despite the economic success of the country, the political situation between the two leaders is becoming intense and with Izuru isolating herself from other wings of the party, and Banza actively becoming involved in internal politics again, the ruling party finds itself at a uneasy and uncomfortable position. |
[list][ ESTELLE HUDURU, Expert of Finance and Economics ]: "Je suis plutôt réservé dans mes prévisions économiques solides pour les prochaines années, car l'économie est comme de l'eau. Son débit change en fonction des obstacles qui l'entourent et qui se trouvent en son sein. Cependant, il est évident, d'après les preuves recueillies jusqu'à présent, que l'année quatre-vingt-quinze sera celle de la plus grande croissance économique enregistrée à ce jour, je n'ai aucun doute là-dessus."[/list]
[spoiler="Appointing Mrs Huduru to the Finest Assembly, without Izuru's consent, is a clear declaration of war by Mrs Banza."]Ababemba
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]| Years had passed for the Colonel, who found himself toiling in the steel factory. The black belly of the metallurgical plant roared with the noise of the hissing, rumbling and clanging of machinery; great teeth of fire snaking their way against the dark floor. Amid the fury, donning a leather apron and gloves in the intolerable heat, Senofonte heaved his tong above him to push down a steel ingot, his face glistening with sweat; his strong biceps drenched in it and his beard and hair covering his hands all black with soot and filth while the flames danced in his eyes.|
| It had been a difficult two years for him, but after some time it was a condition he accepted. The shift had ended, and now he came out in the cold to his barracks. He warmly greeted the others, having learned some Slovene and some German along the way, and not completely foreign to the concepts of discipline and camaraderie, as he had been a soldier himself for many years. Perhaps only women and wine lacked, but those seemed to have been in a completely different life for the once-exuberant man... |[/list]
[list][list][sub]𝚇.1954[/sub]
[sub]IL "CASO DEL CAVALLINO ROTO"[/sub]
THE "RUNAWAY HORSE" CASE[/list]
[list][list][pre]An Italian and his horse,
Missing beyond the Alpine borders.[/pre][/list][/list]
PADOVA, VENETO, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub][/list]
[list]| Two years and a half had passed, and the disappearance of one Senofonte Scalzo, soldier and businessman until 1945, had remained a mystery for many. The adulterous Countess Apollina, who had eloped from his party, had not reported him missing to the authorities. Ermanno, his majordome, and the only other person aware of his amorous escapades, had instructed some local hunters to search the woods for the Colonel and his horse, to no success. Senofonte's humble castle and Ermanno had, since then, been in the care of a distant cousin who showed little interest in knowing what had befallen his relative. The Countess had returned to her meek husband, keeping quiet, and since then, in the small village, the disappearance of the Colonel had become the stuff of legend or superstition. Theories ranged from being eaten alive by wolves, to Yugoslav spies, to the Slovenes, who of course had been considered, given how close the border was. |
| It would be Senofonte's former comrade-in-arms who would first inquire about his disappearance, following his absence at now two reunions. They'd reach out to his majordome and learn the story, prompting the most influential members of the small group One of many informal and not-so-informal groupings of Fascist veterans in post-War Italy to work their connections. It was this way that a journalist from La Nuova Venezia, a local newspaper, learned through a family member still in Slovenia that a man and his horse had been captured, judged and then convicted by a notoriously anti-Italian magistrate two years ago. An article was soon published, quickly outgrew its original scope. Virulent columns appeared in right-wing newspapers, and Rome was soon reached by the caso del cavallino roto. |
| Embarrassed about demanding the return of a former Fascist officer, but not willing to let the hardliner irredentists get a say in the issue, the moderate Einaudi cabinet would issue a formal petition to Ljubljana, demanding the extradition of "an Italian citizen, convicted to harsh and inhumane penal labor on dubious grounds". The carefully-worded issue intended to solve the issue quickly, and the government worked hard to avoid making any waves, given how public opinion was inflamed regarding Slovenia. |
[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Commonwealth of Liberty
[/sub]EVVIVA L'ITALIA!
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[nation]AbaBemba[/nation]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Alzarikstan[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Anglo Channel[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Bayern Kahla[/nation]
[nation]Bescania[/nation]
[nation]Brazil Toucan[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Central Arstotzka[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]East Germany DDR[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Greater Kurdistane[/nation]
[nation]Hashemite Kingdoms[/nation]
[nation]Hatzburg[/nation]
[nation]Honghai[/nation]
[nation]Israelli[/nation]
[nation]Kewtpuff[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]La Granadinas[/nation]
[nation]Ma-li[/nation]
[nation]Maziya[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Moroavia[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nippon-Nihon[/nation]
[nation]Nonador[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Paseo[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Provenancia[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Reyzen[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Socialist Democratic Republic Romania[/nation]
[nation]Spainard[/nation]
[nation]Sri-Lanka[/nation]
[nation]Sudesam[/nation]
[nation]Taiiwan[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Black Star-[/nation]
[nation]The Sun States[/nation]
[nation]Turkiye 1st[/nation]
[nation]Ubertica[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation]
[nation]Vietnam SV[/nation]
[nation]Virnall[/nation]
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Довиждане (goodbye)
[Sofia, Peoples Republic of Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
[June 1955]
| Politics had gone quiet in recent months following General Secretary Todor Zhivkovs blunder. He had expected to swoop in and confirm his power by tabling a motion to remove Prime Minister Chervenkov but this had failed.
Now, the writing was on the wall for the general secretary. Nobody returned his calls, nobody would support any motions he put forward to the politburo and the people of Bulgaria reacted to him with pure indifference.
At the latest Politburo meeting, he resigned from his post. His reasons were listed as health and personal circumstances but in reality everyone knew he had no choice. Even his old political ally, Anton Yugov, who he had wanted to make Prime Minister, had been forced to turn on him to avoid going down with the ship.
For Prime Minister Chervenkov survival was guaranteed in the interim, however, he now had to anxiously wait until the new General Secretary was appointed. Chervenkov had encouraged the Politburo to consult Moscow and to allow the USSR to have a say in the drawn up shortlist, but this was also met with an indifferent response.
This is definitely the start of a new story in Bulgarian politics, but theres not a person in Sofia who could tell you how this will end. |
Mentions: Osivoii
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| THE SHADY LADY OF ZAIRE |
[sub]20th of June, 1955[/sub]
| Nouvel Espoir, Zaire |
| The Nouvel Espoir is the new bright star port-city of Zaire. Three years into construction, this new port city in Northern Zaire is now becoming one of the vital ports of Zairean economy, and tourism. But it is also becoming a gate to the world for many newcomers, and some not so new. The sun, beaming down upon a beautiful cafe located in the centre of the city, showcases the richness and the beauty of a growing nation.
In that small cafe, just outside it by a little table, with an ice-tea in front of her, sits the new Expert of Finances and Economics of Zaire, ESTELLE HUDURU. Wearing a wavy white short dress, revealing not only her legs but also the newest fashion trends among the liberating Zaireans, she would be impatiently smoking a cigarette. With dark sunglasses on her face, protecting her from the sun, she would notice a young white man approach her. Wearing a white shirt, black shorts, and a sunglasses, the man would not draw much attention to himself. It was not uncommon to see white people around, especially in bigger cities. He would take a seat in front of Estelle, and smile fondly. The man was GEORGE STENHOUSE, a British embassy worker, officially.
Estelle would continue smoking her cigarette as he ordered himself a cocktail. As the waiter left, George would turn his attention towards Estelle. |
[list][ GEORGE ]: "I've had the pleasure of reading the press about you. They call you the new Nigoye. Quite a title."[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "I don't care what they call me. Most importantly they've accepted me. Can't be said so much about the rest of the Assembly."[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "Now that, is a problem."[/list]
| The waiter would bring him a cold vodka mixed with raspberry and peach iced-tea and leave off. |
[list][ GEORGE ]: "They don't trust you, don't they?"[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Not even an ounce of trust. Especially from Marie. She despises me."[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "Do you think she knows who you're working for?"[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "No. She just thinks Banza stands behind this. It will lead them to a political war. I've gathered enough info so far that suggests that. Marie wants to crush Gloria at any given moment."[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "A war is not bad...especially if the one we favour wins."[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "What are you suggesting?"[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "Lit the fire, Estelle."[/list]
| Estelle would remove her sunglasses and gaze at George. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "You want me to meddle in their affairs?"[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "Exactly. Push them to the breaking point, and they'll break. But make sure that Gloria wins that breakdown though."[/list]
| Estelle would shake her head. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "That will destabilize the party. Which in effect will destabilize the country. I am not doing that, forget it."[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "But you have to."[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "I don't have to do sh*t. That was not part of my contract. I'm here to collect information, not instigate fights."[/list]
| George would lean in towards her, with his stance changing from calm to aggressive. |
[list][ GEORGE ]: "When you've agreed to work for the British government, you've agreed to do whatever is necessary to keep Marie out of power. That woman is a communist, she's a threat, much bigger than Gloria herself."
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Well I think you and the government have the wrong information regarding Gloria."[/list]
| George would sit up straight, rather confused by the comment. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "You disregard Gloria, forgetting that she survived as the leader of one of the first independent nations in Africa for the past fifteen years. If you and the government don't think she's a threat, you're mistaken. She is the exact threat. That woman has a well-equipped military force at her disposable, a growing economy, fanatically loyal population and international popularity. You talk about Marie and her communism, who cares, George. It's Gloria that you all should be worried. She is, in my eyes, and I've seen and heard a lot so far, the most dangerous woman in Africa. Not Marie---"[/list]
[list][ GEORGE ]: "Estelle---"[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "And you want me, to push her and Marie against each other. I don't think. I am not putting myself at such risk. I will watch them, but don't you think I'll be instigating them. You can pass that onto your superiors."[/list]
| Estelle would place a handbag on the ground, that would be filled with documents. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Leave a tip for the service, George."[/list]
| Estelle would put her sunglasses back on and leave off, leaving the handbag behind, playing up to an act of that she forgot her handbag. After a moment, as Estelle dissapeared into a taxi, George would pick up the handbag and go off, leaving a tip on the table. The waiter would come out and grab the tip, before smirking. |
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[sub]The awaiting Japanese delegation headed by the Prime Minister, would spot the La Platan motorcade approaching Sōri Daijin Kantei. Three midnight black Mercedes-Benz W189s lead the convoy, with a similarly colored 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 b deluxe limousine trailing not far behind. Clearly, the vehicles were La Platan in origin and transported ahead of time to Japan prior to the arrival of the President, for Juan Domingo Perón trusts no one and would never get into a vehicle that hasn't been pre inspected and vetted by him personally. Within the cars themselves, are the security detail comprised of President Perón's most trusted officers from the Secretaría de Inteligencia. These men, often loyal to the death, are the only people capable of defending the Excelentísimo Señor. The three vehicles at the front of the motorcade turn toward the shoulder of the road in front of the Prime Minister's residence and park first. Like a swarm of ants, the La Platan agents exit the vehicles quickly and form two rows flanking the location where Perón's Mercedes-Benz 300 b deluxe would park. Moments later, the aforementioned limousine grinds to a halt, the wheels squeaking as they do so. It is at this time that several senior ranking officers from the Secretaría de Inteligencia exit the vehicle containing the President and motion for Perón to step out.[/sub]
[sub]Perón finally gets out of the limo, wearing his trademark white generalísimo's uniform, peaked cap and all. The La Platan strongman smiles as he watches the Japanese delegation bow. He then extends his hand to meet the Prime Minister's as he reaches out, gripping Hatoyama's hand firmly.[/sub]
[list][sub]Juan Domingo Perón, President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: "The honor is all mine, Prime Minister Hatoyama. The honor is all mine. Congratulations on achieving a mandate." Perón would smile warmly as he shakes his counterpart's hand. "I look forward to the reestablishment of relations and a bright future for both our peoples. I am pleased that my country is the first South American nation to reestablish relations with yours."[/sub][/list]
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"The 1955 Mexican Elections: A Turning Point for the Nation's Democracy"
[list]GACETA UNAM NEWSPAPER[/list]
[list][sup]Gadiel Portillo
June, 1955[/sup][/list]
In the month leading up to the July 1955 deputy elections in Mexico, the PRI and FMEP held their respective party conventions. These conventions are critical moments for the parties as they lay out their platforms and strategies for the upcoming election.
At the PRI convention, party leaders expressed anti-Communist sentiments publicly for the first time in their political history. President Margarita Rocha was the keynote speaker and alleged that "foreign" leftist spies had infiltrated the nation and indigenous communities to spread communist propaganda. She further claimed that these spies were working to create a communist quasi-state against the United States, a close ally of Mexico. Rocha's speech indicated the PRI's new stance on communism and leftist ideology. The party promised to crack down on such ideas if given another majority by the Mexican people. Rocha argued that such activities significantly threatened Mexico's democracy and freedom and called for a response to combat these dangerous ideas. Furthermore, she emphasized the need to reject communism and other leftist ideologies that sought to undermine the country's stability and prosperity. The PRI also highlighted its achievements in economic development and social welfare, presenting itself as the only party capable of ensuring peace and prosperity for the country.
Meanwhile, the FMEP convention starkly contrasted the PRI's anti-communist rhetoric. The Federation of the Mexican People's Parties was a historic event for the emerging political party. The convention featured the entire slate of candidates for the upcoming July 1955 deputy elections. The FMEP placed candidates in every district, which was a first for a party outside the established PRI party apparatus. The FMEP was established as a coalition of leftist parties to challenge the long-ruling PRI in Mexico in the 1952 general election and has remained prominent since. The largest block under the party umbrella is the Mexican Communist Party (MCP), which comprises 70% of the party membership. The party's sizeable communist membership is causing panic within Mexico's established PRI rule and is speculated as a possible reason behind the party's newly anti-leftist sentiment.
The convention's keynote speaker was Senator Miguel Henriquez Guzmán and his wife, Leticia Henriquez Guzmán. Miguel was the former presidential candidate of the FMEP in the 1952 election, who almost caused a split with the MCP after not contesting the election but managed to reconcile with the MCP shortly after. Leticia's speech was the highlight of the convention, with a passionate call for rejecting American imperialism in Mexico and the need for the country to stand up against being a banana republic of the western imperialist apparatus. Leticia stated, "Mexico has been a victim of American imperialism for far too long. We have been exploited, oppressed, and relegated to a subservient role in the international community. We must reject this role and take our rightful place as a strong, independent nation. We must resist the attempts of the United States to control our resources and dictate our policies. Instead, we must forge our path and create a better future for ourselves and our children." Leticia provided numerous examples to support her point, including the U.S. invasion of Mexico in the early 20th century and the CIA's involvement in overthrowing Guatemala's democratically elected government in 1954. She asserted that these interventions had kept Mexico in economic and political subjugation.
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[sub]The Prime Minister would smile before leading the president to a small meeting room in the residence. With seats at the opposite ends of the table, both gentlemen would sit down.[/sub]
ICHIRŌ HATOYAMA, 内閣総理大臣: [sub]Mr. Perón, I must thank you again for coming all this way and I am once again honored that you have chosen Tokyo as your first choice to re-establish relations. I must admit that our efforts in rejoining the international community has been decent, but I believe we could do better. I am also grateful that you have come here given that our government has yet to reach out to South America.[/sub]
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[sub]Perón would nod with his trademark grin at the kind words of the Prime Minister of Japan. Indeed, the President could use this opportunity as a way to boost his popularity back home. Perón, the first to reestablish relations with Japan in Latin America ! Perón, the first head of state to visit Japan since the end of the war ! He can see the headlines already.[/sub]
[list][sub]Juan Domingo Perón, President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: "I am a man of many friends, Señor Hatoyama. You see, I have close friends and I have distant friends. I have friends that other people wouldn't even consider friends. I see a potential friend in Japan, I do. As the representative of my people to your people, I thought it right to visit your nation as the symbol of the reestablishment of relations between Tokyo and Buenos Aires. Your country's reemergence into the global economy is one that I have a great interest in. There is a lot of potential for trade. I've read of the remarkable growth your people have achieved in such a short time. Señor, I insist, the honor is all mine."[/sub][/list]
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The quandary of Colonel Senofonte Scalzo clung ever to the Slovene Ministry of Justice. In grim truth, he was not an especially essential asset to the Slovene state; he was one of thousands of subcorporate laborers whose fate was in the hands of corporate contracts with the Ministry of Justice, but he was, admittedly, not one they wished to freely surrender. The Ministry spent nearly a week unresponsive to the Italian demand for repatriation, and the Minister of Justice himselfDr. Andra Pavlič, a Slovene from the Hungarian concessionwas said to have personally discussed the matter at a meeting with top Ministry officials. Still, despite the weighty consideration given to the matter, the Slovene response of early November 1954 was quite sterile. In tandem with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a cold memorandum clarified the position of Ljubljana: that the Colonel had committed a crime in Slovene territory, and that the Italian governments insensitivity to the victims was an unwelcome relic of the years of Italian supremacism.
To secure the release of the imprisoned Italianand, perhaps, other prisoners of Italian originthe document concluded that western Kingdom would need to provide something of adequate compensation to the Slovene state and people. If so, the Colonel, his horse (now a mascot of the Tolmeč police force), and any other objects of interests would be exchanged with utmost goodwill.
The stirrings of the Slovene press had sleepily awakened to the case, though it was not yet a matter of national news. Fast arising, though, were ideas of what prisoners could be exchanged for the Colonel and any of his compatriots.
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Post self-deleted by Allbania.
JUNE,1955
Enemy Propaganda.
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With the soldiers who stood on guard in Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi,noticing that there were some men and even women wearing military styled uniforms walking around.Led them to sending a letter to their superior officers for permission to investigate this sudden shift in clothing.A week later the permission to investigate was given to the division,in Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi.Fifteen soldiers from the division were sent out to investigate.One of the fifteen soldiers,went to the local police station to ask them to launch a police investigation.
After a while of looking,two soldiers encountered a mural.This mural was propoganda material,as it portrayed Chinese men and women wearing the uniforms that have been sighted by those on guard of the town.Carrying rifles pointed at soldiers of the Maziyan army,charging at them.With there being Chinese text saying:
[List]"Beware,the tan skinned enemy.For they've threaten to take away the prosperity we are trying to give to them.[/list]
But the soldiers couldn't read it.This founding was brought to the rest of the soldiers who were investigating the town.Some of the other soldiers had found a young boy,only age 10 giving out pieces of papers.Once the boy saw the soldiers coming his way,he fled.The soldiers picked up the papers that fell out of his hands as he was running away.The paper had written in Chinese:
[List]"Join now,in our only chance at freedom.From the Malay barbarians that lead out nation!"[/list]
But it was unreadable to the soldiers.These foundings were then brought to the attention of the local police force.With the soldiers telling them to.
[B]"Keep your eye out for these kind of things."
The paper that the soldiers picked up,was shown to a Chinese soldier in the army for translation.
After the translation work was done,the Chinese soldier requested to keep the paper.He was allowed to keep the paper.Then the Chinese soldier showed the paper to his Chinese friends both in and out of the military.
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF THE COLONIES: CASABLANCA ACCORDS SIGNED AS MOROCCAN INDEPENDENCE IS NO LONGER IN QUESTION
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JUNE 1955[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES - | Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil was a leading member of France's financial aristocracy. He was also a devious politician who was pro-Fascist before the war, but later on as a top adviser of General Giraud, he helped arrange for the Allied landings in North Africa. In hatred-filled Morocco, where his peanut-oil business was based, Lemaigre-Dubreuil believed in a moderate policy of "evolutionary autonomy" as a matter of hardheaded self-interest. All that was needed, he argued, was "a little imagination, a lot of good will, a lot of love, great reciprocal confidence based on facts, and not promises." Two months ago he bought control of Casablanca's Maroc-Presse, a lonely newspaper voice reviled by French extremists for espousing such views. In France's festering protectorate, where Arab hatred swells with despair, and French fear breeds demands for brutal repression, being in the middle on certain issues is a dangerous place.[/sub]
[sub]Last weekend, Lemaigre flew back to Morocco from a Paris meeting with Premier Edgar Faure. Upon his return he sat down at a desk and scribbled a note to Faure: "The situation is getting worse." Late that night, Lemaigre left the luxurious Casablanca apartment house where he lives, intending to drive out to the airport for a night flight to Rabat on business. As he and a friend were about to enter their car, two black Citroëns crossed the deserted plaza and slowed down. There were two bursts of machine-gun fire. Lemaigre, with 13 slugs in his body, dropped to the pavement, mortally wounded. The 9-mm. bullets were of the type used by Casablanca police. Like no other incident before it, the murder shocked France into a sense of urgency. Premier Faure was roused from bed at 3 in the morning in Paris to hear the news. The following morning he rushed off to see Lemaigre's widow, then summoned Pierre July, the Minister for Tunisia and Morocco, for urgent consultation. Emerging from this meeting, July declared bluntly: "Counter-terrorism . . . once again has dishonored France." He sent France's Number one cop, Roger Wybot, to investigate the murder and reorganize Casablanca's police force.[/sub]
[sub]Wybot's mission was official admission of what has long been recognized privately in Morocco; that French counterterrorists are operating with the indulgence and sometimes cooperation of the local French police. Counter-terrorism began about nine months ago soon after the arrival of the reputably more lenient Francis Lacoste to succeed General Augustin Guillaume as Resident General. To suspicious French colonist, Lacoste, after hardheaded and old-fashioned General Guillaume, smelled of negotiation and compromise, and they denounced the national government's policy as "treasonous." Clandestine French organizations sprang up, calling themselves "The White Hand," and "Agir". They were manned by hired killers imported from France, professional thugs, sometimes ex-policemen. Frenchmen who advocated moderation and negotiation began to receive threatening letters. Then came the kidnappings and bombings.[/sub]
[sub]The Maroc-Presse was a special target; the managing editor was threatened, the executive editor driven from Morocco by bombings and machine-gun attempts on himself and his family. The counterterrorists operated with the obvious sympathy of diehard colonist organizations such as the Présence Française. When one suspected killer eluded police questioning, it was discovered later that he had driven off in a red sports car belonging to a prominent physician and Présence Française leader and had holed up for several weeks at the physician's estate in France. The plan was obvious: by provoking violence and silencing conciliators, the French counterterrorists hoped to prove that there was no other course but total repression, no other method but brutal force to snuff out Arab independence. However for Arab nationals, France was quickly becoming the unwelcome lion.[/sub]
[sub]Symptomatic was the story of Pierre Clostermann whom was France's leading fighter pilot in World War II, a national hero and a Deputy in the National Assembly, Clostermann was a socialite when he first moved to Morocco five years ago to establish a structural-steel concern. Urged on by President Auriol himself, Clostermann befriended Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, and advocated a "dialogue" between Moroccans and French. He fought those who engineered Ben Youssef's deposition and replacement with the pitiful French stooge Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa. Soon Clostermann was cut out of French business in the colony and found he was no longer welcome in the French clubs and social groups that had once cultivated him. The steel syndicate, which had elected him president, expelled him. Then one night a bomb blew up his front door. Before the police arrived, Clostermann got a call from a friendly top French official. "Don't let them in," he warned. "Once they get the layout, they won't miss again." Now Clostermann goes about armed. In nine months French counterterrorists have committed more than 80 murders. In nine months the sympathetic local police have not made a single arrest.[/sub]
[sub]At week's end, Policeman Wybot returned to Paris with a head full of facts and names, and the Faure government stalled itself to act against the suspects, some of whom were reputedly lodged in embarrassingly high places. As a start, special detectives sent from Paris arrested a man long suspected of organizing counter-terrorism whom turned out to be former Chief Police Inspector Jean Delrieu, once head of the Casablanca police unit charged with combatting Arab terrorism. For 13 months the French government in Paris has been guilty of an "immobilisme" in Morocco, hoping that the new treaty with neighboring Tunisia, which gives the Arabs some hope of self-government would in time prove a model for Morocco. Now the Lemaigre murder has shocked into silence even advocates of strong-arm repression like Marshal Juin. Action is long overdue, unless France is to see Morocco go the way of Indo-China.[/sub]
[sub]The situation in North Africa is "dolorous," Premier Edgar Faure told the French National Assembly last week.Though most Deputies believe passionately that North Africa must be held at all costs if France is to remain a major global power, those who favor holding it by savage repression were on the defensive. The long awaited action everyone had been calling for came just a couple days ago, with the abrupt signing of the Casablanca Accords which had been sanctioned by the French Government. Premier Faure had flown from Paris to Casablanca overnight, where he met with Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa at the Palais Royal de Casablanca. It was here that the two men discussed policies and issues facing Morocco. By the end of the 3 day long meeting, Premier Faure and his team had drafted a 38 page independence proposal which was graciously handed to the Sultan. The proposal essentially laid the groundwork for Moroccan independence.[/sub]
[sub]Amongst the proposal, the French Government called for the Sultanate's government to begin establishing it's own agencies and departments which would succeed the currently acting French led ones, such as an independent Moroccan police force and gendarmerie. The newly formed Moroccan departments would be formed and work alongside their predecessors until the independence of the protectorate, when the French agencies would be dismantled. The French Government also requested in the proposal that France remain in control of at least one permanent military facility, that being the joint naval airbase in Casablanca where French forces would train new Moroccan soldiers. In addition France would remain in control of most of the major ports in Casablanca, Rabat, El Jadida, Safi, and Agadir through a private company named Bolloré which also owns most of the major ports in all of West Africa which includes those in Nauokchott, Dakar, Conakry, Freetown, Monrovia, San-Pedro, Abidjan, Tema, Lomé, Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Kribi, Libreville, Pointe-Noire, and Bangui.[/sub]
[sub]The last bit of the Casablanca Accords calls for certain protection guarantees for French residents, French businesses, and French tourist. Among other things, the agreement for independence also requested that Morocco continue using the Moroccan Franc to allow for ease of interstate commerce and allow French companies to maintain at least a 50% share in the Phosphate industry and in return France will continue pouring in investments. Naturally France will also afford certain protections to the Moroccan Monarchy and government in order to ensure stability. France will also push for unity with the rest of the newly independent Spanish Morocco which would unite the Moroccan Berber peoples and give the newly independent Kingdom of Morocco a better standing globally, demographically and financially. This being a key issue for most Moroccan people living under the Sultan, whom has prmised them eventual reunification by any means necessary. Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa and Premier Edgar Faure eagerly attended the signing ceremony for the Casablanca Accords with a set independence date of no later than August 6, 1956 (really happening April 7, 1956). |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]June 1955
Summary: Culture and Status of Canada
[sub]Newauroria EVENING[/sub]
v
| Canada is a prosperous country with a growing economy and a high standard of living. The post-World War II period
had been a time of significant growth and expansion, with a booming manufacturing sector, a strong agricultural industry, and a growing population.
The Canadian government is led by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent of the Liberal Party, who has been in power since 1948.
Under his leadership, the country has experienced a period of stability and economic growth, and has established itself as a key player in international affairs.
In terms of social and cultural trends, the 1950s is a time of significant change in Canada. The post-war baby boom is underway,
and the country is experiencing a population shift from rural to urban areas. The rise of television and other forms of popular media had a
significant impact on Canadian society, as did the increasing influence of American culture.
Overall, the status of Canada in 1955 can be characterized as a prosperous and stable country, with a strong economy and a growing
population, but also one that is undergoing significant social and cultural changes.
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Note: This not the post I intended to submit first but since my first few posts are not going to be anything political why not starts with a summary.
My next post if more of a general overview of Canada. There is also going to be a summary post for the overview post this is intended for
those who wont read the long post that is going to be the overview post. last note is that I'm new here I hope through time I will be able to upgrade
the quality of these post and that I will have some nice times with you all. Oh and last bit thank you all for
welcoming me here and have a nice evening morning or afternoon
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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY
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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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[list]February 1955
[sub]Election 55[/sub][/list]
[pre]ICHIRŌ HATOYAMAs DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS MOST SEATS! DEFEATS THE LIBERAL PARTY AND OPPOSITION![/pre]
NATIONAL DIET BUILDING
[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon MORNING[/sub]
[sub]The political rift between Yoshidas Liberals and Hatoyamas Liberals saw the inevitable fracturing of the Liberal Party, ultimately forcing Shigeru Yoshida to tender his resignation in hopes that the party could become unified once more. Forming the Democratic Party (merging with Kaishintō) in late 1954 with Mamoru Shigemitsu* and Nobusuke Kishi** members of the House of Representatives would elect Ichirō Hatoyama to become Yoshidas successor a popular move given his strong influence within the House of Representatives and among various right-wing conservative and nationalist groups. Nonetheless, passing legislation within the National Diet became a stalemate, with no party willing to agree on important issues.[/sub]
[sub]Only two months into his tenure, Ichirō Hatoyama would ponder on the decision of calling for new elections with the previous election only happening nearly a year prior. As the Democratic Party continues to gain momentum in the polls, the forecast of the results would signal a Democratic Party victory within the House of Representatives. As the ballots are counted throughout Japan, the votes would be declared on the radio, television and newspapers throughout the nation.[/sub]
[list][sub] DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Ichirō Hatoyama): 185/467[/sub]
[sub] LIBERAL PARTY (Taketora Ogata): 114/467[/sub]
[sub] LEFT SOCIALIST (Mosaburō Suzuki): 89/467[/sub]
[sub] RIGHT SOCIALIST (Jōtarō Kawakami): 67/467[/sub]
[sub] COMMUNIST (Sanzō Nosaka): 2/467[/sub][/list]
[sub]Although not securing a majority within the House of Representatives the Democratic Party saw the election as a victory, putting the party on the same level as the Liberal Party. Despite losing the general election rumors began to circulate that negotiations between the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party were underway to merge to two, creating one new party within the National Diet.[/sub]
[sub]* Mamoru Shigemistu was Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister under previous government most notably his role in signing the surrender of Japan in 1945.[/sub]
[sub]** Grandfather of Shinzo Abe[/sub]
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JUNE,1955
Handling Matters
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After a month of writing up drafts for how Peru and Bolivia will be merged into the new Peru-Bolivia Confederation.June,1955 will see the latest draft be put out for both presidents of Peru and Bolivia to read to be finalised.
[U]Matter Of Government
[B]>The two governments that are Peru and Bolivia will retain their authority over their current territory but the they can meddle with each other internal affairs.
[B]>With what was previously stated.The position being titled "Supreme Protector Of The Confederation" will be created to represent Peru-Bolivia on the international stage but has no real influence over national matters.How the Supreme Protector will be elected,will be a election between the president of Peru and Bolivia.
[B]>Whatever other political positions,that exist in each respective country of the Confederation.Such as Peru,prime minister.Will not be removed but retained unless the respective government chooses to remove that position.
[U]Matter Of Economy
[B]>The current currency of both Peru and Bolivia will not be replaced with a single currency.But instead both Peruvian Sol and Bolivian Sol will be allowed to be used in both Peru and Bolivia.
[U]Matter Of Military
[B]>Both the Bolivian Armed Forces and Peruvian Armed Forces will be merged.
[B]>Whatever equipment both armed forces have,will be utilised by the new Peru-Bolivia Armed forces.
[U]Other Matters
[B]>Projects could be built from Peruvian land to Bolivian land,without needing permission.
[B]>A visa is not required to travel in-between Peru and Bolivia if the person is in possession of a Peru-Bolivian citizenship.
After both Manuel A. Odría and Víctor Paz Estenssoro,finished reading.They talked with each other on whether or not the other is willing to accept this draft or do they want another draft.After a hour of discussion,this draft would be decided on to be finalised.
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June 1955
New Zealand Today
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1) Rich Fish Harvest in Gisborne Coast
On the coast of the city of Gisborne, multitudes of fish have been spotted from the Popular snapper to the to the Magnificent Blue Cod, it has made New Zealand's cuisine even more prosperous, even though it may not be the Fish Harvest Seasons around the Monsoon time, but rather the cause for this rich fish harvest can either be the cause of Violent High tides, considering the amount of fish's that have fled to the coast in search for shelter or maybe a storm had been started. However, we can say that it is safe to assume that the storm is not heading for us, though we do not know its current direction. If any Sudden drop in temperature occurs, Large, puffy cumulus clouds start to appear then begin to stock up just in case and the Government will let you all know. However, the Fish market right now is prevalent and currently is thriving with all the types of fish back in stock now. The most notable company is- "Alice's Fish Hook", having the most high-demand fish, Blue-Cod. The Blue Cod though very rare has recently hit the shelves once again and people demand it, the higher classes demand it, Making Alice's Fish Hook very successful. Economically it has made the Fishing Industry successful once again. This Harvest has been as a revival for the Fish Industry as it was slowly dying out due to the growing hatred of seafood, and it is a kind of redeemer for the Fishing Industry to not mess up again. Many chains of restaurants have also taken up on this and have taken the opportunity to make more seafood making Otishi Sea Food Corner a hit throughout the Country, however due to the Nation's Nuclear use, some few fish's have been spotted mutated, dead or radioactive. Though it has made many lives change, it is also a happy facade hiding some grim things.
On that note, before you enjoy the wonderful fish harvest, make sure it has a New Zealand GOV rating approved. If not, it is best avoided.
2) New Railroad Transporation System being built!
It is without doubt that the current transportation system of New Zealand is old and was build right after the steam engine was created, and was designed with weak materials, though currently Automobiles are in use, they are certainly expensive, and for those who cannot afford it travelling in a steam engine. For a few years, transportation was not a concern out of the many problems that nagged the Government but for the Normal Zealander, it sure was. Due to this, many angry Zealanders took to the streets in May and started to protest in front of the Great House, complaining the issue of slow transportation, low quality of transportation and so on and so forth. Recognising this issue the Minister of Transportation had asked for permission to Sidney Holland the Prime Minister. For a few hours, there was no response, though the crowd became restless and thought that the Prime Minister rejected the offer, and thus they started to throw stones. Sidney Holland, not wanting to sort this out in violence came out himself and said that he would upgrade the systems of the Train Transporation Systems, and thus the Crowd won. Soon enough Sidney Holland made the Project for the construction and handed the Operation to the Minister of Transportation, Lukely Seaman. The Government has been funding it, though the exact amount is unknown but it has been said by Lukely himself, that, "The Government is willing to fund us approximately One Hundred Million Zealand Dollars.".
Will it be worth it? Or not worth it? Let's see how good Lukely Seaman can do his job and how good is he at it?
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| WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST 1955 |
[sub]30th of June, 1955[/sub]
[sub]Algiers, France[/sub]
| This year contest has found itself in Algiers, France after a brilliant victory by EDITH PIAF in Kyoto, Japan, last year. Despite some political turbulence in Algeria, the French government has provided the contest with extra security and precautions. Celebrities, musicians and even world officials made their way to Algiers to see the contest, which has been organised with great grandness and extreme richness. The contest took place in open air, for the first time in the history of the contest. The contest yet again was televised, transmitted through the radio and recorded. However, this year contest will go down in history for it's controversy. The reveal of the final results, and therefore the official winner did not occur until an hour after schedule due to communication issues with the Italian jury. The scoreboard for the Top 5 looked as following before a connection was made with the Italian Jury again;
[list][ TOP 5 BEFORE ITALIAN JURY VOTES ]:
1st Place - SLOVENIA with 165 Points!
2nd Place - KOREA with 163 Votes!
3rd Place - YUGOSLAVIA with 162 Points!
4th Place - USSR with 146 points!
5th Place - USA with 124 Points![/list]
However, the votes finally from Italian jury finally came in, and the open concert hall erupted into shock and fury. The Italian Jury given SLOVENIA only 1 Point, and given YUGOSLAVIA 10 Points, therefore pushing Yugoslavia into victory and flipping the top 5 scoreboard completely!
[list][ OFFICIAL RESULTS OF WORLDVISION SONG CONTEST 1955 ]:
1st Place - YUGOSLAVIA with 172 Points!
2nd Place - SLOVENIA with 166 Points!
3rd Place - KOREA with 165 Points!
4th Place - SOVIET UNION with 150 Points!
5th Place - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with 131 Points!
6th Place - SPAIN with 122 Points!
7th Place - CZECHOSLOVAKIA with 86 Points!
8th Place - ITALY with 79 Points!
9th Place - ZAIRE with 64 Points!
10th Place - JAPAN with 53 Points!
11th Place - FRANCE with 37 Points!
12th Place - SOUTH AFRICA with 36 Points!
13th Place - IRAN with 34 Points!
14th Place - WEST GERMANY with 25 Points!
15th Place - ETHIOPIA with 22 Points!
16th Place - POLAND with 21 Points!
17th Place - GREECE with 19 Points!
18th Place - BENELUX with 17 Points!
19th Place - EAST GERMANY with 16 Points!
20th Place - MEXICO with 12 Points!
21st Place - BRAZIL with 8 Points!
22nd Place - UNITED KINGDOM with 6 Points!
23rd Place - GRANADA with 4 Points!
24th Place - EGYPT with 3 Points!
25th Place - INDIA with 2 Points![/list]
The winner of the third Worldvision Song Contest is BOGDANA DERDEVIC from YUGOSLAVIA. Mrs Derdevic took stage one more time that night to collect the Golden Microphone, at which point the Slovenian representative had left the audience. Mrs Derdevic has called upon the Yugoslavian national pride, and with tears in her eyes declared a national victory. The Worldvision Committee will reach out to Yugoslavian government about organising the contest next year in Yugoslavia.
However, this year will go down in history as the YEAR OF CONTROVERSY. When the Italian Juries came with the votes, the stadium erupted into loud disapproval, with the Slovenian representative screaming, that erupted into an argument with the Italian and Yugoslavian representative that had to be broke apart. Secondly, the British had given no points to France and Italy, which resulted in bitter moment. The West German jury granted full points to the Czechoslovakian representative, which created a distaste from other Western juries and representatives. Thirdly, Korea granted Japan points, which was met with a rather shocked and surprised face from the Japanese representative. The Italian jury created a storm, as the Slovenian, Greek, French and West German representatives left instead of celebrating the victory of Mrs Derdevic. The Contest that was intended to unite, is now proving to be yet another political battle field for glory and victory. |
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[list]April 1955
[sub]A New Crisis[/sub][/list]
[list][sub][pre]The drizzling rain makes no sound,
the farewell is sad at the Busan Station.
Goodbye goodbye, the miracle of tears cry.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] Farewell Busan Station,
Song by Nam In Su[/sub][/list]
GIMPO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
[sub]SEOUL, Rutannia MORNING[/sub]
| The press of Korea had gathered at the arrival lounge of Gimpo International Airport awaiting the arrival of Nam In Su; Koreas new biggest musical success. Nam had won the KBS Musical Festival with his song Farewell Busan Station written about refugees living in the Busan Underground during the Battle of the Busan Peninsula, the song went on to finish in 3rd place in Algiers with 165 points scoring Koreas best result in the contest. |[list]
Korean Jury Results:
12 Points - United States
10 Points - Slovenia
8 Points - Spain
7 Points - Yugoslavia
6 Points - Zaire
5 Points - Japan
4 Points - France
3 Points - Poland
2 Points - Czechoslovakia
1 Point - United Kingdom[/list]
| Despite Koreas high placement in the contest the main focus of the contest had been on the dramatics of the event with Yugoslavia had pipped Slovenia to the win following the results of the Italian jury, throwing the whole contest into disarray. Italys juries were not alone in their odd voting patterns; with the UK blanking France and Italy; Germany giving Czechoslovakia top points. For Koreans the most controversial moment is when the Korean jury awarded Japan five points, marking the first time Japan had received points from Korea. |
[list]| [sub]HYON YONG-SOOK, Reporter[/sub] | Mr. Nam! How do you feel about your result in the contest?
| [sub]NAM IN SU, Singer[/sub] | Its very thrilling, achieving third is more than I could have hoped for. I am glad the judges and the audience enjoyed my song. I shall wear it as a badge of honour.
| [sub]AHN TAE-WOO, Reporter[/sub] | Did you witness the altercation between the Slovene and Yugoslavian representatives? Do you think Yugoslavia deserved to win?
| [sub]NAM IN SU, Singer[/sub] | Yes, it was most unprofessional conduct, I am disappointed to see perceived politics play out in this way. If Italy had given its point in the original jury order no one would have noticed. I liked both songs, its not up to me to decide who wins, both songs were worthy winners, Yugoslavia won fairly.[/list]
| Nam would make his way through the packed in members of the press quickly bundling into his car; a seemingly neutral interview had been given, some people interpreted it as confirming that Yugoslavias song was the better of the two, and the Italian jury dramatics was over nothing too serious. Some elements of the press were still focused hotly on the Korean jury giving Japan five points in the contest, with some going as far to imply that some jury members had been collaborators. |
| The twelve members that had been part of the Korean jury quickly denied that there had been any bias in awarding Japan points; and that neither they nor their family had been collaborators during occupation. KBS went as far to publish the breakdown of the individual jury members' votes, with their names removed, showing that one jury member had ranked Japans song second, with the others ranking it between four and fifteenth. Despite this the media kept the story running weeks after the contest, more than half the jury resigned from their positions refusing to judge the contest again. |
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[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]
THE AFTERGLOW OF LIBERATION: A RETROSPECTIVE ON TEN YEARS OF THE SLOVENE REPUBLIC
[list][sup]THE SLOVENIAN DECADE
APRIL 1955[/sup][/list]
In the spring of 1955, Jurjevo marked ten years since the Slovene Rising dragged the Slovenes out from under the heel of foreign domination and, with Anglo-American backing, brought the Republic to be. The decade had summarily bathed in the warm afterglow of independence. A long democratic tradition suffocated by Habsburg and Karageorgevich domination at last drew breath, and a national passion for the governmental process saw vigilant anti-corruption movements, high voter turnout, and unshakable administrative accountability to the public. There was no doubt among the electorate that these were the good yearsthe times when Slovenia had much room to grow and kept a rigorous care for its institutions. They were to be savored.
Slovenias chief obstacles manifested in its two obstinate neighbors: Italy and Yugoslavia. Italy had denied Slovenia membership in NATO and temporarily boycotted the EEC to spite the Republic, which it viewed as unjustly occupying formerly Italian lands. Yugoslavia, in its more flagrant opposition, had slain several Slovenian civilians in covert operations, terrorizing the nascent country. Put mildly, Slovenia was difficulty situated. The only reprieve came from its northern neighbor, Austria, with whom the Styrian Economic Corridor promised greater integration. Austria numbered among the successes in Slovenias foreign relations, which include fruitful partnerships with Greece, France, the United States, Arabia, Zaire and other governments. In truth, beyond Slovenias two rivals, times were as good as they could be. Key steps had likewise been taken in industry; Slovenias chemical sector was now firmly established on the European market, and Slovenian-built vehicles traversed roads and waterways. These were not colossal stridesSlovenia had accounted for a third of the industrial output of the Kingdom of Yugoslaviabut they nonetheless instilled a sense of productive pride in the people.
There had been failures, too. Slovenia was a nation of contradictions. The intelligentsia was beholden to the spirit of internationalism, but the new state had harbored ultranationalist extremes since its foundation, and anti-communism was as connate in Slovenia as in Formosa. Members of Levica, Slovenias leftist front, were subject to imprisonment at disproportionately high rates, and government surveillance against known communists was a fact of life. The SVS, or Slovene Security Service, haunted Yugoslavists like a specter. Critics accused the government of overreach, with its extensive support of corporations and such institutions as the Inspectorate of Public Beauty holding too much control in total. However, even in the eyes of a majority that loved criticizing its government, there was no alternative. Though the public was, as aforementioned, keen to hold Slovenias administration accountable for its crimes, most voters seemed convinced that survival against hostile powers necessitated harsh institutions and a mighty government; the constant threats of Yugoslavia made it easy for any ruling government to justify their actions in the face of existential danger. The Slovenian democratic tradition was strong, but compromises needed to be made if the state was to survive until the next century. And so Slovenia went on, contradicting itself one way and another in its pursuit of survival and esteem.
Thus, in spite of everything, the Slovene Republic had been buttressing the pillars of its democracy since 1945; the years leading up to Jurjevo were absolutely characterized by its determination to do so. There would be predicaments with Yugoslavia, difficulties with Romes ambitions, and, of course, the nations domestic illsbut as each year grew steadily into the next, the Republics strength in industry, in foreign relations, and in the pride of its citizens only grew. Ten years had passed, but there was much more to be done.
[list][sub]IN OTHER NEWS: The sabotage of the Slovenian delegation to Worldvision by the Italian jurists was met with ignominy in the Slovene press and public. Commentators lambasted the politicization of an event wholly artistic in nature. Still, though the next years contest was to be held in Yugoslavia, Slovenia would not shy awaythe Republic would be attending nonetheless, confident to confront Yugoslavia in its home court.[/sub][/list]
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Rise and Fall of the Red Star of Guinea
July 1955
Ahmed Sékou Touré was a looming show over French Guinea. Touré had a nearly unanimous adoration and approval among the population, having been born into the legendary Touré family which had established and ruled the Wassoulou Empire.
Touré first became politically active while working for the PTT. In 1945, he founded the Post and Telecommunications Workers Union, in itself the first trade union in French Guinea, and he became the general secretary of the union in 1946. Also the same year, he was a founding member of the African Democratic Rally (French: Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, RDA), an alliance of political parties and affiliates in French West and Equatorial Africa.
Touré had become notable after leading a 73 day worker strike against labor laws in the colonies. This has rocketed him even further to celebrity status within Guinea, and he even became a high ranking member of the General Confederation of Labor, founding a Guinea chapter in 1954. Touré had also closely cooperated with Felix Houphouët-Boigny, and used his position as mayor of Conakry, and deputy to the French National Assembly as a platform to denounce France and lobby for independence.
With the removal of Felix Houphouët-Boigny and the shift of the African Democratic Rally towards a more pro-federation, and pro-French alignment, Touré feeling ousted by his own party, and unwilling to follow the new Fre-aligned vision would attempt to found a new localized party. On January 25th he would establish the Democratic Party of Guinea.
High Commissioner Pierre Messmer knew he could not merely raid and remove Touré as he did with Boigny. While Boigny was popular the party itself could be remolded, and shifted. In Guinea, Touré had centralized power and had the near-devotion of citizens. In February Messmer would expand Plan Blum to include Guinea. French agents would plant evidence of Tourés willingness to work with French authorities, and accept bribes to keep his position of power. Furthermore plans of Tourés desires to expand his control, expel all opposition, and crack down on free liberties were also uncovered and revealed to the general public. While Touré was popular among the average citizens, he was also often tyrannical discussing his plans to remove French people from Guinea, as well as eventually all opposition to a socialist government. This greatly worried the middle and upper class in Guinea most of whom werent as far left as Touré. The lower classes still supporter Touré as most citizens believed democracy wasnt African, and didnt know what socialism was.
Touré in a bid to save himself gave formal support to the idea of a post-colonial Federation as he had done previously in the past; however, by this point the middle and upper classes were beginning to set in motion his downfall.
Local elites demanded for an election for the deputy and mayor of Conakry, which High Commissioner Messmer happily accepted. Koumandian Keita a teacher and union member who opposed Touré, was ran in opposition. In a fierce election in which fraud was widely alleged, Touré lost 45% to Keitas 55%. Touré in a fit of rage would attempt to take Keita to court; however his case was quickly suppressed and thrown out.
Following Keitas fall, Touré would organize a general strike that would last for around 20 days. This ended when Koumandian
Keita was given the green light by the High Commissioner to negotiate with non-Touré members of the strikers and reached a compromise with the Guinean General Confederation of Labor in which numerous worker concessions, and political concessions including fairer elections, and protection for the union from legal pursuit would be granted, in exchange for the expulsion of Touré from the group.
Having been expelled from his own union, party, and government, Ahmed Touré would leave Guinea for Portuguese Guinea where he would later become a founding member for the PAIGC, and play an influential role in the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
For High Commissioner Messmer he had been awarded for his work to crush the communists in the French colonies. In 3 months Plan Blum had cracked down on the two largest insurgents threatening to bring down French West Africa. While often bloody, and brutal, Messmer had eliminated two targets who previous French governor-generals had refused too, mainly due to communist sympathies or generally not caring. Later in his life Messmer would be recognized by Léopold Sédar Senghor for being instrumental in saving the federation, even if unintentionally.
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1) 3rd Election around the corner. Further, will the breakdown of Socialism continue?
As all may know around 5 years back we are a pure Socialist nation, running on state economy only and state media only running the media of New Zealand. After the 2nd election of New Zealand, the Democrats had won the election, but instead of completely dissolving the Socialist Economy, they instead made it into a half-capitalist, half-socialist economy, welcoming Big businesses and new businesses and even going as far as funding businesses. New Zealand after the 2nd Election has clearly enjoyed a sensible mix of political freedom, economic freedom and civil rights, but concerning as it is, new Big Corporations continue to run parts of New Zealand, though small lands, villages and towns, we fear that the Big corporation may buy out major cities unless it is not for sale and Sidney Holland doesn't make a grievous mistake. Clearly, some reforms are needed. Many political thinkers in New Zealand are against the fact that Big Corporations are taking part in elections, clearly involved in government businesses and so on and so forth. This has given the Socialist Party of New Zealand (SPNZ) the to jump on this controversy and bombard the people with fake news about the Democrats, posting anti-democratic posters, but this act/move made by the SPNZ has not been received as well thought out. It has been received with anger and criticism as it should.
Timothy Lively or the leader of SPNZ stated in one of his Press meetings that, "All the current propaganda SPNZ posters are in fact not posted by us. It was by the Communist Party. The difference between us is that we are compatible and for democracy. In all our years, even during the 1st election, we could've clearly done this, but the Communists are different, they have been notorious for their propaganda posters blaming other parties and individuals, even going as far as to blame different races. Though this may seem very fascist, they still claim to have been communists. One may ask, what is the difference between socialism and communism? Communism works in an authoritarian state where all land, property and almost everything is owned by them instead of the lands being shared by individuals, which is what we aim for." It is without no doubt that their point actually does make sense. The communists are hostile in nature, even as far as having their own 'security force' which has been seen beating political rivals up to mashed potato, quite literally. The Democrats have responded with calmness, understanding their problem. But currently with the opinion of many people, parents, teachers, etc, socialism is heavily frowned upon, deeming capitalism better, but that Corporations owning lands owned by the Government is wrong. The Government needs to take action.
TEASER- A NEW DAM IS BEING CONSTRUCTED WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE?
Let's see! Meet you in the next exclusive political post
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[list][list]JULY 1955
[sub]The Public Outcry[/sub][/list]
[pre] R O B E R T M O S E S [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]For 40 uninterrupted years, ROBERT MOSES
was considered among the most powerful men
in New York as he envisioned and built
public works whose aftereffects determine
how New Yorkers experience for decades.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[sub]The Public Works Architect.[/sub] [sup]A Series¹[/sup]
INT. PUBLIC HALL, GREENWICH VILLAGE AFTERNOON
[sub]NEW YORK, NY | Canovia, Paramountica[/sub]
| An array of Greenwich Villages residents, seated, standing a public meeting, you wont find a tourist here, as a matter of fact, you probably wouldnt be able to. On the stage, a foldable table with a banner before it, and at said table, the chairwoman of the organized event, SHIRELY HAYES, in her 40s; SANDY McQUADE, an architectural critic, 33; and LEWIS MASON, in his 60s, a old titan of urban planning. CAROL AIMS, an activist from Greenwichs African-American community and NICOLE SAVAGE, in her 40s, an owner of a local gallery . . . JANE JACOBS, 39, a journalist and theorist, sits at the very end of the table before them, a massive idyllic print out of Washington Square Park, with its abundance of trees, chess players and city rest. |
[list]| SHIRELY HAYES, [sub]EVENT CHAIRWOMAN[/sub] | . . .The next speaker is a friend of ours. She's lived in the Village for many, many years it's her home, as it's been mine, for a long time, she lives on Hudson a friend said of her 'What a dear, sweet character she isn't' and she's writing a book about well, it's not for me to say, you tell us, Jane.
| JANE JACOBS, [sub]JOURNALIST[/sub] | Kind of city things.
| SHIRELY HAYES, [sub]EVENT CHAIRWOMAN[/sub] | There it is, kind of city things.
| JANE JACOBS, [sub]JOURNALIST[/sub] | What is a city? . . . What should it be? Why do we live in groups? What do we want from cities? And who decides?
| SHIRELY HAYES, [sub]EVENT CHAIRWOMAN[/sub] | Jane knows everything and the one thing she really knows is, she sure as hell doesn't want a road straight through Washington Square Park![/list]
| Light but resounding applause from the assembled Greenwich Village locals. JACOBS proceeds to stand, adjusting her black rimmed glasses. |
[list]| JANE JACOBS, [sub]JOURNALIST[/sub] | What I do know: cities grow up. They just happen. Bit by bit. Hand a city to the planners and they'll make it a desert. Hand it to the people and they'll make it habitable. Robert Moses looks at the West Village and he sees a slum. I look at the West Village and I see a healthy neighbourhood! I see life![/list]
| Although though ROBERT MOSES never won an election, he ruled over a collection of principalities that would put a Habsburg to shame. He served as the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority chairman, the state parks council head, and the New York City parks commissioner at the height of his career. The latter was crucial, as it provided Moses with a regular supply of income that he leveraged into many other construction projects and allowed him to complete his vision of a system of bridges connecting Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. |
[list]| JANE JACOBS, [sub]JOURNALIST[/sub] | Bob [Robert] Moses loves government. I don't. I don't trust it! . . . In the last twenty-five years, Moses has moved 250,000 people out of their homes to make way for his roads, and he's built lifeless slabs. The people who live in them hate them. You can build fridges, but you can't expect the loaves to jump in![/list]
| ROBERT MOSES displayed a genius for using the wealth of his public authorities to unite behind his aims banks, labor unions, contractors, bond underwriters, insurance firms, the great retail stores, real estate manipulators all the forces which enjoy immense behind-the-scenes political influence in New York. |
[list]| JANE JACOBS, [sub]JOURNALIST[/sub] | I don't understand why it's progress to destroy things people love! And if you're thinking I'm too sure of myself, I can only say you're right. Yes, I am sure of myself. But unlike Robert Moses, I'm not full of mvself! . . . We need war, full out and flat out, to stop this hideous violation which Moses is planning. He just destroyed the Bronx, now he wants to destroy the Village! People say don't fight dirty, that's what the enemy does. But I say if the fight's in the mud, then it's into the mud we go and it's in the mud we win![/list]
| LEWIS MASON proceeds to stand and unveil a second board, displaying a map of Washington Square Park, but with ROBERT MOSES proposal, a massive highway exit ramp cutting and thus destroying the park as its entirety, as gasped reactions outcry from the gathered Greenwich Village public. |
INT. ROBERT MOSES OFFICES EVENING
[sub]NEW YORK, NY | Canovia, Paramountica[/sub]
| The Headquarters of the Triborough Bridge Authority on Randall's Island. A purpose-built office building just below the Toll Plaza. ROBERT MOSES office is imperial. On shelves, the evidence of countless projects. There is a large central desk, and a side-table where FINNUALA CONNEL, MOSES longtime aide is working. She is in her early 50s, as neat and tidy as ever. MARIAh HELLER, a tidy and efficient African-American, late 20s, comes in, carrying bundles of files . . . and a few moments later, ROBERT MSOES comes in, in his 60s, in Oxford dress shirt with cufflinks, suit, dark borealis green tie, gaunter but as turbulent as ever. He throws down his coat. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And if someone can tell me what the point of lunch is, I'd love to know.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You're happy enough to lunch when you're the host.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I hate it when I'm a guest.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You like to be in control.[/list]
| CONNELL gets up to pour MOSES a glass of water. It's a well-oiled routine at this point. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And I despise the 21 Club. Manhattan's smug elite, eating hamburgers and pretending to be European. Forget that.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Do you want the Pepto-Bismol?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Urgently.[/list]
CONNELL retrieves some from a drawer in MOSES desk. |
[list]| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Did you drink?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | A Martini. To be sociable. I left most of it. The Mayor had three. I see enough drinking at home.[/list]
| MOSES proceeds to look at CONNELL. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And Caesar salad? What is that? Lettuce coated with slime
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You really had a good time, didn't you?[/list]
| ROBERT MOSES has taken his jacket off, and is at his desk. He looks up at HELLER, who has not moved from the side of the room, files still under her arm, just standing there. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | The Mayor works the room. He says hello to the party in each booth. It's like having prohibition-era lunch.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You wouldn't do that?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I wouldn't stoop to it. You're the Mayor, for Et Al's sake. Respect the office. Let them come to you.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You keep saying how much you hate lunch, but if you remember, it was a lunch which got us where we are.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I don't know what you're talking about . . . you're standing there like a lemon?[/list]
| MOSES directs his gaze at HELLER, who remains standing there. |
[list]| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Yes.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | So what is it?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]Aspiring Architect[/sub] | Washington Square Park.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | What about it?[/list]
| HELLER begins to speak and We |
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[sub]¹ A Series: ROBERT MOSES, born to Jewish parents from New Provenance in , New Haven, Connecticut, Paramountica an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential individuals in the history of New York City and New York State. The grand scale of his infrastructural projects and his philosophy of urban development influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners across the United States.[/sub]
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1-14,JULY,1955
Local Enforcement Tightens Restrictions
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With the local police force of Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi being told to keep their eyes out for any signs of propoganda that suggest themes of "Government incompetence and Malay hate".The local police force,which had previously been lenient on the people of Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi.Begin tightening up the town restrictions,by:
Firstly enforcing a curfew.From 5:00 AM to 7:30 PM,the people of the town can go outside of their homes.Secondly,they have policemen running on morning,afternoon,evening and night patrol shifts.To look out for any propoganda material and to enforce the curfew.Thirdly,ever weekend.The policemen are allowed to enter the homes of the people to see if there are any families,in possession of illegal objects.Fourthly,there will be policemen being given either morning or afternoon or evening or night shifts to stand around on the side of the streets to observe anybody showing suspicious behaviour.If a individual has shown signs,the policemen can take the person in for questioning.Finally,the policemen are allowed to barge into newspaper stores,book stores and libraries to look for any propoganda material that are inside of the store.
[B][U]Thoughts Of An Individual
[U]8/July/1955
An elderly Chinese man,walks to a table and opens a book to write down,his last thoughts.
[List][I]"It has been a week,since the local police force have begun restricting our freedom.I wonder why they've started doing this,but I hope it'll end soon.I have already lost my son,to this cruel world.People seem,to be in absolute panic nowadays.Not a single sign of composure in their eyes.Is this the world,that I am gonna have to leave for my grandchildren? There is nothing more,that I can do.I have tried to leave behind a good world for my son's,by leaving China for Malaya.Then I followed my eldest son,here.To give him guidance in his political career.His efforts have been for nothing.More and more youths,in this town have been taken interest in the so called "Maziyan People's Liberation Army".But from what I've seen in their rally's.They are nothing more then power hungry authoritarians,promising a better future.Which will never come.I hope that one day,my granddaughter,Wen Xi.The last remnants I have,that my eldest son has infact led a good life.Will read this last log in my book.After I reunite with my son,in the afterlife."[/I]
[B]-signing off.Fong Wei Hong
[/List]
[U]14/July/1955
The Fong family were in mourning,as Gong Gong Wei Hong,passes away while in sleep.Next to Wei Hong,bed was his will.In that will was:
[List][I]"My log book,will be given to my eldest son,Wei Yuan.Daughter,Wen Xi.I may not have a lot of money for my family to inherit,but what I have will remain with the family over here and none will be given to my other son's in Singapore.The only thing,that I want.Is for my body to be buried next to my eldest and most ambitious son.[/I][/list]
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[sub]The prime minister would once again smile, before having an aide bring water and some Japanese teas.[/sub]
[list]ICHIRŌ HATOYAMA, 内閣総理大臣: [sub]Please, do help yourself. Mr. Perón it is true that we wish to extend our hand of peace and friendship to as many nations as possible. The last government has neglected to reach out to any South American nation, which in itself is a missed opportunity. I would like to replicate some of the successes the last government did with nations in Africa by hopefully having your permission for Japanese ambassadors from various companies go and survey La Platan markets and make our products appealing to the average La Platan citizen, for starters.[/sub]
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[list][pre]T H E R E P U B L I C O F N O V A S C O T I A[/pre]
[pre]P O B L A C H D N A H A L B A N N N U A I D H[/pre][/list]
THE MIKMAQ UNFORGOTTENEQUAL PARTNERS IN WORLD AND NATION
[list][sup]THE FIRST AND THE LAST
24 JUNE 1955[/sup][/list]
The 24th of June, 1955, marked the 345th anniversary of Grand Chief Henri Membertous conversion to Christianity. In 1610, Membertou, sakmow of the Mikmaq, had overseen the signing of a concordat that affirmed the right of European settlers in the region but secured the right of the Mikmaq to choose their faith. In approving the treaty, the Catholic church had treated with the Mikmaq as a sovereign entity in the Western mind. That sovereignty endured, in varying forms, to the present day.
The sakmowk¹ of the Mikmaq retained privileges in several autonomous regions throughout Nova Scotia where their language and communities remained prevalent. The linguistic squabbling of Haileafacs or the Gaelic revival in academia meant little to themtheir exemption from national cultural symbols (being language, the national anthem and even the national flag) was clearly enshrined in the 1950 constitution. To the modern Nova Scotian, the Gael and the Mikmaw² are partners bound by fate. The Gael finds himself in the ancient land of Mikmaki, and the Mikmawwhether happily or begrudginglyfinds himself in the company of the Gael. The two must work in lock-step to elevate this island among the peoples of this world, declared Taoiseach Frangan MacFhraingein shortly after his election in 1954. This was a common sentiment throughout the nationthough the Gaelic and Mikmaq communities remained largely separate, salutary cooperation was popularly accepted.
Thus, even in communities which were nearly exclusively European, a respect for the heritage of Mikmaki lived. Permission for major projects was usually ceremonially obtained by whichever sakmow traditionally reigned in a region. When the Aonghas L. MacDòmhnall bridge opened in Haileafacs in April, the sakmow of Segepenegatig was present; likewise, the sakmowk of Esgigeoag and Onamag were present for the opening of the Cabhsair Chanso (Canso Causeway) between the two chiefdoms in May. The nearly one-mile-long Causeway was to connect the Nova Scotia peninsula to Cape Breton Island by road, and no matter how essential a project it was considered by the national government, the approval and respect of the traditional authorities was fundamental to the Causeways public image. The source of this deference for the Mikmaqstarkly in contrast to the treatment of indigenous civilizations by Canada and the United Statesis popularly thought to be intrinsic to the culture of the Gaels, who themselves were infringed upon by the overreach of London for centuries and who would not wish to make themselves unwelcome guests in the same manner that the English regularly were in their native Alba, Éire, and Mannin.
[list][sup]¹ The plural of sakmow.[/sup]
[sup]² The singular of Mikmaq.[/sup]
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[list]July 1955
[sub]Koreas Election Rehash[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]SYNGMAN RHEES LIBERALS WIN A MAJORITY[/sub][/list]
THE BLUE HOUSE
[sub]SEOUL, Rutannia EVENING[/sub]
| The chaotic makeup of the National Assembly over the last year had forced President Rhees hand, not that he entirely minded calling an early election, it gave him a fighting chance of winning back control of the legislature. Not known to the public were a series of backroom deals hashed out by the American Embassy that saw the Democratic Party withdraw its support from the Red Bloc government, in return Korea was likely to see a boost in investment if a Blue Bloc government was elected in its place. |
| As the day of the election approached, campaigning really got underway as party representatives knocked on doors and canvassed voters, leaders looking for all possible photo opportunities to keep the media focused on their party. Behind the scenes party operatives scuttled away attempting to secure as much funding as possible for their respective parties, it had become clear that the last year had damaged the Democratic Partys reputation, and to a lesser extent the Red Blocs too, lagging behind in funding the Democrats had failed to nominate a full slate of candidates going into the election. |
| As the election came to a close the President watched carefully in the Blue House, as the results were announced, with KBS scheduling its first ever dedicated election broadcast on the television. It quickly became clear that the Liberal Party and its allies had managed to solidify its lead since the last election, ultimately winning a majority when the Social Democrats failed to cross the threshold. |[list]
[*][sub]BLUE BLOC (President Rhee) - 207/391[/sub]
[*][sub]RED BLOC (Kim Il-sung) - 147/391[/sub]
[*][sub]DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Chang Myon) - 37/391[/sub][/list]
| Once the results had become clear that the Blue Bloc had won a majority, many supporters of the Red Bloc decried that the election had been rigged in favour of Rhees political allies. A large group of protesters gathered outside the National Assembly building, chanting and taunting members of the Liberal Party and National Association who had organised a counter protest. President Rhee ordered the National Assembly Police Security Guards supported by the Metropolitan Police Bureau to break up the protest and restore order to the area. |
| Despite the initial protests by the opposition bloc supporters, many were quietly relieved that a majority government had been achieved and it was supportive of the president. Many businesses; investors; and the New Middle-Class hoped that a pro-capitalist government could invigorate Koreas flagging economy and replicate the success that had been seen in places like Japan. The new Prime Minister-in-waiting, Lee Beom-seok, in an energetic speech pledged to work side by side with President Rhee to get industry booming; grow Koreas transport connectivity; and build more homes for Koreas growing population. |
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[list]July 1955
[sub]Foreign Affairs[/sub][/list]
[list][list] THE GENEVA SUMMIT - PART ONE
DER GIPFEL VON GENF - TEIL EINS
LE SOMMET DE GENÈVE - PARTIE UN
IL VERTICE DI GINEVRA - PRIMA PARTE
[/list][/list]
GENEVA
[sub]SWITZERLAND, THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC[/sub]
| On a warm Monday morning in July, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld would welcome four delegations on behalf of the United Nations, whose facilities had been placed at their disposal. The sessions of the Geneva Summit would be held in the Council Chamber of the old League of Nations Headquarters, the Palace of Nations, overlooking a calm lake on the outskirts of Geneva. In the center of the large floor would be a four-sided table, one for each of the invited powers, open in the center. Around all four sides of the room and behind a railing were a half dozen or so rows of seats. On one wall, massive windows covered only by white sheer curtains would let in morning light. The Secretary-General would introduce each person at the table. |
[sub]FRANCE (Metropolitan Francais)
[list]M. Faure, Prime Minister
M. Pinay
M. Joxe
M. de Margerie
M. Andronokov, interpreter[/list][/sub]
[sub]UNITED STATES (Paramountica)
[list]Mr. Eisenhower, President
Mr. Dulles
Mr. Merchant
Mr. Phleger[/list][/sub]
[sub]UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain Gb)
[list]Sir Eden, Prime Minister
Mr. Macmillan
Sir Brook
Sir Kirkpatrick
Mr. Balacheff, interpreter[/list][/sub]
[sub]SOVIET UNION (Osivoii)
[list]Mr. Bulganin, Premier
Mr. Khrushchev
Mr. Molotov
Marshal Zhukov[/list][/sub]
| After ten more minutes of small talk and press, American President Dwight Eisenhower would open the proceedings. He first thanked the President of the Helvetic Republic and the Secretary-General for their hospitality. Around the table, each Head of State admitted their hopes that the meeting would be fruitful. The conference then got down to business. |
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | Gentlemen, we are here in response to a universal urge. While we could not solve in a few days all of the problems of the world, it is necessary that we talk frankly about the concrete problems which create tension between us, and about the way to begin solving them. In the coming days, we must discuss the unification of Germany, taking into account the legitimate security interests of all at this table, the right of peoples to choose their own form of Government, and the fact that certain peoples of Eastern Europe had been deprived of this right, and the overriding problem of disarmament. As I speak, there is a possibility of frightful surprise attacks on peaceful peoples, and therefore a need for effective mutual inspection. Atomic energy holds massive constructive potential which we need to press forward towards rather than destruction. Lastly, I implore each of you to keep contributing to this new spirit of diplomacy and to launch fresh negotiations under conditions of good augury. For all of this, I am sure humanity will devoutly pray.[/list]
| After translation, French Prime Minister Edgar Faure would have his turn, speaking for much longer than Eisenhower. He would deal exhaustively with the problem of Germany. |
[list]| EDGAR FAURE, [sub]Prime Minister of the French Republic[/sub] | . . . To end the Cold War, it is necessary to end the brutal fact of the division of Germany. The hypothetical solution to the German problem by the neutralization of Germany does not exist as a possibility. Germany cannot and must not be neutralized. Let's be honest. In these times, no nation can be neutralized. It would not take long for a neutral unified Germany to drift towards the Soviet Union with all of the control it has had over Berlin for the past decade. This shift would not only compromise the economy of those states in proximity to the German market but their security. By no means should Germany be left completely to its own devices.[/list]
| At the end of Faures speech, Hammarskjöld would go over the scheduling for the next week. He would then call the table for an unforgettable luncheon. The steaming roast brought out would be fit for the occasion: leaders of world powers from across the iron curtain eating together and engaging in casual conversation, albeit with some language barrier. The delegates would migrate outside before the end of the break. The warm air would be broken up by the breeze coming down from the Alps, the wind causing ripples to form on the surface of the once-clear Lake Geneva. The four heads of state would line up for a photoshoot beside the massive marble columns of the palace. In the afternoon, Eisenhower would call on British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. He would speak briefly, also concentrating on Germany. |
[list]| Sir ANTHONY EDEN, [sub]Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[/sub] | ". . . As long as Germany is divided, Europe will be divided, but reunifying Germany will not itself increase or reduce any threat which may be thought to exist to European security. However, we cannot simply ignore the issue of German reunification. We must ensure that any reunification of Germany is supported by its people and is carried out in a way that promotes stability and peace in Europe, rather than creating new tensions and divisions. One thing is clear: we cannot afford to allow the division of Germany to continue indefinitely. It is a burden on the German people and a barrier to progress in Europe. There are no doubt many ways of doing this. One would be to revoke any international rights given to a member of the United Nations that breaks this agreement, but is there some further reassurance we can give each other? There is one which I certainly think should be considered: we should be ready to examine the possibility of a demilitarized area between East and West.[/list]
| All would then turn to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. He would speak quietly and in a low voice. |
[list]| Marshal NIKOLAI BULGANIN, [sub]Premier of the Soviet Union[/sub] | "First off, I am in complete agreement with President Eisenhower in the need to eliminate artificial barriers between the two peoples of Germany. After all, it was the Soviet Union that stood up to the forces of fascism and helped to liberate Europe from the grip of tyranny. We rebuilt the shattered economies and societies of Europe. It will be the Soviet Union that continues to work tirelessly to reduce tensions and promote dialogue among nations. On European security, it is clear that any unity for Germany is a matter for the more distant future for the West. It must be admitted that the remilitarization of West Germany and its integration into military groupings of the Western Powers now represent the main obstacles to its unification, not the East. Our proposal for Germany is a system of collective security with the participation of all European nations and the United States of America. In the first stage, the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty shall remain in force. In the second stage, they must be liquidated and thereby the presence of the United States driven from this continent of Europe. The Soviet Government is of the opinion that our eventual objective should be to have no foreign troops remaining on the territories of European states.[/list]
| Bulganins confrontational speech would set the tone for the rest of the summit. To the delegates, it would set in that coming to an agreement would not be easy. Hammarskjöld would dismiss the delegates, who now would turn to their own countrymen in conversation while their transportation was arranged. On the way out, the corridor would be eerily quiet. All powers seemed to be adamant about the reunification of Germany, but each had its own idea of how it should be done. This central issue with its link to European security would be the real focus of all the debates and discussions of the next five days. The delegates would leave the council room discouraged, but not surprised. Stepping out into the front yard of the Palace of Nations, they would take one last look back at the lake. It would not be too dark yet to make out the choppy waters. There would be a lot more in store for them in Geneva. |
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THE WORLD TAKES NOTE
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[list][list]JULY 1955
[sub]Confrontation over Square I[/sub][/list]
[pre] R O B E R T M O S E S [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]For 40 uninterrupted years, ROBERT MOSES
was considered among the most powerful men
in New York as he envisioned and built
public works whose aftereffects determine
how New Yorkers experience for decades.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[sub]The Public Works Architect.[/sub] [sup]A Series¹[/sup]
INT. ROBERT MOSES OFFICES EVENING
[sub]NEW YORK, NY | Canovia, Paramountica[/sub]
| The Headquarters of the Triborough Bridge Authority on Randall's Island. A purpose-built office building just below the Toll Plaza. ROBERT MOSES office is imperial. On shelves, the evidence of countless projects. ROBERT MOSES looks at MARIAH HELLER as where we left off, theres a moment of tension until |
[list]| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | I was asked to take care of it.[/list]
| MOSES turns to somewhat glare at CONNELL, as if it wasnt his own direction to put HELLER on it. |
[list]| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You delegated, Bob. It's Mariah's patch.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | What do I need to know?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Well, sir, there's quite a strong residents' group forming
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | That I don't know already?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | A group who live in the Village, they're getting together
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Greenwich Village locals, are they?"
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | This group is well-educated, they're literate, they're extremely well-informed And if you remember, we promised them a public meeting. A meeting for them to put their objections. They want to keep the park a park.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | It will be a park.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They don't think so. They think a road's going to change the whole feeling of the square. It'll be different.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Of course it'll be different.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | It's going to be dissected by a sunken expressway.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Exactly. Have they missed the word 'sunken'?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | No.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And over the sunken expressway, I will place a pedestrian bridge, so that nursing mothers may push their baby carriages, and veterans may roll their wheelchairs. Life will go on as before![/list]
| ROBERT MOSES smiles a bit, almost a smirk, as if truly content with his vision. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I have promised: the two parts of Washington Square Park will be satisfactorily joined.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They don't see it that way.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | That's because they're troublemakers. And they can't read a technical drawing. Who can?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They're also worried about noise.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | If they're worried about noise, they shouldn't live in the city.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They want a public meeting.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I know what they want. Call the organizers. Put up some posters.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Isn't that rather . . . well, aren't we[/list]
| ROBERT MOSES shoots HELLER a glare stare now. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | What is your problem exactly, Miss Heller? You just said, these people are well-informed, well-educated.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They live in the Village.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | With all their degrees and qualifications, surely they can read posters, can't they?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | But we have to give them fair notice, don't we?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Legally?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Yes.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | As it happens, not. It's our right to hold the meeting whenever we want. And they can all bring their guitars, and their poetry books, and all the other clutter of their well-stocked minds. I'm sure they can make themselves free. It's not as if these people have regular jobs.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | I'm sorry, but it seems underhand. The protestors have wanted a meeting for months, and suddenly we throw one together so fast as to wrongfoot them.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | So where's the dishonesty? You keep reporting to me that they've been complaining about the endless delays.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | They have. I really don't think it's right.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | You going to tell me why?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | For a start, I've read about your early days, Mr Moses. Opening up Long Island. You were an activist. Activism made you. And now these people are also activists. Also in a cause they believe in. Now it's their turn. And they deserve our respect.[/list]
| MOSES was enjoying, to some degree, his own cleverness, until now, where his mood really begins to shift. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I'm going to have to ask you a question . . . Whose side are you on, Mariah? That's my question. Whose side are you on?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Forgive me for saying this, but your way of thinking is extremely old-fashioned.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | You think so, do you?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | The planner sits in the office and imposes his will. Nowadays people don't want to be told how to live, they want to choose how to live. And they have that right.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | . . . You know as well as I do that the traffic flows freely on Fifth Avenue until it reaches Eighth Street.
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | Yes.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Below Eighth Street, it's hopelessly congested. Am I right?
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | It can be congested, yes. On occasions
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I plan to serve the population yes, serve it by LIBERATING that traffic with a well-planned highway which will funnel drivers straight through Washington Square and ONWARDS into Lower Manhattan!
| MARIAH HELLER, [sub]ASPIRING ARCHITECT[/sub] | I know the intention . . . All I can say, I've noticed in the months since I started, you seem to thrive on conflict and on confrontation.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Very well, Mariah. You've given me your opinion. And I value it. Now, if you would, please find Mr Porter and call the meeting for tomorrow morning.[/list]
| There is a moment of silence just a moment, before HELLER nods, picking up her files from the desk and walks out of the office. |
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[sub]¹ A Series: ROBERT MOSES, born to Jewish parents from New Provenance in , New Haven, Connecticut, Paramountica an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential individuals in the history of New York City and New York State. The grand scale of his infrastructural projects and his philosophy of urban development influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners across the United States.[/sub]
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[list]July, 1955
[sub]Nationwide protests intensify even further to demand the Sultans return.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Throughout the sultanate, the Moroccan people (i.e., Arabs, Berbers, and Jews) decided to begin mass protest against the French colonial authorities and the false pretender. They only have one demand: the return of their rightful Sultan, Mohammed bin Yusef known as Mohammed V, back to the throne. Mohammad V is beloved by the people; he worked hard for his people's and country's freedom, even going as far as opposing the French colonial authorities and allying with the nationalists. Sultan Mohammed V is also beloved by the Jews of Morocco for not only protecting them from deportation to concentration camps in Germany during WWII but also protecting them from any anti-Jew riots during the turbulent period of 1948. Because of all this, the French authorities decided to depose Mohammed V on August 20, 1953, during the Eid al-Adha, and exiled him to Madagascar. They then appointed his weak-minded, easily controlled first cousin once removed, Mohammed Ben Aarafa as the new Sultan of Morocco. The decision to depose the popular sultan and replace him with a French puppet was a fatal blow to the French control over the sultanate. The already popular resistance became more aggressive that on September 11, 1953, Allal ben Abdallah attempted to assassinate the false pretender, Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa.[/sub]
[sub]Then on December 24, 1953, Casablanca's Central Market, a popular spot for European colonists, was bombed by Moroccan nationalist Muhammad Zarqtuni. These events led the French authorities to create and sign the Casablanca Accords in 1955, outlining Moroccan independence and setting a date for the country to become independent. The French authorities attempted to give credit for Morocco getting their independence soon to their puppet Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa but failed because the Moroccan people knew that their true sultan, Mohammed V, deserved the credit, not the pretender. In Late June, days after the signing of the Casablanca Accords, the leader of the Istiqlal Party, Ahmed Balafre, called on all Moroccan to go on strikes until they forced the French to have Mohammed V return from exile. All Moroccan agreed and went on strike; even those who were supposed to start creating agencies and departments for the sultanate also went on strike due to not wanting to work for the false pretender. With no Moroccan working on anything and going on strike, it was only a matter of time before the French authorities in Paris had to decide whether to risk keeping their puppet or agreeing to have Mohammed V return from exile as sultan again.[/sub]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
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[sub] JULY 1955[/sub]
| The German Democratic Republic establishes the National People's Army. |
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LINTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATIONS FIND FRENCH INTELLECTUALS REELING FOR A NEW SENSE OF NATIONAL PRIDE, DEVINE GUIDANCE, AND MISSION FOR MANKIND AMID COLD WAR REVELATIONS
[sub]IVTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JULY 1955[/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE LINTÉRIEUR - | On a hot July day in 1789, a swarm of sweaty, shouting men armed with muskets, staves and pikes, stormed the grim Bastille, the grueling prison of French kings. The triumphant revolutionists proudly drew up a Declaration of Rights "for all men, for all lands, for all times, and to give an example to the world." From that day, in the flood tide of the Enlightenment, France took to itself the role of custodian of liberty and torchbearer to mankind.[/sub]
[sub]This week France celebrates Bastille Day once again, with a squeal of accordions in village squares, dancing in the streets, and a dazzle of fireworks over Paris. However in the Left Bank cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the gravitational center for France's intellectuals, there is an uncertain note in the gaiety. In the grave and troubled summer of 1955, France is seemingly unsure of itself and of it's mission. Far more than in any other country around the world, this mission has been fashioned neither by French statesmen nor it's soldiers but by it's intellectuals. In their time of greatness, they have made Europe an intellectual colony of France. For almost two centuries, France has acted as the conscience of Europe, it's intellectuals the shapers of that troubled conscience.[/sub]
[sub]French intellectuals have taken their responsibilities seriously, if not always solemnly. Voltaire was flogged for his impertinence and thrown into the Bastille itself for his political taunting. The philosophers of the Enlightenment freely claimed and were freely granted credit for fomenting the Revolution. Victor Hugo was peremptorily exiled for 20 years for his support of the 1848 Revolution. François René de Chateaubriand, first proponent of Christian democracy, became Louis XVIII's Foreign Minister. Emile Zola rocked Europe with J'accuse, a defense of Dreyfus that was in fact an indictment of the established order. Considered heirs to this proud tradition, the intellectuals in France today have the authority of a statesman or a guru. In the sidewalk cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, crew-cut young French students hotly dispute the exact degree of "despair" advocated by Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre or his former disciple Albert Camus. Sometimes the great men themselves appear at the Café de Flore or the Deux Magots. When they do not, their movements, habits, tastes and idiosyncrasies are reported as if they were movie stars. By others, who call them "the mandarins" the French intellectuals may often be disregarded; but they are never ignored.[/sub]
[sub]In the world's liveliest carnival of ideas, the mandarins dispute, propound and quarrel. Every week 380,000 Frenchmen buy the four intellectual weeklies that record their latest pronouncements. In regular newspapers, they often command more attention than politicians or priest Roman Catholic Novelist François Mauriac, in Le Figaro, urges French youth to a more dynamic Christian socialism. Existentialist Merleau-Ponty attacks Sartre for his latter-day allegiance to Stalinism in L'Express, is answered by Simone de Beauvoir in Les Temps Modernes. For 300 years, the great dialogue in France has been between faith and reason, between Pascal, Bossuet and Chateaubriand on one hand, Descartes, Voltaire, and Rousseau on the other. That dialogue animated the 27-year correspondence between Poet-Diplomat Paul Claudel, an unswerving Catholic who never doubted God, and André Gide. the backslid Protestant who never doubted the individuala controversy generally conducted in scrupulously courteous and self-centered letters, but frequently so agitated that one or the other broke off the correspondence. They ended by not speaking to each other.[/sub]
[sub]In a France that professes to be 90% Catholic, the dialogue still goes on. The voice of faith is still heard with respect. the giant lens of history has projected the battle of good and evil into the political form of a cold war. The battle for men's souls is being fought in public places. "Happiness can no longer be individual, like prayer," admitted Mauriac, and turned to his column. In the intellectual world of Paris, which is both hothouse and hotbed, the Catholics are often admired as novelists in spite of their message. The dominant mood of St. Germain-des-Prés is doubt, not faith. The devout Catholic Charles De Gaulle as well as the the devout humanist André Malraux were both deeply conscious of the need for a new mission for France; both were deeply disillusioned by the powerlessness of the French parliamentarianism which had supinely handed over power to a Pétain, and was now supine before the challenge of liberation. While De Gaulle brooded in the background, Malraux was the most eloquent voice of the Gaullist R.P.F. political party.[/sub]
[sub]"The R.P.F. is either a revolution or it is nothing," Malraux proclaimed. "If six months after we come to power we have not given the workers so much better a life that even the Communists cannot deny it, then the General and I will probably be shotand deserve to be" he added scathingly. He scorned those who talked of parliamentary liberalism at a time when the Communists were the largest single party in the French National Assembly. "No real democracy can exist where the Communist Party is strong," he said. "Kicking over the checkerboard is not just a peculiar way of playing checkers." Gaullism which had reached its peak in 1951, has since steadily disintegrated as De Gaulle has retired farther into the shadows of his retreat in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. Malraux who visits him faithfully, has recently been representing him in informal conferences looking toward the formation of a new non-Communist Left, centered around ex-Premier Mendès-France. "Today France is saturated with lies, hypocrisy, and empty promises," says Malraux. "In the absence of an ideology, she awaits the political leader who will adopt a philosophy of concrete action."[/sub]
[sub]Today Malraux broods like a far-off Jupiter in Paris' Boulogne-sur-Seine, where he lives with his third wife and their three boys. His first marriage ended in divorce and his second wife was killed in a railroad accident at war's end. They live comfortably in an apartment furnished with 1,000-year old Khmer statues lugged out of Cambodia on oxcarts, 18th Century Hopi Kachina dolls, modern paintings, and a piano which both he and his wife play. Last week in one of the few interviews he has given in ten years, he explained his present views. He did so with his customary lucidity: "We have to find in our civilization the equivalent of the profound concept of man, valid for all men, which each great religion has elaborated. Science proposes an image of the cosmos, not of man. The image of man as it existed in the great Christianity has lost weight. Religion still exists, but is no longer the aquarium and men are no longer swimming in it. Psychoanalysis has revealed to us only our monstersthose of each and those of humanity. It is not certain that our civilization can rediscover the heroes, and found on them its exemplary image of man . . . Only the future will tell us whether the nations obsessed by the futurethe U.S. and Russiaare better armed to reconquer the Earth's past than the Europe of the Cathedrals."[/sub]
[sub]"Ours is the first civilization searching for man which does not understand itself. The first to inherit the whole world, the first whose past is not a particular path but the mysterious adventure of mankind. This is particularly emphasized by the U.S. ... In all history, the U.S. is the first country to become one of the masters of the world without having tried. But the most powerful civilization the world has ever known, that of the whole West, has been incapable of inventing either a temple or a tomb. Our era is thus the first which poses civilization as a problemwhich asks itself, what is civilization? This is a great adventure of the spirit. The image it recalls is of a man advancing not in the light, but in the night, lit up only by the torch he bears in his hand. This is the place to which this tormented, restless man of intellect and of action has come in his quest through the godless pantheon of the Enlightenment." To André Malraux, man's hope, often betrayed, has always risen again, and is still in man. It is a gallant position, but perilously exposed, and Malraux seems to know it. "The next century's task will be" says Malraux, "to rediscover its gods." |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
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[list][list]JULY 1955
[sub]Confrontation over Square II[/sub][/list]
[pre] R O B E R T M O S E S [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]For 40 uninterrupted years, ROBERT MOSES
was considered among the most powerful men
in New York as he envisioned and built
public works whose aftereffects determine
how New Yorkers experience for decades.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[sub]The Public Works Architect.[/sub] [sup]A Series¹[/sup]
INT. ROBERT MOSES OFFICES EVENING
[sub]NEW YORK, NY | Canovia, Paramountica[/sub]
| CONTINUOUS FROM Confrontation over Square I back at the Headquarters of the Triborough Bridge Authority on Randall's Island. A purpose-built office building just below the Toll Plaza. Were back with ROBERT MOSES in his office. On shelves, the evidence of countless projects. MOSES proceeds to storm out, and into CONNELs office. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Get rid of her.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Sorry?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | She's not with us.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Oh, Bob, come on
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Let her call the meeting tomorrow, and then she goes.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | No.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Finnuala, she's in the wrong job. She'll never be any good.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Mariah's exactly what we need on Randall's Island. She puts us back in touch.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | You think I'm out of touch?
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | No, but she's younger. She's closer to the ground.[/list]
| ROBERT MOSES proceeds to throw somewhat a fit now, stomping his right shoe on the polished wooden floor. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Twenty years!
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | I know
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | ITS BEEN TWENTY YEARS!
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | I know that
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | For twenty years I've planned a highway which would take traffic downtown
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Remember.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And onwards, remember! And onwards! . . . And now finally the prize is in our grasp . . . What, I'm to throw the plan of a whole lifetime aside in favor of a group of artistic [Greenwich Village] women with handbags?[/list]
| CONNELL stands there, looking at MOSES reproachfully, but not answering as he begins to pace around the office, motioning off to the window. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Outside the city, Finnuala, we've thrived. We've transformed the landscape. On Long Island. Upstate. Downstate. A network of roads and bridges. Unparalleled. The Romans built roads which have lasted two thousand years. WHOs to say OURS won't last as long?[/list]
| MOSES moves across the room, gathering energy and momentum, as he unrolls a blueprint map of the entirety of Manhattan at the center, with New York Citys boroughs surrounding. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And even inside the city itself . . . countless slums destroyed, tenements gone, to be replaced by efficient, clean housing blocks, pleasing to the eye and hygienic for the purpose of living. CLEARANCE! URBAN RENEWAL! . . . But in one aspect, and one aspect of our work, we have failed. We have failed to GIVE the borough of Manhattan the road system it deserves![/list]
| MOSES motions to Long Island on the expansive map that now was unrolled fully on the floor. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | It's as if they want us out there, and to stay out there. Outsiders forever. And never inside the citadel itself. We break Manhattan or it breaks us![/list]
| CONNELL just smiles softly, as if understanding MOSES enthusiasm. |
[list]| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Bob, you exaggerate.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | I don't think so!
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You take everything too seriously.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And if I didn't, what would New York be? . . . Just one more provincial city. A static port on the Eastern seaboard, between a couple of rivers, unbridged.[/list]
| CONNELL looks at MOSES directly, right in the eyes. |
[list]| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You take it personally. It isn't personal.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | It's personal.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | No. It's the mood of the times.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Oh, THAT excuse!
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | It's not an excuse.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | A leader makes the mood, he's not a victim of it. I provide contracts. I provide JOBS![/list]
| CONNELL takes a moment before |
[list]| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | People want to have a stake. They want to have a say.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | And they think they're qualified, do they?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Qualified to manage a huge metropolitan arterial complex, are they?
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Not as you are, no.
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | No. As you say. Who provides the vision? Who provides the overview?[/list]
| ROBERT MOSES smirks a bit, as CONNELL has no response to that, before pointing at CONNELL, with purpose. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Once Americans cease to believe they can remake America better . . . then it ceases to be America.[/list]
| MOSES rubs his head before proceeding to sit at his desk, taking a couple of files and THROWS them haphazardly into the air in a bad temper fit. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | You brought her in. I was always against her. You can tell, she gets on my nerves.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Everything gets on your nerves, youre Bob Moses.[/list]
| MOSES settles down a bit, but looks for a moment after some silence. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | You would once have fired her. And now you won't. Why is that?
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | You know very well the reason. She reminds me of me.[/list]
| There is another silence, both of them thoughtful. There's a silence. Then, ROBERT MOSES proceeds to speak very quietly. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Tell me something, Finnuala, would you ever resign from my employment?
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | Me?
| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Yes. Would I ever drive you to that?[/list]
| Another silence, another moment, as ROBERT MOSES and then nods to himself. |
[list]| ROBERT MOSES, [sub]PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT[/sub] | Tell them to fix the meeting for the morning.
| FINNUALA CONNELL, [sub]LONGTIME MOSES' AIDE[/sub] | I shall.[/list]
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[sub]¹ A Series: ROBERT MOSES, born to Jewish parents from New Provenance in , New Haven, Connecticut, Paramountica an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential individuals in the history of New York City and New York State. The grand scale of his infrastructural projects and his philosophy of urban development influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners across the United States.[/sub]
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[list][pre]July, 1955 | Parliament House on Barlaman Avenue, Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
KHALIL WINS HIS THIRD AND FINAL TERM, DECLARES A MODERATE COALITION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS[/list]
After weeks of voting and then tallying those votes, the 1955 Sudanese parliamentary elections came out with a subsequent Khalil victory, allowing him to serve the last three years in office as Prime Minister of the very nation he had greatly had a hand in its establishment and its rise. Just as it echoes the election results of 1952, this election would provide very few yet notable changes in its political landscape.
With Khalil, having won the popular vote in the election, he had managed to maintain the unity of his progressive, yet moderate coalition of Sudans political parties, consisting of the commonwealth party, headed by himself Azheris Unionist party, and Benjamin Lwokis, Liberal party. However, this election year brings another political party into Khalils coalition. The Mahdist party, despite its effort in establishing a theocratic state, was still a rather tolerant, and centrist party that found itself willing to compromise and work with the conservative and liberal, moderate political factions of Sudan. This wasnt the first time that the Mahdist had been part of the coalition government, given their cooperation with the colonial government before independence, however, it is the first time that the Commonwealth, Liberals, Unionists, and Islamists would join into a coalition to be known as the coalition of national progress, a coalition aimed at steering Sudan down a moderate path and as a nation that shall stay far from radical groups seeking to drive Sudan straight into the folds of either Moscow or Washington.
This election also brought a shocking self-declared victory for the Nationalist Confluence, who despite their disappearance from the national stage in the late 40s, had reemerged with nine seats in parliament, reestablishing themselves within the post-independence political climate of Sudan. However in the three years following the 1952 elections, the Confluences involvement in the Eritrean crisis and the use of the Sons of Keren militias in the war had greatly attributed to The Confluence's great strides in the election of 1955, seeing the party gaining up to 17 votes in parliament, though still on the minority, this greatly advanced the Nationalists voices, and weakening the coalition government.
Speaker of Parliament, Sir Symes would announce through the Sudanese Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation in Khartoum the official results of the Sudanese Parliamentary Elections of 1955, he would assign the number of seats each political party running in the campaign would gain out of the 136 seats available. The number of seats would entirely depend on the percentage of votes each party had acquired from the votes cast by Sudans literate adult males who have the voting power as ordained by the commonwealths constitution of 1950.
[list]1952 ELECTION RESULTS BY SEATS
136 Available Seats, 68 Need To Create Government
Commonwealth Party (BCP) 23 Seats
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 22 Seats
Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) 20 Seats
Liberal Party (LP) 19 Seats
National Homeland Party (SCP) 18 Seats
Umma Party (MUP) 17 Seats
Nationalist Party (NWCP) 17 Seats
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Both Khalil and Azheri would be sworn in as Prime and Deputy Minister by Governor-General Knox Helm, and in turn, the Speaker of Parliament would also hold a confirmation that would reinstate all the members of Khalils cabinet back into their ministries as they had been appointed in the last several years. Along with also swearing in all the re-elected and new members of parliament along with their families.
As radicalized political groups clashed on the streets, the Khalil administration maintained a show of strength in the face of the national unrest plaguing some of Sudans cities. Rumors are already spreading on the streets that certain extreme sectors of the Nationalists are planning a wave of violence in the cities, primarily against commonwealth supporters who mostly consist of Europeans and business owners reliant on the European market. Though Mahgoub himself had claimed victory as the party doubled in size, the partys hardliners had called the election rigged, pointing at the great momentum the nationalists enjoyed at the early stages of the election counting, accusing Khalil and the commonwealth of cheating the election by using the British Mi6 for help.
The communists however, following this election cycle, would seek the support of a rather large percentage of Sudanese citizens who do not yet have the right to vote, that is women. Sudanese women had since 1954 started a movement with a series of petitions and some demonstrations calling on the advancement of women's rights in Sudan, this movement had been noticed by the communists who have also started outwardly supporting the women's rights movements, and are seeking to propel it further.
The elections of the mid-50s had now been concluded, and Khalil now along with the moderate coalition shall steer Sudan through the next three years, the coming years, of course, could hold a very troubling future for Sudan. Khalil now faces a country in desperate need of national security, a stronger military, economy, and people. The administration faces a rapidly changing and polarized world, and Sudan is now centering itself as a leader to her imperial sisters in Africa, the age of decolonization is dawning on a great continent. And the age of the empires that had kept Africa in the dark will now retreat into the shadows away from the new rising sun.
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[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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Troubles inside the PCR
July 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| With the Securitate (National Secret Services) working constantly in finding traitors after the Hungarian insurgence of 1953, it seems pieces of the puzzle are coming together in a very shocking way.
| The Securitate has discovered that a certain member of the Executive of the Central Committee of the P.C.R, Petre Radacanu, a former close friend to Constantin Rotaru, has staged anti-government revolts in Odorheiu Secuiesc and Târgu Secuiesc together with some other Party Members and collaborators.
Petre Radacanu has criticized Constantin Rotaru`s rule ever since he rose to power in May 1952.
Following these informations Petre Radacanu has been kicked out of The Communist Party of Romania, has been placed on House Arrest and is awaiting trial as soon as the other collaborators are found.
| Furthermore it has been confirmed by the Securitate that someone has poisoned Romanian Communist Party member, Ana Pauker, with Mercury, a highly toxic and deadly material/element.
Ana Pauker has served as the nations Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1947 to 1952 and is very admired in the P.C.R due to her Nationalistic and strong messages, as well as being a Woman to do so.
She has been placed in an unnamed Hospital in Bucharest with her condition sadly worsening.
It is believed that Simion Bughici, member of the Executive, poisoned Ana Pauker due to worsening relations in the mid to late 40`s and due to different political views. Pauker had strong Soviet Union sympathies in the 1940`s but she quickly changed her views to focus on Romania and the Romanian people while Bughici has kept his Soviet sympathies, criticizing Ana Pauker and the leadership alike.
Bughici has been temporarily suspended from his Political activities and has been placed under House Arrest for further investigations.
| The message is clear; The Communist Party of Romania stands firmly against all acts of evilness and betrayal against the Romanian people and any acts in that direction will be met with severe consequences, regardless of position or social status
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
July 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor
JULY,1955
Supreme Protector:Manuel A. Odría
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The election for the position of Supreme Protector of The Confederation,lasted for a month and was a election,that didn't have a clear winner.With at the start,Víctor Paz Estenssoro leading the way by a substantial amount of votes but midway through the election,Manuel caught up and all the way up the very last day.It was a back and forth between Víctor and Manuel for the lead in the election.But in the end,Manuel A. Odría won the election,to become the Supreme Protector of The Confederation and the very first modern day Supreme Protector.With Manuel victory in the election,he would go up onto a podium in Lima to make a speech.
[List][I]"I have come here to say.I am quite surprised to,how tight this election was.Never expected it to go down to the very last day.Although the agreed deal was that the capital city of the new Peru-Bolivian Confederation,is to be located in La Paz and have the Peru-Bolivian armed forces headquarters in Lima.I do feel a bit sad that I will have to move location to La Paz as the Supreme Protector.Maybe one day,we will revise the constitution to bring the capital to Lima and provide power to this position so it isn't just a position of international representation of the Confederation.I would like to issue this revision in my term as the Supreme Protector but I highly doubt that I will be allowed to.Maybe with time,we could agree to do this revisioning but for now,don't expect it."[/I][/list]
[List]-Manuel A. Odría[/list]
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Hello
Amsterwald
Oh hey, it's been a long time since I've heard someone say something informal!
Vhikovs Moment
[Sofia, Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
[July 1955]
| Bogdan Vhikov was not a politician that anyone in Bulgaria had ever been aware of before. He had simply been a pencil-pusher that was stuffed into the back office of the Politburo.
Vhikov was a native of Plovdiv and by no means a member of Sofias political elite. However, following the Zhivkov blunder, he had become a much-respected figure for keeping so level headed and for refraining from any rash decisions that might destabilise the political system any further. However, if Vhikov was to become General Secretary, and he was now on the shortlist, it would pose a threat to one of Bulgarias most important relationships.
Vhikov identified himself as a home-rule communist and believed that Bulgarian Communism needed to be just that, Bulgarian, and without the influence of any foreign power. Vhikov was committed to communism, but desired to turn Bulgaria into a hermetic state that would never be corrupted by non-Bulgarians and would prioritise those within the peoples republic.
Whilst he was only one candidate amongst five, he was the only one that didnt fit the usual profile; pro-Soviet, hardline and authoritarian. This was why his selection made such waves amongst the Bulgarian Communist Party and this was why the rumour mill had started to spin.
The Prime Minister was dead against his appointment, he felt that whilst it was going to destroy his career if such a general secretary rose to power, he also didnt believe that Vhikov (or his policies) were in the best interests of Bulgaria. Wether the Politburo would be convinced remained to be seen.
It had been communicated across the party that this decision would have to be made slowly, as faith had to be restored in the political system for the benefit of both the party and the public. However, if Vhikov could find a way to become General Secretary, Bulgaria was in for change and change that could upset not just the old guard, but the international community. |
Mentions: Osivoii
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Tin Shui Wai, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Post self-deleted by Ch4Tgpt.
Post self-deleted by Venzulambia.
Dear Paramountica
[May 15 1951] [Caracas, Venzulambia] The new nation of Republic of Venzulambia independent|La nueva nación de República de Venezuela independiente
I am new here of Commonwealth of liberty.
I am Republic of Venzulambia , my nation from the REPUBLIC of COLOMBIA. The people Republic of Venzulambia wish to become independent, 68% vote for yes independent and 32% vote for no independent. Republic of Venzulambia starts when Colombia united all three nation, In 1943 a party was held the federal Republic to 1943-1951.The federal Republic was a freedom movement against the Colombian government. A man name Nicola Alfching want a better future for the federal Republic of Venzulambia. Nicola Alfching is dictatorship Republic of Venzulambia, he rule the federal Republic by using a democratic governments, as an exception where most of the region was ruled by military dictatorships, and the period was characterized by economic prosperity. Nicola Alfching equipped peasant village, peasant town people and poor farm with weapon, he also starts making uprising propaganda speech and poster, they even made a upriseing political movement that hold word say "Were is my freedom and money!" The REPUBLIC of COLOMBIA was in suffered of economics, the worker and farmer of Venzulambia strike out form Colombian government industry making there economic suffered more. In 1946-1950 was a Civil war upriseing movement. During a 4 year Civil war upriseing movement it have come to end of bloody civil war, Venzulambia and Colombian was both tie in the civil war. Nicola Alfching and Colombian government make a deal about vote if Venzulambia people want independent. Nicola Alfching decide to replace the old weak Federal Republic into a new strong Republic in 1951. The new Republic of Venzulambia, grow there political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional military dictators until this day. Since 1951, the country has had a series of democratic governments, as an exception where most of the region was ruled by military dictatorships, and the period was characterized by economic prosperity. Economic shocks in the 1950s, led to major political and widespread social unrest, including the deadly Caracazo riots out the Federal Republic and also murder the people of Federal Republic Party, Today Venzulambia is waiting for there independent.
Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Adriatican Islands, Ma-Li
hi
[sub]The President nods slowly as he listens to his counterpart, thanking the aide for the tea and water when they set the drinks onto the table. Perón, interested in the expansion of trade with Japan, agrees with Prime Minister Hatoyama on one condition..[/sub]
[list][sub]Juan Domingo Perón, President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: "Within respectable limits, Prime Minister Hatoyama. I do not wish for my country's own industry to be affected too much by the introduction of foreign competition. As you know, La Plata's native industrial sector has been recently strengthened thanks to my initiatives and that of the Perónist Party. Though, I'm sure my people and your people can find a happy medium that will please both Japan and the Rio de la Plata." With that, the President would pull out a cigarette and a lighter. He then places the cigarette into his mouth, pausing as he realizes he had forgotten to ask if it was okay to do so. "Oh, where are my manners. Do you mind Señor?"[/sub][/list]
Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Nileia, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Vargorie, Ma-Li
{June 5th 1956} A New Nation Joins The Commonwealth Of Liberty Called Swebabwe
I Am A Alternate Version Of Ireland Btw
Mauritania: A Land and People Trapped in Time
August 1955
French Mauritania truly exemplified all the pitfalls of French colonialism, especially in Africa. The deserts of Mauritania were a disorganized militant colony, with only a single French garrison to hold the entirety of the colony. Numerous lazy colonial governors had refused to even attempt to pacify the land, instead opting to move the colony's capital to Saint-Louis, in Senegal. This meant the colony itself had no capital, no civilian administration within its borders, a single French garrison defending miles of desert alone. For most officers, the colony was considered a dumping ground where the worst soldiers, worst equipment, and worst officers were sent to hopefully kill them off.
In the late 1940s this slowly began to change. The first legislative body was created, and those civilians who paid taxes, and made themselves members of France were allowed to participate in elections. By the 1950s a full scale government had been created, and were beginning to stabilize the situation; however the capital was still located in Senegal. The French administration also adopted a British style of rule, Shaykh Sidiya of the Emirate of Trarza was granted considerable autonomy. The traditional Islamic qadis were given French payrolls, and allowed to administer Islamic law and justice without French oversight. In general France also used the leaders of Trarza, Brakna, and Adrar to maintain order, and expand their own control and influence. This allowed the traditional structure and ideas of Mauritania to continue and modernize alongside the modern world.
Upon taking his term in 1955, High Commissioner Messmer would continue the reforms of the previous years. In new elections, Messmer would encourage and actively push administrators to visit local villages and collect votes. The ruling elite personally would support Sidi el Moktar N'Diaye and his Mauritanian Progressive Union. NDiaye called for a continuation of the Islamic laws of Mauritania, as well as cooperation with France. NDiayes first act was to move the capital from Senegal, to Nouakchott in Mauritania. This small fishing village would become the heart of the new Mauritanian state. It also represented the governments new approach of reconciliation, and unity as the village law between the Senegal River Valley, populated primarily by black farmers, and the Maure stronghold in Adrar.
The difficulty in crafting a functioning state lay in the demographics of Mauritania. Around 50% of the population was considered the White Moor (Bidān) ethnic group. These white moors were generally the upper and middle class, held the best education, jobs, and more importantly werent enslaved. The Dark Moor (Haratin) were considered the second caste. These dark moors were targeted for discrimination and were generally segregated in all aspects of society. They also predominantly were the enslaved class. While France had attempted to crack down on slavery, many White moors still used Haratin servants especially young females. These servants would generally have carnal purposes, and usually at a young age. Even non-slaves were greatly limited in where they could work, live, or learn within towns, and villages. Finally in the third lowest class was the Non-Moor Africans. These groups were mainly ignored in society being separated in the far south. This did not bother the Non-Moor Africans as they generally had no desire to be a part of the current social system; however, some did still self-enslave themselves in an attempt to achieve some small sense of mobility.
Generally even as slavery and slave trading was cracked down upon, most freed slaves still lived near and continued to work for their masters. This post-freedom self-slavery was common and added another layer of complication to true emancipation.
Sidi el Moktar N'Diaye for his part did not intend to break apart this system. Instead, he wished for a gradual improvement of the lives of all classes. He intended to do this by the construction of his capital in Nouakchott by building his capital in between the two lands, he attracted people from across the colony putting people of different social classes into close contact. His hope was that with time social attitudes, and castes would begin to melt away.
For Messmers part he had done his job. He had put the Mauritanians into a functioning state, with an elected civil government, and one that could begin fostering a common idea of identity. He had a promise to begin legally cracking down on slave trading, and a government moving towards modernizing the social segregation of the classes. Having stabilized the situation Messmer would finally return to Dakar, after spending nearly the entirety of his first year as High Commissioner going from colony to colony.
Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Tin Shui Wai, Hatzburg, Vargorie
[list][list]July 1955
[sub]The Helwan AOI-100[/sub][/list]
HELWAN AEROSPACE, HELWAN, (Kotakuan Ii) AFTERNOON
| The Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) has made significant initial progress with its flagship project, the Helwan AOI-100 fighter jet. The project has almost moved past the conceptualisation stage and will the design phase in early 1956, bringing it one step closer to becoming a reality. The Helwan AOI-100 fighter jet is being designed to meet the needs of the Egyptian, Syrian and Saudi Arabian Air Force, with advanced avionics and weaponry to engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. The design phase will involve a team of experts who will work tirelessly to ensure that the fighter jet meets the highest standards of quality and safety. |
| The production of the Helwan AOI-100 fighter jet is scheduled for the early-mid 1960s, once the design phase is complete. The production process is expected to take several years and will require a large team of engineers, technicians, and workers. Rigorous testing will follow in the mid 60s, ensuring that the fighter jet is reliable and safe to use and can be used effectively within the Air Forces of Arab states |
[list][list]CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS IN CONCEPTUALISATION STAGE[/list][/list]
[list][sub]Crew: 1 pilot
Length: 13.7 m (45 ft)
Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Height: 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 24.5 m² (264 ft²)
Empty weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Loaded weight: 7,900 kg (17,416 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 8,100 kg (17,857 lb)
Engine: TBD
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,400 km/h, 1,491 mph)
Range: 1,850 km (1,150 mi)
Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,055 ft)
Wing loading: 322.4 kg/m² (66.0 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.54 [/sub][/list]
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Arcanda, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Nileia, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Vargorie, Ma-Li
Note: This post is extremely long you are not required to read all of it you can do it in increments at your own pace.
This is also not a political post as i will be planning on doing these either the start of the 3rd week of march or next month
as finding stuff for Canada in the 1955s is really tedious.
[list]August1955
Status Report Canada (1955 Edition)
[sub]Newauroria EVENING[/sub]
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Name: Canada
Classification: Federation
National Animal: Beaver
Current Prime Minister: Louis St. Laurent
Current Population: 16.98 million
Current Population Growth: 1.8% (Steadily Rising)
Official Language: English
Second Language: French
Land Area: 9,984,670 square kilometers (3,854,083 square miles)
Coast line: 202,080 kilometers (125,567 miles)
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Economy
Currency: Canadian Dollar
Currency Exchange Rate: 1 CAD to 0.925 USD
Current GDP: 36.24 billion USD (or 40.17 billion CAD at the 1955 exchange rate)
Current GDP Per Capita: 2,135 USD (or 2,365 CAD at the 1955 exchange rate)
Major Businesses:
Agriculture: Is an important industry in Canada, with the country's vast natural resources and fertile land making it a major producer of grains, livestock, and other agricultural products.
Mining: Canada is rich in natural resources, and mining is a major industry in the country. Companies mined a variety of minerals, including gold, copper, zinc, and uranium.
Energy: Canada has a growing energy industry, with companies exploring for oil and gas in the country's western provinces.
Finance: Canada has a strong financial sector, with banks and other financial institutions playing a key role in the country's economic growth.
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Military
Military Budget: CAD 453 million
Major Military Branches:
Federation of Canada Navy (FCN): The CN is responsible for defending Canada's coastline and protecting its interests at sea. At that time, the CN has a fleet of (currently) destroyers, frigates, aircraft carriers, and other ships.
Canadian Air Force (CAF): The CAF is responsible for Canada's air defense and plays a key role in the country's contribution to the Western alliance. The RCAF has a modern fleet of jet fighters, bombers, and other aircraft.
Canadian Army: The Canadian Army is responsible for ground operations and has a significant presence both in Canada and overseas. The army has a mix of regular and reserve forces and is equipped with a range of weapons and equipment, including tanks, artillery, and small arms.
Major Military Companies:
Avro Canada: Avro Canada is a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company that produced a range of military aircraft, including the CF-100 Canuck fighter jet.
Canadian General Electric: Canadian General Electric is a subsidiary of General Electric that produces a range of military electronics and equipment, including radar and communication systems.
Canadian Car and Foundry: Canadian Car and Foundry is a manufacturing company that produces a variety of military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery.
Defence Industries Limited: Defence Industries Limited is a government-owned company that produced a range of military equipment, including small arms and ammunition.
Canadian Arsenals Limited: Canadian Arsenals Limited is another government-owned company that produces a variety of military equipment, including artillery, ammunition, and small arms.
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Canadian Army:
Canadian Army:
Commander: Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds
Active Service Personnel: 27,000
Réserver Personnel: 46,000
List of Small Arms:
Lee-Enfield No.4 rifle: A British bolt-action rifle chambered in .303 British.
M1 carbine: An American semi-automatic rifle chambered in .30 Carbine.
Bren gun: A British light machine gun chambered in .303 British.
Vickers machine gun: A British water-cooled machine gun chambered in .303 British.
Thompson submachine gun: An American submachine gun chambered in .45 ACP.
Sten gun: A British submachine gun chambered in 9mm.
Boys anti-tank rifle: A British bolt-action rifle chambered in .55 caliber, used primarily for anti-tank purposes.
Colt M1911A1 pistol: An American semi-automatic pistol chambered in .45 ACP.
Browning Hi-Power pistol: A Belgian-designed semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9mm.
List of Utility Vehicles:
Willys Jeep: An American-designed four-wheel drive vehicle used for transport and reconnaissance.
Dodge M37 truck: An American-designed three-quarter ton truck used for transport and logistics.
Chevrolet 30 CWT truck: A Canadian-designed truck used for transport and logistics.
Ford F-15 truck: An American-designed truck used for transport and logistics.International
Harvester KB-5 truck: An American-designed truck used for transport and logistics.
List of Major AFVs
M4A3E8 Sherman Tank: An American-designed tank that saw extensive use in World War II and the Korean War. (Turned Into Ram III Medium Tank)
Ram III Medium Tank: Modified M4A3E8 Sherman Tank
Centurion Main Battle Tank: A British-designed tank that is being tested by the
Canadian military.
M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer: An American-designed vehicle used to counter enemy tanks.
M24 Chaffee Light Tank: An American-designed tank that is fast and maneuverable.
Ram Cruiser Tank: A Canadian-designed tank that saw limited use in World War II. (Due to be retired later next year) Replaced by the Chaffee
Sexton Self-Propelled Gun: A Canadian-designed artillery vehicle that is used for indirect fire support.
Ferret Armored Car: A British-designed reconnaissance vehicle.
Staghound Armored Car: A British-designed vehicle used for reconnaissance and internal security.
Otter Armored Car: A Canadian-designed vehicle used for reconnaissance and internal security.
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Federation of Canada Navy (FCN)
Commander: Vice-Admiral H.G. DeWolf
Active Personnel: 12,000 (Possibly More Can't find a good source)
Réserver Personnel: 3,000
Current Flagship: FCS Magnificent
Notable Ships:
FCS Labrador: An icebreaker and Arctic exploration vessel.
FCS Haida: A Tribal-class destroyer
FCS Bonaventure: An aircraft carrier
FCS St. Laurent: The lead ship of the St. Laurent-class destroyers, which are the first Canadian warships to be built entirely in Canada.
Total Amount of Ships: 126 ships, including 7 aircraft carriers, 16 cruisers, 41 destroyers, 6 frigates, 23 minesweepers, and various support and auxiliary vessels.
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If you made it all the way down here thank you for reading this post! (:
[spoiler=[sub]KEKEKEKEKE[/sub]
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Allbania, Hatzburg, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
[list][list]AUGUST 1955
[sub]Postponed Coup[/sub][/list]
[pre] T H E C O U P [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]On the 5th, Canrobert gave a long speech
at the Aeronautics Club. His words had great
repercussions and some parliamentarians even
asked President Café Filho to arrest him.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[sub]The Pro-Coup Brazilian General.[/sub]
AERONAUTICS CLUB, Brazil Toucan EVENING
[sub]RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| In Rio, a two-tonne rhino escaped from a circus, disrupting traffic on busy Avenida Atlântica. Amidst so many parked automobiles, the word darted as erratically as a fly in a stable: O GOLPE! O GOLPE! (THE COUP! THE COUP!). Something as common as a traffic jam could spark rumors that the army was planning a coup. Brazilians knew about the coup because General CANROBERT PEREIRA DA COSTA¹, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made it clear in a speech that high-ranking military personnel were willing to consider INTERVENTION if it seemed to them that the October presidential election did not favor the military. But, paradoxically, the generals words may have lessened the danger of a coup. The speech stirred up anti-coup sentiments from the press, public, politicians and even some military leaders. A reaction as strong as this would likely cause the generals to follow the processes of democracy for the time being. All three main presidential candidates spoke out: |
[list]| JUAREZ TAVÓRA, [sub]PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE[/sub] | Legality must be above all personal interests or passions.
| JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, [sub]PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE[/sub] | Canroberts speech does not match reality.
| ADHEMAR DE BARROS, [sub]PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE[/sub] | Brazil had elections in 1945, 1950 and we will have them in 1955.[/list]
| But an anti-coup voice came directly from the executive branch. President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO², whose support would be necessary to ensure the success of a coup and avoid the risk of civil war, declared in an interview: |
[list]| JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, [sub]PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC[/sub] | I will never participate in the establishment of a military dictatorship.[/list]
| After a conversation with the President, General CANROBERT decided that there was no reason not to check into the Central Army Hospital for a medical examination. For now, coup was out of the question. But nothing good can be expected from the anti-Vargas military conservatives, responsible for removing former PRESIDENT VARGAS from power. One thing was certain, the future president of Brazil, whoever he may be, will have many tasks and obstacles. |
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[sub]¹ CANROBERT PEREIRA DA COSTA, was a Brazilian military man, who was Minister of War (1946-1951) under the Dutra government.[/sub]
[sub]² JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
[list]July 1955
[sub]The Shield Act[/sub][/list]
[pre]T H E G E R M A N S H I E L D[/pre]
| With the establishment of an East German armed forces, the question of national defense had once more been brought forward before the halls of power in Germany. Since the creation of the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) in 1953 thanks to negotiations between Chancellor Adenauer with both the Bundestag and the Great Powers, the German military had slowly but surely grown into a capable force, supported in terms of equipment heavily by the United States, who donated and sold surplus equipment from the wartime. Research and development into advanced technologies, jet capabilities and motorized vehicles especially, were moving forward with the enthusiastic support of the Adenauer government and the German business and manufacturing industry. The straightforward and diplomatic Chancellor, however, was fast to frequently point out in speeches and policy papers that the Bundeswehr was developed as a defensive mechanism rather than an offensive one. 'There is absolutely no intention of using our forces for any offensive gain - we are past that point of barbarity'. |
| The establishment of the opposing National People's Army (NVA) just directly across the tense border between the two Germanys raised awkward questions, however. Most prominently, the Chancellor and his government was forced to face the question of whether or not Germany was truly prepared for a possible offensive operation by hostile forces into the Federal Republic. Indeed, there was a sizable U.S. military presence in the country, and fellow European Economic Community (EEC) forces from France and the Benelux could easily support German forces in the event of an invasion. However, Adenauer had to maintain support among the harder-conservative and more isolationist-leaning factions within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party; to do so, he maintained a policy of 'strategic independence' - Germany would take wholeheartedly the support of fellow allies, but should be able to defend its own territory on its own if needed. The establishment of the NVA immediately brought the Bundestag Committee on National Defense (Bundestagsausschuss für Landesverteidigung, or BfL) to life, with 2 hearings already having been held since the establishment of the NVA. Chancellor Adenauer first addressed the issue at a policy forum discussion with voters in Frankfurt, where he said; |
[list]| [sub]KONRAD ADENAUER, The Chancellor[/sub] | "We are ready to defend ourselves, and we always will be. You have my word. Not another German will die in a useless war."[/list]
| Hawkish forces within the governing CDU - who were at the same time brewing political tension in the party as the debate over presidential election reform returned front and center - proposed for an expansion in funding to the Bundeswehr, along with personnel increases by 15% over two years, coupled with tens of millions in funding for technological development grants and contract issues over the next 3 years alone. It was dubbed the SHIELD ACT, and was praised by hawks and groups 'concerned' with the rise of an East German military, but vehemently opposed by Adenauer, and the more diplomatic and genial factions of the CDU. The Social Democrats under the moderate Erich Ollenhauer openly opposed it, while the FDP affirmed their own reservations. The only party to be open to voting in favor of it was the GERMAN DEMOCRATS, whose recent origins stemmed from the right-wing Konservative Party - so this stance was to be expected. The bill was - to the surprise of practically everyone - passed by the National Defense Committee by 2 votes, moving it forward to the Bundestag itself for discussion. |
| The fate of the SHIELD ACT in its current state is likely to fail - however, one thing should certainly not be discredited. The CDU/CSU, the SPD, the FDP, and the DPD were all unified in their belief that Germany had a country to defend - and things needed to change to ensure it. Of course, Chancellor Adenauer (who also doubled as Foreign Minister) did not explicitly state this. Behind the scenes, however, he maneuvered to see what could be done about a 'diluted' form of the SHIELD ACT that would see investments into the German defense industry boosted over a staged period. The question, however, that arched over all this remained - what would the East Germans think? |
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
AUGUST,1955
Idolization Of The Maziyan People's Liberation Army
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With the increase of restrictions by local enforcements.The younger generation those in-between the age of 13-16,are experiencing a event where the freedom to just do normal things are being more and more restricted over time.With the Maziyan People's Liberation Army propoganda being directed as "Liberation of the Chinese people from the Malay supremacist government",this younger generation are beginning to idolise more and more,the Maziyan People's Liberation Army.With at times,in secret Maziyan Chinese Association/Maziyan People's Liberation Army rally's.Those in-between the age of 13-14 going with their parents or siblings and those between the age of 15-16 going by themselves or with parents or siblings.Some kids at those ages are even requesting to be employed by the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,to set up propoganda material around the town.Although there were multiple offers by kids going as young as 10.Many of these request by kids were being denied.
The kids who are idolising the Maziyan People's Liberation Army have been noted by school staff as preaching about the cause of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,to the best that they can interpret it,to the others in their class.Some teachers brought their concerns about this to the children's parents to inform them about their children unusual behavior.Some parents pay no attention to it and say "It's probably just a phase,with time they'll no longer be into something like that." However there are some who took it as a sign of a child starting to be rebellious and began to yell at their children or some go even further and physically punish their child.
Eventually Yap Wei Bai attention was taken by the fact that young kids are idolising the Maziyan People's Liberation Army.Yap Wei Bai began to think.
[List][I]"There's gotta be a way to use,this Idolization.Even if we fail in our current attempt,my legacy will be cemented and the current young generation will take up the work that we've created,when they're older."[/I][/list]
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
[sub]TRAGEDY AND FARCE AUGUST 1955
| A Kurdish couple is tragically gunned down during an attempted border crossing in Mosul. |[/sub]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1846346
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Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li
AGAUST 1955
Election '55 and results
It has been 2 months since the elections started, with the Democrats getting all the support from the Northern and Southern territories, even being funded by the people of Aukland, but there has been some backlash against the Democrats due to the fact that corporates were allowed in government affairs, foreign affairs and virtually anything as long as they paid enough, finding this act very corrupting and vile, the Socialist Party and the Anarchic Party made joined claims that the Democrats were only going to give the power to the corporate leaders, higher classes and rich people. Though odd seeing 2 parties making joint claims against one, it is something to be known that the Democrats are hated by the Socialists and the Anarchists. Many people and political thinkers have found this suspicious as the Socialists and Anarchists used to be long-time rivals, with the Socialists having the most enemies and targets, but the Socialists really didn't want to lose this election round, so they made a coalition with the Anarchic Party making the Social-Anarchic party, their main goal being to remove all of capitalism. The Right Wings and the Conservatives made a coalition called the Golden Key. Overall the Elections seem to be in the favour of the Democrats
The Theological Christian Pary have also be garnering a lot of support due to their ideals, good morales and much more, focusing more on the normal person, but people say that, even if they won the elections, it would be very dystopian, due to the strict beliefs, and discrimination of other religions.
Let's see the results after a month
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub] COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY ] Ababemba Abessinienreich Adriatican Islands Alzarikstan Amsterwald Anglo Channel Arcanda Bayern Kahla Bescania Brazil Toucan Canovia Cascadla Central Arstotzka Connomia East Germany Ddr Great Britain Gb Greater Kurdistane Hashemite Kingdoms Hatzburg Honghai Israelli Kewtpuff Kotakuan Ii 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 Teymour The Black Star- The Sun States Turkiye 1St Ubertica Vancouver Straits Victoria Harbor Vietnam Sv Virnall [/spoiler]
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Ma-Li
Post self-deleted by Kabushiki Gaisha Sega.
[list]August 1955
[sub]Eyes in the Sky[/sub][/list]
[list][list][pre]भारत ने अपने स्वतंत्र जेट लड़ाकू कार्यक्रम में निवेश किया और हवाई खुफिया कार्यालय की स्थापना की
INDIA INVESTS IN ITS OWN INDEPENDENT JET FIGHTER PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHES AIR INTELLIGENCE OFFICE[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][sub]AUGUST 1955 | अगस्त 1955[/sub][/list]
[list] | [sub]Attending a closed-doors national security meeting, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was informed by Union Minister of Defense, Kailash Nath Katju, of recent regional and global developments in the area of jet aircraft and jet fighter development particularly. Since assuming office, Nehru had practiced a steady foreign policy of working towards the end goal of making India a militarily, economically and sociopolitically competitive nation on the world stage. The country was one of the most populous in the world, and in the Postwar, with a Europe still finding its footing, Asia was posed only to grow and grow and grow. As such the Prime Minister regularly attended meetings with various economic and military officials, such as this national security meeting in Delhi, and occasionally acted on advisory recommendations. Militarily, India was itself still 'finding its footing'. While the Indian Armed Forces was insofar well-managed thanks to the presence of leftover British personnel from the colonial era of the new Republic, there remained concerns that tensions with Pakistan and China could grow, especially as both nations embarked on their own independent efforts to grow as a nation. Particularly, Nehru viewed China with some suspicion, considering the Peking government to be a 'puppet of Moscow'.[/sub] |
| [sub]After the briefing, Prime Minister Nehru spoke before the Lok Sabha (India's lower and more powerful house) - dominated practically entirely by an Indian National Congress (INC) supermajority - and discussed the need to launch 'historic' investments into India's independent jet fighter program. The country had turned down offers to participate in international jet fighter ventures, at the behest of a skeptical President Mahatma Gandhi and more independent-minded forces within Nehru's cabinet, and had yet to venture into its own official independent jet fighter program. After only two weeks of discussion among the INC legislators, a bill was passed along party-line votes (the Communist Party and the Praja Socialist Party voted against the bill) to invest into an official Air Power Program (वायु शक्ति कार्यक्रम) that would coordinate the development of India's own jet fighter. The country was already working on preparing its workforce educationally, and only needed now to pool together domestic resources to initiate a jet fighter program. Propeller-powered bombers and interceptor aircraft would also see proposals drafted before the Lok Sabha.[/sub] |
| [sub]In other air developments, Prime Minister Nehru also signed into effect an executive proclamation establishing the Air Intelligence Office (वायु खुफिया कार्यालय), an arm of the Indian Air Force (IAF) dedicated to organizing air intelligence gathering. India's intelligence community was still developing, as the nation itself was, and had yet to receive significant attention. However, in light of the growing international tension over the Cold War and other regional conflicts, the Prime Minister told close advisors he saw it fit to begin developing India's domestic and foreign intelligence arms, in order to guarantee the protection of Indian interests domestically and abroad.[/sub] | [/list]
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Pindus Trials : Greek Communists Trialed and Executed for Crimes and Treason!, August 1955
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Οι δίκες της Πίνδου : Έλληνες κομμουνιστές δικάζονται και εκτελούνται για εγκλήματα και προδοσία!, Αύγουστος 1955
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Greek Government and the Traitors! - Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση και οι προδότες![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| DEATH TO THE REDS, CORINTH, GREECE: | ΈΞΩ ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΌΚΚΙΝΟΥΣ, ΚΟΡΊΝΘ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| Following the end of the Pindus War and the subsequent banning of the Greek Communist Party and the arrest of its members, a series of trials known as the Pindus Trials took place over the course of 7 months trialing the suspects and criminals which were involved in the Pindus People's Republic and the Greek Communist Party. As a result, a total of forty-nine Communist and Pindus Leaders, Ministers, and Officials were trialed at the Corinth Courthouse and were judged by the President of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece, Yannis Apostolopoulos. |[/list]
[list]| At the courtroom, the defendants were supplied with local lawyers. The overall trials were over the course of 7 months, starting in February 1955 and ending on the 4th of August. The accused were called on by their former, now defunct titles. As a result of the trials, the following defendants were found guilty of high treason against the government, along with a multitude of other charges against the Greek government, and as a result, were sentenced to execution: |[/list]
[list][list][spoiler=List of Greek Communist Party Officials Sentenced to Execution]
- Nikos Zachariadis, General Secretary of the Greek Communist Party
- Markos Vafeiadis, General of the now defunct Democratic Army of Greece, Communist Politician
- Charilaos Florakis, General of the now defunct Democratic Army of Greece, Communist Politician
- Dimitrios Partsalidis, Deputy General Secretary of the Greek Communist Party
- Petros Rousos, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Greek Communist Party
- Petros Kokkalis, Health and Social Welfare Minister of the Greek Communist Party
- Dimitris Vlantas, Communist Youth Minister of the Greece Communist Party
- Leonidas Stringos, Supply Minister of the Greek Communist Party[/spoiler][/list][/list]
[list][list][spoiler=List of Pindus War Officials Sentenced to Execution]
- Aimilios Markallis, Prime Minister of the "People's Republic of Pindus"
- Anargyros Nicolatos, General of the "Aromanian People's Army"
- Thalis Stavras, Propaganda Minister of the "People's Republic of Pindus"
- Theseus Maridis, Deputy Prime Minister of the "People's Republic of Pindus"
- Argyris Nicolallis, Brigadier-General of the "Aromanian People's Army"
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[list]| The rest of the Ministers and Officials, notably including Stefanos Burilis, Commissar of the "Pindus People's Republic", Lykourgos Terzakos, Foreign Minister of the "Pindus People's Republic" and Iakovos Andretis, Politician of the "Pindus People's Republic. The remaining accused ministers were all found guilty and were given life sentences at the Chania Prison located in Crete. The ones imprisoned were delivered to the island by boat, the men being stored in cargo holds on a Greek merchant vessel. Upon arrival, several men even collapsed on the floor due to the sheer heat they sustained in the cargo hold, essentially being a massive steel toaster for the men. Despite being given water and the minimum amount of food, the men were still in severe condition when they arrived in prison. |[/list]
[list]| At least these men were kept alive, however, unlike the rest of their comrades. The rest of the men were delivered to the Pachi Military Base, around 39 kilometers from Corinth. Upon arrival, the group, sobbing and crying for their lives at this point, were lined up on a wall, and shot by 40 troops using rifles of the Greek 2nd Tank Brigade. The bodies were disposed of the next day. |[/list]
[list]| In his memoirs, President Yannis Apostolopoulos would state the following. |[/list]
[list][list][pre]"Καταλαβαίνω ότι αυτές οι δίκες ήταν πράγματι πολιτικά καθοδηγούμενες λόγω της πολιτικής προτίμησης των κομμουνιστών. Αν και ναι, έκρινα αυτούς τους παράνομους και αηδιαστικούς ανθρώπους που βασάνιζαν επί μήνες τον ελληνικό λαό, ο τρόπος που τους διέθεσαν και τους εκτέλεσαν ήταν επίσης απάνθρωπος. Πιστεύω όμως μέσα μου ότι ο θάνατος των κομμουνιστών θα είναι η αρχή μιας αλλαγής στην Ελλάδα, μιας αλλαγής προς το καλύτερο".[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre](English: "I understand that these trials were indeed politically driven due to the Communists' political preference. Although yes, I did judge these unlawful and disgusting men who tortured the Hellenic populous for months, the method by which they were disposed of and executed was also inhumane ways. But I do believe in my heart that the death of the communists will be a start of a change in Greece, a change for the better.")[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- President of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece, Yannis Apostolopoulos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
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| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KURDISTAN - KOMARA DEMOKRATA KURDISTANÊ |
Our Great Kurdish Nation Endures For The Martyrs!
[sub]| Mosul, Hewler Province
| August, 1955[/sub]
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Facing military provocation in Mosul, Kurdistan braces for war while mourning the dead.
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After tensions had waxed and waned throughout 1954 and early 1955, it seemed a temporary calm had been reached in the renewed Hashemite-Kurd Conflict. But after the August 6th murders of two Iraqi Kurds who had escaped into East Mosul, tensions had flared rapidly. After the blatant killings, the Federation elected to mobilize its troops in the city along the border, elevating the incident into a considerable military crisis. Now facing a sudden new risk of war, President Remman moves rapidly to secure his nation's sovereignty.
The Kurdish city of Mosul sits on the eastern side of the Tigris River and comprises the larger half of the city. Within the Hewler Province, it falls under the authority of the larger Southern Defense District controlled by Lt. General Saman Asina. As the city has always been considered a possible flashpoint with the Hashemites, East Mosul has grown accustomed to a significant military presence. Some 35,000 Kurdish Army troops are based in the city, as well as multiple brigades of the Peoples Revolutionary Guard. Propaganda art and posters depicting the military are common in most places and the city has even adopted a monthly military parade. Party propaganda touts East Mosuls citizens as being on the front lines of the Newroz Revolution and the primary target of Hashemite aggression. The party's clear goal is to militarize the mindset of the city's populace. So perhaps it was no surprise to the people of the city when just across the Tigris, columns of Hashemite tanks and vehicles were spotted massing near the bridges which connected east and west. The day of aggression, the day when they would rise and defend their nation had seemingly arrived.
Soon after Kurdish leadership became aware of Hashemite troops massing near the bridges things began to move rapidly in East Mosul. Already accustomed to martial law, some 150,000 people in the city were quickly herded back indoors and an indefinite curfew was put into place. In the early hours after Hashemite troops began to mass, sirens along the Kurdish side of the river began to whine along with loudspeaker messages. In both Kurdish and Arabic, voices warned of what was about to happen. Kurdish troops cleared their sides of the bridge and combat engineers moved in. After their work was complete, the sirens and voices fell silent and the soldiers hastily retreated from the bridges. A string of a dozen consecutive blasts shook the ground up and down the eastern waterline. Debris was launched into the air and dust filled the empty city streets. At each bridge, stone and steel buckled under explosive force. Entire sections of the bridges crumbled and were sent careening into the water below. The two cities of Mosul were now permanently segregated by the Tigris River.
North in Amed, Kurdistans senior leaders organized the larger response. While the threat had to be taken seriously, EKNS leaders were hesitant to provoke further aggression by overreacting. To some, it still seemed ultimately far-fetched that the Hashemites would abuse such a minor border incident to launch a major regional war. Defense Minister Reswan argued that with the bridges of East Mosul destroyed, any Hashemite moves on the city had been frustrated for now. Still, President Remman was adamant that Kurdistan would be prepared for any eventuality and could not appear weak in the face of clear Hashemite aggression.
From his headquarters in Hewler General Asina issued orders to bring the Southern Defense District to high alert. The district comprises some 90,000 troops of the Peoples Army as well as major bases for the Kurdish Air Force. The forces are well understood to be the first line of defense in the event of an invasion by the Hashemites. Supplementing them are the symbol of Kurdistans great guarantor: the 15,000 men of the Soviet Unions 191st Motor Rifle Division. The division and its some 500 motor vehicles were split into three elements to deploy to Dihok, Hewler, and Mosul and join the Kurdish defenders. Along with 35,000 troops in Mosul alone, the Soviet forces brace for the sudden possibility of Hashemite assault. The city remains on an indefinite curfew as the military prepared defensive positions. The Kurdish Air Force has begun flying an increased number of patrol missions along the Hashemite-Kurd border, monitoring closely the Hashemite troops mobilized in Mosul. At air bases in Hewler and Mosul, Kurdish fighters and bombers have been placed on standby to respond at a moment's notice should Hashemite troops move across the border. Orders have been issued to commanders of the Peoples Revolutionary Guard and Kurdistan Defense Forces that forces should be on high alert and prepared to mobilize at a moment's notice.
In the capital's government district, a press conference was hastily organized outside the Ministry of Defense. A crowd of photographers and reporters gathered on the steps of the building. The group was almost entirely composed of party employees, save for a handful of Eastern Bloc correspondents. Members of the Politburo and National Defense Committee flanked President Remman on stage as he gave an address on the border killings and the mobilization of Hashemite troops. In the speech he announced the actions of Hashemite forces, condemning Baghdad for causing the military crisis. He also said that President Qasim bore personal responsibility for the couple killed in the border incident and again demanded the soldiers involved be surrendered to Kurdistan. Finally, Remman called on the Hashemites to back down and again recognize the Treaty of Diyarbakir, warning of calamitous consequences should Baghdad initiate a military conflict.
While the country waited anxiously to see how the Hashemites would respond in West Mosul, the Partys propaganda apparatus shifted into motion. Newspapers and radios nationwide reported on the killings and the Hashemite mobilization in Mosul, glorifying the Kurdish militarys move to destroy the citys bridges. Portraits of the couple killed were distributed widely within days in papers, murals, signs, and other party propaganda. In Hewler, 20,000 citizens walked in a vigil for the martyrs, escorted by PSG fighters and party cadres. The nation mourned the lives of their brother and sister, taken greedily by Hashemite reactionaries.
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[list][pre]August, 1955 | Police Academy, Zalingei Township, Darfur Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BORDER GUARD ADMINISTRATION[/list]
( Waleed Hadi, Age: 22
It was the autumn of 1955 or at least the wet season as we know it in Sudan. Though the rains did not come as often as they did in other parts of the country such as Juba or the Ad Damazin, they were still, thankfully, one of the coolest weather we would get throughout the year. I enjoyed the breeze of the gentle air going past me as the truck drove down the road to town. We would disembark at a courtyard, all 30 of us, another truck had pulled into the courtyard unloading another 30 men. We stood in attention, our legs anchored to the ground and our hands behind our backs, our heads lifted high with our attention aimed at the Union Jack red banner fluttering in the wind above the building on one end of the courtyard. A man with a cane would come out to greet us, in a tan suit he seemed to be our training officer.
[list]Border Officer :| VICTORY TO THE SOLDIERS
The Cadets :| VICTORY TO THE SUDAN!
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The courtyard had echoed with the voices of about 60 or so newly recruited cadets in their dark green uniforms. I joined the academy as soon as the program was announced by the central government. No, I'm not joining Zalingeis little police force, and no I'm not a Darfur native, I had come out here from a town in Berber Province known as Abu Hamad, and I was joining the Border Guard, to protect my countrys borders. )
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Parliament House, Khartoum
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Back in Khartoum, the press would surround a certain individual on the steps outside parliament from which he had exited, he would announce to the press that he had just been confirmed and sworn into his position as the Nations newly added member of the Prime Ministers cabinet, Sampson Lorro had been made Sudans director of the Border Guard Administration.
Upon the proposal and passing of another bill presented to Parliament by the Khalil Administration, the Prime Ministers office had successfully managed to establish the Border Guard Administration (BGA) to be administered by another Equatoria native, Director Simpson Lorro. The BGAs first task would be to insure the creation of a vital and secure system of operations that would effectively administer the border crossings and the security of Sudans borders. A task that was previously left to local and provincial agencies would now be consolidated into a massive agency under the central government directly answering to the office of the Prime Minister.
Khalils creation of the Border Guard had come in part of the SIRAs recent uncovering of the illegal weapon smuggling rings that saw the movement of weapons between Sudan and its wartorn neighbors in Eritrea and Equatoria, adding a tremendous national security breach that had been considered an embarrassment not only to the Khalil Administration but to the country as a whole. The issue of border security had been the hot topic of the 1955 elections as all candidates were pressed time and time again about the security of Sudans borders. Khalils creation of the BGA was nothing short of the Prime Minister attempting to deliver on his election promises as well as alleviate the fear Sudanese citizens had felt about the border and the kind of chaos happening across from it.
The BGA would open many new academies in border regions such as Zalingei and Al-Junaynah in Darfur, Yamboi and Namule in Equatoria, or Kassala and Conry in the Kassala region. The BGA would also absorb the countrys customs authorities stationed at Port Sudan, Suakin, and other airports and ports of entry across Sudan. The border guard would be closely working with the Security Intelligence and Response Agency to clamp down on smuggling rings across the country and identify and deal with weak and vulnerable sections of the border.
[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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12,AUGUST,1955
Comic Book Industry:HOMBRE MALVADO
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[U]Comic Strip Beginnings
Hombre Malvado,started of as a weekly comic strip in the El Comercio newspapers in 1953.While most comic strips were comedy storys.Hombre Malvado was able to stand out with it's different art style and action orientated story.However in 1955,at El Comercio headquarters.They begun receiving a lot of mail from fans of the Hombre Malvado comic strip.Asking questions about it.
[List][I]"What is gonna happen next in,Hombre Malvado?"
"When is the next Hombre Malvado story?"
"Could the writer and illustrator do more with Hombre Malvado?"[/I][/list]
With all of these types of mail coming in.It was decided that a new off-shoot company should be formed dedicated to making week to week comics from their most popular comic strips.This off-shoot company would be labelled as "Cómics De Imagen"
[U]Hombre Malvado New Home
A letter was given to Juan Pablo Contreras,the creator of Hombre Malvado asking him.
[I]"We would like to ask you.If you would want to move Hombre Malvado away from the comic strip format in our newspapers,to do full black and white comics in our new comic book company,Cómics De Imagen."[/I]
Juan Pablo Contreras,wrote back about accepting the offer.Hombre Malvado would be released with a new official issue number 1,with the story being labelled as "Hombre Malvado:Sábado" on the first page.
The first issue of the comic,was a revised retelling of the comic strip origin story of Hombre Malvado,while changing certain aspects to become more complicated.The core aspect of the original comic strip origin story of:
"A boy possessed by a demon,being able to call on its power and body while still retaining his human heart."
Hombre Malvado when being brought to the full comic format,was made to be less of a child friendly superhero story and be made into a more serious story with the whole focus on the last few pages of the story being about the internal struggle of the main protagonist as he has to put the literal demon inside of him under control.
[U]About The Creator
At the very back of all the new issue number 1 comic books produced by its creator in Cómic De Imagen.Have a biography of its creator.
[List][I]Juan Pablo Contreras,is a 27 years old cartoonist,born August 7th,1927,in Chincha Alta,Peru.Having made multiple one-off comic strips in his lifetime,with Hombre Malvado being his first action and non-comedy creation.[/I][/list]
-Biography,on Juan Pablo Contreras.
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Back Home in Senegal
September 1955
Senegal was the heart of the French colonial empire in Africa. The entire colonial apparatus, and overarching structural governance was seated in Dakar, the largest and oldest colonial owned city in French West Africa.
Things had begun to change in Senegal, and there was no better place to see this change than in Dakar. Where once white administrators and their families dominated the upper society, while being served, and waited on by African people, now there was a robust mix. Evolved Africans, and African colonial administrators and civil servants occupied an increasing number of positions. Even in the halls of the colonial legislative assembly, where once French citizens had been the only voices in the assembly there was now an increasing number of Africans. Most important among these men was Léopold Sédar Senghor.
Senghor was the son of a wealthy peanut planter and cattle farmer, and was generally considered upper class. His family descended from the Kingdom of Sine. Having studied in Paris he became a professor in Tours, and Paris himself. It would be during this time he would help develop the intellectual idea of négritude. This framework would say Africans should develop a pride in their African-ness, while still balancing it with strong Franco-African cultural and political ties. Senghor would also serve in the military a year after receiving French citizenship. He would be captured in 1940 during the German invasion of France. For the next two years Senghor would be moved between different prison camps, where he would learn German, and write poetry. In 1942 he was released on request by the Vichy government. He would resume teaching while remaining an active part of the French Resistance.
Upon returning back to West Africa in 1945, Léopold Senghor would immediately jump back into politics. He would be elected to the Senegalese colonial legislature, and would help draft a new constitution that gave universal suffrage to Africans. From 1945-1951 Senghors political philosophy would be one of believing in transforming France from a colonial empire, to a true federal union. This belief would begin to shift as Senghor realized the writing was on the wall for the French Empire. The world wars had left France far too economically weakened, and its political state was volatile. It was at this point the theory of African Federalism was developed.
This theory of African Federalism argued that alone the new colonies would be far too weak, and that these nations were naturally dependent upon each other. Using the long history cultural, political and economic history shared between the Mandé, Atlantic, Gur, and Songhai people, African Federalists would argue for a Federation of these peoples, once again united into one.
Originally this ideology had very few proponents, Senghor and his political party the Senegalese Popular Bloc, was the only advocates for it. Eventually through Senghors numerous poems, publications, and books, this idea would begin to rise throughout the upper classes of French West Africa. Modibo Keïta, Maurice Yaméogo, and Nicolas Grunitzky were all early proponents. The largest obstacles to African Federalism was Felix Houphouët-Boigny. He was fiercely independent and highly critical of Senghor. In early 1955; however, he would be dealt with by High Commissioner Messmer. A potential opponent was Ahmed Sekou Touré, who while not hostile to the idea, was known for his egotism, and unwillingness to work with France. He too was also dealt with by the government. With these two opponents out of the way, Senghor would begin his slow ascent to the top of political life in Senegal.
While many would allege a connection between Senghor and Messmer these were largely unfounded. While Messmer saw African Federalism as a better alternative to independent disorganized blocs, he didnt officially grant it any support. His only goal was stability within the colony, for as long as it would exist. It just happened that the pro-French nature of Senghor, coincided to the necessity of a stable French West Africa to implement his ideology of African Federalism.
For now, High Commissioner Messmer would relax. He had brought stability, at least temporarily for the colony. While there would be troubles in the implementation of his new laws, and reforms, no longer did he need to stay constantly on the road. He had reorganized administrations, and could now rely on his administrators to listen to his words. Meanwhile, Senghor would work, beginning to formulate, and officially create a united political front between all the major political parties of French West Africa, in preparations for the eventual shift to independence.
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[list]August 1955
[sub]God and Country First[/sub][/list]
[pre]C H R I S T I A N I N D E M O C R A T[/pre]
| The governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party was a staple of German politics. Established in 1946 to succeed the former Zentrum (Centre) Party of Germany, the center-right, Christian-focused party had dominated postwar Germany. In the 1949 and 1953 elections, it had dominated the polls, with Konrad Adenauer (the current Bundeskanzler and the Minister of Foreign Affairs) at the helm of the party. During election seasons, they displayed elegance, strength, unity, and political cohesion, while during sessions of government, they formed up as a strong, unified bloc that represented the interests of most Germans. Playing into their economic policy successes in their first term, Adenauer carried the party to an overwhelming near-majority victory - almost impossible in the heavily diversified state of German politics. Now, two years into his second term as Chancellor, Adenauer was facing the first internal party divisions since he was selected as the party leader ahead of the '49 federal elections. |
| The CDU remained firmly rooted in its political union coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), a Bavarian political party. The CDU and the CSU unified together to form a tight but also loose big tent alliance, forming the CDU/CSU. The CSU would run in the state of Bavaria and solely there, while the CDU ran in every other province. So far, the agreement was working out, as Adenauer expressed genuine interest in working with the CSU leadership based out of Munich. Rather, the internal party fracturing was emerging from the increasingly vocal right-wing of the party, led by Hanz-Joachim von Merkatz - who had migrated from the minor Deutschepartei (German Party). He now served in the Bundestag and was a rising official on the Bundestag's Justice Committee; he was a lawyer by degree. He was outspoken, and was particularly critical of Chancellor Adenauer's 'weak positions' when faced with 'socialist' policies by the Social Democrats under Erich Ollenhauer. He denounced Adenauer's cooperation with liberal politicians, and called for him to call a snap election to allow the CDU/CSU to secure a total majority so as to avoid the need to compromise with their junior coalition partners, the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Von Merkatz was not necessarily a popularly-backed force, however - only 5% of the party said they would support him in a leadership election, against 74% who would back Adenauer, and 19% who would back Ludwig Erhard, the famed Economy Minister. |
| Nonetheless, however, the recent debate on the SHIELD ACT revived Von Merkatz from his legislative silence. He championed the bill heavily, and rallied 21 CDU/CSU deputies behind him to support the bill. In the end, however, the original version as initially proposed was never approved by the Bundestag's Defense Committee - the CDU leadership had given a thumbs down on the bill in its current state. Von Merkatz repeatedly called out Adenauer for 'failing to defend the country' and over the course of the SHIELD debates in the Bundestag twice openly called for Christian Democrats to hold a leadership election. This, however, would never fulfill itself, as Adenauer continued to firmly command the popular support of his party and indeed the German people - polling showed that 52% of voters intended to vote for the CDU/CSU in a general election held that day, compared to only 39% who would vote for the SPD. |
| Politically, Von Merkatz was not that different from Adenauer and his party's mainstream wings. Socially as well, he aligned with his party. It was primarily on economics and national defense specifically that they differed. He called for tax cuts and incentives to develop German businesses. He was aggressive on national defense, calling for a 25% increase in armed forces personnel over 3 years, federal consideration for a national conscription law, and strengthened ties with France and the United Kingdom as 'comprehensive defense partners'. He voiced his disapproval of the existence of East Germany, calling it a 'thorn in the unity that Germans deserve', but clarified he would 'never pray for war' between the West and the Soviet bloc. He championed religion as one of his key platforms - he pointed to Adenauer as a secular chancellor, with evidence to back. Thus, Von Merkatz held support among religious groups and more religious and conservative Germans - though, this would not be enough as the CDU/CSU remained firmly rooted in the center, especially with election season now only 2 years away. |
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Paramountica, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Peking Zhongguo, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie
[list][list]SEPTEMBER 1955
[sub]Builder, Manager, Fighter[/sub][/list]
[pre] P R E S I D E N T I A L R A C E [/pre]
[list][sub][pre]If elected, I will build the new
capital and I will move the seat of
Government.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][sub] JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK,
Presidential Candidate[/sub][/list]
FLORIAN SQUARE, Brazil Toucan AFTERNOON
[sub]RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Toucan[/sub]
| Its been a year since GETÚLIO VARGAS¹ resigned at the request of the military. His faithful supporters gathered in Rios Florian Square, asking him to assume the PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC again, but that was out of the question for VARGAS, he had decided that he would retire from politics and enjoy the rest of his life on his farm. The official portrait of the GREATEST BRAZILIAN STATESMAN, ex-President VARGAS, had been hung on one of the walls of the CATETE PALACE, but against the will of the opposition. The frightening predictions of a possible military coup turned out to be mere rumors. Repeatedly since VARGAS resignation, rumors that the armed forces would seize power have circulated in Rio. But Brazilian public opinion is so anti-coup that it may prevent stubborn military leaders from interfering in the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 3. Vargas Vice-President, President JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO², is barred by the constitution from succeeding himself, the Brazilian people have three main presidential candidates to choose from, known as BUILDER, MANAGER, FIGHTER: |
[list][list]▌[sub]JUCELINO KUBITSCHEK, 54, ex-governor of Minas Gerais, candidate for the Presidency of the Social Democrats and the Labor Party created by Vargas. After denouncing KUBITSCHEK for the first time, the illegal Communist Party of Brazil recently changed its mind and decided to support him. But he still cannot be called a pink, much less a Red. In fact, He does not belong to any ideology, but campaigns as a man of action who promises to build, build, build. His slogan: Power, Transportation and Food.[/sub]
▌[sub]ADHEMAR (Brazil Needs a Manager) DE BARROS, 54, wealthy ex-governor of São Paulo, self-elected candidate for the Social Progressive Party. ADHEMAR, as he is called across the country, shows even less political philosophy than KUBITSCHEK. The preferred candidate of Brazilian businessmen, but hated by intellectuals, ADHEMAR won, however, the support of many workers by promising to make Brazil, Inc. prosperous.[/sub]
▌[sub]General JUAREZ (Fight the Thieves and Hoodwinkers of the People) TÁVORA, 56, favorite of army officers and intellectuals. The parties supporting TÁVORA: the conservative National Democratic Union, the anticlerical Socialists and the staunchly Roman Catholic Christian Democrats.[/sub][/list][/list]
| General JUAREZ TÁVORA³ would no doubt win the presidency if voters were counted only in the northeast, where he appeals both as a native of Ceará and as a man of principle and piety. Overcoming TÁVORA in the race for the labor vote are both JUCELINO KUBITSCHEK⁴ and ADHEMAR DE BARROS⁵. The two ex-governors have much in common. Both started out as doctors; both are experienced politicians in politics. Both can point to their records as governors to show their accomplishments. Though a good orator, ADHEMAR must bear the burden of being a man he made rich when he was governor. Candidate KUBITSCHEK started first. Before his party nominated him, he set up his headquarters in a DC-3, on a 50,000-mile campaign trip. Backed by Brazil's two biggest, he has more organized support to get votes than BARROS or TÁVORA. Brazilian military leaders who risked their careers to overthrow the VARGAS REGIME choked on the idea that a man linked to ex-President VARGAS could be the next President of Brazil. But current estimates by Brazilian politicians and professional analysts are that around 10 million Brazilians will go to the polls and that the vote for the main candidates could reach: Kubitschek 3,600,000; Távora 3,100,000; Barros 2,800,000. |
| Also participating in the presidential race is a candidate who has no chance of winning, but who could influence the outcome of this election if he gave up running and supported TÁVORA. The sure loser, candidate of his own right-wing Popular Representation Party: PLÍNIO (This is the Man) SALGADO⁶, 54, founder of Brazils prewar fascist-type Greenshirts. Brazil has fared well in past elections with an odd arrangement in which each party printed and distributed ballots listing only its own candidates. This system gave the larger parties an advantage, with more funds to spend on ballots and more efficient methods of distributing them. In the record time of 15 minutes, the Federal Senate passed a bill requiring the use of uniform ballots listing all candidates. Three minutes later, President CAFÉ FILHO signed the bill. The reason: military leaders wanted electoral reform, and politicians wanted to avoid giving them any excuse to intervene in the October presidential election. |
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[sub]¹ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]
[sub]² JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO, was the 13th Vice President of Brazil (1951-54) under President Vargas and the 18th President of Brazil (1954-55).[/sub]
[sub]³ JUAREZ TÁVORA, was a Brazilian general and politician active during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.[/sub]
[sub]⁴ JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, was governor of Minas Gerais (1951-55) and 21st President of Brazil (1956-61).[/sub]
[sub]⁵ ADHEMAR DE BARROS, was mayor of São Paulo (1957-1961) and governor of São Paulo (1947-1951 and 1963-1966).[/sub]
[sub]⁶ PLÍNIO SALGADO, was a Brazilian politician, writer, journalist, and theologian. He founded and led Brazilian Integralist Action, a fascist party.[/sub]
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Paramountica, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Peking Zhongguo, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Vargorie
SEPTEMBER,3,1955
"The Peaceful Liberation March"
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[U]The Planning Phase
Yap Wei Bai, organised a attempt to peacefully show the people's discomfort with the police curfew.With how it would be done being very simple.
[List][I]"The members of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,will be dressed in their uniforms and in-line march towards the police station.The time that it would start,will be at 8:00 PM.A time when everyone was expected to be indoors.Despite for the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,having some firearms.They shall not be brought.In fact,no weapons shall be brought,if I (Yap Wei Bai) discover that someone brought a weapon of any kind.I'll personally see to how they will be humiliated.Once we reach the front of the police station,we will just stand there.We will yell in protest about the curfews.We shall not move until they agree to remove the curfews or if they utilise lethal force on us."[/I][/list]
Once news was being brought around to members or followers of the Maziyan People's Liberation Army about this planned event.Some kids who idolised the Maziyan People's Liberation Army,requested to join in the march but they were all denied their request.
[U]September | 3rd | 1955
[U]"The Peaceful Liberation March"
At 7:30 PM people who were taking part in the march,began getting dressed in their uniforms.At 8 PM,they all met at the designated meeting location to get in line.They all marched through the night towards the police station,with multiple on-duty policemen attempting to stop them but failing to do so.Once they reached the police station,they did everything as planned.The police in the station,did nothing until they were given official orders to utilise warning shots.While some people jumped from the warning shots,nobody ran away.After 3 hours had passed.The police were allowed to utilise lethal force.
[U]10:50 PM
People were running away now,as the police begun opening fire on people,although not with intent to kill but stop them in their tracks by shooting them at their leg areas.However some people still died as they were fleeing.Some died from being shot by the police,some died from being trampled to death.
[U]Results Of This Event
The local newspaper publishing house in the town found out about the event and begun trying to interview the police and people involved in the event.While none of the policemen talked about it after being given direct orders not too.The people talked about it.Soon the story was published with the newspaper labelling it as the "Peaceful Liberation March" in their headlines.People began reading it,and those who were not aware of the event became aware.The local police were now being seen with disgust by a lot of the people who walk past them.Despite for the police best efforts to keep the story from being read by the general population of the country.They couldn't keep it local and soon the people of the nation became aware of the event and the Maziyan People's Liberation Army.
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Peking Zhongguo, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
[list]July 1955
[sub]Foreign Affairs[/sub][/list]
[list][list] THE GENEVA SUMMIT - PART TWO
DER GIPFEL VON GENF - ZWEITER TEIL
LE SOMMET DE GENÈVE - DEUXIÈME PARTIE
IL VERTICE DI GINEVRA - SECONDA PARTE
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GENEVA
[sub]SWITZERLAND, THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC[/sub]
| Early on a rainy Saturday morning, American President Dwight Eisenhower would sit in his Geneva villa. He would be reading his daily telegram from Washington when two Soviet delegates would be let in. After greeting Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the foyer, the President would show him into the library. It would be a tall room with wood-trimmed bookshelves from floor to ceiling. On one side would be two large French doors out to a balcony facing the water. In front of a fireplace would be two chairs facing the door. The final day of the Geneva Summit had come by sooner than either one of them wanted. For the past week, delegates from France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union had discussed and debated the future of Europe. Each session, though, would seem to end in a stalemate with little agreement from either side. One by one, each issue the delegates came in hoping to resolve would be pushed under the rug. With the end of the summit in sight, they would have to pull back out the most pressing issues to be examined one last time. Although meetings officially took place in conference rooms conducted by the United Nations, for a few important delegates, every day would really begin and end in President Eisenhowers lakeside villa. Free from press and UN officials, it was a private meeting place where the delegates could speak freely. Eisenhower would offer Zhukov tea and coffee before they both would sit down. |
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | It appears as though our work is coming to an end.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I hope it will not be an end, but a beginning.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | I agree completely with that and regret that it has taken so long to establish personal contact between the Soviet and American leaders. If Soviet leaders ever have a chance to visit the United States, it would be of great help in overcoming future difficulties.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | Everyone is so busy these days that its hard to take time off, but I agree that sooner or later something of that nature might be possible.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | You must have observed the respect and good feelings that Khrushchev and Bulganin and the rest entertained for you. This was also an expression of their feeling for the American people, since they look upon the President as the representative of the people of the United States.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I have enjoyed meeting your leaders but hoped they would find something in this conference which would encourage the people of the world. On the personal side, I feel that, anyway, the meeting has been worthwhile, and I am highly pleased with this contact with Soviet leaders. It will be helpful for future relationships between our two countries. I will do my best to promote just such a relationship. I wish to tell the Marshal, however, that that being said, I am disappointed in the course of the negotiations themselves. The Soviet Delegation has introduced a resolution in regard to an overall security pact, which I initially had not wished to accept, feeling that it was cumbersome, complicated, and with so many countries involved, will take a very long time to work out. However, my delegation has urged me to accept it and I have done so. I stand by this decision, and they will work loyally with the other delegations to see if anything can be done in that field. However, even after our acceptance of this Soviet proposition, Mr. Molotov has refused to accept our directive listing the subjects of todays meeting which the other heads of government agreed on. If we cannot agree on simply placing German unification at the head of the list, I am doubtful that we can come to any agreement on German unification. I realize that my old friend was not responsible for the actions of the delegations here in every respect, but in my country, there are many people of German descent, myself included, who feel strongly about the question of German unification, and putting it at the bottom of the list for consideration will be very badly received by the American people.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | Big events are not dealt with in a hurry. I thought in general, in any case, that the meeting has been useful. Even if we did not come to an agreement on points of common interest, I felt that the relations between the two countries will improve and then these problems might be more easily solved step-by-step in the future.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I didnt mean to imply in any way that this meeting has been in vain. I think our relations will be better in the future, but I hoped to tell the American people on my return that something had been started on questions of substance. I will, however, in any case, tell the American people of my impression that relations would be better in the future.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | Again, I agree with you. The Soviet people also expect some positive results and will be much distressed if nothing positive comes out of the meeting. I feel the remaining time should be used in an attempt to bring our respective positions closer together. If nothing emerged from the meeting of a positive nature, not only the Soviet, but also the American, British, and French people will not be satisfied with the work of their leaders. As to the question of order, you are wrong. The chief problem from the Soviet point of view is that of security, which is of worldwide interest. In fact, it is a matter of peace or war, life or death in some cases. The German question is very important, but it is still a special problem not comparable, in my view, with the greater issues of the world. Frankly, if West Germany had not been admitted into NATO and East Germany in the Warsaw Pact, it would have been easier for us to agree on this matter. These developments have greatly complicated the question. What is needed is time and the establishment of a European security system within the framework necessary to move toward a solution of the German question. The entire Soviet people support this point of view and it would be impossible for the Soviet delegation not to put their concerns foremost.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | Every effort should be made to try to find a way to reconcile our positions, but we feel just as strongly as you do on this matter.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | I don't think you fully understand what I'm saying. The problem of German unification was decided before any of us arrived in Geneva. When you had West Germany join your North Atlantic Treaty you gave up any chance you had of reunification at this summit. Khrushchev and Premier Bulganin were adamant before this change. They may still act like it now as well, but the Soviet delegation has no intention of moving towards unification while NATO is present in the other half of Germany. As a friend and in the name of great interests, I hope that you will do everything to find a compromise on the other issues at hand however, not only because of the feelings of the Soviet people, but in the name of the friendship between our countries.[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I am sorry to hear that is the Soviet position. West Germany made that decision on its own. It would be a great pity if the conference ended with only the hope for friendlier relations. This, in my opinion, is not enough. I am sure that you are as busy as I am. Im convinced that the Soviet government wants peace just as we do, and do not wish to see any wars, big or little.[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | Certainly. Speaking of peace, I had to notice that you gave no reaction yesterday to the Soviet dearmament proposals calling for the inspection and abolition of nuclear weapons."[/list]
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | There are many other countries involved and I have not had time to consult them. However, one point I could mention I noticed is that in both of our statements, there is agreement that there was no sure way to inspect or control stockpiling of atomic weapons. We can both understand that it is a mistake to jump to any hasty conclusions while that is the case. It requires study. Once again, thank you, Marshal, for your visit."[/list]
[list]| GEORGY ZHUKOV, [sub]Marshal of the Soviet Union[/sub] | I consider it an honor to be received by the President of the United States. Please send my greeting to Mrs. Eisenhower and your grandchildren."[/list]
| After showing the Soviets to their car in the driveway, Eisenhower would get ready himself. An hour later, he would arrive at the Palace of Nations for one last round of diplomacy. The proceedings would go as usual. Press time, greetings, and a welcome from the Secratary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. Around the table, each head of state would make an opening statement. Hammarskjöld would note that the order for the days proceedings proposed by the United Kingdom, the United States, and France would be: (1) German reunification, (2) European security, (3) Disarmament. The order proposed by the Soviet delegation would be: (1) European security, (2) Disarmament, (3) the German problem. After much deliberation, they would finally agree to compromise and deal with both Germany and European security at the same time. The fact that it took over an hour just to figure out what to discuss would discourage the diplomats. Despite the delegates' best efforts to come to a compromise, they would remain skeptical about the prospects for success. Even with their reservations, the delegates would know that the issues they were discussing would be too important to ignore, and they would be determined to find a way forward. |
[list]| Marshal NIKOLAI BULGANIN, [sub]Premier of the Soviet Union[/sub] | Since united Germany would no doubt be in NATO, it would strengthen one side. How could this contribute to European security? In practice a simultaneous settlement of the two problems is impossible. Some order of priority would emerge. If Germany were united and in NATO, would this allay the fears of the European people and help European security? It would increase the power of NATO and would bring up the question of strengthening the Warsaw Pact. There are two different approaches to this problem. I suggest that we move on from trying to solve this in our summit. It is an issue for another day.[/list]
| Zhukov had been right about the Soviet position. With that unfortunate fact, the other heads of state would have no choice but to also put off German reunification indefinitely. One of the main issues that warranted the Geneva Summit in the first place would have to be ignored. Though the road ahead would be difficult, the delegates knew that the stakes were too high to give up hope. With the clock still ticking the end of their time in Geneva coming nearer, the leaders would begin planning for a new meeting for the end of the year. With yet another stalemate in the wording of the new meeting, it was suggested to break for lunch. |
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I will gladly go without lunch if it means we can agree with any point we have brought up so far.[/list]
[list]| NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, [sub]Secratary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union[/sub] | There is a saying in my country that people become more generous and happy after they have eaten.[/list]
[list]| EDGAR FAURE, [sub]Prime Minister of the French Republic[/sub] | One must have ones lunch.[/list]
| Lunch would last two hours. Upon the return of the delegates to the Council Chamber, Eisenhower would state his mind. |
[list]| DWIGHT EISENHOWER, [sub]President of the United States[/sub] | I consider it impossible for the world leaders assembled in Geneva to terminate the conference without results. They could not possibly face the people of the world, hungering for peace, with the fact that they had come to such an impasse on German unification and European security that they had been unable to agree on the draft of a directive for another conference altogether. Each Delegation around this table has stated many times that it came here in a new spirit of conciliation and with a determination to ease tensions in the world. In the next meeting, those statements of friendship and conciliation and the desire to approach problems in a new spirit would be put to the test. Only history could then tell. It might be the end of the year before we would know whether we had in fact made a real step toward bringing peace to the world, or alternatively had merely repeated the same old dreary exercises. It is my earnest hope and prayer that the record of the new conference would carry forward the spirit they had expressed here. We will see whether we can all work cooperatively together toward the ends. I hope that my French, British, and Soviet colleagues share this view.[/list]
[list]| EDGAR FAURE, [sub]Prime Minister of the French Republic[/sub] | As Head of the French Delegation, I fully associate myself with the Eisenhower.[/list]
[list]| Sir ANTHONY EDEN, [sub]Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[/sub] | "My government likewise agrees with the statement of the President. This document outlining a new meeting represents the greatest common measure of agreement that could be obtained around this table. It also represents, like so many others, another attempt by the four delegations at this table to bring hope to mankind. Everything will depend on its execution. If they can really carry out this draft in the spirit of the words of the President, we would have no reason to be ashamed of our work.[/list]
[list]| Marshal NIKOLAI BULGANIN, [sub]Premier of the Soviet Union[/sub] | What President Eisenhower just said fully conformed with the desires and intentions of the Soviet Delegation.[/list]
| With that, they would work out the details. The next meeting would be of the foreign ministers of each country at the table. They would decide on October 1955 in Geneva. Each delegation would sign the draft, and Eisenhower would propose that the head of each delegation make a short speech that would be published, and which would thereby permit them to end the Geneva Summit. The week-long argument initially seemed promising to the delegations, but slowly revealed itself to be nothing more than a friendship exercise. Despite their efforts, the delegates would have to leave the Geneva Summit feeling disappointed and frustrated. While they had agreed to continue negotiations at a future date, they would know that the prospects for success were slim. The delegates had made some progress in building personal relationships and establishing a framework for future negotiations, but they had failed to make any substantive headway on the critical issues facing Europe. After final handshakes, they would depart the palace for their respective countries. The delegates could only hope that future talks would be more productive and that the vision of a unified and peaceful Europe would one day become a reality, but not today. Eisenhower's talk with Zhukov would make it clear that the Cold War would be looming over diplomacy for decades to come. |
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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Peking Zhongguo, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
GHOSTS FROM THE WAR - MASS GRAVES UNCOVERED
September 12th 1955
As day two of new Infrastructure work began on a planned Residential area south of Vinkovci, work had to be unexpectedly halted after the identification of a mass of decomposed bodies. The National Committee for Wartime Investigation, tasked with finding mass graves and reuniting personal items with their rightful owners (especially valid for reclaimed Jewish property which since the exodus to Israel takes place on yearly flights to Jerusalem) was called in to assess the situation. Only four days after the NCWI was tasked with investigating the area it was announced that a large wartime grave consisting of several different dugouts were found containing more than 8,000 but less than 9,000 human remains. Thanks to the items found upon the now decomposed remains those within were quickly identified as Croatian and Serbian Civilians and Partisans who were no doubt killed during the 1944-1945 retreat of Germans from the area in which they committed numerous atrocities.
Initial inspections which were publicly shared were that it is believed the majority were simple civilians however that many Jews may be amongst them, something they suspect will require the assistance of Israeli researchers and volunteers who have been offered free stays in local government owned hotels.
The response publicly of course was one of outrage, that retreating Axis Troops would commit such atrocities against a Country that was effectively at the time their ally, as well as during a retreat which made such reprisals entirely pointless. While urging calmness however Grand Marshal Tito has announced a day of mourning to be held every year on September 12th for the victims of Axis aggression and barbarity during the second world war. Public announcements are to be made on a local level once the individual identities of the Bodies are ascertained, if such is even possible, in order to provide living relatives with information after such a long period of silence. Tito offered his personal condolences to all who had lost loved ones in the war, a pain which he stated he "knew all too well" having lost countless comrades and friends in his resistance against the Axis Powers.
Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Peking Zhongguo, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie
[sub]AUGUST DECLARATION AUGUST 1955
| Abd al-Karim Qasim addresses a nation on the precipice. |[/sub]
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Pushing the Soviets aside
[Sofia, Bulgaria] [Народна република България]
[September 1955]
| Bogdan Vhikovs candidacy for General Secretary had certainly ruffled feathers. He had branded himself a home-rule communist demanding a branch of Bulgarian Communism that aimed to deal with Bulgarias problems and cast off the rest of the world, much to the dismay of Bulgarias Prime Minister Valko Chervenkov. However, when he posed for photographs in Sofia today, Vhikov made either one of the bravest or most stupid moves of any politician in the history of Bulgaria. Vhikov took the Soviet flag, which was being displayed proudly behind him alongside the Bulgarian one and moved it to one side.
There was total silence as he did this, nobody dared to either offer words of support or critique for fear of taking the wrong side. One man who did voice his dismay was the Prime Minister, who knows that Vhikovs win in the race for General Secretary would be the only outcome that didnt restore him to full power. Chervenkov is and will always be a Moscow loyalist, but he is not yet strong enough to force Vhikov out on his own. Instead, Chervenkov is quietly making moves in the background, hoping to secure his place as a governing Prime Minister through public support.
Regardless, it is apparent that news of Vhikovs actions will reach Moscow soon enough. The man himself has not yet said he wishes to abandon the USSR and break away fully, but he has done enough to create cause for concern. No other candidate stands on such a mandate, and all others have been painted as Chervenkov supporters who would simply hand the mantle back to the Prime Minister at the first opportunity. Vhikovs appointment would likely end Chervenkovs career too, destroying his work on the shared bridges project with Romania and likely destroying the rumoured plans for further development between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, though who would take the hot-seat remains up for discussion.
Once again, Bulgaria has no answers. There is no certainty about anything and all that can be said for sure is that the USSRs flag was pushed aside. |
Mentions: Osivoii, Ranponian, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania.
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[list]October, 1954 August, 1955
[sub]Diplomatic missions of PM Kandi Ramamurthy Rajah.[/sub][/list]
October, 1954: Indo-Ceylonese treaty of friendship
[sub]In October, 1954 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited Ceylon and met Prime Minister Kandi Ramamurthy Rajah in the capital to signed the Indo-Ceylonese treaty of friendship, which officially establish friendly relationship between the two country. The treaty allow the boost of trade and tourism between the two country, along with Indian investment in the country and student exchange between India and Ceylon.[/sub]
April, 1955: Franco-Ceylonese trade and defense treaty
[sub]In April, Prime Minister Kandi Ramamurthy Rajah visited France and met French Prime Minister Edgar Faure in Paris to signed the Franco-Ceylonese trade and defense treaty, which officially establish trade between France and Ceylon but also created a defense pact in which both country would defend each other if they were invaded by other country.[/sub]
August, 1955: Ceylonese diplomatic mission to Iran
[sub]In August, PM Kandi Ramamurthy Rajah dispatched a Ceylonese diplomatic mission to Iran in which he hope to establish friendly relation with Iran and hopefully get a defense treaty with them.[/sub]
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JOINT SAUDI-EGYPTIAN CALLS TO DE-ESCALATE
[list][sub]| Saudi Arabia had unique interests in the Hashemite-Kurd conflict, and permanent and complete support of one side was impossible to decide. Supporters of Hashemite Kingdoms pointed towards their alignment with the Western World, and the similar conservative monarchy they had in place, which would surely bolster the monarchist bloc in the Arab League if it came to it. However, detractors mainly held grudges for the long Hashemite occupation of Arabia, which was extremely recently overthrown, as well as the long feud between the two families. On top of that, even though they were a conservative monarchy, they had little to no Islamist influence in their rule, opting for British-inspired institutions instead of traditional customs. Crown Prince Faisal could ignore the history behind the throne, but not the lack of Islam, thus leading to neutrality in regard to the Hashemites.|[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]| Support of Greater Kurdistane was an even stranger issue. The very existence of the Kurdish state stemmed from Arab involvement in the crusade against the roaches (Turks), so it was almost ordained that Saudi Arabia stay and protect it. Because of this Saudi hand in their founding, Islamist influences lingered in their government as they abandoned secularism for some degree of Islam in their governance. However, on the other hand in their founding was the Soviets, arguably the bigger factor, as the Kurdish government existed by law as a socialist one, aligned with the USSR, which was contradictory to the very existence of Saudi Arabia. However, even if Faisal wished to support the Kurds, the Angloid apes would surely beg their American friends to make Saudi Arabia cease said support. |[/sub][/list]
[list][sub]| Therefore, with similar conclusions reached by his Egyptian counterpart, Nasser, it was decided to maintain absolute neutrality in the standoff. They would go on to release a joint declaration of said conclusion. Faisal would release a statement:[/sub][/list]
"This recent escalation on the Kurdish-Hashemite border is unacceptable and should be stopped immediately. We cannot let the ghosts of war haunt us once more, and we Muslim brothers should make amends and face the world, lest the world consumes the ummah once and for all. We have more similarities than differences...as the only thing that matters is our faith in Allah. We have other enemies among us, and petty border disputes cannot interrupt our mission. This region is abundant in resources and we cannot risk destroying it and losing our status to heathens once more. Any further buildup is condemned by the state of Saudi Arabia, and the aggressor of any future conflict will punished severely. If needed, I am open to hosting a Kurdish-Hashemite summit in Riyadh to mark an end to this useless and foolish infighting within the Muslim community, and I urge you both to consider this proposition to cement de-escalation of your borders."
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[list]September 1955
[sub]San Miguel[/sub][/list]
[pre]S A N M I G U E L B R E W E R I E S[/pre]
| SAN MIGUEL BREWERIES was founded in 1889 by Manila businessman Enrique Maria Barretto de Ycaza y Esteban, who received a royal grand from Madrid during the ending stages of the Spanish imperial era to establish a brewery. Under the management of Pedro Pablo Roxas, and with the period of economic prosperity sweeping in after the Philippine Revolution, beer demands increased significantly - and San Miguel benefited heavily. Under Roxas' leadership, electric conveyors and automatic machines, to initiate rapid growth and product production. By 1913, imported beer was worth only 12% of total beer consumption in the Philippines - this compared to SAN MIGUEL's own 88% share of the industry. After the death of Roxas in France the same year, Benito Legarda and Gonzalo Tuason renamed the company and ordered its reorganization to SAN MIGUEL BREWERIES, INC. Roxas' son, Antonio Roxas de Ayala, took over as the company's president. Immediately, the next year, exports to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guam began. The FIRST WORLD WAR temporarily interrupted the company's growth, as did the Prohibition period in the United States, but after its repealing, exports to Guam and Hawaii resumed. |
| ANDRES SORIANO joined the company as an accounting clerk, and rose to become manager in 1923. Business lines were diversified, opening ROYAL SOFT DRINKS PLANT in Manila in 1922, and in 1925 the company entered the ice cream business with the purchase of MAGNOLIA. New plans were opened, and business expanded overseas in the 1920 and the 1930s. Glass factories were also opened outside of LUZON for the first time in 1939, but growth was halted with the Japanese invasion and Soriano's own enlistment with the U.S. military. |
| In the POSTWAR PERIOD, San Miguel rebuilt and mounted a massive expansion program. A second brewery in Bulacan was acquired in 1947, and two years later, five more plants were opened - a glass and power plant in San Nicolas, a carbon dioxide plant in Paco, a carton plant and a Coca-Cola plant in Iloilo. The company grew significantly, and was at this point designated one of the largest conglomerates in the country, aside from the rapidly rising AYALA CORPORATION, owned by the wealthy Zobel family. San Miguel was at this point continuing its efforts to rapidly diversify, with Soriano expressing his interest in expanding the company into foods production and continuing a global expansion effort. The company had received notable popularity after being dubbed as 'The Indicator of Philippines Economic Success'. President Magsaysay himself had in March of this year visited the San Nicolas plant and met with Soriano and other top executives; whilst being heavily pro-worker, the President's administration remained amicable towards business groups and their interests. |
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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: THE ARABS BEGIN TO REVOLT
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, SEPTEMBER 1955 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | Syria and Lebanon are gone, so is Indo-China. Last week France was enmeshed in another colonial agony; this time nearer home. Violence that came close to actual warfare blazed like a wildfire across French North Africa. In an 850-mile arc from Constantine in Algeria to Casablanca in Morocco, more than 800 were killed and thousands more wounded in a spreading, sporadic rebellion that brought the wrath of Islam close to the shores of Europe. The uprisings threatened to cut off France's vast colonies in equatorial Africa. More than 300 million Muslims were already feeling their impact, from Senegal to the Celebes. In the eye of the storm were 20,000 Americans, airmen and their families stationed at the four Strategic Air Command bomber bases in western Morocco.[/sub]
[sub]In Paris there was shock and alarm. Premier Edgar Faure, who had appointed an able man to bring peace to Morocco and had then hung back from letting that man put through the reforms he demanded, condemned "this terror and savageness," and grimly warned of French retribution. In the Moroccan capital of Rabat, his appointee, French Resident General Gilbert Grandval, was shocked at the bloody collapse of his efforts to win a compromise. "The man who arrived in Morocco a month and a half ago with the ardent desire to restore order and peace by friendship has a broken heart," said Grandval. "There is no motive that can excuse such a crime."[/sub]
[sub]The seeds of revolt had been sown over 43 years of French insensitivity to the political and spiritual longings of North Africa's Arab peoples. France gave North Africa roads, hospitals and the works of Voltaire, but not the political liberty it demanded. The spark that ignited the violence was struck one day last week. It came on La Date Fatidique, literally, the fateful date. It was the second anniversary of the dethronement of Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef as head of some 9,000,000 Moroccan Muslims. On August 20, 1953, the French bundled Ben Youssef aboard a DC-3 and exiled him, ostensibly to "save" him from his own people, actually because he supported their demand for more political freedom. So flimsy a pretext was an insult to North Africa's faithful. Morocco's urgent nationalists flatly refused to accept the weak and wizened old man whom Paris foisted upon them in Ben Youssef's place. Ben Youssef, never very popular as Sultan, became in exile a martyr.[/sub]
[sub]To Muslims throughout North Africa, Sidi Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa, the French puppet Sultan, is a false prophet and usurper. Last month the Moroccans served notice that La Date Fatidique would be a day of prayer and demonstrations for Moulay Arafa's removal and Ben Youssef's return. Terrorist tracts, bearing the black crescent sign of the Arab underground, quickly made plain what this might mean. In the sacred name of Allah, the tracts urged all Moroccans to "avenge our dead heroes cut down by Imperialist French bullets." The French were dismayed and alarmed. Since last month's riots in Casablanca, 60,000 French troops have been standing guard in Morocco, but more were apparently needed. From its reserves in Europe, the French army flew a battalion of marines and a company of security police to beef up the Moroccan garrison. It even took space on commercial airliners to fetch hundreds of Senegalese NCOs from their units in Indo-China.[/sub]
[sub]While the French army had its hands full beating back the Moroccans, other fanatical Arabs saw their chance in Algeria, North Africa's richest province and legally a part of France. With perfect timing, gangs of Algerian fellaghas raided French police stations and stormed the railroad station on the outskirts of Constantine (pop. 119,000). Fourteen Frenchmen standing at a bar were blown to bits by a bomb. The fellaghas called themselves "The Army of Liberation"; they were joined by urban terrorists known as "Death Battalions." The rebels swept through dozens of French villages, burning, looting and killing. Scores of French civilians were knifed or torn to pieces before the troops swung into action. Pitched battles broke out in half a dozen Algerian towns. It was impossible to count all the casualties, but reliable estimates ranged as high as 560 dead with 460 of them rebels and possibly thousands more injured.[/sub]
[sub]All told, La Date Fatidique claimed the lives of some 650 Arabs and 200 Frenchmen. French North Africa was in flames, and at week's end there was still no knowing how far the flames would spread, or how they would be put out. |[/sub]
[sub][list][pre]¶ The Interior Ministry has issued public warnings to the French locals in North Africa to be cautious when out in public while also directing local police to be more vigilant as well.
¶ The locally stationed National Gendarmerie units, numbering 30,000 strong have been directed to assist in policing efforts as well as enforce a 10 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. curfew.
¶ The Ministry of National Defense has dispatched additional units to Algiers, Oran, Rabat, and Casablanca totaling 26,000 troops divided equally among the cities to guard the metropolitan areas and protect civilians.
¶ The French Government has begun covertly funding a secret paramilitary group named Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) which specializes in counter-terrorism operations and indulges in relatively brutal acts of suppression against Algerian nationalists.[/pre][/list][/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
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[list][pre]September, 1955 | Kernaf Square, Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]
AL-AZMA, POST ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES[/list]
The Election had now been long over, Mahgoub had proclaimed it a victory as the Nationalists Confluence Workers Party had gained 17 seats in Parliament, a great improvement from what many had thought would be the Partys demise in the 1949 elections, which had entirely shut the NCWP out of the national political stage. However this victory had come in the face of what is now a calamity. Upon the signing of the Moscow accords, Sudans nationalist militias the Son of Keren had left Eritrea and returned to Sudan, not to be given the hero treatment, but treated as criminals by the Khalil administration, their right to arms stripped from them as they had been immediately disarmed upon their return, their militia disbanded, and then put under the constant surveillance of the SIRA.
This was seen as an outrage by the Nationalists, who would then hold marches on Khartoum by the beginning of the year to protest the governments treatment of their heroes. However, the marches which started peacefully at first quickly turned violent upon the destruction and looting of European-owned businesses in Khartoum. The targeted violence against Anglo and European Sudanese citizens was led by a sentiment held by the party that Sudan continues to be under the occupation of the imperialist and it was because of the wealthy Englishmen and foreigners who control Khalil and the Commonwealth Party, imposing London's interest on Sudan to this day.
The results of the 1955 elections saw the Confluence and Arab Nationalists leading in the polls in the early hours of election day in July, only for Khalil and the coalition parties to suddenly shoot up in the polls by the conclusion of the election. Radical factions of the NWCP blamed this election surge on foreign meddling, greatly exacerbating the anti-foreign and anti-European sentiment now raging through Sudans streets. Following the election, the violence on Sudans streets. For the second time in 1955, the Nationalists and communists were locked into yet another violent clash, this time in Khartoum, prompting Khalil to finally send in the Sudanese Defence Force into the city, alleviating the heavy stress placed on Khartoum municipal and provincial law enforcement agencies.
The SIRA director had authorized a new operation aimed at targeting and bringing those responsible for the violence down. Many local Nationalists and communist leaders suspected of fueling the violence in several of Sudans northern cities were now being surveilled by the SIRA, the SDF and law agencies would quickly make multiple arrests against individuals involved in either the civil clashes or vandalism. Though Mahgoub urged Nationalists to stand down and end the violence, the posters and banners of the Nationalists littered the streets. Fires raged in Sudanese cities, many of which were linked to the Azma, Arabic for the calamity. Khartoum and Atbarah were now cities under the occupation of the Sudanese military, their business and office centers under the constant patrol of armed men, in addition, Berbers and Khartoums governors had both issued a state of emergency, putting the two provinces under curfew.
However, the violence was never constant nor was it a daily occurrence in Khartoum and Atbarah, but the attacks came in a very sudden and devastating burst of violence. These attacks had delivered a devastating blow to the morale of the nation. Sudans internal division had now reached an all-time high, worsening with every attack. The Azma was now beginning to sow seeds of doubt in the government, its capital living in fear, and the nation anxious to watch as the radicalized ideological divide began to grip two of the country's most important cities.
[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]
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SEMPTEMBER 1955
Protestant Christian Party wins election!
WRITER- Freddy Truder
The Protestant Christian Party of New Zealand won the election that was started in June. The Leader of the Protestant Party of New Zealand (PPNZ), Austin Freeman held a speech in the Grand Church of New Zealand. His speech in the following words-
"Today, we have won the elections of '55, and thanks to our father in heaven we have won the elections. We, as the First religious party of New Zealand, will show New Zealand, a brighter future, a future that will ensure our victory over evil! Over sin! People, together if we cooperate together, we could build a prosperous nation, a nation of peace. We want no war, and we shall stamp out every evil in our nation, from crimes, corruption and many other problems, and holes in our country. We welcome, all religions, and people who want to be Christian, we shall welcome all those with different religions, cultures, races and genders. We shall balance the nation, only shall God rule the nation! Only shall God guide us to the right path to ensure our prosperity! In these times of uncertainty, God shall guide and lead us! Not humanity, not money, not socialism, not democracy, rather on God! Let us lean on God only! Lean on Jesus only!"
Many people are also uncertain about their way of ruling if they really know how to rule, and people are also confused about how they won the elections, but since New Zealand's population is 57.9 per cent protestant Christian, it is no surprise that they voted for them. But people are scared that they will remove and discriminate against other religions, or be racist to other cultures, but the New Prime Minister assured us. Sidney Holland was forced to move back to his house. Many Political thinkers and experts were shocked by the results, but yet not surprised that many people would do that, assuring the people of a Christian utopia. The Democrats had a 70 per cent of winning whilst the Christians had 30 per cent, "It is only by sheer luck or it is a great miracle performed by God himself", says Tobey Spencer, states great political thinker. "The Democrats would've won if only that one person voted for them, I think it's god's doing."
The New Prime Minister, refuses to stay at the Great house and would rather live in the Grand Church of New Zealand, showing his ultimate devotion to God, but are we sure, this is just a facade to make the majority happy? Is this fascism in disguise? Well, we will have to see how his decisions and choices shall lead his nation, and let's see how his quote-on-quote utopia will work.
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(CCP) Peoples Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国
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A WORLD CHANGING: STATE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES (SIS) ESTABLISHED ALONGSIDE NEW CHINESE INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS
世界在变化。国家情报局(SIS)与新的中国情报机构同时成立
[sub]August 1955 | 1955年8月
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BEIJING, CAPITAL PROVINCE | 北京,首都[/sub]
[sub]The world was a-changing, as one article from the Beijing Daily (北京日报) read in a late July issue. The geopolitical frameworks were changing the Soviet Union was undergoing a period of change in the wake of the death of its supreme leader, Josip Stalin, and the U.S. was booming economically under the leadership of their storied wartime general, Dwight Eisenhower of the Republican Party. In Europe, the free nations of the continent were unifying under one banner in Brussels, while in the Middle East inter-regional competitiveness and tensions rose slowly but surely. China, meanwhile, was moving at a pace more associated with a small post-colonial republic that just gained independence. The Chinese economy was recording regular, to-be-expected level of growths, as the central government dominated by the Communist Party of China (CCP) sought to prioritize industrialization and the development of Chinese global competitiveness. The goal was privately, of course less about encouraging the growth of the Chinese people and expanding their vocational and educational skills, and more about making China a force to be reckoned with on the world stage. Efforts were already being taken towards this extent; not restricted to agriculture and combating the illegal Formosa regime under the Nationalists, but including the development of Chinas own intelligence apparatus. Insofar, the country had aimed its focuses legislatively and executively on domestic state matters of urgency; the economy, for example. The intelligence community only received a focus in recent months, as the world saw changes that mandated that China be ready to ensure the safety of its global interests. Chinese intelligence services were currently compressed into the Ministry of State Security ambiguously and misleadingly named under the central government; this government ministry would be mandated with the role of leading the domestic and foreign intelligence program.[/sub]
[sub]Amidst reports of Western interests in the greater China region and the rise of anti-communist, US-aligned neighbors such as Japan (Nippon-Nihon) and the Philippines (Provenancia), the central government sought that it was now imperative that the country be prepared to face both domestic and foreign intelligence threats and operations on a larger level. Chairman Mao Zedong, as his age grew ever larger and his mandate over the Peoples Republic tightened, remained firmly weary of those around him, and especially of his fellow Great Powers. After all, the Peoples Republic had been snuffed of its Security Council seat, with the United Nations choosing instead to keep it in the hands of the illegitimate regime on Formosa Island. Zhou Enlai, the Foreign Minister, was reporting growing Western influences in Asia and beyond and China stood at threat. The United States continued to recognize the Formosa regime as the legitimate one; Zhous global overtures to recognize Beijing over Taipei had so far failed, beyond nations who were already presently developing relations with the Peoples Republic. Thus, the Chairman saw it necessary to establish a special division of the central government directed solely at foreign intelligence operations and the gathering of information, for the benefit of the state and the people.[/sub]
[sub]Thus, by decree on 2 August, Chairman Mao ratified an executive proclamation establishing the State Intelligence Service, or SIS. The service would be a subdivision subordinate to the Ministry of State Security, and would inherit all foreign and non-domestic intelligence operations currently being carried out by the MSS. The MSS, it was directed in the proclamation, would instead redirect its operations to internal state security and anti-sabotage operations, while the SIS would adopt all foreign operations. Intelligence-gathering activities by high-flying aircraft would be particularly noted as a priority operation, so was the prevention of such intelligence activities over Chinese airspace. The establishment of the new ministerial service came as the central government organized a more drastic reorganization of Chinas intelligence apparatus, directed mainly at making it more bureaucratically efficient and clearing out any possible paper trails that could link foreign operations with the Peoples Republic and the central government. This new SIS would, however, maintain some domestic responsibilities, providing some minor support to domestic MSS operations - agent intermingling, intelligence sharing and such.[/sub]
[sub]With the rise of fiery disputes in the Middle East, and the world shifting ever so slightly towards the brink of yet another war, the establishment of such intelligence services was rightly timed - China, naturally, was interested in a prosperous peace rather than a woeful war.[/sub]
[sub]正如《北京日报》7月下旬的一篇文章所说,世界正在发生变化。地缘政治框架正在发生变化--在最高领导人约瑟普-斯大林去世后,苏联正在经历一个变革时期,而美国在其著名的战时将军、共和党人德怀特-艾森豪威尔的领导下,经济正在蓬勃发展。在欧洲,欧洲大陆的自由国家在布鲁塞尔统一在一面旗帜下,而在中东,区域间的竞争和紧张局势缓慢但确实在上升。与此同时,中国的发展速度与一个刚刚获得独立的后殖民主义小共和国更有关联。中国经济记录了正常的、符合预期的增长水平,因为由中国共产党主导的中央政府试图将工业化和发展中国的全球竞争力放在首位。当然,目标是--私下里--与其说是鼓励中国人民的增长和扩大他们的职业和教育技能,不如说是使中国成为世界舞台上不可忽视的力量。在这个范围内已经做出了努力;不仅限于农业和打击国民党的非法福尔摩沙政权,还包括发展中国自己的情报机构。到目前为止,中国在立法和执行方面都把重点放在国内的紧急事务上,例如经济。情报界只是在最近几个月才受到关注,因为世界上出现了一些变化,要求中国做好准备,确保其全球利益的安全。中国的情报部门目前被压缩到中央政府下属的国家安全部--名称含糊不清,具有误导性;这个政府部门将被授权领导国内和国外的情报项目。[/sub]
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The New Romanian Village
September 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
| As the development plan for Romanian villages is continuing, Romania reports on it`s great achievements in a remarkable time period for the Romanian village
| Recent data shows that more than 75% of the rural population said that their quality of life has increased in a period of 2 years, booming with the recent development plan inaugurated by the PCR at Constantin Rotaru`s requests.
The development plan includes the paving of the mostly dirt roads of Romanian villages, the total electrification, the development of Industry in Romanian villages, encouragement of the production in every Agricultural Cooperative and the development of Natural Gas pipelines, giving residents access to City style heating and cooking, abandoning the current wood based household, access to higher levels of education and the access to basic healthcare.
| Over 500 Villages have already seen the benefits of electrification and paving of the roads in such a small time, while many more are still under current construction and development.
The governments quest is to raise the quality of life in every of the 2,254 Villages and Communes throughout The Socialist Republic of Romania, increasing the morale of the hard working villagers and promoting creativity in every mind of the residents.
| The Village is the pride and joy of Romania, the cradle of Romanian culture. It would be a real shame if we let it and it`s potential go to waste at the hands of greedy cooperationists that actively seek to destroy Romania and it`s working people.
We thank and greatly admire our brave and beloved leader, 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, Supreme Commander of The Peoples Army for giving us every opportunity to succeed in every aspect of the new Communist life!
"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "
September 1955
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania
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SEPTEMBER,1955
Comic Book Industry:IRONÍA HATED FEMALE CHARACTER
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Alongside,Juan Pablo Contreras was his "good friend since childhood" according to Contreras.Fernando Gutierrez,a fellow artist who started a comic strip called "Ironía" but unlike his friend.Fernando made a comedy series meant to poke fun at stereotypes in genres that he grew up with.Alongside Contreras,he was brought on to make Ironía a full proper comic book under the Cómics De Imagen line of comics.Unlike Contreras,Hombre Malvado.Ironía didn't transfer over to full proper comics as well and in the mail that Cómic De Imagen received for Ironía were mostly negative feedback.
[List][I]"The jokes don't hit that hard"
"Takes too long to get to the actual good parts"
"Art is good...But I feel like Ironía isn't the best in terms of writing that Cómics De Imagen have released"[/I][/list]
We're just examples of a few negative mail that Cómics De Imagen received,regarding the comic.
Soon Cómics De Imagen,president Alejandro Santos went to Fernando Gutierrez work station to tell him the bad news.
[List][I]"Fernando,I wish to inform you.That your comic book might be cut after issue number 20.Unless you can pull in the results that we expected out of you.I don't care,how you do it,just get the book popular so we can make back some cash we loose on your series.Sales have been getting lower and lower after the first issue came out.[/I][/list]
Fernando Gutierrez,now under pressure.Halfway while working on issue #20 of Ironía,he introduced a female character.Designed to be a little bit of a jab at fellow creator Juan Pablo Contreras,with her being a supposed to be superheroine wearing a slightly revealing outfit and having all the traits that Juan Pablo Contreras likes to give his female characters but dialed up to the max at all times.
[U]The Problem,With #20
After issue #20 was released,parents took noticed of the female character that was described as "dress like a female night worker".The media took wind of this,and began publishing stories about parents concern that Ironía is plaguing the minds of its young readers by giving them a female character who is dressed like that.However parents who didn't care about the appearance and saying "I don't what everyone else is on about...but her appearance is pretty moderate.But her personality on the other hand." the other group of parents complained that her personality is terrible.With the jokes she gets put in being pretty downgrading.Despite being meant to be a superheroine,she has shown to be extremely shy and very mean to the male leads with the jokes she gets put in being considered "quite inappropriate".
[U]Fernando Gutierrez After The Event
Ironía was soon discontinued after the fear that it could lead to less profits and more accusations.Fernando Gutierrez was also demoted out of a creative position to create comic books and was demoted into the position of creating back-up stories for Hombre Malvado.
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Ministry of Resources Created, Bauxite Mines Expanded!, September 1955
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Δημιουργία Υπουργείου Πόρων, επέκταση των ορυχείων βωξίτη!, Σεπτέμβριος 1955
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Greek Government! - Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| HELLENIC RESOURCES, GREECE: | ΠΌΡΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΆΔΟΣ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| As the Greek Economic and Industrialization Diversification Act of 1954 was put into action, along with the development of stronger civilian and military infrastructure and regional development projects in rural areas of Greece, an economic plan had been devised by Prime Minister Papagos and his Minister, confirmed by the King and is set to help the nation's trade affairs. With the overwhelming majority support of the Greek Parliament, with most of its members being replaced by Centrists and Conservatives of the Greek political world, a 6 monthly long economic plan to hopefully support and continue the growth of the Greek economy was passed, the Greek Resource Plan of 1955 was born. The Plan was detailed and engineered to expand Greece's overall natural resource and agricultural output and trade capacity to support recent trade deals done with other nations but to also stockpile and feed the Greek population with an overflowing amount of food and raw goods. |[/list]
[list]| In tandem with the Greek Resource Plan, a new permanent Greek ministry was created to oversee and help develop and lead the Greek Resource Plan, the Ministry of Greek Resourced was created, with the Minister of Resources position being the top in the ministry. The Minister position was appointed by the King himself, the role being assigned to the rising politician, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. The primary goal of the Ministry was to exponentially expand Greece's mining industry - in particular one of Greece's biggest natural export, the ore bauxite. |[/list]
[list][list][pre]"Οι πόροι της Ελλάδας είναι η κρυφή υπερδύναμη του έθνους μας. Ενώ οι άνθρωποι μπορεί να βλέπουν την Ελλάδα για τα όμορφα νησιά της ή για τη διπλωματική της ανάμειξη και εμπλοκή της στα Βαλκάνια, οι πόροι της Ελλάδας είναι η δύναμή της, που κυριολεκτικά χρησιμοποιούνται για την κατασκευή ελληνικών καταναλωτικών αγαθών και πυροβόλων όπλων. Τώρα που το φως έχει πέσει σε αυτόν τον ξεχασμένο τομέα του έθνους μας, πιστεύω ότι τώρα, με τη βοήθεια αυτού του νεοσύστατου υπουργείου, του οποίου είμαι υπερήφανος επικεφαλής, μπορούμε πράγματι και θα συμβάλουμε στην οικονομική ανάπτυξη του έθνους μας".[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre](English: "The resources of Greece are our nation's hidden superpower. While people may look at Greece for her beautiful islands or her diplomatic meddling and involvement in the Balkans, Greece's resources are her strength, literally being used to build Hellenic consumer goods and firearms. Now that light has been shined on this forgotten sector of our nation, I believe that now, with the help of this newly formed ministry that I am proudly head of, we can indeed and will help contribute to our nation's economic development.")[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Minister of Resources, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| In a confident first act of business, Greece's first large-scale Bauxite Mine was built, on the bauxite-rich grounds of Vagonetto in Central Greece. The mine, equipped with moderately stocked bulldozers and machinery equipment, was equipped with dozens of silos scattered around the mountainous region. The bauxite mine was opened on the 29th of September, attended by HM King Pavlos himself in celebration of the opening. The mine is expected to have an estimated output of 500,000 tonnes of bauxite, which is said to be exported to other nations along with being stockpiled for use by Greek citizens. |[/list]
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[list]August 1955
[sub]A Simmering Pot[/sub][/list]
[pre]POLITICAL AND RACIAL TENSIONS ARISE AS UNITED BAHAMIAN PARTY WINS ELECTIONS[/pre]
PREMIERS HOUSE
[sub]NASSAU, The Bahamian Republic MIDDAY[/sub]
[sub]The crashing waves, pristine blue waters and the numerous villages and towns scattered throughout the 3,000 islands that formed the Bahamas defined its beauty in an otherwise imperfect world. Over centuries of history surrounding discovery, slavery and colonialism the inhabitants of The Bahamas developed their own unique cultures and traditions and more recently their own identity.[/sub]
[sub]Only a mother to a young daughter Anita Stephens was born on a tepid summers day in 1924 to two low-income parents. Her mother dying at childbirth and her father dying shortly after the thirty-one year old political activist was raised by her distant family in the capital city of Nassau. By 1944 Ms. Anita Stephens would be accepted into Columbia University in New York City, earning various degrees related to political science, economics and international affairs. Given the opportunity to study abroad unlike most women in the country Ms. Anita Stephens would be more educated than most people in The Bahamas. Nonetheless, Ms. Anita Stephens would become an inspiration in the large, black Bahamian community, often hosting church and community events as well as teaching young women about leadership and politics. That alone would earn her the respect from the Bahamian community urging her to run against Sir Robert Symonette, leader of the United Bahamian Party and candidate for Premier.[/sub]
[sub]Although losing to Symonette by a landslide, the election defeat did not affect the popularity of Ms. Anita Stephens. In fact, the defeat of Ms. Anita would only empower various movements throughout the islands with some locals calling the first elections unfair as many black Bahamians would be intimidated, or turned away from the polling stations. The first elections of the Crown Colony of The Bahamas would be the starting point of boiling political tensions between the native and black populations of The Bahamas and the white-minority rule government.[/sub]
[sub]Overlooking the shores of New Providence the Premiers House was the designated residence of the Head of Government of The Bahamas. Recently winning the elections by a landslide, Sir Roland Symonette would quickly take residence in the building although not long until protestors from across the islands gathered on his front steps. Unable to leave due to security concerns, Sir Roland Symonette was virtually under house arrest. In one of his first moves as Premier, he would reluctantly invite Ms. Anita Stephens to calm the situation. As both Ms. Anita and Premier Symonette met in an office room on the second floor the tense back and forth between them would begin to escalate.[/sub]
[list]ANITA STEPHENS, Political Activist: [sub]Mister Symonette, I understand the concerns of both you and the British government however I cannot control the feelings of those who oppose you or your government. You must understand that the Bahamian people have a yearning for independence and freedom from British Rule. For centuries we have been under leaders who have rarely spoken to us, let alone step foot on our lands. You must also understand that your party the United Bahamian Party publicly advocates for white-minority interests and are opposed to black men and women from entering government. For as long as the majority of people have that burning passion to be respected and given the opportunity to succeed and thrive, the general strikes and the political situation in our country will only get worse.[/sub]
SIR ROLAND SYMONETTE, Premier of The Bahamas: [sub]Ms. Stephens is it? I do not appreciate the type of tone you are using towards me. The concept of respect goes both ways. It is not a one-way street. So please, I suggest that you change your attitude. You are very lucky to even have the opportunity to have this meeting. I highly advise you as a political activist that you get the protestors under control or I will be forced to handle the matter in a rather forceful way.[/sub]
ANITA STEPHENS, Political Activist: [sub]Your threats do not scare me nor the people Mr. Symonette. If we are met with violence, it is only natural that our people retaliate. Your government and your people do not represent us nor do they respect us as decent human beings. We are being judged only by the color of skin. Where is our opportunity to thrive, when your government actively puts us down? I am a fighter, and I will not be scared by your threats. Until we, the Bahamian people, have the equal opportunities and rights of the white man, we will not stop fighting, no matter what you throw at us.[/sub]
SIR ROLAND SYMONETTE, Premier of The Bahamas: [sub]I would count this as a blessing Ms. Anita. It could be much worse. I believe thats all the time we have for this discussion. Please, control yourself and the others.[/sub][/list]
[sub]A livid Anita Stephens would look at the Premier before escorting herself out of his office. The bright sun rays beaming down towards the ground were bright enough to blind anyone directly staring at it. As reporters gathered around the Premiers residence, the flashing of camera lights would force Ms. Anita Stephens to cover her eyes, while reporters would yell at her to answer some questions.[/sub]
[list]JOHN FREEMAN, Reporter [sub]Ms. Anita, how did the meeting with Premier Symonette go?[/sub]
ANITA STEPHENS, Political Activist: [sub]As one would expect the man is as stubborn as an Ox.[/sub]
ROBERT SMITH, Reporter: [sub]What happens now Ms. Anita?[/sub]
ANITA STEPHENS, Political Activist: [sub]Ive talked to Mr. Symonette in a calm and professional manner. He refuses to make changes to ensure all Bahamians are treated equally and with respect and dignity. I can assure you that the current situation will not simmer down until our voices are heard.[/sub][/list]
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| MARIE IZURU RESIGNS! |
[sub]10th of September, 1955[/sub]
| On the morning of the 26th of September, the press were called into the National Congress. A few hours later, it was revealed to Zaireans and the world, that MARIE IZURU, the Head of the Finest Assembly has decided to resign from her position. A shock of much value. The reasoning behind her resignation has came with a simple statement from Izuru, who was quoted to say "...I believe...I believe that my time has come up. I have pushed Zaire forward as much as I could...now it is...it is...it is time to give fresh face a chance to help Mrs Banza push the country forward..." In pictures and on the television screens, Izuru was visibly shaken, barely holding her tears in, and stuttering over her words... |
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| BANZA MANSION |
[sub]18th of August, 1955[/sub]
| Sitting right in front of Banza's desk, would be ESTELLE HUDURU, the fresh discovery of Banza and the new addition to the government. For a month now, she has been trying to push her tax reform but with little effect, with Izuru constantly blocking her from doing so. This was her last chance to bid with Banza, to try and push her towards her side and effectively, push Izuru away. But she knew, that a simple squabble over taxation would not push Banza, and in fact she needed to force herself on Banza's fragile ego. An ego that has been bruised with not only Izuru's growing popularity, but also with her own growing problems with her alcohol and smoking addiction, that has began to slowly paralyze some aspects of her work. Something that Estelle noticed over the past few months. Smoking by the balcony door, Banza would be listening to Estelle. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "I still urge you to try and influence Izuru on this reform. It is a great way forward for Zaire, and for our economic well-begin. Taking at least sixty percent of profit from our state owned companies and putting that into the budget, whilst cutting back on taxation on private businesses and the people will simply make it healthier."[/list]
| Gloria would not respond, instead looking out of the balcony. Her cigarette slowly burning out, so much as Estelle's time with her. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Besides, Izuru's reluctance to pass the change has more to do with you, than me, ma'am."[/list]
| It clicked. Estelle got her attention quickly. Gloria would lift her her slightly. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Excuse me?"[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Do forgive me ma'am, but I believe that to be the case. Just between us two, in confidentiality, I noticed that Izuru is starting to gather support for herself in the party, and in the Assembly...well, to remove you from power. Challenge you in the upcoming party leaderships elections. And of course, should she win, you will not be able to run as the candidate for the First Representative in four years."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "How do you know that?"[/list]
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "Gossip, observations, discussions that I've witnessed. You see, ma'am, they don't see me as part of the party. But I watch, and I listen. I just want to make sure that you're aware. That...I'm afraid, you are in danger. You have a real contender on your hands, a challenge. Izuru, I'm afraid, is within your political league and she can deal blows."[/list]
| Gloria would stare at her for a moment. Estelle would pick her handbag and stand up. |
[list][ ESTELLE ]: "But I am sure that a veteran of politics, like yourself, is able to deal such blows as well. You know...when I was in London, I realised a lot about Europeans, especially the Brits. They always like to be prepared, so that nothing surprises them anymore after the war. They have everything neatly planned out, and they just wait when to strike and how to strike. Very intriguing people. Well, ma'am. I shall be going now, but please do consider talking with Mrs Izuru about the reform. Thank you for your time."[/list]
| Estelle would nod slightly at Gloria with a smile before turning around, her smile turning into a smirk, as she walked away. Gloria would stand watching her leave as her cigarette burned out. |
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| BANZA MANSION |
[sub]27th of August, 1955[/sub]
| Banza would be in her bathtub, with a television set playing in front of her. She would snort something from the table beside her quickly before lighting a cigarette and turning up the TV. Marie Izuru's interview was on. Gloria would look intensely into the TV, to hear every word said. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "...I do believe that fresh blood is always needed. All of us can't stay forever, and do I think that a change in leadership in the party is necessary...that is not me for to decide. However, I do think we might have to reconsider certain aspects of our program and our reforms, to make them more modern, more social, more unique to the problems that our people are facing. I don't believe that---"[/list]
| In a fit of rage, Gloria would turn the TV off and throw the remote so hard on the floor that it bounced up and burst into pieces. She would take a deep breath and get out of the bathtub quickly. In her mind, the words of Estelle continued to ring. She would put her nightrobe on and storm out of the bathroom. |
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| BANZA MANSION |
[sub]30th of September, 1955[/sub]
| Sitting in her office, Banza would be wearing a red and black dress, with her hair tightly yet neatly done. She would be smoking a cigarette, as documents laid in front of her. She could hear the approaching high heels coming towards the door, a sound she identified with Marie Izuru very quickly. She would put her cigarette out as Marie Izuru entered the office, with the doors shutting behind her. Gloria would gesture for Izuru to take a seat, and with neat precision she did so. |
[list][ MARIE ]: "If this is about the Estelle Tax, you know my answer, Mrs Banza. I will not budge about---"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I think for once you should let me speak before you even attempt to answer my concerns."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "Please do, I'm all ears."[/list]
| Gloria would look at her for a moment, with a cold gaze before pushing a document towards Marie. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Please, read it."[/list]
| Marie would begin to read it. After a moment of dead silence, she would slightly look up, with a more terrified gaze. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I know."[/list]
[list][ MARIE ]: "Ma'am...I---"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I don't want to hear your explanations. I get it. We're fighting for power, here. And when you fight for power, I've come to realise...all boundaries can and are crossed. You've crossed that boundary. When you decided that you wanted me to die. So that you, can become the leader. I get it. I absolutely understand you. I even admire your bravery and courage to go as far as treason against your own state, to get the power. Now, that, takes guts."[/list]
| Marie would look at Gloria stand up, in dead silence. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Now, you're many things, but you have nerve. You have ambition. You have your own vision. However, just as much as you crossed the boundary when you set up that man to kill me, instead killing my husband...I am about to cross a boundary. You wanted me dead, physically dead. And I thought about that, giving you a trial...giving you a scandal...but then, that is too easy. Don't worry, I do not want to harm you in physical way. But...I will be clear and honest with you, something you lacked with me...I will destroy you, politically, socially and economically. But you'll live. Let me tell you, you will live."[/list]
| Gloria would sit on the edge of her desk and would hand her another document. Marie would start to read it over. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "You will resign, in ten days time. You will resign because, as you believe, the party and the country need new faces. Furthermore, once you resign, you will decide that politics is not for you anymore. So, instead you shall move to the countryside, up North by the border near the lakes. There, you will decide that you want to sell off all your property, all your assets and you want to lead a simple farm life, with your husband and your children of course. You will decide, that they don't want an education. You, will decide. That you're content with your new basic farm family life. Is that clear?"[/list]
| Marie would look up at her, with tears in her eyes. Gloria would look at her for a brief moment. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "The alternative is rather simple. This gets published, this little document, you are an enemy of the state, the people hate you, I imagine the Supreme Court gets your case, and you end up hanging for treason. I'm giving you an easy option, go down as one of the most celebrated leaders of our decade or...go down as the most hated person in Zaire. The choice, is yours, Marie."[/list]
| Marie would look her, before breaking down into tears. Gloria would sigh deeply. |
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| MARIE IZURU RESIGNS! |
[sub]16th of September, 1955[/sub]
| On the morning of the 26th of September, the press were called into the National Congress. A few hours later, it was revealed to Zaireans and the world, that MARIE IZURU, the Head of the Finest Assembly has decided to resign from her position. A shock of much value. The reasoning behind her resignation has came with a simple statement from Izuru, who was quoted to say "...I believe...I believe that my time has come up. I have pushed Zaire forward as much as I could...now it is...it is...it is time to give fresh face a chance to help Mrs Banza push the country forward..." In pictures and on the television screens, Izuru was visibly shaken, barely holding her tears in, and stuttering over her words. An image of a very different Marie Izuru to the one that we have seen before.
Later, she was managed to be photographed, breaking down in the car that took her and her husband away from the Congress. Based in her speech, Marie Izuru has suggested that she will leave politics, and that her family will be moving back to her old town in north-east Zaire, to connect back with her roots and let her children experience the same.
MARIE IZURU, however, will go down in history of Zaire as one of the most successful leaders of the country, and of the 1950s. Rising from nothing in the late 40s, she became a force that swept Fabian Nigoye in 1951. Known for her harshness and stubborn streak, she passed through extensive social and cultural reforms that are changing the country; she has created the Zairean Welfare System; she has created the National Healthcare System; she has dealt with religious authorities over her years to such an extent, that the Church has minimal say in Zairean political affairs. Her decision to step down, therefore, has made headlines with analysts speculating about the reasoning.
Some suggest that Izuru simply understood that the upcoming Congress elections will lead to a tide change in the Congress and therefore block her from any further reforms and changes. Others suggest that Izuru has burned herself out, whilst others claim that Izuru has become seriously sick and her nerves at the conference are a showcase of it. Whatever may be the cause, it is without a doubt that a great leader and visionary has stepped down. Her reforms, ideals and morals have changed Zaire completely and her cultural and social reforms are bound to impact Zaire and Zaireans for decades to come. She has changed Zaire socially and culturally to such a large degree in six years in office, that she made a name for herself. As her car was driving away, she was met by hundreds of Zaireans throwing flowers, a showcase of true love and admiration of Izuru.
Now, in the event of the Head of the Finest Assembly resigning, it is the First Representative's right to select a new Head of the Finest Assembly. The First Representative Gloria Banza announced that ESTELLE HUDURU will take over, until the Congress elections next year in Spring, when the Congress will once again elect a new leader for the Finest Assembly. Mrs Banza has also spoken out about the departure of Mrs Izuru, in her statement she stated; |
[list][ GLORIA BANZA, First Representative of Zaire ]: "Mrs Izuru is a woman of conviction, who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. Goals, that have bettered the country and the people. Her cultural and social reforms, even though they were tough and hard at times, are proving to be very beneficial to us all. I cannot thank Mrs Izuru enough, for her hard work, dedication, and true belief that Zaire is the new oasis of Africa. She, has impacted the growth of this oasis incredibly. Mrs Marie Izuru, is a true visionary icon, and she will remain on the history cards of Zaire, Africa and the world, as one of the most successful, persistent and influential leaders history has seen. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your hard work, dedication and loyalty over the years. To me, to Zaire, and above all, to the people of Zaire. Thank you."[/list]
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